I went to get my haircut today. Before hitting the road, I looked for coupons online, and found one for Fantastic Sam's for $10. However, I'm not sure I really saved money, because Sam's was about 7 miles away. Oh well. I needed to practice using my smartphone as a GPS. And it was a pretty day for a ride -- sunny and warm.
I've never been to this shop before, but I like the cut. I'll continue to go wherever I find the coupon, however. I'm planning to be a lot more serious about saving this year.
I love having these days off. I'm not really doing much, just piddling around, but it feels so good! It's going to be a brutal shock when I have to go back to work.
The walk to the station will be nicer, though, because one of my Christmas presents was a set of traction coils to wear on my boots. Why didn't I think of this? It's a whole different feeling, stepping out and knowing that I am so much more surefooted!
It was kind of funny how foot-oriented our Christmas was. I got the traction coils and a pair of miniature wooden shoes for my tree (I'm part Dutch and my hometown is Holland, Michigan). My son got a pair of high-tops and a bag of socks. My DIL got a pair of moccasins. Her mom got slippers. The grandsons each got a pair of shoes for school. Weird! I wonder what our theme will be next year?
A haircut -- my big activity of the day!
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December 28th, 2013 at 07:11 am 1388214686
Love your review of traction coils, there were on markdown at our pharmacy but I don't know anyone who tried them. Would they offer security on the early AM dog walks when one one has yet swept/shovelled their walks.
I made a tray of healthy breakfast muffins and that led to shirred eggs in muffin papers. I've a few more tacos left from dinner and both wraps and fritattas are part f my repertoire of portables. It's snowing and will hit minus 18 tomorrow so I've set small bags of cooked navy & kidney beans to defrost. 1st thing tomorrow I'll start a batch of Chilli in the crockpot.
December 28th, 2013 at 06:04 pm 1388253841
The only negative I have to say about the traction coils is that they are not easy to take on and off, so I would recommend using them on a pair of boots which will just be outdoor boots. You don't want to walk around on them in the house -- wouldn't be good for your floors, and I suspect they would be a little slippery indoors.
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