Since it’s shopping season and no one has immeasurable wealth that *I* know, I figured I’d share one of my absolutely favorite websites. Mr. Rebates is absolutely fabulous. Coupon codes, plus rebates from most major online retailers. You can save money and earn money back at the same time.
I love the site and in the spirit of sharing, I figured I’d share it again since it’s been a while. 
This is the story wherein I tell you why I hate shopping. I dislike crowds of people, but it’s more than that, really. Several years ago, when I was in college, my father picked me up in the city because we had to shop for Thanksgiving dinner. My mother wasn’t feeling well, so she hadn’t gotten to the store and it defaulted to me to do it. I didn’t mind, really, since all I had to do was pick out a Turkey and a few small items.
So, I go into Tops with my list and the money, pick up everything I needed and head off to find the birds. I find them and there are only two left in the freezer, so I check the weight to see which is closest to what they wanted, pick it up and have it halfway in my cart. Along comes this kind looking old man who attempts to take the turkey out of my hands. I kid you not, he grabbed it right from my hands and tried to pull it away.
I was absolutely dumbfounded, I couldn’t believe that a man his age would be so incredibly rude as to try to take something out of someone elses hands. I didn’t know what to say. He did not get the bird, however. I had a better hold on it than he did. I told my father about it when I got back to the car and he just laughed about it. Now, years later, it’s a great story we laugh about, but it left a lasting impression on me when it comes to shopping.
So now, unless I have absolutely no other choice, I grocery shop on days when the stores are most likely to be quietest. I also try to send Rob in when they’re busy and I stay out of any and all stores from about a week before Thanksgiving until after New Years Day unless I have to. Shopping online has become my favorite way to shop. Seriously.
Update post coming sometime soon… I promise
I love when a plan comes together, I really do. I sent out a package on Wednesday to someone (not saying who! Sorry!) and it’s getting to the destination much quicker than I expected. Then again, when you pay nearly $11 to ship something that’s not really all that heavy or big even…
I’m thinking that it will either be delivered today or tomorrow. I’m expecting it to be tomorrow though. *ponder* I’m hoping for today, just cuz I’m not patient enough to wait another day for it to get there. *snicker*
I have a few crochet projects to post about too, but those will have to wait for another post. Right now, I’ve got to take care of some other stuff while Rob is at work.
What the hell is my deal lately? I’ve been all kinds of kitchen domesticated. In the last month, I’ve made cheesecakes, cookies, muffins, cakes and bread. Today? I made … 2 pizzas and then got the hair brain idea to to use the leftover pumpkin from the last cheesecake to make.. pumpkin bread.
I seriously love my bread maker. I can’t even put into words how much I love it. The sad part? There are so many *bad* reviews for it that at first glance, you wouldn’t want to buy it. You have to play with the recipes a tad sometimes, but I’m not complaining a bit.
I will be making pumpkin cheesecake for Thanksgiving. We’re supposed to go to my sister’s house for dinner. I hope the weather stays decent so that we do go. My nephew turns 18 two days after Thanksgiving. It’ll be the first time we’ve done a family dinner since she got with her current husband and the first that Mom doesn’t have to make.
So yeah, it’s time for me to sleep or something. Two posts in a day? wtf?
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ShopWiki is a shopping site that is unique. Much like many other shopping sites, you search an item, see the results and you can look through the links to see what stores have what you’re looking for. The biggest thing that makes ShopWiki unique, however, is that it’s a wiki site, much like wikipedia. What does this mean? It means that you can read through their wiki on whatever strikes your fancy. For instance, if you’re looking for a gift for a collector of some sort, you can read up in their wiki about what to look for, rather than shopping blindly.
Why spend a lot of money on a baseball card, only to find out that it was really a fake. The point of a gift isn’t the value of it, but when it comes to being a collector, you want to make sure that you get what is best, rather than some piece of junk that is worthless. Heck, even if you’re looking for electronics, you can read the buying guides and learn about everything so that you are completely aware of what you’re buying.
Along with the wiki and buying guides, ShopWiki offers links to other sites that will help you on your search to educate yourself before making purchases. There’s a lot of things that need to be known before you go spending any sort of money, so why not make sure that you’re well educated first so that sales people can’t screw you over just to get a bigger commission. No reason to spend hundreds of dollars on something, only to find that you got screwed.
So, Rob had a Friday off for a change. What? When does that happen? Oh yeah, when he was supposed to have a dental appointment. I’m kind of ticked about that, actually. We scheduled his appointment for today, he went and told his boss. She told him he would either have to take an extra day or work a late shift. So, I called and changed the appointment to one of the days that she designated for his days off. Either a Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. So we took the earliest appointment available on those days. Turns out to be December 15th. Fine. He’ll have the 15th-16th off.
Fast forward to him getting his schedule for this week. He had - get this - Tuesday and Friday (today) off. Yeah, I wasn’t very impressed with that. I was like, why the hell did I reschedule??? It’s alright though, it was an absolutely beautiful day and we were able to do things we needed to do. It was nice enough that I didn’t even need a coat. Wtf? It’s November! I’m not complaining though.
I attempted to do some Christmas shopping. Attempted and FAILED. Now, bear in mind that I live in a small area that our shopping choices are K-Mart or Wal-Mart. So yeah, guess I have to go into the city or shop online for what I want. That’s fine, really, I can do that when Rob is off this coming week.
On another note, I’ve been having bizarre dreams about someone from my past and even woke myself up laughing the other morning. Weird. I don’t normally dream about people from my past. I dream about places from my past, more often than not. Oh well, maybe it’s a sign that I’m gonna talk to the person soon. I kind of hope that’s the case.
Anyway, I think that covers everything I planned on talking about. I really have no idea, since it’s taken me a couple hours to write the post. *laugh*
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So, I really have very little to post about. I’ve been in a fairly foul mood for the last day or so, most of this is because of friends who have either hurt my feelings unintentionally, or just completely pissed me off. Sometimes, I feel like the only time people seem to want to talk to me is when there is no one else around for them to talk to or I finally end up snapping on them. It feels like people dismiss that I might actually get hurt by the fact that I don’t hear anything from them for weeks and in come cases months at a time.
I am always visible on IM, always. If I am online, I am visible. I am on AIM, Yahoo, MSN, Myspace IM. I am also on IRC. I am no longer on telnet talkers, I feel no need to be part of a medium that holds absolutely no appeal for me any more. Do I pass through a couple old haunts from time to time? Sure. I keep a couple accounts active so that people can send me messages if they’re looking for me.
A good majority of people spend most of their time invisible on IM when they are online, so you never know when they’re around. It makes it pretty damn hard to initiate a conversation. Don’t piss and moan that you miss me, don’t hear from me, etc when *I* am visible and available on IM whenever I’m around. Ironically, I get messages when I’m sound asleep at night or when I’ve gone idle to cook or do something around the house. Of course, by the time I get back, the person is already gone. I do my best to respond, but you never know if they go through or not.
It pisses me off, honestly, when someone says that they miss me when I’m clearly visible and clearly available when they are not, yet have been online. If you missed me that badly, why not send me a message sooner? Why take it for granted that I’ll be there tomorrow for you to talk to? I might not be! I mean, I had a friend who was visible and available for several days before we found out that he was in the hospital, in a coma that he would never come out of.
You really shouldn’t take for granted that there is going to be a tomorrow for you to talk to your friends. Life is far too short for that. If you truly care about your friends, take a few minutes to let them know, via a comment, via a quick email, via a quick IM. It shouldn’t be that hard to let your friends know that you’re around and that you care.
With that, I’m out. Y’all know where to find me.
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