My kitchen scale

Tell me I am not the only person in the world obsessed with kitchen scales. I always eye them at every decorating store. Love the rustic vibe. I do have a plain white kitchen scale that I do use when I buy bulk meat, but not one I would ever display in my kitchen. I even purchased the above scale from target, part of the Magnolia heart and hand collection. I just didn't feel it was the right fit for my kitchen. I have purchased quite a few of them but never found the perfect one, until today!!! I walked into Michael's to hit up the after Halloween sales, to my surprise I found a ton of clearance items 80% off that weren't Halloween items. Most looked like fall items, which works out great for my thanksgiving decorating prep. I didn't expect to find any fall decor until Christmas time.

Meet my new kitchen addition. Ignore the crumbs... For some reason no matter how many times I clean the kitchen my kids always manage to leave crumbs everywhere. I love this scale! The lemons were a thrift store find a few years ago. They are so heavy and look real, every single person that cooks in my kitchen always picks them up and tries to cut them open. Every time I try to add to the collection, I can never find any that look as real or even similar.... so it remains 2 lemons. I think I will add different fruits and veggies in there whenever I have them. For those who entered my house and asked, yes the scale really works!! Please upload pics of your own scale. I love seeing how everyone stages their own items.

Guess who's back?

It's been a long time since I have been on here, for many reasons. As the ending to a 12 year marriage comes near, I feel the return to blogging is a necessity. Frugality and couponing has been apart of my life for as long as I can remember. In 12 years being married and for most of that being a 1 income family, we managed to a build a great life. Now that this household will be 1 less person with a lot less income, it will be interesting! There will be budgeting, decorating and so much more going on with minimal pennies. I look forward to sharing my journey with everyone. I am optimistic to see what lies ahead. I am sure many of you hit up the after halloween sales. I went to Target my usually after holiday shopping. I will add a picture another day of the many items I found. All the halloween candy was 70% off around $1.07 per bag, I stocked up since there are many upcoming events. My favorite find tho was mini suede pumpkins at 90% off. I bought every single one I found .... at only $0.10 each. Initially, I thought these would make great favors for thanksgiving or at least table decoration for thanksgiving day. But when I got home I found the perfect use for them.

Aren't these just the cutest??? The running I had purchased from Target last year 70% off. I had it put away for the spring but love how the pumpkins match perfectly. The basket was a michael's halloween clearance... a post for another day :-P

Would love to hear what after halloween deals you found.