oh the PASTAbilities!

said the tings one recent saturday night at the old spaghetti factory. that's right, folks. the OSF.

and you know what? it was delicious and pretty damn fun. the weather was wet, the wind was cold and we wanted some hot italian food at a restaurant that didn't require us changing out of our cozies. so off to the OSF we went.



as we were being seated, danny spotted the old train car inside the restaurant and got excited. i was like, yeah - that's kinda their thing. and then i realized this must be danny's first time to the old spaghetti factory. to confirm my suspicions i asked him what you got after dinner... he had no clue. spumoni in a silver dish! duh.



ting loved it. we had our private booth. our paper placemats and all the italian food one could want for the lovely price of $11.95 a person. bread, soup or salad, an entree plus dessert. amaze.

a booth fit for royalty.

the famous OSF spumoni. 

 pretty exciting!!!

aaaannnnd that's a fat kid wrap, folks.

it was pretty fun and nostalgic for me. i grew up going to OSF. did you? 

have you ever been? maybe it's an SM thing.

thirfted bedside.

i came across this adorable bedside table during a recent thrift store outing. for $40 i decided that it was a perfect piece to replace the existing nightstand in our guest room. i'm now on the hunt to replace that room's bed frame.  

get your groupon.

Want a $50 restaurant gift card for $25? Want four tickets to the zoo for the price of two? Well, get your Groupon.

What's Groupon? Groupon is a fantastic "deal of the day" in cities throughout the country. How it works: there's a deal of the day and if at least 100 people opt-in to buy that promotion, then the deal becomes active and everyone gets it. You can see how many people have bought the deal and how much time you have left to purchase it. Still confused? Watch this quick overview.

Check it out - it's free. Sign-up for your city and the "deal of the day" will be e-mailed to you. In addition to great deals, I find it's an easy way to learn about restaurants & activities in your city. 

today's $10 tickets & ticketmaster tuesdays.

Quick! For three days only, Live Nation is offering $10 tickets to events and concerts nationwide. The promotion kicked off today and they'll add new events each day. Check here for the list of events and your chance to score $10 tix.

In case you don't see anything you love, did you know that every Tuesday, you can get 2-for-1 tickets from Ticketmaster? Yup. It's select shows, but each week they add new events so keep checking back and use the code TUESDAY during checkout.

On a side note, there's been a lot of discussion lately about the high price of concert tickets and the ridiculous fees that turn at $10 ticket into a $25 ticket. Both Ticketmaster and Live Nation have been running promos to increase concert sales. For example, in June Live Nation eliminated all service fees for amphitheater shows. If you're big into events and shows, be sure to sign-up for both company's newsletters to get alerts on deals and upcoming tours in your city.

Additionally, seating charts are now much more interactive and you can see exactly how many seats are left (in each price range), where the empty seats are, etc. before you buy.

Hopefully you'll score some cheap thrills! Good Luck.