Party Crasher

This weekend, we went back to our home-state, Illinois, for a friend’s wedding. It was great to see high school friends again and compare pictures of our children. (I’m winning; I had the most (children and pictures)). The whole family was invited to the...

So Frugal It Hurts

I am taking deep breaths and trying to endure this recent pain. I can go without Pampers. I can go without store-bought laundry detergent. I can go without fancy dinners and movie dates. But this one hurts. Going without Harry Potter. I am currently on the wait-list...

We Have A Winner!

Here’s how I did it: I received a total of 104 comments (103 on blogger, and one lonely soul on thenaturalmommy) I went to random.org.   I put in the number 104.  The first number on the generated list was the number 4.  I went to my blogger site, counted four...

Couponing Shouldn’t Be This Much Fun!

I was up way too late last night this morning couponing.  A mommy of a four-month-old and a toddler should not be crawling into bed at 1:30am.  And even after I was in bed, I just lay there, too excited to sleep, because of this: This Sunday, I plan to be waiting in...