Happy Birthday

Our littlest princess is 2!
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The Happy Housewife

CVS, Target, and Trash Pick’n

This was a good deal week for The Happy Housewife. On Sunday, I took my friend to CVS to show her how to work the deals with the ECB’s. After I made my purchases she chuckled at my $5 out of pocket total (which is actually a little high) and said, “I’m a [...]

What is Your Price Point?

I like coupons and I use them frequently, but I always remember my price
point when shopping. My price point is the maximum price I will pay for
a specific item.
Here are some examples.
My goal price for a box of cereal is $1.00, but the maximum price I will pay
for a box of cereal is $1.50. My [...]

Tutus ~ Updated

This week my daughter and I made these adorable tutus. They were so easy and required minimal sewing. They came together so quickly we forgot to take pictures of anything but the finished product.
Here are three of the tutus, we still need to finish two more

here is a close up

We had fun making them and [...]

Commissary Deals 2/21- 3/5

Crest Toothpaste is on sale for a $1.29. Procter and Gamble has a coupon flier out with $1/1 coupon. That is a 6.4 oz tube for $0.29 after coupons.
Also certain flavors of Pillsbury Cake mix are on sale for $0.75. There is a coupon from a few weeks back for $1 off 3 mixes. Your [...]

Thursday Thirteen ~ Favorite Books for Little Girls

Favorite Books for Little Girls

Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
Make Way For Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
Corduroy by Don Freeman
Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
Bread and Jam for Francis [...]

Wordless Wednesday

The Birthday Girl
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The Happy Housewife

 
 
 
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Happy Birthday

It’s hard to believe our sweet pea is four years old today…

Your big sister waited ten years for you…

By the time you were eight months old you had lived through four hurricanes, but you didn’t seem to mind….

We found out that you love the beach…

and the pool…

and playing dress up…

picking flowers…

animals…

sometimes you even like to [...]

Bananas

I can’t believe it is already time for another Kitchen Tip Tuesday. My weeks are flying by. This week I have some banana tips. Bananas are cheap, healthy, and most kids like them. They are also versatile. You can eat them plain, put them on cereal, use them in desserts, smoothies, and of course banana [...]

Closet Clean-Up Update

For the original post go here.
For my second part of closet clean-up I decided to tackle our school area.
I purchased these cubbies at A.C. Moore last year for about $25 a piece on sale. IKEA also sells a similar system for around $125. Anyway, the kids were supposed to have their own cubby, but [...]