vampkat

@vampkat (60)

United States • Age 44

Joined myLot 17 years ago

I am who I am, and that's all there is to it!

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Frugal recipes

draconess @draconess (650) • Canada 12 Mar 07

I'd like to start a good thread where we can share our frugal recipes, for all those who are grocery shopping on a budget. What do you make that's a yummy, inexpensive meal? I recently made a delicious minestrone soup, and it's so...

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vampkat One of my favorites at the moment is meatballs. Granted you have to have a crock pot, but the best meatballs are simply as follows: 2 cans mushroom spaghetti (even if you HATE mushrooms! I do) 1 large bag of mama rosalita's ITALIAN meatballs You place it...

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An 8 y-o caought Stealing!

bluegem @bluegem (174) • Dominican Republic 6 Mar 07

Recently I saw some clips of the punishment received by an 8 year old boy who was caught staeling bread in India. The poor boy was put to lie down in the road while someone drove a pick-up truck over his hand. It was so horrible....

boy

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vampkat Where did you see/read about this? I heard about a traveling "act" in that involved a very young child. It looks as though they are running over his arm with a pickup truck, but it is all a show. They do it in the street for money. Are you sure that wasn't...

7 Mar 07

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What LUSH product surprised you?

krebstar5 @krebstar5 (1266) • United States 6 Mar 07

For awhile, I wondered if anyone bothered to buy sandstone soap. I didn't think it smelled that great and I found it strange that only the top of the bar has the sand in it. Then I got some as a sample and gave it a try. It isn't...

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vampkat My big suprise was with aromacreme. I never thought a natural deodorant would work for me, and when I got a sample of aromaco, I was like BLECK! I thought it smelled horrid and then after that I was against trying any of them. When I got a sample of aromacreme...

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Does anyone keep an eye the register?

littlemoo @littlemoo (317) • Australia 6 Mar 07

When you go shopping, do you watch how much each item scans to make sure the sale price has been entered into the system? I've started doing that recently, and I've found that some items aren't coming up in my favour! I've...

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vampkat I've noticed sometimes things don't ring up like they are supposed to. I have had problems with certain places for that reason, and I simply stop shopping at places that argue with me about it. We are the consumers, WE are right.

7 Mar 07

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Do you prefer water or coke??? You need to read this..........

shambuca @shambuca (2524) • United States 5 Mar 07

Water or Coke? I could not believe this.... Very interesting WATER #1. 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated. (Likely applies to half the world population.) #2. In 37% of Americans, the thirst mechanism is so...

bumpers

highway patrol

read this

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vampkat I drink alot of water now, but i still drink the occassional caffien free pepsi. I do keep my lemon dasani next to my bed all night, so when I wake up with that midnight hunger, I chug my water and go back to bed. yay for water!

5 Mar 07

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Where can I write articles and earn Egold

bunmi2501 @bunmi2501 (465) • Nigeria 5 Mar 07

Im very good at writing long articles and I'v been searching for where I can earn residual income writing, but all my findings require me to have a paypal and this is not available in my area. Does anyone know where I can write...

earn egold

write article

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vampkat I don't know where you can go for that, but I am curious about the sites you can go that do accept paypal. Thanks for any info!

5 Mar 07

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To Those Born before 1986

Withoutwings @Withoutwings (6992) • United States 1 Dec 06

Do you think that these are true? Do you agree? What other thoughts do you have on these issues? What are your thoughts on the younger generation. (From a forwarded email) "According to today's regulators and bureaucrats,...

billy joel

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vampkat This is a very amusing and TRUE antidote. My mom and I have talked about my protectiveness ove rmy daughter, and how when I was younger I was NEVER home on saturdays and sundays. I would go down the street to my friend's house, we would then go to our other...

5 Mar 07

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Have you been to a Lush party? What has been your best goodie bag?

Withoutwings @Withoutwings (6992) • United States 28 Feb 07

I have only been to one Lush party - at the Pasadena Lush. I won a Love to Love You gift set in the raffle and it really made my whole vacation. In the goodie bag we got Large sample tubs of Bare Naked Ladies, Big, Karma...

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vampkat I haven't been to a lush party yet, but I really want to go to the saint patrick's day weekend after next. It sounds like they have alot of goodies, and I love most of their green stuff. YAYNES! I'm excited.

5 Mar 07

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Proof that I am not dippy, wacko, not all their, one short of a six pack???

whiteheather39 @whiteheather39 (24403) • United States 4 Mar 07

Some of my friends think I am just that.. Last year in the summer a small green garden lizard got in to my house and decided to stay. At that time there were a few little tiny, tiny black jumping spider and a couple of other small...

garden green lizard

six pack

window blinds

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vampkat Aww...what a cute little lizard! Many people keep lizards as pets. I don't think you are strange OR crazy. It's actually a pretty good idea to keep a lizard in a house that has small bugs around, because if they are poisonous bugs, the lizard will protect you...

