Going Shopping With Jerry

Lets Talk About Our Economy

2008-03-06T18:02:00.000-08:00

Hello Shoppers,

How are all of you doing out there? I hope you are doing good. I want to talk to you about our economy and how we can help it out.

First there is no magic spell or something. We must start to spend more wisely, buy what we need like clothing for our kids, buy gas, pay our mortgage, our phone, our food, our utelitys yes this is what it takes for us to live.

Now we need to pay the things that keeps us getting to work and to the store to buy the thing that we need to live, like our car and the insurance to keep it on the road. And again the biggie gas!

Now the part like, games, movies, dancing, trips, anything that is fun. All of this is going to cost us some big time money. But we can find ways to cut these cost. And have a lot of fun.

Starting this week I will go through each one of them and show you how to cut cost and have a lot of fun with the family. God knows we need to do something to have a life and fun with it. Remember When We Do Spend We Help The Economy. No matter how little we spend. So Until Next Time, STAY SHOPPING!!

Jerry Has Fixed His Computer Problems

2008-02-29T10:20:00.000-08:00

Hello Shoppers,
Yes I have fixed my computer problems HOARY! Now we can get back to shopping. I will be talking about the stock market and our economy in upcoming post. Yes our economy is down putty low as we all know. With the gas prices and housing the way they are going, it can bankrupt a person fast. So in upcoming post I will talk about the economy and stocks and how things are going in our everyday shopping world. I will talk about how we can work together to help our economy and shop smart. I will keep you informed about what is happening in the news and how we all can help. And we can get great deals believe it or not. So until then STAY SHOPPING!!

Jerry Is Back From Knee Surgery

2008-01-25T18:11:00.000-08:00

Hello Shoppers,
Yes, I am back after having knee surgery and with good news, they did not have to replace the whole knee thank god. So , I am feeling good and real happy that everything is going well. Thank-You for all your prayers.

Now to get down to shopping talk, the holidays are over and we all are glad of that until next year. Now we can look at what we are going to shop for now. Let me take a moment and say that we must not over spend when we are out there shopping right now. We need to keep our spending in check.

With everything that is going on with our stock market, we must help out so that it stays stable. We do not need to go into a resection, yes we need to buy things to keep the stocks up, but we need to buy the things we need and spend less on junk.

In my up coming post I will talk a look at the things we can do to help out the stocks, the things to buy and the things that we can put on the back burner. Because what we put on the back burner will always be there when we are able to buy them, you can believe me on that.

I am doing good with my talk shows on Blog Talk Radio you must stop by one of my shows and listen in or even call in. They are at; hppt://blogtalkradio.com/shoppingbroker and hppt://blogtalkradio.com/mytalkshow So come and have some fun talking with me live. For Now, STAY SHOPPING!!

Shopping For New Shoes?

2008-01-01T09:08:00.000-08:00

Hello Shoppers,
#1 HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Now lets talk about some shopping, I hope everyone did get what they wanted for Christmas. If not then next year you may, or you can do like I do and go get it myself, what ever comes first.

Today I would like to tell you about a new website that I have been looking at and it is a good one. They have great deals on shoes, the website is Air Jordans Nikes. They are at; http://www.bayaeakicks.com A very good place to go to buy new shoes. They can also be found at my links to the right of my blog.

A look at some of the shoes they have are, Jordan Shoes, Nike Shoes, Retros Shoes, 3D Kids Shoes and much more. I have looked at all the things they have and it is a great place to shop for shoes, coming for me the shopping man you know that it is a deal!

So just don't talk my word on it all, go there for yourself and you will see. And Remember, STAY SHOPPING!!

A Marry Christmas From Jerry

2007-12-15T10:49:00.000-08:00

Hello Shoppers,
Just a note to let you know that I am going strong and have a lot planed for the coming year.
I hope everyone is having a good Christmas and have all your shopping done, if not, get out there then.
I will be having a Christmas special on my new talk show on the 21st of Dec at 6:00PM EST at; http://blogtalkradio.com/mytalkshow and I will have Christmas Music and all. It will be a good time, so come over and have a listen. So I just thought that I would wish everyone a Marry Christmas!! For Now, STAY SHOPPING!!

Jerry And Magic Kids Have Come Together

2007-12-03T17:59:00.000-08:00

Hello Shoppers,
I have great news if you have kids that need name brand clothing at the lowest prices in the country. Yes that is right lowest prices in the country.

I have joined up with the best Children's Clothing Company around to bring you my shoppers the best prices in the country. The name of this company is Magic Kids and they are the beast when it come to kids clothing, all name brands.

You can get girls jackets as low as $4.98, boots as low as $2.98, NFL Licensed- Reebok Short Sets as low as $4.98, Girls Jeans as low as $4.98 and a lot more great deals. All you need to do Is go to this website; http://magickidsusa.com and take a look around at the great prices.

Now how it all works, is that you go to this website look around and if you feel that I am giving you the best prices out on kids clothing then you go to my e-mail at; mytalksow@gemail.com and asks me for my code to get these great prices and I will send you the code that you need. And why I do it this way, is because I want people that are for real about this so you can keep getting these great prices all year around. And when this name brand compaines come out with new things for your kids, I get it first and pass it along to you before it gets out in the stores.

I will have Magic Kids in my links on the right of the page to go to also. Just go there and take a look around now and get your kids clothing in time for Christmas, if you order by Dec 19. The website will tell you about it when you as about shipping. Thats the best I can do to get you a great deal on kids Clothing. For now Marry Christmas and remember, STAY SHOPPING!!

Lets Talk Kids And Christmas

2007-12-01T17:56:00.000-08:00

Hello Shoppers,
Yes we are getting close to Christmas again, I hope everyone is getting their shopping done. If not, get your buns out there and get going. I have done some of my shopping, not all done yet, but getting there.

I wold like to let you know that I am not writing a lot of post here lately and that is because I have been working hard to get my talk show on Blog Talk Radio up and going strong. So now you can go to my talk shows and be with me live on the Internet Radio, that means you can talk to me live and chat with me live on the show. I will be keeping up with my blog here, you will be seeing more post, at less 3 to 4 a week. But now I have made it to where you can go to my live shows and talk to me live about things on my blog. That is what I have been working hard to put together. And I hope we can have some fun with these. I will be having a post about pets and pet stores and also will be having a guest Jeremiah Tietz the owner of Pet Paradise one of the best pet store in the city of Saginaw, Mi on my talk show and will be doing a post right here about this pet store for all you pet lovers out there. Go to the right of this page and click on the Jerry's Talk Show Button and you are there.

Now lets get to our kids and Christmas, as we all know there has been a lot of recalls out there on toys. I being the Mystery Shopper that I am have been going around and looking at the stores out there to see if they have been pulling the recalls of their shelfs. So far so good, our mane stores like Wal-Mart and Walgreens have been pulling these recalls of their shelfs. So we are safe with them on the recalls, K-Mart is good too. Some of our Dollar Store I have see recall items but when I let them know they have taken them of their shelfs. Here is a website to go to to get the recall list for yourself Go to; cpsc.gov/recalls and you can get that list. I am making a deal with a company to get you kids clothing and shoes at the lost price you can find no joke the lowest price you are going to get anywhere. All name brand and even lower prices on off brand clothing shoes for your kids. I will have the deal done in time for Christmas and can get it on time. I will post when I comes in, it should be Monday. If you would like to get on the list, give me a comment that you are looking for the best deal on kids clothing and shoes and I will get you on the list. I will have that post out in time for Christmas. Mean time, STAY SHOPPING!!

Its That Time Of The Year Again

2007-11-18T18:03:00.000-08:00

Hello Shoppers,
Yes its that time of the year again, you know the time that white breded old man that wares that red and white coat and hat and gos around the world in one night giving all the good boys and girls gifts. Yes that is the time of year I am talking about. So I hope everyone has been doing a little good, any type of good the you do will count. So when you go out to shop this year please remember to let that good that is in you come out, I feel the good should come out all year long.

The thing is that if we would think that this time of year is every day then we would be doing more hugging and less hurting our follow humans. I do my best to think that way, and I know how hard it is out there in this world. I have been down in the dumps and homeless not knowing were my next meal was going to come from, its not fun and it makes things bad for you. At this time of year I always look back thank god that I was able to get myself out of the way I was living back then. I did all the drugs and drinking never thought I would make it out, but I was able to keep going and took a look at what was keeping me in the dumps and being homeless and that was the drugs and drinking. And I raised 4 kids that was homeless with me.

The thing that got me out of that life is on one xmas day, because of my drugs and drinking my kids did not get the things that they wanted from that white breded old man. So my kids thought that they were bad kids, I told them they were not bad that I was the one that was bad. I took a good look at myself and said this must stop, I stopped my drugs and drinking and worked my way out of that life, it was very hard but I did get out of it and I never head any of my kids say that they were bad again. I thank god every day for helping me to get out of that life. Now my kids are all grown up now. My youngest is 25 now and they all are doing good, every year at this time I think about that xmas day when my kids thought they were bad because that white breded old man did not give them anything that they wanted.

So keep in mind that there are kids out there that think they are bad because the white breded old man did not give them anything that they wanted. So all I ask is that if you are able to give or help in anyway please do. My life is good now and I give when ever I can, because I do know how bad it can be out there. And if you are in that hole start digging yourself out the bast way that you can. There is help out there believe it or not, you just need to be real about getting out.

Now lets talk about the things I have planed to talk about and in upcoming post. I will be doing the 12 months of deal shopping. And remember I have a talk show on Blog Talk Radio, just go to the right of this page and go down to the Jerry's Talk Show button and click on the button and you go right to my Internet talk show. Call in and talk with me live. until next time remember, STAY SHOPPING!!

Just Stopping In For A Chat

2007-11-05T21:01:00.000-08:00

Hello Shoppers,
I am just stopping in to let you know that I am going to be having some great post coming up. As we all know it is that time of the year again and I am going to help as much as I can to help you get the things done on time. Let me remind you about my online stores, you just go to my links on the right and click on the L & J Spencer's Store 1 & 2. Both are very good places to shop with me and I will help you to get that gift you want at a good price. I also have my shopping talk show on blog talk radio and it is a great show. You can call in on the show and talk to me live. If you have anything to talk about with shopping or a good story about shopping call in and we will talk about it. Here is how you get to my show, go to http://blogtalkradio.com/shoppingbroker and we will have a lot of fun. Like I said I will be having some great post coming up on this blog for everyone. So keep your eye open for these post. So remember have fun and STAY SHOPPING!!

BOO!! Top Ten Adult Costumes

2007-10-15T21:17:00.000-07:00

Hello Shoppers,
Yes it is that time of year again, win all the little ghost and goblins come out. I do love this time of year, it is not like it was when I was a boy o so long ago. I remember getting my cowboy or ghost costume on, by the way the ghost one was a white sheet with two little holes cut in it. We went out with our bags and come home with it full of candy, those were the days or nights I should say. But it is not like that no more, because of some stumped people out there that like harming our kids. Now we have the little costumes parties and that is great too, at lest we are having fun yet. And now as and adult I love getting into a costume and chaperoning the parties and having fun. So here are the top ten adult costumes and the price. Let me tall you they have change from when I was a kid, but a lot of things have so here we go.
#1 Spider Man: Price $40-$370

#2 Pirate Costumes: Price $35-$170

#3 Cat Woman: Price $40-$50

#4 The Simpsons Costume: $9-$50

#5 Star Wars Costumes: $20-($1000 Dark Vader)

#6 Super Girl: $26-$57

#7 Flapper Costume 1920s Dresses: $15-$280

#8 Shrek: $31-$130

#9 French Maid: $8-$71

#10 Wizard Of Oz: $7-$140

There we go the top ten costume and did you see that price on th Dark Vader Costume Wow! My ghost sheet back in the day must have been 0.25 something like that. So have a good Boo of a time this year. Here are some costume websites to look at: http://costue-party-shop.com and http://buycoutumes.com and http://costumemaniaes.com Now Remember, STAY SHOPPING!!

Mushrooms And Green Tea, A Good Thing

2007-10-09T16:36:00.000-07:00

Hello Shoppers,
Mushrooms and Green Tea, yes together they are a great thing for your health. First lets take a look at the mushroom.

The mushroom that I am talking about, is called;
Shiitake Mushrooms

Long a symbol of longevity in Asia because of their health-promoting properties, shiitake mushrooms have been used medicinally by the Chinese for more than 6,000 years. More recently, their rich, smoky flavor has endeared them to American taste buds and these exotic hearty mushrooms can now be found in supermarket shelves across the U.S. throughout the year.

Like other mushrooms, these specialty mushrooms are as mysteriously unique as they are delicious. While often thought of as a vegetable and prepared like one, mushrooms are actually a fungus, a special type of living organism that has no roots, leaves, flowers or seeds.

Health Benefits;

Invigorate Your Immune System

Recent studies have traced shiitakes' legendary benefits to an active compound contained in these mushrooms called lentinan. Among lentinan's healing benefits is its ability to power up the immune system, strengthening its ability to fight infection and disease. Against influenza and other viruses, lentinan has been shown to be even more effective than prescription drugs; it even improves the immune status of individuals infected with HIV, the virus that can cause AIDS.

Promote Optimal Health

Lentinan, which is technically classified as a polysaccharide and referred to as a branched beta-glucan, has also been shown to have anti-cancer activity. When lentinan was given for human gastric cancer, reticular fibers developed in tumor sites. Reticular cells, which are spread throughout the body in various tissues, are immune cells that have the ability to ingest (phagocytose) bacteria, particulate matter, and worn out or cancerous cells. When lentinan was administered, not only was there a proliferation of reticular cells in gastric tumor sites, but many T lymphocytes (another type of immune defender) were drawn to these cancer sites with the result that the cancer cell nests were fragmented and destroyed.

A Hearty Mushroom That's Good for Your Heart

A large number of animal studies conducted over the last ten years have shown that another active component in shiitake mushrooms called eritadenine lowers cholesterol levels-and this amazing compound lowers cholesterol no matter what types of dietary fats the lab animals are given. Even when lab animals are given dietary protein rich in methionine (an amino acid researchers have found causes an increase in cholesterol formation), eritadenine still lowers plasma cholesterol levels in a dose-dependent manner. In other words, the more eritadenine given, the more cholesterol levels drop. So you see how these mushrooms are healthy for you. Now let go to Green Tea.

Organic Green Teas

The most stringent standards for organic produce are found in California, Japan and Germany. Any tea that meets these standards is a high quality organic product.

The two most respected organic tea farms are in India: the Oothu Tea Estate, the first organic tea farm in the world, and Makaibari Tea Estates, which follows Rudolph Steiner's principles of harmony with nature through organic, sustainable methods of agriculture.

Health Benefits

Green tea is particularly rich in health-promoting flavonoids (which account for 30% of the dry weight of a leaf), including catechins and their derivatives. The most abundant catechin in green tea is epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), which is thought to play a pivotal role in the green tea's anticancer and antioxidant effects. Catechins should be considered right alongside of the better-known antioxidants like vitamins E and C as potent free radical scavengers and health-supportive for this reason.

Most of the research showing the health benefits of green tea is based on the amount of green tea typically consumed in Asian countries-about 3 cups per day (which would provide 240-320 mg of polyphenols). Just one cup of green tea supplies 20-35 mg of EGCG, which has the highest antioxidant activity of all the green tea catechins.

The health benefits of green tea have been extensively researched and, as the scientific community's awareness of its potential benefits has increased, so have the number of new studies. As of November 2004, the PubMed database contained more than 1,000 studies on green tea, with more than 400 published in 2004! Following is a brief summary of some of the high points of this most current research.

Green tea drinkers appear to have lower risk for a wide range of diseases, from simple bacterial or viral infections to chronic degenerative conditions including cardiovascular disease, cancer, stroke, periodontal disease, and osteoporosis. The latest studies provide a deeper understanding of the ways in which green tea:

Protects against Death from All Causes, Especially Cardiovascular Disease

In August 2006, a European study, published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, found that tea is a healthier choice than almost any beverage, including pure water, because tea not only rehydrates as well as water, but provides a rich supply of polyhenols protective against heart disease.

Now, a Japanese study published in the September 2006 issue of JAMA, suggests that drinking green tea lowers risk of death due to all causes, including cardiovascular disease.

Shinichi Kuriyama, M.D., Ph.D., of the Tohoku University School of Public Policy, Sendai, Japan, and colleagues examined the association between green tea consumption and death due to all causes, cardiovascular disease (CVD), and cancer.

