tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5601819916630680133.post7769032023740351304..comments2024-01-23T23:07:00.959-08:00Comments on GRACEful Retirement: When Buying Quality Doesn't Make SenseGrace.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03557395027685855901noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5601819916630680133.post-5604783141882686872012-09-16T07:49:51.470-07:002012-09-16T07:49:51.470-07:00I'm with you on this one. I've lost more t...I'm with you on this one. I've lost more than i can count over the years, my daughter too. So I'd rather lose a dollar at a time than $20 or $30. <br />Somewhere the rain gods are laughing at us!Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02803104035204416080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5601819916630680133.post-87924571078578598042012-09-14T10:31:47.177-07:002012-09-14T10:31:47.177-07:00MSM--my friend and I had the exact same experience...MSM--my friend and I had the exact same experience in Rome a few years back. It was summer. It was hot. It was pouring. And this Somali guy was hanging outside the hotel doors with umbrellas at $5 each. Naturally, I bought one. Naturally, I lost it on the flight home.Grace.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03557395027685855901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5601819916630680133.post-16792182295274805962012-09-14T09:16:27.399-07:002012-09-14T09:16:27.399-07:00BEST umbrellas I have owned have come from the sem...BEST umbrellas I have owned have come from the semi crazy man that sells them outside the train station when it's pouring. $5 and they're huge and they last.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5601819916630680133.post-23386506024568855002012-09-13T07:07:24.861-07:002012-09-13T07:07:24.861-07:00Grace: I buy mine at the $ store also. I, like yo...Grace: I buy mine at the $ store also. I, like you, leave them EVERYWHERE. I also buy reading and sunglasses at the $ store.<br /><br />$ Stores used to get a bad rap. No more. The bargains are to good, although I won't buy food there. <br /><br />Funny story: a woman I work with was proudly showing off her new $140 Ray=Bans. They WERE nice, but $140?? I proudly whipped mine off my head and said $1 at the Dollar store. Ha!<br />Maurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14248504434899040619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5601819916630680133.post-60218561531283289082012-09-12T17:43:40.382-07:002012-09-12T17:43:40.382-07:00I'm 100% with you there. Fool that I am, I sti...I'm 100% with you there. Fool that I am, I still long for neat, cute, spiffy umbrellas but I know better. The tricksy things will break or disappear on me, sure as shooting. If I get one that costs more than $5, it'll go missing. Less, it'll break. Something like that. Never lasts, either way. Revanchehttp://www.agaishanlife.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5601819916630680133.post-81031305446099184832012-09-11T21:03:53.991-07:002012-09-11T21:03:53.991-07:00I didn't know you could get umbrellas at the d...I didn't know you could get umbrellas at the dollar store. Thanks for the tip!<br /><br />I buy my reading glasses and sunglasses at the dollar store. I am always misplacing one or the other. Having paid a dollar makes it easier to bear.Petunia 100http://petunia100.savingadvice.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5601819916630680133.post-48025082102415952112012-09-10T19:26:40.295-07:002012-09-10T19:26:40.295-07:00I have taken to this umbrella with kittens on it. ...I have taken to this umbrella with kittens on it. People chase me down to give it back when I leave it. They don't want to care for my kittens. I don't like cats--but the umbrella has been with me for over 7 years! Janettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10054888725603183006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5601819916630680133.post-64410523571753810872012-09-10T18:03:10.164-07:002012-09-10T18:03:10.164-07:00You and I developed the same umbrella strategy. Th...You and I developed the same umbrella strategy. The only one I successfully kept up with for any length of time was bright purple, before brightly colored rain gear became fashionable. <br /><br />I guess no one could mistake that screaming purple for their umbrella. I think it eventually fell victim to one of my other umbrella faults, my tendency to mangle umbrellas in car doors as I attempted to get in the vehicle and get the umbrella and every thing else in.<br /><br />At my last position pre-retirement, I often needed to button-hole researchers in person on our 52-acre campus, rain or shine. Even when I hadn't misplaced my current cheapo umbrella, it was always where I wasn't when I needed it. I finally gave up on umbrellas and used garbage bags, cardboard boxes or anything else I could find. I was teased, but the Lab staff included so many eccentric personalities that my peculiar choices for rain protection were not really a big deal.LChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08369350929348290480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5601819916630680133.post-47519259744457901922012-09-10T11:08:36.184-07:002012-09-10T11:08:36.184-07:00Me too.Me too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5601819916630680133.post-68814864287669387902012-09-10T10:54:31.726-07:002012-09-10T10:54:31.726-07:00sounds like me and jewelry. I tend to take of my r...sounds like me and jewelry. I tend to take of my rings and earrings when doing "stuff" sewing, cooking, canning, apinting....and lose them regularly. I even lost my moms good sappire ring that she gave me. I know buy my earings at kohls-although I do have a decent umbrella because of the texas wind and my complete lack of dexterity.Barbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15195838412173806659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5601819916630680133.post-84777264044212845542012-09-10T08:55:34.652-07:002012-09-10T08:55:34.652-07:00I spent months looking everywhere for THE perfect ...I spent months looking everywhere for THE perfect umbrella. Finally found it and had my heart broken when a bad rain storm snapped a piece of metal on it within a week. <br /><br />Now my limit is $10, but the next time I'm there, I'll check the dollar store.Paigehttp://jddebtfree.comnoreply@blogger.com