Kitty Deschanel

Embark Coupon : Save $40 on an  Embark Breed + Health Kit  (Update: It seems Embark doesn't actually want anyone to use their referral program, as the referral codes constantly expire and reach a maximum limit of referrals and other silly nonsense. If you have any trouble with the coupon, please send me an email at kittydeschanel@gmail.com and I'll email you an Embark coupon that works.) What is Embark? You know those weird people who have DNA testing done on their dog? I haven't even bought a DNA kit for myself, but our dog DNA test results for Olive are ready! The Embark Breed + Health Kit was our Christmas present from my parents. They love their little granddoggy. And how could they not? Just look at that face: Olive is so cool in her Harley-Davidson jacket. Don't tell her I nabbed it off a stuffed animal. Dog DNA Test Can you picture me swabbing her cheek to get the DNA sample? I felt a bit ridiculous. Olive wasn't too happy about it either, as I figu

I slaved over these homemade crepes all day. Just kidding! My secret ingredient? Prepackaged crepes, which taste just as good, if not better, than homemade. Ham and Cheese Crepes For something so simple, don't these look so fancy? I have a fantastic recipe for you today. But first, behold the 50 calorie giant cookie...   Giant YUM! And only 1 measly gram of fat. Can you believe it? Best of all, with the help of your toaster oven, these mega-cookies crisp up in less than ONE minute! Prepackaged crepes, where have you been all my life? Of course, you can also devour these  Frieda's French Style Crepes (or other prepackaged crepes) as they are intended, with a fruit or mascarpone filling. It couldn't be easier to fancy up a crepe.  Filling them with chocolate chips and mini marshmallows before their party on the stove or in the toaster oven gives you smores crepes. Blueberries and whipped cream (skip the toaster oven!) is also yummy. But h

Revlon Frost and Glow Alternate Title: I've ruined my hair. Alternate Title: Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Grouch? Darn you,  Revlon Frost and Glow ! Remember  my tweet  the other day regarding the $10 highlights deal? It turned out to be for only 2 highlights. Being the  cheap  thrifty gal I am, I decided to buy an at-home highlighting kit instead. Looking back, the truly frugal thing would have been to simply leave my hair as it was, which was perfectly fine.  Revlon Frost and Glow - My Experience For the record, I have used these kits before and have had wonderful results. The Herbal Essences highlighting kit with the lime green comb is perfect! But, that wasn't the kit that was on sale for $5. *Beware, the results you are about to see are real. Yes, I even performed the strand test! Revlon Frost and Glow: Before and After Pictures Revlon Frost and Glow BEFORE Perhaps I should have just left well enough alone. Revlon Frost and Glow AFTER What's with the weird stripe? I

Update: We are happily moved into our new home and I have narrowed down the choices on this list to  only  19. Most of our walls right now are just plain white. It's so boring! We recently (okay, SN recently) installed  our home's very first wallpaper , which looks amazing and completely changed the look of our hallway. Wouldn't this pattern be pretty on the wall behind a bed? I fell down the rabbit hole this morning, clicking a wallpaper link in my digital copy of House Beautiful and scrolling through dozens, maybe hundreds (thousands?) of pages. It was around 9 am when I started and was close to 4 pm when I finished. This was a problem for two reasons. I actually had things to do today. Lots of things. Our new house won't be ready until at least July. I'm not in the market for wallpaper. A few hours into my never-ending search, it occurred to me that it wasn't really wasting time if I shared my favorites here on my blog. Yes, I was totally