My wife is thinking of ways to spend the money that we should be receiving shortly from our taxes. We did pretty good this year, and are trying to come up with the best ways to utilize the new found money. Both of us could use some new clothes, we have been watching our pennies so closely these past few years that we haven’t spent much on things that weren’t absolutely necessary. So it would be nice to take just a bit of the refund cash and find some great online deals for a few things.
Dave’s New York has a website that I have had bookmarked for some time now. I’ve got my eye on a nice carhartt shirt, they’ve a great variety of top brand named clothing for good prices for their online shoppers. I used to have a carhartt sweatshirt, but it got ruined, big time, years ago and I’ve missed it, so I think that I’m due a new one by now. I like the look of this one that they are offering for under $50. It is a nice heavyweight zippered and hooded carhartt sweatshirt that would help keep my head and neck warm come next winter.
At Dave’s New York they have a 30 day return policy which gives you plenty of time to process a return, if needed. They’ve been selling clothes for over 45 years and they have a store in New York city as well. But since I don’t intend on visiting New York any time soon I’ll be more than happy to utilize their website for now.
While looking for a mobile broadband to sign up for my wife, I came across a blog that was featuring posts about data cards and USB Modems and mobile broadband in India. It looked like a very impressive collection of reviews. Reading those reviews, I became even more frustrated that it appears that there are a lot of good mobile broadband providers overseas, yet I am having trouble finding one over here!
In this great country of ours I fail to understand why we can’t get good service at a reasonable cost. If we are to remain competitive in this global economy, these kinds of services need to be affordable to more people. I can only hope that the prices of these services come down in the near future. These are important tools that we will need to survive.
Recently I decided that I’d like to be able to find a provider of unlimited mobile broadband. At least, that’s what I think it’s called! I’d like for my wife to be able to take her laptop and connect to the Internet anywhere she goes. And I’d like for her to not be charged any extra fees for anything. I see most of the providers restrict you to a certain number of “data” downloads, and that is not what I’m looking for. I want unlimited! Why is that so hard to find? From what I’m seeing, only Alltell has that unlimited plan, and they have been sold to Verizon, so that unlimited plan is probably going to be eliminated pretty quickly, if it hasn’t been already! If I can’t find a plan that we can afford, I’ll just have to tell my wife that she is going to just have to keep looking for free Wifi hotspots around town. I understand that gets real old real fast, but I’m not willing to pay an arm and a leg for Internet on the road!
My wife has been mulling over whether to buy new eyeglasses, opt for laser surgery, or try the latest contact lenses. One thing is for sure, she needs a new prescription – her vision is deteriorating fast! Unfortunately eye surgery is not covered by our insurance, and the cost is more than our budget can bear. So I’m all for checking out the new contact lens technology and see if she can go the contact lens route. We just aren’t sure if she can take advantage of the new contact lens technology because one of her vision problems is a condition that requires a lot of prism put in the lens. I guess that is something we will have to ask about when she goes to the eye doctor next time!
I’ve always been interested in history. I like to watch the history channel and I like to read historical writings. One of the things that interest me in history is how gold has always been considered a valuable commodity. I’ve learned that are many uses for gold. One use for gold that most of us already are aware of is it’s use historically as money. I never really understood why the United States stopped using the gold standard – it certainly made a lot of sense to me!
In addition to being used as money, gold has been used as adornments in home furnishings, architecture, and jewelry. It is (was) used in dentistry to fill teeth, or even to replace teeth. And from what I understand it can be used medically as a treatment for cancer, arthritis, and in transplant devices. So even though the world no longer uses it as a base for it’s monetary system, it is still a very valuable metal!