Youth Catan Night

Last night we headed to the Goggin’s to play a little catan with some of the youth group boys.  We had 9 people, so we split up into 2 games.

Traders & Barbarians: And Cities & Knights: And afterwards, they busted out some Rock Band: Of course Sara won in her group :) and Rache won in our group.  What a night for the girl population!

Tides Baseball

In May we tried to go to a Tides game, but it was rained out :( so last night we tried it again and were successful at it! Kyle & Sara were with us too, but we forgot to take group shots…of course.   Oh and they lost 2-6…we didn’t care though, I was just into the hot dog/pretzel eating and socializing :)

Craft Nite!

Last night we had a craft night at Liz & Steve’s house, which was super fun!  Most everyone worked on scrapbooking, but I brought some sewing projects (of course!)  Luke and Drew played catan while the other husbands had class/homework/band practice. 

It’s always nice to have some girl time :)

Money Saving Websites

Some of you have been asking where I find out about all the money saving deals I do.  I compiled a list of websites and blogs I like to check for coupon match ups.  If you use Google Reader, it makes the process very easy!

Money Saving Blogs:
1. http://www.moneysavingmom.com/
2. http://www.commonsensewithmoney.com/
3. http://www.couponcravings.com/
4. http://www.couponing101.com/
5. http://www.forthemommas.com/
6. http://30dollarweeklygrocerychallenge.blogspot.com/

Printable Coupon Sites:
1. http://print.coupons.com/CouponWeb/Offers.aspx?pid=13306&zid=iq37&nid=10
2. http://coupons2.smartsource.com/smartsource/index.jsp?Link=5S2ZUA6PWPEPO
3. http://www.redplum.com/
4. http://www.organicgrocerydeals.com/forums/view.php?pg=coupon_generator <-- For Target coupons

FYI: You can use both a manufacturer’s coupon and target coupon at Target, which can make for some pretty sweet deals.

Money Saving Again

So I think I’m officially obsessed with playing the money saving game.  Target has their Johnson’s and Aveeno Baby products on sale this week from $2.99 - $3.50.   I bought 8 Johnson’s and 4 Aveeno products yesterday spending a total of $13 for all of it due to coupons (1 manufacturer and 1 target coupon for each product ranging from $1 to $2 off).  So we’re probably set for all bath times of every kid we want :)  It’s such a good deal though, I’m thinking of going again and getting more for baby shower gifts.And here’s all the stuff they paid me $0.70 to take from the store! And once again they have a $5 giftcard opportunity when you purchase 5 Quaker items at $2.74/each.  I bought 5 of the True Delights Granola bars b/c Luke likes to take them when he’s driving around for work.  I used 5 $1 coupons from the 8/23 RP insert and here, and the $5 giftcard I got last week from the shaving products, making the total cost for each box $0.74.  Not bad for a fancy box of granolas :)

Free Chick-Fil-A

Register HERE for the chicken wave and the first 250,000 people will get a coupon for a free sandwich. The next 750,000 people will get a coupon for a free Coke Zero at Chick-Fil-A. You will also be entered into a drawing for a $50 gift card!  I entered both Luke and I and our coupons are in the mail….gotta love it.

Also if you go to Chick-Fil-A on Labor Day and wear something with a sports team logo on it, and you get a free chicken sandwich!

Let’s party like Luke’s 25!

Last night we had a happening party to celebrate Luke’s 1/4 of a century.  We started with playing wii and then broke into 3 different board games: Catan Geographies, Ticket to Ride and Puerto Rico.

Here’s some of the boys playing Puerto Rico.And here’s my Black Tie Mousse Cake experiment from a copycat recipe of Olive Garden’s most awesome dessert.  It tasted good, but wasn’t close enough to the real cake for my liking…I guess I’ll keep shopping for recipes. Happy Birthday Luke! Even James drove in from Charlottesville to help us celebrate!  It was my “surprise” gift for Luke :) So it may look like there weren’t any girls at this party, but I always forget to take pictures until everything’s over…so yes, I wasn’t the only female in the joint :)

It was a fun party and I look forward to trying Puerto Rico out!