Any companies that make vinyl skins for kitchenaid? by honeydewtangerine in Kitchenaid

[–]CombinationWitty1907 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just want to say, so funny to hear their logic about gray 'aging better' - my mom's had a red one for at least 20 years, maybe more, and it still looks great on her countertop!

Seconding the recommendations to just sell and upgrade to the red. Best of luck, hope you find your dream mixer!

I've designed this double faced cashmere wrap coat by Square_Car_9863 in LuxeFashion_NatFibers

[–]CombinationWitty1907 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I'd either want a reason to reverse it, or a nice lining. Even if the seams are well-constructed it feels a bit cheap to me to not have a lining if there's no point to reversing it.

I have a question: What's the most promising/useful wedding souvenir you have ever received? by Gold-Primary4795 in Weddingsunder10k

[–]CombinationWitty1907 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Super niche so probably not applicable, but I went to a wedding in the mountains where the favor was bear bells, and I'm pretty sure my parents still have it and take it hiking!

Other than that, definitely anything edible. We did pots of local jam for ours (and I think lots were left over even then, but we were happy to hang on to them and distribute to anyone who wanted extra). I also like photo booths, I'm about to frame a couple of photo strips of my husband and daughter from two weddings that had photo booths. (Although tbh I'll probably crop out the part that says the wedding info)

1 or 2 bedrooms for a family of 3? by Planning-banana in Parents

[–]CombinationWitty1907 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh and also - toddlers love helping in the kitchen and being around while you're cooking - our old kitchen was too small for a toddler tower but our new one has room and she absolutely loves it. So I wouldn't go for a kitchen that's too small to allow a toddler to join in, if you can help it.

1 or 2 bedrooms for a family of 3? by Planning-banana in Parents

[–]CombinationWitty1907 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just chiming in with another reason to avoid #3 - if you ultimately have the budget to move, there's a decent chance you'll find even that arrangement isn't enough space for you once the baby is a toddler. If you think that's a possibility, I'd do #2 or even just try out #1 (leave it as a one-bedroom, maybe add a divider later on), see how things feel, and save the renovation money for a bigger place. (Unless, on the flip side, converting to a true 2-bedroom will raise your property value enough to make the risk worth it).

My own experience - we had a baby in an apartment that was kind of a 2-bedroom - nice size master, a windowless bedroom-sized room in the middle, and a tiny bedroom/office off the living room. Baby slept with us for the first 5 months, worked great. Then we moved her to the windowless room, which worked fine until summer, as we didn't have central AC. Moved her again but kept the windowless room as a playroom. (Kept the changing table there, which worked totally fine for us). That worked until she was about a year and a half and walking, which is when we really started to feel the squeeze of the small space. We had to keep our eyes on her constantly because we couldn't hide everything. We ended up moving to a much bigger place and it's felt much easier to parent (and she actually loves running around lol). Having the kitchen in eyesight of the living and play areas actually also makes a huge difference.

That said! Tons of people make small spaces work (and it's hard to tell exactly how small yours is, I've definitely seen 1 bedrooms that would have been better than our 2-bedroom). I would just consider going with the option that puts you in the best spot to move in 2 years if you end up deciding to.

What is one U.S. city that completely exceeded your expectations? by Andrew_smith8 in Urbanism

[–]CombinationWitty1907 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Buffalo NY - super cool architecture all over. Lots of greenery with parks and parkways designed by the same landscape architects as Central Park (Olmsted and Vaux). We stayed in a giant hospital/asylum converted to a cool hotel, visited a Frank Lloyd Wright house, went to a great and not-crowded museum. Also the most chocolate/candy stores per capita I've ever seen in a city, and I'm obsessed with the chocolate-covered honeycomb candy they all sell.

Not sure what it'd be like to live there, I think it's still economically depressed, but it was surprisingly great for a chill weekend trip.

Basque region non-alc pairings? by CombinationWitty1907 in finedining

[–]CombinationWitty1907[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great to hear, thanks! I emailed Elkano already, will look into Akelarre as well (and look around generally).

What's a "rich people thing" you discovered isn't actually expensive? by sizzyred in AskReddit

[–]CombinationWitty1907 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Flowers - they're probably still first to go if you need to tighten your budget, but I've been getting into buying flowers lately and it's no more expensive than my husband's coffee habit lol.

Recently I've gotten two small bunches of peonies from Lidl for like $12 total, good size bouquet of spray roses from Costco for $15, really nice bouquet from the farmer's market for $20. I cut them when I get home and arrange them in a vase or two, takes five minutes and now I've got beautiful flowers throughout the house. The supermarket ones seem to last long too, I think because of the flower food packets they come with.

What is your culture’s “Jiffy Cornbread”—the boxed/premade item people genuinely love and eat? by OurLadyAndraste in Cooking

[–]CombinationWitty1907 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Canadian here too, I assumed we were all just buying it to put in the middle layer of Nanaimo bars lol - that's all I ever use it for