The Value of a Good Purchase

By: Amanda Coggin (View Profile)

Paperblanks journal
A good journal, like a man, is hard to come by. I don’t waste any time looking anymore. Paperblanks journals have lines with the perfect amount of space, beautifully decorated designs, a magnet on the cover to keep your journal closed, a ribbon bookmark to keep your place, and my favorite, a pocket on the back cover to hold important notes that pertain to whatever you need to write. I should have stock in this company!

Women for Women
I need perspective every so often to remind me that whatever drama I think I’m dealing with, there is always another woman who needs more than me. When I watched a 60 Minutes piece on the rape and pillage that occurs every minute in Congo, I knew I had to do something. Since I try to choose a new organization to support every year, I decided that I would spend the little bit of $27 per month to sponsor a women in Congo who has been raped in order to give her a future she deserves. This monthly purchase brings me more peace of mind and happiness than any trendy indulgence ever could.

See, shopping can buy you happiness … meaningful shopping that is.

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posted: 07.14.2008
Paige
I also appreciate the value of a good purchase. Store Adore helps me find the best boutiques, and provides me with discounts as well! www.storeadore.com
posted: 01.31.2008
Kit Land
This was such a helpful article. I've been on the fence about an I.Pod. I'm off on a trip in April that requires a long plane trip and an Ipod filled with favorite music and a book or two will be just the thing. Most of all, thanks for the idea of donating to Woman for Woman. I watched that horrific 60 Minutes segment on the women in the Congo also and now I know what I can do to help.
posted: 01.31.2008
Anne Story
Wonderful ideas! Not sure if I can talk my husband into composting, but it sure does make "cents" :) Helpful article, thank you. (xoxo)
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