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Saturday, December 09, 2006
I [Heart] Adagio Tea
It’s clear to me that someone has alerted the corporations of the world that this is a crappy financial time for me, because they’re all sending me free stuff. First, Nespresso, and couple of days ago, Adagio Tea. Neither company sent me the freebies because I’d spent much this year. In fact, I believe I spent a total of $14 at Adagio this year. I did, however, buy a bunch of gifts for people last year from Adagio. They have really great tea, and lots of choices for us decaf drinkers. Our favorite is blueberry, but so far we haven’t found a single one that we don’t like. They also have a very nice website with reviews of their teas, a way to earn gift certificates based on your purchases, and excellent customer service. They’re one of my very favorite online companies.
They sent me a box of fancy schmancy green jasmine display teas. They start out in a little ball and they slowly open up into a cool flower pattern. I’m not a huge flowery taste/scent tea lover, but I actually did enjoy the green jasmine. It’s a very light tea, but it held up well to my Coffee-mate and sugar. Yeah, I know, I shouldn’t be ruining it by doctoring it, but that’s how I like my tea. Sweet, like me. Uh huh.
My other freebie this week is probably a little less exciting to read about, but it might be informative for pet owners or for people with incontinence problems. Luckily, I’m falling into the pet owner category at this time in my life. We use disposable underpads for Cricket in the master bathroom. When we got Cricket & Dante as puppies, we had trouble getting Cricket outside as often as she needed to go, so we trained her on underpads on our apartment patio. Even now, it’s hard to get her out as often as she may want to go out because we have the little dogs in the bedroom behind a baby gate, to protect Phoenix from Eli. Long story, and I’ve probably told it recently. Anyway, Phoenix has the bladder of a, well, something that can hold its bladder for a long long time. She once held it for 40+ hours because she didn’t want to get her dainty feet wet because it had rained. We took her out repeatedly, but she refused to go. Super annoying. But anyway, Phoenix doesn’t need the underpads. It took me years to find the very best underpads after Depend stopped making underpads for some reason. Most underpads are terrible. One pee spot and it spreads like there’s no absorbent padding whatsoever. It’s also difficult to find large enough pads to cover the (very small) bathroom floor. Most doggie or puppy underpads are tiny for some reason. They’re also outrageously overpriced. Even the underpads I buy, which are the priciest of human underpads, pale in comparison to what pet stores charge for their large underpads, which I’m sure are of a much lower quality. What I buy for Cricket are Night Preserver Underpads from ISXprs.com. They come in three sizes, but I’m only willing to buy the two with the 36” length. The square ones are just too short.
I’ve been ordering from ISX for probably close to five years. They’ve never sent me anything free that I can remember. However, this week, they sent me a reusable/washable underpad like this one, but a little smaller. While I have no desire to be washing dog urine in the washing machine, Leigh-Ann thinks it’ll be something she can use for the tiny foster kittens next time. And, you know, it was FREE, and a gift! I so appreciate that. What I really want from ISX though, is for them to start an affiliate program. These underpads are super fabulous for dogs, whether they’re puppies and being trained or they’re old and have incontinence issues. I imagine that they’re good for people too, only I’m not anxious for either of us to have to test them out.
For some fabulous pet coupons (only don’t waste them on puppy underpads), go to Bargains4Pets - there are always some online pet stores having a great deal or two. I confess, it’s Leigh-Ann’s site, but nepotism aside, the coupons can save you a bunch o’ cash.
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