Friday, October 11th, 2013

Voltaire wrote "To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we only owe the truth."

This Friday night in Winslow, what do we find ourselves doing?  Well, this Sunday is the season premiere of 'The Walking Dead' so what else is there to do but have a marathon to refresh our memories of the past three years!!

Of course, there aren't enough hours left in the night to watch all of it but we will go through what we can tonight and we'll keep that going as we have time throughout the weekend!

Don't forget to watch on Sunday night. If you've never seen it, you've probably been living under a rock, but you should definitely give it a chance.  A friend of mine from work got Damon and I hooked on it so you can be sure that we will be tuned in Sunday night on AMC!

Just for fun:

Bought only $38.73 worth of food and household items, but after coupons and sales: Spent only $28.73 out of pocket.  Every penny counts so use those coupons!

Friday, October 4th, 2013

Novelist Vladimir Nabokov wrote: "Nothing revives the past so completely as a smell that was once associated with it."

Friday night candle-making!

I haven't made any candles in awhile, so I thought I'd try out some of my new scents!  I'm hoping to get larger quantities of the best scents soon so I can make more candles at once.  The above, believe it or not, is a whole am pound of wax!  I prepping for Christmas presents so I tried "holiday sparkle" and "gingerbread cookies" as my scents for tonight.

Of course, it just made me want to eat cookies but I stayed focused and got some candles made!  I even experimented with doing two colors/scents in one candle, I went with white and red:

 They aren't quite dry yet but they smell great so far, and as soon as they set, I always take one and burn it so I can guarantee they smell great!

Good night Winslownians, hope you enjoyed reading about my candle-making!

Just for fun:

Bought only $15.86 worth of food and household items, but after coupons and sales: Spent $12.82 out of pocket.  We didn't need much of anything this week but I still saved a little!  Don't forget the coupons!!

Friday, September 27th, 2013

Guru Nanak said "Dwell in peace in the home of your own being and the messenger of death will not be able to touch you."

Another Friday night in Winslow!!

Tonight we decided to have a Jack Ryan marathon.  If you're asking yourself who the hell Jack Ryan is, just stop reading my blog right now.

Of course, we start with the Hunt for Red October, which happens to be Damon's favorite.  Sure, I love me some Sir Sean Connery but I just can't get past any of the Baldwin brothers playing any character of any significance, whatsoever!  I can't honestly tell most of them apart to be fair, but I have never been impressed with any of their acting abilities.

So, this leads me to my favorite, Patriot Games.  That is what I am talking about, Harrison Ford is such a better Jack Ryan!  Sure, I hate that this one didn't have Sean Connery BUT Harrison Ford more than makes up for his absence.

Lastly, is of course, Clear and Present Danger.  It could have been a lot better but it was still a great flick and Harrison Ford is still a way better actor than the Baldwin Brother in the Hunt for Red October.

We're finishing up our evening with some dinner and wine with a friendly discussion about why we think one movie was better than the other.  Sometimes is just nice to relax and have a nice quiet movie night, just forget about all the drama, all the stress, whatever you have going on, and just enjoy a good movie, or two, or three!

Just for fun:

Bought only $6.72 worth of food and household items, but after coupons and sales: Spent only $5.33 out of pocket.  We didn't need much of anything this week but I still saved a little and every little bit counts!

Friday, September 20th, 2013

Ben Okri said "The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love, and to be greater than our suffering."

Friday night outside of Winslow!

So on September 10th, Damon and I had officially been together for 8 years.  That was a Tuesday and we had a lot going on the weekend before and the weekend after so we planned to do a little celebrating this weekend!

We had dinner at Ruth's Chris out in Rogers, our first time there.  It was nice but it was no Flemmings (in Tulsa, OK).  

Afterwards, we caught a movie, "Prisoners".  Damon heard a review for it and they said you'd be on the edge of your seat the entire time so we thought we'd give it a try.  Unfortunately, we weren't so much on the edge of our seats, it was pretty slow going for the first part, but we still liked it.  It was more of a rental than a see it in the theaters kind of movie though!

Tomorrow we plan on going to see a special exhibit at Crystal Bridges on George Washington, and then on to CORE Brewery in Springdale.  They are having some event there and we thought we'd check it out (plus, I have a coupon!!) and get a tour of their facility while we are there. Here's to 8 great years together!

Just for fun:

Bought only $13.99 worth of food and household items, but after coupons and sales: Spent only $11.29 out of pocket.  We didn't need much this week but I still saved a little and every little bit counts!