1054th Friday Blog Roundup

I’m not a big clothing-shopping person, but I had such a positive experience at the Boden store (now closed) a few years ago, that I decided to give one of their sample sales a try.

I’ll start with the positive: It’s organized, everything is a flat price (e.g., all dresses are $70), and they have every size. So whether you are a size 4 or 14, there will be plenty for you.

But I sensed while I was standing in line to go in that sample sales were not my thing. The people around me were carrying their own full-length mirrors. That was my first clue that this was not going to be chill experience. I guess I would best describe it as people grabbing armfuls of items (the sale was many many many copies of the same 20ish things from their site, with a few single copies of a handful of items), racing to try on things, and tossing them aside if they didn’t fit. Everyone was lovely, but the whole thing felt like sharks in a feeding frenzy. No joy. Just all-consuming consumption.

It was kind of the opposite of the experience in the store. It’s a bit of a bummer that the brick-and-mortar store is gone.

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Stop procrastinating. Go make your backups. Don’t have regrets.

Seriously. Stop what you’re doing for a moment. It will take you fifteen minutes, tops. But you will have peace of mind for days and days. It’s the gift to yourself that keeps on giving.

As always, add any new thoughts to the Friday Backup post and peruse new comments to find out about methods, plug-ins, and devices that help you quickly back up your data and accounts.

And now the blogs…

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But first, second, helpings of the posts that appeared in the open comment thread last week. To read the description before clicking over, please return to the open thread:

• None… sniff.

Okay, now my choices this week.

Infertile Phoenix changed her last name a long time ago in anticipation of having the same last name as her future child. It was a change of heart from her original plan not to change her name with marriage. But a divorce and second name change later, and she comments on how, “Every application, every official form. They all ask for any previous names you’ve had. So I have to acknowledge my kids’ last name until the end of (my) time.” It was just a profound reminder.

The Road Less Travelled posts a picture from the dock of the cottage she was staying at, and it looks like my ideal place. It’s just a good reminder to take a step back sometimes and reconnect with people you like in beautiful places.

The roundup to the Roundup: I learned I am not a sample sale person. Your weekly backup nudge. And lots of great posts to read. So what did you find this week? Please use a permalink to the blog post (written between September 26 – October 3) and not the blog’s main URL. Not understanding why I’m asking you what you found this week. Read the original open thread post here.