In this troubled economy, my wife and I spend quite a bit of time looking for bargains that will help us to stretch our budget dollars. Especially since I’ve been on the “injured list.” So I was really excited to find the Offers.com website. The website is chock full of freebies and discounts on a wide variety of items. There are several different categories set up to help you find the best deal on credit cards, software, travel, clothing, and much more.
Many of the links lead to a section full of links to click to get coupon codes, but there is also a category that I’m really enjoying that is full of free things. Like a free towel, free dog food, free fabric softener, free engine belt wear gauge, free ruler, free ice cream, free paint sample, free polishing cloths – the list goes on and on! I think I could easily spend over an hour checking out all of the free stuff! And this free stuff doesn’t appear to be “free trial” where you end up having to pay for something if you keep it; this is really free stuff!
I’m going to have to let my wife take a turn at looking at this site! I’ve bookmarked it to come back to in the future. This one is a keeper! I’m definitely going to order the free sample of Dunkin’ Donuts coffee! And I see a couple of free cookbooks for my wife! I’d claim this bargain hunt time today a glorious success!
Yesterday we drove to F’burg and met my in-laws for a late lunch at an all-you-can-eat buffet restaurant called Ryan’s. It’s located in the Central Park shopping center. I had never eaten there before, and was reluctant to give it a try. My wife get very frustrated with me sometimes; I tend to resist trying new things! But she kept telling me that she had eaten there once before and that she was SURE I would enjoy it, so I went along. I’m glad I did! The salad bar was very fresh, and they had great steak. I’ll be agreeable to going back there again someday!
My wife has always liked having copper cookware in our kitchen. She said that she’s always liked the warmth of copper, and that it conducts heat better than any other metal cookware does. And she said that a copper mixing bowl is the absolutely best bowl to use when beating eggs whites – she said that there is a chemical reaction between the egg whites and the copper that makes the egg whites beat up stiffer faster.
Today I found a website that sells ruffoni copper cookware. To be honest I had never heard of ruffoni before, but I was really impressed with how many different copper pots and pans and molds they sold! I’ve never seen so much copper for the kitchen before! I’ve bookmarked their site for me to go back there when it is closer to my wife’s birthday. I’m sure she would love one of the brioche mold sets to hang on the wall over the range!
I’ve heard that eating chocolate can be good for you! I was thrilled to hear that – I happen to like chocolate quite a bit! Unfortunately, there is one that I don’t like – the dark chocolate. And that is the one that is healthy for you! Wouldn’t you just know it! My favorite is white chocolate, which I’ve heard really isn’t chocolate at all – it is almond bark. I’d be curious to learn how almond bark is made, and how that differs from how chocolate is made! All this came to mind as I unwrapped a Lindt white chocolate truffle and popped it into my mouth as I sat down to my computer. I could eat those truffles all day long!
I love cookies. I try to avoid them whenever possible, but this time of year it is impossible to do that. People are always offering me cookies! It’s hard to tell what cookie is my favorite. Sometimes I think that its chocolate chip cookies; sometimes I think it is sugar cookies. Sometimes I think it is butter cookies! Oh, there are just too many good cookies out there to decide!
I had some coupons to buy some Pillsbury cookie dough just burning a hole in my pocket today, so I bought a large roll of chocolate chip cookie dough and a small roll of sugar cookie dough. I had never seen the large roll of cookies before! I wonder if they are only making the large size for the holidays?! I’ve tried the store brand of cookie dough before, and it was good, but just not AS good as the Pillsbury brand. I wonder why that is – usually the store brand of food is as good as the name brand! Often it’s made by the same factory with the same recipe and ingredients, just different packaging!
Anyway, I hope I have the time to bake some of them this week! It would be nice to have some freshly baked cookies around the house!
