This Week’s CVS Plan

This week was finally a pretty good week for CVS deals.  Here are the deals that Kara and I got: Playtex Sport (16ct.) $3.99, minus $1/1 coupon, earn $3.00 ECB’s. $3.00 OOP. Speed Stick Pro (2.7 oz.) $3.99, use $3.00 in ECB’s, earn $3.99 ECB’s. $0.99 OOP. Speed Stick Pro (2.7 oz.) $3.99, use $3.99 [...]

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King Arthur Flour Bake2Share

Today I received the best email. It was from King Arthur Flour and it included a great community service idea and free stuff! The email introduced a new initiative called Bake2Share which encourages people to build community through baking and sharing what they produce with others. To build support for this idea they are offering [...]

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Blue Baby Sweater and Striped Booties

This post is a double-whammy: baby gift ideas and my first two contributions to Use It Up. A good friend from grad school is having a baby girl, so I made her the Interweave Knits Baby Kimono and a pair of Better than Booties Baby Socks. (Ravelry links)

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10 Projects to Use It Up

I don’t think I have a huge fabric and yarn stash, but it does weigh on me. Often I feel compelled to start projects because I think I “should” use what I already have, even if it is in odd amounts or colors I don’t like. My current stash is really weighing on me because [...]

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Chipotle Ketchup

Two weeks ago I made my own ketchup for the first time, and I don’t think it will be my last. I had never even considered making ketchup – it seemed like one of those this that just existed in a jar, not something that you could make yourself (which is a pretty stupid thought: [...]

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Strawberry Jam

Sometimes I see a recipe that I just have to try right away. I’m a visual cook, and if a recipe has a tasty looking picture with it I’m apt to think “I want to eat that right now.” The strawberry jam and ricotta toasts in this month’s Everyday Food were one of those meals. [...]

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Steak and Potatoes Dinner

Last Saturday night Kara really out-did herself.  She cooked a great steak dinner:  london broil and mashed potatoes with lemon-tarragon butter, plus homemade onion rings!  We drank a great bottle of red wine with dinner and for dessert we had homemade orange sherbet. It was a great Saturday date-night dinner.

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Homemade Orange Sherbet

Sherbet or Sherbert?  Kara and I disagree on how to say it but we totally agree that it’s delicious. We have used our ice cream machine a lot since we got it.  Since oranges were on sale last week, I wanted to try making orange sherbert (now you know how I say it…) I got [...]

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Wee Wonderfuls Winner!

I have been a regular reader of Wee Wonderfuls for years. I think Hillary’s work is creative and cute. When she announced that she was cleaning out her workshop and giving away a few items, I jumped at the chance to receive one of her works. And I was picked – meet Olive!

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This Week’s CVS Plan

This week’s CVS deals are a bit better than what we’ve seen in the last few weeks, but still only so-so.  We’re only taking advantage of a couple deals: Dry Idea Deodorant 2 for $5, used $2/1 coupon (x2, printable here).  $1 OOP. CVS Facial Tissues (200 ct.) Buy 1 at $1.99, get one FREE [...]

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