If WordPress thinks my first post as a blogger should be titled “Hello World” who am I to argue? Sitting through several sessions at the BlogWorld Expo gave me a healthy respect for the creatures who populate the blogging universe (one of whom I actually gave birth to). But this is the last time I’ll let someone else do my talking for me. The Sensible Shopper is about – well what do you think? It’s about shopping for things you want and/or need while keeping your wits about you. For over two and a half years I have been running all over Las Vegas ferreting out shopping opportunities for the readers of a local home & garden magazine. Neither rain nor sleet nor snow nor gloom of night have stayed me from my appointed rounds. Neither have temperatures of over 100 degrees, but when it tops 120, I definitely head for the air conditioned malls. Now that I’ve been released from the shackles of the magazine, I can write about other types of consumer activities – not just shopping for furniture and decor. As my former editor would say, “Yippee, Skippee!”