Let's make a deal!

I don't ever recall my mother being a bargain shopper.  Well bargains, in this case being: yard sales, thrift stores, etc.  She was good for good deals on food (typical Asian mother) but we never shopped at thrift stores or yard sales, even when money was tight while growing up or even after my parents divorced.  So for me, shopping yard sales, thrift stores, or even places like TJ Maxx or Ross are difficult at times because I never learned the patience that's required for deal hunting.  I also get easily discouraged if I immediately don't find what I'm looking for.  I have friends who live in thrift stores and they find AMAZING things.  I'd like to find some amazing things.  But I do, at this moment, feel my luck is changing.  Maybe it's karma's way of repaying me after a horrible week or maybe I'm becoming more patient with it.  But now that I've mentioned it here, it may turn sour again.   I always blamed my bad bargain luck on the fact that "I was just meant to pay full price".  Don't get me wrong, I LOVE, no I ADORE a great deal.  I'm just picky.  Who says you have to settle with a deal?

Well, here's to hoping my luck continues.  At least with deal hunting.

(See the next post for details on my finds this week!)

Do you "like"?

 

The other day as I was reading through a few comments that we have received, I had a sudden urge to click "Like" on one of the comments.  I frantically search for the "Like" but it is nowhere to be found! " WHAT?!?,"  I scream out in my mind.  "Impossible!" I say.  Oh, but it is true!  Have we become too accustomed to have the option to "Like" something instead of commenting back?  I think it is a cop-out way of saying you what you really want to say, but not really because it's not actually a "real" comment.  Sure, it's nice to get a "Like" on your status or your IG pic. But sometimes, I feel a real comment like: "AWESOME" could go a long way.

I get it that it takes more movement of our brain and fingers to post a comment instead of hitting one small button. And my hitting of that button is often because I am lazy.  But here's the real kicker.  If I haven't commented or even taken that millisecond to hit the "like" button, that means that I just cannot, honestly, truly, "Like" your picture.  Maybe it's just my hormones but if I cannot like it FOR REAL, I cannot "fake" like it.  I just can't.

Just know, if you are my friend on FB or IG I really, truly do like you.  I don't add any old schmuck.  But sometimes, I cannot "like" what you've posted.  My sincerest apologies.

Awesome giveaway!

Wish we were able to do giveaways on our blog, but not today!  Here's an awesome one sponsored by my ABSOLUTE FAV, Fossil on Oh!Joy.  Link below!  Good luck!

http://ohjoy.blogs.com/my_weblog/2013/01/a-spring-bag-wardrobe-giveaway.html#comment-6a00d8341c6a0853ef017ee819f0fc970d

We have arrived!

Well, from looking at our StatCounter, we've not arrived in the sense that we have readers.  We currently have zero.  Well, zero that are commenting.  ANYWHO.  I believe in persistence and Jes and I will continue to blog til we make it.  Make it where?  ANYWHERE.  Anywhere that will get us a freakin Bugaboo for free just because we have readers and we will photograph ourselves pushing around our babies in them.  So THAT anywhere.  But til then, we have an Instagram!  Follow us!  Like our pics!  Pretty please?!

Our Insta name is : kumquatnjunebug

 

~trixie

Oh me oh my! Heavens to Betsy!

Hi Beauties!

(the person below, is no longer me!!!)

I am blogging from a wonderful desktop!  Heavens, the speed on this baby!  Our laptop that my dad gave me used up it's third power cord in the 3+ years we have owned it and I was done with the blasted thing.  I convinced the good Dr that we needed a new desktop, now especially since I am homeschooling Soy-Soy.  So I quickly researched a descent one and splurged this morning.  It's not my dream iMac, but this is baby is eons better than the POS we had we before.  We have been without a desktop since we moved to West TX.  So, I haven't been this happy since I got my iPad for my 30th, a few years ago.

 

The simple joys of life.  <sigh>

~trixie

If I could write..

and form sentences, then all the ideas I had in my head for posts would come to life.  I am having no such luck.  Something sounds great in my head but then crap  in type.  So I leave you with one of my most favorite artists.  Girl can WRITE.  I think it's time to blast some 90s chick pop rock to get my brain flowing.  Thank you, Sam Philips!

Happy Thursday!

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Happy 2013!

Happy 2013, readers!  Hope you had a wonderful Christmas, Hanukkah or Kwanzaa.

If you haven't noticed, the last 9 posts have been authored by Jes.  I apologize for my absence and lack of motivation to blog.  I was hoping for motivation from my trip out  East but that didn't happen.  Not from a lack of desire, but from a lack of energy.  Soon after my trip, I found out I was expecting baby #3.  TOTALLY not planned and I was feeling emotionally and physically sick from it.   I won't go into complete details in this post as it is titled: HAPPY 2013 and not SAD 2013.  I promise to post more this year, my crappy computer willing.

If you need a good motivator for your 2013 resolutions, head here to Freshly Picked's blog post on "Five steps to take control of 2013".  I highly recommend it.  She's witty and her 5 are not at all unrealistic.

Happy New Year!