When you're hungry at work at 10:15am because you had to eat a bowl of milkless cereal this morning maybe don't drink half a cup of brown drink (read: Diet Coke) from an open can in the staff fridge.
In other news, I wanted to report on my other "free" thing. Earlier in the summer I had purchased a pair of Mephisto (read: old lady) sandals, of the snake print persuasion. These are the most comfortable things I have had the pleasure of slipping my feet into, ladies and gentlemen. Also, each time I took them off, my feet were silky smooth; and I don't know why! They were that good. But, after wearing them fewer than 10 times, the snake print started to wear off :( I got in touch with my friendly neighbourhood Walking on a Cloud where I purchased them and as of a few days ago, they offered me a credit for the value of the sandals. Yay! So I'm going to pick up some newwies today. These are the best, I'm telling you. Buy some. Not cheap, but your feet will proverbially thank you.
Also, I wanted to tell y'all about this. I am in week two of my weekly dose of CSA from Kawartha Ecological Growers. I like everything about this deal. The pick-up is right behind my work, the basket is always plentiful and colourful, the people are great, there is no waste (you bring your own bags 'n such) and it's such a nice way to celebrate the bounty of the summer and fall. Yes, I'll be getting a basket until November. Yessss! An amazing value for $15 a week of veggie and fruit goods. And that's just for the mini basket. There are small and large baskets as well, at $25 and I forget the other amount, respectively. Check them out. It's such a pleasure :)
Have a great weekend! Go check out The Ex! Maybe try a cheeseburger donut! Ok I'll stop there.
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Friday, August 26, 2011
Thursday, August 18, 2011
On the topic of free things
Hello,
Here to update y'all once again on more free things I've procured. Well, it's one at the moment, and I still have to put a bit of work into this one, but the other one I may get later this week.
Soooooo, on the Family Day weekend in February of this year my fiancé, mom and myself painted our (my fiancé's and my; not my fiancé's, mom's and my) bedroom. It's a big room. We chose Behr colour Silver Charm, which I agonized over for months until finally deciding on it. Long story short, the edging never, and still hasn't ever matched the walls. I'm not talking about the trim, I'm talking about the upper, lower and all corner edges of the room. It's the most annoying thing! People would come over and check out our new shade and say, "Oh, you need another coat." No, we did not actually, we had done plenty, and still had a terrible result. Fast (more like slow, because it's me we're talking about) forward to earlier this week. I sent Behr a message through their website explaining the sitch. No one had been able to tell me one way or the other WHY this had happened or how to ensure it would NOT happen again, so I went to the source (walked, but didn't run. I had to get a few months of complaining about this situation you see).
No later than two days after I sent them a message I received a great response. It wasn't the response of "We'll come over and repaint the room for you, and while we're at it we'll give your house a total paint, design and furniture makeover!" but it was more one of, "For your trouble, we'll reimburse you the cost of a new can of paint." Small victories.
Thanks Behr, you made a woman's day. Now I just have to track down that pesky receipt from Home Depot to produce to Behr. One tiny caveat. But still, more free (sort of) things!
Here to update y'all once again on more free things I've procured. Well, it's one at the moment, and I still have to put a bit of work into this one, but the other one I may get later this week.
Soooooo, on the Family Day weekend in February of this year my fiancé, mom and myself painted our (my fiancé's and my; not my fiancé's, mom's and my) bedroom. It's a big room. We chose Behr colour Silver Charm, which I agonized over for months until finally deciding on it. Long story short, the edging never, and still hasn't ever matched the walls. I'm not talking about the trim, I'm talking about the upper, lower and all corner edges of the room. It's the most annoying thing! People would come over and check out our new shade and say, "Oh, you need another coat." No, we did not actually, we had done plenty, and still had a terrible result. Fast (more like slow, because it's me we're talking about) forward to earlier this week. I sent Behr a message through their website explaining the sitch. No one had been able to tell me one way or the other WHY this had happened or how to ensure it would NOT happen again, so I went to the source (walked, but didn't run. I had to get a few months of complaining about this situation you see).
No later than two days after I sent them a message I received a great response. It wasn't the response of "We'll come over and repaint the room for you, and while we're at it we'll give your house a total paint, design and furniture makeover!" but it was more one of, "For your trouble, we'll reimburse you the cost of a new can of paint." Small victories.
Thanks Behr, you made a woman's day. Now I just have to track down that pesky receipt from Home Depot to produce to Behr. One tiny caveat. But still, more free (sort of) things!
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