Cute Eraseable Note Board

So - I was sitting here last week and decided that I been "pinning" way too much stuff on Pinterest and not actually "doing" anything. So I set my mind that I was going to start going and creating some of those babies I been pinning! Oh - you don't pin? Well, you should! What is Pinterest you say? Pinterest is a virtual bulletin board where you will find oodles and oodles of ideas of things to create, make, buy, drool over....you get the drift. You know how you see something in a magazine that you SWEAR you are going to make one day so you rip that article out only to not be able to find it months later when you look for it? Well...on pinterest as you find articles, pictures, etc. online, you can go and "pin" them to your board on Pinterest for all the world to see - and also so you can find it later when you "get in the mood" to do something.

Anyhoo - I been finding these cute little memo board/wipe boards people have been making on Pinterest and I finally decided I wanted to make one for my kitchen. So......I went down to my local GW (Goodwill) and found this baby:

Just an old plastic, brown frame. (Even better than it was 1/2 price and I got it for a $1.) I loved the "carvings" in it and thought it would look great in white. So......I sprayed it with some "made for plastic" spray paint, picked out some decorative scrapbook paper I had on hand and "Oila".........

A cute little memo board is born! Doesn't the frame look much nicer white? My kitchen is painted yellow with red decor so I wanted to incorpoate the red somehow. Found this cute tulip paper in my stash but the rest of my family was like "Ewwwwwww". So........changed it up to something they picked out:

Then I said "Ewwwww". But, unfortunately for me, I was out voted so I left this paper in (for now). But......if I get enough votes from YOU saying you like the red one better than I am switching it up!

Now just write on the glass with my Expo eraseable marker and I got myself a cute little noteboard. I think it would be great to if I changed out the papers with seasonable paper as well. Just hard to find something not "too busy" that you can't read your notes when you write them, but then again, I dont want something too "plain" for when no notes on the board.......off to find some more paper perhaps for Easter......

What do you think?

Tina

P.S. - I have linked to the link party over on http://delightfulorder.blogspot.com/. So, please come over and check all the other party goers out there to! (Sorry, I can't get the actual button to post to link over, so you will have to do the "old fashioned way" by using this link!)

Bi Lo Deals 1/18 - 1/24

Sorry a little late with some of the grocery deals for this week. In scanning Bi-Lo, here are some things I noticed that are a good deal in this area. - Also, I wanted to note that Bi-Lo has what they call "Meal Deals" they usually offer every week and then also some "Fuel Perk Promotions". Be careful when choosing these....just because they call them a "deal" they might not necessarily be so. So...just think about those "deals" prior to grabbing them. Sometimes they are GREAT deals, sometimes OK deals, and sometimes not a deal at all. You have to be the choice of that.

This week Bi-Lo has few items on sale for "3 Day Sale" which runs 1/20 - 1/22. I did see they had their Tilapia Fillets on sale for $3.99 per pack. This is a good price, especially if you are doing that "new eating lifestyle" (some refer to as diet).

Otherwise, not a really great ad this week in my opinion, but I will venture over there to pick up a few items, such as:

BOGO ITEMS:
Carolina Pride Smoked Sausage/Cocktails smokies
Carolina Pride Thick Priced Bologna
Weight Watcher Ice Cream Novelties
Birds Eye Steamfresh Veggies (possibly FREE if you have the Publix store coupon and the coupon from 1/8 circular)
Merita 100% Whole Wheat or Autumn Grain Bread
Mild-Bone Dog Biscuits
Hefty One Zip Storage and Freezer Bags

Also have Whole Chicken Fryers for .99 per pound.

As always, be sure to scan the circular yourself for other great deals that your family may use. If you need help with coupon matchups, please be sure to check out Southern Savers blog.

Happy Clipping!
Tina

Frugal Friday Family Fun - Board Games!

