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		<title>New Bedspread</title>
		<link>http://the-madness.net/2010/06/04/new-bedspread/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jun 2010 03:29:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danny</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I bought a new bedspread today from Target&#8230;navy blue comforter (reversible! with light blue on the back), brown sheets and yellow pillowcases. It&#8217;s so cool that I decided to share. (Oh, and it&#8217;s vaguely reminiscent of an old blog theme that I used back in the day!)]]></description>
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<p>I bought a new bedspread today from Target&#8230;navy blue comforter (reversible! with light blue on the back), brown sheets and yellow pillowcases. It&#8217;s so cool that I decided to share. (Oh, and it&#8217;s vaguely reminiscent of an <a href="http://www.free-wp-themes.com/wordpress/Banana_Smoothie/" target="_blank">old blog theme</a> that I used back in the day!)</p>
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		<title>Flip Flop Rainbow</title>
		<link>http://the-madness.net/2009/06/06/flip-flop-rainbow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 01:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danny</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Five new pairs of flip flops for summer.  Pretty awesome.  I love Old Navy. :)]]></description>
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<p>Five new pairs of flip flops for summer.  Pretty awesome.  I love Old Navy. :)</p>
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		<title>Rocking It Darn Well</title>
		<link>http://the-madness.net/2008/10/18/rocking-it-darn-well/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2008 03:07:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danny</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I finally went shopping last night for my back-to-school clothes/winter wardrobe. I only spent $80, but I got some amazing stuff. From Old Navy, I bought a pretty cool brown argyle sweater, a pair of jeans, and a black thermal top. I swear to kg, the black shirt is the most warmest, comfiest shirt. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So I finally went shopping last night for my back-to-school clothes/winter wardrobe. I only spent $80, but I got some amazing stuff. </p>
<p>From Old Navy, I bought a pretty cool brown argyle sweater, a pair of jeans, and a black thermal top. I swear to kg, the black shirt is the most warmest, comfiest shirt. Ever. In fact, I&#8217;m wearing it right now!  My downstairs is warm (in normal pajama pants), my upstairs is toasty and cozy in the thermal shirt, and my attic is freezing because I don&#8217;t wear hats while I&#8217;m laying in bed. (And by &#8216;upstairs&#8217;, &#8216;downstairs&#8217;, and &#8216;attic&#8217;, I am referring to my torso, legs, and head if you didn&#8217;t pick up on that.) I also got an awesome blue striped shirt from Target that I wore today.  Hopefully I&#8217;ll get around to posting pictures soon. </p>
<p>Oh, and guess what!  Remember the wool pea coat that I posted about earlier?  I saw it in person yesterday and it was horrendous. The buttons had big anchors on them. It was a coat that was nice from far away but absolutely frightening up close&#8230;much like Windows Vista.  </p>
<p>As much as I would love to say that I get all my clothes from Versace and Dolce  Gabanna and Prada, I cannot. I rock the Target, HM, and Old Navy and occasionally the sale racks at Aeropostale and the clearance section at American Eagle (seriously- everything I have from there I got on clearance!). But, you know what?  I rock it darn well. </p>
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		<title>The Best Day Ever</title>
		<link>http://the-madness.net/2007/12/18/the-best-day-ever/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 01:02:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danny</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night was sort of a little bit super amazing.  Briana and I went to the mall to do some Christmas shopping, and, well, let&#8217;s just say that it kicked butt&#8230;unfortunately, the butt hat we kicked cost $140 and I&#8217;m still not done buying gifts, but, um, yeah. Sorry.  I&#8217;m not exactly coherent right now.  [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Last night was sort of a little bit super amazing.  Briana and I went to the mall to do some Christmas shopping, and, well, let&#8217;s just say that it kicked butt&#8230;unfortunately, the butt hat we kicked cost $140 and I&#8217;m still not done buying gifts, but, um, yeah.</p>
<p>Sorry.  I&#8217;m not exactly coherent right now.  My mind is in a thousand different places.  I have so much crap to do for school.  I need break!</p>
<p>But last night was amazing; the most fun that I&#8217;ve had in a long time.  I want to post more thoroughly tomorrow, after I&#8217;ve had some time to gather my thoughts and focus.</p>
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		<title>This Is A Joke&#8230;Right?</title>
