Border Jumpers
Last weekend on one of my infrequent trips to Port Huron I once again purchased only items not allowed to cross the border into the Great White North. Â …
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The Battle of the Shopping Sexes
I don’t understand something about men. Yes, I’m generalizing. There are some men who love to shop but I haven’t met those men yet. Â So the men I’m talking about are the ones who hate it and love to hate it more than ever at this time of year. Â …
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Shopping Locally
My radio station launched an initiative as a response to the American Black Friday.  Called Shop Local (yeah, grammatically it ought to have been locally, I know) Blackburn Radio created Blackburn Thursday and Friday.  Our announcers blanketed the city and broadcast live from dozens of local businesses. …
The Art of the Matter
Maybe you think of ceramics as crafts.  Jonathon Bancroft-Snell would like to change your mind about that. …
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Many Happy Returns
I like to have my Christmas shopping done before the craze starts for everyone else. Â I realize you might hate me for this and I’m at peace with that! Â …
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Holiday Time Forever
It’s not even Halloween and Costco and Canadian Tire etc. are stocking aisles with Christmas stuff. Â It seems to happen earlier every year. Â Well just imagine working at the Esso in Aylmer. Â Why you ask? Â …
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Shop at Home
This weekend I’m going on a cross-border shopping excursion. I very rarely do this. Â Sometimes when we pop over the border to visit with our good friend Eddie I make Derek stop at Target so I can get Downy Wrinkle Releaser (not sold in Canada) and stroll the aisles but that’s about it. Â …
She’s Gotta Have It
You have to wonder why some products don’t make it over the border.  Last night we met our friend Eddie for dinner in Port Huron – Ed lives in Detroit – and that meant a trip to Target to pick up the laundry potion upon which I’ve come to rely. …
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Dot Dot Dot
I don’t know about you but I don’t exactly wait breathless for the fall fashion trend reports.  Still, when fashion media start telling us what we should wear, it’s hard not to notice, especially if they’re all saying the same thing.  Polka-dots. …
I Wish
Sears’ 60th Christmas Wish Book is out. Oh how I remember the excitement of seeing that annual catalogue for the first time with its as-yet-unpawed, crisp pages. That was just last year. …
Encounter Near the Old Cheddar
On my mammoth grocery shopping trip Saturday morning a woman waved me over in the cheese aisle and asked me to look at her recipe card. …
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Retail Therapy
Our riding lawn mower recently went kaput. Â It was an older model, given to us by a family friend, and had seen many better days. Â It owed us nothing and that’s exactly what it ultimately decided to give in return!
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Self Sufficient
My website is having some issues with uploading photos. Â It’s been very frustrating. Â I wanted to have a complete album from our trip up by now but after far too many attempts only 3 photos have uploaded. Â My web master is working on it. Â …
Losing Pinterest
Oh boy. Â People keep finding and following me on Pinterest and I’m afraid I’m going to be a big disappointment. …
Kwitcher Bitchin’
Maybe I’m just lucky lately but it seems I’ve been privy to an awful lot of on-the-job bitching. Â Not at my job, but at other peoples’ jobs where I’m trying to conduct business. Â …
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Going Out With a Whimper
I’ll admit it, I used to love Zellers in the GTA. Â They were updated and clean and had great deals on everyday stuff like cleaning products. Â A couple of them even had restaurants that served cheap weekend breakfasts with a smile. Â …
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Given the Boot
Women love boots. It’s a blanket statement I know, but it’s as true as saying men love cars and kids love ice cream. Â …
How’s It Going, Baby?
It was one of those situations that was funny to everyone else but me. Â Oh I see the humour in it but at the moment it happened and immediately afterward, I wasn’t laughing. Â In fact, it’s such a touchy subject that I have waffled for several days about whether to even blog about it. Â But here goes: …
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