First - I want to start out by saying I LOVE this game! If you have not heard of it is "Logo" - duh - I am sure you see that above! It is kind of like Trivial Pursuit but you dont have to be a brainiac to play - you simply have to know your commercials, ad jingles and logos of famous brands. Anyhoo - I saw this game advertised a lot before Christmas and I kept telling my husband "I want Logo for Christmas". I must have said it 20 times and everytime we were in a store and I saw it, I would say "Oh look, there is that Logo game I want." I was hoping with all that I would find it under the Christmas tree on Christmas morning. Well - -- - I did! I was so excited.....Then a few days later my husband said "I thought you were joking about that game and bought it kind of as a gag gift.".....REALLY???? I RARELY ask for anything, so when I pointed it out 20-30 times I did not realize he would think I was joking?!

Anyhoo - he did get it. I guess he thought I may have been joking because my family does not sit down and play board games. Well.....they USED to not sit down and play board games. Now - - - they have became regular board game players - which takes me to the point of Frugal Friday Family Fun!

Yes, board games are not cheap. However, when else can you pay $25 for a game that will last for years to come and not $25 for a family of 4 to play one game of putt putt! Christmas night I was like (of course) "Let's play Logo"....after a few eyes rolling and possibly a few muffled groans from the boys, everyone did eventually please me and sit down to play. About 10 minutes later we we were all laughing and having a great time! Even hubby who I dont recall sitting down to play a game in a very long time and my son of course......if it dont have a cord attached to it and hooked to a gaming system - it ain't a game! My daughter, of course she was "game" for it. :)

Since that night, we have played the game a few more times when time has allowed and we love it every time. We have even had guests over to play with us as well.

So.....next time you have a quiet evening and looking for something fun to do, turn off the TV, pop some popcorn and pull out a board game!

What games does your family play that you enjoy?

Happy Gaming!
Tina

Thrifty Thursday - Save on Dryer Sheets!

It is Thrifty Thursday again and this week we are talking about dryer sheets! Remember last time I had talked about how you could cut your Brillo pads in half to get more use out of them and not let so much go to waste by staying wet and rusting, etc? Well - did you realize you could do the same with dryer sheets?

As soon as you buy a new box of dryer sheets, open the box, pull the sheets out and cut them in half from top to bottom (vertically). Then you can simply put them right back in the box and dispense just half at a time. A half of sheet is normally plenty to do one load. However, if you are doing a large load of towels and like them to be "extra soft and smelly" then by all means toss 2 in, you are still at that point only using one sheet. It will make your box last about twice as long and you will still get the same results!

What else do you have in your home that you think you can use this concept of cutting in half to get double the use of?

Happy Savings!
Tina

Publix Deals 1/11 - 1/17

Happy Wednesday! Half way through the week already! So - if you are trying out that "new eating lifestyle" (sometimes referred to as diet) - how are you doing? Heard somewhere ealier this week that most people "give up" on their resolutions by next week, hang in there, let's prove them wrong!

Atleast Publix has a few things on sale this week that perhaps you can use during your "diet". Here are a few deals I saw in the paper that are worthwhile. As always, there are tons of deals out there, so be sure and read through the sales paper or check out SouthernSavers for a complete listing of sales and coupon matchups!

BOGO Deals:

Fresh Express Salad Kits $3.99 - so makes them $1.99 each
Green Giant Frozen Vegetables are $1.99 - so makes them only 99 cents each and you probably have coupon matchups!
Valley Fresh White Chicken (canned) in water $3.09 = makes them $1.54 each and you probably have coupon matchups!
Quaker Chew Granola Bars are $2.99 - making them $1.49 each - and again, coupons are out there!
Ronzoni Pasta is $1.69 - so .84 cents each
Cool Whip Topping $1.95 - so .97 each - love to use the Lite or Free on pudding!

