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Bonzacat
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, December 02, 2005 - 10:16 am
Coco - those trees are wonderful!!! And how about that pug, front and center? Too cute! We have cats with claws - I don't think we are doing trees anymore... (unless we get an upside-down tree... anyone seen those? they are different...) but Joely - is that giant blow up snowglobe the one at Costco? They have a giant one and we have been joking with neighbors about it. We all thought we'd get them and keep them in DH's warehouse for the 11 months, but he didn't think that was very funny. 
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Julip
Member
09-28-2005
| Friday, December 02, 2005 - 10:26 am
Someone in a nearby neighborhood actually put out one of those blow up snowglobes on their front lawn, about a week before Thanksgiving!! In fact, it was alongside with lit up white reindeer, and a gi-normous snowman and Santa. Oh, and a nativity scene - large, of course. I notice the snowglobe and the big blow ups are gone, and just the nativity and reindeer remain - I think people were messin' with 'em, or maybe they were shorting out. The leaves are just beautiful around here - seems like they brightened up overnight! It is so windy, so they will probably be gone by the end of the day. I am going to try to get out to take some photos before it is too late. :o) Good Morning, all - Bonza - pour me a non-fat chai latte, please? :o) Coco - the Christmas trees are gorgeous!
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Friday, December 02, 2005 - 10:30 am
Good day everyone!!!! I'm sitting here in my just-delivered, brand-new, SLATE HOODIE!!!!!!!!! It's sooooooooo warm and comfy!!! I think I might be able to go to wearing a t-shirt or other light-weight shirt under this instead of my usual winter gear of a sweater and a hoodie of some other type that is definitey not COZY CHIC!!!! Now the only bummer is, I'm going to have to put it away for Christmas since I'm buying these things for myself so I make sure I get something I want for Christmas!! LOL I find it interesting that both of my sellers - 2 hoodies from one and the bathrobe from the other, are both in ARIZONA. Now why is it they and those of you in California have access to BFD Cozy Chic items and we here, freezing in the northeast and not in NYC or some area like that, don't?!!!! I heard we "might" get a Nordstroms in one of our malls, but not yet! Oh yeah, and FL has one, but we of the frozen north have to go online to find ours? I cry FOUL..... WEATHER! LOL Joely, hopefully, we'll be getting a tree (real) this weekend. DD is coming home from college today and she and her BF decorated at his apartment and his parents last weekend, so they want to do up our house this weekend. YAY! The last few years, my tree has been nice but has been darn near nekkid because the kids were too durn busy to even HELP decorate it! I always use small lights. In earlier years I used to use multi-colored lights, but the last 5 yrs or more, I've only used white. All kinds of things go on it from when the kids were little - ornaments they were given to ornaments they made. I used to buy them each a couple of ornaments each year so they would have some of their own and we've tried to keep them in separate boxes through the years, but I know some have gotten mixed up and they have to lay dibs on them when they see them! Great photo of Itty Bitty Kitty, Since! Such a pretty kitty!!! Love the tree photos, Coco. I like the last one too. One of these days maybe I'll do a theme tree, but I got it from my parents to always put the kid stuff and old ornaments on along with newer ones. I swear my mom still has this decoration I made out of construction paper and straws when I was in kindergarten in the dark ages and still hangs it up. Those were PAPER straws btw, I don't think they invented plastic yet. LOL
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Friday, December 02, 2005 - 10:35 am
Hukd - That is SO Misha in that naughty kitty icon! I used to have that one and lost it when my PC crashed so I'm glad to have that site back! Misha has been going to town on TP lately! We now have to turn the roll the other way around so she can't unroll the whole thing, but she still manages to roll off A LOT!! The worst part is, she doesn't just do it with her paws! She uses her teeth too so they're are huge holes all through it! Gawd.. this cat is so not making it easy for me to get another one anytime soon! LOL I do fear she'll be lonely when the day comes that our dog is no longer here. She's an old girl, but they still play like crazy!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, December 02, 2005 - 10:43 am
The BFD company HQ is in Malilbu, so of course we have the stuff in California.. and remember, it actually DOES get cold here at times and I'd think in the true frozen north you really would need at least another layer of protection at the coldest times, no? I could see a wonderful windproof coat or jacket LINED in CC!! Yummy! Love the trees, Coco!! I was actually thinking of Janie blue for my blanket, to match one set of sheets... or bordeaux just because I love it (but they don't make a bordeaux blanket, oh, well) But I kinda fell in love with the WHITE when we saw all that CC stuff in Berkeley.. and my duvet does have white in it (and yellow and blue). Yess!!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, December 02, 2005 - 10:46 am
I saw one of those blow up globes at Rite Aid 
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Friday, December 02, 2005 - 11:46 am
Sea - I knew the warehouse was there in CA but I still think we should have more access here. LOL When it gets really cold here, you're bundled up INSIDE as well as out. The hoodie under a coat makes you toasty - I tested it. LOL Yes, a coat lined with CC would be great! The only problem I have with winter and cold weather gear is shopping. I can't stand having to bundle up and having say a heavy leather coat on and then go in the mall and you're dripping w/sweat and then you have to hall a coat around. Uggh. That's why a lot of people look like total morons wearing just about nothing going into the malls/stores because it gets so darn hot in there! At least at the grocery store or some bigger stores like Target, you have a cart you can put it in. I still hate winter... and I'd much love to have YOUR cold than ours, Sea! I loved CA when I was out there visiting. Now more family is living there so hopefully, it will sooner than later be time to get out there for a visit.
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Meggieprice
Member
07-09-2001
| Friday, December 02, 2005 - 11:51 am
Well I just saw one of those globes earlier this week so of course we are wanting one lol! Zach and I are going out shopping for decorations tonight- Michael is not allowed to come because he is too bah humbug about tacky things!
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Bonzacat
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, December 02, 2005 - 12:11 pm
OK - first one to place a giant, inflatable snow globe in their yard MUST post a photograph!!! AGREED?

