 Good morning, I'm Mary Ellen from the channel Mary Ellen after 60 and I'm here today to film my 600th video and What could be better than a favorites? It's been a while since I sat down and film so it seems a little bit funny But I have enjoyed my time off and we have been having a wonderful autumn a true autumn So that's my favorite time of the year and I've been enjoying it so much I did learn how to film my quilts and I think what I'll probably do is put a quilt at the end of a video Right now I have four quilts that I have video taped and taken screenshots and I think I have six more to do that. I do it upstairs I wanted the Sun to be shining so anyway I'm pretty proud that I figured that out and I think I have it figured out with iMovie on how to do this without it showing up. It's a big question mark missing film That was pretty stressful. I want to thank you for all your suggestions on my last video about places to shop online I am willing to pay more to shop locally to privately owned businesses But when it comes to shopping online, I really do want to get the best price I can get unless it is a privately owned business My history in shopping. I've shared this before I never ever like to go in a store and go shopping not I can never remember. Well, I remember one time I was looking for some a piece of jewelry for my mother and I enjoyed that I always enjoyed going out to lunch and we live in a rural area and for us to go in Store shopping. It's about an hour in several different directions. We have several places to go My very first experience with shopping was from JC Penney from their catalog And I remember getting the catalog and this I was an adult I don't remember my mom ever ordering anything unless it was something from Sears I kind of remember her filling out an order blank, but I can remember filling out the order and Enclosing my check and mailing it to JC Penney and in a couple of weeks I'd have my order and it wasn't too long after that I found Spiegel and Spiegel had a catalog called the ultimate outlet and I know my middle sister is going to remember this we Absolutely loved when they had the ultimate outlet because there would be like 75% off of items I don't know if any of you all remember that or not that it was always a good time any time we got the ultimate outlet And of course my kids They loved getting the Christmas catalogs and I usually had one for each of them They would mail you one and then you could go into a store and get one Well, I didn't mind going into a store and getting another one because so they'd start circling things around the holidays And it was a lot of fun I had several questions about cashback and I will put a if you're not interested I'll put the time in to skip ahead because I'm just going to explain it to you the best that I know and the three that I use are Rakuten which used to be ebates Mr.. Rebates and be frugal. I started using Rakuten in 2013 All three of these places all that all they require is your name your email and your address and That's so they can send you a check. I learned about the ebates or Rakuten on my own I learned about that before I started watching YouTube videos and I use it all the time You there's two ways you can go to any of these you can add extensions in your on your laptop I don't know about phones, but I know on my laptop because I always order on my laptop and Extensions only work for me when I use Chrome as my browser. It doesn't work on Safari I don't know. I don't know why but it doesn't so when I go to any shopping site I can just click on at the top of my page to see what Rakuten's paying what Mr Rebates is paying and what but be frugal is paying and I can go from there if you sign up for Rakuten I Earn some money. You earn some money after you have spent like twenty five dollars I think is what it is or it changes all the time once you're signed up You'll get a little code and you can suggest it to your friends. It's not like a pyramid or like a Multi-level marketing. It's just it's just an easy way to earn cash back I'm pretty sure I learned about Mr. Rebates from Ms. Kristen 321 If you sign up for Mr. Rebates and after you've spent just a little bit of money I can't remember it doesn't say exactly how much I think it's ten dollars Then you'll earn ten dollars and I don't get a cash back on that like if you've earned a dollar in cash back I will earn 20% of that so I would earn 20 cents, but there's no cash back for me and be frugal I signed up in 2016 for it. I could find that but Marlene Fab and glam is the one who really brought it to my attention So I always check to see who's paying the most you can go to their website and put in the store that you're interested in shopping It will tell you if their cash back program offers anything So if you sign up for my link for be frugal, I earn ten dollars after you've earned Ten dollars and then you get ten dollars. It's not a there's nothing about it That's a scam you can just go directly to the sites and sign up without going through anybody But one thing I recommend is always keep your confirmation Until you can go on the page and see that