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One Hundred Dollars a Month

I am your typical housewife living in high maintenance suburbia. I have a handsome husband, 2 kids and a flock of pet chickens. I try and feed my family with $100 a month. With the help of coupons, gardening and bartering I am able to squeeze the most out of our grocery budget and still manage to have a little fun along the way.

One Hundred Dollars a Month – Mavis’ Weekly Highlights 10/21/17

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Peace Out Girl Scouts, have a great weekend!

♥ Mavis

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Friday Night at the Movies – Jack Whitehall: Travels With My Father: Season 1

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I saw the trailer for Jack Whitehall: Travels With My Father which just premiered on Netflix and I laughed. And then I watched the fist episode and laughed even harder. If you’ve never heard of it, it’s like a travel documentary/road trip comedy television series. It follows comedian Jack Whitehall and his father, Michael Whitehall as they travel to South East Asia on a gap year.

It doesn’t matter if you’ve never heard of Jack Whitehall, this is funny stuff. The relationship between these two is so comical, you’ll be laughing and cringing, too!

Let me know what you think if you decide to watch it or what you thought if you have already seen it.

Peace out Girl Scouts & have yourself a great weekend,

~Mavis

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Random Goodness from Around the Web 10/20/17

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Random Goodness from Around the WebThe beauty of being a blogger is that I have a platform to share whatever note-worthy topic that pops into my head.  Sometimes, the crazy stories I come across on the interweb or the random thoughts that pop into my mind aren’t really noteworthy at all {on their own}.  They usually make me pause, laugh, or just plain roll my eyes and I go on about my day. So, without further ado, here are this week’s finds:

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Can We Still Say Tough as Nails?

When people think about nails, they think about strength. Tough as nails is a saying I’ve heard a bazillion times. You can smash them with a hammer and they’ll withstand it. Now what if those nails were wooden? Would you still feel like they could so the job of the typical aluminum nail? Well a company out there sure thought so and thus the wooden nail was born! They are supposed to be super strong, but you can’t hit them with a hammer. But they do solve a few issues that aluminum nails cause like making recycling nailed up wood now possible and not causing staining and rust on wood surfaces.  Now the big question: would they sell? Would you be apprehensive about buying wooden nails? Would it make you think they were too weak to do the job?

I’ve never been to Japan, but clearly I missed my opportunity to visit at the perfect time: after giving birth. I do remember the icky hospital food. There’s a reason food in US hospitals get such a bad rap. It’s mostly disgusting in my experience. Now granted, I haven’t been to many hospitals as a patient, so perhaps their are exceptions, but I’d bet nothing comes close to the food this woman shares after giving birth in Japan. Evey meal looks like it was prepared by gourmet chefs, and apparently it tasted as amazing as it looked. I mean just look at the one meal pictured above. Here’s what’s on the menu: Roast Beef, Mashed Potatoes, Kabocha, Lotus Root With Gravy, Corn Soup, Rice, Salad, Camembert And Raisins, Tiramisu, Fruit, Orange Juice, and Green Tea. Well now I know that the next time I get sick, the correct place to do it is in Japan!

I Could Watch This Video For Hours

There is just something so soothing about this video. Not only do I want to had right to that store and make one myself, but I love watching the scarves snatch up all that color so perfectly. It’s the coolest thing ever. Any of you tried this before?

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No Thanksssssss

Some kids ask for a puppy for Christmas. Other ask for a kitty. Some even ask for hamsters or lizards or gold fish. But Hissing Cockroaches as pets. Gag! Is that really a thing? I guess if you are in the market, you’ll want to take advantage of this sale. You can get 2 hissing cockroaches for $9.95. What a steal at less than $5 a roach.

And that concludes this installment of Random Goodness from Around the Web.  Please make sure to leave your random responses in the comment section.

~Mavis

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Online Deals, Friday Free Soup, Apple Pie Spice Mix and More

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Quote of the Day  “Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell.” ~ Joan Crawford

Ahh Friday. I’m so glad you are here.

So. I just want to say THANK YOU to everyone for not commenting about fewer posts this week. 😉 I have been dyeing wool and working on a secret project. I am sleep deprived and have also had the worst 3 day headache on the planet and I can’t figure out if it’s due to lack of sleep, not getting enough ventilation {I only had 3 windows open} from dyeing all that wool, or if it’s eye strain related {not turning the light on in the office while I’m working online and the compute screen glaring back at me}.

All I know is that I am crazy tired and need to rest. I need to clean my house. I need to just…. relax a bit {which is something I struggle with}. So the plan is to take it easy this weekend and get a few seriously large naps in with the snuggle puggle.

Weekends, they were meant for rest, right? 😉

Have a wonderful weekend everyone, and take care of yourself.

♥ Mavis

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DIY Apple Pie Spice Mix + Apple Pie Recipe – Seriously, why pay extra to have someone put this together for you?  This mix takes under 5 minutes to put together {and that includes getting everything out and putting it all away}. 

Subscribe and Save Deals

Subscribe and Save prices reflect a 15% discount for ordering 5 or more items in 1 month.

Attention Fred Meyer Shoppers … Today only you can download an ecoupon for one FREE Idahoan Potato Soup. Simply load the ecoupon to you Fred Meyer card and claim your freebie by 11/5/17. It’s that easy!

Home and Kitchen Deals

Cents of Style has their Fall Booties for $15 OFF (Starting Under $20 & Everything under $35!) + FREE SHIPPING w/code FRIDAYBOOTS at checkout.

Add on Items

*These are all Amazon Add-on Items and they will ship with qualifying orders over $25 and are eligible for free shipping on $25 orders with Amazon Prime {or will ship FREE on $35 orders without Prime}. 

Right now you can save 22% off Lean Ground Turkey – just $1.71/lb (reg. $2.19/lb) with code TURKEY171 at checkout from ZayconFresh. This offer is valid through October 24.

Super Awesome Etsy Shop of the Day –  ShopClickity where you can download, customize and print for easy DIY party decor. Want to have YOUR Etsy shop featured? Leave a comment HERE with the name of your shop.

Kid’s Stuff

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