Monday, February 1, 2010
foot-tastic cooking
Monday, January 18, 2010
Stormy Week part 1
pointsettia still going strong
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
movie snobs?
So...I was going to go see A Single Man w/ Italian bf...but then I read the NYTimes review by Manhola Dargis and I decided I'd just re-read the book...and we saved $21!
Saturday, December 12, 2009
holy cow it's dec 12
Holy cow, is right. It's December 12. And I'm sitting in my office doing something Christmas related that I can't do at home due to software limitations.
Said software just crashed...i'll be back later.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
hang, hung, hung
Monday, November 16, 2009
Best Use of a Boogie Board by a UPS Guy...
The San Diego UPS guy who used a pair of boogie boards to try to hide the toddler car seat that arrived 3 weeks in advance of italian bf's nephew. Too bad one of the boogie boards fell down before I got home.
I bet this guy is really into hiding his kids' christmas presents...he's the guy who builds a false floor in the basement and loads it up with toys...this is the same guy you do NOT want to piss off later in life, b/c that false floor in his basement can be used for all sorts of things that I can't even think about.
Cyber Monday: Beware of Early Morning (online) Shopping
If you plan to your christmas shopping from your computer during fleeting early-morning moments of silence, look out!
don't cyber shop before breakfast!!!!
Saturday morning, I awoke and bought vacuum bags online. Really.
Mornings are when I am most amenable to bureaucratic and other uninteresting tasks.
I did a little Googling on Saturday morning and found my vacuum bag make and model for the same price listed at Target (which of course didn't have the bags I needed when I was at their brick and mortar.)
Boom-batta-click-click-click.
Done!
But as I hit confirm, my eyes caught the shipping and handling. $7.50!
Frickin' $7.50 shipping and handling for $5.99 vacuum bags.
If I had been a little more awake, I'm sure I would have checked the shipping and handling before hitting "buy".
maybe there was some way to stop the online purchase, but that seemed like too much for a Saturday morning. So I'm just complaining about it on the Internet (and gradually trying to earn back that $7.50.) I think i'm almost there. I made coffee this am instead of buying a favored Monday-morning latte. Last night, I bought white wine that is a dollar cheaper than my homer-simpson-inspired, "I'll take a bottle of your second least expensive wine." I also stopped myself from buying a cookie-cooling rack. I don't know how important they are...but my mom uses them...and since I am trying to re-create her cookie magic this Christmas, I thought I should have a rack...but I used plates instead, and it seemed to work ok. So...I think i've almost earned back my saturday morning blunder...but be forewarned...don't cyber shop before breakfast!!!!
I also practiced yoga at home over the weekend rather than going to studios...but that was not for cost-saving reasons...
don't cyber shop before breakfast!!!!
Saturday morning, I awoke and bought vacuum bags online. Really.
Mornings are when I am most amenable to bureaucratic and other uninteresting tasks.
I did a little Googling on Saturday morning and found my vacuum bag make and model for the same price listed at Target (which of course didn't have the bags I needed when I was at their brick and mortar.)
Boom-batta-click-click-click.
Done!
But as I hit confirm, my eyes caught the shipping and handling. $7.50!
Frickin' $7.50 shipping and handling for $5.99 vacuum bags.
If I had been a little more awake, I'm sure I would have checked the shipping and handling before hitting "buy".
maybe there was some way to stop the online purchase, but that seemed like too much for a Saturday morning. So I'm just complaining about it on the Internet (and gradually trying to earn back that $7.50.) I think i'm almost there. I made coffee this am instead of buying a favored Monday-morning latte. Last night, I bought white wine that is a dollar cheaper than my homer-simpson-inspired, "I'll take a bottle of your second least expensive wine." I also stopped myself from buying a cookie-cooling rack. I don't know how important they are...but my mom uses them...and since I am trying to re-create her cookie magic this Christmas, I thought I should have a rack...but I used plates instead, and it seemed to work ok. So...I think i've almost earned back my saturday morning blunder...but be forewarned...don't cyber shop before breakfast!!!!
I also practiced yoga at home over the weekend rather than going to studios...but that was not for cost-saving reasons...
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