Fairy Dust posted an article on I'm So Pretty I Fart Fairy Dust - Feb 7, 2012, 3:48 pm
Greetings, Blog Folk! What a weekend I just had! Yesterday, I was scheduled for a "procedure" that we over-50-somethings get scheduled for when we get to be over 50. Let's just say, for those of you from my era who might be vintage SNL buffs, I spent the weekend chugging Colon Blow. That's right, fo...
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Fairy Dust posted an article on I'm So Pretty I Fart Fairy Dust - Jan 30, 2012, 12:58 pm
Lookie, another week as gone by without any post about my shopping! Last week, I was at my Dad's until Tuesday night and did a very quick shop later on in the week. That resulted in this haul from GiantPA: Basically it was bare necessities plus any freebie stuff I could acquire. According to the re...
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Fairy Dust posted an article on I'm So Pretty I Fart Fairy Dust - Jan 21, 2012, 9:15 pm
Hallelujah!!! It would seem Joe Paterno's still alive. Sorry I posted too quickly and VERY glad I was wrong!
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Fairy Dust posted an article on I'm So Pretty I Fart Fairy Dust - Oct 25, 2011, 9:53 am
Hello, everyone! Man, I have just been slammed at work by new job duties and at home by various family issues, so my posts have dwindled again. Here's a catch-up post about the shopping I did on Sunday. First up, I was getting dangerously low (oxymoron?) on diet name-brand soda, so my first stop was...
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Fairy Dust posted an article on I'm So Pretty I Fart Fairy Dust - Oct 19, 2011, 9:20 am
I will state up front that I have always hated talking on the phone. I stammer, stutter, talk over the other person, can't think of anything to say, just absolutely hate talking on the phone. Along comes the Internet and email - hallelujah!!! For people like me, email, instant messaging, and textin...
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Fairy Dust posted an article on I'm So Pretty I Fart Fairy Dust - Oct 18, 2011, 10:17 am
Just one main grocery shop on Sunday. I skipped shopping altogether last weekend, so it was time to get a few things. I brought all of this home: The receipt shows a worth of $74.05. After deals, e-coupons ($1/1 Sargento cheese on sale for $2.50/8-oz bag), and double regular coupons, I paid $24.37 ...
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Fairy Dust posted an article on I'm So Pretty I Fart Fairy Dust - Oct 16, 2011, 5:06 pm
Currently if you sign up for a new account at One King's Lane -- a multiple shop sales site very much like Rue La La - you'll get a $15 new member credit! And you can use that on any of their sales that come up (they change frequently) to snag some potentially free goodies. You will still need to p...
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Fairy Dust posted an article on I'm So Pretty I Fart Fairy Dust - Oct 16, 2011, 1:34 pm
I put all the (wonderful!!!!) giveaway comment entry posts into a big barrel then picked out a random winner. kendra22 said... GFC Kendra22 I love this blog name!!!! Congratulations Kendra22 -- I'll be contacting you via email regarding your prize! And a huge Thank You to EVERYONE for participat...
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Fairy Dust posted an article on I'm So Pretty I Fart Fairy Dust - Oct 14, 2011, 9:20 am
One final reminder that my GIVEAWAY for some Star Wars/General Mills cereal and $25 Walmart gift card is ending today at Noon Eastern Standard Time. Make sure you enter if you haven't already!!! Once we get to Noon today (Friday, 10/14/11), no further entries will be accepted. So click HERE to post ...
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Fairy Dust posted an article on I'm So Pretty I Fart Fairy Dust - Oct 13, 2011, 1:22 pm
Hi everyone! Just wanted to remind all you nice folks out there in cyberland that tomorrow (Fri 10/14) at Noon Eastern Standard Time is the deadline for entering my GIVEAWAY if you haven't done so already. Just click HERE to read about the giveaway and post your entry! Win yourself some Free General...
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Fairy Dust posted an article on I'm So Pretty I Fart Fairy Dust - Oct 11, 2011, 10:55 am
Hey, everyone! Instead of going shopping on Sunday like I usually do, I was happily visiting friends up in Michigan all weekend. The weather was unbelievably gorgeous, so on Sunday we were at a park where this was my view: And one of the side perks of flying up to visit friends in Michigan is getti...
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Fairy Dust posted an article on I'm So Pretty I Fart Fairy Dust - Oct 8, 2011, 3:42 pm
Unbelievably gorgeous day in Ann Arbor! Here visiting friends. -- ================================================================== This mobile text message is brought to you by AT&T
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Fairy Dust posted an article on I'm So Pretty I Fart Fairy Dust - Oct 5, 2011, 3:35 pm
FIRST: Don't Forget to Enter My Latest GIVEAWAY -- you could win free cereal and a $25 Walmart gift card! So for my birthday, I received a Special Edition Keurig single-serve coffee brewing machine. Specifically a B60 model. ("oooOOOoooh!") It's a little bigger than the solo/smallest Keurig and has ...