Other Deals:
Smuckers Preserves, Jellies and Jams are 50% off!!
Progresso Soup is $1.33 and there are tons of coupon matchups out there!
Healthy Choice Meals are $2.00 and lots of coupon matchups!
Kraft American Cheese Singles - $2.50

Have you found a great "diet" meal to help you get through the day? Please feel free to share here!

Make it a great week!
Tina

Monday Menu Plan

Good morning everyone! Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend and ready to kick off this week! Did you get a chance to get your Menu Plan together for the week?

This week I am trying mostly all new recipes! Because I started my adventure with The Pampered Chef as an independant consultant, I am trying out several recipes on my family before I go try them out on strangers! Last night we started with a Ham and Cheese Calzone which turned out rather yummy! Below is my plan for the rest of the week:

Monday: Cheeseburger Sliders
Tuesday: Garden Fresh Pizza
Wednesday: Spaghetti
Thursday: Chicken Club Ring
Friday: Kitchen Closed - Out to dinner!
Saturday: Chicken Fajitas

What's cooking in your kitchen this week?

Happy Cooking!
Tina

TNT Recipe Tuesday - Chocolate Chip Sensation

Happy Tuesday everyone! Long holiday weekend is over and time to get back to the normal daily grind! Time to kick off our TNT Recipe Tuesdays with a dessert item. For those not familiar - TNT on this site means "Tried N' True" Recipe - basically a recipe that I have made for my family that they repeatedly ask for time and again. Today's recipe is a dessert recipe that I actually received from The Pampered Chef YEARS ago. I have not made it in several years and decided on a whim last weekend to make it for some company I was having over for dinner. Well - needless to say, it was gobbled up and 2 days later my family asked me to make it again! So.....thought I would share it with all of you here.


It is called Chocolate Chip Sensation. My husband likes it because although it is dessert - it is not that "Too sweet" taste. Here it is:

Ingredients include:

16 oz roll package choclate chip cookie dough (Such as Pillsbury, found in the dairy section)

8 oz cream cheese (softened)

1 pint half and half

1/3 cup sugar

3.9 oz pkg. instant choclate pudding

Pecans, chopped (optional)

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Take the cookie dough and smoosh it into a large ball of dough. Place it on your pan (I use a large pizza stone) and flatten it out to a 13" circle. Bake it for 12-15 minutes until browned.

Mix cream cheese and sugar and set aside.

Mix half and half and pudding mix, set aside for minutes or until "set".

Once cookie is completely cool, spread the cream cheese mixture on top of the cookie, just like icing a cake. Once that layer is complete, pour the pudding on top and spread it over the cream cheese mixture and then sprinkle with nuts.

Chill until ready to serve. To make it easy to cut into serving size pieces, I simply use a pizza cutter and cut in to squares.

Yummy!

I hope you enjoy!

Tina

Menu Mondays - None for me this week!

Happy New Year everyone! I hope everyone had a wonderful and safe New Years and that you are now ready to kick off this New Year as an organized, frugal friendly fun, recipe cooking, money saving Woman of 2012! Woo Hoo!!!

My goal this year is on Mondays, to post my "Menus for the Week". I have found in the past that if I sit down for just a few minutes over the weekend and plan out my meals for the week and have a plan in place, weeknights go much smoother around here. Thought if I shared my menu plans with you, that might encourage you and help you put together your own menus for the week. As I start to add recipes here on the blog, if I am cooking I recipe that I have already shared, I will link that night's meal to the recipe in case you want to try it to.

This week - however - no Menu Monday. One reason, with having such a long holiday weekend from work, I really didn't realize it was even Monday until just moments ago! Has that happened to you over the holidays - where you lose track of time? Another reason is half of my family is going to be missing in action this week due to their going to a particular Bowl Game for their favorite college team. Lastly, in looking at my own calendar this week, I have meetings just about every night this week after work....so since it is just two of us and half the time I wont even be here - I think it will be a "fend for yourself or famine" week unfortunately!

