Shopaholic Reform: Weekend Damages (10/16

Sunday, October 17

Weekend Damages (10/16 - 10/17)

Saturday

$5.44 - Weston Nurseries (used my groupon and went a bit over...bought a large pumpkin, and a ton of tulip and parrot tulip bulbs...going to pretty up the front)
$25.58 - Roche Brothers
$37.16 - Natick Liquors (fear not the wine drought has ended and we are now fully stocked...for now anyways)
$28.17 - Bed Bath and Beyond (went in looking for a rug but came out with a fabulous cupcake cookbook and some odds and ends)

So maybe this wasn't an entirely necessary purchase, what will the advent of the internet and all...BUT I have already made the Snickerdoodle cupcake featured in this lovely book and let me tell you...holy deliciousness! Apparently I can in fact bake, it's just cooking actual meals (you know like a nutritious dinner) where things get a little dodgy. I think it's because I much prefer the outcome of a baking expedition, I will pick dessert over dinner every time...hands down.

"7-minute" frosting (which took longer than 7, minutes)...light, fluffy and delicious.

Snickerdoodle Cupcake Deliciousness.
Aaron says they "taste like fall." I have no idea what that means, but he says it's a good thing.

Sunday

$5 - Dunkin Donuts (iced coffees)
$47.51 - Petsmart (Maggies nail filing, gentle leader, new tag, and a bone for being so good)
$20.95 - CVS

Product Update: My new leg warmers....awesome. I wore them on a run this morning and was obsessed with them. Obsessed.

Maggie Mae Update: Maggie Mae's legal name according to her Certificate of Pedigree is actually "Bows Magic Maggie Mae." (How awesome is that!) The daughter of Rock River James Bull (black lab) and Copper Icy Brooke (chocolate lab). Her siblings boast such regal names as Kodie Jr. the Bear, Klink's Ice, and Pasha Precious Kleinwolterink. Looking through her paperwork has been fascinating. Maybe the fact that her dad was a black lab explains why she's a bit larger than your typical chocolate lab?

Bows Magic Maggie Mae continues to bleed my wallet dry. She's also been doing a number on Aaron's. He bought three new area rugs this weekend in an effort to save the floors...I, of course, offered aesthetic advice. Hopefully filing her nails and the new rugs will be enough to keep the floors from being destroyed, I think it will. Filing left her nails smooth instead of sharp, jagged, and horrible like clipping them usually does. I highly recommend it for all you dog owners out there.

1 comment:

Unknown said...: I'm working on a pedigree for my dog who has "Klink's Ice" and "Pasha Precious Kleinwolterink" 5 generations back, but I can't find any information about their parents.

Do you know anything about the parents for these two dogs?; December 31, 2010 at 8:05 AM

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Something to Chew On...

The downside to Globalization

1. “The general complaint about globalization is that it has made the rich richer while making the non-rich poorer. It is wonderful for managers and investors, but hell on workers and nature.”¹

2. Multinational corporations are accused of social injustice, unfair working conditions (including slave labor wages and poor living and working conditions), as well as a lack of concern for the environment, mismanagement of natural resources, and ecological damage.

3. Multinational corporations which were previously restricted to commercial activities are increasingly influencing political decisions. Many think there is a threat of corporations ruling the world because they are gaining power due to globalization.

4. Opponents say globalization makes it easier for rich companies to act with less accountability. They also claim that countries’ individual cultures are becoming overpowered by Americanization.

5. Anti-globalists also claim that globalization is not working for the majority of the world. During the most recent period of rapid growth in global trade and investment, 1960 to 1998, inequality worsened both internationally and within countries. The UN Development Program reports that the richest 20 percent of the world's population consume 86 percent of the world's resources, while the poorest 80 percent consume just 14 percent.

6. Some experts think that globalization is also leading to the incursion of communicable diseases. Deadly diseases like HIV/AIDS are being spread by travelers to the remotest corners of the globe.

7. Globalization has led to exploitation of labor. Prisoners and child workers are used to work in inhumane conditions. Safety standards are ignored to produce cheap goods. There is also an increase in human trafficking.

8. Social welfare schemes or “safety nets” are under great pressure in developed countries because of deficits and other economic ramifications of globalization.

As manufacturing continues to decline, so does our ability to innovate. In the long term, this means fewer well-paid jobs, lower productivity, declining wages, declining living standards and low economic growth. Globalization is a big part of this decline and will affect all jobs and all sectors of the economy. From the point of view of multinational corporations and Wall Street investors, globalization is probably viewed as a wonderful phenomenon with many opportunities. But from the point of view of American manufacturers, manufacturing workers, the middle class, professional service workers and overall economic growth, I think the disadvantages far out weigh the advantages.

-Mike Collins, The Pros and Cons of Globalization (2010)