Once again, I can’t think of two more things to make 7 (?!)… 

1. Cover Girl Lash Blast Mascara: My husband and two sons have long, beautiful lashes.  I don’t.  Such is life.  Every few months, I try a new mascara.  This is my current favorite.  It actually makes my lashes look full (with no yucky clumps). 

2. Carnival Games by Global Star:  I like this Wii game that my son received for his birthday.  Of course he beats me at many of the games (he has incredible hand-eye coordination!).  I don’t take it personally though — he beats most visiting adults!  The only thing that I don’t like about this software is that you can’t choose a black or brown character to represent you like with the other Wii games.  They need to change that.  Other than that, it’s really fun.  (Be forewarned that the carnival game "hosts" talk a lot of trash when you miss/don’t win at games.)

3. Bloglines.com: Now, in addition to reading parenting/family magazines and newspapers, I’m really into reading blogs.  There are so many great blogs out there that I don’t have the time/energy/inclination to visit each of them.  This free service is great.  You just put in the blogs/news sites/etc. urls that you like and they give you a brief synopsis of current posts.  That way, I can skim and see what I really want to read.  I love technology!

4. Tabletops Unlimited Swirl Multicolor Pattern:  When we were at the Jersey Shore, the place that we stayed had this tableware.  It’s cute and inexpensive.  I found it online at Replacement Ltd.

5. Zappos.com: My four year old son has wide feet (blame me, not his dad).  So, when Stride Rite doesn’t have any cute shoes for the season in his size (11W), I find myself in a bind.  I wasn’t having much luck online until I hit shoe pay dirt at Zappos.  They had multiple pairs of cute athletic shoes in his size (he, my husband and I all had different favorites - we went with my husband’s pick).  Of course, after making my pick I did a google search for "zappos coupons".  There are none - ever.  They don’t charge for shipping though, so that (somewhat) makes up for that. 

Posted by Kimberly on 30 Apr 2008 at 05:49 pm | Tagged as: Favorite Things