Tag Archives: watch

Get Breakfast at Starbucks for Two Dollars!

Are you a morning person? Did you know that Starbucks has breakfast items? You can grab your morning coffee, and get some tasty breakfast food at the same time. Starting on January 4, 2011, Starbucks if offering some of their breakfast items for just $2.00, when you buy any beverage. This deal is only good until January 10, 2011. I admit it, I am not a morning person. I enjoy breakfast foods, sometimes, but I generally end up eating those kinds of foods in the afternoon, as lunch, instead of as breakfast. Even if you hate breakfast you might like … Continue reading →

Think Starbucks for Happy Hour

As if you needed a new reason to go to Starbucks. While everyone, from McDonalds to Dairy Queen is jumping on the frozen coffee drink bandwagon, the company that started it all is weighing in with a new beverage and a special offer to celebrate it. The drink is Starbucks’ new However-You-Want-It Frappucino. Introduced on May 4th, the cool concoction allows you to choose your own milk, your own coffee, and your own flavorings and toppings from Starbucks’ menu. Just as the name implies, you can get it exactly the way you want it. However, if that’s too much for … Continue reading →

Get Rich and Lose Weight

Posted on by

Have you ever thought about how much money you spend on food and beverages every month? I know a woman who buys a frou-frou-latte every day on her way to work and then goes back for another on her way home. This friend complains often about two things: 1. She just can’t seem to lose weight 2. Money is really tight for her and her husband Let’s take a realistic and responsible look at this, shall we? 1. She buys a monstrous coffee-flavored beverage that has a syrup flavoring added and is blended with real cream (and she orders extra … Continue reading →

Apple and Starbucks

In a promotion to celebrate the deal made between Apple and Starbucks, the coffee chain will be giving away 50 million tunes to its customers in its more than 10,000 stores across the country. Beginning on October 2nd, Starbucks will hand out “song of the day” cards that can be redeemed at Apple’s iTunes online store. Featured artists for these songs include Joni Mitchell, Paul McCartney, Dave Matthews, Band of Horses and Annie Lennox and Bob Dylan. Starbucks will also begin selling cards that feature entire albums with bonus material, and again, these cards are redeemable at the iTunes store. … Continue reading →

Starbucks Songs?

For all of you Starbucks fans who enjoy listening to tunes while you sip your super duper triple skim lattes-—good news. The company known for its coffee is expanding its’ empire to include a record label and it has already signed a major name. Paul McCartney was just introduced as the first artist signed to Starbucks Corporation’s new record label. Earlier this month the company announced it was partnering with Concord Music Group to launch the Los Angeles-based Hear Music label. Insiders say the McCartney announcement is another major step for Starbucks to spin part of its consumer popularity into … Continue reading →

Actress Sued For Wearing The Wrong Watch

There was a time in my life when I felt naked without my watch. I was a TV reporter and deadlines ruled my life. Then I had a baby, and my watch and I took an extended vacation from each other. These days I spend more days looking for my watch than wearing it, which is why this next story about an Oscar-winning actress and her multiple timepieces caught my eye. According to news reports, Swiss watchmaker Raymond Weil is suing actress Charlize Theron for wearing a Christian Dior timepiece when she was supposed to wear only Weil watches. The … Continue reading →

Starbucks Treats

Perhaps different from many Americans, my husband and I have never spent oodles of money on regular Starbucks “treats.” We’ve been married 4 1/2 years now, and until a year or so ago we had gone to Starbucks for a special treat only 3 or 4 times since getting married. When we would go there, it was a major treat for me, mostly, since I like coffee and tea so much. Starbucks was a treat for really only me until my husband realized Starbucks had other non-coffee or tea-related beverages, like Caramel Apple Cider and Strawberry Frappuccinos®. When he found … Continue reading →

Relax – You’re Healthier than You Think

There are a lot of things we do in our daily lives that are healthier than we think they are. In fact, remember when we talked about the fact that chocolate was better for you than we’d previously thought? Well the next little list should make your day – it definitely made mine. Here are three ways that you make your life healthier. Coffee Drinkers Rejoice Does the cashier at Starbuck’s greet you by name? (They do me!) If you drink three eight-ounce cups of coffee every day, you are slashing your risk for Alzheimer and Parkinson’s diseases by 20 … Continue reading →

Special Deals: Burberry Umbrellas & Pulsar Men’s Watches

Posted on by

Special Deal on a Burberry Umbrella Whether or not you are an avid fan of designer fashions and accessories, this deal on a Burberry umbrella is quite a surprise, considering that most Burberry items range in the $100s and above. This umbrella retails for $100, but Amazon.com is currently offering it for $39.89. You save $60.11–that is a 60% savings! Of course, it may be a bit pricey for a standard umbrella, and I can hear the chatter already—“That umbrella had better keep me completely dry, and have loads of bells and whistles, for that price!” Touché. Still, if you … Continue reading →

Week 2 of My Abs Diet Experience

Posted on by

I’ve been talking about how the Abs Diet and my experiences with it. This week I’m stepping it up a notch. I’m adding in the exercises specifically recommended by David ZincZenko’s guide. I wanted to share with you some specifics of my success so far. First and foremost, my cravings do not exist. I am a skeptic by nature so it’s hard for me to sit back and just accept anything at face value. However, my experiences in the last two weeks are really making this a reality for me. I have modified my diet to make sure I have … Continue reading →