The study, which began in 1994, followed 40,530 adults, ranging in age from 40 to 79, in northeastern Japan for up to 11 years. Within this region, 80% of the population drinks green tea with more than half consuming at least 3 cups a day.

Compared with participants who consumed less than 1 cup of green tea per day, those drinking 5 or more cups a day had a significantly lower risk of death from all causes and, specifically, risk of death from CVD, with women receiving even stronger protection than men:

Green Tea Benefits
In Women	In Men
23% lower risk of dying from any cause	12% lower risk of dying from any cause
31% lower risk of dying from CVD	22% lower risk of dying from CVD
62% lower risk of dying from stroke	42% lower risk of dying from stroke

Only weak or neutral relationships were seen between black tea or oolong tea and all-cause or CVD mortality.

While this study found no cancer-preventive benefit from drinking green tea, other large studies, including a meta-analysis of 13 studies published July 2006 in Carcinogenesis (Sun CL et al), suggest that green tea reduces risk of breast cancer. In this study, compared to women who did not drink green tea, those consuming the most green tea were 22% less likely to develop breast cancer.

Often in studies, the effects of a certain health-promoting behavior are likely to be confounded by the fact that those who try to follow a healthy lifestyle practice a variety of healthy habits. In this study, however, since green tea is the most commonly consumed beverage in Japan, it is unlikely that study participants were choosing to drink green tea primarily for their health, and thus also unlikely that the significant drop in risk of death due to all causes and CVD was due to other habits related to health consciousness.

Given the significant benefit green tea can provide, even to those who are not especially health conscious, just imagine its health-protective potential as part of your healthy way of eating! If you simply cannot start your day without a cup of coffee, try enjoying a cup of green tea at your mid-morning break, with lunch or as an afternoon pick-me-up. You'll quickly discover green tea's irresistible combination of invigorating and calming qualities, plus its delicious flavor, make it one of your favorite healthy habits.

Protects against Coronary Artery Disease

In Japanese studies, green tea consumption has been found to be an independent predictor for risk of coronary artery disease. In one study, those drinking 5 or more cups of green tea each day were found to be 16% less likely to suffer from coronary artery disease. The relationship was so significant researchers concluded, "The more green tea patients consume the less likely they are to have coronary artery disease."

An elevation in the amount of free radicals in the arteries is a key event in many forms of cardiovascular disease. The latest research shows that green tea catechins inhibit the enzymes involved in the production of free radicals in the endothelial lining of the arteries. The arterial endothelium is a one-cell thick lining that serves as the interface between the bloodstream and the wall of the artery where plaques can form. By protecting the endothelium from free radical damage, green tea catechins help prevent the development of cardiovascular disease.

Inhibits Atherosclerosis

Green tea has been shown to effectively lower risk of atherosclerosis by lowering LDL cholesterol, triglycerides, lipid peroxides (free radicals that damage LDL cholesterol and other lipids or fats) and fibrinogen (a protein in the blood involved in the formation of blood clots), while improving the ratio of LDL (bad) to HDL (good) cholesterol.

In animal studies in which green tea was given in human equivalent doses to hamsters, atherosclerosis was inhibited 26-46% in those receiving the lower dose (equivalent in humans to 3-4 cups per day) , and 48-63% in those receiving the higher dose (10 cups a day in humans).

Special Benefits for Persons with High Triglycerides

Green tea may offer special heart-protective benefits for persons with high triglycerides, suggests a laboratory study, published in the February 2005 issue of the Journal of Nutrition.

A series of experiments revealed that the mix of catechins naturally found in green tea dose-dependently inhibit the activity of pancreatic lipase, the enzyme secreted by the pancreas that digests fat. As a result, the rate at which the body breaks down of fats into triglycerides, and the rise of triglyceride levels in the bloodstream that occurs after meals, is greatly slowed. Since a large rise in blood levels of triglycerides after a meal is a significant risk factor for coronary heart disease, drinking a cup of two green tea along with your meals is a good idea, especially if your triglyceride levels are higher than normal.

Thins the Blood and Helps Prevent Blood Clots

Green tea catechins help thin the blood and prevent the formation of blood clots by preventing the formation of pro-inflammatory compounds derived from omega-6 fatty acids, which are found in meats and polyunsaturated vegetable oils such as corn, safflower and soy oil. These pro-inflammatory compounds-specifically, arachidonic acid from which the inflammatory cytokines thromboxane A2 and prostaglandin D2 are derived-cause platelets to clump together.

Protects the Heart in Patients with Acute Cardiovascular Disease

The primary catechin in green tea, EGCG (epigallocatechin-3-gallate) confers such powerful protection that it can help prevent the death of heart muscle cells following ischemia/reperfusion injury. Ischemia is the medical term for a restriction in blood supply and therefore in oxygen and nutrients. When circulation is restored, oxidative damage occurs, and this is referred to as reperfusion injury.

EGCG prevents heart muscle damage by blocking the activation of inflammation-related compounds (including NF-kappa-B and STAT-1) that play a critical role in promoting the oxidative damage that kills heart cells in reperfusion injury. Researchers believe EGCG can be used to help minimize damage in patients with acute coronary artery disease.

Minimizes Damage and Speeds Recovery after a Heart Attack

Research conducted over the last several years by Dr. Anastasis Stephanou and his team at the UK's Institute of Child Health and published in the FASEB Journal, the journal of the Federation of Experimental Biology and the Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine has focused on EGCG's ability to block the action of the protein, STAT-1. Normally activated in cells after a heart attack or stroke, STAT-1 plays a major role in inducing cell death.

Not only does green tea minimize heart cell death after a heart attack or stroke, ECGC also appears to speed up heart cells' recovery from damage, allowing the tissues to recover more quickly and alleviating damage to organs. Dr. Stephanou, a molecular biologist, noted: "We're extremely encouraged by these findings and hope to implement them in the clinical setting to minimize cell death activation in patients with acute coronary heart disease."

Minimizes Damage to the Brain after a Stroke

EGCG has also been shown to protect brain cells by these same mechanisms and thus may help minimize the brain damage that occurs after a stroke. In one animal study, green tea was so effective in reducing the formation of free radicals in brain tissue that the researchers concluded, "Daily intake of green tea catechins efficiently protects the brain from irreversible damage due to cerebral ischemia, and consequent neurologic deficits."

Lowers Blood Pressure and Helps Prevent Hypertension

A study published in the July 2004 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine found that among persons consuming tea regularly for at least one year, the risk of developing high blood pressure was 46% lower among those who drank ½ cup to 2 ½ cups per day, and 65% less among those consuming more than 2 ½ cups per day.

In another study, this one of rats bred not only have high blood pressure but also to be prone to strokes, those rats given green tea had significantly lower systolic and diastolic blood pressure compared to controls, who received plain water. The animals in this study, which was published in the January 2004 issue of the Journal of Nutrition, consumed the human equivalent of 1 liter (1.1 quarts or a little more than 4 cups) of green tea per day.

Helps Prevent the Development of Atherosclerosis and Cancer

In both atherosclerosis and cancer, cell growth and proliferation is central to the disease process. In atherosclerosis, plaques form in the lining of the arteries, which grow thicker and less elastic, impeding blood flow. In cancer, normal brakes on cells turn off, and they multiply out of control. Green tea can help stop abnormal cell proliferation.

Catechins, among the main active compounds in green tea leaves, shut down the primary relay station through which growth factors central to both atherosclerosis and cancer send their messages for growth. These relay stations, called tyrosine kinase receptors, are essential for the transmission of messages sent by platelet derived growth factor, insulin-like growth factor, epidermal growth factor, fibroblast growth factor, and vascular endothelial growth factor. The result is the prevention of or halting of the disease processes that depend upon excessive cellular growth.

Two other damaging factors that cause the cells lining our vasculature to proliferate are AGEs (advanced glycation end products) and MAPK (mitogen-activated protein kinase). AGEs form when sugars inappropriately bind to and distort proteins. MAPK activity is normally enhanced in the presence of elevated levels of LDL cholesterol. In laboratory studies, green tea polyphenols were shown to dose-dependently inhibit AGE-stimulated proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells and to prevent the increase in MAPK normally seen when LDL levels are high.

Protects against Cancer

In the last ten years, green tea's cancer-preventive effects have been widely supported by epidemiological, cell culture, animal and clinical studies. For cancer prevention, the evidence is so overwhelming that the Chemoprevention Branch of the National Cancer Institute has initiated a plan for developing tea compounds as cancer-chemopreventive agents in human trials.

When confronted with a cancerous cell, green tea becomes the plant kingdom's Arnold Schwarzenegger, helping to terminate cancer cells in a remarkable number of ways.

Laboratory cell culture studies show that green tea polyphenols are powerful triggers of apoptosis (cell suicide) and cell cycle arrest in cancerous but not in normal cells. (Cell cycling is the process cells go through to divide and replicate.)

These anticancer actions have been assumed to be due to the powerful antioxidant effects of green tea's catechins, especially epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG). This is a reasonable assumption, given that a number of studies have shown that green tea possesses remarkable antioxidant properties. In one study published in the November 2004 issue of Mutation Research, EGCG's protective antioxidant effects against several carcinogens were found to be 120% stronger than those of vitamin C.

But while green tea's antioxidant prowess is impressive, recent studies show it is far from the only way in which this multi-talented beverage protects us against cancer.

One of these mechanisms is green tea's ability to inhibit angiogenesis, the development of new blood vessels. Cancer cells, which are constantly attempting to divide and spread, have an endless appetite that can only be temporarily quieted by increasing the number of blood vessels that supply them with nutrients. By inhibiting angiogenesis, green tea helps starve cancer.

Studies also show that green tea works at the genetic level, shutting off genes in cancerous cells that are involved in cell growth, while turning on those that instruct the cancer cells to self-destruct. EGCG has even been found to work as a pro-oxidant or free radical, but just inside cancer cells, where it causes so much damage that the cancer cells' self-destruct mechanisms are triggered.

A study of ECGC's effects on keratinocytes (the major type of epidermal or skin cell) found that this green tea compound has yet another means of correcting cancer-that of turning on the genes that direct the cancer cell to return to normal.

Green tea's anticancer effects include its ability to inhibit the overproduction of the enzyme cyclooxygenase (COX)-2, a protein whose overproduction has been implicated as a factor in many diseases, including arthritis and cancer. COX-2 has an enzyme counterpart, called COX-1, which may be helpful to leave untouched when preventing overproduction of COX-2. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as aspirin and ibuprofen (which inhibit both COX-1 as well as COX-2), and specific COX-2 inhibitors such as Vioxx and Celebrex (which inhibit only COX-2), have been considered as possible agents in the prevention of some forms of cancer, but their severe toxic side effects on normal cells limit their usefulness. In studies of prostate cancer cells, EGCG appears to block only COX-2 and to have no negative side effects.

Phytonutrients in green tea, specifically, its catechins, increase the production and activity of detoxification enzymes in humans, and may enhance our ability to detoxify carcinogens, shows research supported by the National Cancer Institute. 42 healthy volunteers refrained from tea or tea-related products for one month, after which blood samples were taken to assess the activity and levels of their glutathione S-transferases (GST), a major group of detoxification enzymes. Volunteers then consumed green tea catechins in amounts equivalent to consuming between 8-16 cups of green tea each day. GST activity was greatly enhanced in those whose baseline GST activity was low-those most susceptible to damage from carcinogens. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev.2007 Aug;16(8):1662-6.

Prostate Cancer

EGCG provides other benefits specific to prostate cancer prevention. A study published in the December 2004 issue of the International Journal of Cancer found that EGCG significantly inhibited, in a dose-dependent manner, the production of prostate-specific antigen (PSA), a marker for prostate cancer risk. Not only did EGCG lower PSA levels, but it also suppressed all the activities of PSA which were examined that promote prostate cancer.

Green tea polyphenols halt prostate cancer at multiple levels

The polyphenols in green tea help prevent the spread of prostate cancer by mobilizing several molecular pathways that shut down the proliferation and spread of tumor cells, while also inhibiting the growth of blood vessels that supply the cancer with nourishment, according to research published in the December 2004 issue of Cancer Research.

Green tea polyphenols:

decrease insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), while increasing levels of IGF binding protein-3, which binds IGF-1, further diminishing its activity. (Increased levels of IGF-1 are associated not only with prostate cancer, but cancers of the breast, lung and colon.)
inhibit key cell survival proteins, promoting apoptosis or programmed cell death in cancer cells.
reduce the expression of several compounds (urokinase plasminogen activator and matrix metalloproteinase 2 and 9) involved in the metastasis and spread of cancer cells.
reduce the amount of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), which develops new blood vessels to carry nutrients to developing tumors.

All these effects were seen in this animal study within 6 months of continuous infusion. While obviously impractical for humans, the study suggests that daily consumption of green tea may be highly protective.

Choosing to regularly drink green tea and eat fruits and vegetables rich in the carotenoid, lycopene, may greatly reduce a man's risk of developing prostate cancer, suggests research published the Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition (Jian L, Lee AH, et al.)

In this case-control study involving 130 prostate cancer patients and 274 hospital controls, men drinking the most green tea were found to have an 86% reduced risk of prostate cancer compared, to those drinking the least.

A similar inverse association was found between the men's consumption of lycopene-rich fruits and vegetables such as tomatoes, apricots, pink grapefruit, watermelon, papaya, and guava. Men who most frequently enjoyed these foods were 82% less likely to have prostate cancer compared to those consuming the least lycopene-rich foods.

Regular consumption of both green tea and foods rich in lycopene resulted in a synergistic protective effect, stronger than the protection afforded by either, the researchers also noted.

Practical Tips: Get in the habit of drinking green tea and eating lycopene-rich foods.

Take a quart of iced green tea to work and sip throughout the day or take it to the gym to provide prostate protection while replenishing fluids after your workout.
Pack a ziploc bag of apricots and almonds in your briefcase or gym bag for a handy snack.
Start your breakfast with a half grapefruit or a glass of papaya or guava juice.
Begin lunch or dinner with some spicy tomato juice on the rocks with a twist of lime. Snack on tomato crostini: in the oven, toast whole wheat bread till crusty, then top with tomato sauce, herbs, a little grated cheese, and reheat until the cheese melts.
Top whole wheat pasta with olive oil, pine nuts, feta cheese and a rich tomato sauce for lunch or dinner.

Ovarian Cancer

Green tea consumption has been shown to enhance survival in women with ovarian cancer. In a study published in the November 2004 issue of the International Journal of Cancer, women with ovarian cancer who drank at least 1 cup of green tea daily had a 56% lowered risk of death during the 3 years of the study compared to non-tea drinkers. A laboratory study of human ovarian cancer cells published in the September 2004 issue of Gynecologic Oncology explains why: EGCG not only suppresses the growth of ovarian cancer cells, but also induces apoptosis (cell suicide) in these cells by affecting a number of genes and proteins.

An epidemiological (population) study published in the December 2005 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine, adds more evidence that enjoying a cup or two of tea each day may significantly lower a woman's risk of ovarian cancer.

Data from numerous other studies has suggested that both green and black tea may offer protection against various cancers, with tea polyphenols thought to be the most likely protective agents. In this research, Susanna Larsson and Alicja Wolk from the National Institute of Environmental Medicine, Stockholm, Sweden, decided to look specifically at the relationship between tea consumption and ovarian cancer.

Participants in their study were 61,057 Swedish women aged 40-76 years who were in the Swedish mammography cohort and had completed a validated 67 item food frequency questionnaire at baseline (between 1987-1990), after which the women were followed an average of 15.1 years.

Analysis of the data found that even women who averaged less than one cup of tea per day had an 18% lower risk of ovarian cancer than non-tea-drinkers.

Those who drank one cup per day had a 24% lower risk, and those who drank two or more cups of tea per day had a 46% lower risk of ovarian cancer than non-tea-drinkers.

Each additional cup of tea per day was associated with an 18% lower risk of ovarian cancer. Although higher tea consumption was generally associated with other health-promoting behaviors, including higher consumption of fruits and vegetables, when compared to the lifestyle behaviors of those who seldom or never drank tea, the large drop in ovarian cancer risk seen as tea consumption increased does suggest that tea is likely to offer significant protection.

Breast Cancer

Recent studies have also identified two mechanisms through which green tea works against breast cancer. Not only does EGCG inhibit the activity of telomerase, an enzyme that plays a key role in cell division, in breast cancer cells, but it also offers help to women with estrogen-negative breast cancer, a form of breast cancer that is very hard to treat successfully.

