Zannee’s Blog at BargainsLA.com

Like many of you, we are rethinking everything we do.

In tough economic we all should rethink what we are doing. How we are doing it. We are re-thinking our savings and investments. Is it better to have a savings, CD or invest in the market, Is this the best time to invest in real estate or wait a little longer. More than anything we are keeping our eyes open, paying attention, reading and learning as much as we can and playing it a little safer than normal.

Web dude and I are a fearless couple. We are still going out to dinner once a week. We are still planning ahead to shop and pounce on great deals at all of the Sample and Warehouse Sales. We are still purchasing technology for our business. The two big changes since the tides have turned are that our credit cards are paid off and back in the safe deposit box and we are not going to buy a new car. The 2001 Subaru and old Honda will have to go another year.  We are living on what we earn.

Though we are sitting a bit tighter, we are doing what we did before… preparing for the re-launching of BargainsLA.com this winter and trying to make sure we have most pertinent money saving shopping information, and are as content rich as we can be. If times get worse or if times get better, we need to be the best we can be.

I like a nice glass of wine at the end of the day to relax and unwind. Though I am not against “two-buck chuck” and have enjoyed many glasses of it, I like trying other faire as long as its tasty and well priced. I try to keep my wine purchase at under $12 a bottle. I have had much more expensive wines that didn’t match up to the moderately priced ones.

I have quite a few wine places near me to peruse for tasty wines. Trader Joes gives written reviews and descriptions with many of it’s wines, most are extremely well priced. But I have occasionally picked up a bottle that didn’t make it past the first glass.

But, I have done extremely well of, at all places… Ralphs. Yeah, as a whole it’s an overpriced, over the top market. But it does have its charms. When I want a bottle of wine, it’s convenient with a decent selection and these little tags that tell you what kind of wine it is and if it’s an award winner. So I look for the well-priced, award winning wines (awarded a gold medal) that have the highest price reduction and have done pretty well.

I do not have a Bev Mo near me, so my best options are Trader Joes or Ralphs. Oddly enough, I have done better at Ralphs.