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I’m three quarters of the way through Spent: Memoirs of a Shopping Addict. The author explores a lifetime of shopping experiences that controlled her life and world. A dangerous shopping addiction forced her to forgo food and medical treatment in favor of new shoes, coats and facial cream. Since I started reading the book I … Read more
Do you ever find yourself in a store staring at something and thinking, “why am I looking at this? I must have three others like it at home.” I don’t shop very often, but when I do head to the store I often find myself purchasing the same items over and over. The swimsuits I … Read more
Some people collect knick-knacks, some people collect antiques, I seem to collect bathing suits. There’s something so enticing about their bright colors and summery designs. When I head to the department store in search of an item I inevitably walk past the swimsuit racks and try at least one or two on. More often than … Read more
I know that busy people cannot spend hours driving around from store to store in search of the best deals, so I won’t propose that solution. I will however suggest that you spend just a few minutes each week looking over the drugstore circulars. Most of the major brands like CVS, Rite Aid and Walgreens … Read more
Dough Roller held a contest earlier this week asking: What is the savviest way you have made your money work harder for you this holiday season? I absolutely love this question, because I saved a ridiculous amount of money this Christmas. In fact, it’s probably the most I’ve ever saved during the holiday season! Although … Read more
Rather than heading out in search of Black Friday deals this morning I riffled through my infamous gift drawers and catalogued all the items I purchased throughout the year. I’m happy to report that I have everything I need for my niece and nephew along with quite a few presents for my mom and in-laws. … Read more
Lately my job situation has turned from bad to worse. I don’t think layoffs are in my near future, but boredom certainly will be. I can’t complain too much, (in fact my husband would say I shouldn’t complain at all), but I am feeling a bit blue about the situation. I’ve kept a watchful eye … Read more
Yesterday after laying in bed sick until noon I decided I couldn’t watch another second of television or riffle through one more magazine. I washed the sheets and blankets, ran a load of laundry and dusted the furniture. I was itchy to get out of the house for awhile and long overdue for a trip … Read more
We arrived at the beach on Saturday and I’ve spent the last few days doing anything other than making a trip to the grocery store. It always takes a few days to clean the house after the rental season is over. After washing, drying, ironing and reorganizing every mattress pad, blanket, comforter and slip cover … Read more
This week I cashed in coins for Amazon.com gift certificates using Coinstar machines in my local grocery store. Although I rarely use cash I still wind up with a few handfuls of change every few months. I don’t purchase a ton of items at Amazon but every once in awhile they seem to have exactly … Read more