Work Through The Holiday
There have been a lot of times when we have to work through the holiday – or the weekend prior or after – and that, well it pretty much sucks. There are times in the year when you just don’t Read More …
Category: retail
It’s Not Just An Offer
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 …
$5 Reward
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 …
A Tale of Two Boys
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 …
Saturdays Used to Be This Busy
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 …
So Much Cardboard
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 …
Life Can Be Difficult and Buying Gifts
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 …
Still Out There
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 …
Cyber or Giving
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 …
Pay Attention to the Flashing Lights
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 …