I’m cuckoo for cocoa cups
Best K Cups for the best cups of coffee, tea or cocoa
Our office recently acquired a new, shiny deluxe Keurig Single-cup brewer in the kitchen and I was ecstatic. We’re in the middle of a recession and my AM Starbucks runs were the first luxury to go. Our boss brought in a huge box of the best K Cups in my humble opinion, the Hot Cocoa ones from Green Mountain Coffee, and I couldn’t wait to enjoy my first cup of delightfully rich and creamy cocoa goodness. Little did I know I was not Keurig inclined.
I pranced into the kitchen with my cocoa K Cup, head held high. I admired the sleek craftsmanship and finish, removed the foil top from my K Cup, placed it in the machine and waited. A “Not Ready” warning flashed, so I waited patiently for my mid-day treat. Twenty minutes or so passed with me standing there, occasionally glancing at the vending machine. Perhaps I’d have some Biscotti with my cocoa…and then all cocoa hell broke loose.
Shoes for your Aunt Flo
Tie espadrilles with adorable rope tie detail
I’m currently suffering from PMS. Purchase Many Shoes Syndrome.
Once a month like clockwork I get crabby, grouchy, my feet get crampy and I have unmanageable shoe mood swings. One minute I’m wearing flats, the next I switch to boots, then sandals, Converse, jelly shoes and so on. Then I cry, damn all my shoes to hell, throw a few houseplants and eat a quart of Ben and Jerry’s Triple Caramel Chunk ice cream. Once my seizures have subsided and I’ve had a double dose of Extra-Strength Motrin, I’m still depressed, mopey and think I look fat. Sadly, the only cure for me is to buy another pair of cute shoes like these Red Tie Espadrilles from AB Lambdin Shoes - Exclusively at Spiegel. They’re adorable, they take the pain away, and they’re better than chocolate…until next month.
What can I say? It’s an endless cycle.
Need a little herb?
Kitchen herb gardens for fresh kitchen herbs at your fingertips
Sometimes a girl needs a little herb.
Like Kentucky Fried Chicken’s Colonel Sanders, I have my own dash of secret recipes that would put his mix of 11 special herbs and spices to shame.
A quarter cup of cilantro for my spicy enchiladas
An ounce of Oregano for my super secret special spaghetti sauce
A bunch of Basil for my sweet Thai Basil Chicken
A pinch of Parsley always adds the perfect garnish…
and a whole lotta Linda love sprinkled to taste.
What’s the big secret? I only use fresh herbs thanks to easy to grow Kitchen Herb Gardens from Instant Flower Garden. They’re totally herbriffic.
Off the cuff
Forever necklace cuffs to wear forever and a day
I’m guilty… of love in the first degree.
Formerly I was your average, ordinary law abiding citizen, but I have since been accused of various crimes of passion. If loving my boyfriend is wrong, I don’t want to be right. So go ahead and cuff me officers, preferably with these Forever Necklace Handcuffs from Add a Link of Charm.
Lost in space
Space bag large sized for extra large space saving
My Spring Cleaning saga continues…
I started on my daughter’s room last weekend, and am still not even close to being done. Winter is over and my daughter needs to make room in her closet for all of her new Spring fashion acquisitions. I was cleaning out her closet, wondering how she accumulated so many cute and comfy sweaters, then I realized most of them were mine. No wonder I was freezing all Winter. Thanks a lot dear.
Instead of taking up valuable closet or drawer space, I’m tripling our storage space with the Original Large Space Bag from Spacesavers! A Spacesaver #1 Bestseller, these state-of-the-art space bags are out of this world giving you up to three times more storage space for bulky sweaters, comforters, coats, sleeping bags, patio cushions and more by storing and compressing items quickly and conveniently. Plus, they eliminate bugs, moisture and dust while storing! No moths on Space Bag’s watch.
Blooming Spring flowers in full bloom
Blooming Spring flowers to spring on your Mom this Mother’s Day
Being a mom is often a thankless job.
As a Mom you get thrown up on, drooled on and snotted on, and that’s when your kids are in High School. We rarely remember to thank our Mothers for raising us, cooking us delicious nutritionally balanced meals, washing behind our ears and for teaching us right from wrong. When the second Sunday in May arrives, the least we can do to express our appreciation is to send our Mothers a rocking arrangement of flowers…ones that weren’t stolen from her treasured rosebush or the neighbor’s garden.
Celebrate her day this Mother’s Day with this It’s Your Day Blooming Spring flower arrangement from Beyond Blossoms and she’ll be beyond happy, she’ll be perennially happy.
My dog is working it out
Canine fitness is a walk away with fun canine treadmills
My dog and I do everything together. We wake up together, take walks in the park together and we work out together, especially when bikini season is soon approaching. We want to look good when we hit the dog beach, so we’ve been following a sensible diet, taking multi-vitamins and amping up our fitness routines. All animal trainers agree, there is no better way to diminish puppy gut than by increasing their cardio 3-5 days a week on these Canine Fitness Treadmills from Hammacher Schlemmer.
Blissful bedding
Duvet linens and luxurious duvet linen sets make for blissful bedding
I never get up on the wrong side of the bed.
Bedtime is happy time for me. My bedroom is my ultimate sanctuary and I love nothing more than crawling under cover every night for my routine seven to eight hours of uninterrupted shut-eye (that is, when the fire alarms aren’t going off). I’m not always able to splurge on the finer things in life - overpriced jewelry, tiny yappy purse dogs or Maserati Gran Turismos, but when it comes to bedding, my budoir calls for the very best.
Every night when I rest my head on my Ashley Citron Duvet Linens and shams from Blissliving Home, visions of sugarplums dance in my head with all of the day’s trials and tribulations simply melting away.
Funny wallet of dough
Funny wallet helps you keep all your dough
I am notorious for losing money.
I know, as a result of a crummy economic climate everyone is losing cash left and right, but my case is different. I can’t blame the economy, the stock market, Obama’s stimulus package or Bernie Madoff. I can only blame myself. I have lost five wallets full of cash in the past two years. In the ladies restroom at Bloomingdales, at a White Stripes concert, the teacups at The Magic Kingdom, the Fluff n’ Fold laundromat, and some creepy diner in Iowa.
I love cute wallets, but I can’t seem to hold onto one. The moment I realize it’s missing I run back to the scene of the crime only to find it gone without a trace. What I need is a wallet that’s incognito, a wallet that doesn’t scream out “take me, I’m fat with cash”. This Funny Wallet of Dough from ModCloth holds my dough while masquerading as a piece of real hot buttered toast. My bread is finally safe.
Get well fruit basket saves sick girl’s life
These Get Well fruit baskets make fresh n’ fruity get well gifts
I was a sick girl last week.
It was bad. I looked like hell, felt like I had been hit by Chris Brown and came very close to calling the Department of Disease Control because I was convinced I had somehow contracted bird flu.
I couldn’t eat, couldn’t drink and it hurt to blink. Naturally my work suffered, but I am now back on track and in a state of total recovery thanks to this Get Well Fruit Basket my co-workers sent me from Pemberton Farms. It made my day. They must think I’m pretty sic.
