Papa Said

"You used to write a blog, not any more though". So with that, I bring you the miracle that is two blog posts in two days!

This one is about gym bags primarily. Many moons ago (I am talking like June here) my friend Abeni rolled up to our thai food dinner date. She was carrying her gym bag with her.

When I think of gym bag, I typically think of something along the lines of this:

$26.99

*Naturally mine would be pink but there is a multitude of colors available.

But our conversation went a little bit like this - 

Me: That is a nice Longchamp you have (not unlike the covetous tone reserved for Granny when she says "My those are nice teeth you have!" "Only the better to eat you with my dear!" [Sorry, but I have been watching a lot of Once Upon a Time])!

Her: Thanks, it's my gym bag.

Girlfran rolled up with one of these as her gym bag:

$145

*Imagine in black like Abeni's 

That, my friends, is some stylish gym gear. In her defense, someone I know may or may not have acquired the gym bag below, but in their defense, it is an equally as cute carry on for traveling!

$149

* It also came with a cute hand written thank you card.... er, I heard.

In completely reverse news to the gym bag story, I made a brie en croute yesterday. For the non fancy pants inclined, that is a brie wrapped in dough and baked. It's kinda what you need to do when you have leftover brie and no pretzel slims to eat it with.

*Fresh out the oven. Notice my keen foiling abilities so as to not get extra stuff dirty.

*Gooey and buttery.

And in completely non related news, I have turned a $6.99 purchase at Bartells into a stroke of genius. I went there purely to use an almost expired chinook book coupon with my friend Joyce and randomly saw a leopard print under bed storage bin. Since mama does not let me store anything under the bed (you will have to ask her why), I figured this would be a perfect opportunity for some organization

*Assorted contents: reusable bags, ear plugs and protective eye wear (long story), umbrella, towel with a fishie on it).

I foolishly did not take a before picture of my trunk, but if you can imagine it was kind of chaotic. The towel was laid flat under a mess of bags strewn everywhere and the Fred Mayer bag and umbrella would shift on every sharp turn. Enter my leopard print storage box and...

*After!

Everything is corralled into one spot, nothing shifts, and it looks so clean back there. Plus, if I ever need to fill my trunk, I can just take the box out in one fell swoop! That, my peeps, is a good idea for under ten dolla!

I hope everyone is well, healthy, happy, and (sometimes) thrifty. Leave me comments of your latest best purchase for under ten dollars or latest culinary adventure!