Two listings on epier for June 21, 2009, AKA Father's Day
1978
Donny Osmond/Ken #2455 Country Hoedown
http://www.epier.com/BiddingForm.asp?1932256
1980
Beauty Secrets Barbie doll
http://www.epier.com/BiddingForm.asp?1932262
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Sunday, June 14, 2009
June 14, 2009, new epier listings
These are the items I listed on June 14 (Flag Day) on epier:
1977 Baby Darling Rose original dress
http://www.epier.com/BiddingForm.asp?1930365
1988 Hasbro Maxie Mix N Match yellow top
http://www.epier.com/BiddingForm.asp?1930369
1989 Barbie Style Magic charms
http://www.epier.com/BiddingForm.asp?1930367
1977 Baby Darling Rose original dress
http://www.epier.com/BiddingForm.asp?1930365
1988 Hasbro Maxie Mix N Match yellow top
http://www.epier.com/BiddingForm.asp?1930369
1989 Barbie Style Magic charms
http://www.epier.com/BiddingForm.asp?1930367
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
buying clothing in 2009
After Christmas, I started reading articles about how so many women weren't planning to buy any clothing during 2009. I assume they meant even underpants and stockings. Their reasons were that they didn't have the money because of the recession, they wanted to save their money, and they didn't want to support Wal-Mart and/or China and their clothing products.
Those reasons may be true, but there are two other reasons that no one ever mentioned, and I suspect these are just as much of a possibility, if not more so, than what I just mentioned.
Well, I decided to try not buying clothing, and that didn't work very long. My willpower lasted about four months, and then I had to begin buying stuff again, for several reasons, and none of them had anything to do with boredom or a desire to visit the mall. First of all, by April, some of my winter clothing that was 3 or 4 years old was beginning to look shabby: slightly faded, slightly stretched out or shrunken, pilling in the fabric. Since I'm still working, it just wasn't acceptable for the office, not to mention that the attire wasn't as comfortable as it had been, since it didn't fit properly anymore.
My clothing seems to last, at the most, about 4 years. I buy my stuff at mid-price-range stores: J.C. Penney, Sears, Dillard's, Macy's, Target and Coldwater Creek. Once in a while I will buy a cheap item at Kmart, but I only wear it for one season and then give it away. I never buy clothing at Wal-Mart--it's too cheap-looking.
But when I did go shopping....
There was nothing to buy! First I went to the outlet mall, and found nothing of interest. A few weeks later, I did go to a few town malls, and still found nothing! The spring clothing lines had hideous colors! Citrus colors and the ever-present, nauseating neon green. Who can wear these colors? Not to mention those baby doll empire waist tops with the weird prints that make every woman look fat and/or pregnant!
I started garage sale-ing again in May, and made a shocking discovery: I've always seen tons of baby and children's clothing at these sales, but this year, the amount of junior, misses' and women's clothing for sale at these things has increased tenfold. I realize that the owners were trying to sell the merchandise to make some money, rather than just giving it away. But where on Earth did they store all this clothing before they put it out for sale? I always thought I had a ton of clothes, but apparently what I have is nothing compared to most women. No wonder they weren't buying anything new in 2009--they didn't need to!
Oh, and on a related note: There's no reason to worry about spending your money on clothing and then having the money go to China. It seems that everything I've purchased lately has come from Vietnam! I haven't seen any clothing made in China for weeks!
Those reasons may be true, but there are two other reasons that no one ever mentioned, and I suspect these are just as much of a possibility, if not more so, than what I just mentioned.
Well, I decided to try not buying clothing, and that didn't work very long. My willpower lasted about four months, and then I had to begin buying stuff again, for several reasons, and none of them had anything to do with boredom or a desire to visit the mall. First of all, by April, some of my winter clothing that was 3 or 4 years old was beginning to look shabby: slightly faded, slightly stretched out or shrunken, pilling in the fabric. Since I'm still working, it just wasn't acceptable for the office, not to mention that the attire wasn't as comfortable as it had been, since it didn't fit properly anymore.
