~Frugal Friday Tip ~ My “Not So” Frugal Moment

 My Frugal Friday post is sort of a “not so frugal” post. It is very important to keep your self organized when it comes to money…spending it, making it and saving it. Let me tell you what I did…
 I was participating in a survey that lasted for several weeks. I was to try a product [...]

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“D’s” Cakes

Well, Mr. D has only had 1 birthday so far. He didn’t get to choose what it would be, mom did!

I also made a “Smash Cake” for him (you know, the ones the baby gets to smash into without yucking up the real cake LOL!)

In May he’ll be 2 and he’ll be having a Blue’s [...]

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“K’s” birthday cakes

Now we have “K’s” cakes. So far I’ve only done two for her.
First one for her was when she turned 3 and she wanted a “Hello Kitty” cake…
 
Last year she wanted a Barbie cake and she wanted her in a green dress…
 
She is requesting a Pokemon cake for her 5th birthday in June….We’ll see :0)
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“J’s” Birthday Cakes

As promised, here are “J’s” birthday cakes…
She was 2 when I started making her cakes and she was SO into Teletubbies…

Next was a Cinderella party and we had Cinderella’s castle…

Well, if Cinderella had a castle then our 4 year old princess needed her own castle too…

For her 5 year old party, she wanted lots of balloons and [...]

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“A’s” Birthday Cakes

I mentioned in an earlier post that I would try and post pictures of the birthday cakes I have done. Tonight I’m posting the ones I have done for my son, “A”. I began doing this when he was turing 4 years old. He was into “Buzz Lightyear” at the time so here is his [...]

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Good Trip to Ingles Tonight

Well, I finally made it to Ingles tonight. I got 4 bags of Kibbles n Bits, 5 cans of Mighty Dog dog food, 4 pks crescent rolls, and 1 Dukes Mayo. They were out of the cinnamon rolls so I wasn’t able to pick those up tonight. Hopefully I’ll get them later this week.
Total OOP: [...]

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Ingles 2/24-3/1

 
I was looking at the Ingles ad for this week and found a few deals I think I’m going to pick up. I don’t see much on the world wide web about Ingles deals, so I thought I’d post the items I’m interested in picking up.
Dukes Mayo ~ 2/ $5.00
Kibbles N Bits Dog Food ~ [...]

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Broiled Tilapia Parmesan

  This is one of our favorites! Thought I’d take a minute to share. I found this recipe at www.allrecipes.com. That is such a great site. If you haven’t checked it out before, be sure to take a look. Hope you enjoy the recipe.
Bye for now…
~Julie
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Broiled Tilapia Parmesan
INGREDIENTS

1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
1/4 cup butter, softened
3 tablespoons [...]

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Menu Monday

 
This is my first time participating in Menu Monday over at www.orgjunkie.com  Thanks for hosting this neat idea!
Here is what is on the menu at    “The Ice House”
Monday: Left Over Cubed Steak ~ chicken and wild rice ~ glazed carrots ~ biscuits
Tuesday: Fried Chicken Sandwiches ~ French Fries ~ fruit
Wednesday ~ Apple Butter Pork Tenderloin [...]

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Bummer….

I blitzed out this morning for my newspapers. I got those but that’s all. I didn’t seem to have the make up copuons I needed and my Walgreens didn’t have the blush on sale, just the foundation and powder. Then I went to Publix for pop tarts. I struck out there, too. They didn’t have [...]

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