Kohl’s Christmas Countdown 2-Day Specials
We are all busy starting or finishing up our Christmas shopping and looking for awesome deals. One store I love because of its amazing sales and deals is Kohl’s. That’s one of the stores I shop at for my children clothes, especially during back-to-school and Christmas seasons. I also love their affordable home items and toys. If you happen to be an avid Kohl’s shopper, then visit my house sometime, you’ll recognize some of the home decorations from there. I love the contemporary style, colors, and of course, affordable prices.
Speaking of affordable prices just in time for Christmas, Kohl’s is having its 2-day specials as part of the Christmas countdown sale. Up to 60% off for selected fine jewelry. Check out the department like the Kids toys, kitchen items, home decors, handbags, fragrances, and others for more savings.
ForeverLazy Anyone?
First there was Snuggie, which in all logic and purposes, is actually cool. Who wouldn’t want to be wrapped around all warm and snug by a soft large blanket, right? But what about ForeverLazy? It’s like a jumbo version of a onesie pajamas.
I suppose it’s something nice and cozy to wear at home when lounging around, reading a book, playing board games or video games, or watching TV. I don’t know about tailgating, or going outdoors with it on though. That’s just definitely plain lazy. Well, I guess the name ForeverLazy is quite apropos.
Christmas Decorations Are Up
The Christmas decorations are up. The Christmas Tree is in the same place like last year and it has the same ornaments. My husband was surprised that I was able to pull out all the boxes from the storage. Ah, easy peasy. He was also wondering if I was going to do it today and was planning to tell me to do it on Tuesday since it’s his day off so he can help me out. The thought was nice but I know the kids have been looking forward to the the tree so I did it all today. All Christmas décors including the stockings, wreaths, knick knacks, dolls, garlands and Christmas countdown calendar, except the lights outside. Hubby promised the kids to do it next weekend unless he gets the motivation to pull out the staple gun on Tuesday of course.
I’ll take pictures of the other Christmas decorations tomorrow for yearly posterity. How about you guys? Is you tree up this year?
Preparing For The Holidays
I’ll deal with Thanksgiving Day first. Christmas and New Year will be dealt with after Turkey Day. That includes decorating the Christmas tree which I’m looking forward to. I’ve written my Thanksgiving Day menu, bought the stuff I need and just thinking about making sure I thaw my 12-pound turkey. I might go to the store for some last minute items but overall I think dinner is pretty much ready.
Right now I’m just cleaning up the house here and there. Maybe I should’ve kept the flyer that a durham house cleaning service brought by a couple of weeks ago. Chances are though, I’d probably clean up before any cleaning crew comes here so they wouldn’t think we’re such slobs? I know a few people who actually does that, Haha.
Productivity Feels Good
My back is hurting and I feel like my knees are about to give up on me any minute now but I actually feel good. After my workout and shower today I decided to a little bit of rearranging in my daughter’s room. I threw away toys that are just stashed in the bottom of her toy bins, and fast food restaurants toys that have been collected for years. I went every space and corners of the house picking up lego pieces and cleared up one bit just for them. I swept and swiffered her floor. I picked on dried up candies and gums on the floor and rearranged her Disney table, Disney chest box and desk table. I also went thru all her DVD cases and put the DVD’s back into the right cases.
And thennnnnnnnnn, I finally pinned her posters in the wall. That’s after a year of living here, haha. To make it more cozy, I placed a pastel stripes rug in between her bed and TV stand. I figured she could dump her legos in her own rug instead of hauling off a bucket of legos into the living room to dump in the rug. Yah know, keep the legos in her own space. I wish I took a picture of before and after coz it’s really nice in there.
After her room, I cleaned up the bathroom just to get it over with. I’ll just have to go through the stuff in the cabinets tomorrow.
Martha Stewart Cricut Crafts
I have been so out of the loop with the latest Cricut releases so I was surprised to see the Martha Stewart collection while reading her magazine courtesy of my mother-in-law who brought along a bag of cooking and lifestyle magazines weeks ago when they came for a visit from NY. I don’t know why I was surprised actually since it’s Martha Stewart after all. I think her collaboration with Cricut started in 2010. I’m not sure though. Like I’ve said, I have been so out of the loop with current happenings from the craft department. It’s more on a self-imposed obliviousness on all craft products. I can’t afford them so I have to step back to avoid going crazy.
LeapFrog 2-Day Sale: 20% Off On Books & Games
I want to share this 2-day sale announcement that I got in the newsletter from LeapFrog. If you’ve got kids who are into LeapFrog or if you’re thinking about introducing them to it, here’s your chance to shop and save as well. 20% off on all books and games. It’s 2 days only so hurry. Use the promo code SAVE NOW.
Baskets, Oh How I Love Thee, part 1
While cleaning around the house last weekend to make my house look presentable to my in-laws who were visiting from New York, I realized the amount of baskets I have in the kitchen. I also have some in the living room, bathroom and 1 in the bedroom. The sizes vary to accommodate what’s in them.
So I took pictures of the baskets in the kitchen to blog about.
Here’s the bread basket at the very top of the Baker’s Rack. It’s right next to a cookie jar that’s empty right now. As you can see, I have 2 kinds of loaves, white and wheat, a bag of hotdog buns and French bread. Here’s what I did to the half of that French bread. I don’t plan on making burgers this week so I didn’t buy buns this week.
