Make Quick Birthday Breakfast with Pillsbury Complete Funfetti Pancake & Waffle Mix

If you're more of a skimmer than a grocery list shopper, you may have noticed a few novelty pancake mixes in the cereal aisle of your local grocery store. In my experience, grocery stores like to mingle pancake mix with oatmeal, toaster pastries, granola bars. A variety of cereal options are directly across from them.... Continue Reading →

Motivational Mondays with Trisha: Being Present

Who has a hard time being present? Are you a Point A to Point Z kind of person? That type of mentality can make people seem aloof. Like they want to be anywhere but here. That's not necessarily the case. We can be deep in thought about the past or creating mental scenarios for future... Continue Reading →

I am Glad Long Live The Pumpkins Queen is a Novel

"I sense there's something in the wind, that feels like tragedy's at hand." Sally, Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas Considering how much I write about The Nightmare Before Christmas, it might sound odd that I'm glad this latest addition to the fandom isn't a graphic novel. If you've visited my blog for a while, you... Continue Reading →

Motivational Mondays with Trisha: Cactus

Are you feeling a bit prickly lately? That's not a bad thing. Regardless of the emotion, it's important to acknowledge your feelings. Presenting a positive front all the time is exhausting.  Keeping it all bottled up inside can have lasting physical consequences later on in life. Like the cactus, we can grow through rough times.... Continue Reading →

End of Summer Savings Advice and Fall Shopping Tips

Thrifty shoppers know that the perfect time to shop for seasonal clothes are transition months. September is the transition from summer to fall. If you've noticed malls, boutiques, and online stores are usually a season ahead. Retailers advertise transition months in four ways. Lookbooks: Today, designers add lookbooks to their websites. These lookbooks showcase that... Continue Reading →

Meme Mondays with Trisha: Camping

There's something about store displays that make some of us go, I can do that. Not to say that we shouldn't try new things. It's just, a novice plus another novice doesn't equal an amateur.  Its just two inexperienced people that are going to find out the hard way. That's what made Luv N Slim's... Continue Reading →

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