Mailbox Monday! 7/14/08

Posted by kim on July 14, 2008

I’m feeling a bit under the weather today, so decided not to make a video for this edition.  For one, I don’t have that much energy, and two, I wanted to spare you my bleak appearance.  So between my trips to the bathroom (I hate vomiting) and nursing my stitched up wrist (read about my mishap here), I’ll still keep you up to date on the cool stuff I got in the mail this last week.

Free Sample Playtex Personal Cleansing Cloths from Walmart
Free Sample Aveeno Positively Ageless Lifting & Firming Night Cream + $1.50 off Coupon
Free Sample Garnier Nutritioniste Skin Care
I took a picture of these last two samples packaging (as if I didn’t have anything better to do, but) because the models look strikingly like the same person from their eyebrows to their laugh lines.  The only difference in the makeup and lighting.  And I don’t think Aveeno and Garnier are from the same manufacturer?

I got more Free Address Labels and a Personalized Notepad from March of Dimes - after donating to them, they send me these packages practically every month.

I received my iolo Technologies $10 rebate and a few Free Catalogs…
Free Get Organized Catalog (cool stuff)
Free American Girl Catalogue (my girls like this one)
Free SkinStore Catalog

I also received what seemed like a massive amount of bills this past week!  One of my daughters, Macy, is quite the socialite and went way over her cell phone minutes to the tune of $200. Plus the medical bills never seem to end, and likely won’t anytime soon as Mallory needs her teeth fixed.

Mallory has been doing a lot of babysitting this summer and saved enough money to buy herself a new Polaroid 8.0 MP Digital Camera (in purple), and loves it!  I wish Miss Macy would start babysitting more to pay her cell phone bill!

Have a good week!  I hope mine gets better!

Happy Bday to my Babes

Posted by kim on January 27, 2008

Fourteen years ago today, I was lying in a hospital bed with my feet above my head getting pumped full of meds to try to stop labor with my twins, as I was only 27 weeks along. But the strong-willed girls decided today was the day and were born over three months early weighing two pounds each.  I call them my “million dollar miracle babies”. You can read about their rough start in life here.

For their “party”, we took some of their friends out to eat pizza and to the movie, 27 Dresses (good chick flick, btw) on Friday night.  Then today, my mom had us out for a spaghetti lunch and cake.  We even mastered some microwave caramel popcorn.

I hadn’t gotten either girl a birthday present as Macy is extremely picky about everything, whereas Mallory is content and “doesn’t need anything.”  So, after lunch we went to the mall, and I thought I’d let the girls pick out their own presents. Hours later we walked out with nothing, as Macy couldn’t decide on anything (within budget), and Mallory actually had found a pair of DC shoes she liked, but the cheapskate in me couldn’t justify $60 for some shoes she’ll outgrow.  I promised to look online to see if I could get them for less.  I love shoe shopping….