I have been told aspartame may have side effects.
I try to stay away from artificial sweeteners.
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I have been told aspartame may have side effects.
I try to stay away from artificial sweeteners.
I have a friend who lives in Virginia & Miami Beach & bought a farm near UVa. She was describing the wines grown in that area. I tend to associate American wines with California & Oregon. There are many more regions than I realize producing good quality wines
I stopped using artificial sweeteners a while ago. I found it made me hungrier. I find a little sugar satiating. I love desserts. As much as I like sugar, I do not care for it in coffee or tea.
I don't buy as many shoes as I did. The lifestyle where I live is casual. My most recent boot purchase were Chanel rain boots from NM. Does that count?
Good luck with your dress. Best wishes for a nice surprise!
It can be uncomfortable when the cc is declined. It has not happened to me recently. Usually I get a text to verify my purchase. My current credit cards do not have a chip. Is it safer with one? I use Apple Pay for convenience. It's not accepted yet at many places. Like you, if I'm doing something outside my normal pattern of spending, I inform the cc company.
Related to credit card charges, I put the card to a lot of use the past six months on repairs to my car. I hope she is appreciative[emoji600]
Yes, it does. One summer I was writing a paper and consumed maybe 8-10 big McD's diet cokes. I never got into that drink to speak of, was more of a latte drinker. The next summer and afterwards I got to the point where I drank a lot fewer of them, interspersed with large glasses of ice water. Doc said try to cut out aspartame. Another doc (different specialty) said the same (I loved diet cherry cola). Once in a while I have a cherry cola.
It rains in Fla a fair amount, right? Then you need rain boots. Problem solved.
The same thing has happened to me multiple times! It is such a creepy, invasive feeling that people are out there with schemes like this. I figured out quickly not to call them back, but one time I was tricked. I got a letter from my credit card stating that "John Smith" (some named individual) had opened an account using my name and that if I wanted to dispute this to call the 1-800 number listed. When I called, a representative from the credit card answered and asked me to verify my info. I gave him my cc number, my name and was starting to give him my birthdate before I suddenly got a weird feeling. I put him on speaker phone and my husband came over. He told me to hang up the phone. He called the 1-800 number on the back of the card and we were told that this was a scam and to never call a number on a letter no matter who it is from, always call the card/bank directly. This letter from my "credit card" came with the same letter background, letterhead and logos that the real letters that my credit card sends to me (for example when they are notifying me of some little policy change). I fell for this scam because 2 people HAVE actually tried to open accounts in my name in the past, so I was in such a rush to stop the fraud that I fell right into their hands, exactly as intended.
I think the extremely high fraud alert is on my card because there has been significant fraud activity on one of my cards in the past. I don't think my phone (iPhone) or my computer are cancelling the purchases, it is the actual card. It happens sometimes but not always, but it is always for larger online or phone purchases, not for in person swiped purchases.
Your suspicions about artificial sweeteners making you feel hungrier has been confirmed by research. Unfortunately, I cannot drink black coffee, but with a little steamed soy (no lactose for me) I can avoid the sugar or equal. As mentioned, I do use stevia at times. I think it is the best of the not-great options. It is an herb, natural, but it has a bitter aftertaste unless it is processed to remove those bitter compounds, becoming no longer natural.
I am always considering rain boots since I live in Seattle, but I am unclear on the function and logistics. Do you wear them over your real shoes like galoshes? Do you bring your real shoes in your bag and change at your destination? Do you leave your boots in your car? I don't mind bringing extra things with me; for example a jacket to take on and off during the day, but it is much less messy to carry around a jacket compared to wet boots.
I am already dreading the weather forecast for the next two days.
Rain coming for you? Our rainy season has arrived in full force.
The worst part is the days getting shorter. In the summer there is enough light to do things outside until 10:30pm. In the winter it is black out by 3:30 sometimes if it is raining/dark skies. I believe our actual winter sunset is around 4pm. In the last few months it has gone from having a few hours of sun after work to dark skies when I leave.
My husband was off work and at home today while I was at work. When I got home, I went to the bedroom to put some things away and noticed that my bags were peeking out of their places, a strap handing out here, a twilly showing there. It was very cute, he said he just wanted to look at the bags I have not used lately because he likes them and I have not rotated my bags much lately. With an 8 month old I have been sticking more with dark colors and a shoulder/cross body option.
Do your husbands or significant others find pleasure in your bags also?
Do your husbands or significant others find pleasure in your bags also?
He seems like a keeper.
I can't stand the rain. Especially when I have to be out in it for hours. It has been getting darker a lot earlier here too.