		<link>http://the-madness.net/2007/12/16/this-is-a-jokeright/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2007 18:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danny</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you kidding me?  Old Navy has nothing left at all in any of my sizes!  The pinstripe chinos that I wanted are only available in size 40 and up, and the sweaters that I wanted are all only size XXL and up!  None of anything is left!  And, even worse, all of the out-of-stock [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Are you kidding me?  <a href="http://oldnavy.com" target="_blank">Old Navy</a> has nothing left at all in any of my sizes!  The pinstripe chinos that I wanted are only available in size 40 and up, and the sweaters that I wanted are all only size XXL and up!  None of anything is left!  And, even worse, all of the out-of-stock items that I want are on sale AND I have an online-only coupon!  This is a travesty!  Now, I have to actually go and buy the clothes in a brick-and-mortar store and  brave the insane suburban housewives who will probably kill me before I can get my stuff!</p>
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		<title>Call Me Frugal, But&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://the-madness.net/2007/11/23/call-me-frugal-but/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Nov 2007 01:26:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danny</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why on earth would anybody want to get anything from Aeropostale or American Eagle when they can get the same thing from Old Navy for much less? Take, for example, this shirt that I just ordered from Old Navy (Men&#8217;s Plaid Flannel Shirts): &#160; It&#8217;s a basic, black and gray flannel shirt, right? Originally $20, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why on earth would anybody want to get anything from <a href="http://aeropostale.com" target="_blank">Aeropostale</a> or <a href="http://ae.com">American Eagle</a> when they can get the same thing from Old Navy for much less?  Take, for example, this shirt that I just ordered from Old Navy (<a href="http://www.oldnavy.com/browse/product.do?pid=5270490020004&amp;cid=26070" target="_blank">Men&#8217;s Plaid Flannel Shirts</a>):</p>
<p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://the-madness.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/oldnavy1.jpg" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://the-madness.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/oldnavy2.jpg" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center">&nbsp;</p>
<p>It&#8217;s a basic, black and gray flannel shirt, right?  Originally $20, marked down to $10.  Great.  Now, stroll on over to the Aero website and find a <a href="http://www.aeropostale.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2778199&amp;cp=2284059.1988239&amp;clickid=cat_leftnav_txt&amp;parentPage=family" target="_blank">similar shirt</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://the-madness.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/aero1.jpg" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://the-madness.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/aero2.jpg" /></p>
<p>Are you kidding me?  $35 dollars?  Giving it a stupid name and the Aero branding apparently makes clothes worth almost twice as much as they&#8217;re worth at Old Navy.  But, wait, it gets worse.  Let&#8217;s check on our good friends at American Eagle, selling <a href="http://www.ae.com/web/browse/product.jsp?catId=cat40005&amp;productId=2153_8481" target="_blank">this shirt</a> (it was the closest thing that I could find to the Old Navy style).</p>
<p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://the-madness.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/ae1.jpg" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://the-madness.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/ae2.jpg" /></p>
<p>$40?!?  Are you kidding me?  It has one less pocket and an eagle on it, and that means that it can cost $20 more?  That&#8217;s disgusting!  And it&#8217;s not even on sale!  Why would any sane person pay twice as much for almost the same thing?  And the <a href="http://www.abercrombie.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_10051_10901_375067_-1_12213_12202" target="_blank">biggest travesty of them all</a>&#8230;</p>
<p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://the-madness.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/af1.jpg" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://the-madness.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/af2.jpg" /></p>
<p>$70 for a shirt that costs $20 at Old Navy?  Paying 350% of the Old Navy price somehow just does not appeal to me.  Keep in mind that, like the Old Navy shirt, this one is also 100% cotton (no differences in material or anything).</p>
<p>Not only is the price a steal in comparison, but Old Navy has a wider selection and their clothes last longer (I have a hoodie that I get from Aero on clearance for $12 [I only own two articles of clothing from Aero, and I bought them both on clearance] that frays like there&#8217;s no tomorrow!).  I don&#8217;t understand how some people have huge closets full of clothes from these places and can still afford to eat!  Sorry, but I get my clothes from Old Navy.  Unfortunately, I can&#8217;t pull money out of my butt (and even if I could, I&#8217;d still shop at Kohls and Old Navy)!</p>
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