Tis the season for warmth with family, joy with friends, lots of good food, a month full of parties and lots of good cheer!!! Mix all these ingredients together and its a time to enjoy everything good, reflect on the past year and think ahead of the new year heading our way. And it surely is a time to shop...shop...and shop. The bargains are in overflow mode, stores are bursting with merchandise and everything is on sale. Back in the day nothing ever was on sale until "after Christmas sales", but that sure is not the case in this century!!
Since my last posting I have been doing lots of shopping but I'm going to share a little differently...as you shall see, just quantities and savings...so here we go!!!
TJ MAXX-Bought 6 items...2 different visits, total savings of $86. This is always a winning "stop and shop" for me!
DILLARDS-purchased 2 items at the same time, total savings of $34. This is always a "hit or miss", you just never know!
MARSHALLS-3 items bought at one time, total savings of $54. We finally got a Marshalls connected to HomeGoods...life just got better!
GAP OUTLET-6 items bought...one visit and with a 40% off coupon(thank you to "friends and family") giving me a savings of $67. Love the Gap Outlet for all my "blue jean" needs!
MEIJER-2 items bought, don't know the savings. True confessions here now...I really like their Falls Creek brand pants and I got a great black dressy skirt there. Quality is nice and who would ever even know!.
WALMART-purchased 1 pair of black pants, $5 savings. Another confession, I really like the "George" brand black pants, they are nice as dress pants, casual pants for work and the price is fantastic...black pants are a staple in anyones wardrobe and at this price splurge and get 2!
STEINMART-6 items bought at 4 different times, with a total savings of $298.35. But wait there is more. Saw a really cute slinky material vest on the 75% off rack...so this is how this discount went...retail for $68, and here are the markdowns, $34.99/slash, $25.94/slash, $16.95/slash, $7.96/slash...it lands on the 75% off rack and I buy it for $1.74, that is a $56.26 dollar savings!!! SteinMart -always #1 in my shopping world.
...And now onto this other continuing problem of mine called addiction. Still heavily addicted to Candy Crush, don't see that changing in the near future. I'm am so stuck on level 181, it's tough, frustrating and a little exasperating but there is now a new Candy Crush called Soda Crush. Yes of course I'm already involved in this game. When level 181 drives me batty I can now escape to level 30 in Soda Crush. It is really good when a great plans fits well and comes together nicely.
Don't believe that this addiction stops with the "Crush" family cuz it doesn't! After deciding that "regular" TV shows just wasn't cutting it for my "R & R" palette, I ventured over to cable and then from cable I landed in the world of Netflix. I understood all the movies and such available but I never explored the shows that had episodes. So I did and that led me to "Royal Pains". I love this show and it offered 75 episodes for me to watch at my leisure. Well I blew through those shows, these are 43 minutes of comedy, drama and soap-opera stuff. I get so involved in the characters that I can't wait to watch the next one and so on!!! Now all I can do is wait till the new episodes are added.
And I watched all 66 episodes of "Revenge"...yes another awesome show that I've thoroughly enjoyed, it's the best "go-to" for TV. It's available to you anytime you are available!!! Yep, again I get involved in these characters lives, loves and hates!!!
And now I'm very involved in the show "Parenthood" with 90 episodes and I'm already on 56. Yep now I'm in full love with the "Braverman" family, all their highs, lows, loves, hates, holidays, boyfriends, illness and the drama goes on!!! Yes this is what Netflix has done to me...help!!!
I guess I could seek help and see a "professional" so we could analyze my addiction problem, but really, what would they say? Do something more productive with your time, read a good book, take a nighttime class etc...etc. But don't think that will happen because the addiction is strong and I feel that I have ties to my shows...it puts me in a calm and happy place.
And there is always good news...at least my addiction is not involving drugs or alcohol. I'm not running to a casino and losing my "house payment" money. Mine is good clean fun right in the luxury of my own home. But when I plop myself down for a night with the "Bravermans" I do have choices to make and that is very tough, such as...
*chex mix tonight or Coffee Hagen Daz ice cream
*1 episode or 2
*how much Candy Crush to play
*and...dare I watch any cable and venture out of Netflix
Maybe I should revisit that professional help idea??
I am finally getting your posts. Very nice. font hard to read but I am old and got through it
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