Kim’s Shopping Blog

Cinco de Mayo (Spanish for “5th of May”) is not Mexico’s Independence Day as most Americans believe (that day is September 16th). According to Wikipedia, it’s a celebration in response to the resistance to French rule in Mexico.  The only state in Mexico to actualy observe Cinco de Mayo is Puebla.  In fact, more people […]

My mother forwarded me this email telling me to throw away my plug-in air fresheners.  The only one I currently have is in the guest bathroom - I love the pineapple smell.  Guess I’ll unplug it now…

Received from a friend who is in the insurance property business. It is well worth reading.
This is one of those e-mails […]

I haven’t been on any shopping sprees lately, as I’ve been away at a conference in Vegas.  The best part was I did not lose my luggage this trip (I did three times previously in the last year), but a wheel was broken off my suitcase during transit!  Guess I’ll be shopping for some new luggage. I’m […]

ConAgra Foods, which had to recall Peanut Butter earlier this year, is now pulling Banquet chicken & turkey pot pies off store shelves. The pot pies, which have “P-9″ printed on the side of the package, may be linked to 139 cases of salmonella in 30 states.
Read More…