• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Catherine Gacad

  • About
  • Categories
    • Archives
    • Blogging
    • Burning Man
    • City Guides
    • Education & Politics
    • Favorite Books
    • Finances & Retirement
    • Parenthood
    • Relationships
    • Religion
    • San Francisco Bay Area
    • Travel
  • Hire Me
  • Subscribe
    • Feedburner
    • Bloglovin
    • Feedly
  • Search

All Posts

Shop ‘Til You Drop

Do me a favor and spend all that money you’ve been saving up! I own Target (TGT) and Urban Outfitters (URBN) stock so make sure to patronize those stores. My child’s private school education fund thanks you!

As a sidenote, the CEO of Urban Outfitters is a Chicago alum. They featured him in one of our alumni magazines and how he had the foresight and business know-how to rebrand Anthropologie which was so successful it was run separately as its own business entity before he became CEO of all Urban Outfitters. He believes so much in creativity that he builds in time and the budget for employees to drum up innovative solutions.

Back to the shopping topic, I was flabbergasted when I passed by Banana Republic on my way into work to read a sign posted on their front door that said they’d be open on Thanksgiving. Briskly walking to work, I figured the sign said Thanksgiving weekend, but I made a mental note to look into the matter. I read correctly. Gap, Banana Republic, Old Navy, Walmart, Toys ‘R Us, Kmart, and Sears are open on Turkey Day. Unbelievable. Does overtime for the employees working that day cover the sales you’re projecting? More importantly, what does that say about the cultural environment that it doesn’t respect its employees enough to spend time with their families on this very important holiday.

Now for my shopping rediscovery. I’ve been eyeing Ugg boots because I need really comfortable, warm shoes for my trip to China. Up until high school, I shopped at the Children’s Place. I always found clothing there that fit and that I liked. There’s a Children’s Place store that I pass by sometimes on my way home from work. I decided to pop in there, maybe they would have some cheap boots in the largest kid size. OMIGOD! I found Ugg-looking boots in Size 4. Maybe they would fit? They were big! So I walked out of the store with soft, fur-lined boots in a Size 3 for $24 including the tax. I rediscovered my new shopping spot!

Related

Tweet
Pin
Share
0 Shares

11.24.10

Tweet
Pin
Share
0 Shares

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

Welcome to my site, derived from an advice column I wrote while getting my MBA. I live in the San Francisco Bay Area. I give helpful, opinionated advice based on my own experience and from the expertise of my extensive network. For more, click here.

Categories

  • Archives
  • Blogging
  • Burning Man
  • City Guides
  • Education & Politics
  • Favorite Books
  • Finances & Retirement
  • Parenthood
  • Relationships
  • Religion
  • San Francisco Bay Area
  • Travel

Popular Posts

  • NYC Day 3
  • Will My Baby Go to College?
  • Help! I Don't Know How to Swim
  • Alt SF Conference: Not for the Faint of Heart
  • In 3 Days: A Wedding, a Birthday, and a Funeral
  • Liverpool with the Liverpudlians
  • Closing on a Home
  • Top of the World
  • Buy from Bed Bath & Beyond
  • We Are Pregnant!

Back to top

© 2021 Catherine Gacad.