Elf on the Shelf

I heard about the Elf on the Shelf last year, and wanted to get one, but didn't because I didn't feel it was worth it (I am cheap you know).  But today I saw it on the shelf at Gifts from the Heart and I couldn't resist, so I bought it.  I know a impulse buy that totally goes against my nature, but I couldn't resist.

The idea of the Elf on the Shelf, family tradition.  Is that the elf works for Santa, and he fly's to Santa every night and reports to him what the kids have been up to.  Usually I think the Elf come out after Thanksgiving, or St. Nicks day, ours is out now, I couldn't resist getting it out.   Although B at first said it wasn't real, he has since been converted (he picked up some cards, and made sure to tell me he was doing it so the Elf would see. lol)  I am thinking about getting this for my newest niece and nephew,  so they can start the tradition early. 

 

you can get it from amazon if you want.  I got mine from Gifts from the Heart.

IGA trip today

It was a really good trip.  I feel like I could have done better, but still did better than I have in a while.

here is what I got/did

i spent 51
i saved 31
total value 82
total % saved 38%

i got
3 betty crocker potatos  99 each
2 carnation evaporated milk .79--1.58 total
5  flour   .79---3.95 total (just plain white flour)
1 sugar  .69
1 cheese slices  1.50
2- marshmellows .79---1.58
1-milk  3.19
1 mustard 1.19
4- brown sugar .99---3.96
2 whipped topping .99---1.98
4 white bread  .88--3.52
3 imperial margernine quarters .50---1.50
2 muss. apple sauce 2$----4$
1 pillsburry brownie mix .99
1 pillsubrry white cake .79
2 pillsburry yellow cake .79---1.58
ground beef 7.14
link pork sausage 5.28


and i forgot to get yeast.. it was .79 for a package of 3... i was going to get a bunch of them...

if i had stuff in order i probably had some coupons for the betty crocker stuff and pillsburry (pretty much everything else was IGA Brand)


now I would like to add that I am changing my coupon storage method AGAIN.  I had stopped just storing the inserts by date a while ago, and had been using envelopes, but those are already falling apart, so back to the binder for me.   Instead of just using one of the cheap binders I have here though, I bought a mead zipper binder with some pockets off of Amazon, and got some new insert sheets off of Ebay.  The sheets are not just the regular baseball card sheets either.  Hopefully starting out with a little more to my system will help me to keep up with it.

Halloween

Halloween Parade

getting ready to trick or treat

 

Enjoying the loot

 another parade one

Bumped Head

B fell and hit his head on the corner of the chest in my room.  

 

This is the actual small gouge that caused all of that blood.

Here We Go Again

I am back.  I have been pretty busy lately, with the start of school, and such.  S is coaching baseball, he is very busy.

B is doing great this year.  It is just amazing to S and I how much better this year in K is compared to last year.  and guess what today he finally learned his phone number.  Isn't that wonderful, you may think that isn't such a big thing, but we worked on that all last year and on and off during the summer.  We hit it hard for about 3 days, and he knows it!  I'm so excited for him.

E is loving Pre-K.  He loves ridding the bus and has a great day pretty much everyday.

N, well N is just N.  He is definitely 2, but really a young 2.  Sometimes the issues of a two year old seem minor compared to the issues of a 6 year old.  know what I mean.  N is talking more, and Kim comes for therapy through Early Intervention.


so in other words we are doing pretty good here.  I hope to keep this up more, but we will see.

spent 16.57
saved 10.23
total value 26.80
total % saved 38%

 

spent 38
saved 25
total value 63
total % saved 40%

 

total

spent 55
saved 35
total value 90
total % saved 39%

Ethan at meet the teacher day.