Estrogen-negative breast cancer cells express high amounts of the epidermal growth factor Her-2/neu, while in the more treatable estrogen-positive form of breast cancer, estrogen-receptor alpha (ERalpha) is expressed. According to a study published in the October 2004 issue of Molecular and Cellular Biology, EGCG induces the expression of ERalpha rather than Her-2/neu in breast cancer cells.

Brain Tumors in Children

Green tea's ability to inhibit telomerase may also translate into help for children with the most common malignant brain tumors of childhood, primitive neuroectodermal tumors. Telomerase's activity allows cancer cells to avoid the normal limits on the number of times a cell can replicate before it self-destructs. In a study published in the January 2004 issue of Neuro-oncology, investigators found that telomerase activity was at least five times higher in children with these brain tumors than in normal brain cells and that EGCG strongly inhibited telomerase activity in a dose-dependent manner.

Colorectal Cancer

Green tea may also reduce the increased risk for colon cancer caused by a high fat diet. An animal study published in the journal Nutrition and Cancer in 2003 found that when green tea was given along with a diet high in omega 6 fat (in the form of corn oil), the amount of pro-inflammatory compounds produced in the colon (5-lipoxygenase, leukotriene A4 hydrolase, and leukotriene B4) was significantly lower, as was the resulting number of precancerous colon cells (aberrant crypt foci). Green tea consumption even reduced the amount of abdominal fat produced in the animals that received it compared to controls.

Regular Green Tea Drinking Cuts Colorectal Cancer Risk in Half

To evaluate the link between green tea consumption and colorectal cancer risk, researchers followed 69,710 Chinese women ranging in age from 40 to 70 for 6 years.

Women who regularly drank green tea when the study began were 37% less likely to develop colorectal cancer compared to infrequent green tea drinkers. Women who continued to drink green tea regularly throughout the study fared even better, reducing their risk of colorectal cancer by 57%.: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2007 Jun;16(6):1219-23..

Practical Tip: Enjoy green tea as both a hot and iced beverage.

Brew green tea with thinly sliced ginger and lemon, or sprigs of spearmint. Add one teaspoon of honey per cup, stir and serve hot, or use half the amount of hot water (or twice the amount of tea), allow the tea to brew and cool, then combine half and half with fruit juice, such as peach, pineapple or papaya. Blend and pour over ice.
Make green tea chai by brewing green tea in hot vanilla soy milk. Top with a dash each of cinnamon, black pepper, ginger and allspice.

Gallstones and Biliary Tract Cancers

Green tea lowers risk of gallstones and biliary tract cancers, suggests a large population-based, case-control study led by Ann Hsing of the National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, and published in the International Journal of Cancer, June 2006.

Hsing's team gathered demographic, medical and dietary data from 627 individuals with biliary tract cancer, 1037 persons with gallstones, and 959 randomly selected controls in Shanghai, China.

Among women, after taking account of age, education and body mass index, those who consumed at least one cup of tea each day for at least 6 months had a 27% reduced risk of developing gall stones, a 44% reduced risk of getting gallbladder cancer, and 35% reduced risk of bile duct cancer. Among men, most tea drinkers were cigarette smokers, which likely affected their results. Men's risk of biliary disease was lower with tea consumption, but the drop in risk was not considered statistically significant.

Lung Cancer

While we certainly do not recommend smoking, if you or someone you love smokes, or if you must be around smokers and are exposed to second hand smoke, drinking green tea can offer some protection against lung cancer. A human pilot study recently confirmed the protective effects of green tea against lung cancer seen in cell culture and animal studies. The study, published in the November 2004 issue of Molecular Nutrition and Food Research evaluated the effect of green tea (5 cups per day) on 3 heavy smokers (>10 cigarettes a day) and 3 individuals who had never smoked. When the study subjects were drinking green tea, DNA damage caused by smoking was decreased, cell growth was inhibited, and cellular triggers for apoptosis (cell suicide) in abnormal cells increased.

Another larger four month study of heavy smokers involving 100 women and 33 men found that levels of urinary 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine, a marker of free radical damage to DNA, dropped significantly in individuals drinking decaffeinated green but not black tea.

Decaffeinated green tea was especially effective in reducing DNA damage in individuals who lack the genetic ability to produce normal amounts of an enzyme called glutathione S-transferase, which plays a key role in the liver's ability to detoxify many of the carcinogens found in cigarette smoke. Individuals whose genetic inheritance does not include the GSTM1 and GSTT1 variants of the genes that instruct the cell to produce glutathione S-transferase are more susceptible to developing many different cancers. For these individuals, green tea may be especially beneficial.

Bladder Cancer

Research by a multi-departmental team from UCLA has produced valuable insights into how green tea extract might be capable of acting against the invasive growth of bladder cancer tumors. Green tea extract has been shown, via a mechanism that affects cell movement, to target cancer cells while leaving healthy cells alone.

For cancer to grow and spread, the malignant cells must be able to move, and their movement depends on a process called actin remodeling, which itself is carefully regulated by complex signaling pathways, including the Rho pathway.

By inducing Rho signaling, green tea causes cancer cells to mature more rapidly and to bind together more closely, a process called cell adhesion. Both their increased maturity and cell adhesion inhibit cancer cells' mobility, according to Rao, senior author of the study, published in the February 2005 issue of Clinical Cancer Research, in which green tea's effects on Rho signaling were noted.

"Cancer cells are invasive and green tea extract interrupts the invasive process of the cancer…In effect, the green tea extract may keep the cancer cells confined and localized, where they are easier to treat and the prognosis is better," explained Rao.

About 56,000 new cases of bladder cancer are diagnosed each year, making it the fifth most common cancer in the United States. About half of all bladder cancers are believed to be related to cigarette smoking. Bladder cancer can be difficult to detect in the early, most treatable stages, yet, when not found early, the tumors can be aggressive, and more than half of patients with advanced cancers experience recurrences. In the next phase of his research, Rao and his team will analyze urine from bladder patients, looking particularly for biomarkers associated with actin remodelling and the activation of the Rho pathway, to determine which subset of patients might benefit most from green tea.

Now put these two things together, Shiitake Mushrooms and Green Tea, that is what I have done as a new Drink Product of mine, you get the best Health Drink Around. If you would like to know more about this Great Health Drink then e-mail me at; jerry25252000@yahoo.com

So for now that all, until next time remember, STAY SHOPPING!!

Is It True New Realls From China?

2007-10-05T16:00:00.000-07:00

Hello Shoppers,
I hope your day is going good. Here I am going to be talking about more recalls from China, yes it is true. China is now recalling the boy scouts pins because they contain lead bast pant. Also recalling a soft play toy that our baby's play with. Is that all that China has, is lead bast pant?

I think we should have U.S inspectors over there to keep up with what and how China makes products for our country, if they want to keep the U.S contracts. China thinks it has big control over U.S when it come to products. We must let them know the control they think they have is not that big at all. There are other country's out there the would love to have our business. This must stop with China, it is costing big money for these recalls and that hearts them and us. Now to move on.

Halloween is almost here so you need to get the kids ready to go. Hope you have all the snacks ready for them. Hey and I have an idea for a costume, lets dress them up as a recalled toy from China. Ha Ha. But they do have a lot of good costumes out there this year. Always be safe on this day or any day.

Not to be pumping my stores up, but hay why not. Remember, I now have two stores on line and giving you the best price possible. Go to the right of this page stroll down to my links and click ether L & J Spencer's Store 1 or go to L & J Spencer's store 2 they both have good deals for you. And all my stores are safe to shop in, that is what keeps you coming to shop at them. And the deals, thats the big one. Now I must go to get ready to shop or something like that. And Remember, STAY SHOPPING!!

Have Been Working To Get Myself Back IN Shap

2007-09-28T19:33:00.000-07:00

Hello Shoppers,
As you my know, I was in a bad car accident and have been working hard to get back going again. Well with all the help of the doctors they have found that My back has been hurt, my shoulder and neck. So I will be going through a lot of thing a long the way. Yes I will be keeping up with my blogs and my radio shows and even more. Just keep your eye on this blog for more good shopping tips to come. I will also have other blogs and radio shows about anything that you would like to talk about and there is a lot of things out there to talk about so stay tune. meanwhile, STAY SHOPPING!!

Cows Braking Wind What?

2007-09-15T13:59:00.000-07:00

Hello Shoppers,
I thought I would share this with all of you red meat eaters. I was watching CNN like I do most of the time, when they stated to talk about if you eat red meat.

Here it is, if you eat red meat you are helping to bring globule worming up. Yes I said, if you eat red meat you are helping to make the world get hotter.

Here is why, they are saying that the more cows that are out there the more greenhouse gas there is out there. Why? Because of the cows braking wind yes, FARTING.

Now why is this? They are saying that the cows farting has gas in it that is making the earth worm up. Lets get real, what about milking cows, do we need to stop drinking milk too? Next it will be pigs farting and us farting. These people must be vary bored or they are not meat eaters and are trying to stop all meat eaters. What do you think? Let me know. And Remember, STAY SHOPPING!!

Jerry Is Back, After His Car Accident

2007-09-12T11:32:00.000-07:00

Hello Shoppers,
Yes I am back, on the 08/22/07 I had a big car accident and I am now going through everything with it. But glad to be back and looking foreword to doing some more shop talk. I will be on my talk show tonight at 7:30 EST on http://blogtalkradio.com/shoppingbroker and will be talking all about it. Tell Then, STAY SHOPPING!!

China And The Recalls

2007-08-21T18:03:00.000-07:00

Hello Shoppers,
We have been hearing about all the recalls for China made products from food to toys and more. China makes 80% of all the toys in the U.S. that is a lot of toys. But if you look at most of our products you will see that they are made in China. So that means that we are putting our trust in these products, but now we find out that China is painting our kids toys with lead pant. Lead pant has been banded from the U.S. sense 1978. So why is it that China is using these pants? They are coming out and saying that Matel Toys are telling them to use these pants. Lets get real, why would our toy companies tell someone to make toys that would harm our kids when they have kids of their own that play with the same toys? We need to demand the answers from these companies this is our kids we are talking about.

Lets go to another product that has been recalled from China, tires for our cars is one big one. They recalled millions of them because China did not put the safety band in the tires that stops the tire from unraveling if it blows out. We have had deaths in the U.S. because of this, the tire would blow out and then rap around the cars excel and flip it. So now is China going to say that our car companies told them to make these tires? And if our companies did say that then shame on them. Again we need to demand answers from these companies.

Now comes all the food that has been recalled from, you know it China. From human food to pet food, these foods had very toxic chemicals in them. Luckily no human deaths from this, but there was some pet deaths. So I ask, what the heck is going on with all these recalls from China? We must ask is China doing this knowing it will make us sick? Or is the companies in the U.S. trying to cut cost on their products? I hope not!

We must let China and other country's know that we will not put up with these type of products coming into our country. Remember this is our kids we need to think about. Until next time, STAY SHOPPING!!

Jerry Is Shopping For Help To Save A 5 Year Old Boy With A Unknown Disease

2007-08-20T17:52:00.000-07:00

Hello Shoppers,
I have not been on my blog because I have been looking for help in finding out what is wrong with a 5 year old boy that has a disease that is unknown to U.S. doctors. I need you my shoppers help before its to late. Here is my article about Little Baby Cole.

I am looking for help for a 5 year old boy that has a disease unknown to U.S. doctors. He needs help before it is to let. Here is my article and I do have video I can download.

Contact Me: littlebabycole@yahoo.com or Call (989)642-9157

Health Care In U.S. Can't Even Help Little Baby Cole

You may be asking who is Little Baby Cole, a 5 year old boy that has a disease that is unknown to doctors in the U.S.

From birth Little Baby Cole's parents knew that there was something wrong, because Little Baby Cole did not react to thing like, not crying, wait loss, and did not breath right. They said that he had a thing called softening of the air way.

At the age of 3 months his parents started to go all over to try and find out what was wrong. Now Little Baby Cole started to go through a sires of many many test. These test would go on for the next 2 years.
At 9 months Little Baby Cole said his first words.(mom & momma) These would be the last words he would ever say again. Then he lost his hearing and had to have tubs put in his ears.

At 14 months Little Baby Cole had his first seizure that lasted for 1 hour, now he has seizures that last 2 to 3 hours. Now they are saying that everything is slowly shutting down in his body.

Today at 5 years old when other kids are starting school, Little Baby Cole can not walk, talk, cry, use the bathroom with out being given a enema every 3 days. He is unable to eat right, must be feed with a syringe most of the time.

The doctors now say that there is nothing that they can do for Little Baby Cole. I say that there must be something out there we can do.

If you buy something from my store at; http://jerry2525.fscstore.com I will donate 20% of profits to Little Baby Cole. Thank - You for being at reader of my blog and remember, STAY SHOPPING!!

Hay Shoppers We Are At The 5 Best Little Towns

2007-08-09T11:02:00.000-07:00

Hello Shoppers,

Yes, we are at the 5 Best Little Towns and they are looking good. Before we get to them let me remind you, I do have a great talk show on Blog Talk Radio. All you need to do is go to the right of my blog here and go down to Jerry's Radio Show and click on the button and you are there. I talk about a lot of things dealing with shopping, this is your chance to talk to me live. So come and join the shopping fun. Now lets get to the last of the 100 Best Little Towns In The U.S.A.

#5 Saugatuck/Douglas, MI

Being from MI I know all of these little towns, and they are great towns. And I am not just saying this because I live here. They are great towns! These side-by-side Lake Michigan shore villages are so artsy, resident take for granted having their portraits painted. Their likenesses hang in one of the 40 galleries that liberally mingle with an appealing collection of boutiques. Visitors not only find original art adorning studio windows, but also they get accustomed to encountering sculptures on almost every corner in Saugatuck (population: 1,050) and Douglas (population: 1,200). Artists set up easels among the swimmers and sunbathers enjoying the crescent of white sand to capture Oval Beach (considered one of the country's best) on canvas. Summer also brings an acclaimed film festival and jazz and chamber music series. A lot of great shopping and fun, what more can you ask for?

#4 Madison, IN.

Towering limestone bluffs and the Ohio River frame picturesque Madison, an old riverboat port of 12,400 are on the National Historic Register, with buildings dating to 1817. Antiques dealers fill the district, which has served as a model for preservation of other towns. A brick river walk leads visitors close to touring riverboats that regularly dock with loads of vacationers, and a stroll through Madison's hilly streets provides glimpses of lush gardens around grand old homes, some converted to inns. Drives out of town meander to several award-wining wineries, some of the area's best bike trails and Clifty Falls State Park, where seven waterfalls flow.

#3 Galena, IL

The preservation movement in this old lead mining town (population: 3,600) has effectively defined the trend toward small towns reinventing themselves. Framed by northwestern Illinois hills, the business district's century old buildings now house more then 90 shops filled with antiques, home accessories and art. Some 50 inns and hotels welcome travelers, and restaurants serve seemingly every taste. And the effect is spreading to surrounding towns like Savanna. If Main Street or the many festivals get too crowded, escape with a hot-air balloon ride, carriage tour, spa treatment or pottery class, part of a new hands-on arts scene. A great place to shop.

#2 Petoskey/Charlevoix, MI

Yes, another MI town that makes 11 towns. So 11 out of 100 Best Little Towns are in Mi, must be a great place to visit. These neighboring resort towns along the Lower Peninsula's northwestern shore began entertaining vacationers who came by steamship more than a century ago. No wonder they're so good at it, offering an ever growing to do list for travelers and a relaxed attitude. Petoskey (population: 600) clmbs hills along Little Traverse Bay, and Charlevoix (population: 3,000) nestles between Lake Michigan and Lake Charlevoix 17 miles southwest. The beach and harbor are steps from the 100 shops and galleries of Petoskey's Gaslight District and landmark Stafford's Perry Hotel. Charlevoix boutiques string along the waterfront. Local restaurants, including Andante (fine dining; bay views) and Jesperson's (good pie) deliver memorable meals. In the warmer months, visitors golf at the Inn at Bay Harbor, a first class resort with courses heralded as the Midwest's Pebble Beach. Now the number one Best Little Town, and no it is not in MI.

