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I remember a specific day in Philadelphia way back in 1995 when my friend and colleague I.B. gave me some medicine because I wasn’t feeling well. About an hour later I couldn’t keep my head up and when I inquired exactly what she gave me it turned about to be Nyquil instead of Dayquil! After a ‘OMG’ look on her face and a few more tired moments on my end, I was in a cab on my way home to go to sleep for a few hours.

Lots of friends of mine have trouble sleeping. Thankfully, I am not one of them, but I am always curious what they take to help them sleep. Lots of folks take Ambien and other medicine but I haven’t heard of anyone specifically taking Nyquil to help them sleep unless they aren’t feeling well.

Recently I was at the movies with A.S. and saw an ad for Vicks ZZZquil which is a Sleep – Aid Liquidcap.

Both of us think this will be a huge success!  For lots of reasons – the name for sure – lots of people describe sleeping as catching some Zzzzzz’s. Well this product has Zzz’s in the name. Also, the brand awareness of Nyquill will definitely help.

Here is a little more information on ZZZquil:

• A non-habit forming nighttime sleep aid for when you just need a good night’s sleep

• Reduces time to fall asleep if you have difficulty falling asleep

• Sleep soundly so you wake refreshed

• Not for colds, not for pain–just for sleep

• From the makers of Vicks-Nyquil

• Liquidcaps

So, I ask you. When you cannot sleep, what do you do?

• Have you ever taken Nyquill to help you sleep?

• Is Ambien your best friend?

• Have you tried ZZZquil?

• If so – how does it work?

I look forward to reading your comments.

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A few weeks ago I wanted to buy a new pair of jeans and of course I went to one of my favorite stores, Nordstrom Rack. As I walked into the store nothing else mattered to me except the table, or actually tables, with hundreds of pairs of jeans. As I was looking through the piles and piles of jeans, I came across True Republic, Joes, Citizens of Humanity, Lucky and many others.

As I went into the fitting room with my FIRST batch of jeans (8 pairs), I was greeted by a service representative named Robert who couldn’t have been nicer. After every pair I would ask him and his colleague, a girl named Rebecca, how the jeans fit on me and I stressed, “Please be brutally honest.” After doing this for 20 different pairs of jeans (I guess Groundhog Day) I identified 4 pairs that I thought, or actually we thought, looked good on me.

As I was getting ready to go to stand in the LONG cashier line Robert asked, “Would you like me to ring you up?”

“Yes.” And much to my surprise he pulls out a small electronic device that rang up my $145 order (no Tax weekend in Texas) in less than 1 minute. What a great experience!

In addition to all that they put my new bought jeans in a bag that said ‘shopping genius’!

Amazing! 4 pairs of new jeans for $145 and on the bottom of the receipt it said I saved over $200… and it came in a bag that called me a shopping genius!  What a great shopping experience. Thanks Nordstrom Rack  – Life is good!

• When was the last time you felt like a shopping genius?

• Have you had a similar experience at Nordstrom Rack or another store?

• What is your favorite store to buy clothes and why?

I look forward to reading your comments.

PS. When I asked Robert if the electronic scanner was new, he said, “Yes.” They were testing it out and he also added that customers loved it!

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