Pretty butterfly!

Finley was a butterfly this year. We only went to a few houses because Finley kept having mini meltdowns. Every house we went to had a dog living there. Once she saw the dog, she forgot about her mission to get candy and just wanted to see the dog. When I finally had to pick her up to carry her away from every house, she pitched a fit. It was awesome. Oh well! We came home, handed out all our candy and called it a night. I hope everyone had a great Halloween! Up next...Thanksgiving!

Happy Halloween!!!

Happy Halloween everyone! I can't wait to take Finley trick or treating tonight! She looks so stinkin' cute in her butterfly costume! Thanks Julie for letting us borrow it.

We went to the Pumpkin Patch again on Saturday morning. Due to Finley's blossoming modeling career, we scored 4 free passes because a picture I took of her last time we went won the Tate Farms photo contest. We went with some friends and their little girl. We had a great time. We got there bright and early so there were no crowds. We had lots of fun! I didn't take any pictures since we had already been and it was so nice to leave the camera behind and not worry about getting pics. I'm going to take pics tonight, but then I've decided no more until I take pictures for the Christmas card. Finley doesn't like getting her picture taken so I want to try and change that by laying off the picture taking for a while.

I'm going to stop posting about my couponing unless I save a ridiculous amount because, frankly, I'm tired of taking pics of what I buy and listing everything :) I did get to Kroger, Walgreens and CVS this morning. I'll hit Publix on Wednesday. My stockpile is awesome right now! I was thinking today that it will be so nice to not have to spend money on groceries, toiletries and household things during the holidays. I would love to just not shop in November or December and use that money on Christmas gifts. Aside from milk, I may be able to do it! We'll see...

On another note, I have been begging Joey to take me on a trip. Anywhere, I don't care. I just want a long weekend away for just the two of us to someplace we've never been before. Well, he agreed! Yay! We've set our sights on Asheville, NC. I think it will be perfect! I can just imagine sitting in a hot tub, on the deck of a log cabin with a view of the Smoky Mountains. Can.Not.Wait. We have the dates, baby-sitters and I think we found place to stay. If any of you blog buddies have ever been to Asheville and have any recommendations on where to stay, eat, shop, explore or whatever, please let me know :)

I hope everyone had a great weekend! You all know the shopping, celebrating, traveling to see family, gift-wrapping, eating, cooking, holiday party insanity has officially begun:) 25 days until Thanksgiving and 55 days until Christmas!!!!!!!!

Happy Halloween!

We decided to carve pumpkins this year! It was a lot easier than I thought it would be. I think they turned out really cute :)

Hyland’s Teething Tablets may pose a risk to children

I saw this on Facebook and thought I would repost it. We used these while Finley was teething. It was the only thing that worked. Luckily we only used it for a few weeks and always in the lowest dose. Still scary though!

Hyland’s Teething Tablets may pose a risk to children

Hittin' the pavement!

This morning I headed out to 4 different stores! I usually just hit CVS and Publix once a week, but there were good deals all over town this week. Luckily everything is within a 5 mile radius so it's not a big deal. I went to CVS, Walgreens, Target and Kroger.

Here's the breakdown...

Target: Spent $5.92, Saved $10.42
Walgreens: Spent $6.48, Saved $5.18
CVS: Spent $12.65, Saved $11.99
Kroger: Spent $6.35, Saved $5.62

Total Spent: $31.40
Total Saved: $33.21

Here's what I got.



Yay! I saved more than I spent. I don't need many groceries this week since we've been gone since Friday. Next up...Publix!

Geaux home Tigers!!!

This weekend we headed to Bham for a couple of reasons. Friday we did some family pictures with Johanna Cosby. I take a million pictures of Finley, but the pictures are always of either me and Finley or Joey and Finley. Never all three of us. I can't wait to see them!!! My mom kept Finley while Joey and I went to the Auburn v. LSU game. We had a blast! If you were at the game you may have seen Joey and I zipping around campus on a rickshaw. There was no way we could have walked from our car to the tailgate with all the food and drinks we had. Besides, the boots I wore weren't made for walking, they were made for sitting or standing. We tailgated with one of Joey's vendors which was great. There was a TON of food including a low country boil. Yum!!! I made my pound cake again which was good, but for whatever reason it wasn't as moist as the first one. We headed into the stadium to watch the game with some new Huntsville friends (Yay!) and cheered on the Auburn Tigers to victory! It was an awesome game! After the game was over, we noticed that no one was leaving the stadium...everyone just stayed and watched Cam on the big screen celebrating with the student section and showing his fans some love. We left the stadium hot, tired and sunburned, but happy! We headed back to the tailgate for a bit and then headed to Birmingham. A hot shower and the bed couldn't come fast enough. We got up this morning and took Finley to a fair in my mom's neighborhood. There weren't many things for her age, but it was nice to get her outside for a little while. Joey won her a stuffed alligator so it wasn't a total loss. I hope everyone had a great weekend!

War Eagle!




Finley before the fair.

Bad for the waistline, good for the soul.

Joey and I are heading to The Plains on Saturday for the Auburn v LSU game. We are so excited!!! We are going to a huge tailgate with one of Joey's vendors so I wanted to bring something. The other day I came across a recipe for a cream cheese pound cake that was supposed to be so good it would make you want to "slap yo mama." I decided to try to make it even though I would be making it from scratch. Yikes. I wanted to do a test run just in case so I made one today and it is DELICIOUS! I was afraid it wouldn't cook all the way through or the outside would burn or it would be dry. None of that happened. It cooked perfectly! It is so moist and delicious! It would be so good with fruit and ice cream. I had one small piece and that's all I'm having. Go to allrecipes.com (search: cream cheese pound cake III) and once you see the ingredients you'll know why it's bad for the waistline, good for the soul :)

Here's a picture of the finished product.