Friday, December 9, 2011

McDonald's Caramel Mocha - Favorite Thing Friday Post

So, this week, I think my favorite thing is McDonald's Caramel Mocha.  I've gotten quite a few of them, they are just so yummy!  And the cold weather that hit makes me want something warm and chocolaty!

Wy got ahold of an empty cup and was trying to drink it.



Sorry about all the blurry photos.  I take all my pictures with my phone.  I have a really nice camera that my husband bought me last year, but its so much quicker and more convenient to take it on my phone! 

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Birthday and Meijer deals

My little man will be two soon!  I cannot believe it has went by so quickly!  We are planning a very small party.  I went all out for his first birthday party and no one actually showed up, so this will just be small.  I found the cutest birthday invitations for him too!  They are so perfect for him because his favorite thing right now is tools.


The best part about them, I only paid .49 cents for the whole package at Goodwill!

I went to Meijer yesterday as well.  I walked out of the store with two bottles of sparkling water, 6 Nivea lip balms, a box of tin foil and a box of cheese filled pretzels all for $0.76 out the door.  Meijer offers a program called MPerks which allows you to stack an MPerk with a Manufacturer coupon which makes for free items.  There was a coupon for 0.50 cents off the pretzels which doubled, and an MPerk for 0.50 cents off the pretzels which stacked, and they were on sale 50% off which made them free.  There was $1.25 coupon off the tin foil, which stacked with a $1.25 MPerk, which made the tin foil 0.50 cents.  There was a $1.00/1 coupon on the water, which made them free because they were on sale for 0.70 cents this week.  (Meijer does not give overages) and the Nivea were on sale this week 2 for $3.00 which went perfectly with the $3.00/2 coupon that was in this weeks paper.  Hope that helps, these deals are still good until the end of the week!

Make sure you check the printable sites often because the good coupons go quick! 


Those are just a few of my favorite!


Over the weekend the boys and I did some fun things. We made some ornaments for the Christmas tree, and make cookies.  We also used cake decorations to decorate our Pancake Sunday pancakes.  I'm trying harder and harder to fill our days with fun and educational things to do.

Ryder's Pancake

Tops ones are Trevor's, Bottom ones are Ryder's... obviously.

I've got to find something better to do than baking goodies, I've gained 10 lbs already!





Monday, December 5, 2011

Tonight's Dinner on a Budget


Yum!

Tonight's dinner was a last minute thing due to the fact that I've been gone all day and have yet to meal plan for the week.  

Ingredients:
1 package Private Selection Organic Broccoli and Carrots ($0.55 on manager special)
1/2 Package chopped fresh mushrooms ($0.35 on manager special)
8-10 Tyson chicken breast strips (chopped optional) (the whole package cost $5.99)
1/2 box pasta ($0.49 on manager special)
1 Can Campbells Cheddar Cheese soup ($0.30 with coupon)
1 Cup Milk
Shredded Sharp Cheddar and Parmesean cheese (optional)

Boil Chicken for 1 hour until tender (I added garlic cloves to the water for flavor), then place in frying pan with veggies.  (I put a small amount of butter in the pan as well)  Cook on medium heat covered, stirring occasionally.  
Cook pasta.
When veggies are cooked and chicken is brown add soup, milk, and optional cheese topping.
Add noodles, stir and serve.

This whole dish was enough to feed our family of 5 easily and cost me much less than  $5.00.


Thursday, December 1, 2011

Four Eyes

I cannot begin to tell you how cute I think my sons are.


Monday, November 28, 2011

Ultimate Christmas Present

After heading back from the doctor's office this morning, my husband calls me and asks if I could come up and see him, he wanted to see me and the boys.  That set off a red flag... that man had something up his sleeve, I just knew it.  So I went up there, he came out and said hi to the boys, and then smiled at me and handed me a set of keys.

My husband bought me a car for Christmas.
He has definitely topped any present that I might get him.  


The thing is, I have a wonderful car now, but we pay a very big payment for it each month and we can barely afford it anymore.  We were hoping to be able to pay off the car at tax time, sell it, and buy a minivan for more space.  Today he handed me the keys to a minivan, paid in full, and tomorrow we sell my car.


What better gift is there then getting us out of debt?
Thank you, Shane, for the best Christmas present ever.