Comments on: Do You Have A Shopping Plan? http://hereandthere.us/index.php/2010/do-you-have-a-shopping-plan/ Follow the trail of a bargain hunting traveler to learn where she spends her time and money. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:30:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Pat. http://hereandthere.us/index.php/2010/do-you-have-a-shopping-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-18181 Pat. Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:17:30 +0000 http://hereandthere.us/?p=6783#comment-18181 Dear Eileen, I have written you two or three lengthy epistles only to hit the wrong key and delete. I love hearing from you and reading your comments. i hate returning things. That is why I tell everyone in the family in about October that no buying in allowed and to put it on a list unless it goes through Mission Control ME for clearance. I also tell the significant others what I am getting for everyone except them to avoid duplication. I hate gift cards and money--just too impersonal, no thought and so quantifiable causing to much measuring and comparing with some recipients. Can't please everyone so I try to please myself and it usually works. Leaving for Orlando at the end of next week for a few days. Daughter is going to WDW for a blogging conference and invited us to join her. I wish they had an indoor pool afterwards since I hate cold air if I am going to go into a pool. I am looking forward to stopping in some of my favorite outlet stores (Penneys and Disney Character Warehouse) on the trip down. So much I should do this week but.... Hope this week is great for you all. Focus on the moment and savor the good ones. It helps. Be happy. Pat. Dear Eileen,

I have written you two or three lengthy epistles only to hit the wrong key and delete. I love hearing from you and reading your comments.

i hate returning things. That is why I tell everyone in the family in about October that no buying in allowed and to put it on a list unless it goes through Mission Control ME for clearance. I also tell the significant others what I am getting for everyone except them to avoid duplication. I hate gift cards and money–just too impersonal, no thought and so quantifiable causing to much measuring and comparing with some recipients. Can’t please everyone so I try to please myself and it usually works.

Leaving for Orlando at the end of next week for a few days. Daughter is going to WDW for a blogging conference and invited us to join her. I wish they had an indoor pool afterwards since I hate cold air if I am going to go into a pool. I am looking forward to stopping in some of my favorite outlet stores (Penneys and Disney Character Warehouse) on the trip down. So much I should do this week but….

Hope this week is great for you all. Focus on the moment and savor the good ones. It helps. Be happy.

Pat.

]]> By: Eileen http://hereandthere.us/index.php/2010/do-you-have-a-shopping-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-18173 Eileen Mon, 25 Jan 2010 06:38:03 +0000 http://hereandthere.us/?p=6783#comment-18173 I am the same Pat...BIG on ideas to help organize and spread out the costs, but SMALL on space and the memory to FIND the gifts once I hide them or put them away somewhere. THEN, I have gotten caught with gifts that didnt work out for the recipient and was TOO late to do an exchange or get a refund. (Some stores like TARGET I think only have a 60 day window ) OR, the person has gone and BOUGHT the item for themselves or someone else gifts it to them .THAT hurts! So, I am with you...online comparisons and remembering to look for promo codes...Well, if I remember to remember. haha! SO, you are back in the winter wonderland? At least only a couple months til Spring! YippeeKiYaY!!! I am the same Pat…BIG on ideas to help organize and spread out the costs, but SMALL on space and the memory to FIND the gifts once I hide them or put them away somewhere. THEN, I have gotten caught with gifts that didnt work out for the recipient and was TOO late to do an exchange or get a refund. (Some stores like TARGET I think only have a 60 day window ) OR, the person has gone and BOUGHT the item for themselves or someone else gifts it to them .THAT hurts!

So, I am with you…online comparisons and remembering to look for promo codes…Well, if I remember to remember. haha!
SO, you are back in the winter wonderland? At least only a couple months til Spring! YippeeKiYaY!!!

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