Happy Friday! Today is my second summer Friday, and ... it was rainy and in the 60s. So no beach. I'm going to end up having to call an audible and popping some PTO days during the week when the weather is good. However, my brother John (who does not read my blog) and I went to the Cherry Hill Mall today to shop. It was my first trip to the mall since January 2020, which in normal times would result in my Jersey Girl license being revoked. I bought a tie dye sweatshirt from Old Navy that ...
Old Lady Russell buys glasses the new-fangled way
I bought new glasses last May and although I really do like them, I wanted something a bit more modern and distinctly different than the pair before. This time I was smart at Lenscrafters and took a photo of my pupillary distance (PD) measurement so I didn't have to fight them for it. With my prescription and my measurements in hand finally took the plunge and jumped onto Zenni Optical's website a few weeks ago. Yes, it took me over six years to get to this point. The shopping process ...
Thanksgiving wrapup
It's the holiday season, mofos! More importantly there's only about 3 weeks until the sunshine starts coming back into my life so cheers to that. This year we had Thanksgiving at my cousin S's house and I was asked to bring ... MASHED POTATOES. You guys. This was big, because mashed potatoes is one of the dishes that is mission-critical to the feast. I was honored and broke out my favorite cookbook -- Mark Bittman's How to Cook Everything -- for the occasion. If this were a food blog, ...
The Macaroni and Cheese button is REAL!
After years of chasing packages that were "lost" by the post office and/or the maintenance office at the Dee-luxe Apartment in the sky, it is a joy and a pleasure to order from the internet and have the boxes on my doorstep when they are supposed to be. Therefore, one of the first things we did as a homeowner was join Amazon Prime. And it is niiiiice. It's especially nice for keeping on top of dog food. Running low on the wet food we mix with the dry food to keep Max interested in eating? ...
The favorite gift I gave this Christmas
Wherever you are, I hope it's warmer than here. It was 11 degrees when I woke up, and it's not rising out of the 20s until tomorrow morning. But the wind chill drops the temperature down to the negatives. I can't get warm. *** I read about CharityPups.com in the gift guide of one of the many magazines I collected around the holidays. The concept is simple: you pay some money, upload pics of your dog(s), and Aaron Kaufman will create a custom digital sketch of your pooch(es). I was looking for ...
A grownup Christmas list
Don't worry, it's not the sappy song, although we really could use some more common sense and love and a lot less knee-jerky insanity. *ahem* Hello, family! It has come to my attention that I'm difficult to shop for, even though it seems all I do all year long is point out things I like. So for your convenience, I have created a wish list on Pinterest. Click the "See on Pinterest" part at the bottom to see the whole thing. Follow Kimberly D. Russell's board Kim's Wishlist on Pinterest. If ...
Whatever happened to predictability?
(searching through Kohl's sales flyer) Me: Want a pair of Aqua shorts? WM: No. I don't think I will ever wear a pair of aqua shorts Me: Oh, come on. You can get this outfit, I'll get the lady's outfit and we'll pretend we're "Full House" cast members. WM: No. Me: How rude! *** Inside Baseball: Most of the online sales flyers you see are powered by a Gannett-owned company called ShopLocal. It was also supposed be used for local newspaper ads, which was a colossal failure because many newspaper ...
A delightfully wrapped parcel
We purchased something at the Celtic Fling last week and the shop owner took great care in making sure it was protected against breakage. Then she felt the need to decorate it with pretty ribbon. What could this daintily-wrapped package POSSIBLY hold? See for yourself after the jump ...
These boots are made for … me, 15 years ago.
This weekend I was at DSW looking for a pair of sensible black flats. Which depresses me to no end, because I love me some awesome, kicky, high-heeled shoes. Through my entire life, I've only liked two styles of shoes..."slipper" and "hooker." However, my ability to wear hooker lovely high-heeled shoes without my arthritic toe* yelling at me for the next two days is slipping away with the rest of my 30s. So black flats it is for my day-to-day existence. Which brings me to the beginning of my ...
Star of wonder…star of light
From my Treo!Star of wonder...star of light We were feeling rich and elitist, so we visited the apple store. ;-) is it wrong of me to actively *want* someone to write a really nasty virus for macs?That said...the video ipods are sweet.Oh, now we're at the Promenade in Marlton. ...
Agony of defeet!
From my Treo!Agony of defeet! Out of the four feet present on today's journey...one is having troubles. So we made a tiny pitstop for comfort. Mission accomplished at best buy, by the way. I'm getting a 4.5 foot tree for the apartment here at walgreens. And some TLC for an aching tootsie. ;-) ...
Lunch
From my Treo!Lunch It is so nice out we left the coats in the carafter target and headed to wegman's for lunch. Now it's off to best buy next door. :) we've been on the road for nine hours and fifteen minutes.Rawr! ...
