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I feel like a Smoothie

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I have a craving for a smoothie. I know – it’s winter – not exactly the right time for a frosty cold drink, but I’m craving a nice fruit smoothie right now.

I think maybe after dinner tonight I’ll pull out the seldom used Magic Bullet and make my husband and I some fruit smoothies. I haven’t made one for a long long time.

For some reason when ever I make one – with the full intention of making a healthy drink, we end up adding some rum or vodka to our smoothies. LOL Hey it tastes great, but it’s not really the point is it? Ok … it’s great in the summer on a hot day when you’re sitting on your patio perhaps enjoying some freshly barbecued food.

We have lots of frozen fruit in the freezer so it will be easy to make a great fat burner smoothie. If I don’t do it tonight I’m certain it will happen sometime over the weekend … can’t stop those cravings when they hit can you?

Moisturizers are so expensive!

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I guess this is skin care week here at Shopping Maniac. I spent some time today doing some research on facial moisturizers and I managed to find some great eye creams, day time cream and the best night cream for my sensitive slightly dry skin.

What gets me is that there are so many choices out there and a wide price range. Since we’re on a budget I can’t go spending 50 to 75 bucks or more on a cream – especially one with just one specific purpose like a night cream or eye cream.

Why are moisturizers so expensive? Do the products really warrant those big price tags or is it just business? If it’s just business then business must be booming!

Good moisturizers

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Huh – I was just doing a search for under eye creams and I came across phisoderm moisturizer. I didn’t know they made a moisturizer.

When I was a teen there was a skin cleanser that came in a big bottle with a pump on it. I’m sure it was called Phisoderm.

Anyway I’m still on the hunt for good moisturizers. I have sensitive skin and often flare up with allergies so I need a moisturizer that doesn’t irritate my skin. Any ideas?

Window treatments and bedding freshen the look of a room

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We’ve been living in our house for 9 years now – 10 in June. Can you believe we still have some unfinished renovations? Ones that were started oh … maybe 6 years ago! Yeah, it’s true.

Anyway … in the areas that aren’t under an almost permanent state of renovation or stalled renovation I’m starting to get a little tired of the decor. I’ve been thinking of getting some new window treatments or perhaps even blinds for the windows in the upstairs bedrooms.

I think that will freshen the look of the room. Perhaps new bed spreads as well to give the rooms a new look. It’s really amazing what just changing the window treatments and bedding can do for a room.

I think I’ll start looking through catalogs and online stores to see if I can find anything I like.

Do you ever get tired of the look of a room? What small inexpensive changes have you tried?

The weight loss business must be booming

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It seems every time I go into a drug store or a general sales type store they have tons of weight loss products at the end of the aisles and right at eye level in various places.

Even the magazines I like to read seem to have more advertisements for these types of products than they used too. It must be a good business to be in … especially in North America where they say a high percentage of people are morbidly obese.

Have you noticed an increase in these products in your favorite stores and in ads in magazines too?

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