New things I'm loving~

The last 39 hours have been c-r-a-z-y. Seriously. I picked up a transcription job for the evening and wasn't feeling it even before I started. I had been tired all day so I decided to drink a "Natural" energy drink. Bad idea. I mean it was delicious and really genuinely woke me up but what I did not anticipate was how proactive I would want to be. I ended up contacting several companies about affiliation and found a few new sites but took me a few hours to settle enough to really delve into the tape.

7am rolls around and I am finally done, my eyes starting to feel like they are coated in velvet they are so tired. Well, I laid down just past 7, slept for around 30 minutes, woke up around 8 to Andrew fussing, fell asleep again after hubby got home for about 20 minutes and then Andrew was up for the day. And I swear I tried to nap when he did but I think I was past the point of exhaustion -- you know that feeling? When you are so tired you can't fall asleep? Yeah it sucks. So here we are 39 since my last decent sleep and I am somehow still going. 

This evening we even got our crap together, and went shopping! We hit up Michaels (Pssst they have a great sale on this week! AND I got three glitter pumpkins half off plus a candle half off (they have 3 large candles for $10) and spent less than $10!) Seriously if there are any other autumn obsessed persons out there, CHECK THIS OUT. It is like my crack. I have more coupons from this last visit burning a hole in my purse :-S

Stopped by our beloved Whole Foods Market for some broccoli/ spinach to make baby food, plus some other essentials to get us through the week. I am determined to try some Autumn- inspired beer there next week!

We definitely stopped by the liquor store for some Vodka beer for the beach this weekend... sure felt classy holding a 1.75 in one hand and my eight month old in the other. Hey we're from Minnesota, we got this. ;-P

And of course what trip is complete without Target? Earlier today I decided to use this awesome website Ebates to look into buying some diapers for the little man... turns out they were on sale! So I used my RedCard (I highly recommend-- even if it's just the debit card like ours is... I shudder to think how in debt we would be if we had credit there) and got an additional 5% off PLUS free shipping. AND I got some cash back through Ebates as well. Score, score, double score.

Also, have you heard about the Cartwheel thing at Target? I just was introduced to it today so I don't know much about it but it looks interesting. Check it out and see what you think!

Zulily - I have heard of and seen this before but never cared enough to get through the initial "sign-up" at the beginning but oh. my. goodness. They have such cute stuff! I am going to be styling the little man like a total prep and they had the cutest three piece set (Jeans, button up and puffy vest) for less than $20!

Okay and last but not least, I am very, VERY excited to say I am advertising Amazon.com! You will probably have noticed the extra ads around for them... haha. But seriously. I shop on Amazon probably once a week at the least. It is a strange week that goes by without me at least putting something in my cart and then occasionally talking myself out of it. We have been very slowly collecting all the seasons of FRIENDS (just ordered Season 9 of 10 this week) and we literally have it budgeted into  our 'Entertainment' fund.

SO....

Shop at Amazon.com!

:)

P.s. for those of you with Netflix, try a free trial of Amazon Prime! I used to looooove Netflix but started getting annoyed with it and then they raised the prices.... Prime is one lump payment per year but cheaper than Netflix if you use it a decent amount. I really loved it and hope to get it again one of these days when we have some extra moolah laying around :)

ALSO.... Halloween is just around the corner!! I am beyond words excited!!! Last year we had a few trick-or-treaters and WAY too much candy (we split the candy up into sandwich bags and smuggled it into the movie theater hehe). This year since I am not pregnant I am wondering about dressing up.... don't know what to do/ be but it'd be fun to go out with the hubby that weekend too-- the first year we were together on Halloween he wasn't 21 yet so we didn't get to do much. The second year we went and had a blast, third year we went on the wrong day and it was booooring and last year we stayed in due to the uncomfortable preggo lady.

Andrew will be....*drumroll please* a MONKEY! I am sooooo excited to see his little face in that suit. Don't worry you will get ridiculous amounts of pictures plastered all over here and FB :)

Alright well that's it for now I think. I'm going to go attempt to pass out for a few hours. Happy weekend!

OH and p.s. if you are on facebook, you should go "like" my page... :)

TTFN <3

Our weekend in pictures!

We had a fairly busy weekend! Jesse had to work so on Saturday, my mother and I decided to go shopping!

We hit up Target (where I snagged my first Pumpkin Spice Latte of the season), Old Navy, Michael's and Macy's.

I got two tops at Old Navy... this and

Please ignore the messy bathroom haha

I got a coupon the last time we shopped there so even though my purchase was over $30, I spent less than $20- yay! The tops are super cozy and they actually have jeans long enough for my legs (I have a 36 inch inseam)!

Got a few more decor items at Michaels... they have 50% off autumn garlands, muahaha. Got some yummy smelling candles too!

That being said, immediately upon returning home (before hubby woke up) I went-a decorating! I think we're done until October when the Halloween stuff comes out- yay! Halloween is my favorite holiday EVER!

Coffee Table

Andrew's Room

Our bedroom door

Dining table

Our little ledge

The one little window in the living room

Half wall

Halloween lights

Pumpkin Spice, Apple Cider and Autumn Walk candles-- YUM

Our "Mantle"

Macy's is having an awesome 40% off sale PLUS 25% off most baby items. I got two adorable outfits for Andrew as Christmas presents and my mom got him a whole bunch of onesies.

We left the house at 9:45am, got back home at about 3pm. Andrew had maybe slept about 30 minutes total and was two hours overdue for a bottle. But the whole time we were out he made one fussy noise that lasted about a second. He is an amazing little man and we are soooo lucky it's ridiculous!

The rest of the evening we just were couch potatoes. Andrew has officially conquered the getting-the-pacifier-back-into-his-mouth thing. So much so I had to take his paci out of his crib cuz he just automatically reaches for it.

Sorry it is sideways :-S

Sunday morning was rough for the little guy but we managed to cuddle a bunch, he calmed down long enough to watch America's Next Top Model with me (haha) and while he was fussing playing in his walker, I created a play area. You know how TeePees are all the rage for kids right now? Well we don't have much space, but I noticed we had left the swing up in the corner (Andrew doesn't like it too much anymore and anyways probably already is too heavy for it) and thought "hmmmmm". I used some packaging tape, a cozy blanket from Target, a few extra blankets for padding and the base of the swing. Voila! 

He likes it!!! :-D

Later that day we woke daddy up so we could go to the ZOO!!!

And then after arriving home I totally failed at making pizza rolls. I used a dough mix I've never used before which was wayyyyy too liquidy to roll up and then I put toppings on right away rather than baking the crust first. We ended up having pancakes and eating the toppings off the pizza haha....

Now the weekend transcription is done, the house is clean....ish and it is time for a few Zs before the little man wakes me up.

TTFN! <3