A Happy DIY Halloween!

It's my favorite holiday! Isn't Halloween just the best? As originally thought, I wasn't going to dress up today but then when I figured out I could get my entire costume that I wanted to do together under 6 bucks, I decided, what the hay! I ultimately decided a while back that I wanted to dress as Rosie the Riveter. For those of you who don't know who she is, she's a icon for woman during WWII who was put all over posters to encourage woman to go to work while the men fought the war. She's a major feminist icon! Which only means that I HAD to be her. This is what I'll look like...



But you might know her better as this... in all her original glory.



I decided that since I would only be wearing it once I'd just check out thrift stores, because what's the point in buying a brand new jean shirt, I'll never wear again? So, off we went on the hunt for Rosie clothes. I got lucky and found the perfect jean shirt for $3.99 at Thrift City USA and then after looking at more than 5 stores, I found a red bandana. I really looked hard for the red with white polka dots but it was impossible to find! I found black & white and pink & white but no luck on red & white. So, I settled for red. I got that on sale at Michael's for $1.98! Talk about a steal!

So, costume totals... $3.99 for the shirt & $1.98 for the bandana + tax = $6.01

I'll obviously wear jeans I already have and use makeup I already have, so money saved on those two things! Anyway, I'm excited to dress up tonight and walk around with the kids. Should be a good time!

In other Halloween news, Gracie & I decided we'd do a glitter pumpkin this year. This is how you do it.



Supplies needed:
- Glitter
- Glue (you can use spray adhesive, but I ran out so I used wallpaper glue & it worked fine)
- Newspaper (to keep area clean)

Put the glue all over the Pumpkin and then shake the glitter all over. Make sure to have a clean piece of paper under the pumpkin so when the excess glitter falls off you can reuse it. Repeat the process until all of pumpkin is covered.

It's really that simple! This is what it looked like when she was finished.



And of course she chose pink! But really, you could do orange or black or any color you wanted! That's all for now. Have a Happy & safe Halloween!

PS. Sending love to the North East who were effected by super storm Sandy! <3

Thifting & Gardening

First things first, I hit 2,000 hits today! Woo! Thanks to everyone who keeps coming back & to all the new visitors everyday. Means a lot!

Yesterday, Paul & I did our regular Sunday routine. We got up, went to brunch and then thrifting. I usually come up empty but this time was different! I found three dishes/bowls for .80 cents a piece! Did you get that? Eighty cents. I call that a steal! They are super cute, multi color decorative dishes. Here, take a look...

Sorry for the bad lighting & blah quality. I still don't have access to my Nikon. So, these once again were taken with my Nokia.



And here is a up close shot. They're cute right?

Today I went outside and took pictures (with my crappy phone camera) of the front garden so you could see the flowers we have growing in there now. I'm pretty proud of myself, I usually would have killed all of them already. I don't have much of a green thumb. To be completely honestly, I'm not much of an outdoorsy person. I'd much rather decorate the inside of a house and completely ignore the outside but since I'm a home owner, these things have to be done no matter how much I'd rather not do it. Honesty is key right? I'm just keepin' it real, people.

Anyway, here you go! We still need to add little things like mulch and whatnot but it definitely looks better than it did when we first started this project.









And a wide shot of the front yard. Grass is still growing in. By mid-July it will look so green, you won't even remember those dead patches of grass.



And no I still haven't moved those two trees to the right of the garden. See what I mean when I said I'd rather just ignore anything to do with outside? It shows here. hahha. I have no shame! ;)

Hopefully by my next post I'll have a working camera... err battery for said camera. Fingers crossed!

rude people

Today started off pretty good. We slept in, since the kids spend the weekends with their grandmothers (Gracie with my mom & Jordan with his birth mother's mom). We got up, went thrifting & then out for brunch. Paul had to find a pair of dress shoes because tonight he has a work dinner at some fancy smancy steak restaurant with his co-workers. He actually wound up finding a pretty nice pair, and only for about 8 bucks, regularly $50.

After that we headed out to get food. I'm wearing a Yankees t today. When we opened the door to the restaurant, some older lady gives me a dirty look and goes, 'ugh, Yankees.' I yelled back, 'yeah, I'm from Jersey.' She gave me a nasty look and another, 'ugh.' and walked out. What is it with people? Just because you don't like my team doesn't make it right for you to shit talk me for no god damn reason. After she left I had a million witty come backs I wanted to say to her, for example, 'ugh. your face.' But alas, isn't that how it always is? You always think of something clever to say after the fact?! Idiots.

Paul left about 20 minutes ago for his work dinner, so now Gracie & I are in the backyard. She's digging in dirt and well, I'm updating.



Next weekend we're planning a big family trip to the Zoo and Aquarium. Saturday is the Zoo trip and Sunday is the Aquarium. The kids & I will be hitting up the Zoo without Paul since he has to work. Sunday after the Aquarium we're gonna stop by Ikea for some goodies for the mama, because damn it I need some retail therapy! The main reason for our Ikea trip is to find out how much it's gonna cost to have our new sofa delivered. I'm hoping it's not an arm and a leg. I need my limbs. ;P