5-0!

Our OSU Cowboys are 5-0! Saturday we watched our Cowboys beat A&M 56-28, and today they moved up to #17 in the AP poll :)
Here's Brandon, wishing he was the quarterback....

My parents and little sis made it to this game, so of course we had to try for a family photo...I don't know why mom's lips are like that! :)

During the 2nd half, I managed to snap a few moon shots- I think they turned out pretty well!

On Saturday, OSU plays #3 Mizzou on ESPN......I'm a little nervous.....

Price-comparisons

Now that I'm working full-time, I just don't have as much time to run all over town for the deals. Even though Homeland doubles coupons, this week it was just easier to price-comp their ad as well as the Food Pyramid ad at Wal-Mart. I think I did pretty well though!

Total OOP: $40.28
Total amount of coupons used:$5.30
Total amount saved w/ price comp-ing: $24.96

Some highlights of my trip were:
$0.98 for 6 cans of tomato sacue
$0.98 a box for swiss miss hot chocolate
$1.79 for a 4 lb. bag of C&H sugar
$1.99/lb boneless skinless chicken breasts
$4 TGIFridays bag meal
$.0.79 a box of Kashi cereal bars (I had $2/1 printables)

WFMW: Kitchen Organization

It's time for another WFMW! I haven't participated in a while, but this week's in themed so I thought I'd jump right in.

Until this summer, we have had a TINY kitchen with very limited drawer space. I had to come up with clever ways to keep my measuring cups, measuring spoons and little cooking nick knacks organized. This is what I came up with: Open baskets with a slightly higher back than front.

(They were $4 @ Wal-Mart)

Now that we own a house with a large kitchen, I keep the baskets on my lazy Susan and in my pantry. Whenever I'm baking, I just pull the entire basket out from the lazy Susan, place it on the counter top and I have immediate access to my measuring cups/spoons.

I also love the little white metal shelf the basket is sitting on in my pantry. They are actually in the closet organization area at Target, and they run about $5 each. Check out how much more I can store in my pantry with the shelving:

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IOC!

What a day..........It all started when I dismissed my 1:30pm group and settled into my office chair for some IEP writing and test scoring. Our Principal's secretary came over the intercom and called an IOC meeting- and then said 'this is not a drill'!

I immediately regretted not paying enough attention to the beginning of the year drills. The bells weren't going off, so I knew it wasn't fire or tornado........it was the intruder on campus call! I jumped up, locked my building door and turned off all my lights.

Then, in true Sarah fashion, I took it a step further and climbed under my desk :) Of course, I took my cell phone and laptop with me. I tend to over react.....just a little.

Turns out, there were several burglaries in the area, and the bad guys hadn't been apprehended yet. The police thought it would be best to lock down the school for about 40 minutes for everyones safety. The police walked around the school grounds and checked the wooded area behind the school.

Thank goodness I didn't have any kiddos in my room- I'm not good at remaining calm when I'm startled/excited! I'm really glad my school takes the staff and kid's safety so seriously and the police responded so quickly.

Never a dull moment at the elementary school :)

September Spending

This month has just flown by. In between our trips out of town for the football games and working full time, I didn't have as much time for shopping....which I guess is a good thing.

I still managed to stock up on some great deals this past month: the cleaning products at Walgreens and cheap steaks, grapes and milk at Target.

Here's my final monthly totals:
Spent: $190.63
Saved: $203.19

I only made 1 trip to Homeland and only 1 trip to Wal-Mart. Almost all of my shopping was done at Super Target and Walgreens.
I received two $5 off any $25 purchase coupons in the mail today from Homeland, so I will definately be shopping there more in October.

How'd you do in September?

the pumpkin candle

Last year, Bath & Body works came out with this wonderful smelling pumpkin candle. I wanted one so badly for the house, but Brandon had just sliced open his finger (during the 2 weeks we didn't have health insurance) and started his new job, so money was really tight.

I waited til the day after Halloween and called all the B&BW's in town. I finally found 1 store that had 1 candle left- so I bought it 1/2 price. I burned it until Thanksgiving, and then packed it away for this fall.

Fast forward to today......I was getting my fall stuff out of the attic, and I opened this box and it had the most WONDERFUL smell! I forgot that my beloved sale candle was in there- it had been in the attic since June. (do you see where this is going?) I opened the candle box- there was no candle left.....just wax all over my fall box. :(

I ran down to tell Brandon, and he just said "well, buy a new one!"

It's not really about the candle, it's just the fact that I waited and waited to buy it on sale. :) I'm going to go pay full price for a new one this week........

Now, I still love a good bargain- but I'll buy another the day after Halloween 1/2 off for next year. And, I won't keep it in the attic.

GO POKES!

We're ranked!!

Number 21 on the AP Poll! http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/ncaa/polls/ap/

Why OU is #1 instead of Alabama is beyond me.
OU has played 3 out of their 4 games at home, and have played no name teams. Alabama is 5-0 and they upset Florida this weekend! Don't even get me started on USC and Ohio State. Ohio State was beating Troy 14-10 at their half time last week. At our halftime against Troy- we were beating them 28-10.
Further proving why the BCS system of pre-season rankings is flawed.

It's just gonna be that much sweeter when we beat the Sooners this year @ Bedlam :)