Daily Archives: November 29, 2009

Buying Curtains On Line

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I’ve never been a big internet user in the past. My son is a computer wiz, but I couldn’t even start to explain to you what he does in his job. All I know is that he came in with a second hand computer, had it all set up within 2 hours, connected to the internet and everything. The problem is, he may be a tech wizard, but he’s not a very good teacher, and I’ve had to fumble my way around the thing to work out how to do stuff.

I’m good at surfing now, and I quite often use the Internet to get ideas on items I am thinking of buying before going down to my local shopping centre. Lately, however, I have noticed just how much cheaper things are online. I’m in the market for some new curtains for my living room, and the prices down at my local window treatments shop are way out of my range. I really want to buy my curtains on line, but I have no idea where to start.

Cheap Tile Going to the Head

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Cheap tile, cheap window glass, cheap paint jobs… It’s all I heard growing up: find the
biggest discounts on all the home renovations.  It might sound very nice, perhaps even wise.
But when the word “cheap” becomes an obsession, it’s unhealthy.  Especially for children.
Children who grow up with their parents always trying to save money and discussing how to
stretch the budget fall under two extremes.  Sometimes they’re like their parents; even if
they have the money to spend, it will never get spent.  Save, save, save.  The more common
extreme is the opposite.  Those children hate so much the word “cheap,” that even when the
money is not to be had, they need to spend it.  That’s what I battle with, to this very day.