Best Month for Deals?

Yahoo claims that these are the best months to buy each of these items.I'm not too sure about some of this stuff - for instance, I find that swimsuits were cheaper in January of last year than they are now.  Of course, there's not nearly as much selection in January as there is now, either.  On the other hand, it does give a nice jumping off point for thinking about when to buy big ticket items like furniture and cars.

1st episode of the Guild

Basically just sets up the season, hopefully there will be more going on in ep 2.  But I'm excited that it has begun!

One more week 'til Season 4 of the Guild!

Thinking of Opening a Scottrade Account?

I use Scottrade for my self-managed Roth and a general savings fund stock account, and they provide pretty good service.  I just got an email from them offering 10 free trades to me and to you if I refer you and you set up an account.  If you are interested in a referral, just let me know.

Words Fail Me ...

Touchdown Jesus is Fail

Is there any part of this story that isn't humerous?

Low-Fat Bread Machine Bread

I got a bread machine for Christmas ... and I am beginning to think that it is not a coincidence that I've been having weight management problems since then.  I've been counting each 1 oz slice of the recipe I was using as one point, according to the generic Weight watchers standard.  I worked out the actual points the other day - it was 5 points a slice!  Figure 2-3 slices a day, and I've been eating a "stealth" 8-12 points a day.

Looked around on the internet, and the only book I could find was The Best Low-Fat, No-Sugar Bread Machine Cookbook Ever.  I ordered it from the library, and quite franky the recipies all looked gross.  Instead of honey or sugar, most of her recipies use ... prunes.  I like prunes, but I don't like sweet bread at all.  Still, as I had no other options that I could see, I chose a beer bread with 83 calories an oz as the least disgusting looking and gave it a try.

It was delicious.  Despite being sweetened with prunes, it tasted earthy and wheaty, not sweet, with a lovely chewy texture.  Since I was already two days late on returning the book to the library, I haven't had a chance to try any of the other recipes, but I have ordered it online and can't wait to see how her other disgusting-looking creations taste.  I am really exited about this - I didn't want to go back to preservative-full, flavorless store bread, but I just couldn't see how I could stay at a reasonable weight when every ounce of bread I ate had more than 200 calories in it.  I love the internet!