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The best kid of thrifty

by Elisa on April 6, 2009

in funny,guest posts,humor,shopping

Please welcome the first guest poster ever on Diary of an Unlikely Housewife: Jill, of Scary Mommy! Jill is gorgeous, and incredibly nice. She is one of my favorite mom bloggers – her blog is funny and very relatable, and it’s always a pleasure to read. Here’s a little taste.

I am an incredibly thrifty person. I love discount stores. I clip coupons. I get the max for the minimum and never, ever pay full price. It’s how I’ve always been, and I can’t imagine any other way. Despite all of my thrifty habits, though, I refuse to shop thrift stores. Most of my friends have no problem going that route for their kids, and they’re totally right– the clothes are in great shape and a fraction of the price… Why not? Honestly, it just grosses me out. What mystery child had a blow-out diaper in those pants? Wiped snot on those sleeves? Puked all over that dress? I know what my kids do in their clothes and it nauseates me. And I love them. The thought of a alien child’s poop? Gag.

I discovered the joy of my own child’s hand me downs with my second son. Having had boys so close in age and during the same seasons, my youngest owns nothing but previously worn clothes. And I love it. I love getting him dressed and remembering my older son in the same outfit. I love comparing their sizes, their smiles, their adoring sister with them… It is quite convenient to box up Ben’s outgrown clothes and walk 20 steps to Evan’s closet to put them away, knowing in a year I’ll see them all again. It’s the best type of second hand store in the world.

It almost makes me want to try for another girl, just to see my daughter’s sweet little dresses again.

Almost, I said. I’m not insane.


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They searched WHAT?

by Elisa on February 27, 2009

in funny,OMG,weird stuff


I didn’t think I could be one of those bloggers who have peculiar searches leading to their blogs.
And maybe I’m not, but when I finally decided to check out the search terms leading to my blog in a moment of boredom, my yawns changed into “Huh?” and then laughter and then “Ewwww”.

So I decided to share with you a selection of searches performed (that somehow led to this blog) in the past 10 months:

- “amish friendship bread, food poisoning” (I’m not surprised)

- “disneyed” (I knew that must be a real word!)

- “organizing freak” (ah! a kindred soul!)

- “I talk to barbie” (o-kaay…. just out of curiosity, does she talk back?)

- “amish friendship bread, urban legend” (nope. unfortunately it is very real. the smell is real, too.)

- “amish friendship bread is gross” (yup. I agree.)

- “good looking housewife” (me? aww shucks, thanks.)

- “how to get coffee without coffee” (hmmmm…. I don’t know, I think I need coffee before I can answer that.)

- “code lizzie shecks” (what? is this an espionage search?)

- “housewife legs” (are they special? a delicacy, maybe? like frog legs?)

- “housewife sex blogspot” (ok, you are on your own there, pal)

variations on the “housewife sex” theme: 16

Ok, seriously. How did some of these get here? What about my blog says “dirty”? Do the fabulous Brian Atwood heels in my header scream “S&M” to you? Yeah, me neither.

Whatever it is, I’m pretty sure that I would get a big fail whale on SEO from the new species of mommy blogger.


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