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@just bee wrote:

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@dosey wrote:

Justbee, you really need to go to HH Gregg's or Best Buy's website.  The prices are amazing.  What a perfect time to buy a new television!

@Picture this: Three people who hate to go shopping and haven't been to a mall in years went out yesterday and a TV was purchased.  I figured we needed to pick up a couple items at Costco for the antipasto snack we were putting together, so why not buy the TV and get it over with while the @#$%^& things were still in stock?

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I committed to a 65-inch VIZIO E-Series.  Fine.  And now the nightmare begins.  We scoured Albuquerque last night during the crazy shopping rush (we were all traumatized -- it was too much like the original Night of the Living Dead... They're coming to get you, Bah-brah...@) and we could not find a single TV stand that would be appropriate.  MADNESS, I tell you.  We've been online ever since, hunting.  I'm looking at stands that cost as much as the @#$%^& TV!!!  This is insanity!  And there are so few made to hold a 65-inch set.  The horror.

This@ is what is going to happen.  The TV is going to sit in the @#$%^& box until we can find a @#$%^& stand, and then when we finally get the @#$%^& TV out of the box we're going to discover a problem and it will be too late to return the @#$%^& thing!

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Really, just LOL. I bought a kitchenaid stand mixer which I have never used. My goal in 2016 is to learn how to use the d$m thing. So, I am hoping 5 years later it actually works.  Not the same as a tv but this made me lol. I wont even mention the other appliances that are laying in wait. 

Good luck with it.  65 inch is pretty nice. Enjoy.

[aprilskies]

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@just bee wrote:

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@aprilskies wrote:

Yes, me too.  I grew up on it.  I actually cut my cable last December, hoping to stop watching so much but having Netflix and HBOgo is probably worse.  I have toyed being one of those non Tv people and am not quite sure I can do it.  Good luck with your search if you are searching.  

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@Do you know where they're hiding all the @#$%^& TV stands?

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I am surprised they are not around.  Have you considered hanging it?

[aprilskies]

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@just bee wrote:

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@aprilskies wrote:

FindingmyJoy,  my Black Friday shopping got out of control.  The sales and extra % off just got me good.  I didn't go out though, it was all online.  I was gonna go out and just walk around later in the day but never made it. The rest of the year I am just allowing gifts and i do need some tops and shoes but will only buy a few that I need. 

I had two auto deliveries. I cancelled Wen and kept my isomers immortal which I pushed out until Feb.  I have just a little bit left from the bottle I have now and want to see if I notice a diff when I stop using it.  I wasnt sure if my eyes looked better because of this product or because I was really moisturizing them consistently, which I wasnt doing before. This purchase was perfect for that reason alone. 

For 2016, it has become clear that I need to set a strict budget and goal not only per month but for the year. I need to put some thought into this and figure out what that looks like, for all categories. 

I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving. 

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We'll be here for ya in 2016!

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Thank you.  I will need it.  It is amazing how hard this is for me.  This is just as hard as quitting smoking.  I gave that up 16 years ago. 

[BExplorer]

@dosey Please accept my condolences on the loss of your sister.  I don't post too often, but do keep up on reading all of your wonderful posts.  

@just bee CONGRATULATIONS on your degree!!!  That is quite an accomplishment, particularly while working full-time (?). I admire your drive.  

And to all ComPacters, thank you for all of your posts, which keep me in line with making only mindful purchases now.  

[DL2843]

Hello Everyone,

I had a major fall off the boots, make-up, and tea bandwagons. On the bright side I am loving everything I have purchased.  I got 3 pairs of Bearpaw boots. Each pair was under $37. When my sister heard about the purchase she sent me to the store to get her a pair because the similar looking Uggs were $220. An Ulta opened near us just a few months ago. We stooped in on the spur of the moment and I got several small sample kits and a Laura Gellar kit that included the baked foundation. My foundation supply at work is almost gone and I have wanted to try hers. BBW had a buy three get three free so I got the little hand sanitizers for my advisory students for their holiday gift. Even the scent free hand lotion was included so I got scent free and my mother got the cashmere line hand creams. Then on Saturday I want to go to a local tea shop to support Small Business Saturday. I was disappointed that she had no special deals, but I got 2 teas to try. Then I took my friend to Teavana so he could try the White Chocolate Peppermint tea latte made with coconut milk (it is a non-alcoholic nectar of the Gods). Unbeknownst to me they were having all holiday tins and sets buy one get one free. Since I have not started going to TA meetings (tea anonymous) I got two tins and their big sample set which sells for $80 but since we both got one it was just $40. So I should now be set for the rest of the year. Happy Holiday season everyone.  