you've got your cash back Something else. I need to tell you on built bars. You know, I love my built bars There be frugal has 15% cash back on your first order So after you've placed your first order with built bars, the 15% cash back doesn't apply But rack u10 and mr. Rebates, they always have seven or eight percent cash back But I wanted to kind of clear that up with you and Each of the sites have a certain amount of time like be frugal if you haven't gotten your cash back in seven days You just click on this and you copy and paste your your confirmation from your order And they always put it back on that I always check because I'm just that way but if you're somebody who's tempted to shop because there is 25% cash back at some place It's it's not good because it I only use it on things that I need or things that I want or Christmas gifts, but if you're tempted by To overspend because there's a good deal. It's probably not for you Built bar does have a new flavor. It's like pumpkin chocolate chip They sent me some and I thought it was good. It was 130 calories 17 grams of protein And I'm not sure what the carbs were but they don't bother me at all You know, I think I do net carbs is what I kind of count and I never have a craving for anything else That's what matters to me. I can eat something that is depending on what they use as a sweetener Sometimes it'll trigger me to want more and I have maintained my 17 pound weight loss Sometimes it's been 18 that I have maintained it and I'm still just trying to maintain my weight loss But you know a can of tuna fish has 20 grams of protein for a whole can So I like to have I like to have protein around you just never know when you might need some protein All of my favorites are having to do with the home and except for one thing and that is One thing with beauty and that's my eyebrows and I have absolutely nothing on my eyebrows Some time ago. I bought the small set of the grande brows and grande lash and all that Well, I opened this on June 22nd and this is a grande brow This is the full size and I use it every Monday Wednesday and Friday. I just I don't get back in I just put it on my eyebrows and my eyebrows have thickened up and my sister asked me She said, what are you doing to your eyebrows are darker and I said, they're just fuller So I'm really happy and I'll let you know how long this lasts But I think it's gonna last at least nine months. I have tried. I tried it the first time I tried eyebrow thickener. This was six or seven years ago It made my eyebrows grow, but they didn't get any thicker and I did try castor oil and black castor oil on my Eyebrows and they didn't work. So this has been I really like it because I don't like doing my eyebrows Unless I just put a little bit of hairspray on them. I just never was very good with eyebrows So I'm glad that I don't have to do anything to them and they're fuller and it makes me happy Now I'm gonna go to the bathroom and before I show you this I want to tell you a story Probably about 20 years ago. I Redid a room and made it into my bathroom and I will put a link to it's an old video I don't like it, but it does show you my bathroom Well, one of the doctors that I knew had said one time they had seen more back injuries From patients reaching back to get toilet paper off the wall and at that time I thought I'm gonna get a free standing toilet paper holder Well, when I did my bathroom I said I did not want to have a recess toilet paper holder and I shopped around and they were I actually had to go in Stores to find these at this time and I found one that was porcelain that had a the base was about this big about this big around and It held the toilet paper Well after 20 years it fell over and it busted and I did not want to go shopping for one So I went to Amazon and I found one and I could not be happier here It is it has a very very solid bottom base So this one won't turn over and it's just so easy to put a roll on I will give you a tip I would squeeze my roll on any type of toilet paper holder because then it won't go down and Be it all pedaled at the bottom of the floor. I'm not sure if that happens to you But that has happened to me, but it doesn't since I quit since I started squeezing it. So I'm very happy for that I'm really happy that it was substantial because I did not have any idea I thought if I get this and it is not it's where it will turn over I'll just send it back because I just took my chances and I didn't want to go into the stores Shopping for it. The next is my kitchen and I got to show you this is what you all told me would be the best Can opener and it's the ogx good grips. I think this was around $15 and It works like a charm what I like it has the big handle right here and it's manual But it doesn't leave any sharp edges. You all you all sent me to the right can opener So we have another manual and we've had it for years And it's the swing away and several of you Suggested that and I still have my electric and I don't even know what what it is Jim doesn't like to do the electric and this one. I'm just really really happy with it So you all do really really well in