Do You Make The Right Decisions?

So when I am having a conversation with my mom, we’ll be talking about life or whatever, and then she’ll say that we have errands to do. Being myself, I’m not so in to going to get gas, and the bank, and getting groceries. So usually, I would just complain to myself saying how much homework I have, trying to get out of it. But no. I go. Normally, helping my mom is fine, I have nothing against it. So I help. With business decisions. But not like what company to invest in our any adult thing like that. I help her pick where the best placed is to go for what she needs. I know these things because while she is determined, and knows what she’s getting, I on the other hand, like to just stroll around, looking at the prices of things. So when she wants to go somewhere to buy something, I have that background knowledge, so just tell her the best place to go. It’s like a natural instinct. Seriously, why wouldn't I. Why would I knowingly let my mom spend more money on something when I know somewhere has it cheaper. I Now me and my mom are very aware of things going on in the world, so when we go to the mall, or even to the drugstore, we are always thinking about our decisions.

Just the other, I came home from volleyball and my mom had bought me this nail polish I wanted. She then showed me this bag she had of things she bought at Walgreen's. She said we needed to go back so that she could return this lotion she bought there. I asked her why and she said because she had taken a trip to Meijer afterwards and saw that exact same lotion for about $5 less. So we went to Walgreen's returned the item and then went to Meijer and repurchased it. So since the lotion was around the same aisle as the other things she bought at Walgreen's, she looked to see if there was any other good prices on the things she bought. And guess what. There was. It turns out, that just about everything she bought was more than $1 cheaper at Meijer. So went back to Walgreen's and returned everything.

So by the end of the evening my mom had her money well spent on the exact same items, just different stores. So really just about everything you buy is based on choice. In this case, we chose Meijer. My mom and I also have the awareness that Meijer most likely has laborers working for them in another country. But since we are aware of that, when we go in there we are thinking of those people.

In the end you should ask yourself: Am I aware of my choices?