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[skyblue]

Sounds wonderful, Neo!  We love Thai food!  Boy does that sound good now!

Where do you order your tea?  I am looking for some new green tea.

I just made cake for my son's birthday.  If you were closer I would send a piece over!  (Oatmeal cake with toasted coconut topping.)

[Hippie2MARS]

Sounds wonderful, Neo!  We love Thai food!  Boy does that sound good now!

Where do you order your tea?  I am looking for some new green tea.

I just made cake for my son's birthday.  If you were closer I would send a piece over!  (Oatmeal cake with toasted coconut topping.)

Allow me to be the first to "say"...YUM!

[Neo]

Ooh, your cake sounds yummy - and healthy! Would you care to share the recipe please  ? Your son is lucky!

I usuall buy my teas from Porte Rouge (Mariage Freres teas are my favorites - Thé Sur Le Nil is a lovely green!):

http://www.porterouge.biz/

And from Teagschwendner:

http://shop.tgtea.com/store/

But tonight, I want to try some new ones from Gong Fu Tea  

http://www.gongfu-tea.com/

[ayuryogini]

I love GongFu tea. Try the Milk oolong. It's really special. So is the Moroccan Mint and the best Earl Grey I've ever had.

[cmg.sweet]

I keep trying to avoid gong fu tea, especially since I already have entirely too much at the moment, but one day I'm going to have to try them.

A while back I bought the ESPEmporium tea deal on my kindle and I'm liking the teas from them (the few I'm not thrilled with are flavors that I wasn't sure of to begin with).  I bought their milk oolong after so many comments on milk oolong on the tea thread and really like it, so once I use up a few teas I plan to try the milk oolong from gomg fu. I also got a cute kinda retro teapot fromthem that I'm liking.  I am using it for fruity and rooibos teas to save my cast iron pot for oolong and green teas.

Ok this post would prob fit better on the tea thread, but since we were talking about shopping for tea I'll leave it here 

[Jen]

Neo, I hope you had a great birthday yesterday!  I loooove that passport, I may have to get one of those someday!! 
Thanks for the tip, I'm going to try the Guerlain with the LY34 tomorrow morning.  I love it with the beast though, so we'll see!  I think the buildable coverage is my favorite part about it, and where I need more coverage it still doesn't look thick or cakey.  How did your day with the YSL go with your skin? 

hudsonam, I'm sorry the Dr. Denese isn't working for you, what a bummer.  I hope you find something that works for you soon.
Congrats on the rice maker, you're going to love it!! 
I love your hats, when/if there is a baby girl in my life I'll be contacting you!   

cmb, as far as I'm concerned, nothing is off topic here  !  I've never tried Gong Fu either but need to eventually. I have a really big supply to go through right now though!!!  Eventually. 

Well, this may be the last time I check in until Friday unless I have time later, depending on Wifi availability at the hotel I'm going to in Atlanta.  I can't wait to come back and find out what everyone has discovered in my absence   
Have a good week everyone! 

[ellesu]

Happy (belated) birthday, Neo and safe travels Jen and corky! 

hudsonam, your rice maker purchase has me searching for the rice maker thread.    I think it's about time I upgrade from my little plastic microwave rice maker.  Let us know how you like it.  And....milk tea sounds so interesting.  Stupid question, but....does it really taste like tea you've added milk to or is the taste something entirely unrelated to its name?

Anyone watching the Super Bowl? Madonna still has some moves!   

[Momentum Handbag]

Hi girls! Good morning! I was right, probs with my email (user error for sure, kind of illiterate on the whole labels thing in gmail). ANYWAY yes, I have a bunch of silver/nickel hardware in my studio, and have considered offering both kinds of hardware on some stuff, then I think well, if this is MY midlife crisis taking the shape of a handbag company, maybe I'll just stick to my beloved Antique Brass? But then nickel looks so awesome with some colors (turquoise). Anyway, all that to say, the KATE has nickel!

