recently purchased

 

I am an Amazon dot com shopper.  If there's something I am looking for online Amazon is where I look first.  Especially if I don't have the patience to wait until the weekend and go store to store looking for what I have in mind.  I don't do a lot of shopping otherwise.  I recently cut off several pairs of older blue jeans to avoid shopping for new shorts.  The grocery store and Walmart is about it for me.  And Amazon. 

 

Seresto flea and tick collar for dogs.  My father-in-law swore by it so this year we are trying it.  I will report that after putting it on Kate over a month ago, she has had no problems so far with the collar itself causing problems on her skin like some of the reviews stated.  As far as fleas I haven't seen a one.  I have picked a few ticks off her and they were all dead.  Even the ones on her back legs.  The collar is fairly expensive but not compared to topicals that actually work and the collar covers eight months.  I have got to get the cats one too.

 

A roll of sticky back cork.  This I am excited about because I recently acquired two good sized shadow boxes that are in need of cork on the inside so that I can pin in my oddity collection for the kids to observe... without touching.  I have bones, dead moths, owls pellets, bird nests, wasp nests and I could kick myself for forgetting to go back and get the snake skin that Shaun saw the other day... all to put on display. 

 

Our wedding anniversary was this past weekend and Shaun is always in need of a new pair of his favorite sunglasses.  They are listed as safety glasses and are Harley Davidson brand.  He has always liked the mirrored lenses.  They are everywhere laying around in his shop.  I don't know why he doesn't just throw away the scratched up pairs.  I can see him going around and trying them all on trying to find the good ones. 

 

Granny gave me a bookmark one night at supper and it had a hole punch in the shape of a heart.  I am sure my eyes got larger than life when I saw it thinking how cute it was.  So Amazon had one for about five bucks plus shipping.  I thought it would be nice sometime to use as a warning worm hole for the kids and then sometimes nice to use anywhere!

 

And with all the coloring I was doing when my pc was down I seemed to have ran out the green gel pens.  So I got a new pack.  They aren't cheap and I seriously could have probably found them cheaper somewhere else.  But sometimes you just want it right now and you push the button.

tipsy for spring tops

Oh geez y'all!  I love it and I hate it when my nose gets attached to my laptop screen half drooling over spring tops.  I got really hooked on the Forever21 site the other day and truly can't believe I only picked five tops to share with you.  When I find a flowy top all I can envision is me standing outside on a hot summer day feeling cooled because the breeze has my shirt flowing in the wind instead of the summer heat making my top stick to my skin.  Aah.  And for some reason I also see brown, dead grass... but that could be some other issue.  Here are five shirts I chose to share with you.  

The site is Forever21

I've also found in the past that if you don't get to antsy and order everything you want right away, you can probably catch it on sale within a few weeks.  Their stock rotates pretty quick.  I got a $32.00 sweater for $9.95 because I waited until after Christmas to order it.  Luckily they still had it.  If they didn't then I didn't need it to begin with!

I'd love to hear or see what tops are your favorites!  An easy way to share is over on facebook with my friends in the peppysis group!  What?!?! You're not in??  Friend me on FB and I will happily add you to our secret clan!

Remember when I found my favorite flowy tanks for summer last year?

Happy Friday

It's lil ole Laurie here sharing clicks from around the global internet.  I have a couple of lists of ideas for my weekend, one for each day, work on taxes, a grocery visit, day care plans, a birthday, acupuncture, library visit and maybe an organic chicken to roast on Sunday along with a fresh loaf of homemade bread.  Hopefully I can squeeze in a walk in the woods or begin sewing my camper curtains.  I really have a small list of winter goals in my journal that includes a few updates to our camper that I want to finish before camping season which for us begins in May.  All the while listening to a Bill Monroe greatest hits album on the hold shelf waiting for me at the library.  Don't worry... I will have some down time while I am watching Doc Martin series four and five.  Whew... I've starting to wear down already! 

Hope your plans don't tire you out too bad!  Have a good one and here are some clicks in case you don't have any plans!

I love the idea of hosting a soup party before cold weather is gone.  Terrific idea!

My grocery list will include the ingredients for this dairy-free chocolate banana shake this weekend!

What a cute make over for a vintage birdcage!

I've never thought of putting a mirror in the kitchen.  The first picture is my favorite.  You can see a bigger glimpse inside the house and kitchen here.  I love it! 

I want these striped jeans for some reason although I can't think of where I would wear them.

What pretty hoop art in this shop on etsy.  The cactus ones are my faves.

How to clean the inside of your oven door.

St. Patrick's Day crafts for kids on kiwi crate.

And 12 ways to start feeling happier, now.

lovin right now

truly I am not one who indulges in really expensive things.  i like comfort, i like cheap, i feel i am an easy to please kind of gal.  here are a few things that are rockin my world lately.  the only thing that you can't find at your local super-walmart are the american eagle jeans.  and mine are thrifted, used and extremely broke in.  i like em like that!

 

 

i'm hooked on nerds.  the funny thing is, is that they have been in a candy jar at the day care for months without me touching them and all of a sudden they are all i want!

 

i accidentally/kinda purposely bought the green apple chapstick at the dg for shaun.  he likes the original and i thought i could pass this off cause they didn't have his kind at the register.... didn't work.  lucky for me i'm now a big fan of it!

 

my men's department, 3 pack, v-neck, white tees.  softer with every wash.  made for a man but strong enough for this woman! 

 

my jeans have holes and are a tad too tight but i some how can find used american eagle jeans at the thrift store like nobody's business and take them on through the rest of their jean existence. with love.

 

i am completely digging the smell of lavender/vanilla downy infusions.  i washed an afghan that i bought at a yard sale that is so soft and it held on to this smell like a boss.  i sat in my comfy chair last night covered up in lavender vanilla heaven.  i like it on my clothes too.  i even washed our sheets, blanket and bedspread in it and when i walked in the room it smelled wonderful and clean.