Joke on My Boss

So, my boss is a big Alabama fan. I have been collecting toilet paper rolls for months now to do this little gag. Since their common call is to say, "Roll Tide!" I used that as my theme with the rolls. I put up these two in his office. He hasn't said anything yet...

Thanksgiving Fun

With Papa
Such a big boy!

Scoping out the good food with Nana.

There's all the yummy food!

The ceiling fan caught my attention.

We went down to Cleveland to be with my sister and her family. Since we had just seen them two weekends earlier, it was good to find out how the events had transpired as we had talked to them then. My parents had to leave Friday night and then we left on Saturday, mid-morning. We found some good deals and enjoyed ourselves watching football and hanging out together.

Some Video of Aaron

So, I decided to take some video of my nephew as he was sitting in his chair today. He makes some funny noises and faces, don't you think?! What a cutey! You can check out his very own blog here. We got to spend Thankgsgiving with him, his parents, and grandparents. It was a great time.

Pecan Pie

It's my job to make the pies this year so in order to get it all done before we leave after work on Wednesday, I had to get this made last night. It looks pretty nice and smelled delicious! I just used a Better Homes & Gardens cookbook recipe and it was easy.

Hope it tastes as good as it looks!

Thanksgiving Cards

I decided I wanted to make up some Thanksgiving-ish cards for our family that we won't be with this year. I used some envelopes that I had and then cut the paper to fit. I left the right edge open and put punched out leaves along the edge.

On the back I wrote:

God's blessings abound each and every day -

We may need to look to see the many ways.

He works and provides people like you,

To fill our lives with riches beyond our view.

I got them all written up and sent out tonight so hopefully everyone will get them by Thanksgiving.

Birthday "Pass it On" Cards

Three birthdays of co-workers and thougt I would make these little cards up for them. They weren't what I expected and I am not totally sure why they don't look right to me, but this is the best I could come up with. I made the candle out of green paper and wrapped it with green organdy ribbon. I used a yellow striped paper that I wrote "make a wish!" on. I put the initial of the person with a yellow sticker on the candle. Guess they worked, just not what I thought.

What savings!!!!

Here are my receipts from the 3 stores we went to:

Kroger we saved $10.39, Target we saved $27.43, and Publix we saved $32.82

for a grand total of $70.64 in savings!!!!!

Here are most of the items that we purchased... We also got 4 12 packs of Coke & a 24 pk. of Aquafina. We have all the items for Thanksgiving and some other good deals to make it during the next few weeks. We spent $92.98! What a deal! :)

SO, I recently attended a coupon saving class with some co-workers and heard some interesting tips on how to shop and get more for your money. This weekend was our first try at it. Now, I've always been a coupon cutter and look at all the flyers to see what's on sale each week. I plan out meals for 2 weeks so that we're not going to the store all the time, but I'm willing to try this new way if it'll save more money.

The key to it all is to stock up when things are on sale. Then, you eat out of your pantry. You only buy things to stock up and then the occassional item here and there for recipes. Therefore, if you're buying when they're on sale and using coupons, you're getting the best value for your dollar. Of course, you have to build up your pantry at first, but I think that as I start getting into it, I should be able to add a few things each time I shop and build it up.

There's lots of places to get coupons on-line as well as the ones that you find in the newspaper. We'll see how it goes!