A to Z Blogging Challenge - M

M is for...

MY FRUGAL ADVENTURES

So today I thought I would share one of my very favorite blogs. Charlene, of My Frugal Adventures, is one of the nicest people I've "met". Every week she spends hours scouring the ads to make sure that her couponing buddies (that's us!) get the best deals possible. Top that off with the fact that she's got two adorable little girls, and a husband - AND she actually makes dinner every night! Now the fact that she makes a delicious dinner nightly is enough to make me wanna have her adopt me! ::wink:: If you ever wanted to know what all the fuss was about in couponing, Charlene can surely explain it to ya! :) For the record, I just thought it would be nice to share one of my favorite sites with some people outside of the grocery store line. I don't personally know Charlene, nor did she ask me to do this, I just think she rocks!

Five Question Friday

Linking up for Five Question Friday over at My Little Life

1. If you could change one thing about yourself what would it be? Losing the need to sleep would be nice, but since I don't see that in the near future I suppose I would like to be able to maintain a sense of order and cleanliness in this house of mine without having to scream like I'm an escaped patient from the local nut house. Ehhhh, that's not likely either. Blah! 2. Write about a time when you got lost. LOL! Just one? I'm constantly getting lost. The Boy is commonly known as MapQuest since he has a near perfect sense of direction. Me, not so much. I get lost everywhere all the freaking time! 3. Camping or 5 star hotel? Both! I love camping, I would love it more if someone else did the cooking, setting up and cleaning up. I love hotels because they are so nice and quiet, The Boy and I can actually sit and have a conversation in quiet sans interruptions. We have been known to sneak off to a hotel for the weekend before just because we need some time alone. 4. Have you donated blood? Nope, they don't want it. Something about always being pregnant, nursing and iron low. Hmmm, at least I've eliminated the first two now. Perhaps I can in the future. 5. Do you have a budget or do you 'fly by' most months? We have a budget, we even have a Mint.com account. It emails us to let us know when we are getting close to going over budget in any area, and I promptly delete those emails and continue on. I coupon, I bargain shop and I try but dang it gas here has gone up 20 cents in 2 weeks!

31 Day Photo and Post Challenge - Day 26

Day 26 - the best gift you’ve ever received

Aside from my family, of course, I would say the best gift I ever received would have to have been my Canon 50D. I cried, my brother made fun of me and I didn't even care. I wanted it for so long and I finally got it. Of course now I want some of the fun "toys" that go with it. It's awesome being able to grab my camera anytime I want to capture the kids latest cute face or their most recent sidewalk chalk masterpiece.

Holiday Card Exhange

Over here, at Couponing to Disney (one of my very favorite blogs - ever! oh and she's a Bama girl too, so that makes her even better), Kristin hosted a fantastic holiday card exchange. Now why would I give my personal address to a bunch of strangers, ummm, they're totally not strangers - duh! I talk to some of these same people everyday, lol! Other than that, we love getting mail. Okay, good mail that is!



So, basically, we all email Kristin our addresses, and she grouped 20 people together to exchange cards with. My girls have had the best time receiving their cards. When the mail man comes they run to the door, screaming "MAILLLLLLL", on a side note I think we are the highlight of his day, lol. Who else can say that they bring smiles to a whole families faces 5 days a week? Besides, the cute girls screaming about his goods has to make his days right? Alright get your minds out of the gutter people - geeeeeez! I meant his mail goodies!



We have looked up all the towns that our cards came from on the map, and talked about how far away they all are. When they included all their families names, we talked about how large their family was in comparison to ours and other fun things like what awesome monuments their state has. Awesome way to incorporate some quick learning in when they weren't looking.



Overall this has been the most fun, and we can't wait to do it again!



Thanks Kristin!!