Category Archive
The following is a list of all entries from the Shopping category.
I Like Thrift Shops
Filed in Books, Shopping, January 4, 2008, 10:54 amI was never a big fan of these garage sale knockoffs, they started popping up all over Minnesota the last ten years or so and they really didn’t hold my attention after visiting a couple different ones because all they seemed to have were all the things people didn’t sell at a garage sale. So [...]
The Eleventh Blog Of Christmas Is About Wrapping Gifts
Filed in Christmas, Money, Shopping, December 23, 2007, 8:03 pmIt’s all winding down now the only thing left is the crying, wait no I mean wrapping. The one thing about a large Christmas is wrapping all the presents. I realized last year I left my paper at my Mom’s so this year I had to totally replenish my supply so I ended up spending [...]
The Tenth Blog Of Christmas Is About Last Minute Shopping
Filed in Christmas, Shopping, December 22, 2007, 5:36 amOkay, so I don’t know about you but I’m done, I finished my last minute shopping on the 20th which is pretty good for me because I have had years where I was out on Christmas Eve, It’s not that I’m not done it’s more like I can’t stop. I keep thinking “oh yeah I [...]
The Ninth Blog Of Christmas Is About Advent Calendars
Filed in Christmas, Shopping, December 21, 2007, 6:55 amWhoever invented the advent calendar is a genius! I think we should have an advent calendar for every month of the year. Let me explain. Every year I usually pick up a couple of those chocolate advent calendars, my kids have always liked them and my daughter mentioned getting one back in November.
When I [...]
The Eighth Blog Of Christmas Is About The Holidazzle
Filed in Christmas, Shopping, December 20, 2007, 5:25 amMy son thinks it is weird I am going to blog about the Holidazzle Parade we have here in Minneapolis but I don’t want to go. Well I have gone the last couple years, one year was so cold the snot froze in your nose and last year it wasn’t so cold but it was [...]
The Fifth Blog Of Christmas Is About Ordering Gifts
Filed in Christmas, Money, Shopping, December 17, 2007, 6:00 amRemember the days of getting in your cold car early in the morning on a weekend before Christmas to go hit the malls and ten other stores searching for the gifts you needed to get for your friends and family? And remember how after a very long day of walking from shop to shop and [...]
The Third Blog Of Christmas is About Financing
Filed in Christmas, Pieces, Shopping, December 15, 2007, 6:53 amNot one of my favorite subjects but this time it’s all good. I have been receiving constant harassment from my son this holiday season because I took out a loan for Christmas. Yep thats right, I loaned a thousand dollars from my bank for gifts. Okay so as I have said before I am a [...]
The Second Blog Of Christmas Is About LED’s
Filed in Christmas, Shopping, December 14, 2007, 7:07 amAs I mentioned in my last blog I am trying out some of those new LED Christmas lights. I really wanted blue, theres a shop down the road that has blue all over outside and it’s gorgeous. Really a deep pretty blue, but the only place that I could find them around here was out [...]
Deck The Halls With Busy Busy, Busy Busy Busy
Filed in Christmas, Shopping, December 2, 2007, 7:54 pmYou get the point, I have had so much to do with work and my Girl scout Troop and Christmas and wow Black Friday was over a week ago already! Where is the time going? I know its being swallowed up by the never ending vast black hole of a constant full plate that is [...]
Wootoff The Wed Nosed Weindeer?
Filed in Christmas, Shopping, November 17, 2007, 12:04 amOkay, I admit it I have become a woot addict, when theres a woot off you can’t separate me from my laptop. I carry it with me and refresh constantly. It’s like the Black Friday of the Internet except more often and the item descriptions are amazing and hilarious. If you haven’t been to Woot [...]
