The $300 couch that I paid $600 for - lesson learned

Posted by chica with issues under money issues

I try to live below my means. I hate the thought that a big chunk of my money goes to debt instead of into savings due to poor choices in the past. So, I try to be frugal and cut corners where I can.
There are someplaces where you just can’t cut corners though. And I [...]

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Lucky Brand Jeans Black Friday Offers Start Thursday!

Posted by chica with issues under fashion and style issues

If you are a fan of Lucky Brand jeans but not their prices (I hear ya!) then listen up -
I gots the 411 on their Black Friday deals online and the money saving actually starts on Thursday, Thanksgiving Day!

Thanksgiving Day (11/27): 40% off everything Midnight to Midnight (Pacific Time) Get 40% off everything at Lucky [...]

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Ouchie - California Unemployment Rate At 8.2%

Posted by chica with issues under job, career, school related issues

Wow, I saw the headline on Yahoo earlier that the unemployment rate in the state of California is up to 8.2%. Yikes, that is an awful lot of unemployed people!
It seems that it is so many that it is proving to be a bit of a hardship on the state’s unemployment fund. In fact, the [...]

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Twilight?

Posted by chica with issues under general issues

I have a confession.
I have zero interest in this whole Twilight madness that seems to be taking everyone by storm. Zero. None. At all.
Don’t get me wrong - I enjoy vampires and fantasy books. I will stand in line for a Harry Potter movie for instance.
Twilight hasn’t interested me. Neither the movie nor the book [...]

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People + Public Restrooms = Strangeness

Posted by chica with issues under general issues

Sometimes people do things that just leave me with one thought - wtf?
Imagine this -
You go into a public restroom. There are multiple stalls. All of them are empty. You choose one and enter. Moments later a second person enters the restroom. Before you know it she is in one of the stalls next to [...]

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