new glasses

Have you checked out the various tifosi glasses over at Sage Cycles? I just bought new glasses myself. I'd forgotten how expensive they can be, but Sage has pretty good prices along with free shipping on orders over $75. Of course, you don't qualify if all you're getting is a pair of glasses, but you may as well pick up some bike accessories while you're shopping.

book lists

I was looking at people's lists of "read" books on GoodReads and was thinking how you can kind of tell things about people. Like some people have all the best sellers listed. Then there are others who have lists that make me want to know more about the person. For instance, I found someone who has all sorts of law books for law school, but then also has a bunch of WWF reads.

Emerge Labs OrganicSkinCare.com

Skincare is important; I’m always trying different products in an effort to find what regime works best. Who knew you’d get a totally different type of pimple as you get older? And then there’s the whole thing of trying to dry out the pimples, but moisturize the skin so as to not end up all wrinkled! One of the girls at work is very into organic products so I thought I’d give that a try too. I found Emerge Labs Organic Skin Care which offers a nice variety; even some for sensitive skin. They even have a special on some misprinted bottles of day cream.

ballet

A ballet for fitness class starts up here next month. I'm so very excited. This is basically the exact class that I've been searching for! To make it even better, it doesn't cost very much since it's being offered through the city.

cards

I am, of course, always looking for the best credit card offer out there. That probably explains why I have so many cards, but only use a couple! Some fall out of favor quickly when I discover a better deal. Anyway, I've been comparing gas cards because I think I might be able to get a better deal than what I have now, which is saving ten cents per gallon. Researching things online definitely makes it easier to compare. There's also lots of good information out there to help you evaluate the offers. For example, some articles talk about finding a low interest rate, some have tips on finding the best card for you, and others explain how to make the most of the rewards that the cards offer.

going to try

I've decided to try my hand at writing book reviews. I figure I read tons and tons, why not review some and maybe attract the attention of the lovely people who send out ARCs and even better, the people who pay for book reviews. I already have one review written; now I just have to write some more.

scales

I've never been one for owning bathroom scales. I figure that if the pants fit, I'm doing good and I'll find out how much I weigh when I go to the doctor. But I would really like to know how much the cat weighs. She's giant, so it must be quite a lot.

money!

My tax refund should be showing up any day now. I'm going to try to be good, but the mall is calling my name. I also just got a ticket to see the best band ever (that would be Jack's Mannequin) in August, so I've already spent part of the money. Maybe I can convince myself it doesn't really exist by putting it in a savings account.

once upon a time

Back in high school my friends and I used to make custom t-shirts using iron transfer paper. I'd totally forgotten all about it until I started going through the sack of old clothes that I brought with me from my move. I found some of the shirts we'd made. They are too awesome. I think I'm going to wear one tomorrow.

more nasty weather

I do not understand what is going on with the weather. When I lived over here before there was tons of rain, but never any snow. Now we keep getting snow predictions. So far it's just been rain, but they keep saying we're going to see snow. I thought I'd moved away from all the snow!

living

Right about now with nobody able to sell their homes and super fabulous condos going up for auction at half the price you would have had to pay a year or two ago, I would really love to have the money for a down payment. Because I know I’m good. I wasn’t interested in buying before because of where I was living, but now I’d actually be interested. Unfortunately, I wasn’t really bothering to save up much money. Sure, I have an emergency fund, but most of my money is in my closet! Even so, I keep going to sites like Real Property Management to check out what's going on out there.

money held hostage

Who knew that you had to have $10 in your account before the Mechanical Turk people would release it to your bank account!! I want my $4.65!!! The Mechanical Turk thing was amusing to do at first, but now I'm bored and don't want to have to keep finding things just to get that money.