Archive for September, 2009

WTH HSN?

by Erin on September 8, 2009 in geekness, pure prattle with 1 Comment

Say hello to my new vacuum:

Dyson Animal Ball

Yes, I bit the bullet and ordered one. Thankfully, I remembered about HSN (Home Shopping Network) and QVC and looked it up on there. Grabbed this bad boy for $485 w/out shipping (shipping was $21, not really a bargain, but it still pushed me under a normal price). Now granted, it’s not the most current model, but it came with extra stuff too. But now I wait. I ordered Violet (yes, I am naming her) on the 31st. I’m still waiting. I keep tracking her on UPS but it keeps saying, “Billing information received.” Sigh. WTH HSN? I want my darn vacuum. It’s time to put the old out to pasture (aka the dump).

This will be our 4th vacuum in the 6 years we’ve lived here. The entire house is carpets. I originally decided against the Dyson—who wants to pay for it? Plus we were thinking about wood floors (because of the dog hair), but then decided that she’d scratch the wood, so since we’re sticking with carpet, we’ll spend the money. Because I bought on HSN.com, I did the flexpay (4 payments) which is really the only way I could a) afford it up front and b) justify buying it.

Is it truly sad that I’m this excited over a vacuum?

Here Today…Aragon Tomorrow

by Erin on September 7, 2009 in pure prattle with 2 Comments

OPI's Here Today...Aragon Tomorrow!

I’ve been in the fall mood which often reflects on my nail colors. I go dark during the fall and winter. So I picked three colors from OPI’s Espana collection: Here Today…Aragon Tomorrow (green), Give Me Moor! (purply brown), and Suzi Skis in the Pyrenees (dark grey w/purple tone). Right now, the toes and fingers are Here Today…Aragon Tomorrow.

I have never done green. Not even the fluorescent green of the 80′s/90′s (and recent). But let me tell you, this is one fantastic color! You can’t really tell it’s green unless the light is hitting it, otherwise it just looks black. I also had to put on two coats. I think the next time I go to use it, I’ll go get a manicure and have them put it on. It’s a brutal color to paint with.

I haven’t tried the other colors other than a stripe on each nail, but from what little I saw, I know I’m going to love them too!

TwiCon Was a Nightmare

by Erin on September 5, 2009 in trials & tribulations with 1 Comment

TwiCon Banner at Vendor Hall

Boy oh boy. I don’t know where to even begin. Oh, I know:

$255 registration fee.
$350 plane ticket.
$139 a night (3 nights) room.
$20 100 Monkeys concert ticket.
$46 taxi ride to/from airport.

Biggest cluster fuck I’ve ever seen.

Now, first let me say, the celebrities that were there were awesome. Completely and utterly awesome. I got to meet Peter Facinelli, Kellan Lutz and Alex Meraz. I also got an autograph from Peter. (Who, is unbelievably nice!)

That said, the whole event was disastrous. My sister and I arrived in Dallas on Thursday, the 30th. We got to the hotel (which, was like the best pick of the crop considering they were under construction so all their food places were closed, with the exception of the crappy, overly expensive hotel restaurant) at 12ish? We got settled, yadda yadda, went over to what was the first disaster of many: registration. We got there a few minutes after 3pm (when registration opened). Got on a line. It was the wrong line. But who would know that since there were NO staff/volunteers (which were called “Volturi” like in Twilight/New Moon/Eclipse/Breaking Dawn). So we get into our correct line. However, since up until this point, everything was done under the main registree (my sister since she paid her half first), we got in line together. Wrong. I should have been on a separate line. Why they broke us up like that was beyond me. Groups were registered under one person, but when you got to TwiCon, they broke you out individual. Ok, so they send someone over to get my badge. Phew… all my tickets that should be there are there.