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Rowenta Auto Steam Iron

I really got spoiled this weekend. My $6 Wal-Green's iron bit the dust so my generous, loving, wonderful husband gave me his credit card and told me to go to Joann's and buy myself a fancy smancy iron. Yes that's right, I got a Rowenta.

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Now, you wouldn't know the impact this would have on your life unless you have ironed with a Rowenta. See, you can hold this iron vertically and it steams your clothes — it is just like being at a dry cleaners!  If I had to dress up for work everyday this would be a God send. No more looking like you slept in your suit!

Not only that, but it has a stainless steel plate that makes the iron glides right over the fabric like butter. I never even knew what a chore it was ironing with my cheepy until I ironed with this amazing appliance. You don't have to put any pressure down, you don't even really have to push it, it just glides. (Take note that I am not talking about ironing clothes, I think I have done that like once in my life, I am talking fabric here.)

As we all know you can save yourself lots of headaches by just ironing your fabric before you start sewing. In fact, I think I am probably incapable of sewing without ironing. And now, thanks to my Rowenta, I will be able to do it in half the time! 

It heats up super quick and has an auto shut off so that if it sits upright for more than 8 minutes or sits on it's plate for more than 30 seconds it shuts off. Then it has a motion sensor that turns it right back on when you pick it up. Genius. Now I never have to worry about burning the house down with my iron again!

It cost quite a bit more than my Wal-Greens iron, like $54 dollars more, but I am sure that it is worth more like $1 million dollars. 

If you want to experience this sort of ironing nirvana, Joann's  is offering $20 off on their website, plus here is a coupon for Free Shipping at Joann.com. I like to spread the love.

World’s Most Awesome-ist Contest. Ever. Period.

In case I didn’t tell you a hundred times before, we launched a new website last week!

In honnor of that we are doing something we have never done before here at Mimi Green —
we are giving away a collar and leash set!
All you have to do to enter is this:

For 1 entry: Tell us what Mimi Green Collar, which you will find on our new website!,  suits your dog best and why. You can do that in the comment section down below.

For 2 entries: Leave the comment and put a link to us on your blog. Just tell us where the link is.

For 4 entries: Link to us using this banner image on your blog, again let us know about it.

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And for good heath and prosperity, tell 3 friends. That would be awesome of you.

We will draw a winner at Random on Oct. 14th. That gives you lots of time to tell everyone you know. Winning would be like getting $40 in the mail for free.  Who wouldn’t want that??

We have the most awesome customers in the world here at Mimi Green. Everyone I have talked to has been an absolute joy. Now it is my turn to give back so make sure and enter to win, okay?

Baby Yoda and Jango Fett

I am shocked, but I actually got Auggie and Noah's Halloween costumes before Oct. 30.  Really I can't take credit though. I wanted Noah and Aug to go as Shaggy and Scooby, but after days of fighting with Noah over it and him insisting that he was going to be Master Chief from Halo, he fianly compromised and I had to jump on it!  So, this year my little Auggie is going to be Yoda

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and Noah is going to be Jango FettJango fett
— both of Star Wars. Yahoo! A themed Halloween fianally!

Cessie will be Darth Vader
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And Etta and I are both  going to be Princess Leia
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Although I am sure she will look better in the costume!

I want Dan to be Chewbacca, but he isn't biting;)
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He doesn't want to dress up because at work he has to be the catapillar from Alice in Wonderland — his team is doing a themed thing also. There must have been a catapillar in Star Wars somewhere right?

Anyway, we tried the costumes on after we got home from Target and they looked so damn cute! Auggie was the best Yoda and he didn't even try to take the ears off plus Noah looked just like Jango in his costume.

And it made me so very happy. My 2 little boys, finally. I couldn't ask for much more.

Bella Creature Comforts Joins Shop Mimi Green along with 5 Others!

This week has been mad I tell you! Well, so was last week for that matter. Now that the site is up I keep thinking of little things to do to it, like invite new vendors to join me.

Now we are up to 6 total vendors:

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And finally, for now, Bella Creature Comforts who we just got yesterday:
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Maybe I am just a freak, but I so want to bath in Good Clean Dog products, wear Cookie Moon Splash as my perfume, I bought a Red Dingo tag for my self (key chain bling), I want to munch those Little Pies treats, and I want a Big Bella Bed to curl up and read a book in.

I prob wouldn’t wear a Mimi Green Collar or Leash, but I am using the MImi Key Fob like crazy. I gave one to Kim who now says she needs a Mimi Bracelet since she is virtually using her Fob as a bracelet at this point!
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I love the two rings, which is Kim’s brain child, because I can hang my Red Dingo off the top one and my keys off the bottom. Another great use? Hanging a coin purse off the top so you can carry your cards, license, etc. and not have to lug a bag. Now if I could just figure out how to hang my iPhone….

Doggie Throw Up No More

I’m pretty nuts over these Brake-fast bowls.
Granted poor Cessie didn’t come to us with very many teeth, still I get the feeling that isn’t the reason that she insists on swallowing her food whole.  Then some days if she has eaten, excuse me, frantically gobbled, too much food she throws it all up — whole.

This morning I read about this Brake-fast bowel and I think this is our solution. The pegs in the middle slow your pup down so the excitement of a big bowel of food doesn’t force them to swallow whole.

Plus they are only like 16 bucks. I wonder if we can get them for Shop Mimi Green…hhmmmm….

Etsy is my favorite, #1

It is, seriously. And I hardly ever write about it. So from now on Etsy is my Favorite will be a regular column of mine because nothing is better than the kind of beauty you can find on Etsy!

In Honor of my first post, I want to show an Etsian who I have been admiring for a very long time: Bella Blue Designs. Christy Hodgson is the mastermind behind this great lil company and she is a Texan (which if you know me you know Texans are also my favorite!) Bellablue

And by the looks of her shop, she loves dogs. You gotta love this stationary which you can personalize with your name and your dog of choice.Bellablue 2

Of course I would choose the pug!

And for my Auggie I would choose this:
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This wiener dog totally reminds me of something he would like:)
I am way into this shop and her prices are totally great.

Plus, wouldn't this be the best bag to carry on cas days?Bellab3

Limited Edition Dog Collars!

Tomorrow at about 10MDT we are going to roll out the first of our
limited edition dog collars! Each one will be hand embroidered and in runs of only 25 of each design.
This is the first part of many exciting things we will be doing for the Christmas season.
Here is a sneak peak of design #1:
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We are selling these Mimi Green creations for $22.50 which is a bit more than are normal stock, but these limited editions are darn cool if I don't say so myself;)

I messed up on the first prototype and tried to remove the embroidery thread only to find out that even cut from both sides, this thread didn't want to come out! This totally annoyed me because I spent 20 minutes furiously pulling each strand out, but made me really happy since I am now assured that even a rough playing dog will not be able to destroy the embroidery.

I can't wait to show the photos of Etta modeling one, it looks way hip on!

Oh and this one is called the "Elenore" since it reminds me a lot of Lesilie's doggie. Here is a picture of her in case you forgot what she looks like:elenore the lab

Goofy lady!

The Party Never Ends!

More !st b-day photos:
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Eating Squid at Los Equipales.
Daddy and I took him out to a seafood dinner the only way we do it in here, Mexican costal style.
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He enjoyed his Tres Leches cake. IMG_0941

At Altura park in ABQ. I made the cake. So proud. IMG_7748
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Aug’s best friend Nigel came, so did Sofia. They all had a really good time. IMG_7834
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And I didn’t cry all day, although I thought about it! My baby is growing up so fast, I wish I could slow time down a bit.