my last favorites I'd shown you the five gallon Ziploc bags and I said I needed to find something Different and I found these and I'm so I can't tell you how long they'll last but they're two gallon I'll just fold it in half It came with two greens and two pinks and I can put meat in here And I have like my fruits in one of them and so far so good But they're the perfect size because you know if you get something much bigger It's kind of heavy to pull up and a lot of times after I go to bed at night Jim will get a taste for something and he can he just knows which bag to go into and he can get a Hamburger patty out he can get whatever he wants and he can fix it And I've kept up with the list on the side of the refrigerator Like where everything is so all he has to do is look for it and and it's working out real well After I've used those for a while if I have any problems. I'll let you know They're easy to wash and and I like them now This next part is all about coffee because I you know that is one of my very simple pleasures in life When I film my video the ten things I can't live without I had brought in a frother And anyway on the way back to the kitchen I dropped it and it broke So I had a backup and this is my backup and it comes with this stand and I was using that and I thought oh I need to get another backup because now I'm using my backup Could I live without my frother? Yes, but do I want to I want I want to keep frothing my milk Well, I went on Amazon and I was looking for another one And I found one that does not require batteries It has two of the little spinny things right here and it is rechargeable And I've used this two to three times a day for the last month and I haven't had to recharge it It has three speeds and it also has a little whisk with it So I don't know if I'll use this or not, but it's just really easy to take them off and put them on But I love the fact that it's rechargeable. I had the extra stand and I just kind of crimped this It didn't come with the stand and I like the stand and so I just sits in there So that holds it in there. So it makes me happy the next product I'm going to talk about is something I have had my eye on since 2014 When I was at my cousins in Lancaster, Pennsylvania We were staying at her home and she had a Nespresso and I'll type it in up here And I absolutely love the coffee But because we have a carry and have a backup and a bun coffee maker I just never I just thought this is kind of silly to get another coffee maker Well, I was watching a friend of mine Kathy from Kathy's Beauty Care Chat some time ago And she was talking about her Nespresso and I said something to Jim I said, you know, I hate to take up counter space to get another coffee thing But I think I really would enjoy it and he said life is too short He said you need to order that Well, I absolutely love it and I had been watching it on Amazon and I think I paid a hundred and forty two dollars for it And I'm gonna try to put some pictures in here I don't know if they'll work or not But I knew I needed a place to hold my capsules and I wanted to keep it contained in one spot So if I put a picture in here, there it is and I have an antique ashtray there with the spoon my Frother and then the capsules are beneath it. I got the Nespresso Virtuo Plus and Expresso maker so I can order capsules that are for Expresso's. I can order capsules that are coffee It tells you how many fluid ounces and it's very easy to operate The cat I'll show you a capsule in a minute because I got to tell you the story the first time I ordered capsules I ordered them from Amazon and then I thought well, you know what? I'm gonna check their website. So I got the capsules and they were fine Well, I ordered some from their website and I ordered four tubes and it was free shipping and handling And I think they were about the same price on the Nespresso website that they were on Amazon Well, when I got the box I Could tell it was kind of bulging and I had like I said, I had four tubes Well, this one was open it was open and I took one out And I'll show you what they looked like and it was bent It was bent around here and I knew it would not work in I knew it wouldn't work in the coffee maker So that day I went ahead and I called Nespresso the company and I said I think they tried to put four boxes into They tried to slide an extra box in I said when it arrived It was open and some of the pods the capsules were all Crushed and she said we'll count and see how many and I think out of this box right here I think four were crushed. She said well, I'll send you another tube. She said no problem Well, anyway, she said what have you looked at your other one? So I looked at the other three tubes of coffee and there were a couple in each box So she said I'm gonna go ahead and send you three new tubes That's so that's not necessary. But anyway, she insisted She also registered my Nespresso with the company and they could not have been more helpful So I'm gonna continue ordering right straight from the company I think sometimes bed bath and beyond since 20% coupons I may purchase some from them, but I just