Last week when I was languishing at home with that nasty head cold that rendered it impossible for me to answer phone calls all day (and week for that matter), rhb sent me a link.  It was for a page on dealnews.com alerting those on the lookout for a good deal that DSW (my favorite shoe store) was allowing you to use several pretty good promo ( Read more... )

This morning, I decided to organize/purge my bookshelf.  This was a continuation of my latest "purge all my random piles that have been here, untouched, for the past 3 years" project.  So I started with the lowest shelf.  I found:

1. Every report card I got in high school
2. 4 years' worth of girls' camp letters, packets, etc.
3. Every single Cortez colt ( Read more... )

Think of how much money you would save if you just celebrated every holiday a few days after the rest of the world.  Seriously: all candy and decorations would be on sale.  It's a brilliant, thrifty, money-saving strategy.  And yet, nobody does it.  Probably because we've spent our entire lives being brainwashed into thinking that celebrating ( Read more... )