So the weather's getting warmer around here, which means the resurgence of garage sales! This is probably one of my favorite things about summer, not because I buy all kinds of things, but I love the idea of finding things REALLY CHEAP that I wouldn't find otherwise. Most of the things I now buy are books and clothes for Dex. I went to a few ( Read more... )

1) This morning I ran some errands which included running to Target to return a coat I bought a month and a half ago. It was one of those purchases that I knew probably wasn't going to end well, but I really liked the coat and wanted it, even though, from the get-go, I was having issues with the zipper. I figured, for the price, it was worth a ( Read more... )

I don't know what happens when you go the grocery store with good intent and at some point you just give up and say, "fuck it," and the next thing you know, the cart is littered with stuff like two bags of Doritos, Oreo Cakesters, LU cookies, Brown Cow ice cream bars, Pillsbury cinnamon rolls, Sara Lee Cinnamon bread ... I could go on, but this ( Read more... )

Trying desperately to figure out why I have not incorporated homemade spicy mayo into my life on a more regular basis. That stuff is DELICIOUS! I went to the gyro place today -- something else I have not had in a long, long time -- ordered a junior gyro & fries. They put this cajun seasoning on the fries, which led me to think about spicy mayo ( Read more... )

I think one of the best and worst things about when I used to shop at Whole Foods was that I very rarely came across a food item that was really, really weird. I mean, there was weird stuff in the way that organic, crunchy people food can be considered weird, like goat milk yogurt and seitan, but nothing too off the charts, IMO (to clarify: ( Read more... )

I used to love when Mindy Kaling did her blog about shopping recommendations (I guess she let the IP expire and a fan bought it - which reminds me of that iCarly episode, but let's not talk about how pathetic my life is right now.) It was funny because, well, she's a great writer, but also because her recs often had a bit of GOOP-ness to them, in ( Read more... )

I'm already wanting a new purse. Just over a year ago, I got myself a really nifty Marc by Marc Jacobs Totally Turnlock Terri bag [in black] as a conversion from diaper bag to purse with room to store diapers and baby crap in it ( Read more... )

I'm sitting here wondering why I consistently stay up too late messing around on the internet. I mean, I did accomplish two things, both of which put minor dents in my wallet, sigh. I bought Wes a portable heart-rate monitor that he can wear to the gym. This is something we've discussed getting for him, and I didn't really get him a birthday ( Read more... )

Here's a few things going on:

- Starbucks Via: So, I have to say, I don't know who Starbucks hired to do their PR and advertising, but they're doing a bang-up job because I've had this new Starbucks Via (their instant coffee) on my mind for the past few days now. (Case in point, they're doing a promotion this Friday-Monday where you can taste ( Read more... )

I was in a pretty good mood this morning, probably because Dex let me sleep in almost an hour later than he usually does, but by the end of the day, the energy and lively mood I'd started with drained away. Let's do a pros and cons, shall we?

Today's Pros- Extra hour of sleep. You do not realize how much you need this until you stay up past 1 ( Read more... )