Archive for October, 2007

Printer Ink = Highway Robbery

Monday, October 22nd, 2007

Doesn’t it just burn your butt when you go to the store to buy printer cartridges for your printer?!?  A full set of color ink cartridges for my HP Photosmart C5180 All-In-One costs a quarter of the price of the printer itself!  That’s just plain crazy!

Each of the 5 colors that I need costs about $9.99.  You could buy a color combo pack for $35.99 that has all five colors and prints about 150 photos.  But if you want enough ink to print a lot of documents, or heaven-forbid more than 150 photos, you “should” get the combo pack with larger quatities of ink for $44.99.  (Oh… You didn’t know that the cartridges come with different quatities of ink either?)  Only some of the HP packages tell you how much ink is actually in the cartridges.   In the larger combo pack, the color cartridges have about 3.0 ml of ink.  (Whatever that means.)

So I just stood in the store trying to figure out if it was even worth buying the cartridges.  Finally an associate directed me to some store brand remanufactured cartridges that were only $40.99 for the color combo pack.  Each of those cartridges contained about 7.0 ml of ink.  NOW we were getting somewhere, but I still didn’t want to pay that much money.

Compare that to the color cartridges at 123Inkjets.com.   Their compatible color printer cartridges hold between 7 and 12 ml of ink for only $6.50 each.  More ink.  Less money.  Imagine that. 

123inkjets.com - Printer Ink, Toner, & More

Deliciously Yours

Monday, October 15th, 2007

Deliciously Yours was recently acknowledged by the award-winning food website, Epicurious.com, as the best meal delivery service! Judged on flavor, nutrition, portion size, convenience, variety, and customer service & support tools, Deliciously Yours earned 3 out of 4 “stars” and blew the competition away! Whether you are looking to lose weight, or simply live a healthier lifestyle, Deliciously Yours will help you – tastily – achieve your goals.

Each Deliciously Yours plan includes:

  • Delicious & healthy personalized meal plans
  • Guaranteed fresh meals, delivered right to your front door
  • Live phone support from registered dieticians and certified fitness trainers
  • Online support, personalized fitness plans, & full member access to the eDiets.com community boards
  • One free full day of meals with your first order
  • Great solution for those looking to conveniently and quickly lose weight and/or eat healthier

Deliciously Yours is available thru eDiets.com (my all-time favorite diet plan).

Secrets of a Happy Mommy

Monday, October 15th, 2007

Do you ever wish you knew the secrets of that happy mommy next door? You know… The one who always seems to have it together while you feel like you need 4 more clones… What is she doing that you aren’t? Well, Aurelia Williams has released her newest Real Life Guidance Report and she is going to tell you.

Get your copy here!

Ready for a New Look?

Thursday, October 11th, 2007

Do you ever get tired of the same look staring back at you in the mirror?  Ready for a change?  Try it on first!

Remember when I was playing with the online virtual makeover?  Everyone liked the hair color I “tried on” so much that I did it for real.  Then, I got brave, went back to Makeover Solutions and found a haircut too.  I brought pictures to my hairdresser and….

Before:
After:

For real this time.  I really did it!  What do you think?

Are YOU ready for a new look?