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Fairy Dust posted an article on I'm So Pretty I Fart Fairy Dust - Oct 4, 2011, 9:49 am
... brought to you courtesy of MyBlogSpark, General Mills, and Star Wars (LucasArts). ... enough ways to watch these classics!), General Mills has produced a collection ... universe. Here are the three cereals: General Mills Honey Nut Cheerios, Lucky ... Wars-related name for your favorite Ge...
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Fairy Dust posted an article on I'm So Pretty I Fart Fairy Dust - Oct 3, 2011, 10:19 am
Happy Monday Morning to everyone! Here we are, already into October - wow! Wasn't I just wearing shorts like a few days ago? Now it really feels like Halloween weather outside. Time to break out the hot cider :) So yesterday was a pretty good round robin of shopping for me. We'll start with what I ...
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Fairy Dust posted an article on I'm So Pretty I Fart Fairy Dust - Sep 27, 2011, 11:30 am
So back in July, I landed a brand new car insurance account (yet another thing I had to start over because my ex-husband's name was listed first on our insurance accounts...), and in order to get the best rate possible with Progressive, I agreed to participate in their Snapshot program. I received m...
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Fairy Dust posted an article on I'm So Pretty I Fart Fairy Dust - Sep 27, 2011, 10:39 am
My latest fiasco related to my divorce concerns the electric company (West Penn Power/Allegheny Power). I have lived in the same house for 15+ years now, but the electric utility account was in my ex-husband's name. I now am sole owner of the house, and can prove that with a copy of the new deed. Ye...
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Fairy Dust posted an article on I'm So Pretty I Fart Fairy Dust - Sep 26, 2011, 1:16 pm
Happy Monday, everyone! I hope everyone's weekend was a good one. I spent most of my weekend visiting my dad, and these days, that is usually a mixture of happiness to see him and sadness to see his continued decline. Some things that happened over the weekend simply broke my heart. I'm almost glad ...
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Fairy Dust posted an article on I'm So Pretty I Fart Fairy Dust - Sep 19, 2011, 11:26 am
Happy Shiny Monday, everyone! I had a fairly good round of grocery shopping yesterday (with one glitch I'll talk about in a moment), so the month is still on track budget-wise. First up, I stopped in briefly at CVS just to see if the Magic Coupon Machine would spit out anything useful and/or free. N...
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Fairy Dust posted an article on I'm So Pretty I Fart Fairy Dust - Sep 15, 2011, 10:49 am
Last night was the first session of the local Divorce Care group I signed up with. Divorce Care is a national organization -- actually, last night I learned they've recently gone international -- helping people through the mess of divorce. It's usually offered locally through churches because there ...
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Fairy Dust posted an article on I'm So Pretty I Fart Fairy Dust - Sep 13, 2011, 10:07 am
So last night was my first of six lessons in very low-impact Yoga. I had received a booklet in the Sunday paper from the local Parks and Rec folks, listing all the fall/winter classes available to kids and adults in our area. There were lots for more active adults, but since I'm still dealing with t...
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Fairy Dust posted an article on I'm So Pretty I Fart Fairy Dust - Sep 12, 2011, 2:43 pm
Here it is, another Monday, and almost half way through September already! Yesterday's shopping went pretty well overall. Here's what I ended up with. First stop was CVS, and this went really well because just before I left to go there, I received an email CVS survey that I actually qualified for an...
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Fairy Dust posted an article on I'm So Pretty I Fart Fairy Dust - Sep 8, 2011, 2:57 pm
I went over to Target last night because I had some "free" manufacturer's coupons that, even though the manufacturer mailed them to me, still look like Internet printed coupons. I mean, the mfr printed them out at their end and mailed them to me, totally screwing me (and others, I'm sure) over becau...
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Fairy Dust posted an article on I'm So Pretty I Fart Fairy Dust - Sep 5, 2011, 11:35 am
Happy Labor Day, everyone! I managed to do a bit of shopping yesterday, and here's what I brought home from a few different stores. Fist up, Walmart. I had a $1/1 mfr coupon for Cascade and a $5 check from Similac, so I ended up with $1.41 in overage from those item purchases. Also, the shelf tag fo...
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Fairy Dust posted an article on I'm So Pretty I Fart Fairy Dust - Aug 31, 2011, 11:55 am
I really didn't want to go over budget this month (or any other month...) but whether it's because my son was living with me (and eating my food) or because I just couldn't pass up some deals/coupons, I'm not totally sure. Probably some of both. Anyway, I wanted to make sure I was able to use some $...
