Laziness and a beach trip

That is my excuse for not doing very well at Publix today. There were a few things I wanted for the beach that weren't good deals and I've been busy this week so I didn't take much time to plan my trip.

Here's what I got...
(1) $50 BP gas card (I paid $40 for it)
(3) bags Tostitos chips
(1.09) lbs. bananas
(1) tube of Desitin
(1) pack of Huggies wipes (FREE)
(1) loaf of bread
(2) boxes Pillsbury cake mix
(3) boxes Butterball sausage links and patties
(2) boxes Post cereal
(2) boxes Cheerios
(3) bags Bird's Eye frozen vegetables
(2) cartons Voskos Greek yogurt (FREE)
(1) carton of sour cream
(1) package of Jennie O turkey bacon
(1) gallon Publix milk
(1) box Huggies diapers
(1) package of Nutter Butter cookies
(2) packages King's Hawaiian sub snacker rolls
(2) bags Yoplait smoothie mix
(2) Lunchables
(1) roll Publix toilet paper (penny item)

Total before sales and coupons: $165.99
Total after sales and coupons: $100.04

Way over my $100 a month, but that's okay :) I'm going to try not to go to the store for anything other than produce and free stuff for the rest of the month.

Happy Couponing!

This week we're having...
Whatever Joey makes for himself because I'll be at the beach for a week! I leave Friday! Woohoo!!! Spring Break 2011!!! God help us. Carrie and I need all the prayers we can get. Please pray that everything goes smoothly and none of the girls get into any trouble.

Dancing Queen...

Finley found a way to entertain herself while I was in the dressing room :)

WE DID IT!

Sunday was the big day! Joey and I ran our first 10k! I am pretty proud of us :) We ran in the UAH Big Spring Road Race. Our friends Leighton and Ryan ran it with us and I think that made crossing the finish line even better. Everything is better with friends by your side :) It was really hard. I wasn't totally convinced we could finish and I really wanted to run the whole thing. Joey and I both slacked off on our training several times and neither of us had run anywhere near 6.2 miles before the race. Everything people told me about those big races was true. The adrenaline kicks in and helps you along. You get distracted by all the other people there and time goes by really fast. Not having music didn't bother me at all and I was really nervous about that. I think since we had never run that route before and there was plenty of people-watching it helped with the monotony of running. I finished in a little under 1 hour 5 minutes. I think my time was like 1 hour 4 minutes and 45 seconds. Joey was right behind me at 1 hour 10 minutes. I am thrilled that we did it together and I am thrilled that I don't have to do it again...anytime soon that is. My buddy Leighton and I have already signed up for another 10k in May and I'm really looking forward to trying to beat my time. Woo hoo! Go Team Harbro :) I don't think running is my passion, but I enjoyed the 10k so I'll keep doing it until I don't want to do it anymore. Like Forrest Gump.

Run a 10k is officially marked off my "Things to do in 2011" list!!!!!!!

We did it!!!


Can you see the excitement in their faces?


At Fleet Feet picking up our race packets.

Nino Dambro

I'd like to introduce you all to the newest member of our family, a blue Beta fish named Nino (as in Nemo, but Finley calls him Nino) Welcome to the family, Nino.

Can you see him? Maybe a blue fish, a blue background and blue gravel wasn't the best idea.



Nino and Finley

Better than chicken tettrazini???

Yesterday I went in search of a new recipe on allrecipes.com. I came across Angel Chicken Pasta. It sounded simple enough so I clicked on it and immediately noticed that along with the 4.5 star rating, 42,925 people had saved it to their account. I made it today for lunch and it was AMAZING! Restaurant quality, but so quick and easy. Joey said it was his new favorite and he said it was even better than chicken tetrazzini which is the reigning household favorite. This is too good to keep to myself so here is the link to the recipe. It calls for angel hair pasta, but I made it with rigatoni.

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Angel-Chicken-Pasta/Detail.aspx

Sorry, my links don't show up if I use a hyperlink :(

New uniform

There's a reason I rarely get out of my faded Old Navy yoga pants and my "washed so many times it's see through" UAB t-shirt, or my uniform as Joey calls it. It's because shopping for clothes makes me...
a.) angry (at designers who only design clothes for girls who are 5'10 and 100 lbs.)
b.) angry (at myself for not being skinnier and taller)
c.) depressed (because I know I will return home with nothing and will have to continue to look like one of those moms who has given up trying to look decent.)
d.) hungry (because when I'm depressed, eating makes me feel better)

I had no choice today. I had to get a pair of shorts for the beach. I took Joey with me for support because I know he will tell me the truth even if it hurts.

After trying on at least 10 pairs of shorts at 4 different stores, I finally had some luck at Ann Taylor Loft. Hallelujah!!!!! I found shorts that fit like a glove:) The length was perfect. They also had these scoopneck t-shirts that had the perfect "scoop" and were really soft.

I'll probably have to get the shirts hemmed. Yes, I get my shirts hemmed. See, I'm really lucky. I'm too short to wear regular clothes and I'm too tall to wear Petites. Petite shirts are too high up and regular shirts go down below my butt. I get to pay for clothes and then pay to get them altered. Awesome. I also have to get my pants hemmed. The best is when I get them hemmed and they have to take so much material off the bottom that they aren't bootcut or flare anymore. So awesome.

I'm feeling better though because shorts are the hardest thing for me to find, even harder to find than jeans, so the worst is over :)

I'm the 3rd best dressed in my family of 3. I'm just trying to surpass Joey. A woman should dress better than her husband, right?

Enough complaining for now. I hope everyone one has a great weekend!!!

I love it when a plan comes together.

I learned a valuable lesson from my mommy friends before I had Finley. They told me to buy Finley's clothes for each season a year in advance because everything is usually at least 50% off once the season is over. So last summer I bought Finley some clothes for this summer at 50% off or more. I was scared to death when I did it that I wouldn't be able to estimate her size and would end up with a bunch of clothes that didn't fit. Since we are headed to the beach next week, I decided to pull everything out and see what fit. Everything fit perfectly!!! I was so excited!!! I'll have to hem the dress because she is short like her mama, but I expected to do that anyway. Here she is modeling one of her dresses I got last year. It was regularly $34.99, but I got it for $8.75.



Here are the other things I got...



Total before sales: $216.98
Total after sales: $89.98

The birthday hat outfit is reversible too!

I love it when a plan comes together :)

Speaking of plans, I had big plans for Finley and I to go to the library and the park, but she woke up with a runny nose and watery eyes, so I think we'll stay home and rest. She's in a good mood, but she isn't eating much and can't breathe. She will take a drink of juice and then open her mouth and gasp because she can't breath through her nose. So sad :( Thankfully, no fever so I'm hoping it will pass quickly. She is in the other room singing her ABCs and talking on my cell phone so she must not feel too bad.