I work the overnight shift at work, 5:30pm to 5:30am.  When I come home in the mornings and I'm settling into bed there are always informercials on TV.  One morning I saw an informerical for Beach Body's Power 90 System by Tony Horton.  Now normally I just take one look at these and move on.  I have never ever bought anything fitness like from an informerical before....

My sister just recently moved down from Michigan to live with me here in sunny Florida.  She decided to just get a new bed once she got here instead of lugging one along for the 20+ hour drive.  My sister knew she wanted a bed frame from Ikea so she just decided to get her mattress from there as well.  We spent about a half hour bouncing and laying down on the different...

When I moved out of my parents house and moved down to Florida I needed furniture.  I didn't have anything at all.  My parents graciously offered to buy me a dining room table and chairs and we found a very nice set at KMart.This set is 5 pieces, the table and then 4 chairs.  It is not your normal dining room table set though as it's a high top.  I thought this ...

While my sister and I were shopping in Ikea to outfit her new bedroom in our apartment we came across this great little pull out waste bin.  We both thought it would work perfectly under the sink.  Currently I have my trash can in my laundry room that is right off of my kitchen, but sometimes I just wish I could open the door under the sink and toss whatever trash I have int...

I started a new set of online classes this Fall and while I was at Target I decided to pick up some new pens.  I love pens and I honestly can never have enough of them because I can't tell you how many times I misplace them or lose them!  These pens caught my eye because of the designs on them, I'm all about the asthetics!  They are by the very popular and well known pen ...

Here comes another review on one of my Ikea purchases!  When my ex-boyfriend moved out he took our desk with him as it was a gift to him from his Mom.  So I needed to get a desk of my own because the teeny tiny table I was being forced to use to put my computer on was really pathetic and not really working for me.At Ikea I must have walked around the "office" section for a g...

My mom was the one that originally came across this brand of knife when she was shopping with my sister.  They picked me up one mainly because it was a bright blue color and looked exciting.  Boy was it a good purchase!Kuhn Rikon blades are made of high carbon stainless steel which means the blade stays sharp.  I can attest to this claim as the first knife I got I've had...

I moved down to Florida from Michigan almost two years ago right after I graduated college.  It's hard to believe I have lived here in Florida for that long already away from my family.  Time sure has flown by.  I realized when I got down here I had to grow up, become a big girl, and get renter's insurance for my apartment.  I think it's definitely need...

In November of 2006, I purchased a new 2007 Mazda 3, i edition.  I purchased this vehicle from Cory Fairbanks Mazda, in Longwood, Florida for approximately $18,250.00.  Overall I am very happy with my purchase and would definitely consider purchasing another Mazda in the future.  My vehicle came equipped with anti-lock brakes, dual and side airbags, sunroof, 6-disc CD changer, an...

Two weeks ago I had to buy a new television as the one that was currently in my apartment my boyfriend took with him when we broke up, as it was his.  I knew I wanted about a 42", but I wasn't sure on what brand or if I wanted an LCD or a plasma.  So off I went to Best Buy to pick out a new television.  After being overwhelmed by the dozens upon dozens of TV's there ...

So in my new apartment my room is the last room to get the air conditioning when it turns on.  That means by the time the air reaches my room it's barely cold, nor not that strong so my room is always the hottest place in the apartment.  Enter the Hawaiian Breeze tower fan.I found this fan at Target for $19.99.  I didn't have enough money for one of the fancy $60-$70 ones...

Once I was finally all settled into my new apartment and had spent about a week there I realized that I needed a lamp for my living room.  There were no lights provided by the apartment in the living room, however there was a light in the adjacent kitchen, and in the dining room.  Although even if I had one of these lights on, it didn't carry far enough into the room in the event ...

Here's another fun review on another fun product I got from Ikea!  :o)  This guy might look a little strange but to my knowledge he looks like a pig to me.  A pig to me that protects your money!!  He's a burnt orange in color and stands about a foot high.  There is a little stopper on his bottom that you take out to retrieve the money and you insert it through a...

When I purchased a brand new car in the Fall of 2006 I was on the search for cheap car insurance.  What happened was when I moved down to Florida I still had Michigan insurance on my car.  When that car died and I bought a new one, I needed Florida insurance QUICK to drive my brand new car off the lot!I called around to a lot of places and finally settled on Allstate.  They were ...

Recently for the past year and a half I was buying 24 packs of bottled water week after week.  I live in a third floor apartment, so lugging those up the stairs got to be a real pain, not to mention a pain in my wallet as well as I drink loads of water all day every day.  Finally one day I actually used my noggin and thought to myself "why don't I get a water filter...

I'm sure you're saying Coach?  For a dog?  You've got to be crazy!  Well not really, I'll explain it to you.See my dog Bella, an Australian Shepherd, had a play date at the dog park with her best friend Roxy, a Puggle.  Well both dogs started talking and Roxy told Bella that her Mom got her a really nifty Coach dog collar and if Bella wanted to be "...

Imagine my panic when a little buzzer goes off in my car and a weird light comes on in my dash WHILE I am driving to work.  What does a girl do?  She whips out the manual when she's at a red light to figure out why her car is screaming at her.  Imagine my bigger panic when I read that it was the "tire pressure sensor warning" that has just gone off and that I should...

The other day I downloaded a full CD off of ITunes not realizing I didn't have any recordable CDs to record it on so I could listen to it in my car.  I told my sister about my dilemma and while she was at Target she picked me up some!  What a great sis!She got a great deal on a pack of 5 by "imation."  They work on computers with write speed from 1-52x and have 700m...

I have been into weight lifting for about four years now, ever since I lost a large amount of weight.  It is important to me to keep my muscle mass up so that I can burn a good deal of calories even when I am just sitting and doing nothing.  Instead of having 5 different sets of weights that I had to lug around seperately I was on the lookout for a set of interchangeable weights. ...

At my new apartment complex I have access to a bike trail that is about 13 miles long.  I asked my parents for a bike for my birthday and that's just what they got me!  After searching in a bunch of stores we finally found the perfect one at Sports Authority.It's a women's Columbia Northway 26" bicycle.  It is made of lightweight aluminum which was a feature I wa...