Monthly Archives: February 2006

In the politics of shopping, I’m a loyalist

In the retail world, if you make me happy, I’m a customer for life. If not, I’m gone. I realized recently how extreme my loyal consumer ways have gotten. For two months, my husband and I lived apart, to accomodate … Continue reading

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A Room with a View

Don’t get jealous, but this is the view from my home office. When there were the first murmurings of moving away from St. Louis, we thought we’d move West, not Southeast. The East coast has trees like these (I’ve counted … Continue reading

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Traveling Target

Last week, I traveled to St. Louis. My bag took a trip to Indianapolis. I arrived in STL at 7:30 pm sans bag and quickly realized my jeans, sweater and traveling clogs weren’t going to cut it for my day … Continue reading

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Vanilla J

My daughter’s Girl Scout troop spent the better part of a weekend selling (addictive) cookies outside the Wal-Mart store. It was very cute, as the girls had made up a jingle about the cookies to the tune of Mary Had … Continue reading

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Cuppa Joe

It’s snowing here, today. A good day for a hot cup of coffee and a good crockpot dinner. The other morning my daughter wanted to treat me, so she asked if I would like a cup of hot chocolate or … Continue reading

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