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Small Business Saturday


Today is Small Business Saturday, and I believe it's the sixth year I've done my shopping on this day at small businesses.  Part of this day is also treating myself.  I always use the Chinook Book and always buy myself Pre de Provence soap and shea butter hand cream.  I normally also buy both of these as gifts for some folks at work, but I mixed it up this year (for them, NOT me... I love the stuff).  This tradition is as much about shopping as it is friendship and laughing. We even made a stop at Demera Ethiopian Restaurant in the middle of our shopping.  Most of my gifts are now bought with a few remaining gifts that I will pick up at Penzey Spice.  Do you want to know why?  Oh yeah, you already opened my link.

Basically, I'm ready for the holidays.  I have decorated my house (another Thanksgiving tradition), bought the gifts, and even ordered Christmas cards.  I was going to skip this year because I didn't have many pictures of myself, and those cards are super expensive.  I've been looking at different websites the last couple of days.  When I noticed a stack of photo cards in Walgreens, I went home to check the cost.  They were 50% off with a code.  I realize this doesn't fit with the Small Business Saturday thing, but they were super cheap and ready tomorrow.


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lee said…
That's our favorite soap, btw.
3:23 PM
mm said…
LH- You should try the hand cream!!
7:03 PM
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