Sugarless deLite's Daily Report

Yogurt Flavors: Chocolate Decadence, World Class Vanilla, German Chocolate Cake, Peanut Butter, Candy Cane, and Egg Nog. Double Bonus Day! If you are a Yogurt Club Member, come in today to recharge your yogurt card for 50 dollars or more and get a 20% bonus, instead of the usual 10%, added to your card plus a free small yogurt. If you are not a club member and want to start today, we'll give you the same bonus as well. Don't miss out on this great savings opportunity. Open from 10 AM to 4 PM today. We will be closed on New Year's Day. This is the last day for the end of the year specials . The year 2008 has come and gone. I still remember when the 2000's were approaching and everyone was afraid of Y2K. Now, we're getting ready for our last year in the aughts. Before we get there, a look at my 2008: January: First hospital visit. I begin playing Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy which was a Christmas present from my in-laws. (The game rocks!) I put up my TBR li...

Yogurt Flavors: Chocolate Decadence, World Class Vanilla, Marshmallow, Pumpkin, Candy Cane, and Egg Nog. Cone Day! All cones on sale for only $2.08 (regularly $2.77). There are only two more days left on the bonus specials that were posted on Sunday. Remember that our hours are 10 AM to 6 PM today and 10 AM to 4 PM tomorrow. I'm getting ready to finish the breakdown of Christmas over the next two days, so the store should be back to its normal setup by the weekend. We remain pretty well stocked on most items; however, there are a few items that we are running low on or are no longer in stock. Most of these items will be back in by the end of the second week in January. The crazy thing about the holidays is that they always play havoc with the shipping. One item of note is the Western Bagel shipment. We will not receive one this week. But, we should have enough for those of you who come in early. Next week, we will back to the regular Thursday deliveries. The year is coming to a clo...

Yogurt Flavors: Chocolate Decadence, World Class Vanilla, Marshmallow, Pumpkin, Candy Cane, and Egg Nog. Sierra deLite Day! All Sierra deLite (and Cran deLite) bars are on sale today for only $3.25 (regularly $4.50/limited to quantity on hand). I'm leaving the Red Kettle up for another three days. I'll take it down on January 1st. I've been a little surprised to see that the only action on it has come from my family. However, there is still a chance to contribute and have it count towards this years taxes. Speaking of this years taxes, the first batch of software bundles came out this week encouraging people to by either TurboTax or TaxCut. It never ceases to amaze me what you can get for free if you're willing to put up money for the 6 to 8 weeks that it takes to get the rebates. For the last few years, I've gotten all of my anti-virus software free by buying it in conjunction with my tax software. I've also gotten Quicken and Microsoft Money for free too, but ...

Yogurt Flavors: Chocolate Decadence, World Class Vanilla, Marshmallow, Pumpkin, Candy Cane, and Egg Nog. Coke Float Day! All coke floats are on sale today for $2.99 (regularly $4.62). Bonus Specials: (Through December 31st, 2008 or while supplies last.) *Sale Rack-30% off lowest marked price. (White bookcase along the blue wall.) *Traditional Crust Pecan Pies and Millennium Pies-$16.99 (regularly $21.99) *Small Cherry Cordial Boxes (9 Count)-$9.99 (regularly $12.99) *Pumpkin Breads-Buy two loaves for $29.99 (regularly $39.98) *Gold Chocolate Boxes (24 count)-$21.99 (regularly $26.99) *Candy Canes-$3.50 (regularly $4.99) All you have to do is ask for the bonus special when you checkout to receive the discounts. I'm your host for the next week. While everyone else is off on vacation, I'll man the store. Thankfully, the new store hours make that a pretty manageable task. The upshot for you is that I decided to run some store specials. For the rest of the year, you can get some pre...

