ecently I had placed an order with Streichs dot com for some packaging items. Here you see above are the 5 different 4″ twist ties I bought from them. Actually, they have the lowest price in packaging items but the shipping is expensive if you only need 1 or 2 items from here. That was [...]

I made all these pretzel candy sticks! Ingredients are quite simple. You will need: Rod Pretzel, Wilton Candy Melts and Christmas sprinkles/sugar decorations. For wrapping, I bought some 2″x11″ cello bags along with seasonal twist ties.
Now they are ready to be given out to my friends and relatives.  They are very good.  I had some [...]

One evening while shopping at Marukai at Pacific Market, I saw they have boxes of Guylian Sea Shells Chocolates out on the table for sale – good item Christmas gift. I always see them when I shop at Airports Duty Free shops. They are pretty expensive and I always wanted to buy one for myself [...]

When we arrived at Target Torrance on Black Friday morning at 6am when they had just opened their door, we were given a bag of the above each. Inside the multi use shopping bag has a granola bar, a box of animal crackers and a bag of grounded coffee beans (although hot coffee should be [...]

Looking for gourmet Christmas gift baskets?  Here is one website that you may want to check out – Delightful Deliveries.  They are having special promotion which offers free shipping on thousands of selected of gourmet gifts.  Here is their most recent press release:
DelightfulDeliveries.com Recognized as Hot 100 Retail Website Internet Retailer Ranks Website Among Best in Nation [...]

Whenever I attend any trade show, real estate, home, electronics, and more, I always receive many promotional items from trader. Most of them items I received I would keep them. And one time I actually called the company’s number printed on a mug for plumbing service when our sewage system was clogged due to roots.
What [...]

Looking for special Christmas gift for Chocolate lovers? You may want to surprise them with Christmas chocolate gifts from Fanny May. Fanny May offer fine gourmet quality chocolates. Do you know the first Fanny May shop was opened back in the 1920s? This make their chocolates have been available in our market for over 87 [...]

If you still haven’t decided what gift to get for this coming Christmas, you may want to consider getting a few Gourmet Gift Baskets. The gift basket will include high quality products such as wine, cheese, gourmet meats and much more. This is great gift basket for just about anyone this holiday season, from friends [...]

Hubby brought back some Halloween goodies for Brandon from his co-worker.  And then he took out the above to show me this home made little treat.  It is icing coated pretzel stick sprinkled with Halloween confetti. 
I tried the orange one this evening and it was marvelous.  I like the sweet taste to go with [...]

Macy’s Clinique special promotion this week is free gift with purchase of $21.50 or more. This free gift includes:

Takes the Day Off Makeup Remover for Lids, Lashes and Lips
Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion
High Definition Lashes Brush Then Comb Mascara
Perfectly Real Compact Makeup in choice of 3 shades
Different Lipstick
Mini bag wristlet
Cosmetic bag
PLUS a deluxe [...]

I don’t have many jewelry and personally only bought 2 rings (1 gold and 1 white gold with a heart shaped diamond). The first diamond ring I received was my diamond engagement ring from my husband.  I still remember that day when he proposed to me.  I wasn’t expecting that was coming.  We drove to a [...]

Received a surprise Mother’s Day gift from my ex-landlord and wife on Monday before Mother’s Day.  The package was delivered by FedEx from FTD.com. Actually, I know who the senders were when I signed for the package, though I wasn’t sure what it was. No one else will send me surprise gift. I know definitely [...]

This gift basket was given to me by my next door neighbor, her name is Iris. They’ve move in before we did and she has a little grandson who is about 3 years old than my boy.  I was surprised to receive this lemon gift basket from her.  She dropped by on Saturday with the [...]

Since Mother’s Day is coming up soon, I thought I post something about it that happened last year.  I was going through my pictures folder and came across this wonderful fruit basket picture and I wanted to share the story behind its beautiful and delicious taste.
I visited my ex-landlady on Sunday to surprise her with a box [...]