I Scream, You Scream

OMG more food news: It's Free Cone Day at Ben & Jerry's today (12p-8p).

Another Lame-o Bullet Point Post

• The only thing better than thrift shopping on 99¢ day? Finding a $10 bill in your cart on 99¢ day!
• Vi has been occasionally singing the alphabet song (and correctly, at least to the well-trained ear), but the thing is you can't prompt her to do it, you have to catch her doing it. She was also batting about .800 on correctly identifying her letters in her ABC book last night (as in, when I ask her what letter "this" is, she would reply "G" or "R.").
  
• As brainiac coincidences go, we were preschool shopping this past weekend. We've decided to apply to the two (of the three I saw) that had the best teachers. The fact that they're also the least expensive of the three is a bonus.
• Keeping with the brainiac theme, I just burnt my tongue on some wickedly hot lentil soup.
  

Clearly, Violet gets her genius from me.

The Thrifting Gods Giveth...

...and taketh away.

I've been on the hunt for a wool hat and mittens set and was pretty excited to find one at Goodwill yesterday, right on top of the hat pile. It was a block of black with small snowflakes on top of a charcoal grey block, meaning it would match all of my coats (don't deviate much from the black-grey-white pallete).

Too bad I went on post-thrift laundry autopilot and just threw it all in the wash together.

I don't think it would even fit Violet now it's so shrunken, even after soaking it in solutions each of hair conditioner (wool is hair after all), borax, and mild soap. BOO.

Whole Paycheck Responds to the Economic Downturn

Love Whole Foods? Hate how spendy it is? I've got great news that comes in the form of a printable coupon!

Take $5 off of a $25 purchase, expires 10/22.

Organic milk just got a smidge cheaper.