Archive for August, 2012

For the teachers.

Thursday, August 30th, 2012

Long week, people, longggg week.  But we have a long weekend, so I guess that makes up for it.  Maybe.  Or not.  Anyway.  We are off to Utah for the weekend – shopping, eating, shopping, eating, and Lagoon.  I can’t wait to get the heck outta dodge. Sharing today the teacher gifts I sent with […]

The first day of school.

Tuesday, August 28th, 2012

{sigh} The first day of school is today.  My littles are growing up.  Nothing drives that home more than the first day of school each year. I packaged up some little first day of school surprises for the kids and tucked them in to the snack pouch on their backpacks.  Do you remember when you […]

End of Summer party.

Monday, August 27th, 2012

About a month ago I scored a bunch of shaving cream on the free.  I knew exactly what I wanted to do with it:  let the kids play with it outside.  So last weekend while we were camping, we brainstormed, and put a party together on the fly.  I knew I had enough stuff in […]

Adventures in Couponing.

Sunday, August 26th, 2012

Albertsons is driving me cray.  I like that cray is the new way to say crazy.  But I have a problem with totes being the new way to say totally.  Either way, Albertsons is driving me totes cray.  See, that sounds dumb together.  But in a good way they are driving me cray.  One weekend […]

The Vitacost deal is on again! – $25 of groceries + samples, shipped for $15!

Saturday, August 25th, 2012

Yippeeee!  Through 8/29, Vitacost.com is offering FREE shipping on any food order of $25 or more!  AND! if you are new to Vitacost.com you can grab a $10 FREE credit from Vitacost HERE!  This would be a great time to use it.  They sell items like Bob’s Red Mill products, yummy Chinese food ingredients like […]