This & That...My Silly Life

Last week I was off work all week...awesome huh?  Well not so much...

I spent majority of my time either in a home improvement store buying supplies or covered in sanding dust and paint from working on my bedroom furniture.  My hands look like they have been run through a meat grinder, but what can I say deep down I love my projects.  Even when they are a pain in the rear end!!!

Then there was the organizing of the closet and switching out everything to our winter stuff.   Taking stuff off to Goodwill.  Putting up the Christmas tree (which I despise).  Running around and getting ready for Thanksgiving.

And probably my only fun time was Black Friday shopping.  Even though it pretty much sucked this year I still love getting out and going.  Plus it's something Mom and I always do together.  Are you wondering what I got this year?  Let me show you  :)

 new jeans for my skinny husband
 Christmas gift for our nephew
 Muck boots for my sweet husband
 new T shirts for Mark
 Our new Wii and YES we got the blue one!
 and a PINK controller for me  :)
 games

 My favorite game...I LOVE LOVE LOVE the tennis!!!
 Cute doll for our niece


Kitchen and Bath towels that we need (don't know why the pictures came out so small)
 another gift for our niece
and assorted American Eagle clothes for Winston

So that pretty much sums it up.  I got some good deals on the things I wanted which made me happy.  Even if I worked myself to pieces over my staycation it's always better than a day at the real job!

I bet my mail man hates me!  Why???  Because he has been dropping off boxes at my house all week...yippee!  All the stuff I have ordered online is slowly trickling in and it makes me excited.  We are   D-O-N-E with our Christmas shopping.  Not to brag...we really don't have much to do.  Mark and I don't do gifts so all we really do is my brother and our nieces and nephew.  Usually we will get Marks parents a gift card to dinner, and I might buy Mom a small gift, but that is it.

Some may think that is weird, but it is actually pretty nice.  No stress for us worrying over what to buy for Christmas.  We feel like we get the things we want all year and there is no need to waste money just to buy something.  I guess you could say we do get stuff.  We have been wanting a Wii and I bought us one on black friday...Merry Christmas to us  :)  After all Christmas isn't about presents!!!

Anyway, I have been excited for the stuff coming in.  It's not all mine.  Some of it is stuff I ordered for Mom to give Winston (my brother).  Well we have to go through it and divided it up...some things I will give him and some things she or (Santa) will give him.

Here is what everything is looking like  :)


It's funny...I don't care if I have anything for myself for Christmas. I just like watching the kids and Winston open their gifts :)

So how is your Christmas shopping coming?

Ok, don't kill me...  I know you guys get tired of me talking about Ebates all the time, but it is so awesome I can't help myself.  So here is an example of why I am  in love with this awesome little site.

Yesterday, I had to buy the oil for my Mom's oil change and mine as well.  I went to Ebates to order it online from Advance Auto.  At Advance Auto you can pick up your order right in the store for no extra charge, it's quiet convenient  :)

The purchase goes like this.....

10 quarts of oil
2 oil filters

Total Spent:  $50.91

Ebates cash back   $5.50

Mail in rebate on the oil  $14.00

***After it's all said and done, I will have paid only  $31.41 for two oil changes or $15.71 for each car***

Do you know where you can get your oil changed for $15.71???  Yeah, I didn't think so!

I have changed the way I shop because of Ebates.  In a time where money is tight and every dollar counts, who can complain about earning a few extra dollars by hitting this site and doing shopping on your computer.  I have used store pick up through Ebates at Wal-Mart, Lowe's, Home Depot, and Advance Auto.  I have made purchases online through Kohl's, Best Buy, Target, Home Depot, American Eagle & Tractor Supply and got all the items shipped for free.  So basically what it comes down to is making a few extra bucks on your purchases by using Ebates to get to the online retailer.  Add my credit card rewards points on top of that and it's just icing on the cake :)

My total cash pending (until the quarter is over and they mail my check) right now is $33.86 and I have some more coming from stores that haven't posted my cash back yet.  Hello...that is a LOT of money!


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