Yogurt Flavors: Chocolate Decadence, World Class Vanilla, Marshmallow, Pumpkin, Candy Cane, and Egg Nog. Gnu Bar Special! Buy 3 cases of Gnu Flavor and Fiber bars and get a free 15 dollar yogurt card. After a relatively busy holiday season, we're into the new schedule at the store. This was one of the big changes that I mentioned in a blog entry at the beginning of November. The only thing not mentioned in that blog entry, because I requested that it wait until after the holidays, is that I will leave the Sugarless deLite after the start of the new year. We've been working on the transition for the last few months. There is never really a good time to leave a store that you've worked at for 10 1/2 years, but I figured the start of a new year was as good as any. It has been my pleasure and honor to work for Rick and Stacey over this last decade. Truly, you cannot find nicer people to work for and work with. It will be like leaving my family in a way. Although, I might pop in...

Yogurt Flavors: Chocolate Decadence, World Class Vanilla, Marshmallow, Pumpkin, Candy Cane, and Egg Nog. Today, we start our new store hours. We will now be open from 10 AM to 6 PM Monday through Saturday and will continue to be open 12 PM to 6 PM on Sundays. I hope that everyone had a wonderful holiday break. If you have family in town, bring them by the store. We love to see new faces. I'm out of the store today, but will be back in tomorrow to man the store through the remainder of the year. Stephen and Wylee are in to take care of your needs today. Remember that we start our new store hours today. On December the 31st, the hours will be from 10 AM to 4 PM. That is the only variation to the new hours. Also on the 31st, we will have a double bonus day for Yogurt Club members. If you recharge or charge a Yogurt Club Card for 50 dollars or more, we will give you a 20% bonus on the charge value instead of the normal 10%. Of course, you still get the free small yogurt as well.

Yogurt Flavors: Chocolate Decadence, World Class Vanilla, Marshmallow, Pumpkin, Candy Cane, and Egg Nog. Open 9 AM to 4 PM today. Come in and pick up any of your last minute holiday needs. Closed on Christmas Day. Open on Friday the 26th from 10 AM to 6 PM. New store hours begin. While I know that Christmas isn't until tomorrow, I wanted to make sure to wish everyone a Merry Christmas. We hope that everyone has a safe and healthy holiday with their family and loved ones. Also, the kettle is still accepting donations. I've decided to leave it on the blog until the New Year. If you'd like to make a donation, just click on the red kettle to the right of the entry to start the process. Any amount is appreciated, and all proceeds go directly to the Salvation Army. Quiz Day! I figure that some people might have the day off today and therefore have a little extra time on their hands. With that in mind, here are a few bonus quizzes for the day: What Type of Holiday Cookie Are You ?...

Yogurt Flavors: Chocolate Decadence, World Class Vanilla, Roasted Almond (later today-Marshmallow), Chocolate Banana (later today-Pumpkin), Candy Cane, and Egg Nog. Yogurt Cones! All yogurt cones are on sale today for $2.08 (regularly $2.77). Just a reminder for everyone, we will be open from 10 AM to 8 PM this evening and from 9 AM to 4 PM on Christmas Eve. If you need to order a cake or pie for Christmas, we can still take orders for tomorrow for pick up between 10 AM to 4 PM. 972.644.2000 After a few days of scrambling around because of computer issues, we finally got our main terminal back today. Thanks to Doctor PC who fixed it at a very reasonable price. If you ever need a computer fixed, I'd certainly recommend Doctor PC in Richardson vs. the big boys at a chain store. He fixed it for about a 1/3 of the cost that the others wanted to charge. If you need his services, his number is 972.235.DRPC (3772).

Yogurt Flavors: Chocolate Decadence, World Class Vanilla, Roasted Almond, Chocolate Banana, Candy Cane, and Egg Nog. Shake Day! All shakes are only $3.69 today (regularly $4.62). Come in and enjoy a great holiday flavor shake today. While yesterday was the deadline for ordering bakery items, we've extended it through today for anyone who forgot. If you need a bakery item, give us a call at 972.644.2000. We're down to our final three days of Christmas shopping now. If you still have a diabetic, low-carber, or Weight Watcher in your family to shop for, we've got what you need. Check out our wide variety of bakery goods and chocolates for your loved ones. I'm in the process of doing several things at our home. The first is getting packed to move on the 26th. The second is putting together a wooden puzzle for my sister-in-laws birthday present which I'll give to her on Christmas. This thing is a little more complicated than I thought it would be. I'm about half way ...

