Flowers From My Neighbors Garden

Almost sounds like it could be a title of a book doesn't it?? Few things have given me as much pleasure as watching my neighbors garden grown and bloom every year. On the darkest dreary-est of winter days I look out of my bedroom window over their garden and envision the wonderful colors that will soon explode for months. It is like a never ending wave of blooms and flowers, daffodils, tulips, peonies, roses, sunflowers, gladiolas, dahlias zinnias and hydrangeas. Also tomatoes cucumbers sugar snap peas zucchini and eggplant. Nothing beats their home made bread and butter pickles made with their home grown cucumbers! Anyway here are some pics of  a bouquet I cut today and some of what is blooming ....

Batteries, Bottled water...and barnes and noble??

While the rest of the east coast is bracing and preparing for the hurricane my idea of survival is stocking up on my favorite magazines. I still think Wegmans has a better selection and I don't know why. ANYWAY I got Paula Deen Southern Living, Create and Decorate and a new little book from Taste of Home for  freezer cooking....
So I did some decorating yesterday. It was a grey and dreary day and I was in total nesting mode. I went to  one antiques shop in search of something but didn't quite know what. So out I came with this and I love it...

Isn't it adorable! I love that I can use it to decorate for each season. It can be both primitive and shabby chic... Excited for my first purchase!

Then I went to this one primitive store that has ignited my interest in this decorating. I was in there a long long loooonnnggggg time. But it was so nice to just look and dream and get ideas. I did buy quite a few things and I was happy to find that the prices were lower than I thought. I still may order some things online but I wanted to get going on my decorating. Here is the finished display.....

Isn't it adorable! I love it. The two tapers are battery operated flicker ones I bought at the store along with the tin star the garland and the sunflowers next t the bear. The table cloth I have had forever....


Here are some more pictures... enjoy! That little bear originally had a little sweater on that said England am guessing it was someones souvenir. However he as been repurposed, and changed in the sweater fora cute homespun bow. awwwwwwwww aint it cute??

 Hope you enjoyed the new decorating, I had fun arranging it!!

Sunny day doggie

Just a quick picture of my fav puppy in the sun...

My coupon trip

Hey everyone! I havent posted about my coupon haul from Friday at Shop Rite. I am going to post a few pics and list my items as simply as possible. At the end of my load of groceries my total was $145. After my shop rite card and coupons my total came to $92. I think thats pretty amazing!!

Ok starting from left to right...
-Purex laundry detergent was on sale for $2.99 I had a $1 off coupon (3 of them) plus there was a special if you bought 6 items you got $5 off  your next shopping trip.( I have to admit Im in a sinus infection haze and I cant remember the details of the promotions of the week, but after I got my total down to $92 there was a $5 and $2 catalina coupons that printed for the items I purchased... ok back to my list...)
-The kleenex hand towels were on sale for $2.50 I had a .$75 off coupon that doubled to $1.50 off making them $1
-Softscrub was on sale for $2.99. I had a coupon for $1.50 off so they were $1.50... I had three of those.
-The ziploc containers were on sale for I think $2.20 ? a piece. I cant remember but I had a $1 off two. I had two of those coupons. Also the same for the ziploc bags
-Renuzits were on sale for $1 a piece and I had buy 2 get 1 free coupons. I had three of those so I got 9. I go thru those like crazy
-All the school supplies I got were free from the previous weeks promos. There are two packs of copy paper, a binder, a pack of dry erase markers and 3 notebooks
-The blue bottles in the front (and one white) are kids shampoo. They were on sale for $1.88 a piece. I had a $.50 off two coupon that doubled to $1 off two...
-The keebler cookies were on sale for $1.99 a pack I  had $1 off two....
-The peanut butter I think was on sale 2 for $4 and I had $1 two coupon (two coupons)
I think that covers most of the coupon items. On top of that I also bought grapes, salad mix, milk, butter, eggs, yogurt and pasta. o and ginger ale and iced tea and dog food. All in all I think that is alot for $92 and $7 off my next trip!

Dinner Tonite

I forgot I took a picture of our dinner tonite also from trader joes (which is where I got my flowers)

The slider I bought today, the cesar salad was a bagged Dole salad mix which I love and those fries? Um where have they been?? They are frozen garlic fries from trader joes as well. YUM AND YUM

Simple quick dinner for a quiet Friday at home!