Bright Lights, Big Ass by Jen Lancaster

Bright Lights, Big Ass: A Self-Indulgent, Surly, Ex-Sorority Girl's Guide to Why it Often Sucks in the City, or Who are These Idiots and Why Do They All Live Next Door to Me? by Jen Lancaster

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I've discovered that it's mandatory to have a copy of Lucky magazine on-hand when I read a Jen Lancaster book; I use Lucky's convenient little "buy me!" stickers to earmark the numerous hilarious quotes in Lancaster's books that I'll need to write down later. I was actually laugh-crying over one of the stories she related! This woman is hysterical and reading her books makes me smile.

Snowpocalypse 2011

The egg aisle at Kroger was looking totally bereft 1 hour before 1st snowflake hits ground in Atlanta. I love the south!

Welcome to the world, baby boy!

William Emory Huggins, 8 pounds of baby boy joy, was born today, Saturday, January 8, 2011! Congratulations to my friends Maggie & Allen Huggins on the birth of their first child!

Retail Me, Retail Me Not!

If you do a lot of online shopping, you need to bookmark RetailMeNot.com A.S.A.P.! It's a site where people submit coupon codes to thousands of online retailers. You can find great discounts and free shipping codes to help lower the cost of your online splurges! It's absolutely FREE and you do not have to join the site or any mailing list to use the coupons. It's a very handy tool to have in your retail arsenal!

Gingerbread Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke

Gingerbread Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I originally wanted to read this collection mainly for the Joanne Fluke's "Gingerbread Cookie Murder", but my favorite of the 3 stories ended up being "The Dangers of Gingerbread Cookies" by Laura Levine. The main character 'Jaine Austen' was likable, relatable and funny. I will definitely be checking out Levine's series starring this humorous small-time sleuth. I enjoyed all 3 of the stories, even though I found the conclusion of Leslie Meier's "Gingerbread Cookies and Gunshots" disappointing in that everything was wrapped up in a hurry and it didn't seem very plausible.