Freaky Frugalite

Have you checked out the sale this week at Buy.com? They have got some very, very classy stuff on sale right now. I’ve been scouring their website, looking for deals on stuff for the kids and the Hubs (and for me, heehee!). I never noticed it before, but Buy.com has a whole section of musical instruments! How did I ever miss this?! Everyone in the family plays instruments (the Hubs is an accomplished musician and songwriter, and the kids are writing their own stuff now, too). My youngest still does not have an instrument of his own (he borrows his sister’s stuff). He’s been wanting to play the drums for years, but drum sets are noisy, take up lots of space, and are expensive.

Oh, but LOOKY what I found!!! A gaming drum set, the Ion IED05 Electronic Drum Kit; isn’t it a beautiful? It’s only $145! It connects to the computer via USB and is something like “Guitar Hero” for drummers. And since you can plug it into the PC, he can use headphones. Sweet! It comes with everything (6 drum and cymbal pads, drumsticks, software, foot pedals, etc etc), has a drumming video game, includes music for playing along, the sounds can be customized, and performances can be recorded. It looks superb.

Buy.com also has loads and loads of electric and acoustic guitars (wait til the Hubs sees this), amplifiers, keyboards, traditional drum sets, microphones, speakers, mixers, and all the accessories for everything. It’s a musical gift-givers DREAM. Prices are good. Prices are always good at Buy.com, though. I buy my camera batteries and other household stuff from them, and have a list of electronic gadgets and small appliances to purchase. I love Buy.com– they have marvelous customer service, their prices are great, their sales are even better, and a lot of stuff has free shipping. Plus, they have a stupendous selection. And right now, Buy.com has a whole section of their website devoted to gifts for certain prices ($20, $50, etc) to make things much easier for me. I love Buy.com. :D

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Well, I do a lot of shopping at places like Amazon.com, and I try SO hard to get over that $25 mark, to qualify for free shipping. But sometimes, it’s a measly $3.58 cents or something like that. Man, I hate that! $3.58 away from me and FREE shipping! Gah!

Well, I heard about a website called SuperFiller. I have not used it yet, but I think I will try it when I order next time. SuperFiller says it will search Amazon.com for products to get you at that $25 mark. I tried the site, just for kicks, and it looks really neat! You don’t have to enter in any personal account information– all you do is add the amount Amazon.com has told you need to qualify for free shipping. I punched in $5.32 as a test, and got a huge list of everything from shuttlecocks to three-ring binders to foam earplugs to pet treats. Cute. A good resource to bookmark!

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Jones Soda. All opinions are 100% mine.

One more week til Thanksgiving! It’s our biggest holiday of the year for us. A whole bunch of turkeys will be there, YUK YUK YUK!!!

OK. *ahem*

Well, I recently received a very cool Turkey Hat and bottle of soda from IZEA (all for FREE, I might add– the Turkey Hat is probably worth a fortune! Well, maybe it will be in 100 years). The kids absolutely LOVE the Turkey Hat. I even wore it around the house for a while. It’s quite warm! And rather fashionable this time of year! Maybe I should wear it to WalMart or Kohl’s– you never know– being the trendsetting gal that I am, I just may start a movement!

We decided to “review” the soda. It’s “The ORIGINAL Tofurkey & Gravy Soda” by Jones Soda Co., and it’s marketed as “a delicious vegetarian roast,” and as “soda you can chew on.”

We tried it. I’m always up to a challenge. [Read more...]

This has got to be one of the funniest political impersonation skits, ever. It’s Dana Carvey from Saturday Night Live, waaaay back in the early 90s (remember those?), imitating then-president, George H.W. Bush. He did a superb job. I played the video for the kids last year (as– you know– a history lesson), and it’s now a running gag throughout the house– the parts about the “We have learned the lesson of Vietnam…” and the “Scaaary! Scaaary!” parts. They CRACK us UP!

So here it is. We’re going to gather ’round the computer and giggle again.

Dana Carvey As Bush – Click here for more home videos

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Popstation. All opinions are 100% mine.

Whoa, this has got to be one of the classiest contests I’ve ever mentioned here. It’s from PopStation, and it’s a BIG Deal. Yes, it is! I know quite a few budding musical artists (including a bunch of them in my home!) that could be contenders… Here’s the scoop:

If you haven’t heard of Popstation yet, it’s a nifty website with online music made by “indies” (independent artists, etc). In a basic nutshell, it’s set up as a chance for blossoming singing artists to get their stuff into the open forum, perhaps qualify for an album deal. PopStation releases original songs Monday through Thursday, in the various genres, and you can practice them in the PopStation Practice Rooms for two weeks (PopStation provides everything you need– lyrics, backing tracks, etc). You record your singing; it’s entered into a pool, and voted on by the PopStation audience. All you need is a microphone and headphones and an angelic voice. There’s a helpful page, “How It Works” that has a lot more details about PopStation and the BIG Deal contest. [Read more...]