Fun Stuff

There are a few fun things we have that you might like to see. First is this:

Our stroller and car seat! We wanted this stroller frame instead of a whole big stroller, and we found this beauty on Craigs list! The people that had the frame maybe used it twice. It's in perfect condition. We bought the carseat brand-new, and it's great.

And then this:

My young women made me this cute diaper cake! Our mutual was "How to Plan a Party" but when I got there, they were doing this! I was so excited! Cute, huh? Way to go Beehives!

We won the lottery!

Not really, because we don't buy lottery tickets. I always see elderly people in Sun City buying them at Albertsons and wonder if they really win or not. We did, however, win the rotation lottery. In medical school, some really important things are based on lottery, one of them being rotations. When we decided to come to school here in Arizona, it was said that there would be plenty of spots for many of the students to do rotations in our area. The closer we got to the day rotations were assigned, we were discovering that there weren't quite as many as we thought. Many people were going to have to go elsewhere--California, Tucson, Ohio. We didn't really want to go anywhere, so rotation assignments, or this lottery, was becoming stressful. But when they did the spin, we got "West Valley." Now we won't have to move, and Matt won't have to travel to the east side of the city or Tucson. Thank goodness. We are discovering, though, that many people didn't get west valley, people who have houses and jobs and the like. We feel bad, but are really glad that we get to stay.

Couponing

A few years ago I watched an episode of Oprah and watched about a lady who saved all this money using coupons. I was inspired. I wanted to find out how to get some cheap stuff using coupons. We subscribed to the paper, and after perfecting my system, I think I can say I've finally figured it out. There are tons of websites around that you can subscribe to where you receive notices and such about what to use and where, but I kind of think paying for that service kind of defeats the purpose of using coupons.


I've lucked out on some things, though, when it comes to using coupons. Nearly every grocery store here in Phoenix takes all coupons for $1, no matter what the face value of the coupon is. This is fantastic. Also, our school librarian has a subscription to the paper and I get a bundle of Sunday papers every week. I look forward to the day the papers are delivered because I go through them all and take the coupons out. Here's my stack of coupons from the last few weeks. Glorious, aren't they?




Well, over the last few weeks, I've been exceptionally proud of my endeavours. I've gotten some pretty good stuff with coupons in the past, but these last few weeks were all about free stuff. Here's my loot! This was all FREE!


I guess I still have to pay tax, which is lame. There were some limits on how many items I could get in one transaction, so I visited nearly every checker Saturday to pay .20 cents for a handful of great stuff. We're going to be the cleanest people you've ever met. Maybe if you come visit us I'll let you use one of our toothbrushes.

The Holidays are Coming!

I realize I've been a pretty bad blogger and haven't posted anything in a while, but I'll post some interesting stuff here soon. I just wanted to put this one post up today and when I think to bring my pictures to school where I actually have internet, I'll upload them.

The Scentsy Holiday collection is available to order on September 15th! That's a whole month earlier than last year. Yikes! That being said, if there is anything you like, let me know! The holiday warmers go fast, and when they're gone, they're gone. I don't want anyone to miss out, so I've been sending emails to everyone. Here are some pictures of this year's holiday warmers. If you like what you see, let me know! I can email you the whole brochure. I can't upload it here, but I can definitely send it to you.

I'm sending in an order on the 15th, but starting that day you can order them on my website. Check it out!