Archive for November, 2008
Use your brain to help you save money. Take a few moments out of your day to think about the things you do and what you could change or do instead to save money while still accomplishing the same or improved results.
November 13th, 2008 | Posted in Frugality | 1 Comment
Amazon.com is one of our favorites sources for saving not only on books and movies, but groceries and household things as well. We have been shopping on Amazon since 2001 and have never had a bad experience. Whenever we need to buy anything for our home or business, Amazon is the first place I check [...]
November 11th, 2008 | Posted in Cleaning, Frugality, Home, Shopping | 3 Comments
Life is too short to sleep on low thread-count sheets.
- Leah Stussy
I came across this thought-provoking quote the other night while looking up quotes for my Tumblr page (where I am collecting sayings I come across or that describe my mood on a particular day) and thought it would make a great topic for a [...]
November 9th, 2008 | Posted in Frugality, Home | 10 Comments
Due to issues with our wireless router, I am currently in the market for a lengthy and affordable ethernet cable so that I can work online on a laptop while Madoline does her artwork (as can be seen in our CafePress Shop) on our desktop computer.
Prior to leaving to run errands today, I checked Amazon.com’s [...]
November 7th, 2008 | Posted in Business, Economy, Ethics, Family, Finance, Frugality, Shopping | 2 Comments
I know we have been terribly remiss in posting lately; again, apologies. The Halloween rush is over and we can breathe again (until the Christmas rush starts). To be honest, we were more than a little surprised at the amount of business we received for Halloween considering the current state of the economy. Our sales [...]
November 4th, 2008 | Posted in PF Bloggers, Roundups & Links | No Comments
Favors for Nice Customers
Here are some examples of our experience in dealing with customers in our business where we, as a business, decided to do one of our customers a favor in return for niceness on their part.
Example #1
We have a customer who has ordered costumes from us for her Great Dane twice before. She [...]
November 1st, 2008 | Posted in Ethics, Finance, General | No Comments