Surprises!

So I was really in the mood for ice cream tonight but I was trying to be good because I really didn't have any $$ left in the budget for things like that. So instead I stayed home to do laundry and just relax around the house. When I took my laundry out to put into the dryer, a surprise fell out!
JACKPOT! $5 fell out of the laundry! It was like a gift from the 'its Friday night and you should do something fun' Gods!!! So, I took it down to the Harris Teeter and got myself some chocolate ice cream. YUM! :)

Tour my fridge

Today I am going to take you on a tour of my fridge! You will see how badly I am drowning in produce here! I need some help...or some recipes!

As you can see my fridge is pretty bare overall. On the door I have some cranberry juice (blech - but necessary to help with my 'issues'), tomato sauce, peanut butter, and condiments.Shelf number 1:Broccoli, cauliflower, and cabbage. In the tupperware containers I have leftovers from a potluck I brought a pepper, carrot, and cucumber salad to. I also have some extra peppers sliced up too.
Shelf 2:1/2 cucumber
1/2 zucchini
1 yellow squash1 bunch of parsley

Drawer 1:Lettuce
Spinach

Drawer 2:Carrots and Arugula


Um ya - so I have seriously nothing but veggies. I have plenty of dry goods in my pantry - maybe I will take you on a tour of that one day soon too - but ya, in the fridge, veggies, veggies, and more veggies!

CSA, week 5

It is another great week for the CSA! The bad thing is - I am still trying to catch up from last week! I have produce coming out my ears!!!

I forgot to take a picture of everything together this week but here is my portion:

1 bunch of broccoli1 bunch of cauliflower
1/2 of a GINORMOUS zucchini1 yellow squash
1/2 head of lettuce
1/2 head of cabbage
1/2 fennel
I have to say - some of the items were a mystery to me this time.

This, for instance.

What is it?!?! Apparently it is fennel which I do not think I like. It smells like licorice which I definitely am not a fan of so I am guessing that I am not going to be a huge fan of this...might need to find someone else to take this one...

And what is with the cone?!?! I mean, obviously it is a lettuce or cabbage of some kind but I have never seen one shaped like a cone before! So cool!
And for fun, here is a perspective picture of the zucchini. Seriously - HUGE!


I am very annoyed with the sideways images! You get the idea though.

CVS

CVS has a pretty sweet ECB deal going on if you are willing to spend a little $$ out of pocket to generate some ECBs. I didn't have any ECBs stored up so I was looking for a way to generate some.

Right now the Gillette body wash is on sale for $4 each with a $4 ECB (limit 2). At some point there was a coupon for a Buy 1 Get 1 Gillette body wash that would make this a $4 money maker. There was also a save $4 on 2 body washes that would essentially accomplish the same thing.

Anyway, I walked over to my local CVS and they actually did have some body wash left (the good deals seem to go fast!). So I paid $4.62 out of pocket with tax and got back $8 in ECBs.


Of course I believe it is 'man-scented' body wash but soap is soap, right? :)

Home Improvement Project!

I'm really tired of the 'everything in my house is the same color' scheme I have going on here. I am used to a little more color in my living space! So right now everything is sort of a neutral beige. I decided to start with the bathrooms since they are the smallest and probably the fastest rooms to finish up. Since they are small rooms, I am comfortable going with a pretty bold color. So here is a picture of my bathroom wall next to the shower curtain (which I LOVE). I thought I'd pull the blue color out of the curtain for the wall color.


So I went to Lowe's and tried to find a reasonable match. I only bought one of those sample containers because I am not positive about the color. It looks like a pretty good match but what this picture doesn't show is the intensity of the color. It is definitely a bold color! I think I like it but it might take some getting used to. I only painted a portion of the wall to test out the color. I think I'll see how it goes this week and make a decision about painting the rest or picking a new color.


What do you think? :)

Scrapbook Organizing - Results!

So you may remember the scrapbook supply disaster that I have ben trying to get under control. Well, I think I made some good progress. I still have too much but at least it is a little better under control.

Of note, I got rid of the suitcase. I saved some of the paper that was in the suitcase but was able to condense it into the other tupperware container. So, what I have left is - one large tupperware container with paper, scissors, glue, etc, one binder with stickers, and one small tupperware container with memorabilia - photos and other things that I want to save for scrapbooking or at the very least to put into an album somewhere.

I need help with photo organization. Right now I have photos in this container and in some dresser drawers. They are uncategrized and still in the photo envelopes. I feel like there must be a better solution for this. Any ideas?

Purging

This past weekend's productivity involved getting rid of a decent amount of stuff. This was a good trip because it got most of the stuff that has been hanging out with no home out of my house. This was stuff that just didn't fit well in my new house. Hopefully someone else can put it to good use! I gave away some other things too that were already in the car - primarily clothes. Sad thing is, I still have quite a bit to get rid of. I am thinking I will probably make a point to go through my house this week and grab any other misc. things that I am not using and don't need. The good thing is that I am definitely in the mood to get rid of stuff so that should make things a lot easier!

Here is the pile of stuff that left my house!