Before you hit (or skip) the malls today, here's two great articles from Time Magazine on how not to overspend or make costly mistakes:

Before you go.

Eight mistakes you don't want to make.

All the best from our family to yours.

I can rememeber Hostess from wayyy back.  My dad owned a lunheonette that had a huge display case of Hostess (and Drake) goodies.  Prominently places, as usual, were the Twinkees.  Not my favorite (the chocolate cupcakes with the squiggly lines are), it's hard to believe these icons of snack food are going away.

Or will they?  Perhaps another company will buy the rights to make these treats and satisfy generations of Twinkee lovers.  I hope so.

I remember this from a Halloween party a while back.  I'm not a huge avacado fan, but it looks great for Halloween.  The picture is from AllRecipies.com

Halloween Brain Dip! Cauliflower is hollowed out and filled with avocado dip - that's it!

Michael Phelps has become the most decorated Olympian in history.  He won his first individual gold in London in the 200 individual medley on Thursday (8/2), making him the first man to win the same individual event at three consecutive Olympics.

Apparently, there's malware out there that is going to cause some computers to be "locked out" of the Internet on Monday.  FBI says it's been lurking for a year or so.  Two things; first, go to this site and check to see if your computer passes the test (a simple screen wil immediately let you know.) http://www.dns-ok.us/  If you are infected, or if on Monday you haev no connection to the Internet, don't panic - your Internet Provider can fix it for you.  Happy surfing!