by mapgirl on May 25, 2010
I’ve been traveling for work the past few weeks and that looks like it will continue for a while yet. To cheer myself up and stop wasting so much money on herbs and produce I don’t eat, I convinced my boyfriend that we should plant a few things on the back deck.
The impetus for gardening [...]
by mapgirl on May 16, 2010
I found Pantene conditioner on sale this weekend at Safeway in DC. Pantene is rebranding its bottles and the supermarket was getting rid of all the old packaged stuff at a really low price. I love it! I got my favorite brand-name conditioner for about $3 a bottle. I resisted buying a ton of it [...]
by mapgirl on March 23, 2010
I saw the Starbucks free pastry promotion today, but didn’t click through to print the coupon. I just ran downstairs to get a pastry without reading about it first. (Damn you Twitter! No one tweeted the coupon in 140 characters!) So I got a coffee, but no pastry. It was around 10:45am anyway, which was [...]
by mapgirl on June 11, 2009
1. I can’t quit my job.
2. I can’t get fired.
3. I can’t go to Europe next year. (got an invite)
4. I can’t go to Beirut next year. (got an invite)
5. I can’t go to California for Christmas. (to *snorgle* my nephews)
6. I can’t go to California for Christmas next year. (to *snorgle* my nephews some [...]
by mapgirl on April 3, 2009
Because I don’t spend a lot on makeup and cosmetic treatments and yet still have a boyfriend.
From RevancheGS on Twitter, via Ramit: How much women will spend on a lifetime of beauty care
I had a little rant on Twitter about this the other day (most of which I have re-posted under the cut). I lived [...]
by mapgirl on March 20, 2009
I had an interesting experience at Advanced Auto Parts.
I wanted a new air filter. The one I wanted was a Purolator version for $12. But there was a K&N version for $50. I couldn’t understand why that one was so expensive. It couldn’t possibly be that good, or could it?
The salesman at the store demonstrated [...]
by mapgirl on March 10, 2009
Perhaps because I majored in something that required me to have more than passing knowledge about Thorstein Veblen’s The Theory of the Leisure Class
, but I read the NYTimes article on people scaling back and it only makes me angry.
To many, the adjustment feels less like a temporary, emergency response than a permanent recalibration, one [...]
by mapgirl on March 3, 2009
I have been thinking about this for a while, but I use my phone service with DSL to update my Quicken regularly. And I was mistrustful of 911 services over a cellphone and whether or not it really worked since I have an out of state cellphone number. (There’s this whole thing I learned with [...]
by mapgirl on February 18, 2009
At work, about once a week, someone brings in breakfast. It’s my turn soon and someone asked, “What do Koreans eat for breakfast?” My reply, “Whatever they eat for dinner, just less of it.”
Read this article by Mark Bittman. It’s great. You don’t have to eat traditional stick to your ribs breakfast, nor do you [...]
by mapgirl on February 3, 2009
While I was in California over the holidays I was window shopping with an old friend because we met at the local mall for coffee and chit chatted while wandering around.
I saw a salt pig at Williams-Sonoma. The link isn’t the one I actually saw. I saw one that was almost $40 and shaped like [...]