Hiatius!

Not sure if I spelled that right, but oh well. I have not posted in a while. I must tell you, I think I am getting over the honeymooning part of couponing. The part where I have to hit every sale whether or not I need the stuff. I am to the point now, where I simply dont have the room to stock up any more without my house looking junky. I am quite sure we could live off the food I have here for a couple months less the produce, milk and bread. Might challenge myself with that. Hmmmmmmm

On a seperate note, have anyone else's kids been crazy? My oldest has been pushing the boundaries of independance and making decisions on her own that require my blessing. My middle one continues to injure herself. The latest is a nice roadrash from Alli -vs- the neighbor's tree. And the little one, not sure where to start with her. She has been lying, disobedient and informing me of peoples skin color in front of them in public. UHG! Kids!

I am making a goal of not eating out again until we visit the Ram next month. Really need to save myself for the Mud Pie. Oh, so good. It comes with it's own dish of hot fudge to dip the pie in, does it get any better? I think not. Working out has been great. I have had the accountability of working out with a friend each day. We try to hit the gym 5 days a week and while I have not been losing, I have not been gaining and I have been eating like a cow. Ooey gooey carmel brownie blizzards are my weakness.

I am enjoying re-reading the Twilight series. It started out that I wanted to prepare myself for the premier next month but a friend gifted me with the Breaking Dawn to read so of course I am doing that too.

Yesterday while at Costco, Lou and I spotted these petticoat tutuish skirts and I had to buy a couple. I know that is right up Alli's alley, and of course Lou needed a pink one. So we shall see those sometime after the 4th of July. They are so cute and I will post pics when I give them to the girls.

The above pics are 1)the girls playing on the tramp, 2) Alli bowling, 3) Leilani's 4th Birthday.

Would You Consider?

Entering my daughter Dani for some free braces? Last night I attended the super fabulous Mom's Night Out at Columbia Center Mall. I loved getting free stuff, entering drawings and of course "sampling" the PF Changs Lettuce Wraps. Is it still called sampling if you go back more than once? Im just asking. Anyways, in one of the goody bags that I received there was a card for Almond Orthodontics. They are having a "Smiles All Around" contest. Their card says:

Send a 100 word essay about why you or someone you know deserves free braces. Simply e mail your essay to almondortho@gmail.com or visit www.keyw.com for a link. Essays need to be emailed ot us by May 21st. We will announce the winners on May 28th.

You know the little flip my couponing heart did, right? Dani has recently become self conscious about her self proclaimed "buck teeth". Bless her heart. I know bad teeth come from my side. I know that eventually we will have to purchase these, but if my daughter could win them, wow, what a blessing that would be!

Anyways, I am really excited about the possibility of this. If you feel so inclined, please enter her into this contest. Be sure to include your name, address and phone number on the e-mail. Believe me, 100 words goes quick and it is really difficult to keep it under that. Thanks, Jaimie

All You Magazine

I wanted to let everyone know about the steal of a deal that the magazine All You is. It is chocked full of coupons. I am currently trying to get my hands on the April Issue but to no avail so far. I found this at Walmart for $2.49. Killer coupons in there too and I am just a magazine girl, so I love looking at the receipes, money saving ideas and meal planning. It was a big score!

I didnt see many killer deals this week looking thru the paper, but here are a few:

Safeway:
2lbs. Tillamook Cheese $3.99
Safeway Peanut Butter $.99 ****killer deal, stock up****
If I wouldn't have pillaged the free Capri Suns last week I would tell you to do the Safeway juice sale too. Buy 5 get $5 off. If you still had some of those capri sun coupons, this could be about $.50 a box. There are a lot of different juices that this include, check out fabulessslyfrugal.com to get all the details.

Albertsons:
Kleenex facial tissue $.75 with in ad coupon (limit 3)
Coffee mate creamer $1 (smaller size) **another killer deal**** coffeemate.com has a printable $.75/1 coupon that will make this $.25 if interested

**Sidebar** Tonight is Mom's Night Out at Columbia Center Mall. I am highly considering skipping out on hula to go and check it out. Lots of free goodie bags to the first 100ish moms, samples, coupons, vendors and my personal fav. pampering! 6-8pm is the time on this. Maybe I will see you there.