What I Did With My Weekend

14 inches of snow fell in Charleroi, PA and our road crews have done nothing.

What have I done with my time?


I baked some bread

Caught up with some reading.

Got around to finally watching Maleficent, which I'll be reviewing later on Wenches.

And cleaned my kitchen.

Woo hoo!

Great weekend!

A Day Of Books and Music

I'm working on a not so fantastic CD review right now. I have to admit that after about 12 listens its growing on me. Kind of like a bad fungus. You can listen to the music here. I'd kind of like someone else to give me an opinion on it so I know if I'm losing my mind on with my take on the sound. I hear a huge influence from Journey and Foreigner and some of the lyrics sound like they came from the film Music and Lyrics. Not sure if that's a good or bad thing.

On a happier note, I've been to Goodwill, which means I've bought books. Yes, I know. I need more books like I need a hole in my head, but with movie prices on the rise, a good book is a more economical source of entertainment. Plus I got some really great buys on some Chick lit, and we all know how much I love Chick lit.

I've also been reviewing a lot of the romance novels I've been reading as well as the other stuff over at my book blog, here. Sometimes I even blog about book stuff. I'm really proud of myself. I've read 38 books so far this year and 2 or 3 novellas (about 80 pages). I really wish I could spend more time this weekend with my books than with this damn CD.

Late Night Posting

It was a busy day today. I did my usually shopping and took in the sales at Peebles Department Store. Oh how I love this store. There was a lot of clearance red lined to $5.99, which was fantastic. I also found a pair of jeans for $20, which is great because I only own 2 pairs of jeans. So good buys all.

I also managed to get my Starbucks fix in for the week. I have one rant on that. Why does the Starbucks in Rostraver not have Raspberry Syrup? Huh? If I go to the Starbucks in Barnes and Noble, I can get my White Chocolate Mocha with a shot of raspberry, but not at home.

Grrrrr.

That makes me so angry. Cos I love raspberry in my white chocolate mocha.

Oh and another great thing about today; Key Lime Chicken at Applebees. OMG this stuff is so bad for the waistline, but its so damn good that you forget that it has about 80 bazillion calories.

So how was your Saturday?

Weekend Reading

I found Mary Higgins Clark's Stillwatch a few weeks ago while cleaning. I'm just getting around to reading it. So far it's excellent.

I have a fondness for good mysteries and thrillers, not those wretched Harlequin Intrigues, that fill my room, that I can't seem to read fast enough. (Oh and they multiply like the loaves and fishes) This book, is one of those good mysteries, although I have to say I have an idea of whodunit already, that doesn't stop me from wanting to find out how we get there.

So far it's been hard to put down. Which is good, since I have no attention span these days.

I hope to finish it sometime tomorrow in between all the errands I have to run for my parents, that way I have Sunday for "me" time, which I really want. I plan on a good brunch at Waffle House and some shopping at Target and Washington Crown Center. Who knows I might even get my Christmas shopping started.