Nov 5, 2010 | Ideas, No retail shopping, Read the fine print |
Last night at dinner, I was having a conversation about not being wasteful, mostly with food, but really anything else. In efforts to not be wasteful, the conversation quickly lead to the subject of expiration dates. Expiration dates are helpful in many ways, but...
Nov 4, 2010 | No retail shopping, Read the fine print, Thrift store |
The challenge has been challenging this week. I get my kids clothes at thrift stores or they are hand-me-downs (or handy-downs as Cole calls them), which has worked nicely for a long time. It’s still working, but here are some of the difficulties. Boys vs....
Nov 3, 2010 | No retail shopping, Read the fine print |
Trained shopping monkeys. I went grocery shopping last night. After reading the statistics about how Americans throw away almost half of the food they purchase, either by the food going bad before they cook it or plate leftovers, I was trying to be more conscious...
Oct 29, 2010 | No retail shopping, Recycle |
Let’s see… A trip to the grocery store, a quick stop at the thrift store and trying to fix my temperamental grill once again, not a huge shopping day. My kids have outgrown most of their winter clothes so I needed to find some sweatshirts and long-sleeve...
Oct 28, 2010 | No retail shopping, Save $ |
I had to go to Target to allow my son to exchange a birthday gift he received. I put it off for a few weeks, but I needed to get it done. I had to pick up a few groceries, and Target is a place where I could get both things done. Of all the retail stores, I probably...
Oct 27, 2010 | No retail shopping, Recycle |
My kids are entering an art contest, the theme is “together we can”. The photos here aren’t their first photos, but it is their first experience with Photoshop. Cole’s photos are about the food army, video and pics are on foodarmy.info....
Oct 26, 2010 | No retail shopping, Read the fine print |
I know!! But I had a good reason! Three actually… #1 – Friendship My friend Susan, who is a walking miracle and an awesome woman, can’t drive right now. She had major surgery and is on a no driving restriction for several months. I’m off...
Oct 25, 2010 | No retail shopping, Read the fine print
This made me smile. A reusable express mail envelope? I don’t use any type of mail system very often so I had no idea UPS was doing this. Is DHL and FedEx doing this too? The little tag line is: Use. Reuse. Then recycle. I like that, but I would change it...
Oct 24, 2010 | No retail shopping, Read the fine print |
I was paging through a girly magazine as I getting my hair done last week. ‘Done’ meaning colored… So this isn’t my normal choice of magazine, as I prefer art, life or business themes, however I thought I would look just to see what the hype...
Oct 23, 2010 | No retail shopping, Read the fine print |
Let me start by saying I’m not a baseball fan, but I did watch the Texas Rangers game last night and it’s pretty cool that they’re going to the World Series. As I typically do with any sports games, including the Superbowl, I watch for the...
Oct 21, 2010 | No retail shopping, Save $ |
I will be leading a breakout session today at ministryCOM, a church communications conference. I like to dress comfortable, and I usually do without a second thought. So why did I feel the need to try on everything in my closet today? The cultural norm is to buy a...
Oct 20, 2010 | No retail shopping, Save $ |
I think I’m a hoarder. I hoard domain names. I love to .communicate on the web! I own 25 domain names, 4 of them belong to my friends and 2 belong to my kids. I get ideas for blogs and businesses all the time and the first thing I do is check for a domain...
Oct 19, 2010 | No retail shopping, Save $, Thrift store |
Yes, I did it. I went into a retail store. It was Marshalls, and I went because I was asked to help pick out a tie and a shirt. Just for the record, we did look at the thrift store first, however it’s hard to find specific things in the right sizes. We were...
Oct 17, 2010 | Ideas, No retail shopping, Recycle, Save $
I had an interesting conversation with a guy I met recently in our church group. Curt lived in Hawaii for a long time, after living in Amarillo, Texas. We were discussing the “green issues”, possibly prompted from my lack of paper plates and plastic...
Oct 14, 2010 | Ideas, No retail shopping, Read the fine print |
I would have loved to be in the brainstorming meeting when the Skechers people thought this was a good idea… Exactly copying Toms Shoes, marketing program and compassion program? Why? The compassion part is understandable if they are wanting to make a...
Oct 11, 2010 | Ideas, No retail shopping, Save $ |
My friend Becca, out in California, had a great blog post last week. cookieandclaire.blogspot.com She said my blog had inspired her and she’s planning to do Christmas a little differently this year… all handmade gifts. Well she has inspired me back! Last...
Oct 10, 2010 | No retail shopping, Save $ |
I’m all about shopping for the best rates on anything I have to pay for. Electric, gas, water, pest control, phone, internet… all included. I asked my financial advisor if I should refinance my house. He said to look into it, as the percentage rates are...
Oct 9, 2010 | Ideas, No retail shopping, Salvaged, Save $ |
Back on day 103, my friend across the street called asking for some ideas about painting her kids bathroom. I’m sure Diane is thinking… *note to self*, don’t ask Jody a decorating question unless you want to remodel your entire house. The bathroom...
Oct 9, 2010 | No retail shopping, Salvaged, Thrift store
So… I don’t get it. I can see a chair with speakers, but I really don’t get the speaker under the butt, or between the legs design here. Does anyone else understand this? If so, please comment. This is what I love about thrift stores though. So...
Oct 8, 2010 | No retail shopping, Read the fine print |
My friend down the street told immediately when “The Book” came out, and as she said, “This is so everything you’re against.” I really don’t like being against things, I’d rather be for things that are good, but it’s...
Oct 6, 2010 | No retail shopping, Save $, Thrift store |
I really like my house. I’ve lived here for almost 4 years now and I’ve remodeled 95% of it myself. The one downside about my house is the lack of windows, resulting in low light in most of the rooms. On top of that, I have large trees outside blocking...
Oct 3, 2010 | Ideas, No retail shopping, Read the fine print |
Is charitable marketing good? I’ve been thinking a lot about this lately, as it’s a huge and fast-growing trend. It works, but is it ethical and trustworthy? As David Frey wrote on frugalmarketing.com, “Many savvy small businesses are affiliating...
Oct 1, 2010 | No retail shopping, Thrift store
I went to the thrift store a couple of days ago. I really didn’t need anything but winter coats for my boys, but I was also kind of looking for a chair for my kids loft room. I bought the following: Winter coat for my son (he outgrew the old one) Winter coat...
Sep 30, 2010 | No retail shopping, Save $ |
Yes, I’m a fan of apple products. In the graphics world, their products are far superior and much more dependable than PC’s. With one exception. Power cords. My G4 Powerbook went to my kids after almost 5 years. It still works great, and it was my...
Sep 28, 2010 | No retail shopping, Read the fine print, Save $ |
Today I decided to do a little bit of landscaping now that the weather is a bit cooler. Frying in my yard is not at the top of my happy list. I started pulling weeds in the front, working my way around the house. When I was over by my bedroom window, I heard a...