SHOPPING: EyesLipsFace has an awesome waterproof eyeliner for A DOLLAR, SERIOUSly, and they have specials all the time. Everything is practically free on that site. I also broke down (graduated?) and now only use on my face Eminance products, which are all organic, made in Europe. The eths. taught me about pabas etc and my face drinks it, literally.

Have you guys ever met in person? Is this what I read/hear about being a Chat Room? I've never been online meeting people before, and wondered... Is there a real time feed? How do you post pix?

OK, out for now! Thanks x 1,000,000! 3a.m.?! Wow...

OK, how sad is it that I have the Momentum window open at all times and keep on looking at that clutch?? 

Winnie, I was wondering: have you ever thought of using silver colored hardware? I am very partial to it, and Jen, whom you haven't "met" yet is too, and I'm sure we'd love it if the option was available  .

Which makes me think: Jen, we haven't seen you since KB went down over the weekend!!! Where are you? Hope all is well!

[Jen]

And we have Wifi!!!  So keep shopping ladies, I unfortunately am about as far from any shopping as possible!  BUT, I have the iPad and Wifi so I'm not totally without shopping capability!

[Jane917]

My weekend internet shopping included some leggings from Soma, Meteorites from Sephora (thanks for the help, Neo), and Dior Nude foundation from Sephora in a more neutral shade than the one I am currently using. The Dior site has a great chart to help with choosing your foundation color. I will let you know as packages start arriving.

[Cobbie]

Aruryogini, the shredder is HUGE but very quiet. I won't have to empty it but maybe twice a year...lol. Luckily, it's not as tall as my desk so it doesn't stick up over the top. Once I get rid of all my cables and have it in place I'll try to remember to take a picture. It's a beauty!

Speaking of computer cables (See, cmg, I'm talking computers and cables here in the AA thread.  ), yesterday before the Super Bowl I transferred all my documents from my PC to my external HD, set up my "new" printer my son brought me (my first wireless, had to download drivers since the installation disk was for XP and I have 7 and how did I ever do without a Wifi one?) and today the documents went to my laptop. I'm junking my antiquated PC and and all those horrible cables and will take the laptop into Apple for the transfer of documents. (Yes, Jen and SN, I'm that close.  ) My wifi still doesn't reach so I'll set up my Airport Extreme this week. I might make it into the 21st century, yet. I know this is all so boring to most of you, but my office is once more exciting to me.  

Neo, the Sephora Pro Concealer Airbrush #57 is fabulous...really, really fabulous! It's the only one I have ever been able to use well. Thanks!

Winnie, this is not considered "Chat". Above the Author box on the top left of the page is where you can see who's chatting and click the Chat button to join in. It's in real time. Here and on other threads you post whenever you want. We like to keep our thread on the first page of the "Not Quite Kindle" section. Corky and SN are the monitors of that and chastise us when we fall behind.  
Neo and Jen have met (and shopped together  ) and Addie and I have met at a Kindle meetup. I don't think you've met Addie, yet. She'll pop in with some wonderful finds when she gets a chance.

Ellesu, we watched the Super Bowl and I thought Madonna did a fantastic job. They just had the guy who did the tightrope bit (can't remember what it's called) and he said Madonna checked on every detail associated with the halftime show, no surprise there.   She looks great!

Jane, great shopping! Still loving the Heather shadow.  

[Jen]

My weekend internet shopping included some leggings from Soma, Meteorites from Sephora

Yessssss! 

(Yes, Jen and SN, I'm that close.  ) My wifi still doesn't reach so I'll set up my Airport Extreme this week. I might make it into the 21st century, yet. I know this is all so boring to most of you, but my office is once more exciting to me. 

Yesssssssssssssssss!!!      (just do it  )
I love my office too so I totally understand. 

[Andra]

I've been buying Valentine's presents for DH.  But he lurks on here occasionally so I'm not posting details until V-day is over

We did get tickets to the Princess Bride Feast this year so that is our Valentine's evening!  It's also a quote-along so no one in the theatre will get upset with me for knowing all the words to the movie.

