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Tag Archives: shopping
Retail Challenges
I have long enjoyed shopping, but not lately. And the use of the word “shopping” is intentional. By shopping, I do not necessarily mean buying. Shopping has been an outlet for me. I used to enjoy shopping for hours and … Continue reading
Posted in change, Relationships, service
Tagged A Year in the Life of a Recovering Spendaholic, customer service, expect delays, expectations, Fralix, Joshua Becker, lack of friendly service, lack of service, lack of the basics, more patience, online shopping, Patti, Patti Fralix, poor attitudes, retail challenges, shopping, short-staffed, The Fralix Group, The More of Less, time
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All and Nothing
I spent three days in Atlanta at the Gift Market this week, sourcing items for my antiques and gifts business which is located in Southport, NC. This is a very part-time business, although I have had it for more than … Continue reading
Atlanta Reimagined
Mike and I are in Atlanta for a few days. Mike has a three-day meeting at the Georgia World Congress Center. We are staying outside of town, so I have been dropping Mike off in the morning and picking him … Continue reading
Posted in service, travel
Tagged apple, Atlanta Georgia, Atlanta Reimagined, beauty, Belk, Bloomingdales, Cami Cakes, Capital One Café, Designer Brands, Eileen Fisher, Fralix, Georgia World Congress Center, Lenox Square Mall, Macy's, Neiman Marcus, Patti Fralix, Phipps Plaza, quality, Saks, shopping, The Fralix Group, The World of Coca-Cola
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Loving (and NOT!) Las Vegas
Las Vegas is somewhere I never wanted to go, until I did. I imagined Vegas to be a city of only gall and glamor, a city that never sleeps, and of non-ending buffets. Well, it is those things, but so … Continue reading
Posted in life, travel
Tagged A Year in the Life of a Recovering Spendaholic, Bottega Veneta, Desmond Tutu, Dos and Donts, Excalibur Hotel, Fralix, gambling, Las Vegas, life is too short not to eat well, Love and don't love, MAGIC trade show, Mandalay Convention Center, Mike Fralix, Patti Fralix, shopping, The Fralix Group, traveling, Venetian
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Everything Happens for a Reason
Mike and I were in Las Vegas earlier this week for a meeting. Las Vegas is a place I never wanted to go to until I went there! I had visions of seedy gambling joints, large unhealthy buffets of food, … Continue reading
Posted in life, travel
Tagged Bellagio, Caesar's Palace, Charlie, city, food, Fralix, Las Vegas, Patti Fralix, resort, shopping, The Fralix Group, things happen for a reason, traveling, Venetian, West Gate Resorts, Wynn
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To Russia With Love!
Mike and I recently returned from a trip to Moscow, Russia. It was business for Mike, pure pleasure for me! I have had many thoughts about our experience there and want to record those before some of the details fade … Continue reading
Posted in thankful, travel
Tagged beauty, Cathedrals, Erwin Restaurant, food, Kremlin, Mike Fralix, Moscow, Patti Fralix, Red Square, Russia, Russian People, shopping, Shops, Subway, The Fralix Group, travel
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The Gift(s) of the Season
With only a few days left until Christmas, many people are scurrying around finishing up last minute shopping. Then there are those whose shopping has not involved scurrying around at all. Many of those have had Amazon and other deliveries … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, life
Tagged 2019, Amazon, Christ, Christmas, Christmas season, Christmas Trees, experiences, focus, Fralix, gift cards, gift giving, gifts, grandchildren, holiday, online, Patti Fralix, possessions, presence, presents, season, shopping, The Fralix Group, things, wrapping
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The Most Beautiful Bookshop in the World
Mike and I have been in Maastricht, the Netherlands, for the past week at the 34th annual International Apparel Federation’s World Fashion Convention. We have been to Maastricht once before, ten years ago, for the same meeting. I loved Maastricht … Continue reading
Posted in service, travel
Tagged Amazon, bicycles, boekhandel dominicanen, books, bookshop, coffee, Europe, Europeans, free gift wrapping, friendly people, International Apparel Federation, London, Maastricht, Most Beautiful Bookshop in the World, Netherlands, Physically fit, shopping, World Fashion Convention
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New Behaviors of a Recovering Spendaholic
Perhaps you have heard the phrases, “little things mean a lot” and “less is more.” That is certainly true about some of my life lessons these last few years. When I stopped spending for an entire year soon after Hurricane … Continue reading
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