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TheRomantic.com Tip of the Week

June 21, 2006

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~~~    In This Issue    ~~~

* From the Editor – super magazine
* Its the Little Things – snowballing it
* Contest – pick me up
* Tip of the Week – big basket of little calories
* Romantic Resources – get closer
* Who is Michael Webb?
* Removal/Change of Address Instructions

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~~~    From the Editor      ~~~

Have an uplifting week.  — Michael

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~~~   It’s the Little Things   ~~~

Finding real snowballs (NOT snowcones) to enjoy with your special
one.  They are extremely popular in New Orleans and Hawaii but can
be found all over if you search hard enough.

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~~~  Contest     ~~~

Thanks to everyone who voted for the best FIRST DATES story.
*Dinner and a Movie Camping Date* received the most votes.

And from all who voted I picked Rese Ammons name out of the hat to
win a trip to the prize vault as well.

You can read 20 of the stories here:
http://theromantic.com/stories/first_date/main.htm

The weeks contest is on PICK ME UPS.  No, not pick up lines but what
have you done for your sweetheart or what has your darling done for
you when you were depressed or needed to be cheered up?

Submit your story to tipofweek@aol.com and put *pick up* in the
subject line.  The best stories will win a trip to the prize vault.

Must submit story by Monday to be eligible for the prize.

TheRomantic.com’s ever growing PRIZE VAULT is filled with books,
several board games including Romantic Sensations, An Enchanting
Evening and others, CDs, dance lessons and other fun stuff at

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~~~  Sponsor      ~~~

I was reading in a recent issue of Smart Money magazine that mystery
shopping is now a $600 million dollar business.  That is how much
restaurants, clothing stores, banks and practically all companies
pay people to secretly visit their establishment and report back on
their experience.

I have done mystery shopping for over 10 years making up to $200 per
visit (the highest price shop was for visiting a model home and
rating the sales person).  Some people make as much as $60,000 a
year as mystery shoppers.

Here is a great resource if you are interested in learning more:
http://theromantic.com/mystery.htm
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~~~    Tip of the Week    ~~~

Big Basket of Little Calories
by Anonymous
http://theromantic.com/

My husband had started watching what he ate to drop a few pounds.
But which he really hates to do is give up his snacking.  So I had a
big basket of low cal, low fat snacks delivered to his desk.

It had his Diet Pepsi in it, Snackwell choclate candy bars, a low fat trail
mix, microwave lite popcorn, pretzels, etc.  Something to fulfill
every craving.  I even attached little notes to each item.  Like on
the popcorn “you put the pop into our love life”.  He loved it.

He still felt like he could snack and didn’t need to use the works
vending machine if he got hungry.  He really enjoyed rereading the
little notes when he grabbed a diet snack.  He kept the basket under
he desk tell it was empty , which took along time.  I had someone he
works with put it on his desk so I didn’t pay delivery fees.

I made the basket myself so It only had stuff I knew he would like and of
course gave it the personal touch.