My clothing seems to last, at the most, about 4 years. I buy my stuff at mid-price-range stores: J.C. Penney, Sears, Dillard's, Macy's, Target and Coldwater Creek. Once in a while I will buy a cheap item at Kmart, but I only wear it for one season and then give it away. I never buy clothing at Wal-Mart--it's too cheap-looking.
But when I did go shopping....
There was nothing to buy! First I went to the outlet mall, and found nothing of interest. A few weeks later, I did go to a few town malls, and still found nothing! The spring clothing lines had hideous colors! Citrus colors and the ever-present, nauseating neon green. Who can wear these colors? Not to mention those baby doll empire waist tops with the weird prints that make every woman look fat and/or pregnant!
I started garage sale-ing again in May, and made a shocking discovery: I've always seen tons of baby and children's clothing at these sales, but this year, the amount of junior, misses' and women's clothing for sale at these things has increased tenfold. I realize that the owners were trying to sell the merchandise to make some money, rather than just giving it away. But where on Earth did they store all this clothing before they put it out for sale? I always thought I had a ton of clothes, but apparently what I have is nothing compared to most women. No wonder they weren't buying anything new in 2009--they didn't need to!
Oh, and on a related note: There's no reason to worry about spending your money on clothing and then having the money go to China. It seems that everything I've purchased lately has come from Vietnam! I haven't seen any clothing made in China for weeks!
Sunday, June 7, 2009
June 7, 2009, new epier listings
1973 Timey Tell sticker book
http://www.epier.com/BiddingForm.asp?1928017
1983 Ken 5819 Go Anywhere Gear
http://www.epier.com/BiddingForm.asp?1928014
1989 December Smithsonian
http://www.epier.com/biddingform.asp?1928033
2000 Gymnastics Fun
http://www.epier.com/BiddingForm.asp?1928054
http://www.epier.com/BiddingForm.asp?1928017
1983 Ken 5819 Go Anywhere Gear
http://www.epier.com/BiddingForm.asp?1928014
1989 December Smithsonian
http://www.epier.com/biddingform.asp?1928033
2000 Gymnastics Fun
http://www.epier.com/BiddingForm.asp?1928054
Saturday, June 6, 2009
my reviews on movietome
I'm so glad I left the IMDb and registered with movietome! Since not many people use movietome, I've had the site pretty much to myself and have been able to write my movie reviews without any comments saying that I'm an idiot. There aren't the foul-mouthed young men, conspiracy theorists and CGI fans that have plagued the IMDb in the past few years either.
Go to
http://www.movietome.com/forums/index.html?tag=globalnav;community
I see an average of one movie a week, and as I said a long time ago, I'm not seeing movies that are remakes, sequels, based on comic books or based on TV shows. So my reviews are much more varied, and are far more representative of both what a female audience would see, and what someone with a (hopefully slightly--that includes me!) higher IQ would see.
My reviews are just one or two paragraphs, but in the past six months I've added quite a few. I just start a new listing in a particular category.
I hope that more people will be participating, especially women, because women as reviewers of movie and TV series on the Internet are rare. When there are folks such as myself who attempt to do it, our words are quickly drowned out by the aforementioned rude folks I wrote about in the first paragraph.
Go to
http://www.movietome.com/forums/index.html?tag=globalnav;community
I see an average of one movie a week, and as I said a long time ago, I'm not seeing movies that are remakes, sequels, based on comic books or based on TV shows. So my reviews are much more varied, and are far more representative of both what a female audience would see, and what someone with a (hopefully slightly--that includes me!) higher IQ would see.
My reviews are just one or two paragraphs, but in the past six months I've added quite a few. I just start a new listing in a particular category.
I hope that more people will be participating, especially women, because women as reviewers of movie and TV series on the Internet are rare. When there are folks such as myself who attempt to do it, our words are quickly drowned out by the aforementioned rude folks I wrote about in the first paragraph.
Monday, June 1, 2009
May 31, 2009, new epier listing
I placed one series of items for sale on epier today. It's 21 pieces of Puff n Play doll furniture.
http://www.epier.com/BiddingForm.asp?1924747
http://www.epier.com/BiddingForm.asp?1924747
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