Yogurt Flavors: Chocolate Decadence, World Class Vanilla, Roasted Almond, Chocolate Banana, Strawberry Shortcake, and Juicy Raspberry. We have Coke Floats on sale today for only $2.99 (regularly $4.62). Today is the last day to place orders for the Christmas holiday. If you need a bakery item, please call us at 972.644.2000. We are open regular hours up until Christmas Eve. This means that we will be open from 12 PM to 6 PM today and 10 AM to 8 PM on Monday and Tuesday. We will be open from 9 AM until 4 PM on Christmas Eve. Please remember that we will be closed on Christmas. Also, we are shifting to our new store hours on the 26th of December. The new hours will be from 10 AM until 6 PM Monday-Saturday and 12 PM to 6 PM on Sunday.

Yogurt Flavors: Chocolate Decadence, World Class Vanilla, Roasted Almond, Chocolate Banana, Strawberry Shortcake, and Juicy Raspberry. Today's Special: Yogurt! Buy one frozen yogurt, get one free from 6-8 pm (excludes extra large size, limit 1 per customer) Don't forget to order your Holiday Cakes and Pies. Tomorrow is last day to order, please call 972-644-2000 and we will be happy to place your order.

Yogurt Flavors: Chocolate Decadence, World Class Vanilla, Butter Brickle, Chocolate Banana, Strawberry Shortcake, and Juicy Raspberry. UTD special! If you are a student or employee of UT Dallas, you can come in today and get a free small yogurt when you show your ID. If you are a visiting student from another college in town for the holidays, we'll extend the offer to you as well. Merry Christmas! Need a pie or cake? Come in today or call us at 972.644.2000 to place an order with us. We're coming up on crunch time for a lot of charities. I know that there are so many people looking for help this year and that there are a lot of charities to choose from. If you need one to make small 5 or 10 dollar donation, the red kettle to the right of the blog entry would be a good one. We're currently at 45 dollars. The goal is $125. Remember, all donations are tax deductible. We're also into crunch time at the store. This is our busiest stretch of the year. We've got extra staf...

Yogurt Flavors: Chocolate Decadence, World Class Vanilla, Butter Brickle, Chocolate Banana, Peach, and Egg Nog. Brownie Special: Buy 2 brownies for only 5 dollars. (Limit 4) This is a great stocking stuffer. If you need to order a cake or pie or cheesecake for Christmas, please give us a call at 972.644.2000. Also, we can still get mail orders out for the holidays. If you need something to go out, give us a call or place an order online. It's been an eventful few days up here at the store. In addition to the slight ice that we got on Monday/Tuesday, we also had our main computer go down. And, it went down hard. A hard drive failure made for a little more work than I planned. After a long evening, I realized that it might be beyond my level of expertise. While I'm going to give it another attempt, it looks like we might be upgrading our computer at the store. Thankfully, there is a backup laptop that we were able to get all of the necessary programs onto yesterday. So, it was a ...

Yogurt Flavors: Chocolate Decadence, World Class Vanilla, Butter Brickle, Chocolate Banana, Peach, and Egg Nog. Don't forget today is the last day to ship safely for the holidays. We can get your shipment there after today, but it does become much more expensive. If your shipment is going in Texas, we can safely ship through the 22nd of December. If you need to place an order, go online to www.sugarlessdelite.com or give us a call at 972.644.2000. Quiz Day: What Does Your Home Say About You ? Your Home Says That You Feel Unsettled and Free You come across as somewhat intellectual. You can be quite insightful at times. Your hygiene is passable, but you may be hiding some dirty secrets. You are a very domestic person. You enjoy decorating, cooking, and making things homey. You are not a nurturing person by nature, but you can easily take care of someone you truly love. You don't feel settled in your life yet. You are scrambling to figure things out. You are a very self sufficien...

