Monday, August 30, 2010

Rest In Peace...

Camera.....




We had our good times....







and our bad....




We even got a little dirty...



At $35 shipped two years ago, I certainly got my money's worth.

You will be missed (at least until I get a new one), but will (more than likely) never be forgotten.


I

Will

Always





YOU!!!




Thank you (and Meijer's for the great deal!) for the memories!!!!






Thursday, August 26, 2010

Only One Week Into School And...



I have a sick kiddo.

We have made it months...seriously all summer and even before that without any contagious ailments (I am specific because my son was diagnosed with psoriasis over the summer).

It started last night with a little bit of a sore throat. This morning it was a fever of 100.4...boo..

I am sure a trip to the doctor will be in order to find out if it is strep or not.


For now I will go baby my baby....my eleven year old baby...




Sunday, August 22, 2010

My Garage Sales Pet Peeves....

Ok really I only have two pet peeves when it comes to garage sales.

The first one is when there are no prices on anything. If I am at a yard sale and I see no prices on items, I turn around and move on to the next one. I do not want to have to ask for the price everytime I find something that I find interesting...seriously people, if you are taking the time to have a yard sale..PRICE YOUR STUFF!!!!

Whew..I feel better about that!!

My second pet peeve is probably a very common pet peeve among garage sale goers (sorry, I know that is probably not even a word!) anyway, the pet peeve is when things are priced soooooooo high... I walked away from a garage sale the other day because of this. I am pretty sure they must have been trying to make their mortgage payment for the month or something off this garage sale.

Here is just one example of their overpriced stuff junk...

A Fisher Price Chatterbox Phone like this one below



You can purchase it at Toys R Us in brand new packaging and then return it if you decide you really do not need it for about $8, probably even less at Walmart.

At this garage sale you could have purchased it without any packaging, slightly used shape and without the option of returning for..........


$5.00



Really???



What is wrong with people?



I know, I know. I really need to get a life.



Monday, August 16, 2010

Awesome Deals Steals This Weekend

We are in the process of doing some makeovers to some of the rooms in our house, as well as doing some switching of rooms. The bedrooms are on the list of getting a makeover, they are long overdue for one. Inspire by the My Dear Trash blog and the challenges that are always going on, I wanted to give myself my own challenge of doing the makeovers as inexpensively as possible and paying for it as much as possible with money I earn on the side, e.g. Craigslist, Ebay, writing....

Hmmmm...where was I going with this...







Oh yeah!! This weekend I visited a store called Surplus City and scored unbelievable deals for our makeover, including bedding for comforters w/ matching pillowshams for two of the kiddos...

Cute Manly grey and black Batman comforter w/ matching pillowsham for............drumroll please...............$2.49!!!

One of my smart shoppin' lil' ladies found herself a very feminine pink bedspread w/ matching pillowsham for...................wait for it...............................
.....


$1.99!!!



I know right!!!!


The store was having an awesome sale..all purple stickers were 90% off. The hunt was on for me, I searched high and low for these few and far between purple stickers.

I managed to find another boys comforter w/ sham that I will sell on Craigslis.

I found a set of glasses for a whole $1.69 - we needed these so bad!!! Also found a landline phone with bells and whistles for $2.29 - we currently only have cordless at home, I figured we probably needed a landline too. I found a really pretty ivory window scarf for $1.XX that I am probably going to use to make a couple of throw pillows for the makeover in our family room.



Monday, August 2, 2010

Glasses or No Glasses...UPDATE

***My little man has 20/20 vision!!! It gets better too...my oldest eyes have seem to have corrected themselves and as of right now she does not require glasses!! Only one kiddo in glasses...yeah!!!***




for my little guy..we will find out Thursday.


(hee...hee..I love this pic, can you tell!!)

If he follows in his older sister's footsteps, he will be sporting glasses, however, he insists an eye exam is not necessary, he can see perfectly!! Of course, I am hoping he has 20/20 vision now and forever.....