[skyblue]

Way to go, Cobbie!  We love our Airport Express, iMac, Macbooks, iPad, iPods..... you can see where I'm going!

[Hippie2MARS]

I've been buying Valentine's presents for DH.  But he lurks on here occasionally so I'm not posting details until V-day is over

We did get tickets to the Princess Bride Feast this year so that is our Valentine's evening!  It's also a quote-along so no one in the theatre will get upset with me for knowing all the words to the movie.

I am so envious! I would love to go to a Princess Bride Feast...how awesome. My boys and I can practically quote the entire script by memory!

I didn't go crazy for V-day, but I did get my boyfriend a watch he really wanted on thinkgeek.com, a t-shirt from Woot.com, and a neck pillow you can heat up in the microwave. He has a hard time planning, so I'm not expecting much, if anything. Either way, it was fun shopping for him!

[skyblue]

I am so envious! I would love to go to a Princess Bride Feast...how awesome. My boys and I can practically quote the entire script by memory!

I didn't go crazy for V-day, but I did get my boyfriend a watch he really wanted on thinkgeek.com, a t-shirt from Woot.com, and a neck pillow you can heat up in the microwave. He has a hard time planning, so I'm not expecting much, if anything. Either way, it was fun shopping for him!

What a sweetie pie you are, H2M!  He is a lucky duck to have you as his Valentine!

[ayuryogini]

As a different sort of poll, what are your favorite drug store items/brands that you love? I have to watch my spending or, if I ever stop making hats, I won’t be able to afford all this wonderful stuff! I do still want that Dior blush though.

hudsonam, I have used a lot of different types of face washes, moisturizers, etc, of all price points (except the AP, I can only spend that on handbags ), and I've really found that I like the Olay Regenerist Face Wash, day cream and especially the Micro-Sculpting cream for night time. Last week when I was at the Dior counter, I mentioned how I wanted a foundation for aging skin and both the Dior and BobbieBrown MUA's were making a big deal about my skin being in really good shape and looking 20 years younger! So I've had good luck with the Olay, though I have to thank my mom for her genes, too! That's my favorite drug store purchase; and I get it through Amazon on the Subscribe & Save Program, so get another 15% off. (Well, it was 15%, I just now went to check and for this item it's only 5%, but still a savings.) I wasn't that happy with their serum, though, so have been using Lancome Visionnaire.

cobbie, thanks for remembering to let me know about your shredder; I think that one is in my near future; I hate my noisy one so much, I just throw stuff into bags and then bribe my daughter to shred the stuff when she comes to visit.

cmg, Did you receive your Momentum goodies yet?

Neo, how was your birthday?

Andra, What is a Princess Bride Feast? I loved the book, but only watched the movie once; maybe I would know what it was if I knew the script like H2M and her family!  It sounds really interesting.

OK, well, no one gave me that intervention I needed, so weekend shopping was the Petra in lipstick-pink and the Passport in Plum from Momentum, and the Large Tote in Chestnut from Saddleback. The other day when I was was walking into work, one of my friends told me I looked like a bag lady because I was toting stuff in a recycled grocery bag, so that should be the last of that.
I'm really looking at Winnie's latte Clutch, because I think she said she can put d-rings on it to be able to have a detachable chain so it could be a crossbody, and I would love that versatility. If anyone has the Clutch or the Petra, I'd love to hear how you like it.

[cmg.sweet]

Got mymomentum.  The teal is a bit darker/greener than I was expecting but still very happy with it.  I really like the style of the bag and have the feeling a caramel one may end up in my future.

[Andra]

Andra, What is a Princess Bride Feast? I loved the book, but only watched the movie once; maybe I would know what it was if I knew the script like H2M and her family!  It sounds really interesting.