Yogurt Flavors: Chocolate Decadence, World Class Vanilla, Butter Brickle, Chocolate Banana, Peach, and Egg Nog. Today's Special: Cone Day! All yogurt cones are $2.08 (regularly $2.77). Sugarless deLite will be open today from 10:00 AM until 6:00 PM. We will be closing early due to weather conditions. Please drive safely and stay warm.

Yogurt Flavors: Chocolate Decadence, World Class Vanilla, Toffee Coffee, Chocolate Banana, Peach, and Egg Nog. Sierra deLite Bar Special: All Sierra deLite bars are on sale today for only $3.25 (regularly $4.50). Come in and get some today. This is a great item to send along with any holiday gift. If you need to send a gift for the holidays, make sure that you call us at 972.644.2000 or stop in the store to place your order in the next few days. If we have an order in by Wednesday, we won't have any problem getting it out for the holiday. Also, we are accepting bakery orders through the 21st of December for Christmas week. Please remember to place your order. We do still have some limited availability to bake cakes, but get your order in early if you want one of these. The first two round of White Elephant went very well. We managed to get a gift at the office party on Saturday night for the Sunday School party on Sunday night. Since we already had a gift ready, it gave us two entr...

Yogurt Flavors: Chocolate Decadence, World Class Vanilla, Pumpkin, Toffee Coffee, Peach, and Very Berry. Chocolite Bars: Buy 3 Cases (48 bars), get a free 15 dollar yogurt card. Two weekends left for your holiday shopping. One of our customers just asked us if it would be OK to pick the chocolates and other snacks up now or if she should wait. The answer is now if you want to make sure that we have it. Unless you are planning on giving bakery items for Christmas, the other gifts will all be fresh and good for Christmas. I looked last night at new speakers for our computer at home. Boy, does this get confusing. After three hours of research, I came to the conclusion that if you're not looking to spend a lot of money, you're going to end up on the short side of sound on either the high, mid, or low range depending on the set. The good news is that many of the middle priced speakers ($50 to $100) actually seem to get pretty good reviews despite their reported shortcomings. Since w...

Yogurt Flavors: Chocolate Decadence, World Class Vanilla, Pumpkin, Toffee Coffee, Peach, and Very Berry. Blogger Special: Come in today and tell us the special word to get a brownie (any bakery item at $3.49) for free when you buy another brownie. Special word: Nutcracker. Two holiday reminders: 1) If you need a holiday bakery item, you can check the list in the previous post and give us a call at 972.644.2000 to place an order. 2) If you need something shipped for the holidays, please place your order by this weekend. To assure shipment in time for the Christmas without expedited shipping, we must have the orders in by December 16th. You can call the phone number above, or shop us online at sugarlessdelite.com . This weekend traditionally starts the true busy time at the store. The 12 days of Christmas is normally the 12 days of busy at Sugarless deLite. The same is true outside of the store as well for us on the social front. Last night, we laid out our White Elephant gifts. We'v...

Yogurt Flavors: Chocolate Decadence, World Class Vanilla, Pumpkin, Toffee Coffee, Peach, and Very Berry. Parfait Day! All parfaits are on sale today for only $2.99 (regularly $3.99). We've got 10 more days to go until orders for the Christmas holiday are due. If you need to order a cake, please make sure that you order early. While we can do cakes for this holiday, we do still get backlogged sometimes. Just give us a call at 972.644.2000 to place an order. Christmas Order Form: (click to enlarge) After going to bed at a ridiculously early time last night, I awoke with my wife to cook her breakfast this morning. The only real problem with waking up at 6 AM is that I don't have to get ready for work until around 9:20. Erica left for work at 6:40 and, left with 2 hours to burn, I decided to play a video game. (This particular game is one of the main reasons that I'm so far behind on my TBR list.) I like playing video games. I love to play them in the evening after a day of wor...

