Window Shopper

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In the outer reaches of the universe, otherwise known as where I live, they do not have such things as an outlet store. Frankly, I hate that. For some time, I found that outlet stores were great for clothing that actually fit me for affordable prices. On a trip through Tennessee one time, my friend and I searched for the outlet stores for wholesale clothing because we simply wanted to shop and get a bargain in the process. I love to shop when I can save money and those places help you do just that.

We went from store to store looking for that one really good bargain. It took a while because not all outlets are cheap. Some have what they laughingly call sales but it really isn’t that much of a savings. You must choose wisely! (I sound like that guy in an Indiana Jones movie, don’t I) When I found the bargain I wanted, it was a fantastic day! We did a little happy dance. People stared but we did not care. When you are out to buy a bargain in wholesale clothing, you really need to choose carefully.

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One of the things that annoys the living daylights out of me is when the phone rings just as we were sitting down in front of a movie that we planned on and wanted to see all week. Usually, I do not want to bother with the phone at that time but since we have had emergencies pop up in our extended family, from time to time, I cannot ignore the thing.

The usual problem is that someone wants to talk, talk, talk about nothing or something which could wait until later but doesn’t. It could be one of several telemarketers who have not heard that we are on a “Do not call” list somewhere. In any event, the big problem is that the family wants to see the show whether I can or not. So, we mute the television and that brings up the closed captioning so that everyone not on the phone can read the text at the bottom of the screen. This way, they don’t miss as much as they would otherwise.

Realistically, we should not think that every single thing on the screen will be as the actors say it but we do. So, it’s happy time at our house when some of the nonsense written there comes up. It’s not the movies so much as it is the live telecasts. Those are priceless. Newly invented words show up with alarming frequency. It’s a wonder anyone can read it but, frankly, that’s better than not having it at all.

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There is a website built specifically for the Mac computer called Mac Poker Online for the mac users who just need something for them! These folks have that for you. They have the poker rooms, Fulltilt poker, Texas Holdem, a forum and so much more that you will simply have to visit the website to find out about all of it.

Be sure to check out the Online Casino Bonuses as well as poker deals and the poker bonus codes. It’s all right there at Mac Poker Online waiting for you. They even have a Poker supply store. Will it never end? No. Actually, they have so much more that I don’t have the room to put it here so if you have a Mac and need a place to party in pokerland, this is the place for ya.

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Are you a “do it yourself” person? That makes you a DIY. Do you have one in your home? My husband is a DIY and he recently tiled a floor in one of our bedrooms. It looks great!! But he could not have done it right had he not had some information on the job in the first place since he had never done that type of work before in his life. You know the old saying “knowledge is power“? It is so true. How can you do anything to improve your home without it? You can do anything with knowledge.

The place to wander into is DoItYourself.com. I was looking at a tutorial page on drywall. This page is just the beginning but it gives you a whole lot of information about drywall that, if you have never done it before or you want a refresher, is going to show you exactly how to do it. It even has a video on the page to teach you the basics. And that’s only the project planning and preparation stage. This site is going to walk you through the whole process.

I want you to know that I would want that kind of information before I ever started such a job. Just remember, they have home projects for lots of things. They have articles galore, 100 forums and DVDs on all sorts of topics that will help you get that home improvement done right.

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In my life, I’ve had a couple of credit cards…well several really. When I was young, it was not a good idea to give me one. Talk about irresponsibility! But at this time in my life, I could have 0% credit cards but I don’t. Thing is, I do think they can be a good thing but mostly for emergencies or to get a bad credit rating up to a good one. Now, if I did have credit cards, I would want to transfer to the ones that allow 0% balance transfers.

If a person is going to charge, charge and charge again without looking at when they have to pay it back, not good. If they are interested in having an extra “ace-in-the-hole” then it is an excellent idea. The main thing is to watch the interest rate and transfer rates. Those will give you an idea of whether it’s a good idea to have credit cards or not. Credit cards can be your friend.

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It’s a couple of days before payday. There’s too much month at the end of the money! A bill showed up that you were not expecting. What now? How many times have you had that problem? That was a normal procedure for us a few years ago. My opinion of loans is this: if you need the money right now for emergencies or something is being shut off that you must have and a loan would see you though, provided you know you can pay it back on time, then it might be a good idea…for a short while.

See, even the loan companies do not want to see you get pulled under with payments. That is not in anyone’s best interests. However, on a short term basis, this is a good place to look for that small amount of money to see you though to the next paycheck. These payday loans are perfect for those who just need a couple of days or weeks to see them through the hard times. Be sure to check to see if your state is in the list of those that do not allow loans.

