Zoooooooomsters!

It's $1 Tuesday!!!!!!! And boy do I have a fun page kit available for you!
Zoomsters is so full of exciting goodies!

look at some of these stupendous layouts made all with Zoomsters...

one kit call

If you feel inspired by Zoomsters, I'd love to hear from you





*do you have time to scrap one or two layouts Sunday or Monday...or time to make a fun hybrid project?
*e-mail me at saranohw(at)yahoo(dot)com with "Zoomsters" in the subject line & link me up to your best gallery
*must e-mail me by midnight Eastern time Saturday, Aug 29th (my blogging friends can e-mail me on Sunday)
*must be able to post in my Gotta Pixel gallery by Monday night

the Bargain Bunny strikes again...

I just saved 85% on my groceries and paid 4 bucks + change... I so wish I could do this everytime!.... but I have done VERY well this last week!

Fry's mega shopping event really is helping with it right now... Fry's is a Kroger's chain grocery store .... their mega shopping event is a whole lot of items on sale, and pick 10 save an extra $5 .... and I've been printing coupons for lots of the same things from coupons.com and smartsource.com & all of them are doubled at the store (even thought the coupons say not to double or triple them, Fry's still does it) .... AND... at www.shortcuts.com you can "load" coupons onto your Fry's card, the discount is automatically taken off when the item is rung up

...btw, I am stocking up on Fruit Roll Ups, granola bars, cookie mixes, hamburger mac, etc

........sooooo... this last week is the BEST I've ever done shopping, savings-wise, that is...

*Aug 21st - spent $12.25, saved $46.11 (79%)

*Aug 25th - spent $4.33, saved $24.56 (85%)

I also had a few other coupons for things like free lettuce & $3.50 off my next purchase (since I bought 5 Betty Crocker fruit snacks earlier)..... I'll be shocked if I can keep this streak up next week, but I sooo hope I can!

boogie oogie dance challenge

thanks to my friend, Gretchen, I found a great new blog networking site, The Secret in the Sauce (SITS)... look over on my sidebar for their nifty little linkybutton :)

well, each day a different blogger is featured as the Featured Blogger (FB), today's FB is A Shimmy in My Spirit. I really loved one of her recent posts and I wanted to snag it to share with my blogging friends too :) It's the Dancing Challenge below... enjoy!...

What I Know For Sure..

1. When I dance around my kitchen my mood increases by 15%-20%.

2. Dancing improves my mood and an improved mood effects everything I do the entire day.

3. My body feels so much better when I dance.

4. I'm more fun if I've danced.

5. I eat better when I dance.

6. Dancing is cheaper than therapy.

7. I'm more creative when I dance.

8. I lose weight when I dance.

9. I look better when I dance.

10.I laugh more when I dance.

Won't you join me? How many people do you think we can get dancing around their kitchens?

anyway...... back to SITS... if you want..........join up, grab their button for your blog, check in with the FB on her blog and make a comment on her post at SITS, then leave some lovin' for a couple bloggers above you in the comments.

Congratulations!

First off....Congrats to my fabulous Omicron chapter of Alpha Phi. They welcomed 72 new members after an exciting Recruitment! Woo-hoo!!! I love my girls! I can't wait to see the list of all the new girls to see if any are from the Southwest.... or even from my high school back in Kansas City

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Congratulations to me!!!!
I scrapped THREE layouts last week. What a miracle!!!
my boys had little All About Me pages for preschool. We're supposed to attach a pic of the family and a pic of the child, and include their "likes" ...
well, last you I followed the instructions as directed

this year.... I didn't....

this is what I turned in instead...

and...

(everything used is by me from various kits, including one to be released soon)

all of the classmates take turns starting this week of bringing home the entire class to get to know them.. and then they are posted on the hallway outside of class for the entire year before they bring them home in May

and........ I also scrapped one for the Speed Scrap I hosted at Gotta Pixel last Thursday...


this is for the speed scrap I hosted earlier today

1st day of preschool this year... Griffin was tracing his name from right to left & very happy about it too
(the big scratch on his cheek was courtesy of his brother)

Loopdeeloo by Sara Ellis

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and Sears......... my husband won a $25 gift card to Sears about a week ago. I finally went to the store today and DANG!!!! it was so hard to spend that. I just didn't care for any of the clothes and then nothing else popped out at me... unless it was a few hundred dollars in the electronics dept. After lots of walking around I ended up with a new scraper for the grill, a new square griddle (our old one was kind of sad with a broken handle), and some new socks for by husband. Hopefully his next gift card he brings home from work will be for The Gap or Target. I could spend one of those so super fast.

