25 things under $25

The time of secret Santa's and white elephant parties. Here are a few of my choices that I would love to   unwrap:

Pure maple flakes $11.95. Not super expensive, they seem to decatant, lovely I would love to try them in cocoa and on sugar cookies. Not something I would buy for myself. 

Dr. Schulze's Air Detox 4 oz $24.00 Makes the room smell better, wards off sickness. 

Stained by Sharpie 8 count $19.49 I looked and looked for these at Joann's so that I could get them 50% off. Alas they do not carry them. What the crap? They carry every other kind of Sharpie except for these. I bought a green fabric marker of another brand, but I feel like I maybe delaying the project, because of it. 

Water color world map no. 6 $25.00 Love this would love it in the bedroom. 

The apothecary matchstick bottle small $15 I am loving candles in the house right now. This is way classier then a lighter. I would also not spend the money on this myself. They are sold out right now, but they think they will be in stock after the 30th.

Beeswax candle 6.3 oz for $21.00 burns for 48 hours and comes in a cute jar. I have been burning through all of the candles in the house right now so that I can can move to exclusively beeswax in the future. 

Rub and buff Spanish Copper .5 oz $13.43 Needed for an AMAZING upcoming project.

Young house love the book $17.30 no explanation needed. 

Electric oil warmer $20 For all those end of the candle bits and essential oils for when I need a break from honey. 

Clarisonic body brush $25

Clarisonic body brush extension $25

EradiKate $22

Tweezerman Satin Etched Zebra tweezers $25

Air Control hairspray $24

Letterpress mixed group unique fonts $18

Industrial Light Vintage Style Porcelain Mount Fixture with Metal Wire Cage Guard $22

Pocket hand warmers set of two $20

Straws of Steel four count $10

Mushroom Kit $19.95

Cards against Humanity $25

Apples to Apples $19.99

Threshold tumbler $19.99 

$25 itunes gift card

Libbey Glass pitcher $14.99

LED baseball cap $24

Happy Shopping!!!

Thrifting Thursdays - Owl

I know that owls are all the rage. I never really go on that train until now...

Isn't he cute and he was only $.65

April Happy Birthday and Earth Month

You should always anticipate to spend more money the month of your birthday. There will be your present to your self and probably a meal or a few. But there is the budgeting that is needed to have the extra money to spend for all the discounts you will be getting. Here are a few that I used yesterday and I happened to be lucky enough to be born during earth month so I got extra good deals this year. I love, love, love Aveda, I have their rewards program and I have enough points for one of their vacation prizes and half way to another.  When we have the time and money to make it worth it Mikey and I will be going here:

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And Aveda will be picking up part of the tab. Anyway back to yesterday. I love Aveda's tea, see that small bottle it is $26 so I really ration myself. But when I went in yesterday the large jar there (over seven times the size of the normal bottle) was $50 and the whole amount went to a local charity. SOLD!

I am so sorry I did not know about this earlier but this sale keeps going but only until tomorrow, so if you are interested go tomorrow.  On the same premise their Blue oil, normal size $15, Earth month size $30 and all the money went to charity. SOLD!

For earth month they offered an extra 500 bonus point if you buy 2 liters. 

They also sent me a coupon for double points. So not only did I get the points for what I actually paid for but and additional 1,000 points.

I also had coupons to get all of this stuff free. Yay! I don't stick to the coupons that they send me I also take ones out of magazines.

On to Bare Minerals. I needed base and mineral veil. Which typically will run you $60 for both. I had a 15% off coupon for my birthday. When I got there they were doing a build your own starter kit for the same amount.  So I ended up getting a blush, bag and eye shadow for free. While the bag is white and not quite my color, but I love the separate compartment for the brushes. And with the 15% off it was less than I expected. 

I have loved Bare Minerals however, I recently heard about a company called Everyday Minerals. They are vegan, organic, eco-friendly, they value sustainability,  it is a Texas based company and they are half the price of Bare Minerals. They will send you seven samples for free you just have to pay shipping and handling. Right now if you buy any three big sized products you get 25% off, and their original glo bases are only $10 on farewell tour. $7.50 get out... 

Lastly DSW sent me a $5 coupon. I could not find a single pair of shoes that I could not live without. So I got some socks.

Easter Brunch and Adults only Easter Egg Hunt

I do not know what it has been this year but I have been hosting less and attending more. I think that the back to back New Years and Second Annual Re-gifting party was enough for a while. My friend Melissa recently hosted my murder mystery birthday party and this weekend we attended the Easter brunch at my brother and sister in-law's house. Now on to the goodies...

Sandy my amazing sister in-law is a DIYer as well, She made everything look so beautiful. I love the function of her chalkboard she can use it for any future gatherings. 

She also used the chalkboard paint on the charges, I love the way she pulled the table off, it is also a plus that she does not have serial killer hand writing like me. She got two teal tablecloths and used some leftover burlap from our wedding to bridge them.  

I love their art wall but more on that another time. 

Sandy's mother Debbie and sister Milane made them.

Strawberry lemonade and deviled eggs.

You can see Lisa's bunny pitcher that has mimosas in it,

Her beautiful bunny plate full of blackberries,

and these brie tarts with habanero jelly.

When we were getting ready I made this flower out of fruit.

Sandy also put pink tulip doilies by everyone's place setting.

Fruit to be dipped in chocolate!

Spring flowers. 

Apple butter spiced crumb cake.

Little lambs.

Balloon Eggs.

Detail of cupcakes.

SO remember when I said we had a adult Easter egg hunt? ;) There were also lotto tickets and of course candy. I found the golden egg, what did I win?

A lifetime supply of peeps. I tried to give as many away as possible, while I like peeps as much as the next girl I do not love 22 boxes of them. 

I hope you had a wonderful Easter.