This is another brain-child of our local theatre chain, The Alamo Drafthouse.  It's basically dinner and a movie - you have a row of seats with a table in front of them all the way through the theatre.  In the older locations, they actually took out every other row of seats to put in the tables.
They do a lot of things that involve audience participation.  We go to Sing-Alongs and Quote-Alongs on a fairly regular basis.  They will caption the movie or the songs so even if you don't know all the lines, you will have them in front of you.
The Feasts are extra-special events that include a movie and a meal that is structured around the movie.  Sometimes it includes wine pairings.  Last year we saw the movie Chocolat for Valentine's Day and all the food had some sort of chocolate element to it.
Here's the link to the Princess Bride Feast page - I'm sure it explains things more clearly than I can.
http://drafthouse.com/movies/action_pack_the_princess_bride_quote-alongfeast/austin

I will be requesting the vegetarian option as there is too much of the existing menu that I won't enjoy.

[cmg.sweet]

I want a movie theater like that!

[ayuryogini]

I want a movie theater like that!

Me, too! And what a fun Valentine's Day event.

Andra, just wondering, have they posted the Vegetarian menu as well?
That would be my option, too. It's always interesting to see the menus.

[Hippie2MARS]

This is another brain-child of our local theatre chain, The Alamo Drafthouse.  It's basically dinner and a movie - you have a row of seats with a table in front of them all the way through the theatre.  In the older locations, they actually took out every other row of seats to put in the tables.
They do a lot of things that involve audience participation.  We go to Sing-Alongs and Quote-Alongs on a fairly regular basis.  They will caption the movie or the songs so even if you don't know all the lines, you will have them in front of you.
The Feasts are extra-special events that include a movie and a meal that is structured around the movie.  Sometimes it includes wine pairings.  Last year we saw the movie Chocolate for Valentine's Day and all the food had some sort of chocolate element to it.
Here's the link to the Princess Bride Feast page - I'm sure it explains things more clearly than I can.
http://drafthouse.com/movies/action_pack_the_princess_bride_quote-alongfeast/austin

I will be requesting the vegetarian option as there is too much of the existing menu that I won't enjoy.

How very cool! I would LOVE something like that. "Chocolat" is one of my all time favorite romantic movies. If I didn't already adore Johnny Depp before this movie, I would have fallen for him immediately!

[Andra]

Me, too! And what a fun Valentine's Day event.

Andra, just wondering, have they posted the Vegetarian menu as well?
That would be my option, too. It's always interesting to see the menus.

I have not found the vegetarian option posted online anywhere.  I hope they will have it printed as a menu at the theatre.
We decided that even if I don't like some of the veggies, if we get one of each we will have a better selection

[Andra]

Addie, tickets to the Alamo's Afternoon Tea in February went on sale yesterday.  Right now there are still tickets left.
http://drafthouse.com/movies/afternoon_tea_shakespeare_in_love/austin

[hudsonam]

Thanks Neo and Jen! I make lots of boy hats too!!

Rice cooker - AWESOME! Truly the best rice I've ever had. And when I reheated it, I added a little water to it and popped it in the microwave and it came out just as fluffy as the first night! One of the best purchases ever.

Neo, I almost forgot, I did see the CeraVe face creams but I thought, like my Cetaphil cream (in the tub) that I could just use the tub CeraVe for my face too, but maybe the others would be better. I do plan on going to my dermatologist. I really need to make an appt. My skin is still a mess.

ayuryogini, thanks for the product recs! And the Amazon tip. I do that with my Yorkshire Gold tea. It's so worth it.

So I have been shopping a bit lately. I ordered some Urban Decay stuff from HauteLook (I think) a couple days ago. The tinted Primer Potions and an eyeliner. Then today I saw my favorite Merrells on 6pm.com for $60 down from $100, so I jumped on those. They are the Encore Ice, I believe. LOVE them. They are clunky and pretty ugly, but the most comfortable thing I have ever put on my foot, and the ones I have now are all beat up, so I'm excited to finally find a great deal on them! I think there's more, but I forget now! Oh, and a Vera Bradley XL Duffel which is on sale for half off!

Hope everyone is having a great week!