I kind of have a thing for HGTV. It is a bit like a dependable friend for me. When my kids are napping and I have baskets upon baskets of laundry to fold, I can pop it on and almost always find a mindless it’s ok to Zombie out and miss several minutes because there is zero plot, kind of show. You know the type of shows I am talking about, it’s a couple, or a dude or a chick who are looking for the perfect house and they have their completely unrealistic check-list and their minuscule budget and they read more…

Ok so I know it is cheesy, but I like to do photo cards for Christmas. I started doing it after we had our first baby and now it has become a bit of a tradition. I am sure some people might love it and some people might hate it but whatever, I still like doing it. The first year I did it I ordered a super expensive Xmas card off of Tiny Prints. It is a great site and their cards are super cute and high quality but they are also really expensive and frankly, with three kids, I read more…

You like the title don’t ya… well stop your salivating cause it’s not that type of banging! This banging is less bedroom and more salon. That’s right, a few months ago I got bangs. Now this might not seem like a big deal to you, but for me it was a little bit of a journey that required me getting over my bang-a-phobia It all started when I forced myself to go to a new hairdresser. How did I force myself you ask? Well, I bought a Groupon because I knew my natural frugality would kick in and override my read more…

Congrats to Meghan M. who won the Pinch of Spice giveaway. Happy Holidays to everyone & thank you for entering!

If you read the blog regularly or follow me on Twitter, you probably already know I welcomed my third child, a baby girl, on Nov 28th. I haven’t written a formal post welcoming her yet because I have been feeling a bit emotional about the whole thing and I needed to give myself a little bit of time. If you have been reading my blog for a while, you know that this baby was a huge surprise for us. Not even 3 weeks before I found out I was pregnant, Hubby and I had abandoned our idea of a third read more…