Entries Tagged as ‘shopping’

April 30, 2009

all in favor, say “aye”

Because I’d prefer you not raise your hand if it’s creepy like this:

In all seriousness, though, this would be a great conversation piece and accent in pretty much any bathroom. Especially when you keep them all together like that, a sort of multiracial nursery… without the rest of the baby parts. Now that I put [...]

April 17, 2009

who owns my soul?

Seriously, the Discover Card rocks. My blog isn’t popular enough for me to officially endorse Discover, but lemme tell ya, it’s the only credit card I use for a reason. Well, several reasons, actually.

Sweet card designs (I have a sea turtle)
Cashback Bonus (one year, I didn’t buy a single Christmas present)
A fake-card-number generator to be [...]

April 3, 2009

another reason I love my job

It is Friday morning. I just finished a caramel macchiato in a plain Styrofoam cup with my name and “Car M” written on it in red Sharpie. This delicious concoction did not come from Starbucks. It came from StarDUCKS. This morning was Starducks CafĂ© and Merchandise Sale. I walked down to the big conference room [...]

March 31, 2009

uh, scratch that

I returned to the gym tonight, which means my first workout in a month AND my first weigh-in in the same month. Appears I was wrong about the not-losing-weight thing. My apologies to any and all coworkers who read this blog (none) who were offended by my incredulity at their suggestions that I was skinnier. [...]

January 5, 2009

quick notes on Craigslist

I’m wondering something… Who should bear the burden on Craigslist? Does it depend on the desperation of the parties involved? Say someone is selling a TV – should it be the seller or the buyer who drives a half-hour across town to complete the transaction? Does it depend whether the seller is hoping to make [...]

December 29, 2008

pioneers, head colds, ’80s garb & mortgages

The ridiculously high winds very early yesterday morning knocked out our power for the entirety of Sunday. As a result, my mom and I relocated to my brother & SIL’s house to avoid freezing solid in ours. Upside: An entire afternoon of TBS movies & a “CSI” marathon on Spike. Downside: Having to share a [...]

December 26, 2008

got my mind on my money

Thinking about housing options gives me hives. I haven’t a clue what to do. Mostly because I’m fairly naive about what I’m getting myself into. My siblings are squeamish about purchasing things after too many bad experiences themselves, but they suggest going for a condo as a first step before home buying. Fine, fine – [...]

December 18, 2008

white Christmas likely

Last night’s snow definitely made things interesting. One minute, it was clear and the forecast said, “Sometime tonight.” The next, I opened the gym door and stepped out into a mini blizzard. It was very sudden. It didn’t amount to much in the end, but there’s call for more in the coming days, so we’ll [...]

November 19, 2008

coolest calendar ever

I’m pretty much ready to submit my order right now.
http://despair.com/

November 18, 2008

quick, quick, slow

A brief entry because I have almost no interest in blogging these days…
Tonight was the first workout since before going home last month that I’ve managed to do the full 45 minutes on the elliptical trainer. Woo! I was very proud of myself. I ended up on there for 45 + a 7-minute cool down, [...]