Collecting My Thoughts

On Mothers' Day we had a lovely worship service and Sunday School at a neighborhood school (UALC is being remodeled) and then went to Th...

At Marc's today I was standing next to a very frustrated shopper who had found cracked eggs in her carton, and complained to the clerk a...

Research published in 2012 debunked the idea that "food deserts" were hurting poor people. You can take people to the best superma...

I like to shop at Volunteers of America.  Today I got a "Baby Boom Box " radio (about 7") for 90 cents, a Charles Dickens n...

Doesn’t seem to be much love for retail in this article.  I wonder if the author understands that it is the advertising for products (which ...

Maybe I need to go back to coloring my hair. In the parking lot at Marc’s today I was walking carefully because we had about 1/2" of sn...

"This parking space is for expectant mothers and fathers with new born children." Think about this "gender neutral" me...

I was at Macy's today to exchange a gift. Because I needed to try on the dress after the clerk determined the price, I lost my place in...

We have a new laundromat in Lakeside, and I've used it. I took in a huge pile of bedding and was in and out in 45 minutes for $5.00. I ...

Today my husband was putting away the wrapping paper and ribbons when he found a gift card from last Christmas that had a receipt on it and ...

Most of the food is ready. I dashed into Giant Eagle this morning--ran out of butter and milk of all things. Don't like that store, but ...

On October 9 I wrote to Eduardo Castro-Wright of Walmart in Bentonville, AR about pulling advertising from Glenn Beck because of pressure fr...

Men buy, women shop For our upcoming trip, we both needed new shoes, and time to break them in. I saw there was 15% off at Kohl's today...

Spasiba--спасибо While shopping at two grocery stores, I was reminded of why we need immigrants--to keep American workers on their toes! Th...

Christmas Returns Yesterday I heard on the radio that 40% of the gift receivers return something. Usually, that isn't me. I hardly ev...

You will waste hours at Little Splurge , but it is such fun finding things you didn't know you wanted or needed, like this terrific sho...