-=> Quoting Carol Shenkenberger to Nancy Backus on 27 Jun 09  13:38:22 <=-

 CS> I know that one real well!  Mom is a frugal sort but not 'chinchy'. 
 CS> She raised me with 'best bang for the buck' and that sometimes you pay
 CS> more for a good reason of quality.

Both of us were raised similarly, Richard even more so.  True quality
lasts much longer, so is less expensive in the long run...  :)  And a
bargain's no bargain if you don't need it.  :)

 CS> probably should work on the laundry angle though.  Grin, Don does that
 CS> and I'm not sure what color our washing machine and dryer are.  I think
 CS> I used the dryer once, about 10 years ago....

You'll just have to have Don teach her, then... if he hasn't already...
I'm sure that you'll make your acqaintance with the appliances soon
enough now, now that you've joined us civvies... 

 CS> Meantime, I just had fun!  Took Cash-pup for a walk and a few bucks
 CS> since it's yardsale season.  Yup, found a lady selling off clothes and
 CS> got me 2 silky shirts, 2 sweaters, and a nice lined jacket.  The jacket
 CS> and the 2 shirts still had the sales tags on them.  One of the sweaters
 CS> still has the dry cleaning tags.  Also found a cute hot pink neck
 CS> muffler Charlotte wanted and a jeans Jacket (short sleeve) that's cute
 CS> on her.  Oh, and a perfume bottle that's mostly full and smells alot
 CS> like Este Lauder's.  She wanted 6$ but i gave her 10.
 CS> Sounded right!  Nice stuff for work.

Quite the haul. :)  One can get some good stuff at yard sales and
second-hand places.

ttyl    neb

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