bellyhood (not bollywood)

I have arrived at bellyhood. On Sunday I whacked myself (in the protrusive belly) with the car door for the first time (since last time). It was a very "doh!" moment. I ran my poor belly into the wall(s) many times with Calista. It takes some re-calibration to get yourself through life when you are growing wider everyday. Cats are lucky because they have whiskers to help them figure out if they can fit through a door. (and you shouldn't trim whiskers, even if they're uneven. Poor Miffy. I was 12, OK?).

Hurry!! get free lunch (or dinner) from KFC (er KGC)

You've got to print this out today to get your FREE 2-piece Grilled Chicken Meal with two sides and a biscuit! I hear you can print out 4 per computer, so you can take some friends or your family! The coupon expires in a couple weeks, so think about how much KFC you can stomach in a short period of time too ;).
Thanks to my fave deal blogs for the heads up: Faithful Provisions, Hip2Save, and MoneyWiseMoms!

Menu Plan Monday: May 3-9

Sunday: Pasta Pizza and franch bread from my new (thrift store) bread maker
Monday: Spinach & Rice Casserole, leftover franch bread, ice cream
Tuesday: Feliz Cinco de Mayo!!! Bean Burgers, salad, limeade, helado
Wednesday: Apple Cheddar Chicken, broccoli, ice cream
Thursday: Beans & Rice, Asparagus & cheese sauce, ice cream
Friday: Mini meatloaves, scalloped potatoes, peas, ice cream
Saturday: Out of town (hopefully they'll have ice cream ;)

So we got a little ice cream today... Thanks to Giant's double coupons (& $1 coupon from 3/29),Turkey Hill was only 50 cents a tub! How could we resist?

I don't usually post much about my personal life then when I do (a few days ago) I got 6 comments! Thanks for the love, all. I suppose that's the stuff that makes this interesting, so I'll try to add more.

shoppin' for a cause

Next Saturday is the national mail carier's food drive, Stamping Out Hunger, so I thought that was a good reason to go get some cheap food at the Shoppers double/triple coupon sale (* Note that not all Shoppers stores are participating; I went to White Flint). OK, so we'll probably keep 80% of what we bought, but I do have some other recent purchases to send along to the food banks. (BLEH- do not waste your money on the Rozoni Bistro "ready to eat" pasta packs! I couldn't have imagined they could be so gross! I got them free and I still won't eat another one.)
So here's the run down: I got about $50 of food for $13! That included $4 of produce & milk (no coupons for those).
6 cans of beans
8 cans diced tomatoes
5 cups of tuna/salmon (ready to eat- this is great convenience food for Calista now)
2 Activia yogurt 4-packs
1 Dan-Active 4 pk
2 bags froz broccoli
1 cookie mix
3 small cans pineapple
3 boxes pasta
1 tub land o lakes
roma tomatoes
cilantro
1 gal milk
ohhh yeahhh.