Feb 8

Bento for the New Year

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In celebration of Chinese New Year, I made a special dinner tonight 🙂 We had Beef and Broccoli Stir-Fry with Jasmine Rice, Long Noodles, and Fresh Oranges. It was pretty tasty. I served Thade’s portion Bento Style, and he actually tried everything (a first). He liked the noodles the best, but he wasn’t a fan of the Beef and Broccoli Stir-fry, oh well.  Happy Chinese New Year to all 🙂

Feb 7

Party Budget :)

I’m proud to share this Party Budget, and the great savings too 🙂 For Thade’s party I had set a budget of $24.75 for the decorations and all of the goodies that I would be serving. I shopped around, and came in under budget! Here is how my budget was broken down:

  • Aluminum Cupcake Liners: Budgeted $2.00-Spent $1.16
  • Vanilla Ice Cream: Budgeted $2.00-Spent $2.24
  • Chocolate Cookies: Budgeted $2.00-Spent $1.66
  • Chocolate Cake Mix: Budgeted $1.00-Spent $.88 (.50 Coupon)
  • Chocolate Icing: Budgeted $2.00-Spent $1.12
  • Candles:Budgeted $1.00-Spent $.76
  • 2 Liter Dr Pepper: Budgeted $1.25-Spent $1.00
  • 2 Liter Pepsi: Budgeted $1.25-Spent $1.08
  • 2 Liter Sprite: Budgeted $1.25-Spent $1.00
  • Red and Blue Balloons: Budgeted $4.00-Spent $1.00 on an Assorted Pack
  • Red and Blue Streamers: Budgeted $4.00-Spent $2.00
  • Spiderman Plates: Budgeted $3.00- Spent $1.00 on Sesame Street Plates
  • GRAND TOTAL of $14.90
  • EXTRA ITEM: Horns and Party Hats $1.00
  • EXTRA ITEM: Balloon Plates $1.00
  • GRAND TOTAL INCLUDING EXTRAS $16.90! I ended up $7.85 under budget 🙂

I shopped at Walgreens, Dollar Tree, and Wal-Mart for all of the purchases. I should have enough birthday plates for Dylan’s birthday party next month. I can’t wait to start planning and budgeting all over again 🙂

Feb 7

Party Pictures

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I thought I would share a few pictures from Thade’s 2nd 4th Birthday Party. I also wanted to say a big thank you to all of our family for making the day so much fun! Thade had a blast, and got some pretty cool gifts too 🙂

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One of Thade’s favorite gifts was a Spider Man costume. He was so excited, he wore the costume all day long. He even wore it out when we picked up dinner. We got some pretty funny looks at Subway, they aren’t used to serving Super-heroes 😉

 

Feb 6

Midwest Dillons Deals

I spotted a few good deals at Dillons this week, the sale is 2/6-2/12 🙂

  • Dillons Milk one Gallon or Private Selection Organic Milk half gallon $2.99 each (Price with Plus Card)
  • Duncan Hines Brownie Mix $.88 ea (Price with Plus Card)
  • C&H Sugar 4lbs $1.99 ea (Price with Plus Card)
  • Chips A’Hoy Cookies 2 for $4.00 (Price with Plus Card)
  • Kroger IQF Chicken Breasts or Tenderloins 3lbs $6.57 ea (Price with Plus Card)

They also have a cool Daytona 500 sale going on this week too! You can get $2.00 off your grocery bill by purchasing 10 participating Daytona 500 items. Combine that with a few coupons and you’ve got some major savings 🙂

Feb 6

Back to It

Well I’m up, and feeling a little bit better, the evil sinus headache is gone, but the sneezes are still with me. My stomach is still grumpy, but I think the worst is over. The weather is awful today with lots of snow and ice, so I think we will be in all day, playing catch-up. Dylan is happily throwing Cheerios on the floor, so I need to add sweeping the Dining Room to the list.

It is kinda funny I’m really sick for one day, and there are more dirty dishes in the kitchen then I have even seen before and I have 7 loads of laundry waiting for me 😉 I had better get to it, and see what I can get accomplished today.