Archive for the 'Shopping' Category

The Perfect Gift for My Wife

While out shopping today, I picked up some of my wife’s favorite romance books as a gift for her just to say that I care.

Day at the Auction

After a local home supply store decided to go out of business, they decided to liquidate their inventory at a local auction house. I was there and picked up some bathroom supplies on sale.

New Dog Bed for Rexx

Our dog Rexx has used his dog bed for many years now.  Though it has been a nice bed for him, it is getting a little too worn out and needs to be replaced.
So I decided that I would get him one for his birthday.  I wanted to get one of those easy clean dog […]

Smart Questions from Grandma!

When my grandma recently had a water filtration sales rep come out to her house to explain their product and services, she asked some really good questions that surprised me. I had no idea that she was that “with it” when it came to dealing with salesmen!
The first thing she asked about the water softener […]

Over the Top Rings and Cakes

My friend makes wedding cakes for a living and while I was visiting her shop before we went out to dinner one evening recently, I was looking through some of her trade magazines which feature all sorts of wedding related items, including some of the most extravagantly priced engagement rings. Some of them were well […]

Consumerism and Gross Consumption

It’s no wonder that Americans are looked upon as fat, lazy and rich. Compared to most of the rest of the world, we are. Super size everything. Give me big of it! What the average family spends on fast food in a month would feed two families in a developing country for at least a […]

Spending Time with Dad

I went to a farm auction with my dad a few weeks ago. I normally find these very dull, but I go with him just to make him happy. I think it is good for him to have someone to watch out for him and I do enjoy spending the time with him.
This particular auction […]

Selling New Products at the Mall

I have setup a booth at our local mall to try and sell some products that are not locally available.  You see, I have joined a company that sells specialized shoe storage units that help to not only store and organize your shoe collection, but keep them in good shape while they are in storage.
You […]

Waiting for our Wii

My husband and I are certainly not conventional people. We received a gift card for a department store as a wedding gift and rather than buy dishes or linens, we used it to buy a Nintendo Game cube. We have always loved video games and we had everything that we needed for the house, so […]

Looking At Dog Food

I just recently bought my first dog and it is great.  There is nothing like having a companion that follows you around wherever you might go.  Though this has been all good and great, but it hasn’t been without challenges.
Perhaps the biggest hurdle has been with the dog food.  Before we even got Biff, we […]