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Fairy Dust posted an article on I'm So Pretty I Fart Fairy Dust - Aug 30, 2011, 3:24 pm
Thanks to a wonderful glitch at my local Target, eggs have been *really* cheap lately. In other words, the price of a dozen eggs was marked down for a sale about a month or so ago, and the computer price hasn't been changed since. That combined with a couple 55-cents/2-doz IPQs and the 5-cent bag c...
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Fairy Dust posted an article on I'm So Pretty I Fart Fairy Dust - Aug 29, 2011, 12:26 pm
While the East Coast was dealing with Hurricane Irene, we in Central PA really didn't get hit with too much of her wrath at all. It was very gray and rainy and blustery, but not much else, which was just fine. Seeing the rampaging flood waters in Vermont on CNN last night made me very sad for the fo...
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Fairy Dust posted an article on I'm So Pretty I Fart Fairy Dust - Aug 29, 2011, 11:17 am
I gave cold-process soapmaking another try last weekend -- Read about my first attempt HERE and HERE -- but while I'm not totally disappointed (exactly) with the results, I'm not really thrilled either. I need to do a lot more practicing of this method, but the ingredients (specifically, the various...
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Fairy Dust posted an article on I'm So Pretty I Fart Fairy Dust - Aug 24, 2011, 12:25 pm
Hi all! Just wanted to alert anyone who has tried to post a comment to any of my blog entries and been thwarted by the various options that insist you log in but then won't let you... I cannot get an answer from blogger/blogspot about this issue. I have read lots of posts from other people having ...
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Fairy Dust posted an article on I'm So Pretty I Fart Fairy Dust - Aug 22, 2011, 12:53 pm
Before I get to the shopping, let me pause a moment to reflect on my $%*)@$( foot problems. I won't whine at you too much more than I already have, but I do want to mention that I saw my orthopedic surgeon for my last foot exam on Thursday 8/18. He took a final round of x-rays and prounounced the br...
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Fairy Dust posted an article on I'm So Pretty I Fart Fairy Dust - Aug 19, 2011, 5:09 pm
So awhile back, I finally decided to stop researching how to get streaming video from Netflix onto my big flat panel TV (something I ended up with in the divorce settlement), and decided to bite the dang bullet and just do it. So using all my free cred at amazon (thank you, Swagbucks), I ordered the...
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Fairy Dust posted an article on I'm So Pretty I Fart Fairy Dust - Aug 15, 2011, 2:40 pm
Happy Monday, folks! Had a nice, mostly relaxing 3-day weekend. I was going to go on Friday to an estate auction happening right across the street from me, but opted instead to sleep in, get my hair cut, do some housework and mostly be lazy. On Saturday, I spent all day at the auction, but for the f...
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Fairy Dust posted an article on I'm So Pretty I Fart Fairy Dust - Aug 15, 2011, 12:25 pm
Every August in our little town, The Cast of Beatlemania drives in, sets up, and makes us all shake our money-makers again like we did 45-some years ago. It has become -- without exception -- the highlight of my year, which is pretty amazing considering when they first came to town 7 or more years a...
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Fairy Dust posted an article on I'm So Pretty I Fart Fairy Dust - Aug 8, 2011, 10:19 am
I realize the title is a little dramatic but I have to say I am getting so fed up with my foot situation. I broke it (stress fracture of the 3rd metatarsal bone) back on May 4th, that's more than three months ago now. I was in a walking cast/boot for about a month and a half after I walked around on...
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Fairy Dust posted an article on I'm So Pretty I Fart Fairy Dust - Aug 4, 2011, 10:13 am
I was scrolling through my Netflix streaming "instant" queue last night and saw that I'd put the TV series "Angel" in there. I'm a huuuuge Buffy fan but never watched Angel at all, so I figured this is a perfect opportunity to give it a shot. The first couple episodes were okay, but the third one -...
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Fairy Dust posted an article on I'm So Pretty I Fart Fairy Dust - Aug 1, 2011, 10:32 am
Happy August 1st, everyone! Yesterday, while it was still July, I hit up a few stores sort of under the budget wire, because I didn't really have money left in my grocery budget but figured the cc charges wouldn't actually hit my bank accounts until after today. Ball juggling to be sure. I didn't do...
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Fairy Dust posted an article on I'm So Pretty I Fart Fairy Dust - Jul 29, 2011, 4:15 pm
Originally submitted at Roku The new XD steps it up with 1080p HD video quality and extended-range wireless. Roku XD Player Wonderful! So glad I got one!! By CindyLooWho from Central PA on 7/29/2011 5out of 5 Pros: Easy to set up, Easy to use, Very responsive, Compact, Great value, High quality pic...
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Fairy Dust posted an article on I'm So Pretty I Fart Fairy Dust - Jul 27, 2011, 11:59 am
Yesterday, I took the day off from work in order to go around to various agencies and get my name changed on all the biggie documents -- Social Security, IRS, driver's license, passport, banks I had a pretty successful morning, then things sort of fell apart for the afternoon, but I'll get to that i...
