Same Great Blog, New Blog Home!

I decided after much thought and consideration that I've outgrown this blog service, and decided to take my show on the road by moving the blog to wordpress. However, the address for it has changed - it will be http://www.studioincognitodesigns.com/blog/ - so PLEASE make sure you update your links! I have imported the posts from the blog here to the new one, so you won't have to switch back and forth (thoughtful of me, eh??). See you at the "new place"!

Oh My Goodness! Look Who's One Today

Digiscrapshak is celebrating their first birthday with an unbelievable, pulling out ALL of the stops weekend event!  Raffles, sales (50% off of Photoblast actions, 50% off of personal use, 30% off of commercial use), freebies, chats, and designer treasure chest grab bags that are to DIE for!

 

Cars, Coupons, and Baseball

It's been far too long since I've actually written a blog post, so I figured I would work in a few of my insane thoughts along with a current coupon special at Digi By Design.

 

Car:

I have had my current vehicle paid off for a few months, and since August is when prices for the "Last Year" models are slashed, my husband and I have been trying to decide which should be the vehicle I get next.  Now, I COULD drive what I have, but I will be honest with you (and no one shoot me if they have the same vehicle type and have had zero issues with it, O.K.?), the Kia Sportage I have (2002 model) was not my finest moment in choosing an automobile.  I really wanted - and I mean WANTED this one, yet I settled for something that had almost zero options for the price.  In addition, the quality of the workmanship and their service department (which I abandoned after the first year, preferring a private auto repair/maintenance shop), was just not good.  I haven't had anything major go wrong with the Kia, but really, how good is it to have three (yes, I said three) tail pipes rust out in five years, a tire carrier that rusted and peeled almost immediately, and stupid things (like door handle inserts) break?  I know, these are all small things compared to the transmission, but if you're paying 20+ thousand dollarts for a vehicle, you would expect that it would stand up better.  I know that some of these things are common among the make of car, but that only makes me more unhappy.  So this is why we are trading it in and I am buying something else.

 

I have also discovered that as "not girly" as I am typically, I am 100% "chick" when it comes to picking out vehicles.  I fell in love with this really pretty eggplant color that Pontiac has (Purple Haze Metallic), but of course no one has a vehicle in it now.  Also want the audio control buttons on my steering wheel.  (Hey, I figure it will make it safer for me to change the radio station lol.)  I also want a sun roof/moon roof - I had one in a rental recently (my car had been hit and was in the shop to be repaired), and fell in love with it.  As always, my husband is the voice of reason, as much as it may pain me to say so.  I need a vehicle that is either 4WD or AWD, as I live on a very large winding hill that gets more than it's share of snow and ice.  That eliminates a lot of the affordable autos that I was looking at.  The sun/moon roof thing is great in theory; but I know that as a car ages, things don't always fit together the way they're supposed to, so there's leakage. 

Now that we've narrowed it down to either a Trail Blazer or Envoy (same car essentially, just one's a Chevy and the other GMC), I have to pick color and options that are not too impractical.  Easy - as long as its not black, white or yellow, I am good.  I am not so good about washing the car regularly, and I need one that won't show dirt.  The place that we will buy from though only has one on the lot that's a 2006 (and it didn't have the options I wanted, as well has having been owned by a smoker), and the other is a 2008 and is the Denali Package (umm I have no need for head light sprayers), and has little to no price incentive.  So, the dealership will do a search on the GM database and see what's available in the colors and options I want.

Did I tell you that I am not good at being patient? No? Well, I'm not rotflmao!

 

OK, next topic - Baseball -

I am a HUGE Red Sox fan. Anyone who knows me can tell you that I would rather be watching a game than just about anything else on television.  In fact, I have actually put game replays on the t.v. as background noise to help me get a migraine under control (who thought crowd noise was a good for that).  Well A friend of ours asked if we wanted to go to a game tonight (he gets them from his company on occasion). Yep, didn't think more than half a second on that one - you betcha I want to go!  So tonight I get to see a new pitcher that's been called up from Pawtucket, Clay Buchholtz do his thing.  I'm interested to see what he can do. 

Finally, there's a coupon promotion going on at Digi By Design!

They have a back to school savings coupon of 25% off of your purchase (excluding Commercial Use and Team Kits/Grab Bags) that runs September 1st through the 30th, 2007.  There's a ton of great items there in the store, with new items being added daily, so you just can't miss with this!

