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December 6, 2008

Super Savings Slacker!

Oh friends of the blogosphere, I did not do too much couponing this week! I did go to CVS this week, but alas, I have hidden my bag o’ goodies from myself so I can’t take a picture!! This Momnesia is really killing me!! But I will tell you that my transaction resulted in me paying 77 cents for 2 Dove lotions, a Fusion razor and a Venus Embrace razor. YAY! And I got to use the Walgreens $5/$25 coupon at CVS since mine takes competitor coupons. And I got overage on the Dove with coupons and a CRT. It was all very exciting. I just wish I had a pic to show you!

Speaking of Walgreens, I did go there to get some Christmas presents since they had a spend $25, get $5 register reward promo going on, and I still had some $$ left on my Walgreens rebate gift card. So here is what I got!

The Little Einsteins bingo, magnetic drawing board, and Littlest Pet Shop were 3/$13.98
The pig webkinz (Merry Christmas Kate!) was $6.99
Colgate $2.99
Kleenex 89 cents each with Wags coupon
I had $8.55 on my gift card and a $1 off q for the toothpaste. My total was $17.99 after those and I got a $5 Register Reward for spending $25 and a $2 RR for the Colgate so my net total was $10.99 for all that, including 4 Christmas presents for some of the kids in my life! YAY!

That’s all I did this week. Hopefully next week CVS will have some more EXCITING sales and I can get my groove on again! To see how everyone else did, check out CVS Superstars at The Centsible Sawyer and Super Savings Saturday at Money Saving Mom.

December 5, 2008

I’m a little nervous about Emily’s Last Post

Because seriously, talking about running gives me HIVES. I can’t run a BLOCK, people, much less a 5K. And I don’t want to. When it comes to exercise, I prefer not to. BUT I also don’t want to be obese and die young, so I do Pilates. Um, at least I did until about a year ago. The time has come to get my butt in gear because now that I’ve finally weaned Sophie, I’m no longer burning those magic milk-making calories. And, I only have 60 days until BlissDom ’09 (which you all really need to attend!! Emily and I will both be there, and for some reason they are letting me speak. Say what??) at which I need to look HAWT, so…

…Monday I am back on the Pilates wagon. And maybe in nine or ten weeks, when Emily runs a 5K, I will no longer have a muffin top. Or stretch marks. Or that giant wrinkle on the right side of my forehead.

One can dream, right?

December 3, 2008December 3, 2008

WFMW: Sweet Potato Casserole

Since Emily posted her super-awesome Buckeye recipe (which I am totally gonna make this year, I swear!) last week, I thought I’d post one of my new favorite recipes. It’s for Sweet Potato Casserole and it flippin’ tastes like candy it’s so good! It’s like the Buckeye (or crack cocaine) of vegetable dishes! The recipe belongs to my sister-in-law Elizabeth, I give her all the credit and kudos. She brought me some right after Sophie was born and it was an EXCELLENT birth recovery tool! I about cried when it was gone. Not that I was hormonal or anything…anyways…She has been making it for family get-togethers for awhile now and this year I finally had to have the recipe, since I was traveling for Thanksgiving and wouldn’t get to eat hers! I made it for Thanksgiving in Virginia and it was a big hit. So here is the hallowed recipe. My only caveat is that you need a good, sharp knife to cut those sweet taters. Those babies are HARD!

Ingredients:
1.5 lbs sweet potatoes
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup milk
1 beaten egg
3 tbsp butter, cubed
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
2 tbsp butter
1/2 cup pecan pieces
pecan halves for decoration

Scrub and peel sweet potatoes. Cut off and discard woody portions and ends. Cut potatoes into cubes. Cook, covered in a small amount of boiling water for 25-35 minutes until tender. Drain. Combine hot sweet potatoes, 1/2 cup sugar, milk, egg, 3tbsp butter, and vanilla. With a wooden spoon, stir to break up potatoes, but not completely mash. Pour mixture into greased 2 qt. square baking dish. Combine brown sugar and flour. Cut in 2 tbsp butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbles. Stir in pecan pieces. Sprinkle mixture over potatoes. Bake uncovered in 350 degree oven about 25 minutes or until heated through.

Sorry I didn’t post this before Thanksgiving, but consider it an early Christmas present! You are going to want to make this – it is amazing! And if I could do it (since I am functionally retarded) anyone can!

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