I shop at Costco maybe once or twice a month. Unfortunately my local Costco is very busy most of the time. (I notice that other Costcos in more rural/less populated areas aren’t as bad.)

If you must go on a weekend, go right before they open or about 30 minutes before they close. I find it gets the busiest between…

They usually seem to happen on weekends in the middle of day. Costco is a lot more mellow when there aren’t any free samples.

If I need to go to Costco on a weekend (I live in a highly populated area where it’s crazy during the peak times), I will go right when they open up or when they close. No free samples then.…

These are great. I absolutely love the cover for traveling (I like to do light cooking when I’m on the road to save money). They’re at a very good price point. I bought mine at TJMaxx/Marshall’s for a good price. But the retail price is pretty good to.
I find that these are very sharp.
I have found similar knives by…

These are great. I absolutely love the cover for traveling (I like to do light cooking when I’m on the road to save…

I use arrowroot powder, another thickening agent, which supposedly has no taste. I enjoy it because I find takeout soup to be very oily and salty normally. And it's really cheap, easy, and very quick to do this soup at home.

Agreed. But there is still definitely a difference between someone who knows the language very well and someone still learning it. Frankly, I couldn’t understand what most of what Chloe was saying.

As a native speaker, the few moments where Korean has been spoken by non-fluent actors in American TV has been pretty…

I agree with you. I couldn't understand what she was saying. I watched this at home last night because I was curious if Chloe actually spoke a lot of Korean in this skit. After the first "no rental" phrase, I couldn't understand anything she was saying.

Camping in a state park (personal experience from the Shenandoah Park in VA) is horrible during holiday weekends. The chance of being next to a loud group rises during these weekends. Even a non-holiday summer weekend is preferable. It's noticeably quieter on summer weekdays (a lot more empty lots so you can space…

It’s definitely not ALL of the stores. I’ve never been mistreated or shunned at their stores (in the DC area). I’m at the higher end of their sizes. I do believe this is a corporate problem though, as I do hear too many stories of discrimination and rudeness from their sales staff.

I’m super cheaper so I actually buy a big tub of it and disperse them into contact lens containers (I have a ton of them). It means I have several of them in various places (purse, work, home, etc).

I’ve been going through some skin sensitivity these past few years, and Aquaphor has saved my lips! It's the only thing I will use (most lipsticks have also caused my lips to dry out) now. I carry it with me everywhere.

According to this, DSC is just a reseller of Dorco razors. They (Dorco) had some really cool sale last week, so I bought about $20 of razors to try. I'm curious to see if they're equivalent to the random one I get on sale at the supermarket/drugstore.

It only happens to me when I do “super couponing” (one supermarket chain does “super doubles” that doubles $1 coupons a couple times a year). I'm pretty patient. But the people behind me must hate it. I'm somewhat obvious about my couponing, as I have an expandable envelope thing-y with me and pull out my coupons and…

I coupon (less than I did 2 years ago), and I’m pretty patient. It’s not always the customers fault though. I read through each coupon, making sure that it's the right item, size, expiration date, etc., and there are still beeps that require manager's approval for some odd reason.

I learned by reading through slickdeals.net and there are also blogs devoted to this. I will say that it depends on the region. I know that some parts of the US has great coupons/sale deals, but other parts have horrible ones. I think the drugstore deals are the easiest to start out with.

It’s not for everyone. I have a Costco membership as a single person (though my parents, who don’t live with me, have the other card). I rarely buy produce/things that will spoil. Also, it's not always the best deal. Some of the stuff is more expensive than the supermarket (especially when the supermarket has a sale).…

Most supermarket chains around me double up to $1 (meaning $.99 or below). Most of the coupons are actually $1 to $1.50 now. There a couple of <$1 coupons, but they are usually for an expensive item.

That collar is magnificent!

"Make it or Break it" turned me off Candace forever. This year, I’ve made a point of avoiding her. I was able to not watch any of her Hallmark movies (I absolutely adore the craptastic fest that is a TV movie), but she ended up hosting this mega Hallmark weekend thing and I had to see her at the end of every movie.

I watched a handful of episodes (yes only the cameo ones), and I agree with your assessment. I watched the first run of BMW and enjoyed it (as an adolescent). I am not the target audience for GMW. So I'm not sure if it's objectively better than the average tween show.

It’s pretty easy to tell with Coach apparently. If you see the inside tag, there will be a serial number (not an individual one, but I assume there's one per line/color/whatever). If there is an F in the serial number, it means that it was created for the outlet. They do sell a small number of "directly from the…