I hope all my mama readers had a fantastic mother’s day yesterday!

Here is the winner of the Autism Awareness Bracelet Giveaway, as chosen randomly:

The winner is…

Susan Shuyler

Congratulations, Susan!

I’m so excited because I actually know Susan! She’s a mama to boy/girl twins like me, and has a son with autism around the age of my son too. And she’s co-president of my twin club – she rocks! Yay, Susan! I’ll be in touch to arrange getting your bracelet to you!

My friend Erin is trying to spread the word about her friend’s new business, Grubs Gear. It’s a line of premium t-shirts featuring the characters of Bryan Bode. Here’s a message from the illustrator himself:

Hi Everyone, I have exciting news that I wanted to share with you. For the longest time I have looked forward to doing something cool with a bunch of fun characters I created many years ago called Grubs. Inspired by the likes of Paul Frank and Johnny Cupcakes, I have now officially brought my characters to life on premium t-shirts for people to enjoy.

I’m here to announce the launch of grubsgear.com, the home of everything Grubs! I have created a t-shirt line for men, women, and kids with the goal of designing the coolest, most comfortable, premium t-shirts around.

I think these are so cute! The characters sort of remind me of The Twiddlebugs from Sesame Street. Very cute. If you like what you see, you can save 15% with the coupon code whataregrubs. Check it out!

Have you noticed lately that lots of places are advertising $4 prescriptions for generic drugs? Wal-Mart, Walgreens, and I think locally, King Soopers have all announced cheap prices for generic meds. I can’t believe how expensive prescription drugs are. I imagine more and more people are taking advantage of those cheap generic drug prices. I’m so thankful that we have health insurance, since lots of people just don’t. It’s expensive too, but…God forbid we ever had a serious injury or illness or something and didn’t have insurance, y’know?

It’s unfortunate that you can’t get generic versions of more medications. My parents both take a variety of medications every day – and when I say “variety,” I really mean, “boatload” – the amount they spend on prescription meds must be insane. I often wonder if it would be a better value for them to take advantage of an online pharmacy to cut out the middle-man and save a few dollars. I was checking out the list of online prescriptions at eDrugstore.md and I noticed that if you fill a prescription through them, you can get a $20 discount on the refill – every single time you refill it. That’s probably a pretty good deal, there – you’re sure not going to run into that at an actual pharmacy with a pharmacist and a staff of pharmacy techs and a long line of angry old people in front of you. I’m not sure of the actual savings, since I don’t even know what my prescriptions cost beyond my co-pay, but I imagine the benefit of having your prescription just sent to you is worth quite a bit.

Just a thought.

Have you heard about Pizza Hut’s new pastas? We tried them out last night and guess what? They’re really good! I was totally prepared to be disappointed. I was all ready for watery sauce and rubbery pasta, but nope – they were yummy and delicious. Lookie, I even took a picture:

The pasta comes in two varieties, Meaty Marinara and Creamy Chicken Alfredo. We ordered one of each, because I wasn’t sure how much we would need to feed seven of us. I was pleased to see that both pastas were full of meat, and both had a generous layer of melted cheese on top. The marinara actually had sort of a lasagna taste to it, because of all the meat and cheese. It was super! The crowd favorite, though, was the chicken alfredo. The sauce was really good, and there was lots and lots of chicken. Kayley said the chicken was a little dry, but don’t listen to her. She doesn’t even like chicken. It was fine. And! Each order of pasta comes with an order of five breadsticks. They were really good, too – everyone was fighting over them.

And I’m really surprised by the price – it’s just $11.99 per order, which includes the breadsticks. We needed two orders, but only because we’re a bunch of pigs and there are just so dang many of us around the table. A normal family could easily order just one tray. Pretty reasonably priced meal that mama doesn’t have to cook. My twin club delivers meals to new moms after they have their babies, and the next time I’m scheduled to bring a meal to someone, I’m going to save myself a whole bunch of time and driving and send over some pasta.

You want some, don’t you? I know you do! I’m giving away a coupon for a free pasta dinner for four. Want a free dinner from Pizza Hut and LaLaGirl? Leave a comment on this entry and I’ll randomly pick someone in a few days.