Couponing Week Two

This week was really slow with coupons due to the Holiday...but, here's what I got!

2 bags of M&M's from Rite Aid
Retail- $7 I paid- $2 and earned a $1 towards any item on my next purchase























Vicks from Wal-Mart
Retail- $14 I paid- $3























12 boxes of Vicks Cough Drops from Wal-greens
Retail- $11.00 I paid- .73cents
(I paid .93cents in tax for these. Thought that was kinda funny that I paid more for these items in taxes than what they're worth!)
Oh, and I think we're officially stocked for cold season! ;-)

















And of course the rest of my juices from Wal-Mart which were all free!
Retail- Around $7

Happy Couponing!
Courtney

Some Serious Cuteness

So I have about a whole drawer full of scraps.
This is just a small portion...:-/





















It's a horrible addiction when you sew.
You think. Oh, I'm sure I'll use this again...one day. lol
And before you know it. You're full to the brim with scraps. ha

Well, the other day I finally found out how I can use all these scraps.
Member how I did that Fabric Tutorial here?

Well, I finally got around to another one called the Rosette Flower...SUPER easy.
And way cute!

K, here's what ya need...

*Glue Gun
*Scissors
*Scraps of fabric






















1st:
You're going to get your strip ready.
Doesn't have to be a perfect one.
















2nd:
You're going to fold your strip in half.
I just use my finger nail to run it down edge so it stays a little bit better...
















3rd:
At one end of your strip you'll make a knot...





















4th:
Take the extra fabric from your knot and fold it behind the knot so that the center of the knot is facing up.





















5th:
This is where it can get tricky. But, it's still easy. :-)
See my pinky finger?
The edge of the fabric that's right next it to you're going to grab and twist around and up next to the flower...











































6th:
Just keep tightly twisting the same way over and over again until you get the size of the flower you'd like.
I found it helpful with larger flowers to add a dot of hot glue every once-n-awhile to secure it better.





















7th:
Once you've gotten the size of the flower you want, you'll snip off the remaining fabric and cut a circle from that fabric and glue it to the back of your Rosette so it helps hold it in place.
















I decided to make headbands with the flowers I made.
I also used some Yo-Yo flowers and grabbed some cute embellishments.

And this is what I ended up with...

Adorable huh?
I even like wearing them! haha
And anyone can do this!!!
Took me like an hour to do all 3 of the headbands.
The first one is my favorite. :-)

Happy Friday!
Courtney

Blinc Mascara Review

Let's just say I'm not as thrilled with this product review like I was with the last one.
Even though this mascara is kinda neat.
Would I pay $24 for it?
Eh, no.

Blinc Mascara

The dark purple bottle is what it came packaged in...
And the second pic is what the mascara bottle looks like.

I did give it a try a couple of times just to be sure...
Here's me before with no mascara on.
(I was still not completely ready. Due to the wet hair. So excuse that hot mess...lol)

















And here's me (with dry hair ;-) right before I put the mascara on.

















Here's what the wand looks like...
It was really hard to put on with this little guy here.
After a couple of times playing around with it I finally got it down but still wasn't my favorite






















And here's it right after I put it on.
I didn't like that after I put it on while it was still drying my lashes kept sticking together...
that was more annoying than anything...

BUT, once it dries it's like it doesn't move.
BUT, without feeling really heavy or flaky.
Which is always nice!

Now here's where the neat part comes in!
If you have problems with really bad flakiness, or smudges, you're a "crier" or don't like to feel like you're wearing a lot of make-up. This mascara could be for you! Like I said earlier, once it does dry...it is okay. Just not really that great going on and you really have to work with it.
Me on the other hand likes to have it go on fast (mom here, don't have time to sit for even 5 minutes playing with mascara every day! lol) , and I like my lashes to show off. So maybe that's why I'm not really feelin' it?

Okay, back to the neat part! ;-)
Taking off the mascara!
I know right? I'd figure putting it on would have been more exciting! :-/

So okay, this mascara is made from a co-polymer based formula to create little "tubes" around each one of your lashes. Had to look up what co-polymer was! haha And from what I got from it is that it's basically a water proof silly putty. Or you can think of it as a sealant of some kind. Basically it's water proof and yet, it's flexible.

So to take off the mascara you don't even need an oil based eye make-up remover. All you do is get the lashed wet...

And with your fingers gently pull the "tubes" of mascara off your actual lashes.
You kinda have to be careful here because did pull some actual lashes off at one point! lol
The pics below are not my lashes. They're the "tubes" that have slid off of them











































Kinda crazy and neat huh?

I think this mascara would be awesome on something like a camping trip/ hike. Where you still have make-up on but it's not to heavy and won't sweat off everywhere...but still $24?

Anyways, that's what I think!
Please remember that these are just my opinions and mine alone...
even though I did have a friend try it as well, and she wasn't' a big fan either...

Hope you're all enjoying the beginnings of Fall! I know I sure am excited!! :-)

Courtney

Brighten her day...

So we've been totally trapped in the house this holiday weekend with Allie's cold.
Not fun at all.
And the grouchiness level was sometimes way over it's limit.;-)
Thank goodness I think the worst is over!  Still not great but, I think we're almost there! haha

I hate seeing my baby sick. :-(

So for dinner one night she was up for making pancakes with me so I threw in a little color to brighten her day!

Allie is in total LOVE with Rainbows right now. So I thought what a great way to bring a smile to her face?

Color the Pancakes! I've seen this done before (mostly with cakes) but never tried it.

It's so fun and cute.

Grabbed my food coloring set that I've had honestly, for like ever now. 

I whipped together a batch of just regular pancake mix and divided it into bowls.

Added the food color. 

Let Allie mix them up. She l.o.v.e.s to stir when we bake together.

And since her favorite shape is hearts.
I used my pancake heart shape molds I picked up from World Market...
Again, forever ago. lol






















Spray them down completely with Pam...

Let the batter sit till you see bubbles...






















Lift off slowly...






















*Ta-Da* 






















Almost DONE!






















YAY! All done.
We made 4 colors.
Wanted to keep going but, I didn't see the need to have a bunch of different colored pancakes we weren't going to eat...
(Shhhh...we're horrible with left overs!)
(see the sickness dripping from her nose? haha YUCK!)






















I let her do (almost) everything.

I think we ended up with some pretty cute pancakes for dinner!
































































I think she approves! ;-)






















 Yay, for making toddlers happy!
(which can sometimes be hard. way hard! haha)

Hope you all had a fabulous Labor Day weekend!
Courtney

Couponing Week: One

Okay so not any super fabulous deals for my Official first week of Couponing. I've made it a goal while Tim's gone to spend around $30(ish) a week to go towards our stock pile. So that when he get's home we will be nice and full and won't have to spend as much on groceries. ;-)

I did end up get some great things for my stock pile!

Dawn Pomegranate Hand Renewal
Retail: $5.00 I paid: $2


















Old Spice Deoderant and Body Wash
Retail: $36.00 I paid $15.53

Rimmel Glam Eyes
Retail: $2.49 I paid: .49cents

Vicks DayQuil and NyQuil
Retail: $26.00 I paid $4.42






















Simply Orange Orange Juice
Retail $2.60 I paid: FREE
(I do have about 6 more of these coupons so I will be getting those this week. They were just out when I was at Wal-Mart. Of course! haha)














Cascade Dishwasher tabs Trial Size (4 tabs)
Retail: $4.00 I paid: FREE

First Couponing week One total: $22.44

There's not to much this week because of the holidays. And the fact that there's no inserts. But, I am on the hunt for a fabulous deal on some pasta and condiments. :-)

Happy Coupons!
Courtney