Today I am pumped. Memorial Day sales are popping up all around us! I'm forgoing my weekly garage saling this week due to the holiday weekend and crummy weather. Everyone is out of town, so the garage sales just aren't there during this time. I'm secretly wishing I lived in Speedway this weekend since The Indy 500 is going on. I'm not a race fan whatsoever, but I would love to charge people to park in my yard for the race. Some houses make over $1000.00 for the whole weekend!

As for the sales, I'm still checking most of them out online, but Babies R Us is having a great one if you've got a little one. They have the Similac 2oz Ready Feed Bottles on sale for $5 this weekend! These are usually $6.99 at Target, so I can only assume BRU marks them up like they do everything else. So this is a great deal for them! Plus, if you've got those $5 Similac coupons that come in the mail (or from a great friend if you're lucky like me) then you can get up to three cases (8 per case) for FREE! I love these for on the go emergency feedings. Personally, they are great for us because we live in a two story home and who wants to stumble down the stairs at 5am to make a bottle? I keep these at my bedside if Isobel wakes up hungry overnight. Lifesavers! TIP: Where there's a Babies R Us, there is a Toys R Us. Go next door and get three MORE cases at the sale price for a total of 6 FREE CASES!

Another great sale this weekend is at Meijer. Especially if you're having a cookout. Some of the items that stood out to me were: $0.98 Ball Park Hot dogs (I will be getting these for $0.48 a piece after I use my $0.50 off 2 coupon AND Meijer will double this coupon to $1.00!). They also have two get one free on Meijer brand hot dog and hamburger buns. some of things I will be getting FREE from Meijer this weekend are: ChiChi's Salsa, which is on sale for $0.99 and I have a coupon for $0.50 off, which Meijer will double! Another is Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ sauce or marinades. They are on sale for $1.00 and with my $0.50 doubled coupon, they are also FREE!

While I'm on this Meijer kick and all, please try out their new and improved diapers! I thought I was Pampers for life until I had another baby and now have TWO babies in diapers. It's so hard to find an off brand that prevents leaks, fits well, and does not fall apart. Well, people, Meijer brand diapers are your answer! And they are only $5.99 for a package of size 1's, which is 50 diapers! Dare I say these might even be better than Pampers?? Andy chimed in on his own about them and he thinks they work super well. Plus, they have longer tabs for those babies with bigger bellies! We've had NO leaks and Lilly is the queen of soaking through her diaper overnight. I'm totally pleased!

Jonah, who is Andy's oldest boy (11) needed dress pants for his last day of school today. They are having an awards ceremony and they asked the kids to dress up. If you know Jonah, then you know he didn't tell us about this until the night before. The kid is growing like a weed and it's becoming impossible to keep him clothed. I had to run to Meijer last night to purchase a Thank You card for Jack's bus driver. The parents in our neighborhood pooled together and got him a nice gift card to The Cheesecake Factory. Anyway, off the subject. So, I was at Meijer buying the card and I checked out the boys' clothing section. I actually found decent khaki dressy cargo pants for Jonah! And they were only $7.99! To me, this is a great deal for a kid who will grow out of them by the time the next school year starts. My first choice would have obviously been Goodwill, but I was rushed last night. I paired them with a Shaun White for Target brown and black collared shirt I found for him at Goodwill last month for $1.99. He looked great!

This weekend I'm purging my house for my garage sale on June 10th. I'm organizing the neighborhood garage sale and I can't wait! I have so much to get rid of. And anything that doesn't sell, I am donating to Goodwill! Andy printed off 75 flyers and instead of wasting gas driving around the neighborhood, I'm having Jonah ride his bike and put one in each mailbox this afternoon.

Happy Memorial Day everyone! It's our 1 year anniversary of being engaged. So exciting! And Tara's wedding (my sister) is next weekend, so it's love all around!