Zulily Finds - 8/18/14

I was so exited to see that Lunch Bots when on sale on August 18th on Zulily.com! I have been waiting for this sale to come back for a long time! And you know I stocked up! Go big or go home!

Here is what I got!

Blue Lunch Bots Uno - $11.99

 Orange Lunch Bots Duo - $11.99

 Green Lunch Bots Quad - $15.99

 Red Lunch Bots Trio - $14.99

 And a felt blue lunch bag to carry them in for just $14.99

So exited to try these out and post pics of all the lunches I make! What a bargain I think I saved around $35 at the end of the day!

And if you don't know about Zulily, its only the best site on the web! They have daily sales that last 3 days each. New sale starts at 9AM Eastern time everyday. They have stuff for women, kids, babies, maternity, home, and now they even have men's! If you never have been there, you really should check it out!

Hey There! Long Time No See!

Hi Friends!

I haven't posted in almost 4 months! Can you believe it? I don't think I intentionally fell off the blog bandwagon, but I am definitely gonna try and give it another go!

So what's been up with me? I'll tell you what!

• We moved to a new bigger apartment! This one is 3 bedrooms and 2 baths and we love it so much!
• Anthony's mom moved into the same complex as us and she now cares for Bear rather than him going to daycare.
• Anthony lost his job. (not to thrilled about this but we'll get through it!) his last day is on Aug. 28th
• Bear can walk, and talk! Well he can say 2 words lol. He can say "bye" and "yay" he also claps, climbs everything in sight, waves, has tons of teeth and still is the pickiest eater I ever met.
• Our Etsy is doing SO well! We are almost to 400 sales now!
• We are currently working on our Solid Colors Crayon shop and our Soap Shop.
• I started a new diet a little over a month ago. The Paleo diet! I love it so much! I feel great! I will never ever go back to eating the way I did before!
• I have gotten back into being super into Bento and Lunch Boxes and plan to blog about that too but that will be on my other blog. either (bentoclock.blogspot.com) or (dirtcheappaleo.blogspot.com) that is a major work in progress so not sure yet! But I am so super exited for that!
• Well that's all I can think of for now! Be sure to stay tuned because I will be back with lots of posts!

Soap Shop Plans

I have seriously go to be one of the worst people at sticking to plans! My soap shop should have opened up over a month ago had I have stuck to the plans I originally made! Unfortunately that did not happen, but I now made a new plan. I plan to add new products to my crayon shop on May 13th and launch my soap shop on May 23rd (the one year anniversary of my crayon shop!).

This time I am really gonna stick to it and make sure it happens! I plan to take pictures of the new crayons that I already made today to get the ball rolling!

In other news... I won the discontinued Wilton mold I have been looking for for a over 2 years on eBay! WOOT! So exited to make these crayons and list them in my shop. I had the mold about 3 years ago and it was a big hit!

This is the mold =]

I also won a vintage Wilton Batman mold that I am super exited about and I am going to look for some more new ones later today too.

A Few Thoughts

Selfies... I have mixed feelings about them. I used to take selfies all the time. Now I rarely do it ever. I guess I just dont really have any interest in showing other people pictures of myself. Now a days I mainly take pictures of Bear, my cats and food!

Money.... wish I had some!

Food... I currently have mixed feelings about food. Some days I don't want any and other days I can't get enough. I have started to try and eat lunch at work this week because Anthony is now working and needs someone to eat lunch with, so far so good, lets hope it stays this way!

Etsy... I love Etsy! I am so exited to start my soap store, I just can't wait. I have been making labels and prepping for the launch. I think we will launch on Tuesday, May 6th!

Cats.... LOVE my cats! Hate the fact that they decided to rip up my carpet while I was at work yesterday!

The future.... I have BIG plans for it! Can not wait 'til 2017! Of coarse I can't tell you my plans, that would spoil the surprise ;p

Pepperoni Hot Pockets.... LOVE!

Shows I have been watching... I have been watching The Walking Dead, I just ran out of that last night though. Anthony and I have also been into The Following and we are about to start watching the new season of Game of Thrones. We also watch Shark Tank when there is nothing else available, and I have been watching the new season of Grey's Anatomy as it has been coming out.

Hot Air Balloons... I am slowly becoming obsessed with them.

I think that's all =]

This Week's Recipes - April 3rd to 14th

I have been slacking in on making bunches of new foods as of late, part of this has to do with the fact that we are low on funds and unable to buy ingredients for a bunch of fancy recipes. I have made 2 though so here they are. Hopefully in a few weeks I can go back to trying a new recipe everyday.

April 3rd - Eggplant Parmesan II

I liked this one but Anthony did not! He did eat it but told me he did not care for it afterwards. He would not say if it was because he did not like the eggplant or if he just didn't like the whole thing. I thought it was sorta salty even though it did not have salt added to it, maybe it was because the bread crumbs and Parmesan cheese? Also, this recipe says to use 3 eggplants, I used 2 and THAT was way too much, I think for two people you may only need 1 or 1.5. It was pretty good though and a nice change from the norm. I do suggest you eat it with a meat of some sort. I ate mine alone because I was tired and did not feel like cooking anything else but I do think it would have been a lot better had I cooked up a steak or something to go with it. I probably wont make this again just because Anthony does not like it, but if it was just me I would make it for myself again. I would rate this 3.5 out of 5 stars.
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/eggplant-parmesan-ii/detail.aspx

April 14th - Oven Baked Pork Chops

This was really fanatic! It was super flavorful and nice and crispy. Anthony loved it and even went for seconds. This recipe is VERY easy too! It took me less than 15 min to prep it, then all you got to do is pop it in the over and wait for it to be done! I used stuffing to bread mine and I did not add milk to the eggs because I was out but it still worked great! I am definitely going to make this again! I would rate this a 5 out of 5 stars.
http://www.food.com/recipe/oven-baked-pork-chops-18255

Silent Sunday: Getting into the Cabinets

Things I am DYING to have!

Here are a few new finds that I have been dying to buy! Seriously, can not wait until I get a little money lol

This T-shirt from themountain.com! LOVE IT!

A Yumbox! Have to have it for lunch at work!

This Paula Dean Porcelain Cookware Set!

Hmmm, actually I think that's it! There are lots of other things I would like to buy at this time but nothing that I am just dying to have other that these three things :]