Stay tuned next Monday thought when hopefully I will be here to share next's week Menu Mondays! If you come up with a menu plan this week, please feel free to share below!

Happy New Year!

Tina

FREE Photo Prints at Walgreens - Hurry!

Thru December 31 ONLY - - You can obtain 25 FREE 4x6 photos at Walgreens Photo Lab. Simply go to their website, upload your photos to their photolab. When you checkout use the code PRINTNOW and select "in-store pickup", otherwise you will have to pay the shipping charge and it won't technically be FREE! This should help some of you get those digital photos actually off of your camera, printed, and into a scrapbook!

Enjoy!
Tina

Product Review: Hill's Science Diet Ideal Balance Dog Food

As a Bzzagent, I am provided with various products/services throughout the year to try out and use in my home and then give honest feedback (good or bad!) on what I thought about the products. In return for the product, I not only provide them with my feedback but I also spread the word (bzzzzzz) to friends, families and others regarding information on the product so they can decide whether it may be something for them to use or give a try as well.

Several weeks ago, I was offerred the chance to try out Hill's Science Diet Ideal Balance Dog Food. Well....when I say I was given the chance to try it - I mean actually that my three dogs Karma, Juliet and Romeo were given the chance to try it and all I had to do was sit back and watch. To give a little background of my choosey canines, Karma (Standard Poodle) is 9 and usually barely eats her food unless she decides she is hungry that day; Romeo, a toy breed, is almost 5 and also usually only eats about half of his daily intake. Then there is Juliet, our almost 3 year old Golden Retriever who will eat anything and everything you put it on front of her, whether it be edible or not! Well - - being as I dont just give my dogs a bowl full of "new food" to try I have been gradually mixing the Ideal Balance Dog food in with their regular food for a while now and do you know - when I do that - all 3 of their bowls are licked clean to the bottom?! I thought it may have been a fluke (when it came to Romeo and Karma) so I have only been mixing their food up every few days. On the days I dont mix it, sure enough, half their food is left in the bowl....but on the days I mix in the Ideal Balance food, the bowls are completely emptied! Goes without saying, Juliet's is always empty!

You may be wondering what is so special about this Ideal Balance Dog food produced by Hill's Science Diet....Well.....it is a high grade brand of food that is not only tasty (apparently), but also nutrionally balanced for your best friend's well being. The first ingredient listed in this food is FRESH CHICKEN!!! That's right Chicken, not chicken meal, not chicken parts....but FRESH WHOLE CHICKEN. It also is chocked full of fruits and vegetables including cranberries. There is also no corn or artificial flavors. So when you pour the food into their bowls, it is all the same brown color, not red, greens and oranges from articifical coloring. (And a bonus for the humans, because there is no corn or other "fillers" in the food, the size of the "poo" is much smaller as well! Very handy when you have 3 dogs!)

If you have dogs and think this may be something you would like to try, I urge you to check out Hills' Pet website by clicking here. There you can not only view the various products available, but you can download a form to get a rebate on a bag of Ideal Balance so you can literally try it for FREE! While you are there, I would urge you to check out the "MyBowl" app where it tells you what ingredients you should be looking for no matter the dog food you choose for your four legged best friends.

Go ahead - give it a try! Let me know what you think!

Bi-Lo Deals 12/28 - 1/4

Bi-Lo's new sales paper starts today. Always remember, at Bi-Lo:
* Coupons with a face value of .55 or less will DOUBLE;
* When something BOGO, you can just purchase ONE of the items and get it at half-price;
*Don't forget to use your Bi-Lo card to earn fuel perks!

Some of the deals that I saw this week that seemed pretty good are:

The "Clean Deal" - whre you buy 2 packs of either Charmin Tissue and/or Bounty Paper Towels and you will receive FREE Puffs Facial Tissue, Bounty Napkins, and Febreze Air Effects!

