Free or Cheap Deodarant at Target

I had to go to Target (at Skypointe for local readers) today to pick up a prescription for my daughter who has an ear infection (and God bless her, it is really infected and she just started complaining last night!). I went to Target because I had a coupon for a $10 gift card with any new or transferred prescription (woo hoo!). I came across these coupons for deodorant thanks to Moms By Heart and picked up some free and cheap deodorant as well.

I found a two pack of the 24 hour Sure deodorant for $2.97 so those were FREE after the $3/2 coupon. The Dove for Girls' were $1.97 or $.50 each after the $3/2 coupons!

A Bit of Advice on Corned Beef

St. Patrick's Day is next week which means corned beef is now on sale at a great price ($.97/lb is my goal price). A few years ago I decided to go to pick up some corned beef during this sale and was shocked to find that the store was sold out! Even worse, I couldn't get a raincheck because the ad stated that quantities were limited. I learned my lesson and yesterday afternoon I went to pick up my allotted two packages and they were already running low!

I'm planning to go back and get two more packages because I want to learn to make corned beef hash for breakfast and reubens sound really good!

If you want some corned beef, I'd advise heading to the store sooner rather than later!

Smiley Face Cookies

I saw this recipe for Smiley Face Cookies in a recent issue of Family Circle and had to try them out! I love smiley face cookies and have fond memories of them from my childhood. These were super easy to make and taste just as I remember.

The dough for these cookies is super easy and yummy! I left it in the fridge for a few days and it was fine. Just let it sit out a bit to soften up when you are ready to roll and cut. I spent about a week hunting down "powdered egg whites" for the frosting in the baking aisle. Turns out that Wilton sells it as "Meringue Powder" and thus it is by all the cake decorating items! I was not a fan of the frosting when I taste tested it, but my kids and husband liked it. On the cookie, it is just fine!

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I usually reserve family photos for Facebook,  but my father-in-law (who is not on Facebook) was asking for some pictures of the kids and it is my job to keep the grandparents happy!

Make It Homemade: Breakfast Sausage

I am a HUGE fan of breakfast. You have to get tummies full in order to get a good start to the day. Recently I also became a fan of having meat with breakfast (adding protein helps you feel fuller longer). Our favorite breakfast meat is still bacon, but we also eat ham and chicken. I tended not to buy sausage over concerns of nitrates in it (it's easier to find nitrate free bacon!) and the cost is often prohibitive.

I started making my own breakfast sausage using ground beef a while ago when I ran across a recipe on a blog, but I didn't really love the recipe I had. This morning I tried a new recipe from Laura at Heavenly Homemakers using ground turkey and it was love at first bite!

I made 2.5 pounds of the sausage and froze over half of it by making the meat in to patties and flash freezing them before putting them in to a plastic freezer bag.  I fried up the rest of the patties this morning for breakfast and made sausage gravy with the drippings. You can freeze the gravy as well. Just let it cool and then put in a freezer container. If you feel rushed in the morning, fry up the sausage at night and just warm it up in the morning using a microwave, toaster oven, or just put it back in the frying pan!

Menu Plan Monday (Week 8)

About six gallons of OJ later and we are finally on our way to healthiness -- I hope!

My husband and I celebrated our wedding anniversary this weekend along with my parents whose anniversary is the day after ours. They celebrated 40 years of marriage this year! We have lots of leftovers to show for the occasion so I get to start the week off with not cooking. That's my kind of week.

Monday: Leftovers
Tuesday: Creamy Baked Pasta with asparagus
Wednesday: Chicken stir fry (winging it) with rice
Thursday: Meatloaf with potatoes and whatever green veggie needs eating
Friday: Homemade Pizza

Menu Plan Monday is hosted at I'm An Organizing Junkie.

Works For Me Wednesday: Drawer Organizers

When we moved in to our home in June, I was thrilled to have SIX DRAWERS (as opposed the two I had in our apartment) in my kitchen. I eagerly divided and conquered and end up with a gigantic mess. I had the drawers divided in to silverware, utensils for cutting, and the baking drawer, but everything was just kind of tossed in. I was constantly getting frustrated trying to find anything.

I had one drawer organizer with the slots for spoons, knives and forks (like the one in front in the picture above), but that didn't work for a long bread knife and kitchen scissors. Then I discovered drawer organizers -- little baskets and bins in different shapes and sizes that you fit right in to your drawers. My first attempt to find drawers organizers was frustrating because they started at $2 and went up in price from there, which was WAY more than I wanted to spend. Good old Wal-Mart to the rescue (I searched everywhere else, but couldn't find the right price!). Wal-Mart carries packs of 2-3 drawer organizers for $1.

 

I can't tell you how happy those organized drawers make me! It's so nice to reach in a find a tablespoon without spending 10 minutes digging for one!

Drawer organizers definitely works for me!