Do you buy brand name or generic "no name" items when you grocery shop? Are there any brands that you are completely loyal to, no ifs and/or buts?
Honestly, I don't buy all brand names or generic items. Sometimes, if the price is right and I know I'm getting a decent quality item, I'll buy the cheapest. I also believe in the slogan, "You get what you pay for".
I'm not a coupon cutter, though I really wish I was. It's something I will have to force myself to do, and once the coupons are cut, they get shoved into a pile or a bag and are never seen again. And everytime I go shopping I think about the coupons I spent many minutes of my life (that I will never get back) cutting and shoved in a bag and could've used for a something at that moment.
It's a horrible vicious cycle that I can't seem to get myself out of.
Cutting coupons is actually very relaxing, once you get into it.
Ten on Tuesday : "10 Nicest Things People Have Done for You" Edition
July 25, 2007
Wow. I think this edition is going to take quite a lot of thought, and even though I've technically had an extra day to think about it, I just don't think I will be able to write about 10 different things and stick to those...but here goes anyway.
(in no particular order)
#1 : This has happened on multiple occasions and everytime it happens, I get a little teary eyed. I'm sure most women can relate to this... Have you ever been in line at a department store and it's coupon day, and 'What the Hell!' you didn't get the memo. I mean, the BIG memo, like the 75% off coupon day memo. You're standing in line surrounded by a sea of women with carts spilling over with clothing and the like. Why does everyone have so much SHIT in their carts?! It's COUPON DAY, and you don't have a coupon. So sad, you feel so dissed. I mean, like REALLY dissed. You hope that when you get to the cashier and she/he asks you if you have a coupon and you say no, that the person standing behind you in line doesn't notice. Because how can you be so STUPID. Then suddenly, the customer who stands at the cashier now, in front of you, finishes checking out and turns to you and says, "Do you have a coupon? If you don't, here, take mine." And you thank and thank and thank her over and over and over and over until eventually you feel weak in the knees and fall the the ground and kiss her feet.
#2 : I've always had a love for music. I am not a famous musician, but I love to perform. I used to play the alto saxophone in Junior High. I was the only girl who played the saxophone. I was one of the better players and the boys would get a little jealous when my teacher would praise me. So... when it came award time, all the boys went up and got special awards, and I didn't get any. I was sad, and I felt like such...a girl. Then, at the very end of the ceremony, my teacher announced one last award. One super special award. It was the 'Unsung Hero Award' and my band leader gave it to ME and praised how wonderful of a musician I was, and how committed I was to making beautiful music and how I would never brag and I was modest etc...and that I should be praised for that alone. Being a great musician without having to tell people I was. She was a wonderful instructor.
#3 : My boyfriend loves me for who I am. Not who I was, or who I will be. He loves ME. It is quite amazing. I couldn't ask for anything more. I have dated men in the past who I thought loved me for me, and when I saw through all the bullshit I realized why they really loved me, whether it be for the way I looked, my 'exotic' ethnicity, my musical talent, my age, or the fact that I was a girl who just wasn't going to 'hurt' them. I have finally realized what true love is, because of the way my boyfriend loves me. This is the nicest thing he has ever done for me...love me the way I am.
#4 : I'm realizing that this list is going to take me forever. And so I will have to end the rest of the list like this...
#5 : My
#6 : Parents
#7 : Gave
#8 : Me
#9 : Life
#10 : without that -- i wouldn't be here writting this list which seems to have gotten a little of topic. NO?
Hmmm. I don't believe every dream has a meaning, though some do.
My current recurring dream is very scary and almost every time I have it, I wake up screaming.
I dream that I am hanging out in some part of someone's house and there is a man. He slowly turns his head to face me and stares, and in that split second that we make eye contact, he jolts towards me and is standing as close to me as you can possibly get to someone's face without touching them.
Then...I wake up.
I have NO CLUE what this dream means, except that maybe I have to face my fears of something. I hope I figure out what fear it is I have to face before I have this dream again, b/c it's pretty friggen scary...
After much stress about my current body image, I've decided to take a jump back into the Weight Watchers pool. Tummy tamer bathing suit and all. LOL
Today is my first day. I did good. Kept within my point range and I'm raring to go.
Thankfully, I have a gym membership and have been utilizing it. Unfortunately all I can really work on at the gym is Cardio and weights with my legs.
I have tendinitis in my shoulders so I won't be doing any toning there. ARGH...that's the most upsetting. My personal trainer tells me my body fat percentage isn't bad at all... He also says I have little to no fat in my legs. HA! Where was he measuring?! Anyway... I guess that means all my body fat is in the 'middle' WOO WOO, and my arms. Damn arms.
Oh and to add to it, the reason I got tendinitis is because I had weak arms to begin with and was put through an endurance test that lasted about 30 minutes. I completed it and well at that. But now...f'n shoulders.
That's my rant.
My 1st OFFICIAL Weigh In (WI) is next Monday, the 30th.
What are your opinions on the subject of giving personal information out in your blog entries? Do you use the real names of the people you blog about? Have you ever had a bad experience with someone getting 'too much information'? I'd like to know: Do the people that you blog about ever complain that you are blogging about them?
My opinions on the subject of giving personal information out in my blog entries is that, if I didn't want something known, I would most likely keep it to myself. But, in most cases I try to be as real as I can be, and that means coming to terms that hey...I AM REAL, so I do have embarrassing moments, and I do stupid things that I regret, and yeah, sometimes I do things that I am proud of.
I DO use the REAL names of people that I blog about. Most people who read my blog are people who already know me. If you happen to be one of those who stumble about... then you most likely don't know me, therefore the names of the people I blog about don't matter much to you. However, I will NEVER use someone's full name. There is some degree of privacy instated here. And as in 'real' life person to person conversation...most times just the first name is stated, eh?
The only bad experience I have had due to the info I've posted on my blog, would be a response to an entry I wrote when I was angry at someone in my family. The comments left were not all that nice. Luckily...I came to terms with my anger and deleted that entry and left the past in the past.
I haven't gotten any complaints from people about me blogging about them. I'm not such a bad person that I would blog so horribly about someone on my site.
#2 - I have major stage fright and hate attention.
#3 - #2 screws up my total enjoyment of #1
#4 - I love marshmallows. That includes anything in the flavor or, look of, smell of or consistancy of marshmallows.
#5 - I love crunchiness. If it is not marshmallowy, it has to be crunchy.
#6 - I tend to pack on the calories when eating a healthy sandwich, b/c I have to layer potato chips on top of it to satisfy #5.
#7 - I think I am growing - vertically that is
#8 - um, horizontally also
#9 - I love symmetry.
#10 - there are so many questions in my head at all times. Questions that I do not know the answer to and therefore, thinking of them over and over eventually the questions don't make sense anymore and I get tired, and then finally fall asleep
I just wanted to post this, b/c I want to participate in the Ten on Tuesday post sessions...
Below are 2 pictures I took at a gas station recently, on our travels from Wash. DC back to Jersey... I edited them at www.picnik.com ... I am actually pretty surprised at how well the online editing works out. It's great for people who do not own Adobe Photoshop.