(Be careful when looking at the various "Meal Deals", etc. that Bi-Lo offers each week. Some of them are GREAT deals, and some of them are not so great. Depending on what you use your family will depend on if you think a great deal or not)

Healthy Choice Steamers Entrees are $1.98 this week - click here and get $1.00 off coupon which makes them only $.98!

Tennessee Pride Roll Sausage only $2.29 and there is a .55 cent coupon in RP 11/13 - so you only pay $1.19 for a $4.59 worth of sausage!

Carolina Pride Hot Dogs and Cocktail Smokies are BOGO and matching coupons are available if you have them!

Marzetti Dressing which is normally $3.99 you can get for only 99 cents when you have the $1 off coupon from the SS 11/13 circular.

Ruffles Potato Chips are BOGO - if your family uses chips frequently, make sure and stock up when they go on sale. Did you know you can place your chips in your freezer and take them out and they are fresh as new??? and they don't actually "freeze"

As always, if you would like a list of all great sale items with matching coupons, check out Southern Savers website!

Happy Saving!

Tina

Publix Coupon Booklet! Get yours today!

Publix is currently offering a NEW coupon booklet, Simply Delicious Inspirations, but you must request your copy by mail. You simply fill out a form here and they will mail the coupon booklet to you.

This booklet is available only to residences in TN, AL, GA, SC and FL and you must get your request submitted before February 1, 2012.

The booklet has over $25.00 worth of Nestle product coupons in it, so be sure and request yours today!

Happy Clipping!

Tina

Frugal Family Fun Friday! - Christmas Season

At this time of the year, everything seems so rushed with things to do, things to buy, places to go, people to see, it is still important to fit in those "Family Fun" moments. Especially good if you can find "frugal" things to do without sucking more money out of your ever shrinking wallets.

One thing I started YEARS ago and still enjoy doing (when I make the time to do it with teenagers in tow) is to drive around and look at Christmas lights. I don't mean just look at lights as you drive through your neighborhood on the way to shopping or somewhere else either.

What I like to do is for everyone to get dressed in their pj's (hubby doesn't agree to do that part - bah humbug!).....but anyhoo, the rest of us dress up in our pjs, make some hot cocoa, jump in the car and just drive. We drive through our neighborhood and look at all the lights and then go on to other neighborhoods in the area that are known for lots of decorating as well. We vote on what ones we like, what ones we think are tacky, etc, etc. Of course, the ones mom likes (the simply white lights, wreaths and red bows) no one else likes. But we have fun just looking at them together.

Best part is - doesn't cost anything. Well....of course it costs gas to drive around, which certainly is not cheap these days, but other than that it cost nothing and "kids" of all ages, from 1 to 100, like to do it!

Happy Light Hunting!
Tina

Thrifty Thursday! - - Save on Brillo Pads

OK - by show of hands, how many of you have used a brillo pad and then came back to use it a short time later only for it to be all rusty and nasty?! and then you had to throw the brillo pad away?! Oh...come on now....raise your hand - you know you have!! There you go........

Well.......to cut down on wasting, next time you grab that Brillo pad (or other similar cleaning device) out of the box, BEFORE you use it go ahead and grab your scissors and cut that pad in half! (This will also help sharpen your scissors too!) Place half back in the package and then use the smaller Brillo pad for your cleaning purpose. It will still be large enough to clean whatever it is that you need to clean that day and most likely use up what cleaning life it has in it. Then you can toss it - for the other half to remain all pristine clean in the box for its next use - instead of it sitting there waiting to rust all over your sink!

Not only will this save on rustiness sitting around, but will also double the length of time most likely that the box of pads will last you which, as a result, will save you money!

Happy Savings!

Tina

Bi-Lo Deals Highlights 12/14-12/20

OK, I'm a little more impressed with Publix ad this week then Bi-Lo's, but still some good deals to be had. Who knows - you might need more of what Bi-Lo has on sale this week then Publix. So be sure to scan the entire circular to see if anything you need and STOCK UP! Remember - you save the most when you buy when low price and stock up on it, then to wait until you need it and have to pay full price!

