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Still enjoying the mostly clean house. I'm just a tad disappointed to miss the 10 seconds of porn during the Super Bowl. Just my luck that I wasn't watching cable in Tuscon.
There were still a couple of Healthy Choice lunches that I snagged for our work refrigerator. I ate one Friday and ate one today, leaving one more just in case. Our floor is so quiet that no one steals anything (knock on wood!).
Really hadn't gone out exploring today, but the one thing that is hard not to notice on the walks nowadays is just the number of sales going on. *Every* non-food retail store in downtown Seattle is running a sale, anything between 20% and 75%. Here's one of the more creative window treatments - its hard to be both creative and explicit.
But food in the restaurant rarely seems to go on sale. Maybe the special become a bit less special, but that's it. It makes walking along a bit like Duck-Duck-Goose. Duck (Sale), Duck (Sale), Goose (food & coffee). Well see - I suspect the Geese will turn into Ducks somehow.
And its hard to watch it all if you are susceptible to the sway of media, arguing that one should "spend, spend" because if you don't, you help make the recession just a little deeper. In case you are wavering and thinking of buying something you can't really afford, remember that if you, the individual, spent without a care to your own personal finances, its a bit like thinking that you can stop a plane crash if you just flapped your arms sitting in business class. No my dears, its time to read the safety card, assume the crash position, take the mask when it is offered, and know your exits.
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Food is on sale. It just comes in the form of coupons. We have been eating out WAY more because most of the time one of the meals is free. The coupons were more abundant last year though. What we noticed anyway. They seem to be picking up a bit though.
Anyway, we have certainly been enjoying food "for sale." The coupons are better and seem to have way less catches than usual.
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