Recovering dining room chairs

These chairs were supposed to only be temporary until I could find chairs to replace them. They've been upstairs for awhile now and my boys are not the neatest when eating and ended up looking rather rough. So, I finally got around to recovering them.

Before...yuck




Enter these curtain panels from the thrift store for $1 each. I bought 4 of them.



After...much better



I have 2 full curtain panels and 2 tops of the curtains left. I have pillow covers in mind for their future.

AND wouldn't you know it, the next week, I found a table and chair set at Habitat for Humanity. Here's a sneak peak at one of the chairs, notice there's no fabric for my boys to ruin and the newly recovered ones made it back down to the basement for the eventual bar area for my husband. The green must go.....

Paper towel holder

I've been wanting one to hang underneath my cabinets for awhile and I finally found one at the thrift store for $1. Great bargain. Add some black Rustoleum spray paint and here ya go.

Before, well more like during because again started painting first. OOPS



AND the after.....

Cloche- AKA Blogland copycat

I had to copycat everyone else in blogland and make my own version of the cloche. I have to admit, it's not all that original but I love it.

I don't have a true before because I started painting and then thought about it so there are a few in progress pics

I started with a cheese cloche and a wooden candlestick holder both from the thrift store. Total together was $3, add a little paint and here ya go.






Here's the after. I have a teeny secret too, it's not complete yet, I still need to glue the two together but I wanted to show it off at the Before and After party at http://www.thriftydecorchick.blogspot.com/

CVS trip

So the total for this trip was $16.69 and another $6 in ECB

3 Gillette Clinical- $7.99- used 3 $3 off coupons
3 Gillette body washes- $3.00- used 3 Buy deodorant get body wash free
2 Secret deodorants- $3.99- used 2 $2 off coupons- and got $1 in ECB for each one
2 Mylantas- $3.99- used buy $4off/2 coupons- and got $4 in ECB= free
2 Oral B Pulsars- $5.99 and 2.99- used B1G1 coupons
1 Tampax Pearl- $2.97- used $2 off coupon

Spent $16.69
Got $6 in ECB
Saved $69.89

Great Shop!

Someone else's trash.....

Isn't she cute???



This looks adorable next to the little fish pond in front of our house. One day, I'll get around to painting it a darker shade of green instead of the bright green it is now. So glad someone left this to the side instead of just throwing it away!!

CVS shopping

This is what I bought for $5.20



Here's the breakdown

Bertolli on sale 3/$5 bought 4- used (2) $1.50/2 coupons
Ragu on sale 3/$5 bought 3- used (1) $1.25/3 coupon
Old Spice body wash on sale for $4- used a BOGO coupon
Big Sexy on clearance for $2.50 each reg $9.99

Used $12 in ECB from previous trip

AND......also got another $11 in ECB for future trip

Coupons, Coupons, Coupons

Today was a great little shopping day

I spent $6.97 at Target and walked away with clinical strength deodorant, body wash, dog treats, 3 prescriptions and best part yet........ $30 in GIFT CARDS! Awesome with with one exception... I almost left my coupon holder....mini panic attack for a minute.

Coupon breakdown

(3) $10 GC for new scripts
(1) Buy deodorant get body wash free
(1) $3 off deodorant
(1) Target $1 off dog treats
(1) Manu. $2 off same dog treat

Total OOP= $6.97
Plus $30 in GCs.