Yogurt Flavors: Chocolate Decadence, World Class Vanilla, Toffee Coffee, Caramel, Peach, and Very Berry. Yogurt Club Day! If you're a member of the Yogurt Club, you can come in and get a small yogurt for $1.27 when you use your club card. If you don't have a club card, ask us how to join and start saving today. All geared up for trivia last night, I was a little disappointed upon my arrival at the Flying Saucer to see that the evening's games had been canceled. Thankfully, my friends managed to make it a worthwhile outing. One thing that I almost always enjoy about going out with my friends is the quick wit and banter that takes place. It's a relaxing way to spend a cold evening. Before the trip to the non-trivia evening, my wife and I watched the first episode of Doctor Who Season 4. It looks like this season is going to have a little more intrigue in it. If we time it right with Netflix, we should be able to get through the whole season by next weekend. I'm lookin...

Yogurt Flavors: Chocolate Decadence, World Class Vanilla, Toffee Coffee, Caramel, Peach, and Very Berry. Cone Day! All cones are only $2.08 today (regularly $2.77). We're getting so close to Christmas that I can taste it. Literally! The bakery has been baking some of our holiday favorites like the shortbread cookies and the Cran deLite bars. Of course, the pumpkin breads are a constant too. If you need to put in a bakery order for the week of Christmas, don't forget to order soon. The deadline is 12 days away. If you need an order, we can be reached at 972.644.2000. The Salvation Army kettle has had some additions made to it. We're sitting at 45 dollars out of 125 now. If you've clicked on the kettle to the right and were daunted by the size amounts, pick the other option. Any amount helps us get to the goal. So pick other and chip in 10, 5, or even 1 to help get the kettle filled. Thanks! One of the things that bothers me the most about Dallas is the weather. Most of t...

Yogurt Flavors: Chocolate Decadence, World Class Vanilla, Toffee Coffee, Caramel, Peach, and New York Cheesecake. Shake Day! All shakes are on sale today for $3.69 when you ask for the special (regularly priced at $4.62). If you need to send something to a loved one for the holidays, start thinking about it this week. We're calling our safe send-by-date December the 15th. This is the last date that you can send a package to any of the lower 48 and have it there on time with UPS Ground shipping. If you're sending to Texas or one of the neighboring states, then you can always ship later, but it is better to do it early. I should begin this rant by saying that, ultimately, this one is my fault. But, it won't stop me from voicing my opinion on the matter. At issue is the governments program to hand out $40 coupons to purchase converter boxes for analog TV sets. First, I think that it is ridiculous that the government is paying a portion of this; however, I'm not going to tu...

Yogurt Flavors: Chocolate Decadence, World Class Vanilla, French Vanilla, Butterscotch, Peach, and New York Cheesecake. Yogurt Special! Buy one, get one free from 6 PM to 8 PM (limit one per customer, excludes XL.) We decided a few weeks ago to go with a standard used television set. While this means that we'll have to pick up a converter box for the switch over next year, the price on a used set was just too good to pass up. We we're able to get a gently used 30 inch flat screen Panasonic that works really well in our apartment. Moreover, it will be a perfect fit in the new place. This one will hold us over for the next few years. By then we should see some new technology on the HDTV front. And, I'm hoping that the OLED technology will be cheaper. My first experience with shopping on Craigslist ended positive. However, there was a period of slight frustration with trying to contact several different sellers. I'm not quite sure why I wasn't contacted by the first tw...

