Consumerism, multiple car trips: tiring

[rebeccaC]

There is one larger store I love to shop in, and that is REI. Yum.

i stopped in the main seattle store on a trip to wa. It makes our santa monica store, which is big, look like a kiosk I do like the Patagonia store here a little better for those kind of clothes though. If REI also carries it I will buy it there because of the yearly rebate. For equipment though REI is a great place.

The L.A. area has everything you could ever want to buy. i check online and then call for more expensive photography things (B & H in N.Y.C.) because of no taxes and free shipping but for most other things i prefer to support local stores/employees. I only spend money that i have so my shopping is more limited and frugal because of that...well, frugal except for the clothes needed for my work with clients/presentations/conferences etc...Barneys especially ftw for that and for being able to try on and get items tailored for free if that's necessary. I do enjoy a girls day with lunch and clothes shopping, seeing what certain designers are doing for each season and adding items that will go well with a number of the things in my closet.

eta...blueberry...because of some specific consumer/environmental laws here in ca. there are some huge law suits against V.W. seeking complete buy backs at market prices of their diesel affected cars. When i bought my honda crv i did research to narrow down my make/model choices and the corresponding price i was willing to pay, taxes/licensing included. i only went to dealer's to test drive then when i settled on the crv i asked the salesman who i was dealing with to give me the paper work needed to be filled out for their 1% financing being offered, left with the paperwork and dropped it off the next day telling him the price i was willing to pay and to call me if that worked out and i would come back and finish the process. When i went back it took less than an hour to drive off with the car. i also let them know that i was more than willing to just immediately walk away if any games over my price were started.