Be careful --- this site will suck up hours of your time. Pure entertainment, and it'll make you think a bit, too!
http://photoshopdisasters.blogspot.com/
Monday, March 30, 2009
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Coupons and Deals!
I love scouting the Web for good deals, and finding great coupons to use elsewhere.
Here are some of my favorite sites for deals and coupons:
1. Slick Deals - This site posts all the great Internet deals in one place; it's a gold mine!
2. Wow Coupons - One of my favorite sites to find retail and restaurant coupons.
3. Retail Me Not - One of the best sites for coupon codes. They don't work 100% of the time, but I've also had good success just Googling the name of the company I'm purchasing from alongside the term "coupon code."
4. Smart Source - Another great site to print off coupons.
5. Coupon Mom - This one lists great coupons and free samples! (Which, if you remember this post, you know I love to find!)
Here are some of my favorite sites for deals and coupons:
1. Slick Deals - This site posts all the great Internet deals in one place; it's a gold mine!
2. Wow Coupons - One of my favorite sites to find retail and restaurant coupons.
3. Retail Me Not - One of the best sites for coupon codes. They don't work 100% of the time, but I've also had good success just Googling the name of the company I'm purchasing from alongside the term "coupon code."
4. Smart Source - Another great site to print off coupons.
5. Coupon Mom - This one lists great coupons and free samples! (Which, if you remember this post, you know I love to find!)
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Tacky Weddings
I love weddings! From the day I got engaged, I was scouring the Internet for fun blogs, photos, stories; anything wedding-related, I found it and I read it. It's one of my favorite new obsessions and isn't waning as much as it should now that I'm actually married. Oops.
Which leads to a new blog one of my friends turned me on to recently: http://tackyweddings.com
Just too much fun!!!
Which leads to a new blog one of my friends turned me on to recently: http://tackyweddings.com
Just too much fun!!!
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
How to Shop at Henry's...
...or What I Learned Tonight
I love Wednesdays because they are double-ad days at Henry's Marketplace. Both the ad ending that day from the previous week and the new ad beginning that day for the coming week are valid. Which means big produce savings! I rarely buy anything but produce at Henry's (and stuff from the bins, vitamins, and occasionally specialty items). It's best for cheap produce. I've also found you've gotta use that produce pretty quickly, and refrigerate EVERYTHING, even the stuff that doesn't need it. Gives it a longer life.
I usually go right after work or sometime in the evening. Tonight I decided to do a late yoga class and, since the closest Henry's is near my gym, swung by on my way home, just before closing at 10 p.m. I was shocked!
They were out of almost everything on my list and there was slim pickins' with what was left. The two employees in the produce section were NO help at all (actually just complicating the process by packing up what was still out as I was going through it...hmm, not the most productive way to assist your customers; they were also stocking the wrong item under a sale sign for a different item, it was all very confusing). So I was kinda pissy when I went to check out.
Then I remembered --- rain checks! Henry's used to have an appalling system for rain checks. They happily distributed them for various sale items that had run out, including produce, but limited you to use that rain check within two weeks and with an item limit (say only 1 package of blackberries and so on).
Now the policy has changed! I was so happy to learn that I could take advantage of the THREE items that I couldn't find with the new rain check policy. Unlimited items purchased and NO expiration date! Color me happy!
Yes, I'm a bit of a nerd about stuff like this. But it totally made me feel better. So, since I'm not having zucchini, asparagus, or cucumber for dinner tomorrow now it's time to get creative with the sole, lonely grapefruit; two somewhat squishy avocados; and the small bunch of radishes I was able to find.
Moral of the story: Kinda worth it to hit Henry's late on Wednesdays for the double ads and to reap in the rain checks (think of saving them until that item isn't so cheap and you really need it; though I doubt I'll last that long!)...but you also run the risk of making a trip almost for no reason and dealing with super cranky employees who have no desire to help you. Take it and run with it!
I love Wednesdays because they are double-ad days at Henry's Marketplace. Both the ad ending that day from the previous week and the new ad beginning that day for the coming week are valid. Which means big produce savings! I rarely buy anything but produce at Henry's (and stuff from the bins, vitamins, and occasionally specialty items). It's best for cheap produce. I've also found you've gotta use that produce pretty quickly, and refrigerate EVERYTHING, even the stuff that doesn't need it. Gives it a longer life.
I usually go right after work or sometime in the evening. Tonight I decided to do a late yoga class and, since the closest Henry's is near my gym, swung by on my way home, just before closing at 10 p.m. I was shocked!
