Order first, fix later

Good morning! I just wanted to mention something that happened yesterday as a general little bargaining nugget. So, remember how yesterday I told you about some cute sandals in the Target Daily Deals and told you I bought two pairs? What I didn’t mention was...

Peace of mind

Do you own a fire safe? Lord willing, none of us will experience a flood or fire and the heartbreak of losing items to that sort of devastation, but everyone should have at least a small safe in which to store important documents. To my mind, it’s not even so...

Kids and cash

Carmie raised a point yesterday that I thought was timely and worth further discussion. She asked: sking as a future parent of middle-schoolers…..do you let your kids hang on to their gift cash? Do they give you a portion? Do they have to save it all? Spend it all?...

When smart planning backfires

I feel somewhat disingenuous filing this under “Questions Answered,” as I’m not sure I really have an answer. But we’ll see what we can do. The very pretty Kim writes: Lovely Mir, I have adopted your gift closet approach to shopping year-round,...

Sometimes I pay full price

I was telling a friend this weekend (before I got sick, and now I’m hoping to type out this tale before the Dayquil wears off…) that I recently walked into Target and paid full price for a new blender. And then I realized that was significant enough to...

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