BAKING!!!

If you know me, you probably know I LOVE to bake...especially the decorating part. Lately I've been doing more and more, and I am super excited about it. For Christmas I was spoiled with stuff for the kitchen...a babycakes mini cupcake maker (which also does mini pies), a mini donut maker, a pancake maker, a sandwich maker, and a Cake Cricut. I think I've used the donut maker the most but between that and the cupcake maker there are almost always goodies in the house now. Just last week I got the chance to make Sadie's birthday cake and used the Cake Cricut for part of it. It's gonna take a bit more practice, but by Lily's 3rd birthday I think I will be making some pretty awesome cakes and whatnot :)

Here's a picture of the guiness cupcakes with whiskey frosting and Jenga tower I made for TJ's Birthday. As well as the cake I made for Sadie's birthday. It was made of two layers of banana cake with chocolate sandwiched in between with fudge and a honey-cinnamon frosting. It was pretty yummy.

Crazy Coupon Lady

So the other day i caught myself watching and admiring the extreme couponers...because, let's face it who wouldn't like to turn a $500 shopping trip into $25. As a SAHM i feel like part of my job is to save as much money as possible. Part of that means I spend some time clipping coupons and looking at ads. Once I even moved our shopping trip to WalMart and did price matching. We saved a bit of money that way, but not enough to make me want to do it all the time. I've decided it's better for me to become an organized couponer than an extreme one so....I started a filing system and spreadsheet. Maybe I am the crazy one that way, but at least before the grocery trip I can look at my spread sheet with expiration dates and savings at my fingertips.