Freaky Frugalite

I tweaked my blog theme a little more. How does it look? Is it too dark? I have a few minor adjustments to make. I’m not 100% sold on the background, even though I love the leather embossed look. I may decide for something more… sprightly. Got any ideas?

I also found a really cool little graphic toy called the ASCII-O-Matic Generator. I uploaded my husband’s photo and look what it did:

The ASCII-O-Matic will generate a photo using type in letter and numbers. You can do it in color, too. It took some doing to get the photo to EXACTLY 60 x 50. It won’t accept anything else. And the photo must be a .jpeg file. But it’s fun and Hubs loved it!

Hat tip Ty’sBlog for the link.

Spring is here! We are rejoicing in the streets at last, lol! Girls, you know what this means– time to peel off and pack away the drab winter dregs of the old clothing and break out the new and beautiful spring clothing and accessories! If you are like me, you 1) need some new duds, 2) want a few very classy pieces to accent your wardrobe, and 3) are looking for good deals on beautiful things. Here’s a tip: check out the latest stuff at Shangby.com. They have a slew of gorgeous new products - including new cashmere line, called the Woo Scarf, that will knock your socks off! I am nuts about cashmere and I nearly flipped when I saw the new line of products. Isn’t this lavendar scarf exquisite?! It would be the perfect, classy accessory for a simple black dress. Noooice! The red scarf is beautiful, too. Choices, choices! Look at the detailed work on the scarf though. It is truly a masterpiece of design.

ShangBy is an amazing store. One of their goals is to bring U.S. shoppers to the retailers in China, for access to fabulous products and excellent prices. If you like cashmere and other products (jewelry, cashmere, bedding, apparel, etc) that are quality-produced, ShangBy is the place to go. They are going to be streaming live video online from Woo Cashmere on May 21st to introduce this spectacular new line of the best cashmere brand in Shanghai. Woo Cashmere is renowned for it’s beautiful and spectacular quality (created by Stephen Sun, influenced by the artist Yifei Chen). The Woo Scarf is a breathtakingly beautiful cashmere scarf. It would make an absolutely perfect gift, too!

If you go to the site, you can view videos on other products, too. And if you need an excuse to shop, here’s a coupon code to get you going: use the code simple luxury for $30 off good through May 31st!

I came across a fun, regular meme called “Manic Monday” when I read Midlife Musings this morning. It’s a blog I’ve been checking out more recently, lately. I am finding Midlife Musings oddly and uncomfortably familiar these days. I’m 40 years old now; am I midlife?!

Here are the questions:

1. If the statement, ‘You are what you eat’ was true, I would be a _______.
2. If you had to have one piece of music (softly) playing in your mind for the rest of your life, what would you want it to be?
3. What is the most important thing in any relationship?

1. …I would be a … cup of coffee-two-creams-two sugars with the aspirations to be puritanical green tea.

2. A tabernacle choir singing “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring” and it plays in my mind all the time, anyway.

3. Fidelity and trust. The two go hand in hand but have distinct differences as they are the “give and take” elements of a healthy symbiotic relationship. I think that without fidelity and trust, you really can’t even have a relationship.

I think I like Manic Monday memes! But this, my first one, wasn’t too terribly manic. Maybe next Monday.

Today is definitely a Manic Monday in the sense of my “real life.” My old pair of glasses broke and I am reluctantly using my “new” pair. The “new” pair is two years old and I have never worn them, because they are so poorly constructed that I can’t see clearly with them. Poor vision and the wearing of thick glasses is bad enough; wearing poorly fitted, poorly constructed glasses is insane!