Browsing Category: "Shopping"

Resisting the Temptation to Buy

Shopping June 17th, 2010

This featured post is presented by Almost Frugal.

I’m a shopper. I love to shop. Online I love to visit sites from all over the world, to see how fashion, even as it becomes more and more the same, still stays culturally unique. (There’s an American look, for example, that I’ll never be able to shed.) I love to go into stores and trail my fingers through the blouses, pick up chatchkes, handle knick-knacks, flip through books. I love looking at couches and imagining how they would fit in my house.

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Holiday E-Cards - Tuck This Idea Away For Next Year

Shopping December 24th, 2009

This featured post is presented by Family Balance Sheet.

Every year in the middle of December, we scramble to order our Christmas photo cards, address the envelopes and mail them to our family and friends. Of course this year is no different and once again we found ourselves on December 15 without any photo cards ordered.

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Finding Clothes That Fit

Shopping October 25th, 2009

This featured post is presented by moneycrush.

Those of you reading this that are guys are probably thinking, “How could it be hard to find clothes that fit? Duh, just walk in to the store, grab your size, and leave.” But I promise you, it’s not that simple if you are a woman.

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Forget saving 75% off

Shopping December 11th, 2007

This featured post is presented by Sense to Save.

I used to get really excited when my grocery receipts showed my savings as a percentage.

“You saved 30 percent!” it would tell me. Hooray! or…not.

For awhile, I tried to bump up that number, attempting to save 40 or more percent off my bill.

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