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Bonzacat
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, December 02, 2005 - 12:19 pm

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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Friday, December 02, 2005 - 12:33 pm
Just back from lunch out to celebrate "B9". I stopped at Von Maur to take a look at the pile of cozy Cozy Chic. And while there, I met a reality TV show "star". Remember from 'bout a year ago Richard Branson's show The Rebel Billionaire? The runner-up Sara Blakely, founder of Spanx was there with a trunk show. Sara was the contestant who climbed the hot air balloon early-on in the whole thing.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, December 02, 2005 - 12:39 pm
LOL about Michael and tacky things!! I must say that when I put water in that blue glass bowl from Sur la Table, it is amazing.. it just shimmers! NOT tacky one bit. Watching.. I remember all that.. lived in Michigan from age 4-13. I just love California weather!! And I'm OFF to knitting class and the PO (Bonza, be on the lookout for a couple of rowdy little items) and Curves, with my Uggs and my espresso hoodie!! (well yeah, some khaki (or olive drab?) "jeans" in between and the pink "San Francisco" shirt I got at the airport.. what fraud.. I didn't even get into the city this trip.. but an "Oakland" t-shrit.. just WRONG.
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Bonzacat
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, December 02, 2005 - 2:50 pm

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Wendo
Member
08-07-2000
| Friday, December 02, 2005 - 4:21 pm
My CompUSA has that blow up snow globe near the front door of the store. It uses some sort of contraption to blow the snow around on the inside like a snow globe. Can't say it's something I would buy for myself (I find it rather tacky); it's also quite loud with the blowing thing going.
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Friday, December 02, 2005 - 4:44 pm
Those things ARE loud! I haven't seen the globe, but lots of people have the OTHER blow up things and I've seen some displayed in stores and sheeesh - I don't want to pay to keep that dumb fan blowing. I also don't see how without heavy weighting the things down they just don't blow away! LOL
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, December 02, 2005 - 5:01 pm
Yes, the one in Rite Aid was loud and somewhat obnoxious.
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Bonzacat
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, December 02, 2005 - 5:12 pm
Hey, perfect if you don't like your neighbors! 
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Bonzacat
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, December 02, 2005 - 5:24 pm
Forgot to add: ... but I love my neighbors ... I really do ...! 
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Meggieprice
Member
07-09-2001
| Friday, December 02, 2005 - 5:31 pm
Hey Wends! How are you? SO good to see you here. Yep tacky as could be- which is why I love it so! However it isn't quite the right kind of tacky so we probably wont buy it. I will probably get a bunch of those things that were hanging on the tress on 4th street in Berkeley, Sea. We had an inflated pumpkin with ghosts coming out of it- you use lines with stakes to hold them down Watching. I think with a kid I have gone in a direction for decorating I might never have considered in my life before!
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Bonzacat
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, December 02, 2005 - 5:36 pm
I find that a mixture of elegant and tacky provides a nice balance in life. P.S. Could not fit that mouthful in a Bonza thought bubble, but it sounds as if it belongs there.
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Joely
Member
09-24-2005
| Friday, December 02, 2005 - 6:18 pm
Bonza ~ exactly what I saw! They look so cool! Those upside down trees are sold out from what I hear I'm lucky, my kitties don't bother the tree. Jinksy ~ I bet it got stolen! haha I think they are tacky, but the boys would LOVE watching it and there are so many kids in the neighborhood that everyone would probably take walks to come see it... HOWEVER, with all the teenagers in the area, I doubt it'd stick around long! haha
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, December 02, 2005 - 6:21 pm
I love those lights we saw in Berkeley, Meggie!
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Wendo
Member
08-07-2000
| Friday, December 02, 2005 - 6:30 pm
What's up Megs! Good to see you too. I'm always here, but we seem to be in different threads often. Except for BB of course. And, one persons tacky is anothers masterpiece. I'm sure there is quite a bit in my home that would fall under the heading of TACKY. LOL!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, December 02, 2005 - 6:41 pm
Joely, I can just see them taking it out to the "C" street and letting it bound down the hill!! LOL..
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Joely
Member
09-24-2005
| Friday, December 02, 2005 - 7:20 pm
Oh, I know Sea! Those overgrown brats would figure a way to keep the air in after taking it off the blower and they'd play kickball with it all the way down to that street! Sad part is that I doubt anyone would stop them. <sigh>
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