Rain rain, go away. So I can wear my suede shoes.

Ok.  So DSW sent me a $10 off coupon, and it was raining, and I was worried I'd ruin my suede Enzo's, so I went to DSW at lunch.  Lo and behold, more inappropriate rain shoes, but gorgeous!  The Ralph Lauren suede "Zamora" in Smoke.

They ended up being about $35, which is cool, because online the cheapest sale price appeared to be $69.

So I thought I should get another pair.  Madden Girl, Lyons.  Under $30, which is good, because I don't like to pay too much for Madden Girl shoes.  I thought these were retro-cool, though, for partying.  Maybe I could wear these with my Betsey black dress, ya know?

So then I went to Costco, and I saw some flats that I thought would be good for travel.  I remember them being marked down at Costco from $50, and now they were around $20.  Bingo!  Score, because online at Endless.com they are still $79.  Me Too, "Legend 2"

Flats, yes, not my thing, but cute for flats!  Good deal.  Yeah.  More shoes.

Mini word tp roll albums

Happy 4th.  This long weekend helped me find time to do some crafting, golfing, and having fun with friends.

Here's a TP roll book I learned on Cricut Studio:  http://cricut-studio.posterous.com/cricut-studio-cricut-studio-cricut-cards-tp-r

This is the finished product. Used 4 flattened TP rolls, cut chipboard letters with Lyrical Letters shift Jumbo, 3 1/4.
Tags from Tags Bags Boxes 4 inches blackout.  Cut TP rolls and tags 2.5, 3, 3.5, then left the large ones at 4 (which is the length of the TP roll. 

Here it is separate from the tags that you stick in the holes between letters.

Tags

Hope you like it!  Thanks to Cricut Studio for the idea and measurements!

Also, I know this isn't a food blog, but crafters don't have much time to eat.  Kudos to Costco for my food idea - frozen ahi - defrost (only takes a couple min), sear in pan (pref sesame oil) with sea salt and lemon.  Toast Torta sandwich bread, spread pesto on bread, eat!  5 minute sandwich.  More time to craft. 

copics, xoom, and more love.

So, I went to the Coeur d'Alene stamp show today, and ended up with a new bag full of copics.  Just can't stop.

Speaking of not stopping, I was hungry on the way home, so I went to Costco for food.   Next thing you know, not only is there the Costco Rotissierie Chicken in my cart, but also a Motorola xoom.  I was looking at them, and debating what if anything to get, and then  -  there it was!  The cardboard thing said something like I needed it "you need this" or something.  Whatever.  Well, I have one now.  It's what I took the picture above using.  Pretty good graphics and pics!

Costco Rotisserie Chicken

$4.99.  The mystery of the Costco chicken.  I would never eat the dang thing, then curiosity finally got the best of me.  I can't stop.

Alright.  I am no self-proclaimed cook.  At all.  But here is what I do with it.

Evening #1.  Pull off legs and wings.  Eat.
I then take off the skin as I'm not a big seasoning/salty fan.
I cut all the chicken off the body and save in a Gladware container.
I then take the body and boil it (then simmer) in a pot with salt for broth.  I don't add onion or carrots (well, because I don't like carrots) or pepper.  I'm going to add noodles later on, and some spices if I need to.  Basic Chicken noodle soup.  Oh, and add some of the chicken cubed up.

Day #2.  Breakfast.  Eat soup.

Lunch.  I heat up a pita.  I spread on hummus or tzaziki (can also buy at Costco), put in some chicken pieces and lettuce and eat.  You can also add tabouli (also at Costco, do you see a theme here?), cut up tomato, feta and roasted garlic pieces.

Evening #2.  Make spaghetti.  For sauce use any kind but add a cut up pepper (like orange, sweet) and chicken to sauce.

Snack #2.  Cheese and cut up chicken in a tortilla.  Make quesadilla or just roll it up, add salsa.

Day #3.  More soup.

Lunch - put chicken in tortilla/wrap with feta, romaine, tabouli, any other ingredients you have laying around.  I actually dip in habanero salsa, but that's just my deal.  You can make either mexican with cheddar/jack and salsa, or mediterranean like yesterday, or whatever. 

Dinner/snack.  Shred the rest and make chicken nachos!  All done!

I am just simple about this, as there are tons of recipes on the internet, but as I'm not a cook, it has to be fast and simple, or I'm not doing it.  Just wanted to share what I'm up to when not crafting/gaming/working.

kinect x box 360?

Yes.  And I never want to leave the house again, just like that.

It is like the wii, but 10x better.  It's not perfect, and I need to clear some more space in my crafty/gamer/mess living room, but it is awesome.  Thank you Costco for the impulse buy.
It even takes pics of you while you play and you can laugh at your action shots.  Hysterical.  I then got the free trial of netflix so I could see if streaming movies really works. It does.  Which brings me to the next toy:

The Verizon mifi.  Your own little hotspot.  It is powering my computer right now, and also my xbox for internet/streaming.  I am a lucky gal, and got the unlimited service from Verizon back in the day. I hear this is a problem now with the new plans, but I am luckily for now able to use it for all of this at home!  I am addicted.  It is also cool to take on the road with my laptop mini, works great.  Mobile office!