Snow Snow and More Snow

For some reason all these storms have decided to hit on Wednesdays, which of course screws up my mom's visiting schedule! Miss baby and I miss her visits when it is nasty outside.

Because of the snow I have no new thrifty finds to share with you. Miss baby did have some pictures done at Sears last week. Out of 11 pictures 3 of them came out okay. Here is one of my favorites. Yes she is smiling, but the only way she would smile is if hubby held her. So here he is holding her from behind the sheet. We went to thd Dr. today she is a whopping 9 lbs 1 oz and 22 inches long.

Miss baby and I are going to venture out on Friday to the doggy thrift store. Hopefully we'll have some more finds to report back.

Thrifty Finds!

I love Wednesdays! My mom comes up to visit and Miss baby gets to enjoy time with her gramie!

We braved the busy church thrift store today. I spent a whooping $1.00

$.50 for a cute metal container that hangs. Im going to put dried flowers in it and hang it on the bathroom door.

$.25 for a book about the romans. I teach 6th grade special education and my students do a project on the romans every year this is a great book!

$.25 (not pictured) a Racheal Ray magazine for my mom!

We had such a wonderful day (that was much needed!).Miss baby decided to have a party last night and was up from 12:30-5:00am. So a day with gramie was exactly what we needed. Here is a picture of Miss baby and I BEFORE the night partying began!

CVS Deals

So yesterday was hubby's last day on paternity leave. So he let me run out to CVS with my coupons in hand to get some great deals without miss baby.

Here is what I got for $4.42

• 4 pkgs of cadbury mini eggs (sorry only 2 are pictured hubby and I got to them before I could take the picture) $.50 each
• 2 Revlon mascaras at $2.35 a piece
• L'oreal shampoo and Conditoner at 1.24 a piece
• Covergirl Blush at $2.50
• Revlon Powder $3.49
• Revlon nail polish *free with coupon*

Everything was either 50% or 75% off. I had coupons for everything and a few left over Extra Care Bucks. A total savings of $48.25

Baby It's Cold Outside

The forecast for the next few days on Fairview Ave is suppose to be down right fridgid. Miss Baby, Hubby, and I are going to be hunkering down in the basement with the pellet stove on high and watching some movies.

Movies from the redbox will be free for us (and you too!) if you use these codes before 2/28/11. WXM52MD or XXR3N4Z (remember you can use these codes once per credit card/debit card)

Stay Warm!

Saturday Events

So hubby went out to Walgreens and had his first couponing experience. I will say with a little direction from me he was a pretty impressive couponer.

Here is what he got:

2 Homemade Kraft Mac and Cheese

2 things have toothpaste

2 dawn dish soaps
6 rolls of bounty paper towels

1 thing of honey
Total: $11.29 With a savings of $26.65

My parents also came up to see Miss Baby

Pepe and Gramie are in love :)

Cold Winter Days

It has been chilly here on Fairview Ave. Miss Baby, Hubby, and I have been snuggling in front of the pellet stove and watching movies and eating comfort food.


Hubby and I watched the movie Social Network, which was an interesting look at how the website Facebook came to be. Hubby made a delicious beef stew to cap off our "snowday". Im not a huge fan of beef stew but hubby sure can make one! I love Hubby's beef stew because it is never the same twice! To accompany our stew was my free rolls from Pepperidge Farm. They had a rebate form, and were found in the freezer section. They were overpriced, so this family wont be buying them too often. But free is in my vocabulary, they were yummy, nice and crusty and hot from the oven.

I got my maternity leave paperwork from school the other day. 3 Months out of work is more money than I thought, so im going to be getting back into the couponing scene. My first couponing deal was the other day. Baby wipes for Miss Baby's bum were $3.00 on sale, I had a .75 coupon that they doubled so the wipes ended up being $1.50..... not a bad deal. More deals to come later :)

Cleaning Out

So I decided to clean out my clothes today. Put some of the maternity clothes back in the upstairs closet (thank god), and weed out some of the clothes I have (the what the hell were you thinking when you bought these clothes). So two huge trash bags later, that weigh a ton a piece off to the thrift store. Hubby even got into the mood and cleaned out his clothes (it took him 10 minutes as opposed to my 3 hours.)
I got some gift cards for christmas so now i can justify buying more clothes with them :)