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greenetree
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Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 1901
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, December 26, 2003 - 5:55 pm: |     |
I walked into Drug Fair this morning, and walked out with only the things on my list !!!!
Of course, then I went to the Wine Libray to get a bottle of Scotch for a house gift & walked out with 4 bottles of wine that were not on the list. Frankly, overdoing it at Drug Fair would've been cheaper.  |
mas
Citizen
Username: Maplemas
Post Number: 68
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Friday, December 26, 2003 - 8:44 pm: | |
that, my friend, is no small feat. You deserve a blue ribbon for restraint. what's your secret? |
gozerbrown
Citizen
Username: Gozerbrown
Post Number: 277
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Friday, December 26, 2003 - 9:38 pm: | |
I have still not shopped in Drug Fair! Whenever I see it mentioned here or get the flyer in the mail I always say I have to get there. Maybe tomorrow...I'm in a shopping mood! |
greenetree
Supporter
Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 1902
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, December 27, 2003 - 3:48 pm: | |
MAS-
It probably helps that my list consisted of half-off Xmas items & Rolaids. I bought $50 dollars worth of wrapping paper at half off, several bags of shiny bows at half off & found 4 boxes of nice (not the usual tacky remnents) holiday cards at $2/box (down from between $10-$18/box), two boxes of icicle lights at half off, several packs of gift tags half off & a multi-implement outdoor timer- not half off, but on the list.
All in all, I spent about $100, but got $200 worth of stuff. So, I got the thrill of spending lots of money. And, literally, I won't buy bows or wrapping paper for another 5 years.
I'll have to see if I can accomplish the same thing when I have less than $25 on the list. |
SoOrLady
Citizen
Username: Soorlady
Post Number: 220
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, December 27, 2003 - 4:12 pm: | |
I nominate Greentree for Drug Fair shopper of the year!! |
gozerbrown
Citizen
Username: Gozerbrown
Post Number: 278
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, December 27, 2003 - 4:36 pm: | |
Well, Greenetree, I finally made it. It was a fun experience and I got some great buys! I will definitely be back. |
naborly
Citizen
Username: Naborly
Post Number: 270
Registered: 7-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, December 28, 2003 - 9:16 am: | |
Sorry Greenetree, but I don't think your addiction to over-shopping at Drug Fair is cured. You had the exceptional experience of shopping during one of their transition phases -- where there's hardly anything left worth buying in the old-season dept. and the new-season stuff is not ready yet. I should know ... I've been thru this before and have not kicked the habit yet. Did I see you on the 26th when I was there getting 7 boxes of $2 Christmas cards -- and nothing else? |
mem
Citizen
Username: Mem
Post Number: 2512
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, December 29, 2003 - 10:25 am: | |
Hold it right there!
Greentree - HOW did you accomplish this? Were you feeling ill or unwell and had to rush out of there or something?
Naborly,
Good logic, but I don't think it applies to Drug Fair. No matter what, they ALWAYS have useful items that you had no idea you needed so badly until you enter Drug Fair.
I went there to fill a prescription and I was determined to stay away from EVERYTHING while I waited the "15 minutes" for them to fill it (meanwhile, I bet it takes two seconds, those sneaks), of course I ended up in the pet section and HAD to buy bird feed, cat & dog stuff, then there was some cool stuff in the toy aisle, I suddenly realized I needed candles (of course I didn't but they smell nice) ended up spending a fortune on detergents and cleaning fluid ("fresh mountain breeze" gets me every time), ALMOST bought one of those squirty swifter mops, but decided I would get snagged by that on my next visit. Guess what?
$79.99 for $5 medicine. I'm incurable. |
greenetree
Supporter
Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 1905
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, December 29, 2003 - 1:52 pm: | |
Mem- thank you for your defense! Naborly, true that the season change stuff was slim pickings, but! I almost bought new mascara because it suddenly occured to me that the brand new tube I just bought isn't my usual brand. However, I did resist, so it counts for something!
Not sure how I did it. I was feeling fine, but I did have a long list of errands, so maybe that helped me focus. |
Dave Ross
Supporter
Username: Dave
Post Number: 6017
Registered: 4-1998
| | Posted on Monday, December 29, 2003 - 1:56 pm: | |
This usually only happens to me at Trader Joe's. |
bobk
Supporter
Username: Bobk
Post Number: 4159
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, December 29, 2003 - 2:22 pm: | |
You spend a hundred bucks at a drug store and consider that a victory? Geezzee!! 
Why I went in there on Saturday morning because I needed shaving cream and that is all I bought! |
1-2many
Citizen
Username: Wbg69
Post Number: 795
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Monday, December 29, 2003 - 3:38 pm: | |
Dave!!!
