Posted in Secret Girlfriends, chains, friends, good things, just plain silly, links, photos, sparkly on May 1, 2008 | 11 Comments »
Ok, it’s perhaps anticlimactic to name my new bra as my second-ever secret girl(s)friend, but really, meet my new inner beauty. I introduce to you the “Barely There” Invisible Look Underwire Bra.
My girls are not as, ahem, generous as the ones in this picture, so I can use the light padding and underwire to [...]
Posted in Clutter, chains, flickr, just plain silly, links, photos on April 6, 2008 | 13 Comments »
Sparkling Lemon Laxative, originally uploaded by BipolarLawyerCook.
Mmm, laxative. Well, at least it cheered me up. I thought I was having a bad day, and then I realized, at least I didn’t need this!
Posted in Clutter, chains on February 1, 2008 | 10 Comments »
I decided not to be an asshole tonight. It was hard– I’m Boston (area) born and bred, so being assertive, opinionated and ahem, self-oriented come naturally. (As Ed the Gent can attest, there’s a reason the denizens of our fair Commonwealth are known as Massholes.)
Anyway, I digress. We were supposed to have a massive ice [...]
Posted in Better Half, chains, cooking, food, links, recipes on January 13, 2008 | 9 Comments »
No, this isn’t a post about my formative cooking experiences, or how I knew that cooking was an avocation upon the first taste of something or other. Rather, it’s a post about the first cooking class I’ve ever taken. Helen Rennie has a blog called Beyond Salmon, and runs Helen’s Kitchen, a series [...]
Posted in chains, good things, links on December 16, 2007 | No Comments »
There is a long profile of Etsy, its business model & philosophy, and some of the sellers up at the New York Times.
Posted in Better Half, baking, bipolar, chains, meds on December 9, 2007 | 10 Comments »
The BH and I took the T to the mechanic’s, picked up the car with the newly-replaced window, and drove up to the FedEx depot near the BH’s work to pick up a package that ended up being a surprise present from my wonderful assistant. Dropped the BH off at his office to do [...]
Posted in chains, good things, links on September 22, 2007 | No Comments »
I try to not buy from chains, try to support local businesses and local artists, etc. But unfortunately, a lot of the local independent arts & crafts boutiques are too expensive, especially when I want to buy a lot of little things. Enter Etsy. Magpie suggested I visit MightyGoods, and Maggie often [...]
Posted in chains on August 5, 2007 | No Comments »
An anti-chain update…
Doing pretty well on the food shopping and present-buying and book-buying front, ergo:1. I bought HP7 at an independent bookstore, and paid, yikes! full price.2. I am going to let my Borders and B & N discount cards lapse, and shift my allegiance to New England Mobile [...]
Posted in Clutter, chains, crank on May 12, 2007 | No Comments »
The grocery shopping part is going pretty well– I am sticking to Mass-owned businesses and the local food co-op so far. But… I have to buy mother’s day presents and a birthday present for my brother-in-law. Urgh. Must . . . avoid . . . mall. However, the only other havens [...]
Posted in Clutter, chains on April 29, 2007 | 2 Comments »
It’s very hard to avoid corporate stores, and very hard to make sure money goes back to the community and supports other local businesses, farms, etc. I like to save money as much as the next person, so buying my detergent and toilet paper and plastic ziploc bags at Target or Wal-Mart is tempting. [...]
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