I did some shopping in a large retail store tonight (rhymes with mall fart) preparing for the weekend (see tomorrow's post) when I had the following exchange with my cashier. Her (remarking on the pack of Special Dark bars): Wow, I love those. Me: Yeah, they are...
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Rewards Gold… It Actually Works!
Money Saving Mom as part of one of her lists awhile back sent a link to recieve free issues of Elle Decor magazine. Since I am a sucker for getting stuff in the mail (and decorating), I went for it. It was a survey about my hair removal habits. After a string of...
Too Cute Tuesday: Jewelry Board
About a year ago, I got a call from my friend Michaela who wanted me to help her with some packing. Now Micheala is one of those people who doesn't have a ton of clothes but what she has is quality. She was going through her jewelry when I got there. And wow, did...
Five Ingredients Or Less With Meg Wolff
I met Meg Wolff while recruiting Maine bloggers for The Ellsworth American. She lives in the Portland area and has beaten cancer twice. She has done this by completely changing her lifestyle and outlook with a macrobiotic diet. What makes Meg wonderful besides the...
Blog Carnivals: Why Do Them?
If you are a regular blog reader, you take for granted the phrases "link roundup" and "blog carnival". I assume everyone knows what I mean when actually, why would you unless you were blogging yourself? Since I explained these to Sean, I thought it wouldn't hurt to...
Link Roundups: Why Do Them?
If you are a regular blog reader, you take for granted the phrases "link roundup" and "blog carnival". I assume everyone knows what I mean when actually, why would you unless you were blogging yourself? Since I explained these to Sean last night, I thought it wouldn't...
Shameless Promotion: The Sex And The City Edition
Monday night I finally got to see the Sex and The City movie. Amazing. You should have felt the collective excitement that raced through the theater as the familiar theme music began to play. Goosebumps. Ok, it also helped that I was watching it in one of those...
Using Your Commute
I may or may not have written before that I currently have about a five minute commute to work (though with summer tourist traffic, it has quickly doubled to about ten minutes). That said, I work with people who are driving an hour or more one way to get to the...
Red And White Wine: Two Reasons To Not Be Blue
Maybe it's the fact that it's Wednesday, which is my longest-feeling day at work (when my coworker and I copy and paste the entire newspaper online). Maybe it's that I felt awful all day yesterday and actually took a sick day. In any case, this afternoon as I write,...