couldn't believe the good customer service and also They send you a bag with that already has shipping and handling and you just drop this in the bag when When you get quite a few of them and you can mail them back because they recycle They recycle the whole thing and they use the coffee for something, but they're very conscientious to avoid waste So now I kind of need to talk about what what wasn't my favorites Well, Jim and I have not been out to eat in a restaurant since like the 27th of February So we've been cooking or I'll tell you what we do. Sometimes it works out so well. We have two locally owned Restaurants and a lot of times we will order the meat. It might be ribs. It might be chicken. It might be barbecue It might be fish But we will order the main dish and then I will fix the sides to go with it Well, I was kind of interested in one of the food Subscription services so I went on YouTube and I looked I'd been seeing some advertising for Freshly so I went on YouTube and I brought up somebody talking about freshly and I watched the video and I thought, you know, that's something I might want to try So I used her code and I ordered one week with four dinners Using that youtubers discount and I think it was mr. Rebates I got over four dollars back from that it averaged out each meal was eight dollars little like under eight dollars Well, I had mentioned in my last favorites that I was kind of iffy about it It just didn't work for us. I immediately paused and then I canceled we tried all three. I liked him better than Jim I'm a little bit more adventuresome than he is But to me they weren't worth eight dollars a meal at all. I could probably find something in a frozen section I did like the way they were packaged. They're cooked on they're supposed to be chef prepared on a Thursday And then it's FedEx to you on Friday. I was very impressed with the way it was packaged I was very impressed that they use so many things that were recyclable But it just you know, like the best one was the Sicilian Parmesan chicken It was pretty good, but the side was just plain broccoli. It just wasn't to me. It wasn't worth it. So and it definitely wasn't worth it to Jim So that was kind of a fail And if you guys have any suggestions on something similar to that that you have been happy with please let me know My other fail was I ordered something from Nordstrom Didn't order anything from ultra 21 days of beauty But I had had my eyes on the eyes to mesmerize a Charlotte Tilbury and they had a package It had two of the eyeshadows and their cream eyeshadows and one of the legendary lashes volume two and it was $70 Well, the eyeshadows alone are $32 So I when I got it when it arrived it was a mess It was a mess that the eye shadow comes in little pots and I opened it up and all of the eye shadow was in the cap I did try it on my lids. It was okay. I mean, I wasn't gonna keep it. It was Damaged I mean, I I wasn't gonna scoop all that from the lid and put it back It just wasn't worth it, but I did try the legendary lashes And I wasn't impressed the volume to to me. It was very comparable to The lash princess by essence it had the same effect on my lashes as it does So anyway, I did return that and they gave me my money back So if I ever see one shade from that for the eyes to mesmerize that I really really like I would I would order it I think it just was turned upside down in packing And that's really all that is new with me I want to thank you all for watching first for watching my old videos when I was gone That helped a lot and leaving comments. I appreciate that a lot This is the underneath side of the quilt and I wanted to share with you something about my bedroom before I showed it on my bed When I purchased this home in 1991 I have the original wallpaper in the bedroom and it doesn't go with any of these quilts I keep an off-white quilt with off-white pillows on it. Most of the quilts I'm going to eventually show you have been all hand quilted and machine stitched and my these were made by my former mother-in-law and She did beautiful work. I just put it over my existing bedspread and Each of the squares, you know that are contained within the green border They have 32 pieces that have been pieced together and I don't know the name of the quilt but it is similar to the drunkard's path and that was like a depression era quilt and Everything with the exception of the white that she put in the background Were all fabrics that she had used to make clothing. She made all her own dresses her children's clothing Her husband's shirt so she kept every scrap and used them to piece together a quilt And hopefully you can see here how closely her stitches are together She was a real stickler on making sure that she made very small stitches and I just think it's a beautiful quilt It is all good and I will see you in my next video. Don't know if it'll be next Sunday or the next Sunday. I If I have a video to put up it'll be up at 6 a.m. Central time on a Sunday morning It's about an hour in several different directions erections Or two, I'm not really sure I That I really do try to show Shopping was Filming and