What happens..

When you work a 10 hour shift on the day you usually work 5, your hubby is scheduled to cook dinner but gets called in for a work emergency and it is past your munchkins dinner time?

Dollar menu it, of course!! Goose really enjoyed his special treat of mcnuggets & apple slices. He even got a bite of AJ's cookie!!! Shhh...don't tell! ;)

1 tooth, 2 teeth, 3 teeth & more!!

Poor sweet baby Goose has had a rough week. He cut 3 teeth last week! He seemed to be feeling better this weekend until this morning when he woke up screaming holding his mouth in pain. Dada said he thinks he has two more teeth coming in. Poor baby! Luckily we are stocked up on tylenol and orojel..and kisses and snuggles for whenever he needs it.

We had a great weekend though! With lots of play outside and in the new pool McDreamy won for being the Biggest Loser at work! Wait, that didn't sound right! ;) You know, Biggest Loser, like the show where people compete on who can lose the most weight. Yeah, that kind of loser! I'm so proud of him and now he has an awesome (not so large, but large enough) pool to show off his new, slimmer body in! hehe. So, yeah, it was a great weekend. Now we are beat, a little tanner and ready to fight through another week of our sweet little babe cutting more teeth.

I haven't uploaded our outdoor pics to the computer yet, but I'll leave you with this slightly blurry, oh-so adorable phone pic! Have a great Monday!

I'm Hooked!

Did you know there is a whole blog community dedicated to being frugal? Well, now that there are 5 mouths to feed instead of 3, the grocery bills have escalated tremendously! I figured it might just be time to start clipping coupons!! Today was my first day and I must say I did pretty damn good! ;) I still have a long way to go and a lot to learn, but I'm confident it won't take long to get all 5 of us on a $50 per week budget for groceries AND essential items. Sounds crazy, I know, but from the blogs I've started reading lately, I believe it IS possible! Check out my first day of coupon clipping and utilizing Extra Care Bucks at CVS!

I got all of this for $5.44! Can you believe it? I still can't!! Here's the breakdown:

If you bought 2 Style Science Lens Cleaning Tissue for $0.99 each, you received $10 ECB.

1st transaction: 2 Lens Cleaning Tissue = $2.13 / $10 ECB earned.

2nd transaction: 8 V05 Shampoos on sale for $0.77/each + $2 off coupon when you buy 8 and shoes for Goose on sale for 20% off at $6.39. Used $10 ECB = final total $0.74!

3rd transaction: 2 Lens Cleaning Tissue = $2.13 / $10 ECB earned.

4th transaction: 1/2 skim milk, 3 pack baby wipes on sale for $4.99 and 2 pack of CVS toothbrushes / $2 ECB earned. (also had to buy a candy for $0.33 to total up to the full ECB amount = final total $0.30!

5th transaction: 2 Lens Cleaning Tissue = $1.98 / used $2 ECB / $10 ECB earned = final total $0!

6th transaction: 12pk of Scott TP & 1 gallon of whole milk for $9.98. Used $10 ECB = final total $0!!!!

OOP: $5.44

Saved: $44.32

(*note: I think you can only get the $10 ECB on your card once, so we used AJ's and Mimi's..hehe)

And to top it off I got these items FREE at Target using coupons!! LOVE IT!!!!!!!!

Coming up..grocery shopping! I made a menu from the items on sale at our local stores and will hope to stay around the $50-$75 range for this week. Hey! It's only my FIRST week! I'll get the budget down in no time! ;)

Have any frugal advice or tips...PLEASE share!!!!!!!