A few things I noted of interst this week at BiLo were:

The Meal Deal this week is: Buy a Michael Angelo Family Size Entree for $7.99 and get a FREE Pepperridge Farm Garlic Bread, FREE Pepperidge Farm Cake and a FREE 6 pk cans of Coke.

Hot Pockets are on sale for $2.00

Carolina Pride Cocktail Smokies at $2.64 and there are several .50 off coupons in the 22 9/11, 22 10/9 and ss 12/4 circulars bringing price down to $1.64 each

Smithfield Bacon at $2.99 - use $1 off coupon in 12/4 SS circular and get that for $1.99 (reg $5.99)

Hungry Jack AuGratin Potatoes .94 use $1/2 in the 11/6 RP cicular and pay .44 each

Domino Sugar $2.49 - several coupons out there making it $1.49

Again, lots more deals out there. If you scan the circular, you will also see there are lots of ways to earn BONUS FUEL PERKS this week. Be careful though, sometimes you have to spend $20 to save $4 on gas and it may not even be on stuff you really want..... the fuel perk deals a lot of times come in handy, but sometimes they are not such a great deal...so think about them before you dive right in.

For the full match ups of coupons and sale items, be sure to check out Southern Savers!

Happy Shopping!
Tina

Publix Deals Highlights 12/14 - 12/24

LOTS of great deals starting at Publix tomorrow so be sure to scan the circular for all the great BOGO and other deals they have. Note that this week's ad will cover all the way through Christmas Eve so you have 10 days to get all these deals in prior to Christmas Day! For some of us, that means two pay periods so two grocery trips for double the savings!

Some of the deals that I saw that you may can get FREE or pretty darn cheap if you have the matching coupons available are:

Coles Breadsticks - $1.49 each - downloand from their website the .50 off coupon and pay .49!

Kraft Mayo or Miracle Whip - $2.44. You can get as low as .44 if you have the Publix $1 coupon and match it with the printable that was available online of $1.00. If you dont have the printable, there was a .35 coupon in the 11/10 SS circular so you would still only pay .74!

Chinet Napkins - $1.07 each. Downloand the $1 coupon on their website = .07 napkins!

Mueller Pasta .71 - use .75 11/20 SS coupon and get FREE PASTA! Or there was also a 11/13 RP coupon for FREE PASTA with purchase of two Ragu sauces which are also on sale this week!

Duncan Hines Cake Mix - .94 - use .50 11/6 SS = FREE CAKE MIX!

These are just a FEW of the items that I see to stock up on this week. Be sure to view the entire circular for all the other great deals. If you need help matching up sales to available coupons, I would highly recommend Southern Savers website for use in this area!

Happy Shopping!

Tina

Redbox - 12 days of Deals!!!

Redbox is hosting its very own 12 Days of Deals. To get your "daily deal" simply text FUN to 727272 each day (from 12/13 through 12/24) and you will be sent that day's "deal" to your phone. Deals will include discounts ranging from 25 cents to $1.00 off a rental. Since Redbox rentals are $1.00 - this could mean FREE MOVIES! For all the details - click here.

Site Review: Coupon Chief

I was recently asked to check out the website of Coupon Chief and share my thoughts of the site with my fellow bloggers, friends and family. If you do any type of shopping online, you MUST check this site out!

