Category: Shopping

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Flowering ideas

Spring cannot come soon enough!  One of my favorite times of year is the spring time.  During this time I always visit at least one flower show.  While I am there I usually see multiple kinds of window box planters.  Multiple businesses are always on hand at these shows to assist the visitors with window box ideas. 

Usually when I attend these flower shows I bring at least one friend with me and we make a day of the trip.  None of my friends are as garden savvy as I am but I can most times convince them to have at least one pot of flowers on their porch for the season.  Maybe this year I will be able to convince them to have a couple of window boxes.

Window boxes can contain numerous kinds of plants.  They can be window flower boxes or garden window boxes.  I have made several window flower boxes but I have yet to make a vegetable window box.  I think this year I just may try planting a few vegetables in a window box.

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Fitness sales

I find it amusing every year after the holidays how the department stores and restaurants for that matter seem to “push” healthy behaviors on the public.  The department stores advertise heavily exercise equipment and diet pills.  They also tend to display the “healthier” foods available in the stores.

Restaurants try their best to create menu options that are lower in calories or sugar.  Therefore, when patrons place their orders they feel as though they are eating more healthily.  I am not convinced that these new found menu options are really any better for you than eating a double bacon cheeseburger.  Personally, if I am planning on eating out I am already under the assumption that my food selection will be unhealthy and I am OK with that.

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Friday night shopping

Attempting to go shopping on a Friday night is a huge mistake, especially during the Christmas season!  First off there are way too many people in the large big box stores during this season in general.  However, it seems to me that this time of year Friday and Saturday nights are especially used for a  source of entertainment at these venues.  This makes getting through the isles extra tough. leading a person to be extra cranky!

Secondly,  the other challenge is not being able to fulfill your shopping goals because you end up running into ever Tom, Dick and Harry you know.  And while you could just ignore them and pretend you did not see them this would make life just a little more difficult down the road when actually do need to speak to them.  Therefore it is better to just take that extra five or too often 20 minutes out of your shopping and clog up another isle in the store chatting- like so many other people do.

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Shopping

Today I have to go to the grocery store to buy all of my Thanksgiving fixings.  I hope I am shopping early enough in order to avoid the rush.  Crowds are the worst when you are trying to get the items you came for and leave.

One thing I absolutely cannot forget to pick up two kinds of cranberry sauce.  One kind is the whole berry and the other is the jellied kind.  There are several people coming to dinner that prefer one or the other.  I have to make my guests happy!

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Sunrise

This morning was the most beautiful sunrise.  I love watching  multiple colors dance across the sky as the world awakens.  Someday I shall have a mural in my home of a sunrise.  Many of the local hardware stores have murals for sale of sunrises.  They do not come cheap.

However, the motifs they offer are worth the cost.  They even have some designs that include palm trees and white sand.  This is a relaxing scene as well.

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Fresh Fish

With the problems in the Gulf of Mexico and the big oil spill, I am worried that buying fresh fish at the market is going to become a problem here. I asked the seafood and deli clerk at Publix if they are having any trouble getting the fish and she said that they are fine, no trouble yet. Thanks good to hear, but I worry  about the winter and spring as the full effects become more evident.

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Daughters new hobby

My youngest has an exciting new hobby, she has been playing World of Warcraft. I knew nothing about this world as it is it’s own world for sure. Finding cheap wow accounts is a craft in it’s self. She has found a couple of cheap world of war craft accounts and was very lucky to find them so cheap. As long as she can keep finding cheap wow accounts I will help her with this new hobby as she has a lot of fun playing and it is a way for her to interact with her friends from home.

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Price of gas dropping

Finally the high price that we have been shelling out is starting to drop. The price has dropped .30 cents a gallon in the last month and the price of a barrel of oil keeps dropping too.

I hope that we can see some savings on our fuel bill soon. As a small business, we need all the help we can get, and a few cents saved at the gas pump is money in our pockets to spend on other things.

School will be starting soon and that means new clothes and shoes along with school supplies. The price of living in this wonderful world never ends, does it?

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New phone

My daughter dropped my phone and cracked the crystal on the front screen. I need a new phone, this one works for phone calls but you can not see who is calling. I am not sure if I want to extend my contract with AT&T or try a new provider. I do not need a fancy phone I do not take pictures or text with my phone I make phone calls. I do not watch movies on my phone, I make calls. So the most simple phone works for me no need to pay for extras I will not use.