Posts Tagged ‘shopping
Shopping for fruitcake, or, no, um,
shopping AND fruitcake, by guest blogger/columnist Glen Dickason It’s that time of year – everyone celebrates the holidays with their time-honored family traditions. One of our long-time traditions was shopping early. We used to start in the spring buying the special gifts, or the materials to make them. We laughed out loud at those people [...]
When beauty goes deeper
Today’s posting was submitted by Heather Rodriguez, a social worker with a local agency. She’s a mom and works full-time outside the home, so I appreciate the time it took her to put this together. My hope is that we could all chime in with ideas of how to make the most impact with our [...]
I’m ashamed
at how much I’ve laughed at a certain Web site. My daughter doesn’t approve, but I can’t help it. And thanks, Miss M, for posting this link on your blog. I’m embarrassed to be so tickled, but I’m also just enough redneck to think of myself on a few occasions when I’ve gone shopping. Like [...]
A shout out to Sarah Palin’s closet
Today brought the breaking news that vice prez candidate Sarah Palin’s post-picked-by-McCain wardrobe has run up a tab of about $150,000. Well, that’s with the hair and makeup stuff thrown in, and no one is talking about using Suave products, it’s obvious. This will bring forth the usual teeth gnashing reserved for such news, but [...]
This new-found euphoria about thrift stores
The economically-challenged nation is waking up to the “good” in Goodwill stores. Media stories are popping all over the place about the wonders of shopping in consignment and thrift shops. Meaning that, at least during this season of scary economics, some of you who previously never set foot in a second-hand store will be wandering [...]