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Fairy Dust posted an article on I'm So Pretty I Fart Fairy Dust - Jul 25, 2011, 12:25 pm
Hi, everyone! So as of Friday night, I am supposedly out of the walking-cast boot thing for good (well, on this particular break, at least). And I'm thrilled, let me tell you!! The orthopedic surgeon didn't really provide a whole lot of guidance from this point on, however. He basically said that I ...
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Fairy Dust posted an article on I'm So Pretty I Fart Fairy Dust - Jul 19, 2011, 9:33 am
Morning, all!! I stayed indoors this past weekend to avoid the local festival crowds here in town. Actually, that's not totally true -- on Saturday, I took a 2-hour trip to another town for some mystery shopping. But basically I avoided being out and about here in this town until all the crazy festi...
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Fairy Dust posted an article on I'm So Pretty I Fart Fairy Dust - Jul 15, 2011, 8:49 am
The wonderous folks at ThinkGeek.com have a collection of Hogwarts-worthy Harry Potter goodies to help all you fans celebrate the end of an amazing movie saga. Not only that, but you can use the code SHIP40 (enter it in the discount field during checkout) to get FREE SHIPPING on orders of $40 or mo...
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Fairy Dust posted an article on I'm So Pretty I Fart Fairy Dust - Jul 14, 2011, 12:03 pm
I saw my orthopedic surgeon this morning, and after taking a new round of x-rays of my poor broken right foot, he gave me some great news. The x-rays showed that the break is healing well, and because it's not completely healed solid back together, he wants me to keep wearing the walking-cast/boot o...
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Fairy Dust posted an article on I'm So Pretty I Fart Fairy Dust - Jul 12, 2011, 11:36 am
I've been promising for awhile now to do a pictoral on making flax bread, so I'm finally get it posted here - yay!! First up, the ingredients. You'll need 2 c. ground flaxseed meal 1 tsp salt 1 T. baking powder 1-2 T. sweetener that holds up in baking (I use Splenda) 5 eggs, beaten 1/3 c. oil 1/2 c...
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Fairy Dust posted an article on I'm So Pretty I Fart Fairy Dust - Jul 11, 2011, 10:25 am
I have to say that last week just ... stank. I posted about how crappy I felt on Wednesday, but then the STBXH (Soon To Be eX Husband) came over Thursday evening, we signed the last of the divorce papers, and as a result of that and starting the very long, complicated process of changing my name bac...
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Fairy Dust posted an article on I'm So Pretty I Fart Fairy Dust - Jul 6, 2011, 1:29 pm
Okay, I'm gonna let it all out here because my friends are on vacation this week, my co-workers are tired of me sitting in my cube blubbering, my H is the person I'm trying to not turn to for anything these days... even my various posts in forums where I've usually gotten some sympathy have gone ...
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Fairy Dust posted an article on I'm So Pretty I Fart Fairy Dust - Jul 5, 2011, 10:54 am
I had a pretty nice 4-day weekend, thanks to Monday being a holiday and taking Friday off from work. I was a little concerned about it -- some of my recent weekends, even the regular 2-day kind, have been very tear-filled just because of the rawness from being almost divorced and completely on my ow...
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Fairy Dust posted an article on I'm So Pretty I Fart Fairy Dust - Jun 29, 2011, 3:33 pm
If you have an iPad, you can get this nifty iCade from ThinkGeek.com and waste countless more hours having fun playing the old fave arcade games. iCADE - iPad Arcade CabinetCheck it out today at ThinkGeek.com
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Fairy Dust posted an article on I'm So Pretty I Fart Fairy Dust - Jun 29, 2011, 3:05 pm
I didn't get a photo before putting these items away last night, but using 2 more of the $2/1 Dial bodywash coupons to buy two 97-cent trial-size bodywashes at Walmart last night, I put the $2.06 in overage toward a carton of 18 large eggs priced at $2.07. Eighteen eggs for a penny - woot! Overage i...
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Fairy Dust posted an article on I'm So Pretty I Fart Fairy Dust - Jun 27, 2011, 11:13 am
In spite of my foot issues (bottom line - it hurts), I decided there were some things I needed and some other things worth getting while I was out, so I made two shop stops this weekend. First up was Giant, where I didn't do as well as I have been savings percentage-wise because of the soda (it's th...
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Fairy Dust posted an article on I'm So Pretty I Fart Fairy Dust - Jun 25, 2011, 6:53 pm
I decided that even though I'm in this boot thing for another three weeks, I really couldn't stand to just sit around the house for another entire weekend (at least not if I wanted to stay remotely sane). So I figured I'd hobble on down to Walmart, which is literally a block from my house. It's a bl...
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