Next to Newsletter- Monday April 5, 2010

Thanks for making our First Friday Sale a big success! Now we're full speed ahead with our spring and summer inventory. Each day we're putting out hundreds of new items, so check in often.

Since it's Spring Break, let's get a theme going here...

Monday-Tuesday: 30% off all SHORTS

Wednesday -Thursday: 30% off anything SLEEVELESS

Friday-Saturday: 30% off anything mostly YELLOW

Sunday: April is Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Month, so to honor the ASPCA's "Go Orange for Animals" campaign (click here to learn more),

it's 30% off anything ORANGE

Current Columns

My husband, Arthur, and I each write twice-a-month columns for The Gainesville Times. His deal with computing and technology issues. Mine deal with whatever strikes my fancy.

His latest was published on April 3rd. Click here to read Arthur's piece on a free alternative to Windows.

My April 2nd column is about the pervasiveness of urban legends. Click here to go to it.

5 Uses for...

Learn how to make the most of common household items like hair dryers, dryer sheets and toothpicks, when you watch Womans Day's 5 Ways video series. Each week they feature a different item, which you most likely have lying around the house, and show you five new uses for it—surprising even the most savvy homemaker. For instance, did you know the absorbent powders in sidewalk chalk can soak up stains on clothing? Or that dryer sheets can calm frizzy-hair flyaways? Click here to learn more.

Raising Ruby

Ruby is a Golden/Lab puppy on her way to becoming a service dog for an individual with a disability. Raising Ruby is a blog detailing her 18 months of training- fascinating, fun reading! Click here.

Passive Aggressive Notes

Molly introduced me to this little blog that will quickly eat up an hour or two of your time. Part voyeuristic entertainment, part group therapy, Passive Aggressive Notes offers a fascinating look at the all-too-familiar frustrations of embattled office workers, apartment dwellers, parents, and pet owners everywhere.

My favorite so far is the sign is a store that reads "We offer extremely high quality and extremely low prices. Pick one." Click here to read more.

The old way of cooking at home included figuring out what you wanted to eat, looking up the recipe in a cookbook, buying the ingredients and whipping the meal up.

Here's the Supercook way: Open your fridge and pantry, type the ingredients you have into the site's search bar and stand back. Supercook will look through its database of 300,000-plus recipes and spit out the ones that match. The result? You can start cooking right away, using food that would otherwise spoil. It's a painless alternative to traditional menu-planning and a great way to find new recipes and economize at the same time.

To try it out, I did a search featuring ground turkey and spaghetti sauce. Up popped 2000 recipes using those ingredients. I settled on Easy Unstuffed Cabbage for the Crockpot. Click here to see it. Click here to go to the Supercook home page.

Wise Words

Watch your thoughts, for they become words.
Watch your words, for they become actions.
Watch your actions, for they become habits.
Watch your habits, for they become character.
Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.

(I don't have a clue who said this but thanks to Bruce Fitch who published it in this week's edition of the Gainesville Optimist Club's Opti-Topics)

Weekly This and That

Next to New is now on Facebook! Click here to go to our fan page and join up. We'll be posting great deals when we find them during the week, giving out N2N coupons to our Facebook friends and linking to other great frugal sites. We'll have the Deal of the Day and any other Hot Flashes that come our way.

Remember to bring in your plastic grocery bags to recycle and register to win a $25.00 store credit.

Get a $5.00 store credit any time you bring us a new shopper. It's easy. Just bring in your friends who've never tried N2N shopping. When they check out at the register, we'll give YOU a $5.00 credit on the spot.

Let's work to get the word out: friends don't let friends shop retail!

...and don't forget Senior Discount Day- each Monday, everyone 55 and over gets 30% off their cash purchases.

Computer Problems?

Don't hesitate to call Arthur if your computer has a virus or isn't running as fast as it should. He will come to you or you can drop off your PC at Next to New. His rates put the Geeks to shame and your satisfaction is guaranteed. One-on-one instruction available or get some friends together for an even better rate. He can fix software problems through remote access if necessary, so no matter where you are, give him a call - your computer will thank you. You can click here to go to his website.

www.glazerthepctech.com (770) 540-5100

That's it for now. Remember-email goes both ways...

If you run across any exceptional bargains or impressive new products, let us know. We'll put the word out!


Have a remarkable week!


Teressa and the Next2New Crew

Next to New Resale Boutique
1705 Cleveland Hwy.
Gainesville, GA 30501
770-534-9070

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