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Shrink-wrapped rack of clearance!

Clearance jackpot!

Published by on April 21, 2013 | 2 Responses

This weekend we scored the best deal we’ve ever had to date. We went to Lowes and saw a whole rack of clearance that was shrink-wrapped and for sale for $50. The retail value is over $1000! It included stuff like three faucets (including one worth $138), a drill, copper tubing, teacup planters, and dozens [...]

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Freezing before the race

Our third Microsoft 5k!

Published by on April 21, 2013 | 1 Response

We went to the annual Microsoft 5k race like we do every year. This time it was freezing! It was 50 degrees, overcast, with 6 mph winds. Brrrr! The Seahawks Blue Thunder Drumline was playing at the finish line. Video here. We beat our last year’s 5k race times! I finished in 25:04.6 and Angela [...]

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Cooking creatively - Caraway and homemade okara hummus

Cooking creatively – Caraway and homemade okara hummus

Published by on February 24, 2013 | 1 Response

Jon and I have decided to be a bit more adventurous when it comes to home-cooked meals.  It turns out that there’s a lot of different foods out there and deciding what to try first is really tough.  The approach we’ve decided to take is to take an untried spice and use it to cook [...]

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Wal*Mart traffic

Black Friday 2011

Published by on November 28, 2011 | 1 Response

Another Black Friday has come and gone, and we have some stories to tell. The in-person Black Friday shopping was disappointing, but we got some sweet deals online (I’ll talk about those at the end of this post). We wanted to buy some things from Wal*Mart, but apparently so did everybody else. The freeway was [...]

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What we've been up to...

What we’ve been up to…

Published by on June 6, 2011 | 1 Response

Well, once again we’re guilty of not updating the blog .  We have been busy little bees though.  In April we spent the entire month training for a 5K race that was sponsored by Microsoft.  At first, I think we were just doing it because it was free, but then we got really into it.  We were [...]

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Angela's new calling in life

Angela’s new calling in life

Published by on March 7, 2011 | 1 Response

I think I’ve found my new calling in life. VELODROME RACING! We had a beautiful spring day yesterday and Jon and I made use of the not often seen sun. We set out on a bike ride without a set destination and ended up biking down some unknown trails. About an hour and a half [...]

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Oooorange!

Oooorange!

Published by on February 7, 2011 | 1 Response

Jon and I went on our honeymoon to Southern California.  We went to all of the big theme parks including California Adventures where I found my favorite ride, which no longer exists :’(, the Orange Stinger.  Who could resist swinging around in a gigantic Orange?  Who cares if all of the other riders are 10 [...]

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Warm up purchases at Target

If shopping were a sport…

Published by on November 27, 2010 | 5 Responses

It’s that time of the year again–deal time!! We decided to do a warm-up run before Black Friday just to brush up on our skills. Then we did our infamous Black Friday series; and we even added some more deals that we don’t normally do: food! We actually didn’t have anything we really wanted to [...]

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Bikes~

Bikes~

Published by on July 5, 2010 | 2 Responses

Well, a couple of weeks ago Jon and I thought we’d step up our exercise game and get bikes so that we could save on gas $ and get a little bit of a work out at the same time.  I know from the pictures they look pretty cool, by my bike was only $60 [...]

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Our Black Friday treasures

Deals, deals, deals! Deals all over the floor!

Published by on December 1, 2009 | 4 Responses

We had an uber-successful shopping season this year! About a week ago, we found a 24″ LCD full HD monitor for $170 with free shipping on the Dell Outlet website. Thanks to Twitter, I found a $20 coupon. So we got a humongous 24″ monitor for watching movies and viewing recipes while we’re cooking in [...]

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