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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.

Friday Night at the Movies – P.S. I Love You

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Watching this oldie but goodie tonight. Again. I’m not much of a crier, but P.S. I Love You gets me every time. Ugh it’s so good and sad and perfect. I was never a huge Hillary Swank fan until I saw this movie. She’s perfect in it. It’s a love story that get you in the feels and make you laugh and cry and all the things a good movie should. But if you hate sad movies, run away now. Don’t say I didn’t warn you! If not, go gather your tissues and get to watchin’.

ps i love you

Let me know what you think if you decide to watch it or if you, too, sobbed your eyes out 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 8/18/17

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Random Goodness from Around the WebThe beauty of being a blogger is that I have a platform to share whatever noteworthy topic that pops into my head.  Sometimes, the crazy stories I come across on the inter-web 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.  

A Concrete Island Just for You

If you’re in the market for a new home and you’re up for trying something unusual and thinking outside the box house, this offer is for you! For less than the price of a new car, you can snag yourself your very own lighthouse. The US government is auctioning six out-of-commission lighthouses, with an asking price of around $15,000 each. Five of the lighthouses are on lakes in Michigan and one is on the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. So if you think that sounds as awesome as I do, what are you waiting for? Go buy yourself a lighthouse so I can come visit you!

Is Mr. Darcy Next?

Last month, on the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen’s death, the Bank of England unveiled a new 10-pound note featuring the author, which will start circulating in September. For all you Jane Austin lovers out there {me included!}, this will be such a fun thing to get your hands on! It’s also pretty cool because she’s the only female aside from the queen to be featured on an English banknote. I think that is so cool, especially since she did it with no political affiliation!

I’m Going Cross-eyed Just Watching This

Have you ever seen someone make lace the old traditional way. Holy cow these ladies are talented! All you need is a pattern made of pinholes and thread wound onto wooden bobbins and a whole bunch of pins! Oh and a lot of time and patience! This is so amazing! I can’t stop watching it. Look at how fast her fingers go!

Mavis Might Become a Camper

I don’t love camping. Like at all. But nothing would convince me to start more than this King Camp Standing Sleeping Bag. Can you just image a whole group of friends walking around a campsite sporting these? So awesome.

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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Free Power Bars, Online Grocery Deals, How to Cut Your Grocery Bill in Half, Halo Sleep Sacks and More

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Quote of the Day “Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good.” Voltaire

Oh Friday, I’m so glad you’re here. I don’t know about you, but I am looking forward to the weekend and possibly sleeping in tomorrow. One cool thing about having older kids {young adults} is not having to get up at the crack of dawn for sporting events on the weekends. 😉

Have a wonderful weekend everyone, and enjoy the sun!

♥ Mavis

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Amazon Deals of the Day for 8/18/17

Available Kindle Books I think look interesting…

The prices on Kindle Books can change quickly, so grab them while you can. Don’t have a Kindle? Download the kindle app on your other devices. It’s easy! 🙂

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 Power Bar. Simply load the ecoupon to you Fred Meyer card and claim your freebie by 9/1/17. It’s that easy!

Home and Kitchen Deals

Looking for something crazy delicious and easy to make to bring to a potluck or that will feed a crowd? These Old Fashioned Carrot Cake Bars are insanely good and will go quick.

REI Garage Deal of the Day –Merrell Novica Moc Shoes – Kids’ $21.73 {was $45}

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}. 

I wrote a whole post on How to Cut Your Grocery Bill in Half. There are 10 great tips that span everything from meal plans to freezer meals to buying in bulk. Pin it for Later.

Prime Pantry Deals

If you are an Amazon Prime Member, you can get FREE Prime Pantry shipping {a $5.99 value} when you buy five qualifying items. Shop Prime Pantry.

Cents of Style is offering their Favorite Cardigans for 40% Off (Starting under $12!) + FREE SHIPPING w/code CARDI17 at checkout.

Kid’s Stuff

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Save the Bakeries – Happy Donuts in Puyallup, Washington

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I’ve been hearing good things about Happy Donuts in Puyallup, Washington for years now and this morning The Girl and I finally swung by and man oh man were they worth the drive over to downtown Puyallup.

The place is owned by a husband and wife team and is totally old school. From the coffee and donuts they serve to the decor. And you know, that’s exactly what I want in a donut shop. Simple food that is priced right, tastes good and fills you up.

After talking for a bit with the owner I asked what his most popular item was. You know what he said? The apple fritter {I don’t know why that surprised me, they looked fantastic}. When I asked him how many donuts he made each day he said he didn’t know. He only knew how many bags of flour he went through each day and that I should ask his wife, because she would know that kind of stuff. Ha!

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So if you are in the Puyallup area anytime soon, stop by and grab a dozen. And don’t forget the donut holes, because those are pretty freakin’ amazing too. 😉

~Mavis

Happy Donuts
305 2nd St NE, Puyallup, WA 98372

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