#1 Ephraim/Fish Creek, WI

Who needs New England? The Midwest has its own coastal charm around the Great Lakes, and our top towns, located in Door County, are the best examples of it. The 80- mile- along Door Peninsula extends into Lake Michigan on Wisconsin's east side, creating more than 300 miles of coastline. Tucked into this shore are lighthouses, 30 beaches, five state parks, golf courses and pretty towns seemingly plucked straight from a painting. Along the busier Green Bay side, it's hard to tell where one ends and the another begins. But Ephraim (population: 349) and Fish Creek (population: 200), bookends to Peninsula State Park, epitomize what's most appealing.

Visitors rent bikes at the park entrance and ride to water views, beaches and lighthouse. Artists inspired by the county's scenery show their work in two towns' dozen galleries. Travelers tap into this scene with classes at Fish Creek's Peninsula Art School and the newer Hands-on Gallery. Plentiful shopping runs toward high-end boutiques; good food is equally ample. The signature meal is a cauldron of whitefish, potatoes and onions. Fish Creek's White Gull Inn, known for first-class hospitality and one of more then a dozen lodging choices in Fish Creek alone, stages one of the best. Top off this meal with pie made with cherries from the orchards that flourish in the peninsula's interior. And there you go, I hope you have had fun going through the 100 Best Little Towns, now get out the and visit some of these towns and remember, STAY SHOPPING!!

We Are Now At The Top 10 Best Little Towns To Shop In Or To Just Visit

2007-08-08T17:25:00.000-07:00

Hello Shoppers,
Now we are down to the Top Ten Little Towns 90 towns out of the way. If you have been on vacation driving around the States I hope you have visit at lest one of the towns I have talked about. But we are down to the Top 10 Best Towns. I will be talking about 5 at a time, so lets get going!

#10 Mackinac Island Area, MI.
This is the place that I proposed to my wife at. We were going across to Mackinac Island on the ferry. And after that we had a great day on the Island. It's become a cliche to say that arriving by ferry at an island's harborside village is like stepping back in time and I know that this is vary true. This is how true it is, you will wonder if the idea originated on this Gilded Age holdover.
The queen of Victorian Era resorts, a bluff over the waters between Michigan's peninsulas. Because cars are not aloud there, the signature sound is the clip-clop of horse's hooves. Visitors take carriage tours, ride bikes, taste famous fudge and tour the 1700s fort. Back on the mainland, explore the island's gateways, St. Ignace (population: 2,700) and Mackinaw City (population: 860), linked by the five-mile Mackinac Bridge. This is a great place.

#9 Stillwater, MN
The timber of the St. Croix River Valley on the Minnesota/Wisconsin border built the fortunes behind Stillwaters Victorian mansions, and the forest and craggy river valley still supply scenery visitors love. The town (population 17,200) about 20 miles east of Saint Paul lures travelers with an irresistible mix: a dozen inns and a historic downtown sprinkled with antiques shops and bookstores that bring collectors from all over the world. Short drives lead to notable towns, including Marine on St. Croix and Taylors Falls. Train and riverboat tours are staples. Plus, Stillwater offers one of the regions most surprising boat tours: St. Croix cruises in a gondola built in Venice, Italy.

#8 Put-in-Bay, OH
This is a storybook family getaway is just a ferry ride away from northwest Ohio's Lake Erie shoreline. Only boats connect South Bass Island and its town of Put-in-Bay (population: 128) to the mainland, so most visitors leave cars behind. That usually reduces the traffic noise among shops and restaurants to no more then the hum of golf carts and jingle of bells on rental bicycles. Family attractions fill the island, including museums, cave tours, fishing charters and a 1917 carousel. For the best view, climb the 352-foot Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial, a white column commemorating a U.S. victory in the War of 1812. This another great place to go and have a lot of fun.

#7 Bayfield, WI
Here, Lake Superior adventure awaits visitors to this town of 600 on the Bayfield Peninsula. Lake jewels tossed into the sapphire water, the 22 Apostle Islands lie just offshore. On summer days, Bayfield's harbor is full of kayaks and tour boats going to and from the beaches, lighthouses and from the legendary archipelago. More relaxed explorers ride ferries to Madeline Island, the only inhabited Apostle, which offers shops, a renowned beach, a museum and places to eat. The shops, inns and restaurants of Bayfield look down from hills along the lake. The surrounding peninsula is marked by pay-on-your-honor berry and apple stands and an absence of chain stores. Most summer nights bring performing arts under the old-fashioned Big Top Chautauqua tent.

#6 Nashville, IN
I think everyone knows about this one, but here it is. So-called progress never quite made it to Nashville, the seat of Brown County, a haven of hills and forests 55 miles south of Indianapolis. That's fine with the artists who live and work in studios tucked amid the town's 250 shops and the countryside. The artists colony founded by the Indiana painter T.C. Steele, who was drawn by the vistas that seem to spread from every hilltop, celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. The woodsy setting around Nashville (population: 1,000) also suits hikers and others who explore nearby Brown County State Park, Indiana's largest.

We are now down to the Top 5 Best Small Town In The U.S.A. I will be talking about them tomorrow. Until then, STAY SHOPPING!!

The Truth About Bottled Water,And More Of The Best 100 Little Towns.

2007-07-29T11:56:00.000-07:00

Hello Shoppers,
I hope you have been having fun out there shopping. Before I get to the 100 best little towns,I would like to talk about that bottled water that we all drink. They try to make you believe that the water that you pay for in your store is from some far away spring, while that is not true. Aquafina Water from Pepsi Co Inc now has to change their labels to let you know that the water they put in their bottles is tap water not from a far away spring. This coming from a group called Corporate Accountability International,this company looks for misleading market practices. So the next time you are drinking that bottled water take a look at the label to see were it comes from.

Now lets get to more of the 100 best little towns to visit and shop in. I will be naming only 4 towns today #14-11. Because we are at the top ten towns and I will be talking a lot about these towns.

#14 Shipshewana, IN
An epicenter of the simple farming life, with hearty Amish-style food, furniture, quilts and other crafts. This is another great Amish town to shop in.

#13 Lanesboro, MN
A haven for cyclists and other lovers of the peaceful outdoors with Root River Trail, plus good food, inns and productions at the Commonweal Theatre. Shopping in this town is a must.

#12 Leland/Suttons Bay, MI
On the Leelanau Peninsula near Traverse City, a recipient of the lake's bounty: fresh fish, views and local wines. So if you like fish and wine then this is a town you can not miss.

#11 South Haven, MI
Beaches that stand out even on Lake Michigan within walking distance of downtown and inns; fresh foods at the edge of wine country. Another good town for great food and wine.

Alright we are now at the top ten of 100 best little towns, for these towns I will be highlighting them in every way. Until next time remember, STAY SHOPPING!!

Reminder Of The DHS Club And 10 More Of The 100 Best Little Towns #24-15

2007-07-24T16:12:00.000-07:00

Hello Shoppers
Let me remind you of my DHS Club Mall,this is the best mall online to shop at. Most of the stores are big name stores like Target,K-Mart,Zales,Home Depo and the list gos on. You can go to this mall and sign up for free and save money. Just look on the right hand side of this page go to my links and click on DHS Club. Now lets get back to the 100 best little towns.

#24 Hermann,MO
A German village that feels like it's on the Rhine is hub for Missouri River wine country and cyclists beloved Katy Trail.

#23 Hill City,SD
Another Black Hills boom in progress, with a growing group of art galleries as well as 1880s steam trains rides. If you are a art lover this is the town to shop for your art.

#22 Springs Green,WI
Inspired arts scene includes Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin home and studio and a world-class outdoor theater. Weirdly appealing House on the Rock is nearby. This another great town for art.

#21 Northfield,MN
The town still proud of defeating Jesse James (a huge fall festival), with lots more going for it, including shops and two picture-perfect college campuses.

#20 Pella,IA
Go Dutch with a gingerbread-trimmed downtown, pastries, a re-created village and 80,000 tulips blooming for May festival. If you like Tulips this is a great place.

#19 Lindsborg,KS
May be more Swedish than Sweden (in an old-time way), with authentic crafts, foods and festivals. Strong arts scene includes Bethany College.

#18 Lake Geneva,WI
Promenade like the Victorian socialites who founded this pretty resort town-on the 21-mile path around the lake, past grand estates.

#17 Custer City,SD
Growing like an Old West boom town, gateway to the Black Hills best: Caster State Park; Mount Rushmore; Crazy Horse Memorial.

#16 Nebraska City,NE
Newcomers don't expect the striking Lied Lodge and the farm of Arbor Day founder J. Sterling Morton; plus shops downtown and riverboat rides in nearby Brownsville.

#15 Elkhart Lake,WI
A mix that surprisingly works: classic Victorian town with fourdiamond Osthoff resort and a road-race course with 400 annual events.

Ok there you go another 10 out of 100 best little towns. So go to them when you can and have fun shopping. Until the next time, STAY SHOPPING!!

We Are Counting Down The 100 Best Little Towns #34-25

2007-07-22T16:55:00.000-07:00

Hello Shoppers,
We have been counting down the best 100 small towns and we are all the way down to #34 and going. Before we get to the Count Down let me remind you about my Internet Radio Tall Show,just go to the top right hand corner of this blog and click on the Jerry's Talk Show Button. You can go there and listen to me talk about shopping and you can call in and have some fun with me. So give it a try,I would love to talk to you live. Now lets get back to the 100 best little towns.

#34 Nauvoo,IL
There are restored building and reenactors in onetime Mormon enclave on the Mississippi. Also a winery and a historic hotel. A great place if you are shopping for some good wine.

#33 Berlin,OH
Another Midwest Amish hot spot, with tours, crafts shops and homey restaurants. This is a great place to shop for those great Amish hand made products.

#32 Cedarburg,WI
National Register limestone building as sturdy as the work ethic of their Germany builders, now holding shops and galleries. There is a lot of good shopping to be done in this Town.

#31 Hannibal,MO
Fact and fiction blur Mark Twain's hometown on the Mississippi with tours of his home. Tom Sawyer's cave, riverboat rides and Twain shows. If you are a big Mark Twain fan,this is a must see town.

#30 Medora,ND
Western theme-park of a town, gateway to Theodore Roosevelt National Park; Medora Musical celebrates TR's spirit.

#29 Atchison,KS
How did Amelia Earnhart ever leave her pertty hometown on the Missouri? One clu: She never saw Nell Hill's popular home furnishings shops.

#28 Deadwood,SD
Old West aura mostly intact despite a huge gambling scene; also winter sports and stunning Black Hills scenery. This is a great little town to see.

#27 Grand Marais,MN
A one time fishing village between the North Woods and Lake Superior draws both outdoor types and a big community of working artists. A good place for spring mushroom hunting.

#26 Ely,MN
Wear your hiking boots to dinner spirit energizes this jumping off point for Boundary Waters canoe trips. Plus wolf and bear centers, resorts and chefs gone North Woodsy. If you like to canoe this is the place.

#25 Marshall,MI
It takes a weekend to see all the significant building (850)in this designated National Historic Landmark District. The Honolulu House is there.

All right 10 more little town down,and they all are great places to shop in. Until next time when we look at 10 more great little towns. And Remember, STAY SHOPPING!!

Just Got Back From The 4th Of JULY Parties and am redy to get thin back on tract.So lets talk about some more them Great little towns that are fun

2007-07-11T11:23:00.000-07:00

Hello Shopper,
I just got back from all the 4th parties. Everything was great and everyone steal has thier fingers I am prowed of the people the did not drive drunk. I know many people were safe out there becuse we all know the problums that come ween driving drunk.So lets get back to the 100 Best Littel Towns In Amareca.We are at 40 and going to 31. So Lets Get This Started;

#40 Abilene,Ks
The town Eisevhower credited with making him who he was.
Tours of his museum home.

#39 Corydon,IN
Indiana's original capital with a avibrant town square including a 55- year-oldsoda fountain;onOhio River Scenic Byway.

(#38 Decorah,IA
Bluffs and clear steams surround a college town known for its major norwegian-American museum avd outdoor sports.

#37 Frankenmuth,Mi
"Little Bavaria" with chicken-dinner restaurants,world's largest Christmas store (Bronner's) And year-round Festivals. If you like a tast of Germany go here I know I liver in Gerany for 6 years. Lotes Of Funn For All. I will be talking about this town on my talk show at;blogtalkradio.com/shoppingbroker, and you can to the to of the blog and find the talk show button and click. I love This Town!

#36 Marietta, OH
Historic sites and old time crafts in area's first permanent settement;lots of boutiquse and river cruises,too.

#35 Amana Colonies,IA
Seven villages perserve a communal society's spiritwith dining, museums and shops. So untell the net time STAY SHOPPING!!

Lets Keep On Going With The Best Small Towns 50-41

2007-06-30T15:07:00.000-07:00

Hello Shoppers,
I have been working vary hard on my talk show,so that I can bring you all the shopping tips live. I have got it all together now and you can go to the show by clicking on the My Talk Show Button at the top right hand side of this blog. If you want to be a guest host on my show just email me at;mytalkshow@yahoo.com. Now lets get back to the top 100 best small towns that you can shop around in.

#50 Wabasha, MN
Eagle watching on the Mississippi including the National Eagle Center; where Grumpy Old Men was filmed.

#49 Weston, MO
A time capsule of a town rich in per-Civil War history with shops, museums and old homes.

#48 Coshocton, OH
Living histery at Roscoe Village with rides aboard horse-drawn boats on the Ohio-Erie Carnal.

#47 Green Lake, WI
Quintessential Wisconsin lake town scene:water sports and supper clubs. Makes for great eating.

#46 Mineral Point, WI
Artists working among preserved buildings in an 1820s Cornish lead-mining town.

#45 Ste. Genevieve, MO
Amazing French Coloial architecture in one of the oldest settlements west of the Mississippi River.

#44 Park Rapids, MN
So laidback, you wouldn't guess it's surrounded by busy lake resorts; near Mississippi headwaters at Itasca State Park.
#43 Eagle River, WI
Summer is for lakeside resorts; winter is for snowmobiling on extensive trail system. If you are looking for snowmobils,this is the place.

#42 Nisswa, MN
A hub for the vacation area around central Minnesota's lakes; don't miss summer's weekly turtle races! Watch them turtes go!

#41 Chesterton, IN
Near Indiana Dunes and home of a huge Wizard Of Oz festival. If you are a fan of The Wizard Of Oz this is a must see place.

There you go another 10 towns to go to,tall next time, STAY SHOPPING!!

10 More Great Little Towns #60-51

2007-06-19T17:22:00.000-07:00

Hello Shoppers,
I hope for all you guys out there,I hope you had a great father's Day. I just sat back and enjoyed my day. Now lets get back to the best little towns.

#60 Logan,OH
A gateway to the rolling woodlands of southern Ohio's Hocking Hills. They have cool things to shop for.

#59 Okoboji/Spirit Lake,IA
Hubs for Iowa's " Great Lakes" region with small amusement parks,golf and more. This is a fun place to do some shopping.

#58 Hudson, WI
Inns, antiquing and outdoor activities in a pretty town in the St. Croix River Valley. If you are shopping for antiques this is the place.

#57 Ashland, WI
Home to Northern Great Visitor Center, ferries to the Apostle Islands and and a serious ecoconscious ethic.

#56 New Glarus,WI
A little bit of Switzerland, including Alpine architecture and Heidi and Wilhelm Tell weekends.If you are shopping for a little Switzerland you must go here.

#55 Red Wing, MN
A quaint Mississippi port with restored St. James Hotel and tours of famous Red Wing pottery. A lot of nice pottery for sale there.

#54 Lebanon,Oh
An antiquers' mecca,and home of 204-year-old Golden Lamb Inn.

#53 Williston, ND
See a restored frontier fort at the historic junction of the Yellowstone and Mississippi rivers. And you can buy a little of the frontier.

#52 Chadron, NE
Home of Fort Robinson, site of key Western events; Pine Ridge landscape with hiking and golf.

# 51 Cottonwood Falls, KS
Tiny but cool base for exploring the Flint Hills; hight-end lodging/dining at Grand Central Hotel, plus live music at Emma Chase Cafe.

So there you go another 10 little towns to have fun in,now we are half way through the 100 Little Towns. We will keep on going tell we hit number one. Remember, STAY SHOPPING.

Lets Keep On Going With 100 Best Small Towns #70-61

2007-06-14T16:16:00.000-07:00

Hello Shoppers,
Did you do your shopping today? I hope so. Let me remind you that you can go to my shopping radio show by clicking on the my talk show button at the right side on this blog. You can talk to me live,on Fridays you can as me anything you what. Show time is 5:30PM EST. We have fun and you can tell me story's about how you like shopping. So lets get on with the Best Small Towns.

