Silly Saturday...

For all the Bram Stoker, Anne Rice, Brian Lumley and Laural K. Hamilton fans.  Happy New Year everyone!

C.Q.

Friday's Freebie...

I am back from a wonderful vacation and just wait until I tell you all about the great deal I found on New Years.  Hubby brought me to the outlet Malls in Williamsburg, Virginia because he knows how much I like to find a good deal.  We went into the Coach store there and I found a purse that I loved that started with a retail price of $358.00, since it was in the Outlet store it was marked down to their price of  $299.00, because it was after Christmas the larger stock was marked down 50%, no the purse was $149.50, as an added incentive to the folks that got there early they were giving out coupons for 30% off anything in the store, that made the final price at the register $104.65, a great deal for a large Coach bag.  I had a $100.00 cash back gift card from Discover that I had cashed out for before we left making the final cost to me for the bag, with tax, $6.95.  When my husband heard the final amount he said "let me pay that, then I can tell everyone I bought you a Coach purse", what a guy. ;)  I hope everyone had a great Christmas and is looking forward to a fantastic New Year!  Now here is today's freebie.

Looking for a way to get your morning started?  From now until January 31st Pilot and Flying J are offering free coffee.  Just print the coupon and bring it in with you, there is a limit of one per day.

Have a great Friday everyone!

C.Q.

Merry Christmas!

An Irish Christmas Blessing

The light of the Christmas star to you
The warmth of home and hearth to you
The cheer and good will of friends to you
The hope of a childlike heart to you
The joy of a thousand angels to you
The love of the Son and God's peace to you.

Merry Christmas everyone!

C.Q.

Silly Saturday...

Have a great Christmas weekend everyone!

C.Q.

Meet me on Monday...

This week Java over at Never Growing Old is running an extended version of the Meet Me On Monday since there will be no posts on Christmas or New Years.  I wanted to that this opportunity to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a safe and beautiful New Year!


1.Wrapping paper or gift bags?
2.Real or artificial tree?
3.When do you put your tree up?
4.When do you take your tree down?
5.Do you like eggnog?
6.Do you have a nativity scene?
7.Favorite Christmas Movie?
8.Favorite Christmas cookie?
9.Where will you eat Christmas dinner?
10.Angel, bow or star on top of your tree?
11.Most annoying thing about this time of the year?
12.Do you like Fruitcake?
13.What are you most excited about the holidays?
14.Do you open presents Christmas Eve or Christmas Morning?
15.Will you still be wrapping presents on Christmas Eve?
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1.Wrapping paper or gift bags?

This year it was all wrapping paper, which is odd since I love easy!!

2.Real or artificial tree?

We have an artificial, both a large and a small one. Only the small one is up this year since we will be out of town.

3.When do you put your tree up?

We put our little tree up a couple of days ago, if we were staying home I like to put it up the first weekend in December.

4.When do you take your tree down?

ALL decorations get taken down and put away on New Years Day.

5. Do you like eggnog?

I like the stuff from the store, I don't like it with Rum or Brandy in it.

6. Do you have a nativity scene?

I have a small Crèche from when I was little, we put it out most Christmas'

7. Favorite Christmas Movie?

That's an easy one, I just watched it today; Eloise at Christmastime

8. Favorite Christmas cookie?

Norwegian rosette cookies

9. Where will you eat Christmas dinner?

Josiah Chowning's Tavern in Colonial Williamsburg

10. Angel, bow or star on top of your tree?

When its up we have an Angel for the top

11. Most annoying thing about this time of the year?

Rude people

12. Do you like Fruitcake?

I adore a good Fruitcake!!  (I know I am in the minority on this one)

13. What are you most excited about the holidays?

Going on vacation with my hubby to someplace we have never been

14. Do you open presents Christmas Eve or Christmas Morning?

Our gift is our vacation but most years its Christmas eve. (Ya, that's me in like 7th grade with braces and a fire hazard flocked tree from the 70s.)

15. Will you still be wrapping presents on Christmas Eve?

Nope, I got all my shopping done a while ago and my wrapping was all done as of today.

Have a great Christmas everyone!

C.Q.

Sunday's media madness...

