Peanut Butter Days

I was 20 years old.  The world seemed big and bright to this wide-eyed small town girl from Northern Wisconsin.  I had already spent two years 1000 miles away from home beginning my education and now was taking one of the greatest risks yet.  I was loading up my 1992 4-door burgundy Saturn named “Alice” […]

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A Dangerous Enemy

As typical siblings do, my sister and I fought over EVERYTHING when we were growing up.  We knew how to push each others’ buttons and we thoroughly enjoyed doing it.  Most times our battles were over who got the last piece of cake, who got to sit in the front seat of the car, or […]

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What I Hate About the Store I Love

Dear Teavana, I’m a regular.  I love your store.  I go there frequently and I purchase a lot of tea. I have most of your tea gadgets and gizmos. I give tea to friends as gifts. I introduce people to you all the time. Any yet, every time I come to your store I’m treated […]

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Scarcity breeds Creativity

After losing my luggage last week and dealing with the inconveniences of not having all of my stuff, I realized how going without some things actually forces me to think differently, to think creatively. No make-up… hmmm… I scrounged up some powder and an old eye liner and a different shade of lip gloss.  Guess […]

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True Scarcity

Examples of scarcity in my life: 1) Standing in line for FIVE hours to get the new iPhone 2) Shopping at every store in town trying to find a Wii for my dad for Father’s Day with no luck.  He ended up getting a tip that the Best Buy near his house was getting a […]

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