5 Mar 07

Split Families

Bytemi @Bytemi (1553) • United States 5 Mar 07

My boyfriend and I are facing another holiday, Easter, and his ex-wife has once again denied us his daughter for the holiday. It is very frustrating. We worked so hard to get both of the girls for Christmas (my daughter and his)...

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vampkat I'm sorry you have to deal with this. If you want to (and have the funding of course) you can contest her behaviour in court. My step-dad had to do this because his ex wife was always refusing to let him spend time with his kids on holidays. The courts made...

5 Mar 07

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Unusual baby names

lillake @lillake (1630) • United States 3 Mar 07

What do you think of parents choosing unusual names for their children? Do you think it will upset the child later in life? Are some names OK but others too weird? I am curious. I have an odd name, though it is becoming more...

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vampkat I gave alot of thought to my daughter's name. Her name is Alona Roselynn. She has a unique first name, and a middle name that can be simplified if she wants a more comon name. There are many shorts for her first name (ie; Ali, Lonni), and if her name is TOO...

4 Mar 07

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Help! How to pottie-train my 3-year-old daughter...

egay679 @egay679 (152) • Philippines 4 Mar 07

I am a mom of 3 years now and I seemed to have a difficult time getting my daughter to pee in the bathroom every time she is about to go to sleep....and that is why I still have to place her on a diaper when she goes to sleep...

parenting

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vampkat The way I potty trained my daughter was to reserve a special treat (say yogart covered raisins, for example) for when she went on the potty. ONLY then would she get that special treat. If you are having particular trouble at night, you can get her special...

4 Mar 07

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If someone gave you $100 right now....

Withoutwings @Withoutwings (6992) • United States 20 Jan 07

and you had to spend it only on yourself - what would you buy?

buy

self

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vampkat I think I would have to buy a new tart warmer, and some more bath stuff. I can't seem to get enough! Scrubs!!!

4 Mar 07

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How far are you from you closest Lush store?

ma_belle @ma_belle (1357) • United States 6 Feb 07

Many people on the NA forums talk about how they are hours and hours away from a store. How far are you from a store? Before one recently opened up in Michigan (which is now 20 minutes away), I was about 45 minutes (give or...

distance from store

lush

lush na forums

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vampkat I live roughly four hours from the closest store. I have been twice now. :)

4 Mar 07

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Item that is most worth the money?

YuhMin @YuhMin (63) • United States 8 Feb 07

So what do you think is the one item that is most worth your spending money at Lush? I know it might seem like a sort of vague question, but I mean what do you NOT feel guilty spending your hard-earned money on? For me, it's the...

lushcom

wwwlushcom

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vampkat I have to agree with whoever said solid shampoos. I Use my godiva as a shampoo and a body wash when I go on camping trips or out of town. It saves alot of space, I don't have to worry about spilled showergel, and I still smell of delicious flying fox. All I...

4 Mar 07

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ew!

LadyMagpie @LadyMagpie (236) • United States 9 Feb 07

So. Using the fabulous recipe of a lushie on the other forum, I had made myself some homemade Buffy. It worked quite well, except because I was a bit overenthusiastic with the scrubby stuff, it has a tendancy to fall apart, so I...

lush

mold

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vampkat I've luckily have never had a lush product go all icky on me, but I am DYING to try out the home-made buffy. once I get settled in with my hubby (we are moving in july) I plan on buying up a bunch of stuff and trying my hand at homemade bath stuff. i have a...

4 Mar 07

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Why are Lushies so loyal?

ctinabina @ctinabina (386) • United States 10 Feb 07

It seems like a lot of us are very loyal to Lush. I know for me, personally, I didn't really care one way or another what bath stuff I bought until I became infatuated with Lush products. So why is it that we love Lush so much...

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vampkat To be perfectly honest, I'm not totally in love with lush anymore. Some of their products I ADORE. While others, most actually, I can live without. Lush really just opened my eyes to a better quality of bath products. Now I am discovering high quality...

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Lush products that just didn't smell quite like you were expecting ...

JJLoa44 @JJLoa44 (346) • Canada 14 Feb 07

In either a good or bad way. I'm talking ones that you've read the description of, and expected one thing, and got another - whether that be good or bad. Our noses always can interpret things slightly different, after...

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vampkat Avobath for me. When I was writing down all the lush stuff I wanted, Avobath was not on the list. I mean avacodo? Who would have thought I would LOVE it. When I smelled it in store I bought three greenwings and two avobaths. LOVE it now!

4 Mar 07