Entries from May 2009

May 25, 2009

More flowers are blooming…

We have a new batch of flowers blooming around our yard at the Creek.
Go ahead and sniff the screen…I bet you can smell these beautiful magnolias!

 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

May 25, 2009

Memorial Day Weekend 2009

Memorial Day weekend officially kicks off the summer season for me.   I love everything about summertime…sunshine, swimming, grilling, fresh garden vegetables, iced tea, and lemonade!  We spent the weekend at our place at Lake Gaston, VA/NC.   We had a wonderful time and it only rained briefly on Sunday evening.  I held a yard sale there on Saturday morning, [...]

May 17, 2009

Take time to smell the roses…

Many of our rose bushes are in bloom.  I took these photos earlier in the week…

 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

May 10, 2009

Happy Mother’s Day Mom!

I’d like to wish all the Moms out there a very Happy Mother’s Day – especially my Mom, Phyllis.

May 10, 2009

Lots of deals and giveaway wins!

I’m truly missing blogging about all my great deals and there were some really great ones last week at Target and Walgreens.  I scored lots of freebies, cheapies, and money makers!  I’m sure you took advantage of many of the same deals as me! (Glade candles, canned drinks, Oreo cookies, Easy Mac, and Dunkin’ Donuts coffee to name a few.)
I [...]

May 5, 2009

Blog Update…

I haven’t been posting much recently and I’ve decided my blogging days are going to shortly be coming to an end.  (I’m trying to wean myself away.)  I am truly going to miss it, but with work, school, and home life I’m just not going to have the time to balance everything out.    I’ll still be [...]

May 2, 2009

Hurry – Great Deal at Yves Rocher online

With any order you get a FREE gift and right now if you use the code NEWEB10OFF you’ll also get FREE shipping plus 10% off.  Me being the cheapie that I am, I purchased a .50 Eco-friendly bag and got a FREE watch and bracelet set for a grand total of .45!  Well, I had [...]

May 2, 2009

Free Playtex Sport Sample

In just 4-6 weeks you can have a FREE sample of Playtex Sport Tampons (you’ll get 3 plus a coupon) in your mailbox.  Go here to request yours.

May 2, 2009

Super Savings Saturday

After dinner at Five Guys, Roger and I dodged the rainshowers and picked up a few bargains this evening.
 I’ll start with CVS.  I went to just two stores and only found two of the 3M Command hooks that were on sale for $2.50.  I was hoping to find enough to qualify for the $5 ExtraBucks, [...]

May 1, 2009

Free subscription to Log Home Living

FREE from freebizmag.com a one year (6-issue) subscription to Log Home Living.  Go here to request yours.