Looking for a little Christmas music while you are wrapping gifts?  Look no further than Amazon for free MP3 downloads of your favorites.  They have everything from the always beautiful Ave Maria by Celtic Woman to the very traditional Greensleeves by Mannheim Steamroller. 

I hope you are having a wonderful weekend!

C.Q.

Silly Saturday...

Check out Band of Cats for more fun pictures

I hope you are all having a great weekend so far!

C.Q.

Friday's Freebie...

Even the healthy eaters out there crave fries sometimes.  Today you can satisfy your craving at Burger King with a free small fry.  No other purchase is required, limited to one per person while supplies last.  Check out their Facebook page to find a BK near you, while you are there click their "like" button to have a chance at winning a $5.00 gift card.

I hope you are all having a great Friday!

C.Q.

Thursday's picture perfect deal...

The picture...

This is from last years first snow fall, my dog Tucker was so elated to have the white stuff to play and roll around in again!

The deal...

Now through Sunday December 16th Newport News Fashion is offering 50% off on all orders over $75.00, the discount is automatically applied, no code needed.  What a great way to get a little something for yourself this season!

Have a wonderful Thursday everyone.

C.Q.

Wednesday's learn and earn...

~WORD OF THE DAY~

mountebank  \MOUN-tih-bank\  ~ noun

DEFINITION(s): 1: a person who sells quack medicines from a platform

2: a boastful unscrupulous pretender : charlatan

EXAMPLES: In his newspaper column, Gavin criticized the talk-radio host as "a mountebank whose 'expert' opinions and advice are complete hooey."

"Bring your five-minute tales related to all things fraudulent and pseudo. Flimflammers, mountebanks, poseurs and snake oil salesmen especially welcome." -- From a literary events listing by Gina Webb in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, September 25, 2011

DID YOU KNOW? "Mountebank" derives from the Italian "montimbanco," which was formed by combining the verb "montare" ("to mount"), the preposition "in" (converted to "im," meaning "in" or "on"), and the noun "banco" ("bench"). Put these components together and you can deduce the literal origins of "mountebank" as someone mounted on a bench -- the "bench" being the platform on which charlatans from the 16th and 17th centuries would stand to sell their phony medicines. Mountebanks often included various forms of light entertainment on stage in order to attract customers. Later, extended uses of "mountebank" referred to someone who falsely claims to have knowledge about a particular subject or a person who simply pretends to be something he or she is not in order to gain attention.

~THE REBATE~

Have a child hooked on the Hasbro Littlest Pet Shop?  Now you can get the special edition Littlest Pet Shop Rooster when you collect 8 stickers from specially-marked packages (look for the green paw print) of The Littlest Pet Shop Pretty Pairs, Shimmer ‘n Shine Pets, Walkables, or Walkable Theme packs. The offer ends 6/30/12 and requests need to be post marked by 7/31/12.  To get yours fill out the rebate form and mail it together with the 8 stickers pasted on the collectors page.  It doesn't say where you can get the books but I am guessing they are in the boxes the toys come with.

I hope everyone is having a great Wednesday!

C.Q.

Meet me on Monday...

Well its Monday again and that can only mean its time to get to know your blogger neighbors with the Meet Me On Monday hop hosted by Java over at Never Growing Old. It is a lot of fun so be sure to hop over and follow along.


Here are today's questions:

1. Tomorrow I'm going to _________?
2. Pudding or Jello?
3. What book are you currently reading?
4. What is the first concert you went to see?
5. What is your current weather?
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1. Tomorrow I'm going to _________?

Run to town to pick up our prescriptions, get a gift card for my Sister-in-law and mail my last Christmas package.

2. Pudding or Jello?

That's tough but I have a real soft spot for lime Jello, it was a comfort food growing up and so I still love it today. (The picture is from The Jello Mold Mistress of Brooklyn, there is a TON of cool stuff there to check out!)

3. What book are you currently reading?

I am reading Murder by Mocha, its the latest in the Coffee House Mystery series by Cleo Coyle.  I love a good mystery.

4. What is the first concert you went to see?

Wow, that's a long time ago, I think it was Head East & John Cougar concert together back in the late 70s; before he changed his name.

5. What is your current weather?

36* with freezing rain, ish!

Hope everyone is having a great start to their week!

C.Q.