Discoveries Posts

13May
3

I Want. Please!

Do I need a new camera? No, most likely not. I mean there is definitely something at least minor wrong with my camera, but it can be fixed. It’s relatively new, so as far as I’m aware, it should last a while longer.

But still. Can someone please buy me the new Sony Cyber-shot TX7?

My very first digital camera was a Sony Cyber-shot. It was like 5.1 mega pixels, which back then was an insanely large amount LOL. I loved that camera. Tiny display and all! It worked well for many many years.

And now I see this. WOW!

  • This thing takes 2 pictures, checks for blinking, and keeps the better one.
  • I’m not a camera expert and always have to attempt to figure out which scene setting is best. This decides automatically.
  • 10 pictures per second? Yes please!
  • HDMI output so I can look at pictures or videos on my gigantic television? Sweeeeeeet!
  • Sweep Panorama mode so you can actually capture an entire scene? Mind blowing.
  • Specialized smile detection mode where you can prioritize whose smile you want to capture? Are you joking? Obviously I want that – I have a small niece!
  • 0.3 second auto focus? Fabulous.
  • In-camera touch ups. Touch the screen to cover up red-eye, crop, etc.

So yeah, I don’t have $400 right now. Can someone please get me this?

Posted by Caro in Discoveries, Shopping, Travel
04May
1

Bacon Candy Bar

Yesterday the department admin came up to me and informed me there was milk chocolate on her desk. Hmmmm do I need this? Not in the least. Do I want to spoil day 1 of my diet for milk chocolate? Not really. After all, I’m a dark chocolate kind of girl! To be sure, I did stop by and check it out.

There was a milk chocolate Hershey’s bar and a Red Fire bar. Seriously? Who brings that kind of stuff to work?

Just as soon as I could question this choice of chocolate, the department manager (a wonderfully entertaining man) pops his head out of his office and says something about chocolate and bacon. I told him I’ve heard of this but never tried it.

This dude goes back in his office for a second and re-emerges with a package of Mo’s Dark Chocolate Bacon Bar. Ok NOW we’re talking. Bacon? Yes please. Dark chocolate? Obviously.

It’s not the greatest thing I’ve ever eaten, but it was pretty good. I didn’t rub the chocolate the way the website suggests, which is probably why I didn’t get the “aromas of smoked applewood bacon flirting with deep chocolate”. In fact, there is only a hint of bacon to be tasted. But whatever, I’d eat it again. Not for $7.50, but if someone offered me a square I’d take it!

Posted by Caro in Discoveries, Food
03May
0

SwissWerks 3.0

I’ve never really had any good luggage. Or any luggage at all for that matter. I have this kinda crappy little carry on that I got in Spain almost 11 years ago. While it’s served me well for the past decade, it’s time to move on. While I’m at it, always having to borrow a large bag from J or my parents for those longer trips is kind of a pain in the ass too. So I’m asking for luggage for my birthday. I really want a matching set in plum, but I’ve found something I love enough to compromise on the color. It’s the SwissWerks 3.0 set. I don’t want (or need) all of it. Just the 20″ carry-on (to meet international carry-on size limits) and the 24″ checked bag.

I’ve decided I want the emerald green one. It’s not dark purple like I wanted, but it’s different enough that I won’t have a problem finding my bag in the mass of black ones at baggage claim.

Check it out:

Add to that lifetime warranty and I’m hooked. Now to convince a certain person… :)

Posted by Caro in Discoveries, Shopping, Things to do, Travel
29Apr
0

Receipt

Reasons you shouldn’t clean out your wallet at work, even if you are on break:

I just found the (insanely expensive) parking receipt from the hospital from the day my great uncle died. Now I’m sad.

As much as it blows my mind that I paid $24 to park for like 6 hours, $24 to be with him when he died seems like a bargain.

I think I’ll keep this in my wallet. Hopefully next time I see it I’ll smile rather than tear up. I <3 him

Posted by Caro in Discoveries, Family, Life, Money, Work
15Apr
0

Antarctica Blog

I discovered this today:

Off to Antarctica

I’m super jealous. Definitely going to have to live vicariously through the stories and pictures until I can save up enough to go!

Posted by Caro in Discoveries, Travel
01Apr
1

This Is So Wrong

Why does this product exist?

Is this made with actual placentas? Cuz if that’s the case, GROSS!!

Posted by Caro in Discoveries, Random
01Apr
0

No Bro

This is getting added to my Fun Signs page, but it was so awesome that I decided it needed its own post as well.

Thanks to Jess for pointing this out to me, and credit to Mission Mission for this great find!

“I mean, I avoid “the bro” every chance I get. But to straight-up bar them from the community? That seems a tad bit like overkill.”

Agreed!

Posted by Caro in Discoveries, Hilarious, Life, Random
30Mar
1

Butter

Yeah, that’s exactly how my skin feels at the moment!! Talk about glory, especially when my skin had previously been having some alligator-like dryness issues.

A friend of mine is getting married in less than two weeks, and I have the honor of being a bridesmaid. The story of how I came to be the one responsible for throwing a bachelorette party is not relevant at this time (although it was stressful!), but I’m quite satisfied with the outcome.

My friend decided she wanted a spa day…. at Burke Williams (she had a gift card). Quite expensive to say the least, but in the end it was so worth it. While the other girls decided they all wanted massages, I decided to do something different. After all, J gave me a membership to a different spa for Chrismakkah, and I still have 2 massages left on that! I ended up going with the Parafango Treatment, mostly because the first sentence describes it as “The ultimate moisturizing experience.” Yes please!

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Posted by Caro in Discoveries, Health, Life, Shopping, Things to do, Weddings
30Mar
1

SHOES!

I just bought these shoes from Zappos:

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Posted by Caro in Discoveries, Shopping, Things to do
22Mar
0

The Devil Made Me Do It

“The Devil” of course referring to Ambien.

“It” being oversleep this morning….By almost an hour and a half!!

It’s been a while since I’ve taken these little magical happy sleepy pills, but after a few weeks of  increased sleeplessness, I decided it was worth a try to dabble into my prescription once again. I passed out hard. I woke up, a little dazed, knowing immediately something was wrong.

Yep, 8:29am. Checked the alarm just to make sure I had actually set it last night (I’ve been known to do stupid things like not turn it on, or choose PM over AM). Sure enough, it was set to 7:12am, ON.

Ah how I had forgotten the power of the Ambien. Alarm went off and I didn’t even flinch.

2 cups of coffee later, kinda awake. I see why I stopped taking these things. Don’t think I’ll try one again for quite some time!

Posted by Caro in Discoveries, Health, Life, Work
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