First of all, there are THOUSANDS of stores that this site offers coupon codes for. What is a coupon code? Well, if you do any type of shopping online, you know that when you go to the companies checkout there is usually a box that says "enter promo code" or "enter coupon code" or something like that. A lot of times you may not have a coupon code and you simply skip over that box. HOWEVER, not any more! From now on, any time you want to purchase something on line, the first thing you need to do is go to Coupon Chief and see if they have a promo code they can provide you to use on your order. Some coupon codes that you might find would provide you with free shipping, or perhaps $25 off a $100 purchase, 25% off, etc. The options are endless and of course change constantly as deal "promos" are found for you! You can search by either the name of a particular store you want to purchase from or, even an item. Say you want to look for "teen fashion". You simply go to Coupon Chief, plug in "teen fashion" as your search item and they will pull up a listing of all stores that offer teen fashions along with matching coupon codes. When you find the store/coupon you would like to purchase from and use, you simply click on the "copy" button for that coupon and paste that particular coupon code into the checkout of the site you are ordering from. Your savings will instantly show up on your online invoice. It is that easy!

Coupon Chief also offers a "Pays-2-Share Program". If you are shopping online and come across a coupon code that Coupon Chief does not already have in their listing of offers, you can actually upload that coupon code to their site and if anyone clicks on that offer and makes a purchase, Coupon Chief will pay you 2% of the total sales purchased when someone uses that coupon! So, not only is Coupon Chief a "savings site", it could also be a "money making site" as well!

One other great feature they have is you can set up a profile on their website that provides information on what types of items or stores that you like to shop from and they will email you alerts when there are deals and promos that you may be interested in.

If you do any type of online shopping, I would highly recommend you check out Coupon Chief! I do not personally do a lot of online shopping, but I just may start having found this new site!

Happy Savings!
Tina

Day 11 - Meet Charlie

NOTE: AFTER I POSTED THIS I REALIZED POSTED TO MY WRONG BLOG!!! OOPS. IF YOU ARE HERE FOR COUPON TIPS - PLEASE DISREGARD THIS POST. THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO APPEAR ON MY FAMILY/MARTAHON BLOG! I CAN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO EASILY COPY OVER TO OTHER BLOG WITHOUT RETYPING (CUT/PASTE DON'T WORK!) SORRY!!

Heeeeeere's Charlie!

(Insert Picture Here) :o)

Well, normally there would be a picture right above here but hubby drove off again without me getting a chance to snap a picture of Charlie. I'll upload when I can.

Who is Charlie? Well, Charlie is my hubby's new truck. (I always name our vehicles, hubby is not amused and does not approve of the name "Charlie" but I figured I name them, I call them by name, so no one else really needs to like the name, right?) Well anyhoo, we set out Saturday morning to have a nice quiet lunch and do some shopping (nothing fun - - new part for the kitchen sink, possibly rent a carpet cleaner, get the dogs groomed, etc.). We even gave the kids a credit card so they could go get lunch themselves. Well......we show up at the restaurant and who walks in 10 minutes later but the kids! We can't even pay them to leave us alone! LOL. We hurried and ate and then left so we could attempt to lose them again without them following us when the phone rings. The dogs are already done at the groomers, so we headed back to pick them up and drop them off at home. We once again get back in the car to go do our errands when the kids call. They are at a local clothing store and found some "stuff" they needed. So, we stopped in with them, everybody got some clothes (I got running clothes - go figure) and once again we leave the children to finally get our errands done as we have to get home for a family graduation party by 5:30.........

Needless to say, the only thing we accomplished on our list was picking up the sink part. On a whim we decided to drive West Ashley "just to look" to see what trucks were out there available for sale. Well......about 5 hours later we were driving home with a new truck - Charlie! Talk about a last minute whim!! We rushed home, ran a brush through my hair and off to the graduation party - albeit an hour or so late. But...we did get there. Congratulations Skylar on graduation!

Needless to say after a whirlind of a day, no walking, running or training otherwise happened today. You never think about how exhausting buying a new car can be!

Set the alarm tonight though to get up at 6:45 a.m. for my first morning run! Wish me luck!

FREE Cami from Lane Bryant!

Click here to fill out online form and instantly print a coupon for a FREE Cami from your local Lane Bryant or Cacique store. Coupon expires May 10 so be sure and hurry. This is available while supplies last only!

Happy Savings!
Tina