Things I Recently Discovered (In no particular order)

1. Ducks are not yellow. I have no idea why I used to think this (probably from the ugly duckling in Tom & Jerry and yellow rubber duckies.) But for real, up until about a couple of years ago, I seriously thought there were ducks that were yellow.
2. While it's really annoying, my husband insists that we keep a checkbook register. No, not the electronic kind, the old school kind where you write in EVERY transaction. Through the years I've found it to be a pain, however recently I've discovered that it's quite helpful. Had it not been for the register, I wouldn't have been able to prove that I made a couple of payments online and for some fluke reason they didn't go through and got lost in cyber space.
3. You can check out DVDs from the library... for free! Yeah, it's been a while since I actually checked something out from a public library. Imagine my surprise that they have videos there - that's so cool!
4. You can donate books to a public library and it's a tax write off!
5. Cinnabons are pre-made. The people that work there get them in a box and they just pop them into the oven. I was disappointed to see this - I honestly thought they made them from scratch... the way some of the pretzel places make pretzels from scratch.
6. I have waaaaay too many hotel towels. Yeah, I admit it, I take towels from hotels. Through the years I've accumulated too many and finally purged my collection.
7. All pets are welcome at Petco, as long as they're on a leash. They mean it, all pets. I once saw a lizard on a leash and thought that was funny. Today I saw a cat on a leash - WTF???
8. The best days to go to Costco are Thursday through Sunday. Those are the days that the roadshow vendors come out and when you can score the most free samples.
9. Also at Costco, if a price ends with a "7" then it's a clearance price. That's the lowest price an item is going to go. So if, for example, you see a Lenox crystal vase for $12.97 or Scrapbook paper for $9.97 and you're debating whether or not you want to buy it... get it, because most likely it won't be there tomorrow.
10. Coach makes awesome umbrellas. My girlfriend gave me one for Christmas. It rained a lot this week and I got good use out of it. I was impressed - and it dried quicker than any other umbrella I ever owned before!