First time distressing

My sister in law gave us this bookshelf when we moved into our house, I have always wanted to do something with it but was afraid I would mess it up. I have been seeing people distress furniture and I wanted to give it a try:)

I wanted something funky and I love this color!! It turned out perfect!

This is some of the distressing I did, It was super easy:)

The finished product! It turned out great...I can't wait to distress more furniture!

Oh how I am loving coupons!!

Ok so no I do not have any children yet. No its not like we can't afford food or anything like that but I had noticed several people talking about the money they were saving by using coupons. It just so happens my boss's wife is the queen of coupons and started teaching classes on how to use them. You should so check her out on Facebook Cuttin Corners is the name of her class:)) A co worker and I took a class and became hooked! I have only been couponing about a month now and I am slowly starting to have a small stockpile. And I know what you are thinking  that I will go looney tunes like the ladies on Extreme Couponing on TLC They totally go too far! So far my stock pile consists of laundry detergent, pasta, salsa, toothpaste, lotion, shampoo and conditioner, and body wash. So I know its not a lot but I am pretty stoked about it ha ha. It is taking a little bit to get my binder full of coupons to really see a lot of savings but I am getting there.

This is  my second shopping trip using coupons. All of this and a bag of sugar for $31.48:))
This is my first trip with coupons...it was $28.00 for this! I was hooked after I saw what I could with coupons!!

It takes about 3 hours of my time a week to clip the coupons and organize them in my binder depending if I not am being lazy that week but I think its so worth it to save money! Who doesn't want to save with the price of groceries and gas these days! I am not spending more than I have to!!

Balloon Glow

We went to the balloon glow in Ridgeland. We had heard it could get bad there at night but it was really nice. We had a good time!

Olivia and her Uncle Dude. She calls him "my dude" it's so cute!

She was ready for her bites bites.

Sweet Natalie and Meme.

The balloons only stayed up for about 30 minutes..We thought they would have stayed up until at least dark!

Natalie was chilling..Courtney and Alex's legs I didn't get a chance to take their picture:(

Olivia and Meme. We missed Pops coming with us.

 

She loved playing with the fans.

My sweet hubs. The matching wasn't on purpose. 

Katie (loved this one of  her)

The fireworks were a hit. Olivia called them Tinkerbell Stars:)

Everyone clapped when it ended. It was a great night...can't wait til next year:)