Ruthie's Birthday Party

Although her birthday isn't until Thursday, we celebrated it yesterday at our house so some of Andy's family could come. She wasn't really interested in opening her presents until the Fisher Price barn came out and the ride-along car that mom and dad gave her excited her too. She seemed to enjoy the cake, and had a birthday bath right after, of course. Her high chair was filthy, and I should have put it outside when it started raining to clean it off. Would have made it a lot easier, but we would have had quite a bit of cake in the yard.

J.C. Penney's Savings

So after our dumpster diving, I had 4 of the $10 off coupons to use. We (because I am not the only one that had numerous of these) started using them last Monday and got some great deals. I purchased three new outfits for Ruthie, two for the spring, one for now. I got Riley some Wonder Pet pajamas for Christmas, which Andy thinks she'll really like since they have a cape on the back of the top. Also got some cool socks for one of my nieces for Christmas. I gave mom one, and she bought a new purse and an outfit for Hunter. In total we spent including tax $7.10. Total that we saved after clearance prices and coupons - $125.88. Not too bad.

Blueberry Muffin Christmas Cake

Haven't posted for awhile, so I'm trying to catch up a little. We have been very, very busy lately with football starting back up while I'm working a little extra at Bath Junkie. Every day except for Tuesday has something planned on it for the next few months.

Riley wanted to make blueberry muffins this morning, which was fine. When getting the pan out, she saw the Christmas tree pan and asked if we could use it. Everything worked well, we just had to cook it awhile longer to get the middle completely done. It tastes just fine though.

I Am Now THAT Mom!

Yesterday I read on another blog site that a recent J.C. Penney's mailer had a $10 off and $10 purchase coupon inside it. Thinking this would be a great deal to get some fall clothes (or presents) for the girls, Riley and I headed up to the post office last night. We have a couple trashcans for people to throw things away in, and I wanted to see just how many of the coupons I could find. As I started filing through the first one, Riley's eyes opened widely and she said in a horrified voice, "What are you doing?" I probably would have had the same reaction to my mom if she were doing this when I was little, so I started laughing, saying "Saving us some money." Thinking if she were embarrassed of this (we were alone), oh, she may have a lot coming. Poor Riley just stood there, not knowing what to do. How many times have I told her, get out of the trashcan. Once it goes in, it doesn't come out.

The cost of this money-saving lesson for Riley, $40. I found 4 of the coupons.

Let's Go, Rangers!

Friday was the first and only Ranger's game for this summer. We chose a Friday night because they do fireworks after every Friday home game, and Riley loved them last year. I remember her dancing in the street (it was closed off, and we were pretty much alone), pointing and screaming with glee every time another went off, and they did a lot. Her hat from last year is too small, so she wanted a new red one. Thanks goodness we went on Family Friendly night, and they had hats and shirts discounted. This was Ruthie's first baseball game.

During the 6th inning, it started lighting, so we came down from the top level, walked around to centerfield, and thought we would see if it would pass. It didn't, and we got stuck until it lightened up. We got wet walking back to the car, and they decided they wouldn't do the fireworks, which they did end up doing 20 min. after we left. Oh well, we had fun, and did get to see the fireworks after they hit two home-runs, so Riley ended up satisfied.