a month of firsts

November brought some fun first time experience for us:

Brenna's first ponytail (if you can call it that). I was able to force the few semi long hairs she has up front into an elastic. As you can see, she loved it.





My first couponing trip. Original total $31.57, I paid $7.34. Speaking of coupons. Since I have started getting into this whole coupon craze, we have had a bit of a disagreement at our house on how the word is pronounced. How do you guys say it? coo-pon (like a coo coo clock) or kyoo-pon (like a cue ball in pool)? Please vote in the poll to the right and help us settle this once and for all!




Brenna's first snowfall. I got this precious little video of Brenna seeing snow for the first time.

Wardrobe makeover

Can you guess how much I paid for all of this at Old Navy today?





For Zach:
1-jacket
1-sweater
4-polo shirts
2-t-shirts
For Kimbo:
2-t-shirts
5-layering shirts
1-sweater
2-cardigans
For Brenna:
1-long sleeve shirt
1-sweater

Give up? Full price for these items $369.07. I paid $64.09. Hold the applause please. I just stumbled upon a great sale where they are taking an additional 50% off of clearance items. Now the dilemma, start wearing them now or save them to unwrap on Christmas. hmm.

doc martin's got nothin on me

Yup, homemade shoes. I am either really cheap, really crazy or really bored. Maybe a little of all 3. I got the idea for these mod podge shoes on a craft blog and had a blast making them. The best part is after it was all said and done I only spent about $2.25 per shoe! And you thought Zach was going to be mad at me for buying 5 new pairs of shoes, ha! Not at that price! I originally got the idea from a blog called "Oops, I craft My Pants" . I found a tutorial on how to make them on "Make It and Love It". I found the shoes on clearance at Wal-Mart for $1.00 per pair and I used some cute fabric and outdoor mod podge. It turned out to be a pretty simple project and they are surprisingly comfy.