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My jeans split, my scale is discontinued, ThredUp photos are coming!

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I’ve got some miscellany for you all today!

I gave up on that one pair of jeans.

You know how I’ve mended them a bunch of times?

Well, they ripped AGAIN by the bottom of the zipper and I think I’m just done with them.

I can’t think of a way to fix them that won’t be super obvious, so they’re gonna be retired.

aforementioned jeans, after a repair, before another rip

Also, it’s too nerve-wracking to wear jeans that might split open at any moment.

I don’t need that kind of excitement in my life.

I found another mistake in my medical billing.

I caught it, called Cigna, and my phone call should result in a $225 check coming our way.

YES.

I really love Dinner Illustrated.

I know I’ve said this before, but seriously, I have made so many of the recipes in this book, and we’ve liked nearly all of them.

ricotta gnocchi from Dinner Illustrated

I don’t buy many cookbooks at all, but this one feels totally worth the money and the cabinet space.

a snap pea, cucumber, and radish salad from Dinner Illustrated

There are usually a bunch of used copies available on Amazon, and right now there’s a coupon good on a new copy.

The $10/$15 Grubhub deal is back!

You can get $10 off your first purchase of $15 or more through this link.

And if you want to work the deal further and avoid delivery charges, you can choose to pick up your order.

(Which obviously makes the most sense if you choose a restaurant that you will already be close to.)

My scale is available only on eBay.

After reading my trail mix analysis post, a reader emailed to ask me where I got my scale.

It’s actually super, super old…as in, I think I got it when I was a teenager.

In fact, it used to be white, but it’s just yellowed with age!

It appears to be discontinued, but there are a bunch of them available on eBay if you just search for “the gourmet weigh scale”.

If I were buying a new scale today, I’d go with a digital one.

Or if I had a bunch of counter space, this analog scale is so beautiful!

We are ALMOST done photographing those Thredup tops.

I know you guys have been patiently waiting to see all the goodies (and not so goodies) that showed up in that box of 50 tops.

This one is not a goodie, in my opinion.

I have just a few more to photograph and then I need to have a massive photo uploading session.

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Have a great Thursday, friends!

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Megan

Tuesday 30th of July 2019

Is it possible to convert your jeans to a skirt. I just started reading your blog and got hooked on it. Your very first post was making skirt from a pair of pants.

Kristen

Tuesday 30th of July 2019

It's definitely possible, but if the location of the split in the jeans is in a bad spot, it's pretty impossible to work around. A split by the zipper is really hard to work with!

So glad you are enjoying my blog. :)

Hydra

Monday 25th of March 2019

I totally understand about the jeans. But, I watched a video recently about a Japanese repairman who fixed a pair of worn out jeans. I thought you might enjoy it, and maybe there's something useful in it? At the least, it's a very satisfying video, and shows the detail he puts into the repair. He has so much respect for the jeans. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPxZg3QRGmg

Kristen

Monday 25th of March 2019

Thank you! I'll check it out.

Dmarie

Friday 22nd of March 2019

at least with your scale there's no need to replace batteries. now, that's zero waste!

Kristen

Friday 22nd of March 2019

That is very true. It's on 100% of the time!

Sabrina

Thursday 21st of March 2019

Oh dear! That shirt!! This promises to be fun!

I almost did the scarf rescue box, for $10 with free shipping but decided I would just put that $10 in my Christmas club jar!

Ada

Thursday 21st of March 2019

I love a good Thred Up post. I've used their goody box (you tell them your sizes and a bit about what you want and they send you a "curated" box) a few times and got some outstanding clothes. But, I've also gotten some misses that were so bad, we nicknamed them "Throwed Up"

Sabrina

Thursday 21st of March 2019

Haha I like that!!

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