Interesting short article in The Hustle about the increasing size of American homes over the past 100 years. My take on a home so large it requires at least two HVAC units to house 2.5 people is that it’s nuts. You’re cleaning (well, having them cleaned) rooms you’ve not entered in a month!
Garage Sale at Woot! Check out all the deals, nicely separated by category: Household & Grocery, Kitchen, Tools, etc.
Hot Deal on Groupon! Snag a Sam’s Club Membership for just $20 with this extra $5 savings! Limited Time Offer – only four days left. Lots of people have both Costco and Sam’s Club cards since each might carry favorite brands and for this kind of price? At a minimum, different samples 🙂
The Gifts You Really Wanted Sale is live at DiscountMags! Now that Christmas is over, it’s time to shop for yourself! Magazines from $5.25 for a full year.
This year we’re trying something different, a leg of lamb; compromise with FirstBorn so we’ll have prime rib roast for New Year’s Day. Both mashed and scalloped potatoes, green bean casserole, niblets corn, mashed sweet potatoes and half of a Gateau Basque (the other half is being kept under tight supervision away from Squirmy who feels anything with almonds belongs to him. Already threatened to throw a slipper at him – I think he just sneered and went outside. Lovely flowers courtesy of FirstBorn for my birthday on the 23rd.
Get a FREE 8×10 print at Walgreens with promo code SNOWY8X10 and in-store pick up. Code expires the 25th and you’ll have plenty of time to pick up after ordering (they’ll send lots of email reminders). Always choose highest possible resolution. Most photo deals don’t work with the APP, although YMMV.
I’m linking to the main Amazon page for last-minute items if you’ve really screwed the pooch. This stuff is guaranteed same day delivery ’cause otherwise you’re gonna be paying all through 2025 🙂 This is their Same-Day Store, ’cause they must get a lot of orders.
My Goodwill desire has drained slowly over the past few years – don’t think I’ve been in a store in a year ’cause I just don’t feel the love! The good books and clothes are all being sold online and even excluding hole-y ones, I’ve got plenty of clothes. Today Pita and I took a drive over because she wanted more pajama-style pants and FirstBorn yelled down he wanted more wrapping paper.
While I’m still in the system as a Perks Plus loyalty member, someone changed my birth month to January, meaning I didn’t get the 15% discount. All other discounts, like Senior and Military discounts are scheduled to be discontinued, but apparently the change has already gone through because the cashier told me he was unable to use any of them. And even after checking my ID to prove my birthday, nothing could be changed. The wrapping paper was full price even though it was half off holiday apparel and accessories – I don’t know what more you need for a holiday than Christmas stars and guys in Santa hats, but that’s their business.
So I used up my gift card, paid for the rest and No, No, No to Goodwill, but if their mission is “Preparing people for life” then disappointment is a great starting place.
In case you’re not sure how you rank on the societal scale of class, here’s a site (IDRlabs.com) that offers a ton of fun tests to take. They don’t ask for any personal information; all ask questions and you move a slider bar that most accurately describes your feelings, etc. I took the food test and found my tastes are all pretty much middle class (okay, I like potatoes and fish sticks and pass of caviar); I am also a very easy person to get along with (don’t you dare disagree or you’ll go on the list!). Take the Sociopath Test and let us know the results 🙂
One Saturday Sampler this week, a 1L bottle of Icelandic Glacial Spring Water. Add by Sunday and redeem by Monday. Click on the