On Tuesday, Adam turned 4. When I had asked him who he wanted to invite to the party, he promptly named four boys in his preschool class. I pressed to see if he wanted anyone else, maybe some of the girls, but he said, “No, no girls. They’re not my friends. Just the boys.”...
Recently, I’ve been scouring the local thrift stores, looking for clothes my kids can use as costumes for an upcoming Christmas musical. I thought it might be useful for others to see a list of thrift stores in the area. Here’s a list of thrift stores in Arlington, Falls Church and a few beyond....
My daughter initially wanted to be Luminara, a female Jedi, but that sounded way too complicated to make and unavailable to purchase. So I convinced her to be Princes Leia, because… wouldn’t it be fun to make her hair into Leia buns! Here’s how I “made” her costume. Step 1 — Reuse last year’s...
My personal grooming habits are most definitely low maintenance. If it’s not cheap, quick and/or easy, I’m probably not doing it. While I love mani/pedis, massages and all the rest of that salon service stuff, I rarely indulge as it’s just not valuable enough to me to take up room in a limited budget....
I got an email from Amazon.com yesterday stating, among other things, Blue Orange games are 25% off when you purchase Spot-It. You may remember that I recently touted Spot-It as a great game, especially for travel. We had a lot of fun introducing our Montana cousins to the game. Spot-It is currently on sale...
Well, as promised, we got our cow on yesterday and visited our local Chick-Fil-A in cow attire to get ourselves some free “chikin”. Even though we started with the same basic template, everyone personalized their costume and made it their own. Wendy had the idea to create earrings and hooves — she even wore...
Don’t forget, today is Cow Appreciation Day at Chick-Fil-A! Also known as .. Dress like a Cow, get free chicken! We’ve been working hard on our costumes, even the girl who claims to not like their food. You can download their costume starter kit, or design your own creation. It should be a Moo-valous...
Note: you can find a link to my Trader Joe’s Price Sheet at the end of this post. It took me a long time to “get” Trader Joe’s. I would hear people rave about it, but when I tried to shop there, I was confused. I couldn’t buy everything I needed and still would...
Vacation Bible School runs this week, and that tends to mean I spend money shopping at places I don’t usually go with three kids in tow. I stopped by World Market today because I needed more Torani Syrup for my coffee. I was excited to see they were running their 2 for $12 deal...
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