Christmas ideas

So I just got in from picking okra from my garden. I decided I will come sit and make a post. I planted more veggies last week and I am hoping they do well, some are already showing above the soil. I planted broccoli, cauliflower, lettuce, carrots, and a few other things too I think, I always say I will label what I plant but then when I am in the middle I say I will remember then I never can lol. Anyway this morning I went to school with Rylan to listen to the story "Llama llama red pajama", I guess there is some national (maybe local IDK) reading thing that lots of schools are reading that book, I bet the author is one happy camper now to have her name and book all over schools and newspapers like that. We were all in our jammies and I decided I just wouldn't change today since it was "for the school" lol plus I need an excuse to wear bum clothes because I promised myself I would never not get up and get dressed and put on make up fix my hair etc. because I don't ever want my hubby to look at me and say "What happened to you?". I've stuck with it somehow and I am dressed every single day so today I actually feel weird lol.

 Anyway after the story time I decided to go to Wal-Mart to pick up a few games because I have some coupons that were going to expire on 10/9 for Hasbro games and yesterday I saw in K-marts ad they have games on sale this week for 9.99 (not all, only ones in the pic). I picked up operation a few weeks ago, they were on sale for 5.00 at Big Lots and I had a 4.00 off coupon so I got those for 1.00 I picked up 3 I wish I could have gotten more! That game retails for 11.99-15.99.Yesterday I got Jenga retail is 10.00 I paid 6.00 after coupons I got two one for Santa to put under the tree and one for a friend,.Today I got Connect 4, and chutes and ladders, and candy land. Connect 4 retails at 14.99 I paid 5.99 each I got two of those, the chutes and ladders and candy land were retail 7.00 I paid 3.00 each. I am trying to put away a lot of gifts for Christmas and birthday parties. Rylan has been invited to 2 parties this month one for a set of twins and one for another friend so I want to be able to give gifts that have a value of 5.00-15.00 but not spend a lot this is the way to do it for me. I am excited to say that my budget for Rylan for Christmas was around 100.00, that is for Santa and Rhett and I to give what we want.

I wanted to give Rylan a bike from us so I thought this was going to be a challenge. I found a bike at Academy a few weeks ago on clearance but we weren't sure it would fit him so we brought him in and had him "look" at the bikes because I wanted to "look" at the bikes in there for myself. He sat on it and it was perfect! Retail price was 80.00 we paid just under 40.00 for a brand new bike! I still had 60.00 to spend on my budget. I picked up a bunch of toys at Walgreens on clearance each was under 4.00. I got a bow and arrow, a shot gun (with suction cup bullets), a golf set, and a baseball and bat.

 A few weeks ago I ordered a Wii game on Amazon, Shreck forever after retail 44.00 I paid 4.00! Brand new game! It is amazing what deals you can find if you don't wait until the last minute. I have also picked up a few other toys and fun items for Santa to put under the tree, movies, books, and action figures. I think I am done and we are well under our budget! The bike will come from Mom and Dad because I don't want Santa getting all the good stuff... He always gets to be the good guy lol. I have a few tubs of gifts and a shelving unit where I keep items I pick up on clearance or some great find that would make a good gift. I keep all this in our attic, it is especially great for last minute "oh I forgot it was so-and-so's birthday". I picked up 3 packs of diapers over the last few months for the next time I have a friend who has a baby shower. I got packs of diapers for 3.00 each and they retail for around 10.00-20.00 each so that is a great gift to be able to give in a basket with other fun items. My friend Stacey was the last one I have known to have a baby and it felt so good to go visit their new home when she was still pregnant and have an arm load of diapers. I think I bought her around 10 packs of diapers and that would have been a small fortune if I would have paid retail for them, I definitely wouldn't have been able to afford it but I don't pay retail lol. I wish I would have had a video camera when I came home with all those diapers to capture Rhetts reaction. I told the lady checking me out that I was gonna say "SUPRISE" to him when I got home but I couldn't keep a straight face lol!