Stay @ Red Roof For 1 Cent!!!

At Red Roof, we've always offered an affordable and comfortable stay. This summer, remaining true to our core values, we're reaching out and offering you our best values ever! We hope you enjoy your summer travel and have the opportunity to stay and save under our Roof®. Who knows, you might even find a relaxing Red Roof stay for just a penny. Now that makes perfect cents!

Goodwill

This past weekend we went out of town to sell our linen at a festival and on the way there I realized I forgot a book to read. Knowing I would be the one at the festival all day I wanted to have something to read. On our way we passed a Goodwill so we stopped in and to my surprise Kyle found three books for just .49 cents each and I found one for $.99! My book was retailed for $12.95 and Kyles were $8.99 each. All four books were practically new with the binging still in tack. To purchase the books new it would have cost almost $50 but we walked out paying just $2.46! I also love going to the Goodwill Auction found here . Its a fun site to watch, you never know what you're going to find!

Menu Planning Monday

This is going to be another busy week because I am going out of town again this weekend. We had a great time this past weekend working the Aynor Festival but it was nice coming back home. I enjoy the short weekend trips so much more then the long vacations. We enjoyed being together and loved that it was still warm enough to go swimming at the hotel. When we returned I wanted to get my weekly menu planned because knowing what a busy week we had coming up. This week on our menu is the following:

Monday - Grilled BBQ Chicken, California Vegetables, Baked Potato & Garden Salad

Tuesday - Taco Salad

Wednesday - Red Beans & Rice

Thursday - Turkey Breast, Mashed Potatoes, Green Beans & Garden Salad

Friday - Mom out of town. Boys out with Dad

Saturday - Pork Chops Kabob's, Grilled Corn & Mom L's Potatoes

Sunday - Taco Soup with Corn Bread

Yankee Candle

Go here to print a $10 Yankee Candle Coupon! I love Yankee Candle and can't wait to get this as a gift for someone on my Christmas list! Spend just $25 and save $10 makes for another great deal!

Sally Beauty Supply

My Mom is going to be so happy about this coupon! She loves going to Sally Beauty Supply! Go here to save $5 off a $25 purchase.

Thanks A Thrifty Mom

A Birthday Menu

One year when Kyle was just a little boy he has strep throat on his birthday so for his birthday breakfast he has ice cream! That started a tradition that the boys look forward to each year. Not only that but they get it in bed!

They also get to pick their favorite dinner and now, its all three meals. Its always interesting to see what they will choose.

Now that Kyle is 14 its no longer just a simple hamburger!He saw a show on the discovery channel and they made this

"Juicy Lucy" burger and Kyle could not wait to try it!

Because it was a birthday burger it was made much larger then normal!

One burger filled with gooey cheese!

Since its Kyles birthday the cheese had to be hot!

The burger was bigger then the bun!!
Just a hint if you decide to make these, poke a hole in the
burger to let the steam out, the cheese gets super hot!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KYLE!!!

Michaels Coupon

Michaels is having some great clearance sales right now. Go here to print your weekly coupon and save 40% off a regular priced item. Its a great time to find some fall decorations.

1 Sale A Day

One Sale A Day added a new category called family and they have been having some good sales. Go here to view the daily sale! Maybe you will find a deal of the day! Hint, if you are into Wii, they often have items for under $5!!! Keep and eye open and if you see and item you like snag it quick because this stuff often goes fast!

Party Time

Continuing with Caleb's party for Kyle the birthday boy! Caleb wanted to play a game with Kyle so they chose the game Caleb received for Christmas. I could hear them in the room laughing and having a great time together. When I went back to see what was going on I could see the joy on their faces and they were in their room just enjoying the "party" and being brothers.

This is a great game for any family! Its like a giant "Wheres Waldo Game." They love it!
Remember, this? After the game, Caleb came running in the kitchen to get his ribbon! He said it was the prize for Kyle winning the game! Kyle later said, I wondered why he was letting me win! Kyle had to ware it all day and did so with honor!

Up next...the birthday menu.....

Making Plans

Caleb had plans in his mind that he wanted to do for Kyles party and nothing was going to stand in his way of making this the best birthday party ever! The first plan he had was to get poster board and make a "huge" birthday card! Off to Big Lots we went. I thought there were not many people in Big Lots to make him sick so off we went.
He had so much fun making this card. He knew just what he wanted and worked hard drawing first with pencil then coloring it in.

Of course it had to have a skateboarder and a ramp! I mean what is a birthday with out a skateboard!!!

Since this was the day before his birthday that we went shopping Caleb decided it would be fantastic if they had a pre-birthday party party! He found this Garfield movie for $3 and a package of cookies that "they never had before" for a whole $1.80 so for under $5 they had supplies for a pre-party party!

Because Big Lots does not sell poster board we had to run into Dollar General just to get poster board and ended up finding a few more treasures! Caleb came to me and had all this in his hand and was so excited to find "birthday stuff!" He was almost jumping up and down when he found these items and could not believe he they had a 14 for the cake!!!

This was the best gift he found and could not wait to give it to him! I thought he was just going to give it to him in the morning but nope, he had a special plan for this little $1 treasure!

Before we left on this little shopping trip he asked his brother what his favorite candy was. While at the store he found all Kyles favorites so of course we had to get all three because, "Mom, its Kyle's birthday!" Up next, the party....