In My Bag

2 lil Angels Boutique specializes in creating handmade, one of a kind bows, clips and headbands for baby girls and little girls! The shop is run by Sarah of alittlelessordinary.com, who personally creates each and every item. In addition to hair accessories, she also sells unique pacifier clips, onesies and one-of-a-kind tutus! Many items listed on her site can be customized to feature certain colors and certain types of clips (see color charts and clip styles), and in the case of the tutus, can be sized to your liking.

My own three and a half year old daughter was lucky enough to receive a few hair accessories from 2 lil Angels Boutique! My daughter was happy with the look and feel of the bows and clippie she received and has been wearing day-in, day-out for the majority of this week, and I am impressed by how well constructed they are, and how durable they seem to be!

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I love the Munchkin Bath Letters and Numbers. They’re bath toys that are designed to stick to the sides and walls of a bath tub when wet. And unlike other supposedly stickable items (such as Munchkin’s Tub Toy Organizer), these actually stick! Better yet, they stay where you put them. No slipping, no sliding, and certainly no dropping right off. And for those of you who have small children that like to gnaw on and chew on toys, rest assured: the Munchkin Bath Letters and Numbers are made of thick, sturdy foam, and so far has not bent or ripped apart under the pressure of my 21 month old son’s teeth and mouth!

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The Styli-Style Line & Seal Eye Liner is probably the worst eye liner pencil I have ever had. I don’t have a problem with the color — rich, dense color, nor do I have a problem with the application — thick, true, consistent. No, I have a problem with being able to sharpen the pencil. The problem is, I can’t sharpen it! The shaft itself seems to thick and plastic-y to really play nice with my eye liner sharpener, and when I did manage to get it to work, I shaved off jagged edges of the plastic shaft, without touching the thick point of the eye liner itself.

The end result? Stabbing myself while trying to apply a thick line of eye liner.

If you want smooth, precise lining without catching your delicate under-eye skin on jagged ends of plastic, the Styli-Style Line & Seal Eye Liner is not for you.

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The husband keeps trying to talk me into internet satellite. I can definitely see the appeal. Currently, and since 2004, we have been with one of the crappiest companies out there, Comcast. I know they’re trying to do a lot with their image through commercials and reaching out to people at getsatisfaction.com, but overall, I’m not impressed with them.

Why? I’ll tell you why: for a year’s worth of aggravations, damages done to our lawn that weren’t repaired or reimbursed, and dangerous items left at my mother’s house, we were “compensated” with a year of HBO. A channel we barely watch to begin with, and one I had planned on canceling, anyway. Big deal. *eyeroll*

I think a lot of businesses are smart to invest in business satellite internet. And why shouldn’t they? DSL or cable internet connection speeds for businesses can be very costly, and a pain in the butt to get set up, what with all of the routers, hubs and access points. A business can surpass all of that hassle by choosing instead to use business satellite internet.

ipinternational.net is one company that offers satellite internet options for businesses. In addition, they also have other services, including fixed and mobile satellite communications solutions.

You know what? The more issues we have with our cable and internet service provider, Comcast, the more I consider using a satellite communications provider for our internet connection, at the very least. I can’t tell you the number of times we have had our Comcast provided internet connection go down, and for no reason at all. I’ll call the Comcast reps, and they’ll tell me they don’t see a problem on their end, so it must be our router/computer/craptacular luck.
Then they try to console me with the fact that our cable television still works. Hello? I work from home, VIA THE INTERNET. Our phone is Vonage, which means it comes in VIA THE INTERNET. So damn, give me my internet!

The hold up on the reviews of the t-shirts (wearyourcity.com) and hair accessories (2lilangelsboutique.com) has been the weather! I want to take Alyssa and Ryan outside for their photos in the shirts (both) and hair accessories (Alyssa).

Tomorrow/today (Thursday), is supposed to be in the 70’s and at least partly sunny, so it sounds promising so far!