Yogurt Flavors: Chocolate Decadence, World Class Vanilla, French Vanilla, Peanut Butter, Peach, and New York Cheesecake. Cake pieces at 50% off when you ask for the special. (Limit 2). I've got the kettle up for the Salvation Army on the blog. Unfortunately, the widget for the dynamic kettle is too large for the side of the blog. If you want to check the progress, you can see it down at the bottom of the blog. Right now, we're at 20% of the goal. I also added a widget to the side for a Carbon Offset. The first 24 people to go to the site from this link can get a free carbon offset for one day. As a bonus, you can then gift out 5 more offset to friends and family. A free and easy way to do something good for everyone. It feels more like the holidays up here at Sugarless deLite now that Morris the Moose is back in the store. If you've been in the store this time of year, you've probably seen the 2 1/2 foot moose dressed in his holiday best. He's been a holiday staple ...

Yogurt Flavors: Chocolate Decadence, World Class Vanilla, French Vanilla, Peanut Butter, Raspberry Cheesecake, and New York Cheesecake. Brownie Special: Buy any 2 brownies (items priced at $3.49) for only 5 dollars today. Mix and Match. Limit 4. There are only 20 more shopping days left until Christmas. I'm happy to say that my wife and I are almost done. We'll finish up by this weekend. We've just got to make a trip to Costco to get her grandfather's gift and a quick trip to the mall to get some gift cards for a basket. Soon we'll just have to sit back and wait to give. In the meantime, we'll just have to make due by doing some charitable donations. First on the list is the Network . This is Richardson based program that focuses on providing temporary assistance to families in crisis. The next one will involve a shopping trip this weekend to a shoe store for the Soles4Souls charity. Of course, there is also the continual dollar drops at the Salvation Army red...

Yogurt Flavors: Chocolate Decadence, World Class Vanilla, French Vanilla, Peanut Butter, Raspberry Cheesecake, and Egg Nog. 50% off the lowest price on all items on the Sale Rack. This is the last sale rack day until next year, so come in and get some great savings. Well, it took about 4 and 1/2 hours yesterday, but I finally got the KIS program installed. Once I found the right program to remove the reminants of McAfee, it was a relatively simple process. Finding the right program was not. After I got the work computer up and going, I went on to the laptop computer and a home computer. I felt like I was working in IT yesterday. The good news is that it is all working well and the program, once installed, is easy to use. All told: 10 hours spent upgrading 3 computers. Quiz Day: Cupcake Test ! What Your Cupcake Says About You At parties, you stand out from the crowd. You're a fairly unusual person, and you can't hide it. You have lots of restraint in your life. You never are vic...

Yogurt Flavors: Chocolate Decadence, World Class Vanilla, French Vanilla, Peanut Butter, Raspberry Cheesecake, and Egg Nog. Cone Day! All cones are only $2.08 today (regularly $2.77). I didn't plan on starting my day like this, but I'm currently fight with the Kaspersky Internet Security installation program. Despite the fact that I can't find any remnants of McAfee after going through the removal program and then hunting done the hidden files, the new security suite is convinced that it is still on the computer. It looks like my 30 minute project has turned into an all day affair. Joy. If anyone has any suggestions, I'm open to them.

Yogurt Flavors: Chocolate Decadence, World Class Vanilla, Marshmallow, Pumpkin, Candy Cane, and Egg Nog. Sierra deLite Bars: Come in today and ask for the special to get your Sierra deLite bars for only $3.25 (regularly $4.50). The offer extends to the Cran deLite bars too. If you have not tried the latter, your missing out on our single best bakery item in the opinion of over half of our staff. Bonus Blogger Special: Come in today or tomorrow and ask for the bonus blogger special to get a Chocolate Creme pie or Coconut Creme pie for only $7.99. (While supplies last.) December Calendar: (click to enlarge) December Coupons: (click to enlarge) Christmas Order Form: (click to enlarge) As is the case each year, this week is a week of catch up for us at the store. It's time to restock the shelves after a busy Thanksgiving rush and to finalize the Christmas preporations. It is a slower pace this week, so we'll have the time to get everything done. We've got orders in for Hallman...