Your order has shipped! (List update)

I've gotten several "Your order has shipped" emails in the last couple days. Yay! On the way to my house...a rug, a chandelier and 2 canvas prints. Everything is for the dining room. I am so ready for this room to be done so I can move on to the next. All I have left to do is get the dining room chairs recovered. The March 1st deadline for this room is lookin' really good :)

I don't even want to update everyone on how the running is going because it's not going great. Yesterday I ran a new route, but I got off track because it had so many turns so I didn't run as far as I was supposed too. The 10K is in less than 3 weeks and I'm only up to 3.5 miles. Ummmm...this should be interesting. I'm thinking I'll run 5 miles and walk 1.2. It kind of sucks, but I don't know what else to do. The weather made it impossible (and insane) to run outside every other day the last month or so. I'm not giving up. I'm going to try to run 4 miles on Sunday and then 5 miles the next Sunday and then just hope my adrenaline will kick in the last mile at the 10K.

The mission trip, the non-beach trip and getting pregnant are on the back burner for now. No updates there.

In other news, I have signed Finley up for Mother's Morning Out! I'm really excited for her. I know she will love it and I'm excited to see how much she learns from other kids and adults. I'm ready for the good and the bad ;) She starts August 15th and she'll go two 1/2 days a week. It's about time considering in my very first blog post (October 2009) I talked about doing this. Also in August, I'm going to start taking care of a friend's baby two days a week when she goes back to work. I'm so excited!!! Taking care of a newborn again will be so fun, especially since I get to go home and get a full night's sleep afterwards ;)

Finley is asleep in the floor as we speak. She must have sensed how boring this blog post is.

25 Grocery Challenge

Here's what I got...
(1) bagged salad
(2) Kellogg's Frosted Flakes
(1) Betty Crocker brownie mix (FREE)
(1) box animal crackers (FREE)
(3) boxes Green Giant frozen vegetables (FREE)
(1) carton eggs
(1) Progresso bread crumbs
(1) Publix Cocoa Butter (FREE)
(1) Half gallon of milk
(2) Pillsbury crescent rolls
(1) Publix alcohol (FREE)
(1) Publix hand sanitizer(FREE)
(6) jars Hunt's tomato sauce
(8) cans Green Giant vegetables
(1) package Sargento shredded cheese
(1) Mott's Apple Juice
(4) cartons Yoplait yogurt
2.43lbs. oranges
2.95 lbs. bananas

Total before sales and coupons: $77.35
Total after sales and coupons: $27.69

Lots of free stuff compliments of Publix Baby Club!!! They also send out coupons for $1 off of produce, meat and dairy products. If you haven't signed up, you should :)

This week we're having...
Spaghetti and garlic bread
Meatloaf and mashed potatoes
Breakfast pizza and cheese grits casserole
Black bean chili and hoe cakes
Leftovers (I think I'll designate one night a week for leftovers since we usually end up doing that anyway)

Happy Couponing!

Valentine's Day surprise!

Joey texted me yesterday afternoon to say that Sally was coming over. Sally is Finley's baby-sitter so you know what that means...date night!!! Yay!!! We went to Tommy's Pizza (the BBQ chicken pizza is so good) then we hit up this arcade/pool hall/bowling alley for some ski-ball and cosmic bowling. We topped it off with some browsing in Barnes & Noble and ice cream. Joey even gave me a piggyback ride to the car because my feet hurt. How romantic! It was the best Valentine's Day ever!!! Thank you Joey!!!! I love you on Valentine's Day and every day in between :)

I have to give shout out to Sally who not only cleaned up Finley's bedroom and the playroom, but unloaded the dishwasher. Unloading the dishwasher is the most dreaded household chore in our house. Thank you Sally!!!

This picture proves it...I need a spray tan NOW!

Happy Valentine's Day!

We had some friends over to play and decorate cookies to celebrate Valentine's Day. We had a great time! We ate yummy sugar cookies and chocolate covered strawberries. The result? Sugary, sprinkled, chocolate covered kids. Happy Valentine's Day!!!


The whole gang


Sugar high


Finley's Valentine's basket

I heart CVS!

Here's what I got...
(3) 12pk. Diet Cokes
(2) 27ct. Huggies diapers
(2) Listerine Zero mouthwash
(2) tubes of Colgate toothpaste
(2) sticks of Lady Speed Stick deoderant
(4) bottles of Aussie shampoo and conditioner

Total before sales, coupons and ECBs: $88.79
Total after sales, coupons and ECBs: $27.32 (I have $4 ECBs to use next time)

I saved 69%!

The best deals were toothpaste (free), diapers ($4.32/pack and I got $4 ECBs) and deoderant (.49 each)

I HEART CVS!!!!

It's warm and sunny here in Huntsville so I'm going to run. I'm going to try to run 4 miles. If I can do it, I will feel so much better about the 10K that will be here in 3 weeks!!!!

What can $195 get you?

All of this...






I went to Goodwill today to donate some stuff and decided to go inside and see if they had any furniture. I hit the motherload! I got two of the yellow chairs, a couch and chair set, and a wingback chair and ottoman! Even with the cost of recovering it will be less than buying new. I'm excited and scared about the end result. I'll post pics once they are done. The fabric hunt begins again! Wish me luck!

Animal sounds

Here is Finley doing her animal sounds. Be sure to listen when she says "frog". Let's just hope she never sees a frog when we are out in public :)