The Perfect Breakfast

My Mom and I were on the phone yesterday (a.m.) and we got on the subject of breakfast. I usually skip breakfast, and go for a cup or two of coffee, and she makes a big bowl of yummy& healthy good for her Oatmeal. I have a lot of food allergies, so many of the grab and go breakfast items like wraps, and Egg McMuffins, I have to pass on. I’m allergic to eggs and milk, so that leaves me pretty much with Toast and Coffee for a speedy breakfast.

We used to live in a lovely city that had a Waffle House, and on their menu is one of my dream breakfasts. One Cheese Omelet with Cinnamon Raisin Toast, and of course you can add in a Ice Cold Coke if that’s what you’re into I gave in once, and was really really really sick. I’m also a fan of Scrambled Eggs, and I make some pretty mean ones. I gave in once into my temptation for Scrambled Eggs, while I was pregnant with Thade, and I was really really really sick. I haven’t eaten an egg since…

Later that morning my hubby called and said that he would bring home Breakfast, so I ordered one of my favorites

Sausage Roll, Glazed Donut, complete with an Ice Cold Coke

I didn’t say that it was the healthiest of breakfasts, but it is probably my favorite one.  YUM

What about you… Do you have a favorite breakfast or a great recipe to share? Or are you like me, coffee only please

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Look What Came in the Mail :)

Today was a great Mail day, I received my copy of Real Simple Cleaning from Marva of Blessed Frugalness Times Two With Twins Make sure and check out Marva’s fantastic blog, she does a great job, and I am always impressed with her amazing money saving skills.

Thanks again to my friend Marva for the great book, and now I need to clean the house like crazy

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Nico in the Pursuit of Savings, All Shopped Out

Thanks again to everyone for reading along with me on my savings adventure. It has been an interesting journey, that has taught me a lot about shopping and saving locally. I was really surprised to see how much prices can vary from store to store, even if I didn’t have to drive that far.

Just for fun, I made a chart of my fifteen items and all of the places that I shopped. You can really see the price difference when you view them side by side.

Items	Wal-Mart	Walgreens	Dollar General	IGA	Woods
Cat Food	$3.84	$4.49	$2.25	$1.79	$1.99
Kitty Litter	$1.68	$2.29	$1.00	$2.99	$1.79
Kleenexes	$1.24	$1.00	$1.00	$1.25	$1.00
Toilet Paper	$1.32	$1.00	$1.10	$1.65	$1.00
Diapers	$10.67	$9.00	$8.00	$10.89	$9.97
Baby Food 2pk	$0.98	$1.39	$0.00	$1.19	$0.99
Baby Food Jar	$0.72	$0.89	$0.00	$0.85	$0.75
Gerber Puffs	$1.92	$2.49	$0.00	$2.29	$2.09
Saltines	$0.96	$2.00	$0.85	$1.35	$0.99
Coca-Cola	$3.98	$3.00	$1.99 (6ct)	$3.50	$3.33
Bread	$0.96	$2.19	$2.40	$1.09	$1.00
Eggs	$1.70	$1.50	$2.25	$1.50	$1.50
Milk 1 Gallon	$3.40	$3.49	$3.90	$3.19	$3.69
Flour 5lbs	$1.58	$2.99	$1.25	$1.79	$1.99
Sugar 4 lbs	$1.98	$2.79	$1.65	$1.69	$1.69
TOTAL	$36.93	$40.51	$27.64	$37.01	$33.77

I was surprised to see Walgreens on the high side of the prices and Wood’s on the low end, although the week that I shopped at Wood’s, many of the Baby Items were on sale.

Wal-Mart still seems to be the best bet for One Stop shopping, and with my two busy boys in the cart that is usually what I have to do. Walgreens is still one of my favorite places to shop, their pharmacy is great, and overall they had the best Customer Service. Dollar General is the best place to shop locally for Baking Supplies, and Cat Litter, they also had great Customer Service too. Wood’s and IGA both run fantastic sales, and incentive buys to save on fuel costs. Those might come in handy as the price of gas continues to rise.

Shopping all around town has also taught me a lot about our community, and sadly a few places that we really need. I think that our little town would greatly benefit from an Aldi, and a Bakery Outlet store. Both stores would really help out with the rising cost of groceries, and maybe get the existing shops to lower their prices, just a bit.

For the most part I’ll stay shopping local, unless gas prices magically drop and I can shop at Dillons and Aldi along with the local shops;) I’ll also be checking those sale ads weekly to see where I can save even more.

I’ll still keep my fingers crossed that maybe one day we’ll get an Aldi or a Dolly Madison Outlet A girl can dream, and this girl is dreaming about lower grocery prices…

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Stars From Nico’s Kitchen

I love Stars, I make bracelets with Star shaped beads, and Thade loves Star shaped Grilled Cheese sandwiches for lunch. I thought I would get out my cookie cutters and see what else I could make Star Shaped.

I had my heart set on baking a Cherry Pie, but I didn’t want to make a traditional crust. I decided to roll out the dough, and cut it with a small Star shaped cookie cutter. I loved the way that this Pie turned out. It was so pretty and tasty too.

I needed to fill the cookie jar, and I thought some Star Shaped Sugar Cookies would do the trick.

I topped a few of the cookies with Icing and Sprinkles (Thade’s favorite), and the rest were covered in Melted Hershey Kisses (my favorite). Sugar Cookies are another cookie that I’m not a fan of making, the dough is so sticky, but the work was worth it. I had a batch of delicious cookies that would rival any Bakery cookies.

 

Do you have a favorite cookie cutter in your collection?

 

 

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