Tag: shopping
Wealthy People Shop with Kids, Too (I Think)
I always buy my turkey gravy base from a particular store, ordering it months ahead of time and having it ready just in time to add in all the juicy drippings and fixins. Well this year, because we live back in civilization, I decided to wait and actually visit the store and, you know, interact more »
Right on Target
I love Target. I don’t care what anyone else says. I love their clothes. I love their decorating items. I love their dishes. I love their clearance end caps. I love how you can buy a SUPER CUTE preschooler dress STILL IN SEASON clearanced for $3.99. Their slightly upscale feel with prices that are still more »
New boobs
I don’t want to dwell on it, but I hate shopping for bras. It’s extremely rare that I find a bra that fits well and provides the, er, support that I need. So shopping for new bras scores high on the suckage scale. Maybe I need a professional fitting–you know, go to some seedy, stale, more »
Clearanced baby daddy
I’ve written about my love for store clearance aisles on here previously. I know where all of them are located in each store I frequent. I mean, there’s nothing more satisfying than convincing yourself that you have a place in your house for a shiny chartreuse throw pillow embroidered with purple iridescent beads in the shape of Saturn for $2 more »
Become.com provides comparison shopping from one easy site
I have a secret: I hate shopping at stores. I do most of my shopping online because I loathe the whole brick-and-mortar mall experience—driving there, parking, dealing with sales people and crabby shoppers. Yuck. That’s why I was interested in learning more about Become.com—a site started in 2004 to help create a comprehensive and unbiased more »
An open letter to holiday retailers
Dear Holiday Retailers: Merry Christmas! I understand the importance of increased sales this year. It is one of the few times in the year when you can market the heck out of things with that slim hope that you come close to some of your budgeted numbers in this down economy. I used to be a more »
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