Category Archives: Brain Bits

Thrift store shopping

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photo.JPGPita and I went for a frolicking detour drive and stopped, purely for fun, at a TRU.  Whole pegboard of Tracfones @ 75% off, which resulted in this phone being $2.42 with tax!  Lots of those phones that look like Blackberry clones for $24 (or $6 after discount).  Do I have a need for this?  Heck, no, and maybe I’ve been reading too many chick lit books where they end up on the lam…Tried to pay with a TRU gift card from some long-ago deal – – it expired in February!  Cashier asked me if I wanted to sign up for their loyalty card.  Considering that I’m not even in here enough to use up a gift card before it expired five months ago it’s not something that would be useful.  Yeah, but it’s free…sigh

photo.JPG Stopped at Salvation Army and got all these books plus two calendars (our old calendar ended in June!) for under $4!

Reminder: 2nd Stockpile Swap this Saturday, July 12th

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stockpileswap2The first Mashup Mom and deranged.me Stockpile Swap Meet was so successful that we’re holding another one!  No registration required – show up with stuff to swap or to just say hi!

Join us at the Lisle Public Library on Saturday, July 12th in Meeting Room A from 1-3.  Running low on peanut butter and hoping to swap for your extra jelly? Stop by and see what you can find. If you are looking to swap a lot of something or looking for something special, feel free to comment.

♥   Bring one/take one – this ain’t a shopping trip
♥   Everyone should be able to leave with something new
♥   If you have lots of items, leave most in your car and bring in a few samples or            pictures – bring in the rest as needed
♥   This is a caveat emptor meet: You check for expiration, condition, etc.

No selling is allowed at this event per Library rules.  No money can change hands; bring items with the understanding that you’re giving them to others.

Remaining stockpile items will be donated to the Lisle Township Food Pantry, which serves residents of Lisle and unincorporated parts of Lisle, Naperville and Woodridge. I’ve donated here for years and can vouch that they’re a very dedicated group of mostly volunteers who serve a large number of households.

1/2 price birthday cake shakes @ Steak & Shake today

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photo.JPGDon’t forget to join us this afternoon at 1pm ET/12pm CT to help us attempt to break the Largest Birthday Sing-Along Guinness World Record! And to make sure our singers are in the spirit, we will be offering half price Birthday Cake Milk Shakes for all participants.

picture is blurry ’cause i was so excited at the thought of 1/2 price milk shakes…

where you been with stockpile photo

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photo.JPG I rarely post stockpile photos because there’s so much of a “nah, nah, see what I can do” attitude projected (it seems that way to me, anyway).  This is one wall partially filled with stuff:  long boxes are Tide display containers and product, while the Amazon box contains Magic the Gathering sets I purchased during one of their hiccups – hell, given the price, it was more like a belch!  Not pictured are totes of got2b styling products, VS and L’Oreal Advanced shampoos and conditioners.  Even short-term readers of this site will recognize the deals.  Except for sporadic Walgreens clearance items, I have never seen Target so much on fire with deals; these last few months have tested both my driving skills and REDcard limits…last part is a joke since the current statement is only $52!

And given how easy it is to actually get stuff legitimately, why do I keep hearing about people trying to push expired and photocopies, or even, god forbid, shoplifting?  I mean, do you want to be known as the guy who went to jail for stealing a tube of toothpaste?  Although in the case of that CVS shoplifter where the manager choked him to death…jail would have looked pretty good.

Lisle High School Honors Night

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First we had the orientation for the new Seed Bank program at the library (cool, huh? a seed bank to foster the heirlooms – you even check out the seeds at circulation!), then a RUSH over to the high school where they were just calling the names of the members of the Scholastic Bowl as we walked in. PITA dumped her coat and got in line and received not only the certificate, but a congratulatory letter personally addressed and signed by Sandra Pihos. Forgive the picture, but it was with my phone and I was in the very back.  PITA is the skinny rat in the white patent leather Doc Martens…always a fashion maven is PITA!

gotta call over there tomorrow…seems the check must have fallen out of the envelope…

New SavingStar: 20% off loose onions

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_MG_0531_opslag_1Save 20% on any single purchase of loose Onions at participating retailers. See offer info for complete details.

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seasoned fries @ McDonalds?

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From USA Today.  To read the entire article, click here.  Apparently this concept started in Hong Kong about ten years ago.

On Thursday, the same day McDonald’s announced that domestic sales were flat in April, the company confirmed to USA TODAY that it will begin testing seasoned fries — dubbed Shakin’ Flavor Fries — on Friday in the Northern California and St. Louis markets.

The seasonings: Garlic Parmesan, Zesty Ranch and Spicy Buffalo. But here’s the rub: You don’t buy the fries pre-seasoned. Instead, they come with special packets of seasoning that consumers are advised to open, pour and shake into a specially made mixing bag. Imprinted on the bags: “Seasoned fries. Shake your taste buds.”

Dandelions=1, Goddess=0

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Decided late yesterday afternoon to dig a few dandelions…by the time I finished, it was getting too dark to see, I’d dug enough to feed a herd of goats, my blisters were forming blisters, my right hand had permanently molded itself around the tool and I was hunched over and hobbling like a 93-year old on a bad day.

marginally better today…and the dandelions are snickering.