I don't have a clunker. No discount for me on a new car. I don't have children. No tax breaks for me. I pick up my current ad from Lowe's. Well look: "Find hundreds of New Lower Prices in store". What about all the times I bought those same items at regular price? At a local department store, I can get an extra 15% if I use their credit card. I don't want their card; just the discount please.
Could we find a way to give equal opportunity discounts, hmmm?

During a recent snuggle, my husband said I smelled good. I told him that was my new deoderant, something called Tropical Paradise. He looked me square in the eye: "I've been to a tropical paradise. It's called Viet Nam, and trust me, you smell nothing like it."
Funny, yes. But it got me to thinking of some methods used to entice us into buying certain items. Toilet paper is famous for using babies and puppies - neither of which typically use t.p. Auto insurance, (you know...

I think we all like to be self sufficient to some degree. I discovered this week that I am far from it. We lost our power due to the remnants of hurricane Ike passing through. It was only about seventeen hours, but uggh!
It is a totally helpless feeling to not be able to shower, brew a pot of coffee, or recharge the cell phone. We couldn't even run the fan to drown out the sound of a barking dog up the road.
Needless to say, we are now looking into solar and generator options. Off the...