Stacie's Place

I rented this car from a rental company down the street from me for my trip to Las Vegas. I was supposed to get an economy size car but there were non s when I went to pick it up on Friday afternoon.  Idaho plates, that's what I got.  Leg room and seat space seemed good. I liked the pockets in the back of the driver and passenger seats.  Sport button. Didn't make a difference it seemed when it was turned on. Had to re-turn it on every time I got back in the car.  These vents were able to spin 360*. I liked that.  Storage space for sunglasses and that tiny hole in the right? Had a weird orange light that was very dim. Only came on at night. Not sure what it was for.  I'm a fan of the built in light here. Handy.  I like the auxiliary port always. Probably because my current car doesn't have one built in. The big round button near the top in the middle - this was the volume. My hand could never find...

My blogger friend  Sarah  posted on Facebook about the opportunity to test drive a car from  Ken Garff Honda of Orem  and be treated to a meal. Free food? Test drive a car with no pressure of a salesperson? Count me in! We started out with a drive over to the Old Spaghetti Factory for dinner. I got the spaghetti with mushroom sauce. So delicious! Can't forget the spumoni! Now on to some of the features I loved most about this car. Loved this button to turn on and off the car. No need to put a key in! This is handy esp at night , you dont have to fumble for your keys in the dark. Want better gas mileage but a little less power in the engine and ac? Pressing this button gives you better gas mileage. I think I'd have that button pressed all the time! I would totally use the heated seat feature in the winter here in Utah Super love that there is an auxilary port and place to plug in a USB. I get excited when any car has thi...

So I recently saw this nailpolish at Target on sale for a couple dollars off and thought I would get it and test it out. It sure felt like sugar on my nails, just how it looks in the picture. Like sandpaper, coarse and a little rough. I painted clear polish over a couple of my nails to see if it made a difference and it did not really , which I was surprised at. I super love the color but not sure that I like the gritty feeling on my nails. I will probably wear it again though just because the color is so awesome but maybe I'll try 2 coats of clear instead of 1. Have you tried this? How do you like it?

This is my second box from Love With Food so I thought it might be cool to review a little bit of it. I actually won the first box in a blog contest and I have not canceled the subscription yet. It's $12/month which isn't terrible but when you are trying to save money for big life things you try to cut out all the little things.  Here's a closer picture of the box and here are a couple items I really liked  (besides the Necco's...) I am not a fan of figs but this Fig Bar - Strawberry was so delicious. There were 2 pieces inside and the flavor was really good, not grainy. I'd eat this again as a snack. This was my #1 favorite in the box I think. Not huge into salted caramel stuff either but this....was so delicious in my mouth. Starts out tasting sweet like caramel popcorn but then my mouth filled with a salty yet still sweet flavor. I wish I had a bigger bag of this! Overall this is a great way to try samples of food you might not get to try us...

I learned very recently (thanks @imtopsyturvy & @utahsweetsavings) about a fantastic new store opening up across from South Town Mall in Sandy called Hut No. 8. Right now they are looking to buy gently used name brand clothes and I went in yesterday with 3 bags of clothes to try my luck.  If you cant stay while they look through your clothes, they let you leave the store and come back later in the day. if you don't have time to stay. It sounds like it takes about 45 min for them to go through a few bags of clothes and decide what to give you for them. I thought that was nice to be able to leave and come back later.  I had a little time to stay and look around so while they looked through my clothes I browsed the racks. They have a small selection of guys clothes so far and quite a few clothes for the girls. I saw a dress, shirt and jacket + a pair of boots I liked. Fingers crossed they are there when I go back to shop! Look how cool the ceiling is!...

I have rented a lot of cars in the past when I've gone on roadtrips or flown somewhere and needed a car. Got a PT Cruiser once in Portland, Chevy Aveo for another Portland trip, a Toyota Prius for a trip to New Mexico last October but most recently on our 2 year wedding anniversary trip, my husband and I decided to rent a truck. We rented from the Toyota dealership not too far from us and got this... I was not planning to do a review on this truck but Tony & I loved it so much that I knew I had to take a few pictures and share some cool things about it on my blog. Toyota Tacoma 2013 We took it from SLC down to New Mexico and Arizona then back up to Utah. We got about 20 mpg on the trip.  It has a bigger gas tank than my Mazda Protege5 but got the same gas mileage as my car so that was really nice! Here were some of my favorite features... Spot for a USB cord & an aux cord. I love this because my car doesnt have it Touch screen for radio/music....

Some of the items I'll be blogging about on here are things I've won from blog contests recently. I won these earrings from the blog  Among the Young  . It was her first giveaway on her blog that she has ever done. They arrived a few days ago - aren't they pretty!? Here is a close up, as good as I could do with my camera Here's a view a bit father back. I love the way they look! Kaylynn just opened an  Etsy  shop and said she will be adding more items soon. Check it out!