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How To Thrift Shop With Your Teens: 9 Tips To Find Cheap, Trendy Clothes

September 12, 2022 By Katy Leave a Comment

I never thought that I would be flipping through a rack of shirts, all size Small, with such fervor. After all, I wear a size Large. (Remember the times I have bemoaned being a tall woman?!) Plus, I didn’t even need a shirt.  But there I was, at my teenage daughter’s request, hunting for small [Read More]

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Middle-aged Woman, 50, Reported Missing in Forever 21

May 9, 2021 By Katy 2 Comments

The following press release was based on the true story of shopping at the mall with my teenage daughter, 14. Enjoy! *** Jennifer Smith, 50, was reported missing from Midtown Mall on Friday afternoon at approximately 3:43 pm. Smith was last seen shopping inside Forever 21 with her teenage daughter, 14. “This was her dream, [Read More]

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Why This Mom of Teens Can’t Shop Alone

January 19, 2020 By Katy 3 Comments

Flush with cash from my recent birthday, I strode through the mall.  I had no strollers to push or play spaces to visit like a decade ago when my kids were little. Nor was I dragged into stores selling overpriced joggers or anything with emojis and sequins like last week while shopping with my teen [Read More]

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5 Things I Like That Are Obsolete

July 9, 2018 By Katy 8 Comments

“Insert Reward Card.” Insert. “Swipe card.” Swipe. “Pay here or inside?” Here. “Debit or credit?” Credit. “Enter zip code.” Enters zip code. “Scan your retina and sacrifice a pigeon at the gas pump.” Wait…WHAT? Okay, so the gas station pump at which I was filling up my car didn’t ask me to lay a sacrifice [Read More]

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Real-life Back to School Shopping Tips

August 8, 2016 By Katy 20 Comments

Need some real-life back to school shopping tips? Check out this handy list of 10 ways you can save money on your back to school shopping.

Need some real-life back to school shopping tips? Well, let me tell you about a funny thing that happened this back to school season. A reporter from ABC12 in Flint, Michigan found me via my blog. He asked me to show him and his viewers how to save money while back-to-school shopping. Now, I’m NOT a Coupon Queen [Read More]

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Thrifty Back-to-School Shopping Tips

July 26, 2016 By Katy 24 Comments

Thrifty Back-to-School Shopping Tips

Ack! It’s Back-to-School shopping season! How much is this going to cost me? Will I ever find everything I need? I think I’m stressed already.  Which got me thinking. What if I could laugh about it instead? Yes, what if I could poke fun at all the craziness of back to school in a little [Read More]

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The 7 Levels of Yard Sale Hell

September 10, 2014 By Katy 21 Comments

The 7 Levels of Yard Sale Hell as described in hilarious but true detail on exepriencedbadmom.com.

You know all those blog posts about how to have an amazing yard sale? All that Dave Ramsey-like advice about having a yard sale to raise money to pay for something? How yard sales are green, frugal, and just plain awesome? Yeah. Unfortunately, having a yard never goes well for me. In fact, after my [Read More]

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