Tip of the day

When you are accosted at shopping centres, or outside the supermarket by folk wanting to sign you up for endless deductions from your credit card, to fund worthy charities...that you can't afford, no matter how worthy, here is my suggestion...."Oh, I'm already signed up". Yes, it is a lie. But, if you are like me, and really do want to help people, but "they" don't seem realise that you really don't have any extra money, it is the best tactic I have ever used.
Just as a back story, so you don't think I'm a mean spirited liar.
Once, when I had just had little E, I was at Port Fairy Folk Festival, and I was completely hijacked by the World wildlife Fund, now they were talking to me about the Bears in China...I don't know if you know, but they have been known to do some pretty diabolical things to bears...and a lot of other animals too. So, I'm under slept and weak with the whole humanity thing, and this girl did not let up on me about signing up to donate some endless amount of money for ever. Now I DO care that the animals get a hard time, but, if you think I'm going to believe that "they're" going to stop doing what they are doing to bears in China just because of the Olympics, you're dreaming...well, this girl drove me to tears...real tears! that was how I got out of that one, so, I think a little white lie is simply self preservation.