Ok- I've got to brag a little about the gifts..... The Kinectimals xbox game I got for FREE. Yep, free. I use swagbucks as my search engine and you get points for searching. (swagbucks.com) So I redeemed those for Amazon giftcards and then bought the game with that. Not bad for just browsing the internet! They have all sorts of gifts- I just choose the Amazon cards because I LOVE Amazon.
The 2 Pooh movies were also free. I've been saving my Disney Movie Reward points. (disneymovierewards.com) So, if you buy Disney movies- you'd better be logging in the points that come in the DVD. If you aren't- then send them to me. (wink, wink)
The ice cream cake I made- so the price of ice cream ($4), the cake mix ($1) and the frosting ($1.20) and for around $6- cheap as well. (Sidenote- years ago a friend told me to never put water in a cake mix b/c it drys it out. Use milk, soda, anything but water. I've always done that and my cakes are great (I do this for made from scratch cakes too). This time I thought, "I bet there's no difference and that the other liquid thing is silly." So I made this one with water. Um, yeah- shouldn't have done that. Totally dried it out. So my cake tip still stands- NEVER add water to a cake. I promise you'll appreciate me forever for that tip)
So all in all- a pretty cheap birthday. Score one for mommy!
Oh- and I got a call today asking for me to speak in church on Sunday. I was already teaching Relief Society and Lee and I start teaching the temple prep class during Sunday School.... so basically, for some people, the entire 3 blocks of church will be me. Poor people! (Thank goodness my Relief Society lesson is already done- I've had a month to work on that)
Anyway- Happy Birthday Amy!! What a pretty, sweet, fun 4 year old you are! We are so blessed and LOVE being your parents!!
3 comments:
- Kristy Anderson said...
- Happy Birthday to Amy! She is so big! Way to go on great deals too! You are amazing Sarah for saying yes to that talk with all that you are doing....I seriously would have declined and volunteered for the next week instead! You are amazing!
- January 19, 2011 8:46 PM
- Sassy Sarah said...
- Oh darn it! Kristy, I never even thought of that!! Oh well, I guess it'll be nice to just get it all over with at once.
- January 19, 2011 9:33 PM
- Emma said...
- Happy birthday Amy! I can't believe it's been 4 years since you were born. Sarah, I'll have to try not adding water to my cake mix. I've never made it any other way. I've also never made an ice cream cake. Tell me how to do it.
- January 19, 2011 10:03 PM
Happy Birthday to Amy! She is so big! Way to go on great deals too! You are amazing Sarah for saying yes to that talk with all that you are doing....I seriously would have declined and volunteered for the next week instead! You are amazing!
ReplyDeleteOh darn it! Kristy, I never even thought of that!! Oh well, I guess it'll be nice to just get it all over with at once.
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday Amy! I can't believe it's been 4 years since you were born. Sarah, I'll have to try not adding water to my cake mix. I've never made it any other way. I've also never made an ice cream cake. Tell me how to do it.
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