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Clash of the Titans - Harry Hamlin Aside

August 18th, 2008 at 06:36 pm



My weekend was the scene of the small economies and we rewatched the 'Clash of the Titans' I think the title is - with Harry Hamlin (va-voom!).

While cleaning my bedroom on Saturday morning I found about 7 partially used bottles of lotions (a good sign that I need to re-join the flylady emails) that I downsized into four. Most of these were gifted but still 7 on one bedside stand is WAY too much AND birthday and Christmas and the lotion gifts that might be incoming are on the horizons.

So I combined those even going so far as to add a splash of water into the near empties to get that last little bit of goodness out. The combo jar is what I use to moisturize my feet with before I put on fresh socks for bed so it's of no big import that it's a mixed bag of juicieness in there.

Also on the beauty front I colored my own hair again on Saturday night. My normal night of Lux's House of Beauty treatments! Cost has gone up at the dollar store from $2 a box to $2.75! Frown


I spent a bit of time on Saturday combining the multiple open bottles of jelly, ketchup, mustard, BBQ sauce and pickles in the icebox. Why do males open another jar instead of looking to see if there isn't another one open already???? Hmmmm?? Probably the same thing that makes women have 7 bottles of lotion going at once!! Ha!

Also in the kitchen we had the ongoing battle of the wire mesh coffee filter vs. the paper ones. I dislike paying for the paper ones but Hubster prefers using them. Don't ask me why as he can't say. GRRR!


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Anyway I saw that we are down to the last little stack of paper ones that I got when a grocer was having a 20 for $10 sale about three years ago. That made them 50 cents a bag rather than their normal $1. I bought $5.00 worth that time.

IF I can get in there and get the coffee made first or set it up the night before we use the wire filter. If Hubster makes it sure as shooting it's one of the paper ones. I think I paid $2.98 for the wire mesh filter years back. Ho-hum. I think it's better to use the wire one! I have four reasons - number 1)it costs less in the long run and number 2) the paper ones sometimes fall down leaving me with grounds in my cup and number 3)I can empty the wire one more easily into my garden for composting efforts and number 4)it saves cutting down trees to make more paper ones.

No big fuss but along with shopping carefully for big purchases I think it's these little differences that can make a difference too in the long run on your money.

A tip I use is to buy flavoring extracts and to use dropperfuls of it to flavor our coffee instead of buying the more expensive flavored coffees. It works!

Two Hips & A Hurray for making the little efforts. Say what you will but in the clash of the Titans I still contend that the little things add up to a bit fatter wallet! Speaking of Titans, Mr. Rockefeller believed it too, according the biography about him called "Titan"!

I'm going with Mr. Rockefeller on this one!

Outside the boys and I go to work on the backyard jungle left from the ice storm! Lots of limbs still to be removed from trees and brush to be burned and bagged. See ya on the flipside hopefully without too many skeeter bites!

3 Responses to “Clash of the Titans - Harry Hamlin Aside”

  1. boomeyers Says:
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    Oh,it is NOT just males that open new things! My girls are horribly guilty! I have about 8 open boxes of cereal and 3 bottles of open ketchup. Ugh!

    We use the wire filter. Gotta love it! It is made with GOLD mesh, oh la la! Tell hubby those paper ones are horrible for you! They use tons of chemicals to make them shiney white and it leeches into the coffee. True! Look it up!

  2. baselle Says:
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    Happy blogoversary!

    A "technique" that has helped me out of many of these little differences is to simply forget. Simply "forget" to buy the paper filters after they run out and use the filter cup. See if the hubster is strongly or weakly addicted to his preference. If strongly, he will buy the paper filter himself; if weakly, he might use the filter cup and "decide" its not so bad after all.

  3. ralph Says:
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    I usually use the gold plated filter, but it can let too many grounds through if they are finely ground. So we keep the unbleached paper filters on hand for that situation, otherwise I just grind coarsely. I think you get more flavor with the gold plated filter but too many grounds are disgusting!

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