The Huge Halloween Post

 Things have been pretty busy around the DuPuy household. Yeah, that's right! I got married. It was a simple little thang at the courthouse, but we couldn't be happier. We got to do it our way, in secret and with our little ones and Taco Bus involved.

 This fall has been awesome, filled with crafts, cupcakes, and movies. And, oh yeah, I found pumpkin icecream. And pumpkin coffee creamer. And Averie is currently sleeping in her crib, which is kinddd of a big deal!

 I have always liked the beginning of fall, [before it gets too cold for my Floridian bones] but having kids makes fall a million times better. I can't wait to take the girlies trick or treating, and to a couple of little festivals. We already went to Not So Scary Halloween at Disney, and a Day of the Dead party at Robb's sister's house.

Anyway, this is starting to sound like a 4th grade essay of "how my vacation went", so on with some pictures, and some more updates to follow shortly!

You can call me "slacker"

Well, I'm sure all you thousands and millions of blog viewers have been wrenching in mental anguish, just waiting for a blog update! Well, I've been trying to take time away from screens. I've deactivated my facebook, and am trying to not watch as much tv. Just trying to spend more time with my babies while they are still babies, instead of wondering what the rest of the world is up to. I cooked some pretty awesome stuff this week, maybe I'll let you guys know about it during nap times ;]

Fashion Friday 8.17.12

Ahh! Chopped all my hair off and dyed it red!

Still trying to figure out how I want to style it, it looks different from every angle. I was wearing my hair up all the time though, so might as well cut it off! It will look better with bandannas and hats and such.

Adeline always picks out her own clothes. This is what she was wearing to pick up daddy the other day..

And Averie totally loving her flower headband!

Going downtown tonight a little while for my friend's birthday, still need to figure out what to wear! Have to go to the laundry first. Nothing more fun to do on a Friday evening, that's for sure!

Thrifty Thursday 8.16.12

I wouldn't consider myself an extreme coupon-er. I don't have a room full of toilet paper or five thousand cans of spaghetti sauce. But I do love a deal! That's why I started shopping at Publix, I love their BOGO deals. 

Now, I know that there is this whole conspiracy of Publix raising the price of the item, so in reality you aren't getting a great of a deal as you thought. Don't rain on my parade! What I do to tilt the scale in my favor is use coupons with the BOGO.

For instance, one week Ocean Spray Juice was BOGO. Now, I love me some cranberry juice. So, I found a buy two get one free coupon online, and got 4 containers of juice and only paid for one! I also found a coupon for 75 cents off of four Hamburger Helpers. Now, the only way I'd ever buy four is if they were BOGO, so I only paid for those two but got 75 cents off since there were four in my cart. Got it?

A lot of coupons require you to buy two packages of things, so they are great to use with BOGO. I'm sure you can figure out some crazy way to get twenty of them for free if your store doubles coupons and all of that, but it gets really tricky and is just not worth it to me. This week one of their BOGOs is for Taco Bell Home Originals. I also found a coupon for 75 cents off of two Taco Bell home originals. That's a savings of up to 2.34. Tacos anyone?

Work It Wednesday 8.15.12

I've been feeling so crafty lately! I'm trying to keep it up instead of just thinking about all the cool things I could do while I sit around watching Toddlers and Tiaras. 

Last night was the first meeting for a book club that I'm part of called Cookin' the Books. We read The Glass Castle, which is a memoir of Jeanette Walls living in a dysfunctional family. I bought it on my kindle and read through it in two days. Not bad for me, I've never been much of a reader in my adult life.  I decided to make little cakes that look like butter, because there is a part of the book in which the sisters have nothing to eat in the house, so they stick butter in sugar because it "tastes just like frosting."

Yep, those are little pound cakes with butter cream frosting, nestled in butter wrappers! They were quite a hit, I was so excited!

Also, my friend and her son's birthday is coming up. On the invitation she said that he has a lot of toys. So rather than get him something that will sit in the bottom of a toy box, Adeline and I made him something he could use. A hot wheels clock!

 It was quite easy once you get the materials together, and I think it turned out pretty well! I went ahead and got the battery for it too, because everyone secretly hates getting gifts that need batteries and aren't working yet. Best of all it's a birthday present made with love. Doesn't get better than that right?

Tattoo Tuesday 8.14.12

Yay, Tattoo Tuesday! My first featured guest is fellow tatted mama Samantha Hayn.


A little about Samantha...

I'm 21 and a mother to a wonderful son named Jaiden! When I'm not working you can find me taking pictures of just about anything! Photography is my passion and I'm in the hopes of becoming professional someday in the very near future.

Tell us about your tattoos...

I love love love tattoos! I now have 5, I'm in the process of a half sleeve right now as we speak.
All of my tattoo's have flowers in them. I love flowers they are just the definition of beautiful! I chose an owl for my most recent tattoo based on my love for owls. I have always thought they were just so breath taking with their big eyes and their aggressive yet sweet look!

Artist: Josh Dunlap.

Thanks Samantha, love the owl! If you want to be featured on Tattoo Tuesday, hit me up!

Menu Monday 8.13.12

 So there you are, trying to make breakfast the morning of a much needed grocery trip. You have cereal but no milk. Eggs but no bacon. Waffles but no syrup. Jelly but no bread. You get the drift.  What in God's green earth are you supposed to give the screaming monsters attached to your leg to be quiet?

Leftover filled eggs. Nomnomnom. I made some with Adeline today, and felt nice and full until lunch and didn't have to feel guilty [like a DD run would of left me feeling].

You can use pretty much any veggie that's about to go bad/you have left, but this is what mine included:

4 Eggs
Kale [I didn't cook mine down before I added it to the skillet because I like a little crunch]
Broccoli
Salsa [We had a little left from last nights nachos]
Shredded Monterrey Jack cheese [also left over from nachos]

Pretty self explanatory, cook all that stuff and put cheese on top. Yeah, if I ever write a cook book it will be called Lazy Bitch.