Great deal on moving supplies

by Mir | Jan 31, 2007 | Hot Hot Hot!

Do you have moving on the brain? I do. Then again, I’m mostly wondering if I can just wrap the kids in bubble wrap and tuck them in a closet until it’s time to move in a few months. That seems like it would be safest for everyone. Ahem. Anyway,...

Pasta and charity

by Mir | Jan 31, 2007 | Hot Hot Hot!

Thanks to Karen for this one: Barilla has put together a cookbook of pasta recipes from celebrities. This frightened me a little, frankly, because what if Ashley Judd just eats two strands of spaghetti sprayed with butter-flavored Pam, or something? But it’s...

To counteract the last post

by Mir | Jan 31, 2007 | Hot Hot Hot!

How about something that’s actually delicious and fresh and a good gift and never referred to as a “slider?” Now, I know; I know that Harry and David is not cheap. But they do have online sales and specials, and their stuff—particularly their...

Honestly, “wrong” doesn’t even cover it

by Mir | Jan 31, 2007 | Retail gone wrong

I’m just not even sure what to say about this generous offer. (I don’t care if you believe Valentine’s Day to be a tool of the evil corporate marketing machine, this is still twenty different kinds of wrong.)

Awesome baby carriers, special for Want Not readers

by Mir | Jan 31, 2007 | For the kids, Hot Hot Hot!

This one is so good, it makes me wish I still had a baby. (Do you think my 7-year-old will let me carry him in a sling? Wait, don’t answer that; he’d probably love it, and I’d end up with a herniated disc.) Sometimes, very good things happen as a...