 

Phew! That was one loong blog post - sorry for the ramble!  I am hoping that if I do this more often, then the posts will be more easily read :)

Have a great weekend!

Wacky Wednesday Chat, 9pm Eastern - Featured Kit on SALE!

Join Athena and Michelle in the DXD chat room at 9pm Eastern for the Wacky Wednesday Chat - and hour of fun and freebies that you will NOT want to miss!

This week’s featured kit is “Funky Lime” by Athena and it is on Sale Wednesday Only for 50% off (O.K., don’t spread it around, but I have it on good authority that it might be on sale a little earlier than that!)

If you attend chat you’ll get a neat free gift, and if you post a LO in the Wacky Wednesday Gallery you’ll earn a second gift – both coordinate with the featured kit! Take a peek at the ad graphic below and you’ll see a preview of the kit, and both gifts!

Please Note: Not all items shown in preview.

$2, Today ONLY @ PDW!

Want a great kit for just $2??? I have Arianna Grace on sale TODAY ONLY for $2 at Plain Digital Wrapper as part of our Favorite Friday Promotion. I know that you'll want to complete your collection of the Arianna series and won't want to miss this opportunity! (Just a little hint - the ad was made using the Grace Kit!)

What's My Friday Feature at PDW?

What can you get for $2.00 Friday ONLY at Plain Digital Wrapper? How about a full kit by me? I’ve chosen Arianna:Sweet as my very first Friday Feature at PDW because it’s one of my favorite kits, and I think you’ll love it too! You can grab my Featured Friday Special here - http://tinyurl.com/38lozs.

I was TAGGED!!!!

Well I was tagged by Tracy King, so you all get a peek into my demented mind lol.  And to the three of you I tagged after...sorry charlie I had to do it!

A - Attached or Single: attached

B - Best Friend: My Husband

C - Cake

D - Drink of Choice: coffee

E - Essential Item: computer & ipod

F - Favorite Color: purple

G - Gummi Bears or Worms: Gummi worms

H - Hometown: Lynn, MA

I – Indulgence(s): ice cream

J - January or July: January

K - Kids: (does a dog count?)

L - Life is incomplete without: my family, my dog, my computer

M - Marriage Date: March 21, 1992

N - Number of Siblings: 2

O - Oranges or Apples: apples

P - Phobias/Fears: I dunno...maybe just being alone

Q - Favorite Quote: don't know that it's a favorite but struck me funny, "will create genetic enhanced organisms for food"

R- Reason to smile: the hub and the dog

S - Season: Autumn

T- Tag Three: Amy (http://scrap-a-lot.blogspot.com)

TJ & Beth (http://acorn-designs.blogspot.com/)

Saskia (http://sasboksdigidesigns.blogspot.com/)

U - Unknown Fact About Me: I took voice lessons and sang classical music

V - Vegetarian or Oppressor of Animals: LOL oppressor of animals...yeah that's me

W - Worst Habit: I let dishes pile up before filling up the dishwasher,

UGH, I hate that! LOL <------oh good god...that and the clean laundry never getting all put away

X - X-rays or Ultrasounds: X-rays - wanna glow in the dark

Y - Your Favorite Foods: ice cream, fried seafood, chicken carciofi (hope I spelled that right!)

Z- Zodiac: Gemini technically, but only two days in, so I also have those lovely traits of a Taurus too.

Wacky Wednesday Girls are BACK!

You heard me - we are BACK! So take out your sharpies, scissors and paste and plan on meeting Athena & Michelle in the DigiByDesign chat room on Wednesday, August 8th at 9pm Eastern for an hour that will have your sides sore from laughing so hard! We're offering a special super duper discount on this month's mega kit, Going To The Chapel to all of the chat attendees - a coupon for 25% off (good for Wednesday only) of the already SEVERELY reduced price of $3.99! Geez louise, can you believe that?

And if that isn't enough to get you running with your scissors (held outward please lol), then get this - you'll get another goodie JUST for being there! OH wait..you wanted more??? Well here you go - anyone who buys the kit and posts a LO in our Wacky Wednesday Gallery by next Wed. night's chat gets ANOTHER gift! (BTW, if you browse to the WW gallery, you'll see some previews of the gifts - with more to be posted tonight!)

So come on down to the DXD chat room Wed night 9pm Eastern! Anyone who's been to one of our chats already knows that it's a good time - don't YOU want to find out for yourself??