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Valentine’s Day the Perfect Gift

Valentine's Day is one of those day's we must not forget, or else! Or else a loved one, or mother maybe hurt, disappointed or upset at the very least. We do have help in not forgetting. Television commercials, displays in stores, and email having been reminding me for almost a month. February 14th is Valentines Day, and we should get our loved one some gift. Now we know we got to get our wife...

Beetle or Cooper

This week we have heard reports about gas prices are going up. After hitting a low of close to $3 per gallon for most of January, we are expecting gas prices to start climbing again. With gas prices climbing, the cost of driving our vehicles one mile has started to increase. For those of you who commute any distant to and from work, it will be a big impact on your budget. Like through out mo...

Wonderful World of Trade Shows

Las Vegas is a great place to go for a getaway vacation. It is also know as one of the most popular places to hold a trade show. If you look at the Las Vegas Convention Convention Center there is back to back trade shows. Still for someone like me, who happens to love trade shows, it is not practical for me to spend so much time in Vegas. In fact there is another location where I can go to a tr...

Do I Need Fancy Cleaners?

It is SuperBowl Sunday! There are going to be a lot of living rooms filled with football fans enjoying the big game. There is going to be some emotional highs and lows through out the game. Drinks and food is going to get spilled. Afterwards there will be some cleaning that need to be done. Depending on wild the party gets will depend on how much cleaning will need to be done. In preparation fo...

Gas Mileage Lies

On morning news there was a sniped about a lady who sued Honda for misrepresentation of their gas mileage. It was in small claims court, but still won $10,000. Interesting! It has become pretty much accepted, by all of us, what the sticker gas mileage would be under ideal condition. I am glad someone has stepped up to say, "We are not going to take it anymore!" When I look at different makes...

Touch Screen Desktop Computers

I first saw touch screens computers in the food processing industry back in the late 90's. Since then the technology and the price has been slowly been dropping. As a result we now see more cell phones with touch screens than without. The overall adoption of a touch screen desktop computer has been slow mostly because of the cost. We are seeing the price going under the $1,000 mark. This makes ...

Social Responsible Buying

Last week the name Foxconn and Apple were in all the headlines. It was not about great profits, or some new electronic gadget. It was about the inhumane treatment of the workers in China. What is interesting to note is that Foxconn does not just manufacture electronics for Apple. Foxconn manufacture over 50% of the electronics sold in the United States. Mistreatment of works or labors misbeh...

Secrets of Shopping Wal Mart

Midday on any Saturday or Sunday, at Wal Mart, finds families and couples getting their weekly shopping done. We are at the end of January. People are starting to recover from the Christmas shopping madness. Walking we were greeted by a your 60 oriental lady. I think it is great that Wal Mart seek to find jobs for elderly on fixed incomes. After a quick stop by the cosmetic section for some...

Search for a Practical Usable Tablet

Since before Thanksgiving I have been slowing giving into the idea of getting a tablet. I have looked at all the major brands of tablets and eReaders. I have been trying to imagine how often I would use it. I watch how other people would use their tablets. While attending a local trade show I noticed a large majority of the vendors were using iPads. There were only a few who had other tablets....

Cruise or Not to Cruise

Here we are at the end of January 2012. Texas is getting heavy rains. Snow and Cold is covering most all of the northern hemisphere. I close my eyes and think of a hot summer day with the sun beating down on may face. Then in an instant, I jump into a nice cool swimming pool. Yes, what better time to plan a summer vacation than when the chilling cold is biting your bones, and the sky is all gloomy...

A Fair Day for the Fair

Posted By: The Shopping Nazi on August 25, 2009 in Budget, Travel - Comments: 1 Comment »

Western Idaho Fair Summer is almost over. Our daughter starts school next week. We need some time together before we are drawn apart with work and school.

Because of the economy, we opted for a stay a home vacation this year. The Western Idaho Fair is in full swing. Since the fairgrounds is less than 5 miles and 12 minute drive from our house, the fair tops the list as something to do on our stay at home vacation, or Staycation, as some would like to call it.

Monday was Kids Day. For $20 each we could get into the fair and have unlimited rides from noon to 5 pm. If you haven’t price the rides at your local fair lately, they could run you $1 to $2.50 per ride.

Fair admissions was $7 dollars for adults and $4 for our daughter. That would make admission and rides a great deal. I guarantee you that we all rode on more than 10 rides.

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There is nothing like bumped by friends and strangers with the Bumper cars. Watching my wife overcome her fear of heights on the smallest of 3 Ferris wheels was worth the whole day’s experience. I must mention the Wip, the ride my dad took me on at 10, now I am riding on with my wife and daughters.

The biggest revelation to me, which should not of have been a revelation, is how much our family enjoys the exhibits. My wife would sign up all the drawing for a big gas BBQ. My daughter was looking at all the jewelry. Then I was looking at cookware, and internet provider.

When the day was over, after all the rides, exhibits, and eating our favorite fair food, we went home and crashed in our favorite spots.

The bottom-line is we spent just under a $100 for a once a year event that will carry memories for the rest of our life.

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