Meal Plan Monday

Sunday: Spaghetti pie (from freezer), corn and toasted english muffins

Monday: Feast of St. Andrew so we're having fish sticks, french fries and peas in honor of the great fisherman.

Tuesday: Minestrone with homemade rolls

Wednesday: Porkchops over sauteed spinach/mushrooms/cream sauce, egg noodles, berry salad

Thursday: Chicken pot pie, mashed potatoes, peaches

Friday: Salmon cakes, rice, broccoli

Saturday: "Thanksgiving" at 8isgreat's house since her kids were sick last week.

As always, if you are in need of more ideas, head over to Org Junkie for Meal Plan Monday!

Another wii deal at Amazon

Wii console is $199.99, plus you get a $20 Amazon gift card.

From their site:
"You must check out with the $20 Amazon.com Gift Card and a Wii Console in your cart in order to qualify. Limit one benefit per customer per household. Must be sold and shipped by Amazon.com to qualify."

Amazon: Flip Ultra Camcorder $89.99

If a Flip camcorder is on your Christmas list, now is the time to buy it! It's the lowest price it's ever been listed for on Amazon for $89.99! Also, if you buy it today you can receive 55 free prints from Shutterfly by following the links provided under the "Special Offers and Promotions" section of the page.

Or--if you want the HD version there's also a great deal on that:
The Flip UltraHD camcorder is $151.98 and it qualifies for a free $25 Amazon gift card, making it $126.98 after gift card.

40 free batteries at Staples each week until 12/26!

If you have a Staples rewards card (free to sign up) you can get 2 free 20 packs of Duracell batteries at Staples each week until 12/26/09.

Details here.

Free $3 MP3 credit at Amazon

Follow this link to Amazon and follow the instructions to receive your free $3 Amazon MP3 credit. Expires 11/30.

Amazon--hot deal of the day

Mega Bloks King Arthur Battle Castle was $69.99, currently $19.99.

Amazon Christmas Shopping

Last year I did a ton of shopping on Amazon. I signed up for a free trial of Prime and was able to get free 2 day shipping without having to add additional items to get my total to $25 for free shipping. It was great to be able to ship the packages right to my inlaws house (where we were for Christmas) rather than having to pack and bring them with us.

Each day they have different great deals and often the prices can change even throughout the day. A good way to find hot items is to look on the "Movers and Shakers" page.

Here's something currently found there--marked down to $29.99 from $99.99

Amazon: Happy Black Friday!

Christmas Books-

I love books--all kinds of books, but Christmas books have a special place in my heart and I have a bit of a weakness for buying them. Each year on Christmas Eve my children each get a new special book--just for them. I thought I'd share with you some of our favorites from the season and the special books my kids have received for their Christmas Eve presents. (This is not a complete list and I'm sure once I pull out all of our Christmas books I'll have more to add!)

For Christmas:



















Special books received on Christmas Eve:










not for Christmas Eve, but my daughter received this as a gift from her uncle:

Amazon: Corelle Livingware 16-Piece Dinnerware Set Service for 4

Regular price $51.10 now on sale for $17.99!

I bought 4 sets of these last year when they went on sale and they've held up great! I was tired of my kids always eating off of plastic (with all the talk of BPA) and I wanted an alternative that wouldn't break! These plates have gone in the microwave, dishwasher, been dropped countless times by my dish "helpers" and have had lots of meat cut into tiny pieces on them with no scratching at all!

Wii and Wii Fit deal

ETA: Looks like this promo ended.

for a wii for Christmas this year? Amazon has a deal right now where when you buy the wii system and buy the wii fit you'll get a $50 amazon gift card back! You'll pay $289.99, and get a $50 gift card back!



You need to buy the system through Amazon. The details are in a little box right under the price. It would be a great opportunity to use some of your Amazon giftcards from swagbucks! I always get a good laugh watching my kids do wii fit!

$5 Cooking Light subscription

Just in time for Christmas you can give a magazine subscription to Cooking Light for just $5! (That's just one Amazon gift card you could have earned through swagbucks!)