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Re: Shopaholics One Day At a Time (Monday 8/4)

twinny70----So nice to see you posting. 

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Re: Shopaholics One Day At a Time (Monday 8/4)

Good Evening!  Glad you posted Tadaki.  Like you and Bernie, I can remember the very lean times when I was watching every penny.  I remember going to the grocery store and trying to figure out (no small calculators in those days) how much I was adding to my cart.  Sometimes, I would put an item at the end and ask that they wait and give me the total before adding it in.  Also like Bernie, I still keep a budget and track my spending all these years later.  

 

My parents had gone through the Depression, and I know my Dad's family -- four boys and a girl -- didn't have as much food as they wanted.  My Dad never made a lot of money, but he was always generous with food.  In fact, when my ex and I were going through tough financial times, we would go to my parents house every Sunday for dinner.  

 

When my Dad passed, I started giving to a food bank and have given to them ever since.  He had said that we have a lot of food in America, and no one should go hungry.  

 

Hope we hear more from twinny.

 

I saw on FB that Barbara is off for her family reunion.  Hope she has a great time.

 

Waves to Fressa, Bernie, Barbara, Susan, Glenda, Tadaki, and all of our posters and readers.

 

Sleep well everyone.

 

Hugs,

 

Linda