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Well, I dumpster dove today. Before you stop reading this, totally disgusted, watch this clip from the Oprah show.

http://www.oprah.com/videochannel/videochannel_player.jhtml?video=1962&category=31

I was pulling into CVS pharmacy to use my $15.00 coupon I blogged about on a previous day & I watched CVS employees pulling multiple carts out to the dumpster with boxes of food. Had I not seen this episode on Oprah, I would have wondered what the heck they were doing, but that would have been the end of that. I went in and picked up by diaper wipes I needed, used my coupon and called my husband for moral support. I knew they had just thrown away boxes. I eyed up the dumpster area, there was no lock & a privacy gate around it. I went for it & holy cow I hit the jackpot. The boxes were still in clear garbage bags, and nothing was on top of them. I reached and grabbed what I could, the bags ripped as I was pulling on them. I was even choosy with what I grabbed. There were cheese puffs & fudge covered cookies I tossed back in (none of that belongs on my or my husbands' backend)

In the end I grabbed:

• 3 Special K
• 2 Raisin Bran
• 4 Planters Trail Mix
• 7 Nabisco 100 Calorie Packs (Chips Ahoy & Oreo)
• 2 Butterfinger fun packs
• 4 Chewy Trail Mix Fruit & Nut
• 1 Nilla Wafers
• 3 Cinnamon Toast Crunch Breakfast Bars
• 6 Go Tarts

Not bad for my first grab! (At least I didn't bring home any produce for my family!) Savannah asked why I had brought all these great treats home & I told her someone had thrown them in the garbage. She was very confused, "So, we can't eat these? They were in the garbage?" I told her it was OK, we were going to let dad try it all first. When we went to WalMart tonight for Milk (again, not in the dumpster) and an oil change--Savannah was so excited to point out every dumpster we saw (even in front of the WalMart employee writing up my oil change).

Nemo on Ice

Grandma Ila & Grandpa Jim took us to "Nemo on Ice" on Saturday. I would have to say it was a BIG hit. Alexandra slept through it beautifully and when she did fuss here and there, the show was so loud you couldn't hear her anyways! I was warned by Melissa (who went to Thursday's show) of the $$$ trap they had going on. We had prepared Savannah that we weren't buying any treats there and we only bought this souvenir for her (It's a foam hat & program combo for $15). She lost her hat shortly after getting it and Daddy took his little girl back to the guy we bought it from to see if we could get another hat or not. Well, they are sold as a "combo" and HE couldn't do that, but--go talk to 'that guy'. Well, 'that guy' couldn't do it either, but go talk to some 'other guy'... While Jeremy was standing in line to talk to the 'other guy' with his sad eyed little girl 'that guy' tapped Jeremy on the shoulder and gave him a new hat! Together, Daddy and 'that guy' saved the day.

After "Nemo on Ice" we went to lunch at the Holy Land Bakery and Deli in Minneapolis. It was delicious and Savannah couldn't get enough of the pita bread, meat and cucumber sauce. After stealing mine (after I MADE her try it), Grandpa Jim had to go make her another one (which she ate in its entirety)!

Bathroom redo

Well, we finally painted our bathroom and hung our new fixture last weekend. We decided to go with a color called "Cooled Blue," however I think it looks a little more like green then blue. The accent color in the bathroom is black--wrought iron towel bars/hooks, black shower curtain (I still need to buy black rugs). I'm so very proud no one got electrocuted and it really adds something different to the bathroom. The fixture before was a lovely shade of cheap looking brass. I am so excited to have this project done! Well, it's done for the most part--we need to touch up the color by the ceiling and touch up the ceiling where Jeremy got a little crazy with the roller.

No more Mac & Cheese

Well, the vomiting has hit the Kunshier house. SO far, just Savannah. We are hoping it stays that way. I will spare you any pictures (we didn't take any, YUCK!), but we won't be eating Mac & Cheese anytime again soon. Wish us luck in keeping Alexandra healthy, hopefully this may be where breast feeding really pays off!

First Bottle

Well momma had to get out of the house because us kids were driving her crazy. So, we had a bottle of breast milk for us and we decided that Savannah should be the first one to feed her. She did a great job and even was able to get a couple of big burps

out. Actually Katie had some stuff to do at work. It is nice to get out by ones self even if it is for work and only for an hour or two. Now if only we could get Savannah to change diapers!!!!

StoryBook Creator Plus

I was playing with my StoryBook Creator Plus tonight! Fun, Fun, Fun.

CVS pharmacy deals!

I went to CVS pharmacy today and spent $35.96 on 4 packs of Huggies Supreme Jumbo packs (8.99 each this week on sale) and signed up for CVS ExtraCare Card. Because I spent $30 on Kimberly Clark products (Huggies) I received a $15 coupon for my next purchase at CVS (expires 3/21/08). Just thought I would send the info out to some diaper buying families! So, in summary 4 packs diapers (176 diapers) for 20.96 after I use the $15 coupon next time.