They were out of almost everything on my list and there was slim pickins' with what was left. The two employees in the produce section were NO help at all (actually just complicating the process by packing up what was still out as I was going through it...hmm, not the most productive way to assist your customers; they were also stocking the wrong item under a sale sign for a different item, it was all very confusing). So I was kinda pissy when I went to check out.
Then I remembered --- rain checks! Henry's used to have an appalling system for rain checks. They happily distributed them for various sale items that had run out, including produce, but limited you to use that rain check within two weeks and with an item limit (say only 1 package of blackberries and so on).
Now the policy has changed! I was so happy to learn that I could take advantage of the THREE items that I couldn't find with the new rain check policy. Unlimited items purchased and NO expiration date! Color me happy!
Yes, I'm a bit of a nerd about stuff like this. But it totally made me feel better. So, since I'm not having zucchini, asparagus, or cucumber for dinner tomorrow now it's time to get creative with the sole, lonely grapefruit; two somewhat squishy avocados; and the small bunch of radishes I was able to find.
Moral of the story: Kinda worth it to hit Henry's late on Wednesdays for the double ads and to reap in the rain checks (think of saving them until that item isn't so cheap and you really need it; though I doubt I'll last that long!)...but you also run the risk of making a trip almost for no reason and dealing with super cranky employees who have no desire to help you. Take it and run with it!
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Big Easy Shrimp
This is another new favorite! We tried this for the first time last week and after the first bite, my husband said, "This one is definitely a keeper!" Always words of praise from that mouth.
This is a yummy sort-of Creole-inspired dish. We served it over brown rice and it was delicious!
Big Easy Shrimp
Can substitute shrimp for scallops.
2 strips turkey bacon or Canadian bacon
1 onion, chopped
1/2 green bell peppers, chopped
1 rib celery, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
1 (16-ounce) can chopped tomatoes
1 bay leaf
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
1 pound medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
Cook bacon in large skillet over medium heat until crisp. Place on paper towel-lined plate to drain. Crumble when cool. Remove and discard all but 1 tablespoon drippings from skillet.
In hot drippings over medium heat, cook onion, bell pepper, and celery 5 minutes, or until tender. Stir in garlic and cook 1 minute. Add tomatoes (with juice), bay leaf, black pepper, Worcestershire sauce, and hot-pepper sauce. Heat to boiling. Reduce heat to low and simmer 20 minutes. Add shrimp and bacon and cook 10 minutes, or until shrimp are opaque. Remove and discard bay leaf before serving.
*Another South Beach Diet recipe. Still working through that cookbook!
This is a yummy sort-of Creole-inspired dish. We served it over brown rice and it was delicious!
Big Easy Shrimp
Can substitute shrimp for scallops.
2 strips turkey bacon or Canadian bacon
1 onion, chopped
1/2 green bell peppers, chopped
1 rib celery, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
1 (16-ounce) can chopped tomatoes
1 bay leaf
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
1 pound medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
Cook bacon in large skillet over medium heat until crisp. Place on paper towel-lined plate to drain. Crumble when cool. Remove and discard all but 1 tablespoon drippings from skillet.
In hot drippings over medium heat, cook onion, bell pepper, and celery 5 minutes, or until tender. Stir in garlic and cook 1 minute. Add tomatoes (with juice), bay leaf, black pepper, Worcestershire sauce, and hot-pepper sauce. Heat to boiling. Reduce heat to low and simmer 20 minutes. Add shrimp and bacon and cook 10 minutes, or until shrimp are opaque. Remove and discard bay leaf before serving.
*Another South Beach Diet recipe. Still working through that cookbook!
Monday, March 23, 2009
Spa Week
It's that time of year again! DO NOT miss out on this amazing deal! Spa Week is coming to Southern California the week of April 13-19. Select local spas and salons will offer select services (massages, facials, body wraps, peels, pedicures, etc.) for a flat rate of $50! Take advantage of this if you can.
I did it last year and it was totally worth it and so fun to get a $200 service for only $50 (yes, you read that right). Schedule your appointment as soon as possible 'cause slots do fill up. Then come back and tell me what you did where...just so I can be jealous. :)
www.spaweek.org/california
I did it last year and it was totally worth it and so fun to get a $200 service for only $50 (yes, you read that right). Schedule your appointment as soon as possible 'cause slots do fill up. Then come back and tell me what you did where...just so I can be jealous. :)
www.spaweek.org/california
Saturday, March 21, 2009
One More Disney Thought...
On a recent trip to the Happiest Place on Earth I had an epiphany. Someone needs to make an iPhone/Blackberry application that constantly updates wait times on the various rides. That way you can traverse through the park and check on the wait times and know if it's worth it to trek from the Haunted Mansion all the way over to Space Mountain. Now if only I knew how to make this happen....
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