Britney and BBQ?

Well today was just one of the funny days where weird stuff happens.....

So at work I deal with some strange people that have weird requests and somehow this request worked out for me... So this homeowner for some reason didn't like his $2000+ outdoor BBQ grill.... somehow he worked his way all the way up to some VP of Sales of the company that supplies my grill supplier. The crazy part of that is that I had no idea that he was even doing all of that and one day he told me that i need to fix his grill. So today i finally had the guys and materials to do it. I called the Sales guy and asked him what he was going to do with this old grill and he just told me to take it.... So I just got hooked with a very expensive grill for a house that i don't have.... YET! (but we are starting to look).... so that is pretty exciting

Here is a picture of the grill.

 

but then the crazy part of the day really started to happen.... 

Last Monday Liz and I really didn't want to cook so we decide to go to this local Tex Mex place in Flower Mound. The host asked us if we wanted to register for the Britney Spears tickets.... we said sure why not... we joked at dinner and said we would probably win freaking Britney Spears tickets.... we never win anything but today i get a call from a Spanish woman asking for Elizabeth Miller... i say this is her husband can i help you.... she goes.... well this is Pollo Salsa and you won the Britney Spears Tickets.... I couldn't believe it... 

So this coming Tuesday my wife and I will be in a suite at the AAC watching Britney Spears.... 

 Dont be too jealous of us...

The Dude

So its been a while, and I know you are all dying to see more pictures of the cutest dog in the world.... as you can see he is a chewer! 

     

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!!!!!!!! I hope you all were able to enjoy some green beer, or made some homemade green beer like my good buddy Kelsey (Martha Stewart Style)!

In honor of the Irish, Steven and I enjoyed $2 Sushi and (American) Beer at The Fish with some friends.  Steven, has added so many new foods to his dining repertoire in the past few months! Vegetables, fruits, salads (as a meal, not a side!), fish, sushi and cccchhhhocolate just to name a few.  However, I think I need to get Karen's recipe for black spaghetti to really put him to the test!

Off to watch the DVR.... gotta love spring break :o)

Grocery Store Domination

Well being on a somewhat limited single income budget we have to do a lot of grocery store shopping. Some people make fun of me (my wife) for clipping coupons and having a coupon folder. But this weekend we dominated Tom Thumb and Krogers. We were getting low on a bunch of things and the deals were good, so Liz and I wrote a list and got on a mission. 1st stop was Tom Thumb and for under $50 we got things like Tide, a roast, fruit, veggies eggs, and much more for a total of 48% off. But Krogers we bought 38 items and had a coupon for almost everything and our total went from $119 to $58 for another 48% savings ($1.5 a item avg). The teenage boy at the register even complimented me about how much i saved. His words were "dang, that is some crazy savings"..... and I was thinking about all of the stuff i got for free or under a buck.....


So every once in a while in the coupon clipping world you have a good weekend and i felt proud so i felt like sharing it to yall......