Candace went to Chicago and picked up this 3 tier rice box as a gift for me. I’ve been wanting one for ages! Michael pointed out that I already pack lunches that are way too big, but this will be perfect for camping, cookouts and picnics.

Thank you, Candace, for being such a good friend.

I found this odd invader in a bin at Walmart. He was too scary… and kind of cute… to eat. I left him there to frighten the next unsuspecting shopper.

Thanks to dontfretthesweat.com I printed a wealth of $3.00 off two deodorant coupons. Combined with my Big Box discount card I got 10 deodorants for 45 cents each.  The two nail glues were free after $2.00 off Kiss product coupons available at Coupons.com.

I am the coupon queen!

I “friended” Fig Newtons and Wheat Thins, then was able to print off $1.00 coupons. Since CVS had small boxes on sale for $1.00 I got two boxes of each free!

The last day is bittersweet. You want to savor the time you have last, but there are the practicalities of packing up and getting ready to leave.

W started the day with toast, eggs and corned beef hash. We spent the remainder of our day staring into the white-hot ashes that still smoldered in our fire ring.

After goofing around in the playground and gathering more wild onion…

…We went back to our real lives.