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Have new turkey roasting pan with rack, which set me back $10 after the rebate. \o/
Have all my holiday spices which cost about $.50 each instead of $8. :P
After a couple of drinks, Blades of Glory is the funniest movie EVER. Pretty much constant tears from laughing so hard. Did I mention the drinks? (Although Arrested Development's Will Arnett basically has to just show up onscreen and I'll crack up. And his real-life wife played his sister... OMG.)
The Transformers is also funny, but not quite as much. (Probably because the alcohol was wearing off.) (And actually, I don't remember much of the plot of The Transformers. They transformed a lot. And at the end, the Autobots all hung out and watched as the two teenagers made out/had sex on one of their hoods. Special, special moment. OH! I also remember the haunting Very Sad and Emo Transformer score during a touching Transformer scene. Awwwwwww.)

HAHAHAHA. That's hilarious because I watched Blades of Glory high and that's why it was good. The part at the end where they're skating on land pretty much killed us.

And his real-life wife played his sister... OMG.

I KNOW. SO WEIRD/GROSS.

The whole thing is such frat-boy humor. :D

We found Blades of Glory hysterically funny even *without* alcohol. So much so that I bought a copy of it for hubby for our anniversary.

Refused to watch The Transformers, although hubby had to buy it in the special transforming DVD case...

We found Blades of Glory hysterically funny even *without* alcohol. So much so that I bought a copy of it for hubby for our anniversary.

HA!!

Refused to watch The Transformers, although hubby had to buy it in the special transforming DVD case...

Transforming DVD case? What does it transform into?

Oooo, yay for cooking things! And dude, that's an awesome deal for spices. Where did you get them?

Will Arnett = hilarious. *g*

I got them at this produce store called Sprouts, which is a bit of a drive from my place, but worth it for the better produce and bulk stuff. With spices you can scoop out of larger containers for how much you need. Like the 2 nutmegs I got. :D

Ooo, I will have to check that out! Of course, of the four that are in Texas, they're all in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Hey, leave some stores for the rest of us, you know!

I really do like them, although I don't get there every week. They also have more specialty vegetarian/organic frozen foods, which I've been getting into more.

We watched Blades on our flight over to Canada. OMG, the entire AIRPLANE was laughing. So, so funny.

Heh heh heh. The skating mailing list is torn between "omg hilarious" and "it doesn't even TRY to be authentic and it's the worst skating movie EVER!"

Sometimes it's hard to have a sense of humor about your obsessions. I guess.

I must see 'Blades of Glory' now!

I think the part that pushed me over the edge was that scissors leg slam. :D

Heh heh heh. The skating mailing list is torn between "omg hilarious" and "it doesn't even TRY to be authentic and it's the worst skating movie EVER!"

Awwww! Skating geeks!

And I'm not sure how anyone could think a movie with Will Ferrell and the guy from Napoleon Dynamite would be in any way authentic. :D

Sometimes it's hard to have a sense of humor about your obsessions. I guess.

I guess as well. (But it's so much less fun!)

Mwah!

Don't bulk spices just ROCK? Seriously, for the same price of a big bottle of Italian Seasoning, I made my own & had enough spices left over for at least 3 loaves of my Herb Batter Bread (and then some). And you don't feel quite so bad when you toss the spices after 6 months because the whole shebang cost as much as a big bottle.

"Oh ... this oregano has got to go. What? I paid a whole quarter for it. Darn."

That's SO nice, isn't it? Because you really do need to get rid of spices after a bit. They really don't last.

Chiming in to add: just about any place that caters to "natural" or Organic living *should* have a bulk spice section. Here in Austin I get (at least) 3 choices: Central Market, Whole Foods (which is expanding into SoCal), and Sun Harvest. Thus far, I've found the spice selection at Whole Foods to be a bit better than the other 2, albeit a wee bit pricier.

That said, when you're buying 2 tablespoons of basil, and the prices listed are by the pound, I suppose it doesn't really matter too awful much.

6 months, per Alton. When I finally raided my spice rack (gift from the Ex, complete with several Jars'o'Spice), I found jars of spices that I'd never even opened, simply because I never used them.

Now I have an empty spice rack, and magnetic, metal tins attached to my fridge containing most of the spices I use on a regular basis. I have a few others (extra from the Italian Seasoning Mix) still sealed in their respective plastic baggies, inside another air-tight container, inside my pantry (dry, cool place).

I'll tell you what, though. I'm not big into the "really spicy" stuff, but nothing smelled sweeter to me than opening up that jar of crushed red pepper flakes. Mmmmmmmm.

I've been eying those metal tins myself. They look pretty cool, and would keep stuff in sight more so I remember to use it as well.

You can pick them up for $1.99 each at Linens'n'Things, and if you wait for the right coupon (they occasionally toss out a 20% off your entire purchase coupon), you can get them for even less.

They hold about 4-5 tablespoons of seasonings.

The only things I keep for more than 6 months are my peppercorns (in the crusher until I need them) and my salt (Kosher, of course, also purchased in bulk & kept in the plastic container).

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