Tres Fun giveaway

Tres Fun is having a giveaway of the cutest leggings from Bon Bon Cupcakes. These leggings have a ruffle around the bottom and they are too cute! I love the brown and pink dot leggings.

Look what I made...

So I finally finished this dress for Littlebit. I've had the fabric for quite a few months, but knew I wanted to make a summer dress with it. I even made little korker hair bows to go with it, but she keeps taking them out of her hair. The dress took me a little longer to finish than I'd hoped. Here it is the middle of July and I only have one dress done. I guess I will have to limit my sewing to do list. I used Simplicity pattern 4243 Style F without the applique. I made the dress last year too. I think I did a little better this year. I think she looks so cute in it too!

What a deal!

The past few weeks, I have been trying to use my coupons more effectively. I have always used coupons, but it was more a savings of a few cents here or a few cents there. Now I'm trying to save even more. Today I went to Rite-Aid because they had some good rebates with the P&G coupons that just came out. Here's what I got: 1 Oral-B Stages Toothpaste and Toothbrush ($1 off of 2 Q and $1 rebate off toothbrush) Herbal Essence Shampoo and Conditioner ($3 Q and $2 rebate) - with free mani/pedi offer Venus Razor ($2 Q and $5 rebate) Crest toothpaste with free floss and travel toothpaste ($.75 Q and $1.74 rebate) Oral B Pulsar ($1 Q and $4 rebate) I spent $22 oop and will receive $13.74 in rebates for a total of $8.26. If I hadn't used my coupons, rebates, and sale items my total would be $36.33. Not bad for one of my first tries at this and I get a free mani/pedi!

Happy Birthday!

Today is my husband's birthday! We decided to bring treats to his work and then take him to lunch after going to the market. We brought oreo truffles to share with his coworkers and then went to Tasty Morsels for lunch. We sat outside and ate our scone sandwiches - yummy. After we took him back to work, we went home to finish the cake. My son helped me unwrap 2 bags of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. (I used more than it called for.) Thank you Bakerella for the wonderful idea. I meant to take a picture of the cake, but it was gone too fast. We invited friends over for dinner and had a great time. The thunderstorms this morning were great! I love a good thunderstorm. My son thought they were a little scary. We decided that it was God and the angels bowling. He asked if they could bowl quieter next time, so we went outside and yelled to the sky to keep it down. Oh, four year olds. The weather is definitely not as hot this weekend as last (almost 20 degrees difference), but it is a little muggy. Our little backyard pool is getting a lot of use and so are the four sunblocks I have purchased this year. I certainly hope that the nice weather continues this summer.

Seven Wonderful Years!

Yesterday was our 7th anniversary! I don't think we've ever gone out for our anniversary, but we did this year. We got a babysitter and went out to dinner. Two and a half hours of just the two of us. We went to Mercato and sat outside. It was a little windy, but it felt nice after such a hot weekend. My pear mimosa was great and the calamari was wonderful. We both had pasta dishes and then shared tiramisu. What a treat to go out and celebrate seven wonderful years.