Jeez, thrift stores are addicting. You should be kind of glad if you don’t have them anywhere near you (for me, it honestly doesn’t help that one of them is literally two blocks from where I live). As I am trying to be more money-conscious these days, thrift stores have...
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I know, I know, in my protected post I talked about maybe getting another bookcase for our living room, but today, I spontaneously decided to invest the $50 in some summer apparel for me instead. Yeah, sue me :) I couldn’t help it, I am a girl! Here are my...
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I went grocery shopping on Friday. I know that some people (Hi Kim!) hate it, but I actually enjoy grocery shopping. I usually have a shopping list written before I leave (neatly divided lists for each store that I go to – yes, I am a list-person! I don’t function without...
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Ha, I must admit, that title sounds more promising than what I am going to give you, which simply is my “weekend in SoCal”-recap. It was nice, warm and breezy. Just perfect. I know why I love SoCal :) Here are the facts: *Got into Burbank on Friday afternoon and was greeted...
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As I mentioned in my last post, I wanted to tell you about the shopping on Sunday. Our 2-year cell phone contract with Verizon was about to expire very soon and we already had looked into extending our contract and upgrading our phones for a while. We’re on a family...
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That pretty much sums up my weekend. Sounds good, no? We met with the German meetup group on Friday. It was only 5 of us, but we still had a great time. J got to speak more German than he has spoken with me in months. I know, there really...
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This might be kind of lengthy. It was a four-day weekend for me, after all :) Don’t you love it? On Friday, I needed to recuperate from the long work week. I slept in and took another two-hour nap in the afternoon. What the hell is wrong with me? :)...
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Here’s my theory: If you go shopping for something specific, you’ll never find it, but if you’re not looking for anything, you’ll find the coolest things. True!? At least for me, that’s why I went on a little spontaneous shopping spree last weekend. First of all, I went to Target...
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