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Year: 2007

  • Okay so I thought I would go over a little bit how I thrift, specifically the sales on the weekends: yard sales, garage sales, and the holy grail: estate sales. The first thing to do is find a reliable source of information. I go for the local paper. Here’s a list of what I bring:-Basket – guaranteed to make you look genius. I’ve had these for a couple years now and they are freaking fantastic. Every sale I get a "oh your own basket that’s a good idea!" You can stash stuff in here while the…

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  • And in the totally not going to save the world, but extremely interestinig and funny catagory we have random crap from Amber day! I’ve been online like non stop getting info on my iPhone. And have come across quite a few interesting little gems on the web. So enjoy the fruits of my labor.Person witnesses a murder and writes the paper about it. (ah hahahahahahahaha) Complaint about airline seat. (I fact checked this on Snopes, and it’s real!) A fun little American accent quiz (I’m a midland apparently – the least amount of accent! Nice and…

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  • So I was trying to think of what to blog about today. Some sweet new candle holders? A fun day in Portland with Michele and V? The million and one projects I’ve started and haven’t finished? The 25 awesome jars ready to be put up on my site? No I can’t blog about any of that because all I can freaking think about is what is going to happen in 66 hours. If you don’t know what I’m talking about then we’re not friends. It’s the iPhone people, and it’s all I’ve got on my mind.…

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