Thirsy Thursday 3-11-10

Hair Bows & Guitar Picks is hosting Thirsty Thursday today, and of course I'm joining in. Today she posted something absolutely fabulous that you must check out- it's so fabulous I think I'll be making it for our neighborhood poker tourney coming up on the 27th.

One of our fabulous neighbors, in fact, introduced me to one of my favorite new drinks- a Chocolate Covered Cherry. For our neighborhood Chili Cookoff a few months ago (we have fun neighbors, huh?), I carried over a bottle of Lindemans Framboise.

It looks like wine, pours like a beer with a little foam, and goes down so easy with no bitter aftertaste. Oh how I love thee. It's a raspberry lambic and I guarantee you'll love it.

But I digress.... when I walked in with my bottle, my neighbor said, "We love that too! Have you ever mixed it half and half with chocolate stout?" Of course I had not, but I indulged and it was so so good. You totally need to give it a try.

Yay for Spring!

Woo woo! It's spring as far as I'm concerned. The sun is out, I am wearing short sleeves, and my favorite spring candle is back in stock at Walmart!

The Febreze Winds & Springtime candle is absolutely, hands-down, the best candle I have ever purchased. I found it last spring and bought out the store, and have been (im)patiently waiting for them to come back.

Roughly $5 (and you can usually find a $1 coupon in the P&G Brand Saver insert), they're quite a bargain. The glass is nice and thick and feels expensive and there is no label attached to the glass- it looks pricey! The color is a gorgeous shade of pale green, and the scent is FANTASTIC and I feel bad each time I have to blow it out. Febreze promises up to 30 hours of burn time, and they're no kidding. These last forever and burn down cleanly and evenly.

What signals spring for you?

Disclosure: I purchased this candle with my own hard-earned cashola.

Heck of a Deal on Barbie

If you happen to have Prime, snatch one of these up for your birthday party present closet. (Looks like Amazon is limiting each person to one.)

If you don't have Prime, what's up with that? Here's a link to my post explaining how to get a free trial.

Disclosure: This post contains an Amazon referral link.

Paging a Decorator

I need some help, y'all. Yesterday my good friend Elaine posted about her darling ideas for her little girl's new bedroom, and I just died looking at all her fabulous ideas. She is so talented!

And I got a little sad. See, I'm no decorator. I have no style. I have no ideas. So here is where you can help.

Do you have any ideas on something to spruce up my bedroom? We just repainted over the ugly mint green that had been on the walls when we moved in almost 10 years ago. (Shut up.) It's now a nice neutral taupe and it looks so much better and I absolutely love it!

But we need something over the bed and something above the nightstands. I have seen all the adorable decals people are doing on their walls, but note that our walls are very textured and not at all smooth, so I don't believe those will work.

Here is a close-up of our bedding.

Any ideas for me? Links, online stores, easy stuff I can pick up?

TIA!

Dear OnStar,

This is really getting ridiculous.

Every mother-truckin' time I hear one of your commercials on the radio, I cry. Today's commercial was a woman who had just been in a car accident crying that her (I'm assuming elderly) mom's leg was hurt and she was telling her mom "Mom, sit up! Sit up!".... and OnStar asked if she could see the other car and the lady says "I don't know... they are in a ditch."

The commercials ends with sirens and the OnStar dude telling her "Help is on the way."

But I'm left crying, wondering what happened with her mom's leg??????? Is Grandma OK??????

Make it stop!

Lylas,

Sasha

Thirsty Thursday 3-4-10

Hair Bows & Guitar Picks is hosting Thirsty Thursday today, and of course I'm joining in.

Last night the hubs stopped off at a random convenience store on his way home and found 18 packs of MGD 64 for $9! So of course he picked up two for me.....

That's my man.

If You Take a 6 Year Old To Walmart

Pepperridge Farm Goldfish Smores Adventures

If you take a 6 year-old to Walmart, he is sure to find lots of interesting things to add to the cart.

The Politician saw these out of the corner of his eye yesterday and got super-excited, and of course I agreed to purchase them, seeing as how they were ADORABLE.

The marshmallows are like those you find in cereals, which I love, and of course there are both chocolate and honey graham fish.

Like any good snacker, we opened the package up on the way home and indulged. I was a little worried about the nutrition info, but I just looked it up and 54 pieces is 3 points, which is not bad at all.

Yum.

This is getting weirder

And now Heidi Montag is following me on Twitter. Can this get any weirder?

On Thursday I Will Be Listening To

because that's when my new Blake Shelton CD "Hillbilly Bone" will be delivered! Love him.

He's got a song called "Kiss My Country Ass" and another one called "You'll Always Be Beautiful" above loving his woman even when she has a hangover. Love love love. Can't wait.

Disclosure: This post contains an Amazon referral link.

Holy Crap

Look who's following me on Twitter as of yesterday..... Spencer Pratt! Do you think he read this post?

New Curious George Movie Released Tomorrow!

How cute- a new Curious George movie is being released tomorrow. It's called Follow that Monkey and looks adorable. I just placed an order using my Amazon Prime and it will be here Thursday.

My husband signed up for Amazon prime after my free trial ended (he just doesn't know he did it!) so we are still enjoying free 2 day shipping. Here's a link to my post explaining how to get a free trial.

Disclosure: This post contains an Amazon referral link.

ISO: Five Love Languages Leader Kit/DVDs

Our Sunday school class is interested in doing the Five Love Languages study, but I was surprised to see how expensive the leader kit (with DVDs) is- $150!

Has anyone done this study? Does anyone happen to have the DVDs we can borrow?

Or can you suggest any other marriage studies? We did the Fireproof study last year and enjoyed it.

Thanks for any ideas/help you may have for us!

Disclosure: This post contains an Amazon referral link.

Last Chance for Dora House

Locals, today I have for you a Dora Magical Welcome Dollhouse and a boatload of furniture and all the key Dora figures. It can all be yours for *two* six-packs of Mike's Light Cranberry Lemonade (available at Target).

I spent $84 on the house and furniture at Amazon before Christmas 2008 and who-knows-what on the figures at Walmart right before the holiday. WC just doesn't play with it much and we are cleaning out our playroom.

Let me know if you are local and interested!

Disclosure: This post contains an Amazon referral link.