I am SO buying this!

OK, I've stumbled upon what is quite possibly the greatest invention of all time. Behold...

The Edge brownie pan by Baker's Edge. Every serving has at least two edges!! Is that not the best part of a brownie?? A bit pricey, but I must have this! Can't wait to make my favorite Ghirardelli brownies in this beauty.

Question: Is it a problem that I'm pining for brownies from this pan at 10:00 in the morning? Nevermind. Don't answer that.

How time flies....

Hard to believe my baby......



is six months old today.

Jackass

I've been making a concerted effort lately to try to buy grocery items when they're on sale, mostly because I'm completely enraged at how the prices are escalating. I've also been trying to overcome my brand snobbiness in favor of the cheaper store brands on many items. Today, I actually took the time to read the flyers in the paper, and planned my grocery list accordingly. I was pretty psyched at some of the sales, and even more psyched that I was going to Stop and Shop, where I wouldn't have to deal with redeeming coins or bitchy customers or ridiculously high prices just because of the town we've chosen to live in. Take a look along with me at some of these bargains......

OK, so that last item got nixed from the list. When I mentioned to Dennis that I was going to buy something other than Tropicana Pure Premium, I was met with some resistance. I must admit - it didn't take much to twist my arm on that one. :)

So, off Matthew and I go to the store. I load him up in the Baby Bjorn and we're on our merry way through the aisles. First stop - the deli. I get my honey ham, and as I'm dropping it into my carriage, I notice that the label says $6.99/lb. Hmmm....what's up with that? I figure - OK, I must have asked for the wrong one. So, I proceed over to the seafood counter, and large shrimp, not jumbo, are $6.99/lb. What the hell? Suffice it to say that as I continue along, I notice that nothing is priced as it should be. I'm ready to go up to the courtesy desk (is it actually called that anymore?) and raise a stink, when it dawns on me. Does Stop and Shop not start their sales on Thursday? Used to be that all the sales in all the stores ran Sunday through Saturday - nice and easy to remember. Little by little, different stores have changed their dates, but I thought they'd all gone to Thursday through Wednesday. Apparently in poring over the flyer so diligently, I missed this........

Awesome.

Man, that was quick!

Well, we've returned from our week-long vacation in Maine. It was hard to leave - I must admit that I even cried a bit as we left the house this morning. We had an awesome week, and as is usually the case, we lucked out with beautiful weather. Combine that with an amazing place to stay and great company and it just doesn't get much better. We're pretty sleepy, as Matthew has been doing some fierce teething the last couple of days. Apologies to everyone for the 4 a.m. wakeup call yesterday! I'll put together a slide show of some of our favorite pictures, maybe tomorrow, but for now, here are a few shots to sum up the week.

Check you later.....

Happy 4th of July!

Thought I'd put up some pictures of Matthew painting "fireworks" at school this week. Just so you know - his lips really aren't blue in the 3rd picture - the printer at school was running out of ink.

Hope everyone has a great Fourth!