My Favorite Things

It's that time again over at Fiddledeedee and I'm ready!! I think about how lucky I am to have stumbled upon this everytime I clean up Monkey's toys.

My Under-shelf Organizer!

I got this on clearance at Dollar General a while back. Up until now, its been collecting dust because when I tried to put it in my cabinets, the doors wouldn't shut. (Gee, I wonder why it was on mark-down...)

Not wanting to waste the money, it became the perfect solution to store puzzles! It's just out of reach enough for little hands, but still open to see so she can tell me if she wants them. Perfect!

What is your latest "favorite thing"?

Thrifty Thursday

It's Thrifty Thursday over at one of my favorite blogs, Comical Coupon Cents. So, here are my finds from our local Just a Dollar yesterday:

The "Seedling Bible" is just precious! This will be great for "Bible time" since it's in story-book form, with lots of pictures, and it actually has little sidenotes which will help me in teaching.

The "Matching Items" is a flip book complete with pics and simple words. Just right for teaching a toddler.

And lastly, my favorite; old-fashioned, good 'ole alphabet blocks. Perfect for teaching colors, letters and words. The backside of the blocks also have shapes!

AND... drumroll, please:

HAIRBOWS! WOW! A buck! I make my daughter's hairbows, but I can barely get the materials for that price! And my little monkey can't seem to keep her white bows "white", so this was definitely an excellent find! (I also might add that in my 'pre-frugal days' I was known to frequent boutiques and buy these for as much as $12 a piece. I'm shaking my head as I type this. YIKES!)

If you have a local $ store, take some time to really stroll the aisles. I mean, really stroll. Some of it is just pure junk, but sometimes there's some really great stuff! Like once I found a "Take Out Menus" accordian file. To some it may be worthless, but for a new mommy it made the perfect baby shower gift! It was a huge hit! (And it was A DOLLAR.)

And start stocking up on little Christmas gifts as you see them, (especially for the kiddoes) because they will be gone! (My sister and I do this all the year through! Saves a lot of stress in December!)