It’s not just an offer, it’s a plea to come back again soon. Retailers, restaurants and even service providers today are making offers that you might not be able to refuse. This isn’t about cannoli, the Mafia or family vendettas. Read More …
If someone, or some store, sent you a $5 reward, you might be likely to use it. At some point. If it doesn’t expire before you planned to go shop there. What if, they extended your reward for one more Read More …
This is a tale of two boys. The Go-Getter and the Go-Doer. Let’s go ahead and fast forward to the “legit” job. The Go-Doer, he is the one who was forced to get a job. The one standing at the Read More …
I think, in the “olden days”, Saturdays used to be this busy. This, Saturday has been fairly – let’s just say – insane. Our pre-snowstorm, with no snow yet, because it’s over 50 degrees angst has everyone out and about. Read More …
At this time of year, there is so much cardboard being sent here and there – what do you do with it all? When I was a kid, we had a wood burning stove, and it was well-used in the Read More …
Guys definitely do not have it easy…that doesn’t mean women do either, but life can be difficult and buying gifts for women – especially clothes – is near to impossible. In checking through clothes to answer questions for family and Read More …
There are plenty of gifts, still out there, waiting to be found. Although the weekend of Thanksgiving was a big shopping weekend-long extravaganza, the follow up from Amex today was an offer for #ShopSmall (For The Holidays) marketing materials. I Read More …
Which Tuesday is it, Cyber or Giving Tuesday? As predicted, the retailers promoted, in their own unique ways, more than just Cyber Tuesday. One of them talked about Cyber week – a week long set of offers – “just keep Read More …
We absolutely must pay attention to the flashing lights. We do. Don’t we. Yes…we do! The fire trucks. The extra wide-load trailer carrying a not-so-mini house on it’s flatbed. The ambulance. The traffic signals – especially when the normal lights Read More …
Who said “malls are dead“? Did they mean, only for the best of the best stores? (But, not for all of them?) Did they mean in every city, in every remote town? (But, not for the mega malls?) Did they Read More …