Wednesday, February 2, 2011

fabulous items I can't live without...

Thought I would share with you my enthusiasm for some recent purchases!!

Weathertech digital fit floor liners...bought these when we bought the minivan. OMG! BEST PURCHASE EVER!!! They are a little pricey (about $300 if you include the cargo liner), but worth every penny, in my opinion. Plus, they are custom fit to your car's make and model. I only wish I would've had these in my Tahoe. After seven years of milk stains, crushed in goldfish, projectile vomiting, etc...those floorboards had seen better days! These mats cover almost every square inch of the floor. So, with those and leather seats, I have pretty much child-proofed the car as much as possible!
Garmin Forerunner watch...love it! I am not a runner, but my brother and I have decided to run the rock-n-roll half marathon in Dallas on March 27. I didn't think running on the treadmill was going to cut it, especially for long runs. I found this watch on amazon.com for just over $100. It has GPS to track your distance and it is awesome! I don't think I get as much out of it as I could, but I love that it keeps a history of my runs so I can go back and check my times. I decreased my time by three minutes on a three mile run the other day! So, instead of an 11 minute mile, I kept a 10 minute mile pace...just call me the tortoise...my motto is "it doesn't matter how fast I go, just as long as I keep putting one foot in front of the other". On my 6 mile run the other day, I was repeating that over and over in my head...so. many. times.

My mom got me a Keurig for Christmas! I was probably the last person on the planet to get one, but I am not much of a coffee drinker. However, this thing is great because I can make flavored coffee, cocoa, tea, etc. I can also just make hot water to add to stuff like packaged oatmeal...great gift, Mom! I use it almost everyday!
The iFlip...I can not believe the video quality in this little tiny camera! It is really pretty amazing to think that video cameras used to be the size of a small child. I remember our first one and you almost needed to be a bodybuilder to tote that thing around all day. I just stick this one in my purse and go!
The best thing about these items is that they are USER-FRIENDLY! Ready to go straight out of the box. That is worth something right there.

3 comments:

Heather said...

Oh I need me some of those mats!! I have the grossest filthiest mats to ever exist. Love the garmin...kind of made me even thinking about running the rock n roll dallas too...hmmmm. Oh and you're not the last person to have a keurig...until today I didn't even know what one is. :) Am I missing something?

Sawatzky family said...

If we ever get a brad new car I will have to keep those mats in mind :) Love the reference to the projectile vomiting hahahaaa....a good mommy review!
Love the review of the flip cam... we have been debating getting one of those!

txmomof2 said...

love your reviews! I'm going to have to get some of those floormats. And best of luck running the 1/2--that is awesome that you ran 6 miles--I'm having a hard time running around my block. I love my Keurig--aweosme, awesome appliance.