The Real Drama Mama

January 8, 2012

Receipt Revenge

Filed under: consumer,mom,Uncategorized — Tags: , , — pizzatherapy @ 3:15 pm

Receipt revenge is the kind of revenge that all consumers should take part in and probably took part in and you did not even know it. Receipt revenge(RR) is what I have termed how a consumer reclaims fair business practices on a business establishment who is known for bargins.

They do offer the bargins in their adds but their register often does not. So is there any bargin to the unaware consumer?

The best way I have to defend myself is to first memorize the prices of each item you are buying. Funny I can’t remember what i ate yesterday but give me a list of all the merchandise and the prices and I can remember.
If you can’t remember all the prices restrict your purchase to the items on sale and save the non-sale items for another time.

Items usually not on sale are stable in price but there too, you can find errors. So much for the electronic age because ultimately a human is involved somewhere along the line.

I love to use this method if I have the time. The thrill of getting your electronic device to help you save money is the like no other buying experience. The last way to achieve receipt revenge is to get an application from the ITunes store where you can input everything you intend to by sale item or not and match the amount on the register with the one that appears on your application. These apps can also incorporate the sales tax for your particular state or the coupons. So try it out.

Lastly, I know you can be irrate when there the line slows down, I use to be. But just remember if you were that customer and you want to check on a price or have to wait to the manager to adjust the price then your anxiety will surely decrease.

So good luck with the receipt revenge and let me know how much you have conquered.

December 17, 2011

Bags: You Need to Shop Around

Filed under: consumer,Shopping,Uncategorized — Tags: , , , — pizzatherapy @ 12:15 am

For women, shopping is like talking. To go shopping does not have to mean you have a purpose, you can shop anywhere…any time and almost any place. Almost.

You can even be there for a few hours or for many hours. For women you don’t need to have a specific purpose in mind. Women think of shopping as of a thing than makes them happy, even if in the end they just look and buy nothing.

Men are very different shoppers. A man needs a, a goal, in mind. He is the on a mission. He wants to get in and get out. For most men there is no joy in shopping. Only pain.

When shopping, most men begin to feel frustrated and anxious in most stores. Women will try on clothes. And more clothes.

If you truly want to make your man happy..leave him home when you go shopping. He won’t get in the way. And you won’t have to listen to him complain and get anxious.

One of my favorite items to shop for is bags.

The best places I have found to buy bags on-line, is ebags…

Save up to 50% off MSRP on Samsonite Luggage and Laptop Bags at eBags!

Extra 25% Off at eBags.com!

Shop at eBags.com

July 31, 2011

Drinking for Life

Filed under: consumer,Recommended Products,Uncategorized — Tags: , — pizzatherapy @ 10:52 am
Gone are the days of drinking out of a plastic bottle and wincing.  Also with the flood of information of leeching toxins from plastic containers this couldn’t have come at a better time.  
 
I just want to say thanks to my Real Simple Magazine, I have discovered the ultimate make my own bottled water, Lifefactory bottles,  that I do not hesitate to drink.  
 
 It has given water water a new ambiance.  Every time I drink it is like diving into a pristine pool at the end of a water fall because the mouth is larger than what I had been use to!  I am drinking  so much water,   I even lost weight bringing along my 2/22 Oz bottles in their built for wine size Built neoprene  bags  to work with me daily and lugging it up my 53 steps (one way) to my classroom!  Build it into your day they say! 
 
 This is just what I  did. Aloha (goodbye) plastic!  
 
22 oz Orange Water Bottle

Life Factory Water Bottle

 

June 29, 2011

The Real Drama Mama is Born

Filed under: consumer,mom — pizzatherapy @ 5:41 am

I had an idea in 2003 to write a witty blog that entertained and informed women. Women that hit the floor running with a life changing experience.  I needed to shop smarter, now with a consciousness that included someone in the high risk category, a baby, and do this with less time.  But the real learning about being the ultra consumer was sometimes, all about living and paying attention to the landmarks and little things that happen around you. Things that did not involve a transaction  where money is exchanged.  So this idea of a witty blog just sat in my journals and that’s where it stayed for a long time. Just an idea.

Now, I have decided to write for anyone who will listen, but most off all for my daughter and myself – a therapy of sorts.  I want to write in such a way that you will learn something new, think something different, and do something you’ve never done before – sometimes laughing and crying.  All this with a brand of humor that allows me and you, to not take life so seriously.

Let me tell you, I’ve had my share of up and downs. Terrible relationships and miserable jobs. Maybe I have not seen it all, but I’ve seen a lot.  That’s what I want to share with you here. Without my brand of  humor, I would have been unemployed and without the love and support of all my friends and ohana (family). When my friends and I would get together, usually at a happy hour somewhere or at a play date while keeping an eye on the kids, we shared our stories and would end up laughing hysterically at all of our misadventures.  My brand of humor then became our brand!

 

Of course, there were some friends who were better story tellers than others. But I was told I was one of the  better story tellers.  So here I am telling you my stories in print so you can rant, read at your leisure, laugh if you want, or cry, all in the company our electronic devices.
There are things that I come across in my daily life that amuse me as well as abuse me!  Those are the stories I want to share.

 

Its always nice to shed humor on matters.  What matters do I know about?  I know I love my family, and I am an ultra consumer. I’m an expert in buying things that I think are functional that range from  electronics to  how to buy real property. But most of all I know how to have a good laugh! I call myself the “product stalker”!  I stalk the product for months until I feel it is the right time to buy!

 

After working in retail for 8 years, I can’t stand to pay full price for anything! I am always interested in getting a less than retail price for the real deal because I  believe in quality.  Something that  as the best products and services  has proven itself time and time again.  The bigger the markdown, the sweeter it is.  I have found only one thing that I am not able to find a discount and we will discuss this. further.  Remind me if I forget!

So I’m The Real Drama Mama… Nice to meet you!

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