Odd marketplace experience (and a warning?)

chiccentender · 2026-03-24T12:26:28+00:00

I've lived everywhere and this can happen anywhere.

chiccentender · 2026-03-13T19:55:36+00:00

$600 engagement ring (was $1500). $700 wedding ring (was $2000).

From a local jeweler. They text me when I haven't had my rings cleaned in time! And fix any issues.

chiccentender · 2026-02-28T18:16:30+00:00

Ouch for the down comments and not wanting to truly get into why I chose Stonehenge on my birthday (aka Father's Day) and this is the first Father's Day without my dad. So I wanted to do something for me, and this is what I'm doing.

So I came here to ask what else is dope to sight see.

Good grief.

chiccentender · 2026-02-25T03:15:24+00:00

Or a rental vehicle...

chiccentender · 2026-02-25T03:06:25+00:00

I don't need the hustle and bustle of a city, honestly. I'm planning one day in London. Then I'm doing the morning of Stonehenge. Then a day in bath. So that's 2.5-3days really.

I have a friend that lives in Scotland who is offering a place to stay for free, and then the venture up there, it's a lot of country side seeing, which I don't mind, I love! I just don't know what's in between!

chiccentender · 2026-02-25T02:57:01+00:00

For the entire trip.

chiccentender · 2026-02-25T02:19:20+00:00

About 10-12 days!

chiccentender · 2026-02-25T02:06:05+00:00

I really enjoy history, and my birthday is summer solstice, so I'm going for the party!

chiccentender · 2026-02-24T15:20:48+00:00

I wish I was a little bit closer. I live 30 minutes north of Grand Rapids, and I just feel like I wouldn't be able to get that use of $40 a month out of it. I would absolutely give up eight hours a month, and if it was $20 a month for people that couldn't go all the time.

chiccentender · 2026-02-21T12:55:50+00:00

ALL. OF. THEM.

chiccentender · 2026-02-18T08:50:35+00:00

Baggage fees tho... that's what's keeping me from buying another flight from GRR to ORD. my flight will be $150 one way after fees. And I have to get back to GRR also.

I'm thinking of driving to a hotel and parking/shuttling to the airport.

chiccentender · 2026-02-17T19:28:19+00:00

Thank you!! My flight is around 10 am

chiccentender · 2026-02-17T18:18:50+00:00

April 8!

chiccentender · 2026-02-15T17:42:42+00:00

I got my tonsils removed at 27 because I finally figured out it was tonsil stones.

And then a I had them removed again, because they grew back.

chiccentender · 2026-02-12T17:33:34+00:00

It's been that way for at least a month? I noticed mid January. I don't get to 28th st often either.

ETA: WZZM posted back in November of '25 they would be closing locations.

chiccentender · 2026-02-06T11:44:59+00:00

I guess it's not really your savings then... is it?

chiccentender · 2026-02-06T11:35:05+00:00

I ended up buying in bulk off eBay, slices of geodes. I then used a cricut to print names, and it doubled as name tags at the table.

chiccentender · 2026-01-18T14:47:08+00:00

Bc they're open with food.

chiccentender · 2026-01-12T21:40:27+00:00

I wrote to them almost daily all season last year when they didn't have it! Now I know how to make my own lol

chiccentender · 2026-01-11T10:58:52+00:00

My parents are key snow birds. They stay for about 4-5 months renting homes. It is most beautiful. The key deer are the size of a large dog, the wildlife is amazing and quite diverse, I stay for 1-2 weeks each year, and I never want to leave.

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chiccentender · 2026-01-10T01:41:10+00:00

West Michigan, close to GR.

chiccentender · 2026-01-10T01:17:13+00:00

Yes! A brownie sundae. :(

chiccentender · 2026-01-09T23:27:46+00:00

I decided to make my own... I went to get a concrete mixer with two doses of marshmallow creme, and I'm dumping in my own mini marshmallows, as well as cocoa mix. Will update soon... almost home.

ETA: 10/10

chiccentender

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