Home Shopping Link

Life can be stressful some times so you have to find ways to channel that stress. One very popular and proven method is SHOPPING! Etsy.com is my new found shopping link. All the products are handmade/homemade with sellers located worldwide. The only thing is all the products for sale are sold in USD. (Too bad our dollar is not as strong right now)

YAVAglass: Takes recycled glass bottles and makes them into drinking glasses.

Recycled IBC Creme Soda Bottle Glasses

Elizandaxel:

Wool lace jacket with mink trim and a velvet ribbon for a tie (not sure if I want the mink trim but won't it be so nice to be paired with dark jeans and black boots)

Dalinda: Norweagian craftster with her own blog

Plonka Clutch II

These are only some of the pretty things I found and would buy if I had a money tree.....Happy shopping.

Mme. Chorizo

Stimulate Our Ecomony

Now has everyone (including all the people who say they love winter) had enough of winter. I sure have. It is not even January yet. I just feel sorry for all the people stranded at the airports.

So to help get everyone to Boxing Day, here is a site I love to check out. I love a good deal so without further a due......RedFlagDeals.com This site has something for everyone who is looking for a deal in Canada. Be it travel tickets, food, apparel or freebies. The site was intended for Canadians but now and again you will find posts from the states. Just ignore those. This site also allows for RSS subscription so that you can check daily on what new things are on sale.

As you can see in the front page there are certain stores with their logo highlighted. If they are then that means someone across Canada has received the Boxing Day Flyer and kindly posted what is going to be on sale.

Boxing Day is probably one of the best time of the year to get a tv. The model maybe a year old but you can usually get the best discount for the size and type of tv. One year I was really lucky and got my MacBook 13" on sale. But it doesn't seem like Apple feels very generous lately so I don't expect to replace my MacBook anytime soon. One year the Ipod Shuffle was on sale for $59 (usually $89). That was a steal! So what ever deal it may be, hopefully the companies will provide us a lot of deals this Boxing Day so we can stimulate the economy. However, I have to say that when I was at the mall and Wal-Mart today, it does not seem like the economy is really suffering.

Happy Holidays Everyone
Mme. Chorizo

Don't Let the Winter Season Confine Your Green Thumbs Into Hibernation

I may love working with flowers of all variety but I admit I do not bear green thumbs. I think it is the patience to tend to something that require so much attention and effort that may or may not result the picture perfect garden of you dreams. It may also be the factor of "playing" in the dirt for me too. So then why not have a powered mini greenhouse right on your kitchen table without requiring soil. Yes, you skeptics, you can grow plants without soil. I mean it's on the internet, so it has to be true. 8P

Introducing the AeroGarden. The Areogarden has 3, 6 or 7 slots to place you special seed pods in so you can grow what your heart desires. If you are a gardener and cook, then grow your own little veggie garden or herb garden. If flowers are you thing, then an English Garden it is.


All you have to do is buy the special seed pods (from the same company), add water and a nutrient tablet (from the company too). There are specific lights that indicate refilling the base with water or another tablet.

It works by creating a wet and nutrient rich environment for the plant roots while the LED lights above will give your plant the appropriate amount of light for photosynthesis. Aeroponic system.

Now my question is if you can add you own seeds to the pods to grow other plants that are not available through their website. The company doesn't appear to endorse it but if you go to YouTube, you will find some scientists out there that have successfully grown other types of plants. I won't say what it is but I can tell you that you can't eat it or arrange it in a floral arrangement, but it is sometimes known to be used for "medicinal" purposes. Fork over $180-80 USD/$220-98 CAN and you can laugh in the face of old man winter.

Mme. Chorizo

Something for the Cold Season

I am sorry I have not been very good about updating on my blog. I have come down with the usual case of a cold. Oh the joys of sniffling and sneezing your way into the night while your sinuses feel like something is digging its way out of your head. But thank goodness to a Germany company on the internet, they have found a way to give you a bit of comfort to you sneezing ways. Design 3000 have come up with a pillow that has a slot where u can store facial tissues. What comfort! Now, if only they can include a little pouch or some sort of hook to hang a plastic bag for all the used tissues.

I think the company's intention was to create a pillow for people who enjoy a good sob novel or the best chick flick in bed. Nevertheless, 87 Euros ($150CAN) can provide you with a conversational piece or an extra item to go into you garage sale next spring.


Mme. Chorizo