#70 Valentine,NE
A cowboy spirit prevails in a town that's the base for canoe trips on then famed Niobrara River.

# 69 McGregor/Merquette,IA
Neighboring towns appealingly situated along the Mississippi; river views in Pikes Peak State Park. Vary vice place to go.

# 68 Cambridge,OH
Near glass factories, shops and museums as well as Salt Fork State Park,Ohio's Larges.A great place to shop.

#67 Fort Scott,KS
A frontier fort with 20-plus restored and re-created buildings.

#66 Centerville, In
An antiquing hotbed featuring building from the early-1800s heyday of the National Road.

#65 Baraboo,WI
Location. Location. Location. Near the Dells, Circus World Museum and 500-foot cliffs in Devils Lake State Park.

#64 Rocheport,MO
Shops,inns and cafes catering to cyclists on the Katy Trail.

#63 Port Washington,WI
A lighthouse guarding a Lake Michigan harbor; Lake side lodgings and dining.

#62 ARCOLA/Arthur,IL
Shops selling Amish everything,plus lots of places for hearty food. A great plase for shopping ans eating.

#61 New Harmony,IN
Historic buildings, an inn and labyrinth recalling communal life.

So there you go another 10 great places to go to and shop at. I think if you do visit any of these places you will love every moment that you are there. Tomorrow I will have Small Towns 60-51. Tell Then, STAY SHOPPING!!

Lets Look At The Next 10 Best Towns To Shop In.#79-71

2007-06-13T16:01:00.000-07:00

Hello Shoppers,
Today we will take a look at the next 10 bast small towns to go to and have fun shopping in.

#79 Copper Harbor,Mi
Along one of the region's best drives,a Lake Superior harbor and lighthouse tours.

#78 Carthage,Mo
Civil War and Route 66 sites;George Washington Carver's home.

#77Manistee,Mi
Victorian downtown connected to Lake Michigan by a boardwalk.

#76 Elsah/Grafton,IL
Historic buildings,antiques shops and ins along the Mississippi.

#75 Detroit Lakes,MN
A resort town favoring a folksy,relaxed mood.

#74 Yellow Springs,OH
Funky shops and cafes in a freespirited college town near a 75 mile bike path.

#73 Bishop Hill,IL
Descendants of settlers preserve a Swedish-American Utopian community's legacy.

#72 Granville,OH
Hilltop Denison University looks down on a New England-style town.

#71 Seymour,IN
The "Small Town" John Mellencamp sings about; an art center and hiking in Jackson-Washington State Forest.

There you have it 10 more great small towns in America. If you go to any of these towns,do some shopping and sight seeing and just have fun. Remember,STAY SHOPPING.

I Am Back From Vacation

2007-06-12T16:31:00.000-07:00

Hello Shopper,
I have been on vacation and had a good time. Now I am back and ready to get back to work. Starting tomorrow I will be getting back with the 100 Best Small Town Getaways.
If you look to the top right hand corner of my blog,you will see that I have a talk show now. Now you can get my shopping ideas live,and we have fun Too. So just click on my talk show button and join the fun. If you would like to be a guest on the show just let me know. So see you tomorrow. Remember STAY SHOPPING!!

Here Are The Next Best Towns 89-80

2007-05-29T15:53:00.000-07:00

Hello Shoppers,
I hope you had a good time on your holiday,those three days went by fast am I right? What am I saying I know they went by fast! So now lets get to the next beast towns to go and see on your next trip.

#89 Pierre,SD. Tours of the Capitol and memorials,Lewis and Clark history,plus vast Lake Oahe. Good fishing there.

#88 Valley City,ND. A stop along Sheyenne River Vally National Scenic Byway,great things to see on that drive!

#87 Greencastle,IN. DePauw University anchors a town near Parke Country's famed covered bridges. There are some great looking bridges there.

#86. Zoar,OH. A Utopian community revisited,with the help of reenactors.

#85 Scottsbluff,NE. Tastes of Oregon Trail life at the namesake bluff,Chimney rock and pioneer museums. They are great museums to see,if you like museums,this is a must.

#84 Council Grove,KS Santa Fe Trail sites: near Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve.

#83 Hot Springs,SD. At the Black Hills southern edge,an important fossil and a wild horse sanctuary. If you like fossils and horses,this is the place you want to go. Plus the Black Hills them selfs are a great sight.

#82 Munising,MI. Laid-back neighbor to Lake Superior and Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.

#81 Fulton,MO. An arresting vibe at Westminster College,site of Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech and a Berlin Wall segment.

#80. Alto Pass/Jonesboro,IL. Rustic towns providing a base for outings in southern Illinois Shawnee National Forest and a growing wine scene. If you like seeing Rustic towns and wine scene,then this is were its at.

So there you go 10 more great small towns to go see right here in the good old U.S.A.
Join me again tomorrow for the next 10 great little towns to go and see. For Now,STAY SHOPPING!!

As I Promised Lets Get To 100 Best Small Town

2007-05-28T15:35:00.000-07:00

Hello Shoppers,
AS I have said,with these gas prices going up like they are we need to go to nice place here in the med west. I have found 100 great places to go with out getting a big hit in the pocket. So lets get started our first towns are the 100-90 everyday will do 10 town. I think you will like it all,and if you have been to any of these places give me a comment and lat me know how it was good or bad. Lets get going.
#100 Mantorvill,MN. This town has a lot of historic building,bike trails ans drama at local theater.

#99 Dyersville, IA. The Field Of Dreams site movie was made her in cornfield. Also farm toy,doll and woodcarving museums.

#98Chesaning, Mi. July's Showboat Festival brings big named performers.

#97 Kimmswick,MO. Twenty five shops and 94 people in this Mississippi hamlet south of St. Louis;summer riverboat rides from St.Louse.

#96 Ogallala,NE. Real life cowboys hanging out in a base for visitors to McConaughy's white beaches.

#95 Camdridge,WI. The have lake relays and the Salt-glazed Pottery Capital of the world.

#94 Jamestown,ND. Western history at a frontier village and buffalo museum.

#93 Keokuk, IA. Bald eaglewatcking and a lock and dam on the MISSISSIPPI.

#92 Arrow Rock,Mo. The 1834 Arrow Rock Tavern and the respected Lyceum Theatre.

#91 New Ulm,MN. Music festivals and great shops selling imports in what the U.S. Census labeled the country's most German City.

#90 Oberlin,OH. Home to Oberlin College,two notable museums and 14-acre Tappan Square.

So there are your 10 places to go and have some fun. Tomorrow I will have the next 10 towns to visit and they my be even funner to go to! So For Now, STAY SHOPPING!!

Living Down And Out? I Have A Story For You.

2007-05-20T14:30:00.000-07:00

Hi Shoppers, Sorry I have not talked about the 100 best town yet,but I came across this. Will start the talk on the towns next post promise.
I would like to talk about the problems that most of our country's people have. And how it is over looked in our eyes. And that is the real people that live down and out here. Yes the people that live in poverty,because of the work wages are so low for the working people. And then the price of everything gos up with out the wages going up,what happens? More and more of our follow American's go into poverty,by no fault of their own. But by the fault of a government that that just don't give a dam. To that I say SHAM SHAM!! I know cause I have been there and I am steal fighting to get out.
I have came across a article that Liz Pulliam Weston has wrote on the subject,and it is a very good. Her is what she has to say about poverty:
Liz Pulliam Weston
The Basics
Lessons from living down and out

Article To

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5 lessons learned from poverty
Poster "milee" grew up with a divorced mother who barely made ends meet.

"The
house we lived in for seven years, until I was around 10, had no heat
or air conditioning and was slowly decaying around us. It was an old
Florida home propped up on cement blocks and since there were large
portions of floor and wall missing, snakes and bugs (usually roaches,
but also those really nasty-looking, huge wolf spiders) found their way
in pretty regularly. Even when it was very hot, which was often in
Florida, my sister and I slept completely tucked under a blanket,
because it was scary to think that one of those spiders that was bigger
than your hand might crawl over you when you were sleeping. When we
finally moved, the house was condemned and bulldozed. . . .

"We
wore clothes that the neighbors or charities gave us and thought that
some of our neighbors who lived in mobile homes were rich because they
had cable TV and snack food. As things got harder, mom developed some
fairly pervasive mental issues and stopped buying food or coming out of
her room for weeks at a time."

Milee's break came in third grade.

"One
of my teachers had me tested to see if I qualified for a local magnet
school. I'll always be grateful for her, because without her, I
probably wouldn't have had the same opportunities I had when I
qualified and went to the magnet school. It was a public school but
with small, advanced classes and 100% of the graduates going to college
-- a significant portion going to Ivy League schools. As grateful as I
am to have gone there, it was not easy being a poor kid at a school
like that, where most of the kids come from very wealthy families. . .
. You can't participate in sports because you can't afford a uniform or
equipment, debate is difficult because you can't afford the trips to
compete, you sometimes don't have supplies like paper to get
assignments done. I skipped school on days when there were class
parties because I didn't have the money to bring something to
contribute."
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* 'We were so poor': Share your experiences
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* How to survive your hospital bills
* The emergency fund you can eat

Milee learned five lessons from this childhood:

1) You control your own destiny.
"Short term, there are things that can knock you off course and put you
in temporary situations that are unfair and awful, but if you are there
for the long term, it's probably because of a series of choices you
yourself have made. I know (it) sounds harsh, but I saw firsthand how
even in my mom's case, there were many things she could have done
differently to steer her life in a better direction. . . . You can
blame the universe, others, God, the government or the SOB who didn't
send the child-support check, but that really doesn't get you anywhere.
On the other hand, if you buckle down and do whatever you can to fix
your situation, you'll usually end up better off, even if it's very
hard for a while."

2) Education is key. "Without
a good education, you have many fewer options for financial security.
Luckily, in this country, if you're willing to work hard enough, you
can get that. It may not be easy, it may not be free, but it's out
there and you need to do whatever it takes to get it."

3) Money does not equal happiness. "We
were poor and unhappy, so I thought having money meant being happy . .
. (but) my husband also grew up very poor, and his family was close and
he had a loving childhood. (Meanwhile,) many rich people are miserable.
Don't confuse money and happiness. They're separate issues and you need
to work on your family and relationships just as hard as you work on
finances. Don't give up family and relationships in pursuit of money
and don't assume money will fix your personal life."

Liz Pulliam Weston
3 steps for solving your money problems
Liz Pulliam Weston gives you a few simple steps that can start you on the road to financial security.

4) If you do work hard, you can make your life better.
"Things might not get better overnight, but if you keep making good
decisions, things will get better. Sounds simple, but it's hard to see
sometimes when you're in the middle of it."

5) With the exception of some devastating health issues, hardly any bad situation has to be permanent.
"If you follow the first four points, it might take a long time to dig
your way out of whatever situation you're in, but it is possible. The
more time you spend complaining about things just leaves you with less
time to get out there and make it better. Learn from whatever happened
and figure out how to improve things in the future."

As you read, perhaps you were as struck as I was by:

* The toll that addictions -- drugs, alcohol, gambling -- take on families.
* The enormous impact that one sympathetic adult can have on a child who is poor.

If your family is struggling with addiction, you can get free help. There are 12-step groups for both the addict (Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, Gamblers Anonymous) and for the family (Al-Anon and Alateen, Nar-Anon, Gam-Anon).

If
you're doing OK and are able to reach out to a child who is poor, ask
around at your local schools or places of worship, or check out Big Brothers Big Sisters to see if there is someone who needs your help. Your caring can make a huge difference in someone's life.

Columns
by Liz Pulliam Weston, the Web's most-read personal-finance writer,
appear every Monday and Thursday, exclusively on MSN Money. She also
answers reader questions on the Your Money message board.

Published April 5, 2007

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Cool Tools I hope this helps my shoppers out to understand the there are more people out there that can not even afforded the type of shopping that most of us can. Maybe one of these days that will with our help to get them back on their feet and hope that day comes soon for those that are really trying. And Again As I Always Say, STAY SHOPPING!! If You Can!

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Spering And Summer Are Here And I HaveThe Places For You To See.

2007-05-14T18:39:00.000-07:00

Hello Shoppers,
Sorry It has been a little while scents my last post,I have been out doing my spring looking around. As I was doing that,I cam up with great places for you to go shop look around or what ever you are ready to do! I have always been a man of not much money to be going to all the great places around the world. The only way I was able to see Germany and all those places over there is because my dad was in the army, and he is a proud men that served this country of ours with great pride. Just like our men and women are doing today. WE ALL SHOULD BE PROUD, THEY ARE THE BEST!!! So with that said,for the next upcoming days I will be telling you about the 100 Best small towns right here in our own country to go to and shop and have fun. Starting tomorrow I will name 10 towns a day starting at 100 and going back wards to number ONE. I think you will be very happy with what you find out. I will tell you about the shopping there,and the best places to eat and everything to look at. And if you do see any of our proud services men or women, just give them a hug and say thank-you for serving us. Thats it for now,10 towns to go to will be posted tomorrow. Tell Then,STAY SHOPPING!!!

15 Ways Stores Trick You!!

2007-04-19T18:48:00.001-07:00

Hi Shoppers,

I was looking around checking out ways to help you to save more money when you are out shopping,came across this written by The Simple Dollar. So I did a little mystery shopping to see if this is true,and yes it is true all 15 ways! So here they are:

1. Shopping carts. Most department-store customers
enter the store intending to buy only an item or two, but the shopping
carts are right there by the entrance and, oh, wouldn't it be
convenient to have it so I can lean on it a bit while walking around
and to put my stuff in it?

The cart has a huge bin compared
with the size of most items for sale in the store, making it
psychologically easy to toss in an item you don't need -- after all,
there's room for plenty more, right?

2. Desirable departments are far away from the entrance.
Most of the items I go to a department store to buy, such as light
bulbs and laundry detergent, are located many, many aisles from the
entrance. This means I spend my time walking by a lot of consumer goods
on my way to find the item I want.

Because these consumer goods
are effectively marketed to me, there's a good likelihood that I'll spy
something that I don't necessarily need and toss it in the cart.

3. The toy section is far, far, far away from the entrance.
Naturally, if I take my son to the store, he wants to visit the toy
section. He gets excited and starts shouting "Ball! Ball!" to me when
we go in because he remembers the enormous plastic balls in the toy
section.

I tell him that if he's good, we'll go look at the
balls, and at the end of the trip, we usually make our way over there.
What do we see? Lots of children in that area, which means that there
are parents that follow their children.

4. Impulse-oriented items are near the checkouts. Stores stock the latest DVD releases and "froth" magazines there, along with overpriced beverages and candy.

Why?
Because people leaving the store are thirsty, and they're going to be
standing in line for a bit, which is the perfect place to hook them
with some entertainment options.

5. The most expensive versions of a product are the ones at eye level.
Take a look sometime at the arrangement of different choices for a
particular product, such as laundry detergent. Almost every time, the
most expensive options per unit are placed at eye level, so you see
them first when you enter an aisle. The bulk options and better deals
are usually on the bottom shelves.

6. Items that aren't on sale are sometimes placed as though they are on sale, without using the word "sale."
I noticed this over and over with diapers; the department store would
display a rack of them with a huge sign above them displaying the
price, but it would be the same price I paid for them a week ago.
Unsurprisingly, the diapers displayed like that were alwa

7. Commodity items, such as socks, are surrounded by noncommodity items, such as shirts and jeans.
If I'm looking to buy some socks, I have to traverse through a number
of racks full of different types of clothing in the clothing section
just to reach them.

Why? If my mind is already open to the idea of buying clothes, I would be more likely to look at other clothing items.

8. Slickly packaged items alternate with less slickly packaged items.
Look carefully at an aisle of, say, potato chips. The ones with the
bright and slick packaging are generally more expensive, which isn't
surprising.

But notice that there usually isn't a section of
just inexpensive chips -- in most stores, they're sandwiched between
more-expensive items. If there is a section of just inexpensive items,
they're down by your feet (think about the inexpensive bagged cereals
at your local supermarket).

9. Stop, stop, stop. You add items to your cart only
if you stop, right? So stores are designed to maximize the number of
stops you have to make: aisles in which only two carts can fit,
colorful and attractive layouts, escalators and, my favorite of all,
sample vendors. Even if it's not conscious to you, every time you stop
moving in a store, you increase your chances of putting something into
your cart.

10. Staple items are placed in the middle of aisles, nonessential and overpriced items near the end.
Why? If you enter an aisle to get a "staple" item (i.e., a high-traffic
item), you have to go by the other items twice -- once on the way in
and once on the way out. That gives these items two chances to make
their pitch at you.

