99% Done with Shopping!

With the exception of the people who take care of our horses, I am done with shopping for the holidays! My stepdaughter's gift will arrive to her Saturday. My stepson received his today. We went with an element for his music making. One day, I'm sure he's hoping to be rich enough to buy himself a modulus bass guitar but our bank account can afford the MPC Element we bought him.

I am still waiting for a few deliveries here at home for my kids and still have to ship my mother's gift out to her (Kindle - we're going to get her hooked up technologically speaking in baby steps!), but 99% of the actual shopping - done!

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Christmas in July

My kids are already making Christmas lists.  It's only July. My eight year old's list is two pages long!

It's not just my kids. My husband always has a list of things he wants too.  He's as bad as the kids.

What do I want?  I never have anything that I really want.  I'm content with what I have.

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Enchantments

I just opened up a Kitsy Lane boutique (jewelry and more)! It's called Enchantments and includes oodles of jewelry and pretty scarves.

Since I love great coupons, I created one for anybody wanting to shop for some bling.  Right now, you can get $20 off a $45 purchase using coupon code TXHJL7GBKR.

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Women's Jewelry for Christmas (and me)

This year has been a big year for me - I got my thyroid disease under control, lost weight, turned 40, accepted a cheer coach position for next football season at our local school (*wow!*) and it's not over yet! My 16th anniversary is next month.  I think I deserve to buy myself a little something.

I have been looking at women's jewelry and keep coming back to this Fornash Infinity Circle Wrap Bracelet by Lauren Klein. It's not pricey or screaming "bling" (though there is definitely nothing wrong with that) - it's more the feeling I get when I look at it.  This is me. I could stack a few of these together and really wear this wherever I wanted - with jeans or with a skirt and heeled boots.  I could go from PTA to date night with my husband and I LOVE date night!

Lauren Klein has some really great jewelry on their web site that I really like (children's jewelry too).  They are offering so many great reasons why to buy now, it's too hard to pass up.  I'll list all the reasons why now is a great time to get your holiday shopping done at Lauren Klein and you'll see what I mean.

• Free ground shipping (does not include international shipping)!
• "Like" them on Facebook and receive 15% off the order.
• Post a picture on their Facebook wearing Lauren Klein jewelry, and get 15% off a future purchase via email after the picture is posted.
• The bracelet I picked out above is a new arrival (and there's plenty more new arrival merchandise to look at too). 
• There is a 20% coupon code for all kids' jewelry by Lauren G. Adams, if you are a Facebook fan, so I can also shop for my girls for the upcoming holidays now and save big. What little girl doesn't need a new pair of earrings?  I know all three of my girls do.

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Coupons for Online Shopping

Who uses coupons religiously?  I do! I am not as extreme as that television show (who needs 100 candy bars or 100 of anything?) but if I have to pay more than $0.25 for toothpaste (usually, I get it free), I'm not buying it.  I will not run out of laundry detergent, deodorant, shampoo, or toothpaste anytime soon.  I donate the extras so I don't become a massive hoarder.

I also look for coupons for online shopping as well at sites like this one for an urban outfitters coupon. You can usually get a percentage off or free shipping for your online shopping. It's definitely worth a search for those online coupons. I ended up getting my daughter a $30 shirt for $5. I bought my husband a $200 coffee maker for $130 for Christmas plus received $20 store bucks back to spend next time.

I think I am going to be doing a lot of my Christmas shopping online this year.  I love the deals!

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Snow by Halloween?

We are supposed to see snow by Halloween! That is weeks too early!!  I'm not ready for snow yet.  I want to enjoy the Fall in its entirety. Winter isn't good for me mentally or physically - dry skin, eczema...who needs it? I'm not ready for my Lowa boots for snow. They can stay in the closet for just awhile longer. Please?

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Computers and Kids

My six year old is asking for her own computer!  Geesh! At six years old, I can't believe she expects me to start looking at acer desktops for her. She uses mine now to play games but every time she uses mine, it ends up crashing so maybe it's in my best interests to set up a computer in a public family spot but at six? Kids sure know their technology at an early age.

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Christmas Gift Ideas for Kids

I'm trying to figure out why my kids' mp3 headphones seem to go extinct in this house so quickly.  Cat chews up one pair, another pair stops working, can't find one set, left one set at somebody's house - ack!  I need a great sale to find out where are ipod nano headphones on sale. I also like skimming the clearance racks in stores so I can stuff their stockings at the holidays with them.  Yes, I am already thinking about Christmas.  With school starting next week, Christmas will come riding up sooner rather than later!

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Proud of My Son

I am so proud of my 11-year-old son.  He is very sensitive and caring.  He hugs me and tells me he loves me everyday.  He's such a good boy.

He wanted to buy his girlfriend a Christmas gift.  I asked him if he wanted to get her a stuffed animal.  Of course not.  He wants to get her jewelry.  Wow!  He was trying to decide between a heart necklace, heart bracelet, or cubic zirconia rings. He ended up with a necklace with a heart on it with cubic zirconia inside it.  It's really very sweet.  He'll give it to her at school this week before Christmas break starts.  I wish I could watch him do that. 

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Holiday Shopping

The holidays are almost here!  Along with the holidays, comes the financial and family stress that doesn't make our adrenals very happy.  Remember to take some downtime for yourself and relax! 

The price of things always stress me out so I plan to look for great deals instead of waiting until the last minute and limiting my choices.  My daughter plans to shop on Black Friday but Cyber Monday is going to be my day.  I can't wait to start our holiday shopping this year!  The kids have their Santa lists so now I have to track everything down!

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Shoe Shopping

A few days ago, the scale was down to the lowest point it's been in years and then today, it's back up two pounds.  I don't understand!  I have a family reunion in less than a month and I really wanted to have lost more weight.  It's just not looking like that's going to happen now.

So now I am looking at clothing and shoe shopping for the reunion and trying to figure out which clothes look nice but slim you as well.  Of course, new clothes means new shoes so I am looking at mephisto shoes.  I need something that will be comfortable on the beach since the reunion is at the beach (just the place I want to be when I've not lost all my weight right?). 

Maybe I can find some nice slide sandals and distract family I haven't seen in years from the rest of me.  Then again, the Babata thong shoe (flip flop) looks pretty too. I'll just draw attention to my feet and hope the rest just sort of loses focus.

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