Unselfishly Selfish

On my birthday in 2018 and I decided that daily I will do something for me. I came to this realization that everyone is consumed in their own happiness and mothers, we tend to forget ourselves because we are focused on everyone else. My ex used to always have "his time" something that I could never carved out because I always felt my responsibilites to took priority. Then over the years I felt it was ok to be "unselfishly, selfish". Continuing to work myself to exhaustion with no break. This is not how I want to live anymore. These activities don't have to cost a lot of money. Part of this is just enjoying the simple things and adding a positive persepective to things you may be already doing. I will let you in on my daily activities during this quarantine.

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.

$10 Godiva Birthday Money

Besides a free piece of chocolate every month at Godiva they also give you $10 to spend on anything in the store on your birthday. There is a so much to choose for $10. My birthday gift this year was 3 large bars of chocolate. Best part, 3 for $10 and no tax, compeletely free!!! Also, don't forget if you spend $20 in 1 month the following month you get a special suprise and if you go in on a weekday there are always free chocolate samples. Rewards Sign up

With all the snow we got during this crazy snow storm, I had a lot of free time to mess around with online shopping. I know Target is a great place to shop online but I love walking in Target and catching the sales. Target offers free shipping on any order $25 or more to your house. Now everyone knows it is too too too easy to spend at least $25. I ordered big items, I didn't think they actually would deliver these items but I tried anyways. To my door I received laundry detergent, paper towels, dishwasher detergent, a few other clothing items I had to sneak in. So excited, not sure why I never take advantage of this feature. In the past I have used the pick up in store option, which items are usually ready in 1 hour at the front desk. It does help if you don't want to run around the store and buy the millions of things you remember you need once you arrived. I ordered an item which the store didn't end up having in stock even though it said on the website that they did. Because of the mistake they shipped it to my house with no additional charge. They also have curbside pick up which seems to be new. I haven't tried it yet but I can't wait to report back. I love Target!

I don't usually walk down the toy aisles after christmas sales, I didn't know they clearanced so many items. This year after my friend who has mastered the art of target shopping had mentioned the toy section, I decided to check it out. I found paw patrol mini figurines form $2.99 down to $0.88. These work great for car rides for my children, I love storing little toys in their backpacks for them to find and play with on road trips. Also, spongebob lego figurines also down to $0.88. My son loved building them. It says for ages 5 and up but my 4 year old was able to follow the instructions and build the kits. I found a guess who knock off game for $1.50. I haven't opened it yet but I do believe my toddlers will enjoy playing this game. Would love to hear what great items you found this year at target.

Burt's Bees deals and review

I love shopping the sales right after christmas. This year I found a burt's bees mani/pedi set for $3 from target, yay! I am using a mac for a change, not sure how to post the picture. So instead I'll attach a link at the bottom for you to see. I've never purchased anything from burt's bees. I've been using the set for a week, and I love it. I am a big fan of peppermint which is what the set smells like. It comes with a pedi brush, and cuticle cream, hand cream and foot cream. The cuticle cream makes nails look amazing!! I used them both on hand and feet. I loved the stone on the brush. I used it yesterday on my foot, it really gets rid of rough spots. And the lotion did wonders on my super dry hands. Even my feet felt amazing! I do recommend this set. Luckily for Burt's bees since I tried this set I will now purchase these products! http://www1.macys.com/shop/product/burts-bees-mani-pedi-set?ID=2479459&pla_country=US&CAGPSPN=pla&CAWELAID=120156340004132637&catargetid=120156340000910546&cadevice=c&cm_mmc=Google_Beauty_PLA_PLA-_-Beauty_Bath+%26+Body+-+GS_Burt%27s+Bees-_-79841945066_-_-_mkwid_ybhmkYaA|dc_79841945066%7C-%7CybhmkYaA Also, I did try the burt's bees mint cocoa lip balm. That smells bad and tastes bad. I thought that would be a nice combination, but I don't like it. It was clearanced to $0.89. My daughter actually likes using it so it won't totally go to waste. http://www.burtsbees.com/Mint-Cocoa-Lip-Balm/792850894549,default,pd.html

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So here's the millionth attempt to get back into posting back on my blog. It's been tricky with life but here we go. In the last few months I have opted to GWR the Sunday paper and figure out couponing. It hasn't been as easy as extreme couponers made it seem. Attached is a picture of my free items from couponing.

Godiva rewards

Have you checked out the Godiva chocolate reward programs. It is great! Every month you get a free piece of chocolate of your choice. On your birthday you get a $10 reward to use in the store. Plus on holidays they send you more deals. It is free to sign up. Here is info on it and a way to sign up