Penny For My Thoughts

And it’s not ye aulde Christmas isn’t in the presents wrapping, etc.  Nope, this lesson was about what you give, and how it’s perceived.  Tradition had dictated that LittleNephew would be receiving an ipod shuffle from me; however his older brother smugly stopped me at this by buying him an iPod shuffle for his birthday [...]

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So, as we all know, Twilight merchandise is a dime a dozen these days (is anyone else wondering what things would have looked like in 1998 for Titanic stuff if the web was bigger?  Frankly, I wonder if some of the hardcore Twilight merchandise makers are people who missed out on Titanic merchandise marketing-see this [...]

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Do ya?  Huh, huh, do ya?  I HATE the Teleflora ads griping about flowers in a box.  I find them so tacky.  If whomever you send flowers to is so shallow that they are bothered my flowers in a box, you need better peeps (then again, if you believe TV your spouse will only believe [...]

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So, Mom is going to Italy in May.  I thought about getting her a language learning cd like Rosetta stone, but didn’t want to spend the money on something she may or may not use.  I picked her up a language guide from Rick Steves but wanted a little auditory component.
The solution?  Podcasts.  I searched [...]

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We got our Christmas tree today.  As I was on our porch getting the Christmas tree stand, I saw our tangled lights, and remembered that I wanted to get some new (hopefully eco-friendly!) lights, as I heard you should replace your lights every 3(?) years, and our lights were from “Um, I think we got [...]

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I made my second Groupon today-I ordered a gift certificate to a store that has been catching my eye for a bit.  I also experienced a wonderous headdesk-I was waiting for my previous Groupon to come in the mail, but it’s waiting to be printed in my groupon account.  Oops.

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I have bought a large amount of my Christmas gifts on eBay.  Remember the old “I found it on eBaaaaaaaaaaaayyyy?” (Or, in life imitating art, Weird Al’s “I got it on eBay?”)  You really can find anything thjere, and I’ve gotten some awesome deals there.
So, if you are in the market for A325 bolts, or [...]

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You know, I only started getting into CyberMonday once I got involved with rewards sites.  So, when I heard the eternally fabulous Tricia* post about free shipping day being not that great, I figured Tricia was, per usual, ahead of the curve.  After all, so many places offer free shipping with a minimum purchase, that [...]

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As I might have mentioned before, I worked in phone based customer service for two years.  Couple that with my years of retail, paired with a job in college which trained us in the Fish principles, and I am a slightly demanding customer.  That said, I believe that excellent customer service deserves to be publically [...]

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