Ranch Wife's Slant

Tag: shopping

  • Give Someone a Cow for Christmas This Year from Heifer International

    Most likely you’ve seen the acronym WWJD? (What Would Jesus Do?). Well, I tweaked that acronym and came up with a better one that’s fitting for the Christmas season: WWJB? which stands for What Would Jesus Buy? Asking this question while pushing a cart up and down store aisles really puts a whole new perspective…

  • Deals Worth Waiting For

    I’m a frugal junkie. I love being thrifty and getting what I want for a lot less money. At the beginning of each new year I make a goal list of big ticket items I want. For starters, writing it down first gives me adequate waiting time to consider whether I really want or need the…

  • Shopping the Old Fashioned Way at Motive Parts

    Motive Parts is a store especially designed for the rancher. It’s the perfect place for a man to do his shopping because he can pick up his ranch supplies and buy Christmas presents for his family; provided his wife likes Carhartt clothing and he does any Christmas shopping. There is no other place where a…

  • ROBB’S is a Steal

      Nothing delights me more than getting away with something, especially when it’s normally really expensive at full price.   ROBB’S is one of my wonderful little secrets and shopping there is like going on a treasure hunt for me. That should indicate that it doesn’t take much to amuse me. Several years ago, I…

  • Will Shop for Ads

    Most women don’t realize how much men love to shop because most of our shopping takes place in a store. I have yet to meet a man who isn’t crazy about browsing up and down the classifieds. Men favor a good classified section the way women patronize a particular department, grocery, or craft and hobby…

  • Side Effects of 4-H Judging

    4-H judging teaches kids how to make better choices as a consumer, but it ruined impulse buying for me. My judging criterion conscience doesn’t consider hasty purchases acceptable. Doing so would contradict what 4-H judging taught me. I learned to take my time considering the criteria in order to make wise decisions and choices. In…