Showing posts with label shopping. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shopping. Show all posts

Sunday, June 17, 2007

It's the Little Differences: Clothing Size

America's obesity problem is not just a myth. In fact, the US obesity rate (31%) is twice as high as Canada’s (14%).

To cater to their costumers, stores carry larger sizes more than smaller sizes. In order words, the bell curve one finds is Canada (relatively normal: few XS, some S, lots of M, some L, few XL) is skewed to the right in the US (No XS, few S, some M, lots of L, lots of XL, some XXL). When you oscillate between 0 and 4, it’s frustrating.

I’ve had some luck at Banana Republic. Banana Republic usually carries my size and it’s often on sale because no one else wants to buy it!

Monday, January 15, 2007

Shopping for appliances suck

I hate shopping for appliances. We're moving into our condo next month. As a result, we really needed to buy our appliances. We beat a record. We bought: fridge, stove, dishwasher, over-the-range microwave, washer, and dryer in fifteen minutes. It still wasn't fast enough for my taste.