September 2nd, 2010 | No Comments
I’m still aghast with the beautiful weather. When I look out to sea, I can’t help but wonder how weather like this would light up the eyes of sailors of old. A light breeze to lift the sails. The sun out in all its glory. A calm sea. Great sailing weather.
In the old days, I’m thinking there’s lots of folks looking to buy gold bars and other antiques from the sailors coming in. Gold was a popular metal for jewelry and I guess it’s the best thing to impress the ladies with. Everyone loves gold, no doubt about that!
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September 2nd, 2010 | No Comments
We are having some seriously beautiful weather. I’ve been stepping out these past two mornings into crispy cool but sunny 50-60s… in my short-sleeved t-shirt. It’s so cool I can smell the freshness in the light breeze. How’s that? The wind’s a little chilly but I can live with that.
How’s the weather where you’re at?
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September 2nd, 2010 | No Comments
I recently took my son to have a new pair of eyeglasses fitted before he heads off to college. I also asked for a copy of the prescription from the optician with the intention of having my son order a spare pair online.
Strangely enough, the optician was not too keen to part with the pupillary distance reading. PD is the distance between the pupils of the eyes, center to center, measured in millimeters. This reading is required to ensure correct eyeglass fitment.
Apparently opticians are increasingly reluctant to part with your PD reading. It’s a growing trend as many opticians are finding that their customers are taking their prescription to have their eyeglasses made online very inexpensively at places like ZenniOptical.com, and they don’t like that!
So many opticians are realizing this so they’re charging for the prescriptions or part of. Sure they can charge for their eye test service but they should have their customer’s interests at heart and not withhold their PDs or their prescription.
The customer should be allowed to choose who makes their eyeglasses and if they can save money and find a bigger selection of trendy frames to choose from, I say why not?
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August 31st, 2010 | No Comments
The weather is really beautiful today. I stepped out early this morning and the temperature was a refreshingly cool 58 degrees. What a change from the 100+ we’ve been sweltering in since summer hit the horizons!
This cool weather is the kind that makes you wanna grab your metal detector, head to the beach and start prospecting for ancient gold coins washed ashore from shipwrecks of old!
But since I’m nowhere near the beach, that shall remain a nice thought. Oh, okay, go ahead and throw in a dream of what I could do with the money from selling those antique coins 
.
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August 27th, 2010 | No Comments
I will be honest, I’m quite the noob at coupons. But if you ask me now, I’d say I’m just now realizing how much I’ve been missing out. Better late than never, so it’s time to play catchup.
I’ve had to turn to online shopping recently because I don’t have a car and can’t get around to the mall as easily as I used to. I have a bunch of back to school shopping to do for my kids which can’t wait. So I turned on my computer and started researching and comparing prices.
And I have to say these Savings coupons that I found have saved me more than I dared to imagine. I just go to Savings.com to compare prices on the items I need, and there’s all my favorite brands and stores right there.
I ordered a backpack from eBags using a coupon from this site and I’m really happy with the savings. It’s so exciting to see they have almost never-ending lists of coupons all waiting to save me money. And right now, I could do with every little bit of savings I can get as back to school shopping can be pretty heavy on the wallet.
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