Holidays are a good time to stock up on seasonal food. Here’s what I bought this week at Albertson’s: Tabasco sauce- $1/bottle (saved $1.19/bottle) Grill Mates spices- $1/2 packages (saved $3) Butter- $1.95/pound (used sale + coupon, saved $1.44/pound) Dreyers ice cream- $8.48 for two 1/2 gallons of ice cream and 2 packages of Drumsticks [...]
Miss Petrie was sick and I decided to keep her home today (only her second absence all year). Her teacher sent us an email saying that 6 kids in the class were sick with the same thing. Darn germy kids! But she was happy to catch up on her Disney movie watching and chose to [...]
We bought two of these little weeping willow type trees last fall for $6 each. They were originally $90 each. We had admired them for a while and at that price, well, how could we say no? We planted them in the ground so they would make it through the winter and then decided [...]
Last week we went to the Botanic Gardens with our friends. (Miss PD and her little friend were born on the same day within a few hours of each other.) When the kids saw this puddle, they jumped and ran through it for at least 15 minutes. At the end of those 15 minutes, [...]
The longer we’ve lived in our house, the more I’ve wanted to lighten up the cabinets. Mr. Petrie surprised me by offering to spend a weekend working on the kitchen cabinets. Before, the kitchen looked like this: Now it looks like this… Now on to painting the bathroom cabinets! Enjoy your day.
It was time for a new ‘do. I was resorting to the ubiquitous ponytail daily and it was adding to my frump factor in a big way. The last time I got my hair cut was back in November. I took Miss PD with me and bribed her with lollipops while the stylist earned her [...]
Woohoo! I turned in my last two papers today. I am now 7/12 of the way to a master’s degree! I feel like a kid with a whole summer of fun ahead of me. :) It’s a good Monday.
One of the easiest ways to use coupons is to look out for “peelies” when you are at the store. When a product is on sale, other products in the brand are also often on sale, so you can cash in on some spectacular savings. Here’s an example of a “peelie” deal I got this [...]