extreme fashion

This entry is a confession.

If my spouse is a huge fan of online shopping, I support her on that and in fact would often ask her to check my favorite brand of clothing and shoes, The North Face. So that is my 1st confession. The second confession is the fact that I only visit 1 online shop which is Zappos.

To begin with, I love Zappos because I can find everything I need from Jackets to shoes to bags and they have the most comprehensive list of all things TNF. TNF or The North Face brand has been my favorite for almost 5 years now. When we moved to this place where it requires me to have Fall and Winter jacket, I only buy The North Face brand because they have the most complete jackets for extreme weather conditions. Also, when I was still active with mountaineering, I only get The North Face brands. Do I sound like a TNF obsessed fan? Yes, because I go for quality and The North Face is the best when it comes to quality.

convinced to be tagged.

I wrote about hdradio.com and how their amazing HD enabled radio receiver products which you could save songs into your iPod from your favorite Florida radio stations just by tagging songs convinced me that this is the easiest way to load up my spouse’s iPod with new and hot songs. Fun isn’t it? He has been bugging me to upload as many songs as often as possible because he can get very picky with songs and easily gets bored with his iPod lists. However, it was not my spouse who was convinced, it was a friend who was leisurely checking my entry who was convinced to get this Polk Audio I-sonic ES2. From all the products he saw from the site, he was keen at getting this. Knowing him being a very smart buyer, it was a well-thought of decision. He was raving about these new new country music stations which played awesome music which CDs he could not find, thus, tagging is the best option for him. He will be purchasing the product anytime this week and would invite us over to try it. I hope my spouse gets convinced at getting us one too so we can get the latest music we only hear from our favorite radio stations.

no techie here.

Before I write about this entry, let me tell you that I am no techie here. Although my being a blogger for almost 5 years has taught me the ins and outs of important web hosting, servers and other what-nots in terms of site-building and maintaing websites. But, I could not let it pass to inform you about this visual studio team foundation server I chanced upon at phase2.com. This Visual Studio Team Foundation Server is a nice alternative for software developers because it is an all in one type of developer. Recently, I got a web hosting service for 2 of my blogs and so far, all the technicalities are being handled by my webhost administrator. She would often talked about SQL Server, FTPs etc… With Visual Studio Team Foundation Server, you have all the needed tools and applications that would make it easier for you to manage projects being done online.

Also, Phase2 boast of a project server hosting service and team foundation server workgroup. They have their own team of programmers who would do the setting up of all this developing software so you do not have to worry about it. And they also have a 24/7 technical support just in case you encounter any problems in the orders you made.

destination weddings.

I do not know with you, but my spouse and I would love and have actually been planning to get married again! Yes, with all the big hullabaloo we had to go through on our almost 300-guest wedding almost 6 years ago, we wanted another wedding more intimate sort of our renewal of vows on our 10th or 15th year anniversary. Originally, we planned for some caribbean weddings and this all inclusive travel deals that could be found at breezes.com are just enticing and tempting. Being the beach lovers that we are we wanted a venue that could spark our love for nature. Hmm, I wonder who among our friends will get married the soonest because I would definitely suggest one of these discount vacation packages plus a wedding package by Breezes.com. These packages are quite affordable for couples who wants destination weddings. I wish they plan a beach wedding because I will be very very excited to attend that and would even gladly coordinate the event for them.

checking checks.

This morning, I woke up to my spouse’s conversation with our bank agent. Apparently, he was offering us with new banking products. To begin with, I am not really comfortable with the customer service that our bank is giving us. Few weeks ago, they gave us some banking hassle which has made me decide to check on with other banks. However, after my spouse’s lengthy explanation that we should indeed stay with our current bank, I gave in. With that in mind, our bank agent also promised to be extra helpful and to avoid other banking hassles in the future. So, this morning I ordered some custom-made Checks at carouselchecks.com. We used to have regular and boring checks until I chanced upon this site that offers personal, business, computer, even laser and bank checks at very affordable prices and sometimes with huge discounts starting at $3.89 a box! Can you believe that? I decided to make my own design for our custom-made Checks because Carousel Checks can also print your own images. Go check out the site for other designs and avail of their discounts. As for me, I went with my own design because I find it more personalized with my own images on it.

think Ratatouille!

My son’s current favorite animated movies are Meet the Robinsons and Ratatouille. You would be surprised that he was not really interested with Ratatouille before to think that this was his 1st official movie to be watched at a theatre. I guess he was too young then and had no interest in cooking. Anyway, what fascinated him was the chef shirt that the main character wore. He also wants me to get him a chef hat that he would use whenever he helps me out in the kitchen. Yes, he loves helping me out especially when I am baking cookies and cakes. I was trying to look for some kiddie chef jackets but to no avail. Instead, I ended up seeing tons of beautifully designed chef coats, hats and shirts at ID by Landau. They even have a pocket apron which I want to order for myself. My current apron is a mess and definitely needs replacement. You might want to check out ID by Landau if you need any Chef hats, jackets, and shirts. I may say that their rates are quite reasonable and according to some previous clients, they have the most comfy chef outfit available online and in stores.

engaged!

I was talking to my friend, C this morning who is going to meet her boyfriend err fiance tomorrow. It’s going to be a big day tomorrow because they are also most likely to plan out their wedding! Fun fun fun isn’t it? Would you believe me that my blog is very monumental in their getting together? Well, I could not divulge on the details but yes, I am very thrilled to let you know that one of my blogs was the medium of their being together now. Anyhow, C is likely to choose some diamond rings because her fiance is about to propose to her but this fiance of her wants to make sure that she would like the ring thus, she will be the one to shop for her own engagement ring. Reminds me so much of the movie Sweet Home Alabaman, sweet indeed! So I was telling her about BlueNile.com. My spouse, who is very critical with diamonds told me that from all the diamond website he checks, Blue Nile seems to be the most reliable and authentic. Also, their clients’ testimonials are bonus factors because they just love Blue Nile. Blue Nile is also known in the diamond industry plus you wouldn’t have any hassle choosing in every diamond store. All you have to do is check their site and have your diamonds shipped. I guess my friend, C and her fiance, J are going to check the site tomorrow. I can’t wait!

tag tag tag me!

How dependent are you when it comes to music? Personally, I cannot leave without one. I would go insane. I can leave without television but a radio or an iPod, no siree! As for my spouse, let’s say my spouse who is dependent to coffee is equally dependent to his iTunes and iPod. He would freak out whenever we leave his iPod because it entertains him on work and would rather listen to this when he drives rather than the radio itself. But as the days pass by, I would often hear him requesting more and more songs he would hear at some local radio stations and sometimes these songs are fairly new that they are not even available nor can be found at iTunes store. Until I chanced upon this Jensen JiMS 525i unit which has a song tagging feature. Song tagging, you may ask? All you need to do is connect your iPod thru an iTunes Tagging enabled HD Radio™ receiver then you can tag as many songs as you hear in your favorite radio stations. How to do that, just hit on the tag button and the song will be automatically saved to your iPod. I think this is what my spouse needs so he won’t be bugging me to download as many new songs as I could. Downloading can be time-consuming, you know.