11. Prices are chosen to make comparison math difficult.
Instead of selling the 100-ounce detergent for $6 and the 200-ounce
detergent for $11 (making it easier to figure out the better deal),
they sell the 100-ounce for $5.99 and the 200-ounce for $10.89.

Hey, look, they're basically the same, right, because five is half of 10? Uh, no.

12. Stuff in bins isn't always a bargain. Higher-end
stores will sometimes put items in "bins" to emulate the bargains found
at cheaper stores, but the prices are still quite high. They just use
the visual cue of a "bargain store" to make you think it is a bargain.

13. High-markup items are made to look prestigious. If
you see something in a glass case that has lots of space around it,
your gut reaction is to believe that it is valuable and prestigious to
own, and for many people it can be as attractive as a light to a moth.
The truth is that these items typically have tremendous markup --
you're literally just buying an idea, not a product.

14. The most profitable department is usually the first one you run into.
Ever noticed that at Younkers, JC Penney, Kohl's and such stores, the
cosmetic department is front and center? That's because it's very
profitable, and by putting it in a place where people walk by time and
time again, customers are more prone to making a purchase on an item
with a very big markup.

15. Restrooms and customer services are usually right by the exit or as far from the exit as possible.
Why? If you need to use either one in the middle of a shopping journey,
you have to walk by a lot of merchandise to reach the needed service,
thus increasing your chances for an impulse buy.

So there you have it the 15 was stores trick you into buying more then you want! Next is how to fight back,And Remember STAY SHOPPING!!

Shoppers You Can Fight Back

2007-04-19T18:18:00.001-07:00

Ok Shoppers,

Here is how you fight back,so you do not buy more then you need too.

Is there any wonder why people end up buying more than they need or
buying sizes that are poor deals? With an array of techniques at their
disposal, retailers can make a mint.

Had enough? Here are 10 things you can do to fight back against these techniques:

1. Don't use a shopping cart unless you need it. A
cart, most of the time, is just a place to put stuff you don't need. If
you're carrying a product, you're a lot more likely to consider whether
it's a worthwhile purchase.

2. Make a shopping list and stick to it. A list makes
you focus on the items you intended to buy. Without it, you are much
more prone to wandering and stumbling into "great buys" that you don't
really need.

3. Look at nothing but the prices and sizes. That's
all the information you really need -- everything else is marketing.
Find the one that has the best price for its size, get that one, and
move on.

4. Start at the back and work toward the front. If
this is an option at all for you based on the store layout, do it. When
you go in, head directly for the most distant item, then progress back
toward the checkout aisles. If you do it the other way, you're prone to
walk more slowly and tiredly toward the front after your shopping is
done, leaving you open to lots of impulse buys on the way.

5. Always look at the bottom shelf first. If you've
found the section you want, start looking at the bottom shelf first.
This is usually where the better per-unit deals are.

6. Don't stop unless you're actively selecting an item.
Displays are designed to beg you to stop for a moment and just look,
which is often enough to get you to pick out the item. Even if
something looks interesting, keep walking. You can study it as you go
past and make up your mind later about the item.

7. Never go by an item twice unless absolutely necessary.
If you go down an aisle, start at one end and continue all the way out
the other. Walking by an item once lets it sink into your short-term
memory, giving just a hint of familiarity when you walk by it again,
sometimes just enough to persuade you to buy it.

8. Carry a pocket calculator -- or know how to use the one on your cell phone.
Do the math yourself to find out what the best buy is because stores
try to choose numbers that make drawing false conclusions quite easy.

9. If you don't know for sure that it is a good deal, don't buy because you think it is a good deal.
Stores use all kinds of visual cues to make you think something is a
bargain when it's not (like the bin trick mentioned above). Don't buy
anything because it's a "deal" unless you're sure that it really is an
excellent bargain -- just walk away.

10. At the checkout, rethink everything you put in your cart --
and don't hesitate to hand an item to the cashier and say you've
changed your mind. Many people seem to have a guilt, or
obligation, to buy an item that they've put into their cart. Don't.
You're the customer -- you have the right to choose whether to buy. If
you find something you don't want to buy, tell the cashier and don't
buy it.

There you go ten ways to beat them at their game! I was glad to find this info and pass it on to you. And As I always Say, STAY SHOPPING!!

Jerry Talks About Mystery Shopping

2007-04-13T19:39:00.001-07:00

Hi Shoppers,

I have been getting a lot of people asking me about Mystery Shopping, is it for real,can anyone do it and things like how much money do I have to pay to get into Mystery Shopping? Let me get one thing out of the way first,YOU DO NOT PAY MONEY TO WORK FOR A MYSTERY SHOPPING COMPANY!!! THEY PAY YOU!! So if someone wants you to pay them money to find you a company to work for,SAY NOWAY! I have lost a lot of money paying these places to help me find  Mystery Shopping companies only to find out that I could find them myself for free. That was money that I could have used to get my shopping news out. So I looked around to find a book on Mystery Shopping that I could give out for free,and what do you know I found it!! So I will give anyone out there that wants to learn about Mystery Shopping and how to get into it, a free e-book. Just leave a comment in my comments,and say Jerry I would like a free e-book about Mystery Shopping and I will email you one right a way no strings. I just don't like it when people get money for something that is free to begin with. I am here  to help you not rob you!! That is what this blog is all about We The Shoppers! I have been a Mystery Shopper for over 5 years now and counting,I am a Gold Certified Mystery Shopper and have worked hard for it. So to let everyone know that wants to be a Mystery Shopper,it is not a get rich thing it takes work. But it is fun and helps with bills!! So Just Ask Me For The E-Book And I Will Get It To You. Mean While As I Always Say,STAY SHOPPING!!

PS This book has 100's of Mystery Shopping companies for you to apply to. And you can do a search  under Mystery Shopping Companies. Go to my Links and do the search by clicking on Big Daddy Friends and type in Mystery Shopping Companies that helps me too. Need Help Let Me Know!!

HAPPY EASTER!!

2007-04-08T10:05:00.000-07:00

Hi Shoppers,
Just a note to say HAPPY EASTER!! I hope the easter bunny was good to you all! And just remember what the real Easter is all about,that is He Who Died For Our Sins! Have a great Easter everyone and I love your support! Remember,STAY SHOPPING!!

Start Shopping At The Mall

2007-04-05T16:21:00.000-07:00

Hi Shoppers,
I was talking to a friend of mine on Big Daddy Friends,she found out I was a personal shopper and asked me to take a look at the club she was in. That club is DHS Club, this is a mall that has all the big name stores for you to shop at and save money. You can also make money there too. So I took a look at this Cub and I am vary happy I did. This mall is a great place for shopping and saving. My goal with this club is to make it available to everyone of you shoppers out there,it is a free club to join. I always do my best to find you places to shop at the bast price I can find. It takes a team to make this happen,I feel that my friends at DHS Club in part of this team very good people that are here to help. Friends Helping Friends! We are a team of shoppers for shoppers! Go there and sign up as a shopper and if you want to make good money become a VIP and start saving and making money. Go to my links and click on HDS Club and you are on your way. Mean Time, STAY SHOPPING!!

Shopping For Music Or Need Help AS A Artist Its Here!

2007-03-31T12:56:00.001-07:00

Hi Shoppers,

Did you get your shopping in today? If not shame on you!LOL This post is for all of you music lovers out there,or if you love making music. I have joined up with a friend of mine to help all you music lovers and artist. I know I love music and I know all of you do too. And if you love to write the songs that make the whole world sing,yes that a song,LOL. Then you need to get with me! And lets make music together. My friends name is Lynn,and she is a music producer with her own innovative record label. She is always looking for new ways to help artists succeed. She deals with everything that is music from,Classic Rock, R&B,Country,Hip-Hop,Jazz,Pop and the list gos on. She is very good with music and she would love to help you. Or if you just want to listen to both old  and new music, you can't get any better then this! Lynn is a great person, here to help you. I will be putting the radio station that she deals with on this blog with in the next day or so, so you can hear for your self. Mean Time, STAY SHOPPING!!

Shopping For Mushrooms,Or Should I Say Hunting

2007-03-28T17:37:00.000-07:00

Hay Shoppers,
Yes spring is here and for all you mushroom hunters you know what that means,Morels and Oyster mushroom will be popping up very soon.
There are to types of mushrooms that come up in the spring,they are the morels and Oysters. Lets start with the big one first and that is the o so good tasting Morels. Now Morels are one of the most hunted mushrooms in the world,they only come around in the spring late April - May. The Morel is hard to find and only grow at the right time. After a nice April shower about two days and the same in May. The yellow Morels are one of the first to come out in the second week of April-May. They are found mostly around dead apple and Burch trees. Then in last part of April-May the black Morel come out,and you can find them in mixed forest. Now they are hard to spot so you must look good,but after you spot the first one then all at once you will start seeing a lot of them like magic. That is a great felling for a Mushroom hunter.
Now lets take a look at the Oyster mushroom,these mushrooms are not so heard to find. They grow in mixed forest so can look for them along with your Black Morel hunting. After a nice little rain Oyster Mushrooms will pop out on the dead Elm or Burch trees,they look like clump of Oysters growing out of the tree. And when you know what they smell like,you can smell them in the air before seeing them. The smell leads me right to them,but I have been a mushroom hunter for about 25 years. The smell is like Oysters in the air,thats why they are called Oyster Mushrooms. (The look and smell). I will be posting articles on mushrooms all spring. If all fails on hunting them,you can do the old fish trick and go buy them and say you found them. At $40 a pound tho I don't know if you would want to do that. So keep a eye out for my next post on were to shop for these great mushrooms. If you have any questions go to my comments and post it. And Remember,KEEP SHOPPING!!

Shopping For Recipes? I know Were They Are!

2007-03-26T13:37:00.000-07:00

Hay Shoppers,
Are you shopping for recipes? If your are like me you love good food. And it is fun to fix good food that your friends will talk about for a long time. I like fixing good food from other country's and giving my friends the test of those country's. Cooking for party's will make you the talk of the party take me word for it,they may even want you to cook for their next party. But you need a good recipe to make that happen,I know were you can get all the recipes that will make that happen. The good part is most of them are free! I have a friend that puts them in your kitchen. Theres a book on more then 1000 Indian Recipes,its called Five Star Indian Recipes. And you know the saying that breakfast is the most important meal of the day,well you can get 350 Sizzling Breakfast Recipes and the best part is its free! He has Christmas Recipes,Appetizer,Desserts and Home Made Drinks&Cocktails now if that don't liven up the party I don't know what to say. For you spinach and mushroom lovers theres a recipe for Spinach and Mushroom Pancakes,I'm a mushroom hunter so that sounds good to me. If you like Duck Then You Are In Luck,hay that was good,and he has a Duck with Cardamom Sauce. If you are watching the pounds the Light Recipes are there. Just go to "tastebuddelight.com" and see for yourself. And have fun with cooking. Below is one of the recipes you will see on his site. And Remember,STAY SHOPPING!!

Sauteed Portobello Mushroom & Pink Bean Salad

1 Tablespoon vegetable oil

3 cup chopped Portobello mushrooms (3/4 in. pieces)

3 Tablespoon water

5 cup chopped green bell peppers

1/3 cup chopped mild onions

1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley

1 /2 cup pink beans

1 Tablespoon balsamic vinegar

1 Tablespoon olive oil

Salt to taste

1/2 cup Chopped cucumbers (optional)

fresh ground pepper to taste

1. Heat vegetable oil over med.-high heat.
Sauté onion for 1 minute.
Add mushrooms cooking until oil is absorbed (about 1 minute)

2. Add water cooking, stirring until softened (about 3 minutes)
If additional water accumulates cook until it is gone. Cool

3. Place cooled mushrooms and onions and remaining ingredients in bowl. Toss

Note:
You can cook the bell peppers with the mushrooms if you don't like raw green bell peppers.

Shopping To Have A Healthy Garden

2007-03-25T17:17:00.000-07:00

Hi Shoppers,
We are going to be talking about shopping to keep a healthy garden,now I have a book that helps me out a lot. That book is called:The Plant Doctors Prescriptions For A Healthy Garden, By Noel Falk. And you can get this book in any library,so you do not need to buy it just check the book out at the library. In this book you will find out about pH levels in your soil,Organic matter,Nutrients and fertilizers and Soil organisms. You will also learn how your garden grows things like Water,Light,Temperature,Space,Flower parts,Pollination and Propagation. You will learn how to make a garden that you will love for ever,not only food but flowers and plants. Go to the lists of maps and tables in this book and you find out about Frost Zones,Last Killing Frost in the Spring,First Killing Frost in the Fall. And in the Tables Part you will learn about Panting Timetable for Vegetables, Spacing Vegetables,Perennial Flower Blooming Times and When to Prune Flowering Shrubs. This is a great book to learn how to keep your garden up! If you want to buy this book let me know and I can find it for you cheep and well wrath the money. If you want to learn about keeping your garden up on line just Google key wards like Garden Health,Gardening,Garden Grove Health,Home Garden and Garden Center. So just shop around and have fun with your garden! And Remember, STAY SHOPPING!!

Its Spring Time Lets Get Going On your Garden

2007-03-23T15:35:00.000-07:00

Hi Shopper,

The first thing I want to talk about is some of the good books that help you with your gardening. The first book I will talk about is one called Heirloom Vegetables By Sue Stickland. This book can be fond in your library's Or ,so you do not have to shop for it. But if you want to buy this book you can look it up on the web or go out and find it at your book stores. This is a very good book on finding and growing vegetables from the past. You will see some vegetables that you have never seen before. Below I have so photos of this book. I hope you like what you see. So For Now, STAY SHOPPING!!

Sorry I Have Not Be On For A Time

2007-03-22T15:04:00.000-07:00

Hi Shopper,
Sorry I have not posted in the last few day,but I have been putting together my new web site and my new game site. You can got to my links and click on the one you want to go to,I hope you do they are very good. I also have put a free game spot on this blog to the right,so just go and click on a game and start playing. Its free and fun. Go check it out! And For Now Just Remember, STAY SHOPPING!!

It's That Time,Time To Shop For That Garden Of Yours!!

2007-03-10T09:20:00.000-08:00

Hay Shoppers,
Yes it's that time of year,spring time is almost here. We are getting ready to get our gardens together,flowers,vegetables,herbs or what ever you want to grow as long as it stays legal. I am getting all my gardening books out,and my magazines that I have clacked through the years and going to be sharing them with you. We will look at all the things that are fun to grow,the things that you may think are some what strange but again legal and have some fun with it all. I will show you books and magazines and maybe even get some professionals not me lord knows not me,but real ones to give good thoughts on gardening. We will look at were to shop for the things you need to get your garden going. I have allot of spring things to look at,one of my best things to do in the spring is to go mushroom hunting again legal! I have been going mushroom hunting for many years now and I love it! I will show you all of it this spring,like I said we will be having some fun. I hope that you will be here with me to have some of that fun! And yes we will get all of our shopping news in too,so it looks like its going to be a very hopping spring for me! But I Will Remember To,STAY SHOPPING!!

Jerry's Store Is Up And Running

2007-02-20T18:48:00.001-08:00

Hello Shoppers,

I now have a store of my own up and running now,if anyone would like to know. All my products are very good and at 50% off most of them. I am going to do my best to bring you the products that you want at good prices. Go and take a look at my store at "jerry2525.fscstore.com" then tell me what you think. If you would like me to add something or just have ideas for my store let me know. I want to make my store a peoples store for all of my shoppers. A place to go to get what you want at the lowest price you can get!! Go down to my links and click on "Jerry's Store" and it will take you there. Help me make this a store for everyone! I have some photos of my products bellow. And Remember,STAY SHOPPING!!

AND MUCH MORE!!

Shopping For Hair?You Can Get Britney Spears

2007-02-20T17:25:00.001-08:00

Hay Shoppers,

I know all of you hard about the thing with Britney Spears getting a hair cut,if not were have you been? Yes Britney shaved her head this weekend. Now why would a good looking woman like her do something like that? I think everyone knows the answer to that,after not having a hit in five years she had to do something. Checking into rehab wasn't going to do it,cause all the stars are doing that! So now you can get this part of history the hair that is,on ebay for close to $10,000. That is from one person that says they have 100% Britneys hair,this person my have the real thing because the biding is so high. But there are other people saying they have her hair and their bid is at $300 right now. Who has the real thing? I sure don't know. You will have to go to ebay your self and take a look. They even have a bold headed doll out already. So what do you have to say? Let me know,meanwhile STAY SHOPPING!!

