Weekend Recap

Hello! I'm back from a refreshing weekend. Nothing too extravagant, but I did get to spend some time with my hubby this weekend and it was nice. Friday night started off kind of icky. I wasn't in the best of moods and just need some "me time". I don't think the fact that I almost got hit by another car on my way home really helped. It made me realize I just need to go home and stay home!

Saturday morning Chris and I went to a neighborhood in Savage to check out their huge association garage sale. I'm not much for garage sale-ing so I don't ponder in the place for too long. I had a couple of items I was looking for, but didn't score either of them. The first place we went to we got a dog kennel for Chris's dad who is bringing home a new pup in a week and a half - $10 and a leaf blower (for Chris's business and our yard) $40. I was a little nervous to keep going after we spent $50 at the first place, but we did and didn't end up with much else. It wasn't the best day for garage sales, rainy and chilly out. It didn't stop people from going, though. We had to get some tips of how to win people over since we're having a garage sale this weekend. We came up with -  streamer flags to lure the buyers in, food for sale (or free like some people), a variety of items (some people had like 5 things for sale) and a clean garage! The rest of the afternoon we worked on pricing our stuff and getting it together. We hit up a new place for lunch called Burger Jones - now open in Burnsville! It's a nice little place. We didn't have a burger, although the White Trash Burger was tempting! Maybe I'll go back when it's on special, Tuesday, I think. We had nachos - they were delish! I really wanted to get a malt or a shake, but I'm too cheap to spend $5 or $6 on it.

Sunday morning, I woke up early since Kirby was begging to go outside! After that, we took the dogs for a walk around the neighborhood to wear them out. We made a little trip to Home Depot and then Chris was off to go golfing. I was a houseworking machine while he was gone. I finished our garage sale pricing and organizing, planted flowers, did laundry, cleaned and dusted, did the dishes, cleaned our pantry (time to go shopping again), went to Target (saved $30 with my coupons and credit card discount), Michaels (saved $13.60 with coupon and bogo), and VonHansen's (saved $8), got dinner ready, and found a little time to soak up some sun - not much, though! When Chris got home we had dinner, watched a little TV and then off to sleep.

The weekends seem to go so fast! At least I have a 4 day week this week - YAY! I have Friday off to work the garage sale. I hope we sell lots of stuff mainly so I don't have it in my house anymore. A little extra cash will be nice too :)

Weekend Recap

My weekend was pretty low key. I took Friday off from work just to have some "me time". I intended on getting a lot more done this weekend, but the crappy weather just made me feel sluggish :( Friday I did some cleaning around the house and ran some errands.

Saturday the hubs and I were lazy and just bummed around and watched movies. I made French toast for the first time with potatoes and bacon on the side. The French toast tasted pretty amazing. I made extra since the recipe I followed said you can freeze them and toast them later. I hope it works out :) Saturday evening I went to my sister-in-law's (Whitney & Josh) house for dinner. She made chicken lo mein. It was pretty delicious! I got to hang out with my niece Claire. She has been sick lately so it was so nice to have her back to her normal sweet self. Max, their son, was so smiley and precious. He got his first hair cut on Saturday and looks adorable. I came home and soon Chris joined me after work and we watched "The Mentalist" which is a favorite show of ours.

Sunday morning rolled in and Chris was working all day. I headed out to get the Sunday paper so I could do a little coupon clipping. I found a lot in there to buy, not sure if that's a good thing or not :) I did a little cleaning, laundry, read some of my book and made some chicken wings and potatoes for dinner.

Here are some pics from the weekend:


Finally some sunshine...at 7pm Sunday night. Seriously MN weather, shape up!



I did a little coupon clipping...trying to get in on the Extreme Couponing, but not really there yet!

Mom will you play with me and "the chippy?"



No, ok I'll play with Oscar instead

I hope this week goes by quickly and warms up a bit. I'm really tired of seeing flurries outside!