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      This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Contest Factory for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.
      	You have no doubt heard by now about the Pimp My Cube Contest where you can win a Grand prize worth $1200 to makeover your work cubical or office. What the contest people are looking for is messy and I do mean MESSY work areas. They want people to send in a video of &lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</content></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CkYNQ30zfip7ImA9WhRUFEk.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2179375506560043976.post-1580706245457420645</id><published>2012-01-24T13:23:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-24T13:23:12.386-08:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-01-24T13:23:12.386-08:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="shopping" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Shopping wisely" /><title>The stores are pushing the holidays</title><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.scratching-out-a-living.com/feeds/1580706245457420645/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2179375506560043976&amp;postID=1580706245457420645" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2179375506560043976/posts/default/1580706245457420645?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2179375506560043976/posts/default/1580706245457420645?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.scratching-out-a-living.com/2012/01/stores-are-pushing-holidays.html" title="The stores are pushing the holidays" /><author><name>Jan</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="19" height="32" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_laUG7GGO8s8/TDokjDT4bMI/AAAAAAAAA5Q/4U-lW9l2kRs/S220/lady.png" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><content type="html">
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/d_WmtDt_8IiidKowlBLMK3DI8HI/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/d_WmtDt_8IiidKowlBLMK3DI8HI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/d_WmtDt_8IiidKowlBLMK3DI8HI/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/d_WmtDt_8IiidKowlBLMK3DI8HI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;No sooner is Christmas and New Years Day are over, out comes the Valentines Day stuff and Super Bowl party decorations in our local Walmart. I don't know about you but I am starting to feel a bit pushed along. The Valentines stuff takes up 4 isles and is a bit over the top this year. How many stuffed pink animals can one person own? I think I would go for personalized gifts for boyfriends, &lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wf6mXTpH5VbAWgFpj9ePttu_XfY/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wf6mXTpH5VbAWgFpj9ePttu_XfY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wf6mXTpH5VbAWgFpj9ePttu_XfY/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wf6mXTpH5VbAWgFpj9ePttu_XfY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;There is a house around the corner from me that was built in the 1880's. It was recently bought by a young couple who completely renovated it. The house needed extensive work. It needed floors and it is a 2 story house, new windows and doors as well as a balcony that was missing.

They did a wonderful job. It took several months for them to complete the work and they lived in a travel trailer &lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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