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When I want to buy something, like say a laptop computer, I search out the exact things I look for in a laptop, which by the way, I really want right now. There is this really cool search place that compares prices and stats for you for eBay products, Amazon, TigerDirect and a number of other places. Now, are you looking for things like that computer I want? Maybe you want jewelry or movies on DVD? How about DaVinci Baby Cribs at AuctionSHARK? Yep, I said AuctionSHARK.

So, I started this search for the laptop. I hate to pay retail or anything close to it so I am looking for a really low price with all the goodies that my laptop needs to have. At the front page, I can see lots of choices but I want computers and software. Click. Next page has a number of options so I click hardware, then PC laptops. The program takes a few seconds to search out my specific needs. I end up on a page with a HUGE assortment of prices and types of laptops. This is going to take a while because I see nothing but good!

I can check out category, price range, processor speed, price, hard drive capacity, brand name. It’s all right there on the sidebar. The searches narrow it down so that you have the exact stats you want for the item in question. Now, my search has ended with a really sweet deal on a laptop…PC Notebook Toshiba Satellite A135 Intel C 2 Duo T5500 1.66GHz 2GB 240GB 15.4″. Is that sweet or what? The price is $779.00 plus shipping. But you can get anything like it from about $699-$1,608 for the criteria that I searched.

Now it’s your turn. This site gives you a lot of comparison prices on the items you are searching for but in so much shorter time than you could if you searched everything out yourself. What are you waiting for? Go get that special item you have been wanting for, like, ages.

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While there was a time when we had a great expectation of these announcements, none of us in the extended family is ready for this type at the moment. What kind, you say? Birth announcements. But, my sister did have a birthday recently so that announcement did happen. My daughter called her on Saturday to wish her a happy birthday. We were over there to have a party. It was all pretty nice.

But, it brought back memories of other times. It was very rewarding to send out birth announcements in those days. Our child was about to show up. I was about to scream and give this job to someone else!! She was late by a week or so. It was the endless waiting that I could not stand. And then the day came. She was so beautiful that it no longer mattered that it hurt, no longer mattered that it took so long for her to show up. What mattered was that she was healthy and in the world.

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Several years ago, I was living in an extremely small apartment. So small that I could turn around and be in the kitchen or the living room, depending on which way I stepped. It was a one room efficiency that cost me very little since I was almost never there. This took place not long after I had moved in.

In fact, I had moved in that day. It wasn’t hard to do. I had very few things and I was happy about that. Not much to care for that way. So, I was taking inventory of what I needed to buy at the store when I heard this weird sound right outside the door. Hey, I’m not that brave! I did peek out, lifting the Blinds but there didn’t seem to be anything there. At that time, the word “stalker” didn’t come up as often as it does now so that didn’t enter into my head but other things did. Sigh.

Well, I got my groceries and got home at a reasonable hour because I had to work the next day driving a cab. In those days, I had to get up by 5am to get to work by 6. When you work for a cab company, you always have a ride to work! (I hated that some days). Did my twelve hour shift and went home. Not long before bed, I heard that noise again. It was getting spookier by the minute. But nothing happened. Sigh. I went to bed.

The next morning as I was getting ready for work, it had to be around 5:30am, a huge thump came to the door. It was BIG, I tell you. Scared the….well, you know. It scared me. But I had to KNOW what it was. I opened the door and screamed. Then, I took a really GOOD look at what was staring me in the face. I mean at eye level, there was this cat, hanging on the screen door. “Meow! Meow!” “Okay, kitty. Come on in.” said the sucker. Yep, she was a pregnant cat that needed food and a place to have ‘em. Did too. My bed. I did persuade her to take the dresser drawer in a trade. We enjoyed her kittens for a few weeks. I gave them and her away to wonderful families who wanted kitties. I was happy again.

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Years ago, I lived in Tampa. It was a great place to live. Every now and then, we would head over to St. Petersburg to go shopping. Now, at the time, there was this department store..the name escapes me…and it had several floors of goods and one place that had a great deal of fun for the kids..of all ages. The first thing I remember is the chicken that could play the piano. I had never seen such a thing in my life.

There were fish tanks and games to play. But the place that most of the kids wanted to go was where they had the slot cars because you could have a race with others and win! If you won, you got some tickets good for prizes when you finished all of your playing. Well, I really was not good at the slot cars but I was better at the game where you had wooden balls to roll up into holes. The holes had values. If you did pretty well, you got tickets. Skeeball. I knew I would remember the name of it! I got a whole load of tickets and turned them in for a stuffed animal. At the time, I was twentysomething and sure didn’t need an animal of any kind but he was cute and cuddly so I took him home.

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