A Day in the Life

{Favorite Bargains}

Of course I love a bargain, just like everyone else, but I am bad about cutting coupons, shopping on the sale racks or shopping at bargain retailers.  Most of my "bargains" come in the form of internet coupons or retailer coupons and sales sent to my email.  I do LOVE Ebates and the fact that I can shop all of my favorite retailers online and receive cash back on purchases I would make anyway.  I also always look at Retail-Me-Not for online coupons before ordering anything online.  There is almost always a discount code for wherever I'm shopping.  I'm also a big fan of uploading my grocery coupons to my Kroger card.  It's so easy!  I simply go to Kroger.com and click on the coupons I want to add, print out a list and I'm on my way to great savings! 

What are your best bargain tips?

{Favorite Blogs}

This topic could be an entire post or two on it's own, so I'll just list a few of my favorites, in no particular order.

Cowboy Boots and Baby Booties

Webbisodes

Heather on the Homefront (my real life BFF)

Tales from the Trails (my bloggy BFF)

Little Miss Momma

Pink Moss

UCreate

Centsational Girl

Classy Chaos

and of course, The Busy Budgeting Mama

{Favorite Mommy Moments}

I love it when I get a break from changing diapers or getting Jack ready for bed or ready for school.  It's nice sometimes to have a minute to rest!  Obviously, from the picture below, Ran got Jack all ready for bed the other night.  I guess they are ready for Christmas again!  HA! 

I hate that Jack is growing up so fast, but I do love that I can take him out to eat and I'm able to order off the menu for him.  Last week, Jack and I went to our favorite little Mexican restaurant for dinner and he ate almost a whole enchilada!  He also used a real spoon and drank out of a cup with a straw at the restaurant!  I usually take a spoon or fork and cup for him, so it's nice to know that he can use the silverware and kiddie cups you get at the restaurant with no problems!   Eating out just got a whole lot easier!  HA!

{Favorite Recipes}

I love trying new recipes, but I'm awful at following them.  I really prefer to just fly by the seat of my pants and see what we end up with.  Usually it's pretty good, but there have been a few times that dinner just did not turn out as planned!  HA!  My favorite go-to recipe is Chicken Parmesan because it's so easy and we usually have all of the stuff to make it.  Since getting our smartphones a few weeks ago, we ran across an app for Big Oven.  Big Oven has over 170,000 recipes with pictures, step-by-step instructions and great reviews.  When you create an account, it allows you to file recipes you want to try later.  You can also search by ingredients, course, or what you don't want.  It's awesome!

{Favorite Things I've Made Recently}

All items available in my Etsy shop

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{Favorite Mommy-preneurs}

Natalie at the Pretty Paperie

Jody at the Fabric Shoppe

Shannon at Persnickety Pages {& More}

Do you have a favorite Mommy-preneur I should check out? 

Please leave the link in the comments section!

***I love supporting other moms who are trying to make a little extra money for their families and I try to buy handmade when possible.***