Taa Daa: Coupons/Jack

I hit the grocery store today.  Saved a little over $40, spent about $100.  I do like that.  But my goal is to get so good I save more than I spend.  Til then, I will keep practicing with my latest couponing weapon - the binder and its baseball card holders.  :)  It's so pretty.  And organized.  And fresh plasticky-smelling.  Ahhhhhh.  I stopped turning the pages and admiring/inhaling it long enough to snap a picture.

And when I stopped to look around me today at the other shoppers, I was REALLY surprised how many others had their own binders of coupons open in the front seat, too.  How have I never noticed this before?

Anyway, moving on - It has become a tradition for Josh and I to make letters for all of my sister's babies' names.  With baby boy Jack on the way in just a few short months, it was time to get cracking this week!  Instead of having Josh scroll the letters from wood like we did for Brooklyn and Natalie, I wanted to put MY touch on this one and use my new favorite toy - Mod Podge.  I picked up some paper mache letters at Joann's and simply traced them and pasted and sealed a strong navy blue paper on each one.  I was tempted to decorate them with orange touches to go along with the nursery's Auburn theme, but I showed some self-control and just left them a clean and simple blue.  I did tell Emily to hang them with some sort of orange string or rope, though.  That should really pull it all together.

Come on, baby Jack!  Aunt Kimmie wants to love on a baby boy again.  I bet I cry.  I have a soft spot for a certain baby boy of my own.