Recommendation: Stock Up Time!

I was at Target the other day and saw that they had a lot of there paper products on clearance.  And with 2 birthdays coming up in March and May, I figured I better buy their birthday plates and napkins now.  Especially since they were on 30% clearance, how could I pass that up.  I usually wait for stuff to go on more clearance at this store, but there was not a big enough selection to wait for that.

Plates and napkins always seem to be one of those last minute things that always gets forgotten.  And then you are running to whatever store is closest and buying whatever they have.  Target did have several to choose from, which was nice and I choose to not go with the kid themed stuff (though that was on clearance too). 

I even thought ahead to see if I had anything else coming up.  I remembered that I am hosting Bunco next month so I bought supplies for that.  I think I might even go back and buy for my daughters b-day in September.

Oh, and another thing…go and stock up on Valentine’s stuff for next year.  Our Target had tons of stuff.  I already got some at 50% off, but am waiting for the 75% for the actual v-day cards.

Happy Shopping!

Recommend: Shutterfly

So I am not a big scrapbooker or should I say I am NOT a scrapbooker.  It's just too time consuming and I don't have enough time or space to do it.  What I have fell in love with is digital scrapbooking.  I love all things that I can do online with my pictures.  I have made countless number of photo books, from 4x6 brag books to the big, hard cover books.  I've done birthday parties, end of the year books, grandparent books, and vacation books.  So this brings us to Shutterfly (there are many sites out there, I just seem to use a lot of Shutterfly).  Right now they are giving bloggers an awesome deal on FREE Christmas cards.  Now who doesn't like free, I know I LOVE FREE.

It's been almost 2 years since I have done picture Christmas cards, so I was excited to see this come up (it was something I had to cut out of the budget).  They have some really cute designs.  They also have cards that share the message of Christ which I really love.  I like sending a message of God every year and so I like that they have this option.

Head on over to Shutterfly and check out all of there products.  There are so many cute gift ideas, get all of your shopping done for the family in one stop. 



· Christmas cards to http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/christmas-cards
· holiday cards to http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/holiday-cards
· Christmas photo cards to http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery
· calendars to http://www.shutterfly.com/calendars/desk-calendars
· personalized mugs to http://www.shutterfly.com/photo-gifts/photo-mugs
· birthday cards to http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/birthday-cards-stationery
- blank notebooks to http://www.shutterfly.com/photo-gifts/blank-notebooks

Recommend: Touch n Brush

As Seen on TV

Don't you just love when your kids watch infomercials?  They come running to you saying "Mommy, we need this!" or "Mommy, please can we get this?"  Most of the time you automatically say NO and keep on with what you are doing.  But one day my kids saw this tooth brush dispenser and I thought "Hey, maybe that might actually work."

I had forgotten about it until just recently, when a friend from facebook raved about it.  I had actual, personal testimonies that said it worked.  They no longer had toothpaste all over their counter tops and now I wanted one.  

You don't know how many times we would go into their bathroom and there was toothpaste smeared EVERYWHERE!!!!  And trust me, that is not an exaggeration.  So what did I do?????  I splurged and went and bought one.  (Luckily Fry's/Kroger has had them on sale for a few weeks at $15.99 which is a pretty good price.)  I LOVE this thing.  Absolutely NO MORE toothpaste on the counters.  I love it so much that I am going to get one for our bathroom.  Not that ML and I have a problem smearing toothpaste on the counter tops, but because it keeps the toothpaste up and out of the way.