I have never enjoyed going out shopping, I just don’t like crowds and the holidays always warrant crowds in every store in town. One of my favorite sites is now nomorerack.com so I wanted to make sure that my friends, family and all my other readers here on my blog know about it. They really have a great selection of products at wonderful prices to offer. The one thing that you need to know is that these are daily deals, you can go back the next day and find all new deals to check out, which I really enjoy, variety is the spice of life as they say. You never know what you will find unless you check in with them frequently. I’ve made it a habit to check this nomorerack site each afternoon before I even check my emails which works well for me.

This afternoon I found a great pair of Snow Bunny Winter Boots that I have been looking for to give my daughter for her birthday, which falls on Valentines day, only a month away, sigh…. These boots normally sell for over $35 every where else that I have found. At nomorerack.com I got them for only $15, that is way more to my liking, a 63% savings in nothing to ignore, you know what I’m saying here folks?

I found this unique and very user friendly site on Facebook. My sister actually uses it as well, but did she turn me onto it? Nope, had to find it myself while on Facebook LOL. I won’t hold it against here though, the holidays are always a crazy time for all of us, but we seem to always find the time to check Facebook at least once a day right?

I don’t like using my debit card for online purchases, so purchasing a Green Dot card is beneficial all the way around. I have bad experiences with several transactions that my debit card was involved with, which of course is connected to my bank account which then caused havoc there as well. What a mess, so I’ve gotten into the habit of using Prepaid Cards and I think this is the perfect opportunity for my daughter to utilize a Green Dot card as well for this particular experience.

I’m currently in 2 disputes with PayPal right now due to two separate purchases gone bad. After all the return shipping fees involved it has left a real bad taste in my mouth right now. Been kicking myself in the butt for not going with my gut and using one of the numerous Prepaid Cards that are available everywhere you turn these days.

There is a good chance that a few more folks may throw her a few bucks in the next couple of weeks. So many relatives float in and out of here that we know we will not be seeing on Christmas day that they tend to just give her cash when they see her in the up and coming weeks. She likes it that way. Instead of getting a bunch of junky gifts that she really doesn’t want or need or even like, she gets to save up for something that she really, really wants and normally we would not be able to afford between to two of us. Even though tips are usually up at the bar during the holiday season you can’t rely on that these days.

I didn’t brave the Black Friday shopping frenzy, that isn’t something that I’m into at all. Just thinking about the whole horrible process involved in that event makes my stomach uneasy and gives me a head ache.

This year, now that I know how much I have to play with, most of my shopping will be done online. This is something that a good amount of people are doing and I intend to be one of the statistics for this year. No crowds, no parking issues, no rude sale associates, no lines, no freezing my buns off outside and sweating to death inside all the stores and no holiday music being drummed into my head that is being played in every store in the country.

So the bad news is that I have to tend bar that day. A bar and restaurant filled with all of the other “loners” in the county will certainly be an interesting shift, they better not be stingy with their wallets, due to their loneliness and depression that is known to hit people harder during the family oriented holiday season.

The good news is that we are promised to be paid overtime for the inconvenience and all of our efforts in making this as pleasant as we possibly can.

I have thought of one thing that I think he might like considering he spends so much time outside on his very noisy tractor, a pair on in ear noise cancelling headphones might be something that he would enjoy. He could also use them for when my daughter has the urge to crank up her teeny bopper music that he on occasion will make a remark on or complain about. So they would get used for several noise control issues. Guess I need to get off of it and get on to finding him a pair online today.

For Christmas she wants to give all of her charges a Christmas present but doesn’t have a whole lot of money to spend since there are so many of them, so she has decided to look into purchasing a boat load of cute but appropriate nursing pins that she has found online at Pinmart.com. I decided to check them out and I have to say that they really do have a great variety of these pins that can be placed on their uniforms to display for the whole world to see and enjoy. And they certainly are affordable and I think that everyone will enjoy receiving one for Christmas.

These two are my favorites, cute right?

I have told a couple of people that I think are capable of finding and selecting some nice celtic jewelry pieces for me. I’m not into fancy diamonds and pearls, but I do enjoy some of the more unusual pieces that I come across from time to time. Ear rings are always welcomed! And then of course I think that gift cards are always welcome, am I right?

That’s probably a good indication of why retail is losing their asses and have been in trouble for the past several years. They don’t listen to what the general public thinks or wants.

I like to shop at Sam’s Club because most of the items in the discount warehouse are a good price. But you can’t count on finding the size and color that you want. You can’t count on the same thing being there next time you go to get it. You can’t check out quickly with just a few items in the basket – there are no express lanes. And you can’t use a VISA card to pay for your purchases.

But I found a nice little daily calendar for under $10 that would be a great Christmas gift for my mother, so I bought it. So I have reluctantly but officially begun my Christmas shopping for this year.