http://american-family.org/2008/06/04/trim-the-fat-summer/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:51:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://american-family.org/2008/06/04/trim-the-fat-summer/comment-page-1/#comment-102336 American Family » Money Mantra Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:07:57 +0000 http://american-family.org/2008/06/04/trim-the-fat-summer/#comment-102336 [...] the first one or the second one, this time not shopping hasn’t been painful at all.   Off hand, I can only think of two [...] [...] the first one or the second one, this time not shopping hasn’t been painful at all.   Off hand, I can only think of two [...]

]]> http://american-family.org/2008/06/04/trim-the-fat-summer/comment-page-1/#comment-99272 American Family » 2008 retrospective Wed, 31 Dec 2008 04:39:16 +0000 http://american-family.org/2008/06/04/trim-the-fat-summer/#comment-99272 [...] January, I started my first annual shopping haitus, which was repeated and improved/expanded in June/July. In two months of mostly not shopping, I really got out of the habit of shopping for [...] [...] January, I started my first annual shopping haitus, which was repeated and improved/expanded in June/July. In two months of mostly not shopping, I really got out of the habit of shopping for [...]

]]> http://american-family.org/2008/06/04/trim-the-fat-summer/comment-page-1/#comment-90640 American Family » minutiae Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:42:33 +0000 http://american-family.org/2008/06/04/trim-the-fat-summer/#comment-90640 [...] Our shopping hiatus is officially over today. (We extended it one week into august because we didn’t want to worry so much about expenses on vacation in July)   I tried desperately to cheat and buy myself some much-needed new t-shirts and fall clothes last weekend but came home completely empty handed.  Apparently, this year the designers have decided that women are actually 7 feet tall, so the t-shirts all hang down to the bottom of my ass.  Is it too hard to make a standard, regular length t-shirt? [...] [...] Our shopping hiatus is officially over today. (We extended it one week into august because we didn’t want to worry so much about expenses on vacation in July)   I tried desperately to cheat and buy myself some much-needed new t-shirts and fall clothes last weekend but came home completely empty handed.  Apparently, this year the designers have decided that women are actually 7 feet tall, so the t-shirts all hang down to the bottom of my ass.  Is it too hard to make a standard, regular length t-shirt? [...]

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