Went CVS'ing today...Oh, and pic of my tattoo

Total purchase came to $36.65

Subtract coupons and ECBs 30.09

Amount I paid $ 6.56

ECB's I got on receipt 9.96

So, basically CVS paid me $ 3.40 to take $36.65 worth of stuff home with me.

I limit my purchases to stuff we actually use so I'm not doing as well as most. And I pick up stuff we need that isn't on sale because I'm new at this and don't have a lot of coupons yet. But still pretty good right? Josh is excited about it, and so am I.

Before you go feeling too bad for CVS - the prescriptions I picked up for Snew today had a $40 co-pay, and insurance paid for the rest. I'm pretty sure they make out okay in the long run :).

Wanted to post a pic...blogs just seem more interesting with pics, right? Hmmmmm....

Don't have any CVS themed pics, but i do have this pretty bird of paradise:

Bird of Paradise

as well as a pic of the version on my back:

My Bird of Paradise Tattoo

Designed by graffiti artist "Wombat" and applied somewhere in Boston, MA back before it was legal. I still love it as much as I did when it was first applied many, many, many moons ago.

You just never know where you'll end up when you first set out to post about coupons, lol.

Quote that is currently inspiring me...

Let no man be sorry he has done good,

because others have done evil.

- Henry Fielding

Congratulations!!!

Grand Champions!

Congratulations to the 2008 HPIMBF Grand Champions: The Sprinstead High Marching Eagle Brigade of Spring Hill, FL.

Great job all, and I'm so proud of you, Snew!

(Can you please stay home and rest now? lol...We need to try and get you healthy, k? :) )

Transitioning...

There is a very weird mix going on in my house right now. Remnants from Snew's Sweet 16, my regular decor, and Halloween slowly (really slowly) creeping in. How will I ever be ready for the blog parties?

We're off to the Citrus High Hurricane Pride Invitational. Go Springstead, woooohoooooo!

I know he's kinda evil...

but he's just so darn cute...this is what he was doing at my feet yesterday while I snapped a pic of the pagoda candle holder:

Nosleepus Siamesus...

I think I can change'm. Or maybe not.

Another thing that made me smile yesterday was this:

White Bird of Paradise flower bud...

I am so excited! It's finally happening! It's flowering, it's flowering!!! I love birds of paradise - both the bird (as in the tattoo on my back) and the flower. And guess what:

2nd flower bud...

There's another one. Two. Holy moly. These bad boys cannot open soon enough for me. They're a great plant if you live in my area, Hernando County, FL. You can buy them small for cheap. They grow super fast. They grow super tall. They give off baby plants at the base regularly for your splitting pleasure (can you say fantastically frugal? now four times fast. sorry.). They're oh so very tropical looking. The frosts we've had haven't bothered them in the least. Oh, and nothing seems to eat them. Perfect, right?

Today's Goodwill Finds...

While Josh went to Lowe's to have keys made for rental numero quatro, and since I had been a good girl and gone to Kmart this morning to take advantage of the Double Coupon Days, I felt I had earned a run through Spring Hill's Goodwill Super Center. I made a couple of scores, I'm excited about 'em, and thought I'd share the details with you:

The green metal box

The lid opens, and then the flap in the front also opens...

It's some sort of organizer...

Logan De Luxe Movie Reel Chest

I think it will hold my coupons for my new venture into CVS-ing. It cost me a whopping $1.06.

Next up we have a combo of two of my favorite things...well, three actually: copper, patina, and pineapples:

Note smudge of patina ^

2 buckaroos

I've already got the perfect spot for it picked out on my kitchen wall.

Next up comes a beautiful dish which just so happens to have a shade of green in it very similar to the Tate Olive accents in our Kitchen/Family room. This plate does a good job of pulling all the colors in the room together:

It will reside amongst the chickens above the cabs...

It cost .76...he hee...

My home (as seen in my header pic) has a bit of an Asian feel...especially in context of all the curvy, arched Meditteranean homes that surround it...so we've incorporated that in our exterior decor. Actually a little inside as well come to think of it. I had to have this heavy pagoda styled candle holder:

so heavyyyy....

This was the one I kept almost putting back. Why? Because it was the priciest item. $4.06. Then I remembered all the incredibly decorated homes and outdoor spaces I see daily here on blogland, and on RMS, etc., and decided to go for it. I've got to start somewhere right? I'm naughty.

Last, but certainly not least, is this beautiful item:

Vase in soft aqua color...

Made in Portugal...

I spotted a glimpse of my current color obsession and had to investigate. Upon nearing end cap I saw this beautiful vase filled with faux daisies. I lifted it up, checked to see if was for sale, saw the tag...$1.06...and it was made in Portugal. I told it in portuguese that it was coming home with me. I left the daisies behind so they could plop'm in another vase to make the end cap look pretty again.

How'd I do? :)

If a house falls on me...

I'll know why.

Yesterday, while running during P.E., Li was pushed by a boy. She fell, flipped, and slid...and he ran right over her, and kept going. Her knees are raw, her shin, ankle, shoulder and cheek are covered in road rash (yes, I know it's not an actual rash, Li, but it's what people call it) and she has a bump on her forehead.

While removing the old bandages, cleaning up the wounds as best I could, and applying neosporin and clean band-aids I had a few choice words for said little boy. I said he was a meany, and that he should've atleast stopped to see if she was okay. Even if it wasn't on purpose the least he could've done was mutter an "I'm sorry", right? I said he had no manners, and that he was a bully...things along those lines. She looked up at me and said "Titia, a house is going to fall on you now." Wha? A house is going to fall on me? Like a witch? Huh? "Because you said that stuff about that boy." I thought about this. Had I really said anything so terrible? There was sooooo much worse I could've said, that I held in and only thought. Then I realized that my thoughts could've potentially warranted a house drop or two so I looked back at her and said "As long as it doesn't land on you, I'm good."



If I'm going to be a wicked witch, I want to look like the Barbie version...