It’s been awhile since I did a weekly wrap-up, So Fresh Friday style, so I thought I’d attempt to do it again. If you don’t like it, please write in the comments this exact phrase: No Fresh Fridays boooo, boooooooooooo. And if you do like it, write something else. Like: YouTube and documentaries have forever ruined KFC for me.
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Okay, first off… I absolutely love this SNL video. Over the past few years, I’ve questioned the entertainment and humor value of SNL, and time and time again I’ve been sorely disappointed. This video, however, is *hysterical.*
My favorite is the window washer.
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Sometimes I write for websites that aren’t this one. These two articles are seasonally appropriate, so I thought you might like them. And me. But mostly them. No, wait. Me.
10 Stocking Stuffers for Tech-y Men
I want a grapefruit now.
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Every time I have a Cute Stuff Sale, I come away from it realizing a few things that I can do better. So, I’m holding a last-minute Cute Stuff Sale – the Stocking Stuffer Edition. Some details:
- Thursday, December 8th, 8pm to 10pm EST
- All items are $15 or less including ship. (Extra fees apply for international shipping.)
- We will have very few shops for a nice, slow-paced CSS. (Bring your beverage of choice.)
Yes, I am accepting sellers. Feel free to email me at roo@nicegirlnotes.com if:
- You have items available for $15 or less including ship.
- They will be ready to ship by December 8th.
- You can ship your items within 48 hours of an invoice being paid.
If you don’t know what a Cute Stuff Sale is, check out an explanation of the last sale, and then some Cute Stuff Sale FAQs. :)
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I love Pinterest, but I have one small, rather insignificant critical opinion of some of the crafts I see floating around Pinterest. There are a lot of paint sample crafts floating around. A lot of them include a lot of paint samples.
Photo credit: Real Simple
I am assuming that the majority of families do not have boxes and boxes of paint samples in their homes, which makes me think that crafty people around the country are going to their local Home Depot or Lowe’s and shoving tons of paint samples in their handbags with no intent of actually using them to see if they should paint their hallway a shade of Soft Peach.
I find this akin to going into a local Starbucks, grabbing a fistful of napkins and using them around the dinner table that night.
Am I wrong? I would love someone from Home Depot or Lowe’s or Benjamin Moore to tell me that I’m wrong. But here’s my thought process:
It costs money to produce those paint samples. Those paint samples are available with the hope and assumption that people are using them to figure out what shade of latte they’d like to paint their living room. When people are suddenly heading to the paint store in droves and grabbing handfuls of paint samples with no intention of using them for their traditional purpose, suddenly, the paint companies have to make more. Which is an expense. That expense is then – I’m surmising here – covered by an increase in cost of paint + paint accoutrements.
So my whole point is (and this is just a theory)… it seems wrong to use free paint samples in this manner, unless of course, I’m recycling my paint samples after picking out my paint. What are your thoughts on this? Anyone want to weigh in? :) Tell me if I’m just being cranky.
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I’ll leave you with a picture of Baby Shark.
“Yo, girl, hold up. Let me just finish up this blog post.”
