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The Retail Scam

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The price I thought it was (you can see another sticky underneath)

The price I thought it was (you can see another sticky underneath)

Okay, so now that Christmas is over I just have to blog about this… I call it a “scam” but I’m sure it’s just a common practice among retailers.  I just never suspected they did it at my favorite store – Kohl’s!  I bought a few Christmas presents there this year and as I was [...]

 

Couponing Pays Off!

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I just got the coolest coupon find ever!  So I was going through the paper last Sunday, clipping coupons, when I found one for Wolf Camera.  It was for a FREE 12-page photo book.  The ad said to just bring in 20-30 pictures with the coupon, and they would put together a free photo book [...]

 

 

Harris Teeter

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The loot

The loot

This week is “Super Doubles” week at Harris Teeter.  They will double coupons of value up to $1.98, which means if you have a $1.50 coupon, it will double to $3.00 off!  How cool is that? I’ve never been into the extreme couponing craze.  I just always figured it was a lot of work, that [...]

 

 

My Hero

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As many of you know, Van is an entrepreneur and has his own business called Accent Plus, Inc. Accent Plus does cloud computing, sells Google Apps, and other IT services I couldn’t even begin to explain in my non-technical brain.  I am so proud of him on so many levels.  But today he did something [...]

 

 

Wine & Design

For Mother’s Day, Mom, Jenn and I did a class at Wine & Design.  It’s a paint party where they provide all the art materials, and you provide the wine!  Today’s design was hydrangeas.  I don’t have a lick of art experience, and I must say that my painting turned out pretty good!  I can’t [...]

 

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother’s Day to Mom/Nana/Mary Lou!  I am so lucky to have you as my mentor, friend, and Mom.  Thank you for all that you do.  I hope I can do as good a job with Ashley as you did with me.  I love you! Happy Mother’s Day to all of the other wonderful Moms [...]

 

Signs of Spring

We’ve all seen the signs of spring – flowers blooming, grass greening, birds chirping, pollen lingering.  The days are getting longer and the weather is getting warmer.  But my favorite sign of spring is this one… Little birdie eggs!  I hung some ferns on the front porch a few weeks ago.  The day I put [...]