Author Archives: Stylish 🍒

After the turkey and the sides are all put away, and when the shoppers stand in line at 4am at Target, it’s time to decorate. The day after Thanksgiving for my family is traditionally the day we like to get the decorations out of the attic. We form an assembly line and get all theContinue reading “Christmas Decorating and a Picture Show”

November is almost over and I am nearing my milestone 500th blog post. It was a busy month with my store getting ready for Thanksgiving and the holidays. Plus, we thought about Benny at Children’s and visited him as well. The Christmas decorations are up, the tree is decorated, and it’s time to look aheadContinue reading “Christmas Shopping and Cookie Baking: A Look Ahead to December”

On this Thanksgiving holiday, there is a lot to be grateful for. Good health, another year under the sun, and getting full time at Giant Eagle. Come with me as I go down the list and find a dozen things that I’m thankful for in 2023. Also, don’t forget to look for my Top TenContinue reading “A Blog To Be Thankful For”

I am so relieved that this week has finally come to an end and that I am able to have a nice night off. It’s hard working retail during the holidays and Giant Eagle is no exception. Nothing like when I worked at WIS and always had time off at Thanksgiving and Christmas. Of courseContinue reading “A “Primanturkey” Sandwich, Christmas Decorations, and a Happy Anniversary!”

Falling sales and ongoing opioid related lawsuits have had a huge impact on drugstores. Camp Hill based pharmacy Rite Aid has been hit hard by this and recently closed nine stores in the Pittsburgh areas. For those who get their meds at one of the Rite Aids that closed, they must get them elsewhere now.Continue reading “A Shuttered Pharmacy, The Last Day, and My First Friendsgiving”

This is my second blog post in 12 hours! But I’m not going to go crazy and post from now until the end of the year. This one will be short and sweet (that’s debatable). We are ten days away from Thanksgiving and still don’t know what our plans are yet. If it’s likely we’llContinue reading “Last Year’s Thanksgiving and an upcoming Bloggiversary”

I wasn’t in attendance Friday night but, the beginning of the Christmas holiday took place at Westmoreland Mall as they held their annual Light Up night festivities. I read that the event had its best turnout in five years (pre-COVID). While COVID is still a thing and will always be around, it appears the socialContinue reading “Light Up Night and a Sunday Drive to Ligonier”

Last night, I drove out to Monroeville and ate dinner at Mad Mex, located in the Miracle Mile shopping center. It was the perfect time of the year to try their seasonal staple, the Gobblerito. For me, this was my second time expereiencing this culinary masterpiece. Last year was my introduction and I got anContinue reading “A Gobblerito, Holiday Baking, and Christmas Fashion”

This weekend has been a treat with mild temperatures and dry conditions replacing the rain and cooler temperatures that seemed to dominate the October landscape. Color is starting to fade in most of Pennsylvania or is already past peak. Some of you saw snow to kick off November. We saw a few flurries but nothingContinue reading “Christmas Music, a Pilgrim, Change and Personal Growth”

I don’t know about any of you reading this, but I thought that little touch of snow was a welcome sight Wednesday morning. As I left work, I was faced with the task of cleaning off my car and scraping some of the ice that had frozen to my windshield. I’ve also had to scrapeContinue reading “Cheetah 🐆 Prints, Family Picnics, and Autumn 🍂 Leaves”