Note: when Best Buy says "for best experience, please bring..." they mean "for any experience other than gtfo."
( My sad tale of woe )

I blew a piece of my bonus on a Le Creuset Moroccan tagine after reading a very sweet Clint/Coulson date scene involving lamb tagine.

FANFICTION IS MY FRIEND AND ENABLER.

At least it was 40% off and a very attractive Caribbean blue. Also, lammmmmmb.

That I don't get til June.

In my defense, it's a very nice lunchbox.

Price includes the sleek bamboo box, two sets of innards, the insulating sleeve with cold packs and shipping. Plus, I am supporting innovation through Kickstarter.

IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE SEXY BRITISH ACCENTS IN THE VIDEO.

My story, sticking to it am I.

A few weeks ago I found myself in the Le Creuset outlet shop (a) comfort shopping because I'd just gotten my non-painless flu shot (not bad, just not painless;) and (b) fr reelz shopping because yes, I managed to wreck a pot (you don't want to use anything too abrasive on them.) I actually hugged a five quart French oven (Dutch to the non-Le ( Read more... )

I struggled visibly with conspicuous consumption in the form of a KitchenAid Artisan stand mixer. I did not know at the time that $229 for an Artisan was actually a better deal than I thought because the Artisan is a step up from everyone's fave and well known mixer. I know now because I caved like that pile of damp cardboard that used to inhabit ( Read more... )

Courtesy of amazon.com, which used way too big a box to ship my new egg toaster and then left it out in the rain ( Read more... )

Today only, www.woot.com is featuring a KitchenAid 5 qt stand mixer with the flat paddle, dough hook and whisky thing for $229, down from MSRP of $429 ( Read more... )

Celine Phantom bags, normally $3100, are on sale for $1823.

Somebody out there pays $3100 for a purse. Like, on purpose.

I BLAME THEMARYSUE.COM for the $62 I just spent getting caught up on the first three weeks of Marvel's current iteration of Secret Wars, because I am well old enough to remember the original Secret Wars. That they happened 1984-85 means I was out of college and earning a paycheck as a full adult, which was geeky above and Beyonder for the Greed is ( Read more... )

I adore mashed potatoes, but there are better nutritional choices to make with those calories unless and until you put greens in them.

It has become clear that either my family has no Irish in it (red hair be damned) or (far more likely) the women stopped cooking somewhere between Ellis Island and Texas, because we can be some seriously lazy ( Read more... )