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Self-righteous crafting - It is handmade so it is automatically prettier/greener/more precious/better all around than you're purchased item. Often it's not.

For my wedding I received a glass cube stuffed with Christmas lights with our invitation glued on the front with puffy paint and stickers surrounding it. It's worse than you can imagine and it is NOT a precious keepsake.

There are three groups that find/give discounts/money back for more expensive items:

1) Borders Rewards Perks - free to sign up for
2) AAA
3) Bank of America - Add it Up rewards

The one worry about putting things on shelves in small spaces is that they will fall down and block your escape. If you don't mind the items being damaged, then don't worry. Unless you or any other living thing sleep under the items, then don't worry. Really, I grew up in SoCal and my entire family lived in the Valley, but you cannot always be afraid of earthquakes. Beware of fragile items, never put anything heavy where it could fall on your bed, and make sure you have a clear escape route just in case. Really if the quake is big enough to knock stuff off your shelves, then it's big enough to knock things off of tables.

Some nights its a party down at the BBQs. Other nights it's a concert on campus. On the good nights its the incredible chorus of frogs down in the ravine. The worst nights are the neighbors to my side banging around their house (What are they doing?)

Most mornings its the far off sound of construction for the new dorms. Often in the afternoon it's sirens from the fire station responding to lit candles and burnt popcorn in the dorms. Birds landing on the roof and airplanes landing at John Wayne.