I thought you told us before that Trader Joe's was only bird food! have you converted?? if so, I am pleased to hear it. remember, the one in Westfield also sells wine and beer. I highly recommend a few of my favorite items, the vacuum-sealed guac (you can freeze it), their espresso beans, and the golden berry blend. also, had their delicious frozen chicken enchiladas yesterday. yum! |
greenetree
Supporter
Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 1907
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, December 29, 2003 - 4:39 pm: | |
Bob- If you figure out how much you spend on holday cards and wrapping each year, it's probably less than my $20 for the next five years before I buy another bow or roll of paper!!! I'll have to purchase cards in a couple years, but will do so on 12/26 in 2005. In fact, as my siblings & I exchange fewer gifts, I can probably add an extra 2 years to the supply of wrapping paper and bows.
It may be a little neurotic, but I have a phobia against paying full price for this stuff. I also never set foot in a Mall between the day after T-giving and New Year's Day.
Thankfully, this is the only area of my life which is so rigidly neurotic. |
Tom Reingold the prissy-pants
Citizen
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 1562
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Monday, December 29, 2003 - 6:23 pm: | |
I'd gladly have your neurosis, greenetree. Mine is to handle things like this only when they've reached a crisis level.
Today at the office, I suddenly realized that I had bought a gift for my wife, stored it in the closet, and forgotten about it. I'll give it to her tonight. I hope she forgives my absented-mindedness. I already gave her some other gifts, so it's not as if I totally forgot about her.
Tom Reingold
There is nothing
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blackcat
Citizen
Username: Blackcat
Post Number: 145
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 30, 2003 - 7:39 am: | |
My mother used to hide presents for us and forget about them until after Christmas. Then when they would appear after the holidays she'd call it a "Three Kings Day" present. |
bobk
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Username: Bobk
Post Number: 4168
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 30, 2003 - 8:32 am: | |
Greentree, you neurotic? No way!!!
Well organized, maybe, but not neurotic.
Me, well on stuff like holiday cards, wrapping,etc. and getting bargains, I feel that if we bought it, we would probably not be able to find it next year in our clutter palace.
Is Clean Sweep going to do any East Coast shows?
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Tom Reingold the prissy-pants
Citizen
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 1565
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 30, 2003 - 9:46 am: | |
There is actually a Clutterers Anonymous, a 12-step program like Alcoholics Anonymous and the others.
Tom Reingold
There is nothing
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greenetree
Supporter
Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 1908
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 30, 2003 - 10:45 am: | |
Bob- My ego wants to read a sense of awe and admiration running through your post. I must hearby confess: The Spouse is ready to kill me. Before T-giving, I took the 2 huge moving cartons of financial papers (tossed in at random over the last 6.5 years), sorted them into topic titles & laid them out in stacks on the dining room table. They have remained there. This week, I started organizing each pile by date & filing into binders. My project has spread to the den and a card table is up in the dining room because I have no place to sort on the table or the buffet.
So, there is apparently a danger in being too organized if you also have underlying procrastination tendancies. And, I have been know, on occasion, to forget that I bought a gift during the year. |
Tom Reingold the prissy-pants
Citizen
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 1566
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 30, 2003 - 10:56 am: | |
greenetree, are your organizational skills available for hire? If so, your spouse has less reason to be annoyed, if you're bringing in money with your so-called neurosis.
Tom Reingold
There is nothing
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greenetree
Supporter
Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 1911
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 30, 2003 - 11:01 am: | |
Tom- great idea! Unfortunately, my paying job involves research, also a very anal-retentive, detail oriented process, in which neurosis is a job requirement. Since I bring in a paycheck doing that, she seems to think we should be able to use the dining room, silly girl!
Seriously, I have often thought of starting a "rent-a-mom" kind of business where I could tackle these projects, do errands when a parent gets sick, tidy up the house, fix a meal, grocery shopping, etc. I just haven't figured out how to make it pay enough. I have one client, but he doesn't pay. I do one of my brother's holiday & B-day shopping every year. |
Tom Reingold the prissy-pants
Citizen
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 1568
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 30, 2003 - 12:25 pm: | |
Yeah, that kind of work doesn't pay well. But if it would make you happy, it's worth considering.
However, organizing work can pay as much as $60 an hour, maybe more.
Tom Reingold
There is nothing
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bobk
Supporter
Username: Bobk
Post Number: 4172
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 30, 2003 - 12:33 pm: | |
Greentree, if you really are that good an organizer there may be a new career opportunity open for you.; as an “Organizer” on Clean Sweep.
Heck if the new host of This Old House, Kevin O’Connor (a former Maplewoodian btw), can go from having the show visit him to help with wallpaper removal to host of one of the highest rated public TV shows, the sky is the limit!
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SoOrLady
Citizen
Username: Soorlady
Post Number: 226
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 30, 2003 - 2:08 pm: | |
Oh my.... needed a birthday card and wrapping paper... $112.00 later..... but I NEEDED all the stuff I bought... Really... |
mem
Citizen
Username: Mem
Post Number: 2531
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 30, 2003 - 2:25 pm: | |
SoOrLady,
I usually manage to keep it under $80, I think because of some internal "Drug Fair $$$ clock". My sympathies. |
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