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ok.. now just wish for my nose to stop running... I'm so tired of this cold!

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and....... don't forget............
I'm offering you one super fantabulous can't beat offer......
You can buy my entire store at Gotta Pixel, valued at over $250 for only $25 until the August 29th................ BUT...... this weekend GP is having a huge back-to-school sale... so that means my fabulous bargain of buying my whole store is even cheaper!!!!!!!! crazy crazy I tell you, but so true! It's only $15 through the 24th. Go mad crazy and enjoy!!!!!!!!!!

crazy savings!!!!!!!!!!

ok......... I was sooooooo thrilled with myself today! I saved 79% at the grocery store today with their mega sales event, buy 10 participating items, get $5 back. I added a bunch of coupons on top of this too. Sooooo... I saved $46 and paid $12! soooooo very cool!

and now I'm offering you one super fantabulous can't beat offer......
You can buy my entire store at Gotta Pixel, valued at over $250 for only $25 until the August 29th................ BUT...... this weekend GP is having a huge back-to-school sale... so that means my fabulous bargain of buying my whole store is even cheaper!!!!!!!! crazy crazy I tell you, but so true! It's only $15 throughout the weekend. Go mad crazy and enjoy!!!!!!!!!!

are you ready?????

ready for another Speed Scrap?



join me again this Thursday at noon Eastern for some more fun

you can join us in the chat room and/or follow along with the directions in the Gotta Pixel forum



and...
have you seen this?

free movie scereenings... and desgin bargains!

do you like to see NEW movies at the theater? how about seeing them for free? I just found out about this super cool site which is free to join to go see screenings of new movies... it's so cool!
http://www.filmmetro.com/
enjoy!

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I'm going to host a Speed Scrap on Thursday, August 13th at noon Eastern time (9am for me while my boys are in preschool) ..... with a participation prize

click HERE for more details

I'm sure we'll have lots of fun

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Both options are 90% off the total retail value! This only happens once a year! So enjoy and shop your heart out now.

another gift... aren't I nice?

wow! Can you believe it? I have two freebies in just a few days from each other? I am on a roll!

soooooooooo... Tuesday ends Gotta Pixel's fabulous August Gotta Grab It event .... mix and match over 40 items to make your own collab with the same swatch

let's revisit my contributions...


Pretty Dirty backgrounds:
Six curled backgrounds (one edge is curled) approximately 11"x12"
Six semi solid backgrounds 12"x12"
all beautiful fabric textiles


Pretty Dirty Alpha:


Pertty Dirty Messy Brushes:


Pretty Dirty Doodle Brushes:


and... to go along with my Pretty Dirty backgrounds.....two more backgrounds....
one 12x12 and one curled approx 11x12 backgrounds just for you right now :)

grab it here NOW

Pretty Dirty... and a gift

how about these fabulous goodies... all for $1 each during Gotta Grab It

Pretty Dirty backgrounds:
Six curled backgrounds (one edge is curled) approximately 11"x12"
Six semi solid backgrounds 12"x12"
all beautiful fabric textiles


Pretty Dirty Alpha:


Pertty Dirty Messy Brushes:


Pretty Dirty Doodle Brushes:


and......

tomorrow is the very last day to grab my clearance goodies at GP ... over 30 items at only $1 each ....... and then they will be gone gone gone

and......
I have a little somethin' somethin' for you ... one cute quickpage to coordinate with my newest page kit, Jungle Boogie




download QP here

it's time for Jungle Boogie!

ready to boogie with Jungle Boogie???? it's at ESS and Gotta Pixel right now... yay!





and look at these beautiful layouts...








and...Template Tools - Jilly...(S4H and CU ok)


and Template Tools - Izzy is back for one more $1 Tuesday...
(S4H and CU ok)