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Help me host a baby shower that is not LAME.

Once again I need some help so I’m turning to our fabulous readers!

I’m hosting a baby shower for a friend and my goal is to make it not lame. I know, I have high aspirations, but “not lame” is really about as much as I can hope!

I hosted a small shower for Jenny when she was pregnant with Sophie, and in an attempt to make it not lame, I came up with the idea (ok I googled it) to have each guest decorate a onesie for Sophie. After the guests got over their confusion and stopped looking at me like I had three heads, they actually got into it and created some pretty designs. However, the iron-on crayons didn’t stand up to the washings that onesies require, so that whole project ended up being lame.

I will also not subject my friend to the string/toilet paper/ribbon game – that is just not right. Very lame.

So give me some ideas! I am open to anything – ideas about games, food, decorations… whatever will make this shower be, say it with me, NOT LAME!

(As an aside, yesterday at King’s Island, Kate was on a ride that she didn’t feel was exciting enough for her adrenaline-loving self, so she yelled “This is so lame!” the entire time. Andy asked me where she got that and I totally played dumb. Pretty sure he didn’t buy it.)

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Hey, Jealousy

Last week while on vacation in Virginia I got to witness a phenomenon I have been unfamiliar with for awhile: the teenage girl. I mean, sure, I used to be one, but it’s been um, a long time. So I think it is safe to say I hadn’t been in that frame of mind for awhile.

Our best friends went with us on vacation, and their 14-year-old daughter Krisha brought a 16-year-old friend, Kierstin. I have spent quite a bit of time with Krisha, but to see two teens in action was really something. They stayed up ’til 2, slept ’til noon, had water fights, made brownies, and texted their brains out (many times to each other when they were two feet away.) They laughed and giggled and screamed and danced and always had one more thing to do before we could get out the door to go anywhere.

One morning, or actually afternoon, as they stumbled sleepily down the hall after nearly sleeping until lunch time, I felt a confusing pang of jealousy hit me like a hammer. Jealous? Why would I be jealous? “Who wants to go back to their teenage years?” I asked myself. “The angst, the hormones, the social jockeying, the identity crises? No thanks.”

Yet somehow, I couldn’t talk myself out of envying them. Maybe I’m viewing history with rose-colored glasses, but I remember my teenage years as being pretty carefree. I saw in Krisha and Kierstin the things I used to have and be and do (minus the texting) when I was their age. I miss the sleeping in, the eating whatever I want, the not having bills to pay. I love being a wife and a mother – the blessings God has given me are boundless – but at times I tire of having the weight of such an important responsibility on my shoulders. I can’t say I feel that way every minute of every day, but at that moment, the Fabulous Life of Krisha and Kierstin (which should tootally be a Disney Channel show) looked pretty darn good. I mean, I don’t want to shop at Hollister or anything but sleeping in once in awhile and not having a checkbook would be grreeeaat.

So. There it is. Another one of my numerous flaws. Anyone else wanna move back in with mom and dad and catch rides to the mall?

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CVS Deals Matched with Competitor Coupons, August 17-23

Just a few this week, but they are pretty good!

Buy one Oral B Indicator toothbrush or Crest toothpaste, at 1.99 get 1 ECB
There are $1 off coupons for both of these in the Walgreens EasySaver Catalog and there were $1 off coupons for both in the P&G insert that came out August 6th. Use both coupons and make a $1 profit!

Buy two Propel 6-pack at $9, get 2 ECB
There are 40 cents off q’s at the Target Coupon Generator.

Buy Schick Quattro Titanium Razor at $7.99 get 5 ECB
There is a $2 off q for this in the Walgreens EasySaver catalog

Buy 4 Pepsi product 12-packs at $11, get 1 FREE (so, 5/$11)
thanks to Becky for this deal – there are $1/1 12-pack of regular or Diet Mountain Dew printable q’s on the Target Coupon Generator. So..using 5 of those q’s you get 5 12-packs for $6!! Woohoo!! Great news for a Mountain Dew addict like me!

Loreal Vive pro is 3/$10
There are $1/1 q’s in the Walgreens ES catalog. There were $1 off q’s and B1G1 q’s for this in the 7/13 SmartSource, so by combining those you can get some cheap shampoo!

That’s all I see for now. If I missed anything that you’ve found, leave it in the comments! For more great CVS scenarios, check out the Centsible Sawyer and Money Saving Mom!

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