[dosey]

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@DL2843 wrote:

Hello Everyone,

I had a major fall off the boots, make-up, and tea bandwagons. On the bright side I am loving everything I have purchased.  I got 3 pairs of Bearpaw boots. Each pair was under $37. When my sister heard about the purchase she sent me to the store to get her a pair because the similar looking Uggs were $220. An Ulta opened near us just a few months ago. We stooped in on the spur of the moment and I got several small sample kits and a Laura Gellar kit that included the baked foundation. My foundation supply at work is almost gone and I have wanted to try hers. BBW had a buy three get three free so I got the little hand sanitizers for my advisory students for their holiday gift. Even the scent free hand lotion was included so I got scent free and my mother got the cashmere line hand creams. Then on Saturday I want to go to a local tea shop to support Small Business Saturday. I was disappointed that she had no special deals, but I got 2 teas to try. Then I took my friend to Teavana so he could try the White Chocolate Peppermint tea latte made with coconut milk (it is a non-alcoholic nectar of the Gods). Unbeknownst to me they were having all holiday tins and sets buy one get one free. Since I have not started going to TA meetings (tea anonymous) I got two tins and their big sample set which sells for $80 but since we both got one it was just $40. So I should now be set for the rest of the year. Happy Holiday season everyone.  

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I am not a big tea drinker, but this got my attention.  YUM!

[dosey]

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@just bee wrote:

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@dosey wrote:

Would tile look nice in your home?

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Are you sitting?  Everyone has a secret and mine is this: Our house was built by a great company but before we signed off on the house, they sold to a notoriously awful company and fled to Brazil.  Well, maybe not, but that's how I always pictured it.  Anyway, one of the features of the home was something I tried to avoid and the realtor and builder both thought I was freakish for having an issue.  This house took wall-to-wall carpeting to a whole nuther level.  They carpeted both bathrooms.  (Pause for scream.)

The guest bathroom has been addressed.  Better-half did the tiling and it was an amazing job.  We have several boxes of tiles still sitting in the garage because the plan was to do the same in the master bath and carry that tile straight into the bedroom.  Hasn't yet happened.  My fear is it will happen one day and we'll be one tile short.

Tile is tricky, too, because of the sand.  Painted concrete has been considered but that is even too utilitarian for Better-half.  I'm looking at Astro Turf.

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My husband works with a guy whose kitchen is half carpet (royal blue) and half vinyl.  The vinyl is under the dinette, and the carpet is in the main kitchen.  And this is a really nice, large home!

When you are ready, look into unique flooring options.  There are a lot of interesting ideas.  

[PAlady]

Did you try Target? 

Should have written - Did you try Target for a TV stand.  They have some nice furniture that doesn't cost an arm and leg.

[dosey]

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@just bee wrote:

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@dosey wrote:

No, they don't, and many kids aren't interested in our history.  I have talked to my kids about Mr. Krafsner and about my mother's first husband.  Before they married, he was a pilot in WWII and a tough, brave man.  He was awarded many medals for his actions, including a Purple Heart.  My older brother (his son) has the medals.  He saved men in his squadron after their plane crashed.  Later, he was captured and held in a camp.  Somehow, he escaped, and an Italian family hid him until he was able to arrange a way out that was safe for him and this family.  My mother never recorded any of this, so it all comes from memory.  After the war, he finished school and became a doctor.  He died from cancer when my brothers were very young.  My mom thought he was exposed to something during the war.  I sure he was.  Probably when he was held in the camp.  The pictures of him and my mother are beautiful.  She looked like a pin up girl, and he looked like a Hollywood actor.

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That's a great story.  Families have these kinds of stories and they're lost forever because it occurs to us much too late how really wonderful and valuable they are.  I figured out much too late that I should have written down everything my mother used to say about her Italian immigrant family.  When I finally realized the error and started pumping her for information, dementia had taken over and most of her memories were lost.

Take notes while you can, my friends...

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I am sure many families have beautiful stories of challenges, sacrifice, and hope.  This is the only story I know.  I sure there were others, but my family was not the kind that passed along these treasures.  If there was any part that was embarrassing or not so pretty, then they kept it locked away like a terrible secret.

[dosey]

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@just bee wrote:

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@dosey wrote:

Justbee, you really need to go to HH Gregg's or Best Buy's website.  The prices are amazing.  What a perfect time to buy a new television!

@Picture this: Three people who hate to go shopping and haven't been to a mall in years went out yesterday and a TV was purchased.  I figured we needed to pick up a couple items at Costco for the antipasto snack we were putting together, so why not buy the TV and get it over with while the @#$%^& things were still in stock?

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I committed to a 65-inch VIZIO E-Series.  Fine.  And now the nightmare begins.  We scoured Albuquerque last night during the crazy shopping rush (we were all traumatized -- it was too much like the original Night of the Living Dead... They're coming to get you, Bah-brah...@) and we could not find a single TV stand that would be appropriate.  MADNESS, I tell you.  We've been online ever since, hunting.  I'm looking at stands that cost as much as the @#$%^& TV!!!  This is insanity!  And there are so few made to hold a 65-inch set.  The horror.

This@ is what is going to happen.  The TV is going to sit in the @#$%^& box until we can find a @#$%^& stand, and then when we finally get the @#$%^& TV out of the box we're going to discover a problem and it will be too late to return the @#$%^& thing!

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You might have to buy a TV console cabinet.  Yes, they are more than the TVs.