Hints From Heloise

Dear Heloise: We all get enticing catalogs in the mail. I look at them if I have time and turn the corners down on pages that have things that interest me.

Then I put them in my “think about it” pile (a basket near my desk). After a week or so I go back for another look. I often find my original impulse to buy has abated. If not, then I go ahead and order.

This procedure has saved me a lot of unneeded purchases. - Jeanne Rueter, Valparaiso, Ind.

Both of us! I do the same and it’s amazing how later that “must-have” item isn’t so must-have. Write anytime. - Heloise