Tax Time Do Them For Free

2007-02-18T17:10:00.001-08:00

Hay Shoppers,

Yes its that time of year again,tax time o no not again! But if you are like me and can do better things with that $100 that it cost to have some tax guy do it for you,then you are in luck. If you make under $50,000 a year you can do them your self. It is not that hard,hay if I can do it anyone can. Just go to "TaxEngine.com" and do as they say and thats it. All Free No Bull! Now that is a deal. Go and then let me know what you think. And Remember,STAY SHOPPING!!

Just A Note For Valentines Day

2007-02-14T19:07:00.001-08:00

Hi My Valentines Shoppers,

Just a note to say happy valentines day. I hope no one is in the dog house. I hope all of you lovers out there got what you wanted. I know there is allot of you out there that could not afford to get the gift that you wanted for your sweetheart,I know I have been there too. But if you are truly in love,then every day is valentines day. Just letting you sweetheart know that you love them is the best valentines day gift you can give. Thats what valentines day is about... LOVE! And Remember, STAY SHOPPING!!

Just A Note

2007-02-13T13:17:00.001-08:00

Hay Shoppers,

Just a note to all of you,I have a chat room now. You can get on and chat about all the shopping you want with other shoppers. But it is no good if no one is on it to chat! So come on everyone lets get the shop talk going! You may talk about any type of shopping that you like. Lets keep it clean. If you want to chat with me just let me know and we will have a good chat. And Remember,STAY SHOPPING!!

One Laptop Per Child Project

2007-02-13T12:44:00.001-08:00

Hi Shoppers,

Just some news from developing nations that are going to be a nonprofit one laptop per child project in February. This project will roll out about 2,500 of its $150 laptops to eight nations. Some of the worlds poorest children will be peering across the digital world this month. Looking at E-Books from all over and doing the things that we do all the time here. Looking at music,chatting with classmates and all that good stuff that our kids do every day here. The experiment is a prelude to mass production of kid friendly laptops scheduled to begin in July,when five million will be built. So what they are trying to do is get as many poor children as possible a world of education. I hope it works for all our children. Just thought you would like to know. And Remember,STAY SHOPPING!!

One More Day!

2007-02-13T10:42:00.001-08:00

Hay Shoppers,

There is only one more day to get that love one something for V Day!! You do not want to be in the dog house,DO YOU?? Theres allot of places to go to get that one thing he or she will love. Not just candy but yes flowers. For you guys instead of candy she my like something that she can wear like a diamond. That will keep you out of the dog house! And for you woman you can get your man something nice,like a video game or a watch. What to hack just get him some beer he will like that! But what ever you are going to do only one day left!! So get out there and get what your going to get.And Remember,STAY SHOPPING!!

Wal-Mart Geting Hit Again!

2007-02-07T16:44:00.000-08:00

Hay Shoppers,
Wal-Mart stores are in the news again! In my post called Wal-Mart New Marketing, Good Or Bad? I told you about how Wal-Mart was doing new marketing by selling $500 bottles of wine and the imported thing they are going to be selling. Then they are going to make upgrade on the fashions that their employees need to ware,like Khaki pants and Polo Shirts. If you did not read that post go back and read it,cause is a good story on Wal-Mart. But now the news is about all the law suets by the ladies that Wal-Mart was discriminating by not promoting them and only the men were being promoted. Well those law suets are going forward,the judge has said they hold ground in the courts. If Wal-Mart do's not settled out of court for millions then they could be in a big battle that may cost them billions. If this happens then they are going to be selling those $500 bottles of wine,but who is going to buy them? Heck I can't afford the cheap bottles of wine!! I will be keeping up with this news and will keep you informed. If you hear anything let me know,so we can spread the news. Meanwhile as I always say,STAY SHOPPING!!

Lets Talk Games

2007-02-06T13:56:00.000-08:00

Hay Shoppers,
Are you looking for a place to go to play some great games? A friend of mine,Chris Erickon owns and is the graphic designer of games on "360style.net". He has all the games you want to play like,ZuneTheme Pack,Halo3Blowout,Lost Planet,Crackdown or what ever you are into,you can download play on line get news on most any game you want. Chris is a good man and knows what he is doing when it comes to games! You can also see his work on "thexboxcollector.com",if you would like to read his blog its at "gamertagblog.com/avid. This is the place to go and have allot of fun playing games! Don't need to take my word for it,tho my word is good,go take a look yourself. You will not regret it,and you will have allot of fun. And Remember, STAY SHOPPING!!
P.S These are some of the wallpapers they have.

Hay Valentines Day Is Almost Here!

2007-02-02T15:28:00.000-08:00

Hi Shoppers,
Yes Valentines Day is sneaking up on us,have you got anything for that great girl or man that you love? If not don't forget or you my be in the dog house. Allot of people like to make things and many like taking them out for a great time,then stay the night at a nice hotel room with a hot tub, we don't need any more details on that one! But what ever you do, let that person know how much you love and care for them. This was just a note to remind you,so if you are in the dog house on Valentines Day do not blame me! If you are looking for a gift basket go to wwwcajuncountrygifts.com/go.cgi?shop=7830. Thanks Again For Reading My Blog,And Remember STAY SHOPPING!!

10 Things Stores Do Not Like You To Do.

2007-02-02T14:37:00.000-08:00

Hay Shoppers,
Here is 10 things that stores do not like you to do:
1. Buying Loss Leaders and Leaving: Loss leaders are products that a company sells below or at cost to lure customers into the store.
2.Using Credit and Paying it Off on Time: Sometimes stores will offer a "6 months, no interest, no payments" offer on big ticket items. Pay it off on time, and you've used their money for free.
3. Saying NO to the Extended Warranty: Stores play on the fact that electronics are a big investment, scaring you into buying an Extended Warranty. Don't do it
4.Activating Your Own Phone With A Cell Phone Company: You can buy a used phone, or an unlocked phone, for full price and avoid signing a contract.
5.Shopping in the Store But Buying Online: Stores are just places where you can look at things you will later purchase for cheaper online. Look at your new laptop. Try it out. Ask questions. Buy online.
6.Buying 1 When its 2 for $5:"2 for" deals are bull. You can buy one. You can buy 3. "2 for 5" or "5 for 10" means, "Please for the love of Jesus buy this and get it out of the store." You can pay the unit price. (Laws may vary nationwide)

Why They Hate It: They want you to buy more stuff than you need!

Opening A Store Credit Card To Get A Discount, Then Cutting It Up: This is one from our dear Mommy. Mommy buys a bunch of stuff at once, opens the store credit card for the 20% discount, pays it off and cuts up the card. She did this every year when buying our school clothes. We're sure they hate her with the force of a 200 mega-ton bomb, but she still saved 20%.

Why They Hate It: Credit card companies make money from interest and fees. No activity on the card, no interest and fees.

Using Websites to Track 30 Day Price Guarantees: Stores have "30 day price guarantees" to make you think they have such low prices that they're not going to get any lower. They may, but they also know you're not going to keep shopping for some crap you already bought. Solution: There are websites that will watch your purchase for you and email if it drops in price during the guarantee period.

Why They Hate It: Because they have to give you money. No store ever likes to give you money.

9.Buying Seasonal Items at Clearance Prices (For Next Year): Seasonal items are a big deal for retailers and once the holiday is gone they need to make room for the next one. Their haste makes waste and you can take advantage of it. Buy now for next year. Another good idea is to buy "seasonal" candy after the season is over. So what if your M&Ms are brown and orange or red and green. Still tastes like awesome.

Why They Hate It: Stores want you to buy their seasonal crap at full price, when its most profitable, not during clearance when they sell it at cost or below.

10.Buy "Accessories" on Ebay Rather Than Paying Huge Markups: Retailers will often discount a big ticket item only to charge ridiculous prices for "accessories" that they will harass you to the point of madness to try to get you to buy. Expensive connectors, cables, controllers, leather lotion for your stupid coat you just bought, blank media, storage, etc. Buy this crap on eBay or at least research what it really costs at a retailer that is not trying to screw you. Case in point: Cables. Best Buy sells the Monster Ultra Series 8' HDMI Video Cable for $119.99. On Ebay the most expensive "Buy it Now" price for this cable is $74.95 with $9.95 shipping. For the exact same thing. And that's for a crazy brand name cable. There are 8' HDMI cables on eBay for $8.

Why They Hate It: Accessories are very profitable. If you got a good deal on a TV, you probably believe them when they say you "need" to spend hundreds of dollars on cables. —MEGHANN MARCO

So there you have it the top 10 thing stores do not like you to do! Look below for more reading. And Remember,STAY SHOPPING!!

Wal-Marts New Marketing,Good Or Bad? Lets Talk!

2007-01-30T07:41:00.000-08:00

Good Day My Fellow Shoppers,
I have heard that Wal-Mart has a new marketing strategy,o ya a new one! Ok lets see how they are doing this,their positioning them selfs as metrosexual,upscale,socially responsible and sensitive. Ya right sensitive get real!
Now the upgrading of the merchandise includes,$500 bottles of wine,you can get allot of wine from me delivered right to your door for that! They are geting organic foods,$2000 plasma Tvs,400 thread-count sheets,imported balsamic vinegar what every day person like you and me,is going to say hay lets get that balsamic vinegar that wal-mart has? They are now having in their line up microbrewed beer and yes Metro 7 line of designer fashions, yes we all are looking for designer fashions at wal-mart!
Now what is not going to be there anymore,no more layaway plans,no shotguns and hunting gear,and less automotive tools and supplies. Now lets get to the employees or should I say associates as Wal-Mart calls them.
A fashion designer was brought in,this designer said the the blue vest was to tacky. So Wal-Mart is giving a makeover not only to 1,800 stores, but to also to the clerks. A new dress code is going into effect,Khaki pants and navy blue polo shirts,giving a fashion feel of business casual. Thats great,but who has to pay for it? Ya you guest it the workers!! And a average worker gets around $8.23 an hour,a proverty-level wage,that is about $16,700 a year gross. That is if they worked a 40 hour week,but it is common for the bosses to hold workers under 24 hours a week. That brings it to $10,000 a year! Now how can they live on that never mind paying for new fashion Khaki pants and navy blue polo shirts!!
Now lets take a look at the lavishing of wealth at the top, CEO H.Lee Scott, Jr., had a base salary of $1.3 million in 2005,plus $4 million in "incentive" payments,as well as stock and other compensations that raised his total to $17.5 million. And $1000,000 for personal use of corporate jets!! How about that! Thats not all,Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton's widow and four children,who collectively hold 40 percent of the corporation's stock,they are living grandly. Now they are sitting on a nest-egg of $15.5 billion each!
Now meanwhile less then half of Wal-Marts workers get heath care benefits,and the one,s that do must pay 41% of the cost for a lousy plan! Now what is up with that? And they put caps on the wages of rank-and-file employees. They call that being sensitive,I don,t think so!!! I think Wal-Mart needs to get off their pockets and start paying their hard working employees more,give them more hours and better heath care. Not selling $500 bottles of wine that Wal-Mart shoppers can not afford anyway.
There is allot more to read about on this,just go to alternet.org/story/47224/ then come back and tell me what you think. And Remember,STAY SHOPPING!!

Breaking News To Talk About,Kohl's Is A Mess!

2007-01-28T10:58:00.000-08:00

Hello My Fellow Shoppers,
Hee-Haw Marketing has posted,that Kohl's department store is making a mess of their customer's experience. Going in the store and seeing things just trowed around the floor is a mess,no help there at all. Now is that the way to treat your customers? NO!!! So go to "heehawmarketing.typepad.com" To see for yourself he has photos. Then get back with me and tell me what you think. And Remember, STAY SHOPPING!!

Talk About My Up Coming Posts,You Are Going To Like This!!

2007-01-26T18:02:00.000-08:00

Hello Fellow Shoppers,
I said in my last post that I had some good things coming up in my up coming posts,well here we go! As you may see to the right of this post,I now have a chat room now we can chat with other shoppers so lets get that built up. I will be having post on pets and pet stores,shop TV the good and bad. And everyone knows how trying new products out is scary,I will be having many posts on new and old products good and bad. If you have any troubles with a company and you need me to take a look at the company I will,and I will try my best to get the problem taken care of for you. If they do not fix the problem I will let you know were to go to report them. Then they will go on my red flag list.
I will have post on towns that are 110% shopping towns and what stores to shop in them with the best deals. I will be talking about states that have the most shopping stores in them and the ones that have the lest. I am going to find stats that would have shopping wars in them. If you would like your state to have some shopping wars let me know. I will be having a top 10 lest of stores both on and off the internet,that list will change every to weeks so that all will get a chance to be number 1. If you want to nominate any stores let me know and I will take a look at them.And theres going to be allot I will be talking about. Remember now I have a chat room now lets get that built up,I will be giving everyone days and times that I will be live in the chat room. This will be allot of fun hope to see you there. And Remember STAY SHOPPING!!

I'm Giving You The Time Of Day,The Time Of Day To Shop

2007-01-25T18:59:00.000-08:00

Hi My Fellow Shoppers,
Today I am going to try to help all of you to be able to find the the right time of day to shop. This way you can get in and out I hope allot faster. Now on the weekdays everyone knows we have all the work traffic out there. So in the mornings from 7:30am you are going to have allot of people out there going to work maybe running late so the driving I fast and people cutting everyone off, and then thinking it your fault that there late. And this gos until around 8:45am. So you stay home on tile that time,then you go on for your shop. The stores are less busy and you can git in and out fast. That will last until about 11:30am then everyone is going to lunch you as a shopper will not want to try to get something to eat then,cause you will have to deal with mad got to go back to work hungry crowd. Then at about 1:00pm you can go eat. Now you have until 4:15pm to do the rest of your shopping,then everyone will be getting of off work and wanting to get home fast. Allot of back up,people screaming giving you the finger and that gets you into a road rage. Next thing you know you will be shopping for a CD on how to keep your road rage down and there are CD's out there for that. And you don't need that,your to smart for that. After 6:00pm then you can go on shopping then go home and play with all your toys. So have a good time out there and be a happy shopper! I have allot of shopping tips coming up in my up coming post you will not want to miss them! Tomorrow I will will be talking about those up coming post. If you have any feed back tell me I would love to know. And Remember STAY SHOPPING!!

My Red Flags For Shoppers Is Here

2007-01-22T18:47:00.000-08:00

A little while back I told you that I was going to have a red flag section so that you can be aware of stores on the net and off the net that may not be a good place to shop. I am now starting the red flag section. Look to the right of this blog and you will find this red flag section. I will keep looking for the not so nice stores to shop at. And if any of you shoppers out there have any bad stores about a store that you have gone to,let me know so I can get it to the red flag section. Again Thanks For Reading My Blog. And Remember, STAY SHOPPING!!

Amarica Is Shopping For A New Persident,I Know One.

2007-01-21T10:06:00.000-08:00

Yes! Its time for a change for the U.S,and Hillary Clinton is that change! I am voting for Hillary Clinton in 2008. Why you ask,heres why she has the know how and the guts to put America back on track. Allot of ruff times a head, and I feel that Hillary Clinton is the one to smoth them out. So what I have to say is YOU GO GIRL!! And I'm With You All The Way! And Remember STAY SHOPPING!

Talking Shopping News

2007-01-12T18:14:00.001-08:00

Hi Shoppers,
I like to get all the shopping news that I can and I know that you do to,so I have put a shopping new letter for you to the right of this blog so that you can keep up on all the shopping new. I will also tell you about shopping news that I think you would like that may not be covered by the news letter to the right of this blog. I hope this news deal will help everyone. Let me know what you think and if you have any shopping news let me know so I can pass it on. As always thanks for reading my blog. And Remember,STAY SHOPPING!!

Heater Oils Gone,I'm Talking Corn Burners!

2007-01-08T18:23:00.000-08:00

Hi Shoppers,
If you are shopping around for a new furnace don't buy that gas furnace,there is a new way to heat your home and that is a corn burner furnace. You ask why, well let tell you. I told you that I want to find deals for everyone to save money, corn burners are the best deal to heat your home and save allot of money on your heating bill about 50%to75%.
We have been looking for a way to stop depending on feign oils,well this is a start and who knows how far this will go. By using a corn burner you help our corn farmers. Corn burners are pollution free,the corn is easy to handle and there is no foul smells. Corn burners are also cheaper then propane and they do not smoke. You can get one for $1,189.00 and up. Go to thecornburner.com to see their corn burners,also go to iburncorn.com for more info about this great way to heat your home. As always if you want to ask me about anything on shopping give me a commit or go to my e-mail a1evaluations@yahoo.com . And Remember, STAY SHOPPING!!

Lets Talk Wine

2007-01-05T17:27:00.000-08:00

Hi Shoppers,
I am back on line with my new computer and new server,I had a great Chrismas!!
I hope you did too. Now that the holidays are over everyone can relax now. And to help you relax lets talk about good relaxing wine. There are many good wine out there to shop for,you can go to any party store or food store to get the wine you want anywheres from 3.50 a bottle to over 100.00 a bottle. But did you know that you can now get wine on line? Yes you can and I looked at allot of them. I found the best place on line for wine,and that is at Wine Legacy I have a banner in the upper right corner that you can click on. They have some of the best wines from around the world at very good prices. They have Red,White,Port,Dessert and Champagnes all priced right. I like some times having red wine with dinner to wash all that good food down. So if you are into wines go check it out. Get a good wine to unwind. If you want to know more just give me your commit. And remember, STAY SHOPPING!!

Why I Cereated This Blog

2006-12-28T15:40:00.000-08:00

Hi Shoppers.
I am going to talk about why I created this blog. I am a big shopper and I love it,I like finding good deals I think everyone likes shopping and finding good deals. I want your Internet shopping to be a fun and safe place to go shopping. I will be starting a red flag area to look at,in this red flag area I will be posting bad company's that you should not go to and letting you know why.
I will find good deals so you can save money. Like I sad I like good deals too. I will be talking to you about shopping in every way. Talk about new thing that come out,and if thy are good to buy or not. I would like to get any input that you have,and any shopping stores good or bad. Just go to my commit place on any post. I will share them with everyone so they can have a good shopping experience or were not to buy. I am going to do my best to help you have a great shopping experience,and have fun doing it. I am a personal shopper so if you need any shopping done for any reason let me know. I short I wrote this blog so you can get any info you need to have a good shopping experience and have fun doing you all you shopping were ever you shop. so that is why I created this blog. So lets talk shopping. That is all for now, Happy New Year.remember STAY SHOPPING!!

Lets Talk Returns

2006-12-27T15:09:00.000-08:00

Hi Fellow Shoppers,
That big day is now over, thank god! I hope everyone got what they wanted. If not then we must talk about returns. Remembers if you do not like what you got for Xmas then just return it and get what you want. Hey,everyone one will do it so don't fell bad. At all the retail stores now a days you must have your receipt. If not you can get a in store credit,if you have to do that that's OK then just get what you want in that store. If it was pay for on a credit card then you must have that,because they will not give you the cash. If it is from on line you must have the card or the paypal info that it came from. Then mail the product back,and most of the time the shipping and handling is not payed back. If nothing elates you regift the product just make share that it is not to the same person Ha Ha. If you have any questions or commits or need me to help you with something, go to my commits on this post and let me know. Remember STAY SHOPPING!!

I Was Shopping Around For A New Internet Consept,I Found It Good Deal

2006-12-20T23:39:00.000-08:00

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Thanks
P.S. This is a good deal,it is going to be big. You have nothing at all to lose. IT'S FREE!! So lets STAY SHOPPING!!
Jerry

I Was Shopping For Books,Found Free E-Books

2006-12-19T21:18:00.000-08:00

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Let's Talk Food

2006-12-18T21:44:00.000-08:00

Yes we shop for food,and at this time a year we have allot of mouth watering,tummy grumbling,eye popping,cheap meat grabbing shoppers out there. Ohoo ya thats me like to grab the cheapest meat I can. And now to get to the food talk, was in one of my best stores to buy meat and got me chicken at 36 cents a pound. I think thats good for some leg and thy. My wife loves chicken, that makes it go for me. I can make allot of cheap meals and keep the wife happy.
I like this time of year,cause I know on that big day I'm getting me some free prim rib. Now that's a darn good free dinner, beater then turkey . But of cores the turkey had it's day, was good too . But get real whats going to top a free prim rib? I had to pay for the turkey and being the shopper I am,I got that meat cheap too. The way I look at it find the best deal. When your out there shopping for food,please buy what your family will eat with out wasting anything. I know shopping for food make you eyes bigger then your tummy,yes I have been there. But I do my best not to get more then I can eat not just on the big day but all year around. I am just glad to be able to get good food at a good price,remember we have people out there the only food deal they can get is free. I have been there and it's not fun. All of the big stores are having deals on food this week you are going to be having 10 for 10 things. Now when you find 3 for a dollar or four for a dollar on can goods and they are going to be out there, that when you get as much as you can. And now they are having food stores the net,more on that tomorrow. Now you can go to the refrigerator and grab you some of that ham in there,sorry did not mean to make you huger y. If you find good deals when food shopping,I'm here let me know. Tell later STAY SHOPPING!!

Time To Get Out There And STAY SHOPPING!!!

2006-12-17T18:28:00.000-08:00

We have about 8 more days to do as much shopping as possible,so you you need to STAY SOPPING !!! Right now all the stores know that there is going to be the famous last minute shopping this week,so they all are going to go down a little on there prices. The latter you go shopping the more they go down That is because they do not want to have to mark all their products down to 75% to even 90% just so that they can get rig of them. If you must find a product now before XMAS then this is the week to do it in. But if you can hold off the after XMAS sales are very great. More on that letter, when I will be finding great after XMAS deals for everyone. And if anyone comes up with good after XMAS sale that they would like to tell me about,
that is what I am here for. Shop talking is what I do so that everyone can find good deals and have a lot of fun doing it. If you are going to shop on the internet you need to do it with in the next couple days or you will have to pay the big over night delivery. And the closer to XMAS the cost get higher. Sometimes it may not got there on time,and you will not get that money back. To morrow I will talk about Doing some food shopping for that big day. And I will have a great place for you to go and get a lot of great meals for you to fix. Don't miss it!! Marry Christmas and STAY SHOPPING!!!

Yesterday Was The Biggest Day For The Internet Buyers

2006-12-13T13:52:00.000-08:00

Yes yesterday was the biggest day for internet buying. Their was hundreds of people buying on the internet yesterday,every were you looked they were buying. As time gos on we will see that buying on the internet is going to be very big,and as it gets bigger I will be keeping up with it so that I can keep you informed on the best buys and any frauds that may be around. This is why I write this blog,to keep all of us informed on shopping without having to deal with the fraud that gos around. I will do my best to fight the fraud and with your help we can keep the people that fraud the shoppers off the internet!!! I will keep up with all the shopping news and pass it all along to you,so that we all can make good deals and be happy out there shopping. If you have anything you want to talk about lets talk. I love shop talk and I know you do too!! As I always say STAY SHOPPING!!

Sites To Look At

2006-12-10T10:48:00.000-08:00

When you are shopping on line,you need good sites to look at. Besides your normal big time sites like Amazon.com or ebay.com,we need to start supporting the little guys. I have been looking around and have came across a couple of these little guys. One is if you like shopping vintage you must take a look at blujay.com they have a great site with good jewelry,clothing,handbags and much more. All at a good price. Another site to look at if you like soaps and things like that is hortoncollections.com they have a good verity of things to chose from like Ball Accessories,Gels,Gift Items,Teas,Gift Baskets. Take a look good deal!! This time of the year we need to help the little guy. Right now I am just going to sit back and look for more deals to tell you about. If you have any deals that you what to share with me,let me know so we can spread the news. Remember if you have any shop talk lets talk thats what I'm here for. As always STAY SHOPPING!!

Coupon Day

2006-12-05T15:28:00.000-08:00

That's right it is time to clip those coupons,I only clip coupons that are 50 cents or more. That is when it is worth my time. On Sunday and Wednesday is the best time to clip them coupons,that when there is a lot of them in the newspaper. Clipping coupons takes time,but if done right they can save you a lot of money. You what to clip the products you shop for the most,that way you use your coupons before the expiration date. You can also find good coupons on the internet,just go to free coupons and look up the store that you are going to and click on it. Also in the store there are coupons on the doors of products that you can take. To even save more go to stores with double coupon days. Again it takes some time, but is wrath it when you save 10 to 20 dollars that day. So start clipping! If you have any comments or need help let me know. Mean time, STAY SHOPPING!!!

Talking Jewelry

2006-12-02T18:31:00.000-08:00

Hi Everyone, If you are living in the mid west,how do you like the snow? Hay it's that time of year again and this is just the start of it all, so just have fun.

We are going to be talking about jewelry and finding the deals. You know the old saying that diamonds are a girls best friend, will I think they are everyones best friend who dost like diamonds?I know I do! When you give someone a diamond for Xmas thats the best gift they can get. Now to find diamond jewelry or any jewelry at a good price is what we want. So lets look at some stores that are having a good discount on that jewelry for that special someone that you love. Lets start with Wal-Mart they are having a 60 to 70% off on there jewelry. J C Penneys is having a good 30 to 60% off on jewelry that they have. Now this one is good, Zales is having 60% off plus if you go to 4jewelrycoupons.com and click on Zales you can get coupons from them too.
And yes you can get jewelry for you pets yes your cat,dog,lizard or what ever kind of pet you have. Just go to jewelrymall.com and click on pet jewelry. Their is lots of good deals online for jewelry, so go and take a look and have fun. If you are looking for jewelry at a good price and don't have time to look for it, just let me know and I will help you out. If you have found a good deal let me know so I can pass it on. Will that is all for now. As always STAY SHOPPING!!

Just To Let You Know

2006-12-01T21:41:00.000-08:00

I have been gone for a few days, but I am back and I am staying shopping. Yes it is December and the shopping is geting funer. I will not be talking about anything tonight because I just came back and I am very tired. I will be talking more shopping tomarrow,and the talk will be Diamond talk. Tell then stay shopping.

Toy Talk

2006-11-26T20:22:00.000-08:00

I'm back and ready to talk about toys. We must remeber that it is the kids that like xmas most of all. But we all are kids in our own way. And we must remember that there is kids out there that are unable to get toys or anything on XMAS,so lets do our best to help to give something to them. You just need to give to your favert XMAS give away and help those kids. Now I remember when I was a kid being happy if I got a hot wheals set or a gi joe and some pants or shoes. Now a days the toys are more hi tec and cost alot more. So we look for all the deals we can find I do. Now the places to go are Target, Walmart, Toys R Us these are the three mane stores to go to. All of them are having deals on toys to keep up the compation. The Family Dollar Stores are having real good deals on thier toys. Go to yahoo shopping and they have deals on toys plus coupons from other places. Toys.com has some deals and free shiping. So go out shopping take the kids to see santa and have lots of fun. Be nice to your fellow shoppers remember this is the seson. If you need me to help you find a specal toy, let me know. Stay Shopping.

Talking Shop Time

2006-11-25T17:57:00.000-08:00

Hay, How's my shoppers doing? So everyone knows, Black Friday did good this year it was up 6% from last year. That is good,the more we shop the better it is for the economy. I have been looking around for some deals,Target is having thier two day sale you do find good deals at target this time of year. Chawicks is having a 65% off sale on thier womens jeans and Lerner Catalog is having a 75% sale on thier womens jeans. Like my wife always said that if it is more then 50% off thats a good deal. From now to XMAS I will be looking for these sales and passing them on to you. If you have something that you want find at 50% off or more let me know and I will look for it. Tomorrow I will be looking for good deals on Toys and were to go for them. As always if you have a comment or need to ask me something, let me know at my comments. Stay Shopping.

Lets Do Some Shop Talk.

2006-11-24T18:49:00.000-08:00

Hi Everyone, While Turky Day is over, the good old day afther geting up at 3:30Am put on something worm and sanding in line wating for a store to open. Then when it do's open your geting pushed around toe's staped on then get in the fights over the last thing on sale. While thats what my wife is doing on this day. Me I stay at home and let all the food I ate turn into pounds thats right I let my wife and daughter do that, then came home and tell me about the deals they got.That is one day that the grils do the shopping. I am sleeping at 3:30 in the morning! But I do get news on everything. I hope everyone had a good Thanks Giving, I Did. Now that everyone has been out doing thier big shopping they can tell me about it on my comments . Yes I would like to hear about your shopping day. Thats why I write this blog when you what to talk shop we will talk shop. From now untell XMAS I will be looking for some good deals to pass on,and we will talk shop. I will talk with you tomorrow when I will have some more shop talk. Untell then say shopping.

Internet Shopping Not So Scary

2006-11-22T20:14:00.000-08:00

There is nothing that scary about internet shopping,you just need to safe about shopping on it. That is why I'm writing all about shopping,to help you to have fun, get good deals,and to be safe doing your shopping. So lets start with some tips on being safe, first never give out your social security number,research the site before buying, keep your password private,always print out your order and shop with companys inside the U.S. For more infomation on being safe with internet shopping go to privacyrights.org. Now I have shopped on the internet for a long time and never had anything happen. I love shopping on the net there is many product on it that make your head spen. Alot of good stuff,you can buy anything from A to Z. People buy 50% of there things online. Most online companys have free shiping right now There is alot of deals, you can go to gottadeal.com and they will give you a heads up deals online and places off line. jerry2525.bbenter.hop.clickbank.net is were you can buy a good product about online shopping secrets. You can get coupons at couponmountain.com. Here is a list of some good and safe online places,yahoo shopping,walmart.com,compusa.com,amazon.com and shopsafe.com. Now just go take a look around and have fun. As always if you have any comments or need to know something gust let me know.

Discount Stores The Big Savings

2006-11-21T16:52:00.000-08:00

Now we are getting into the big savings,Discount Stores! We all remamber the blue light spiecal well maybe some of us do not wanting to tell are age. So for the ones that don't know the blue light spiecal it was a saying from K-Mart back in the day. What it was ,is that K-Mart had a little cart with a blue light on the top of the long pole that was on this cart. When they was going to have a sale on an product they would park this cart by the product turning the blue light on. Then announce to you that they were having a blue light spiecal sale in the store. Discount stores have been around for along time, Zayre was one of the first back in 1956. There was Skagway now Skaggs, Cooks, Sam's and the Big K stores not to be confused with the Big K-Mart. Big K stores were all sold to now Wal-Mart stores in the late 60's. Discount stores are low price stores that most of us go to now. Discount Stores are low price stores because they have almost everything and can make up for the priceing in all areas. Wal-Mart is the big one and then it gos down from there. Now there is a Century 21 discount store in New York,with designer merchandise every day at 25% to 75% off. With XMAS comeing up these are one of the bigest stores to shop at. Go to all the stores and just have fun. Remamber while you are out there keep it real and have respect for your fellow shoppers. My next post will be on the scary internet shopping. As always if you have any comments or need to know something write to me on the comment part on this blog.

We'r Talking Outlet Stores

2006-11-20T17:04:00.000-08:00

Today we are going to talk about outlet stores. Outlet Stores are store that sale products from the factories at retail or a little under. These stores are able to control thier prices the way they want,so they start with a high retail and work from there. They will take 10% off the high retail or they may take 20% to 30% off the highest retail price. The word here is highest retail,that is the highest price that they can in thier jugement charge. There is alot in the money game when we talk retail. So outlet stores are alright to go to depanding on thier retail price that they work from. The best time is when they are selling out of something or after turky day. There is so many outlet stores out there,it almost like counting stars. You can go to outletbound.com and find all the outlet stores you want from A toZ. Lets get out of outlet stores and move on. on my next post we will talk about go old discount stores. As always if you have any comments on need to know something go to my comments and let me know.

Lets talk Shopping

2006-11-19T10:13:00.000-08:00

How are all you shoppers out there? I hope happy! This is the season, you know the good old christmas shopping time. Now I am a man and everyone lookes at me asking, hey you are a man and you love shopping? Yes I do!!! I love shopping,shopping for me,shopping for you,shopping with my wife,shopping with the kids, If it's shopping I am there. Now that it is that time of year lets talk about were to shop, when to shop,keeping yourself safe from shopping scams, and the big one were are the deals? First lets talk were to shop. Everyone knows about the malls,yes the malls they are a great place to go to for fun, eating, looking around,meeting all your friends, Thats all great but if you are looking to safe money not always the place. The biggest place to safe in the mall is J.C.Penneys. Now the outlet stores are one places to go when you want to save some money. We will talk about some of these stores and how much you can save and when to go in my next post. If you have any comments on need to know something go to comments and let me know.