Vinegar and Baking Soda Balloon Experiment

Hey y’all!  So my four year old son is home with me for the summer so I’ve been trying to come up with fun stuff for us to do around the house.  I remembered that awhile back my sis in law told me she did this experiment with her girls and they loved it!  So…

Dollar Store Recipe: Trail Mix

Hey y’all, here’s a super quick recipe for trail mix, made entirely of items I found at the 99!  There isn’t much to it,  but it is yummy, it’s easy, and I have some today as a snack during work!  The granola I found was Special K brand, which is not always available at the…

Dollar Store Recipes: Korean Beef and Rice

Hey y’all hey!  So it’s been a little while since I made a recipe post, I graduated, I’m moving into a new apartment, yada yada yada and so basically what I’m saying is, a girl is busy these days.  I also still need to post photos from my graduation brunch too.  But fear not!  I’m back…

My Graduation Party Supply Haul

Hey y’all.  So.  I am graduating next week with a BA in French!  Pow!  So in honor of all of that I am throwing a little graduation party get together at my place.  Over the last month or so I’ve been collecting graduation party items from the 99 (natch).   As someone who is a…

Dollar Store Recipes: Homemade Taco Seasoning

Hey y’all this is a quick and easy one.  This is a homemade, chemical free, easy, yummy, simple and delicious recipe for taco seasoning.  This recipe makes enough to put in one pound of ground beef or turkey or chicken (pick your poison), but can be doubled or multiplied in order to make more and…

Dollar Store Recipes: One Pot Sour Cream Enchilada Casserole

Hey  y’all, so this time I am making a gorgeous and delicious and CHEAP meal.  It’s a Sour Cream Enchilada Casserole that only uses one pan!  Amazing, right?  I found this recipe on Heather Likes Food.  Super easy and doesn’t take much time.  So here we go:   What you need: 1 lb Chicken Breast,…

Dollar Store Recipes: Zuppa Toscana

Hey people, here we are with another great recipe that will be friendly to your pockets, but at the same time super delicious!  This time I made Zuppa Toscana, basically a yummy copycat recipe of the soup you can find at Olive Garden adapted from Damn Delicious.  But as usual, most of the ingredients came…

Easter/Spring Decorations are Up!

Hey y’all here they are in all their dollar store glory:  

Dollar Store Recipes: Taco Pie

Hey party people, of course here I am the day AFTER Taco Tuesday posting this recipe, but alas, here we are.  The great thing is that you can make this anytime!  Whew!  Okay so this time I made Taco Pie, and it is basically a more robust and delicious copycat recipe of the Mexican Pizza…

Easter/Spring Decorations Haul!

Yay!  It’s the first day of Spring!  What better day to post a haul of the things I plan on decorating my apartment with.  As usual, everything I bought for this came from either 99 Cents Only Stores or Dollar Tree.  So let’s see what’s what!   Here we have a few glittery/sparkly things that…

I’m Convinced I can Clean Anything w/Vinegar, Baking Soda, Lemon and/or Dish liquid

I’ve been on this kick lately where I like to google how to clean things with products I have at home and the recurring items are Vinegar, Baking Soda, Lemon, and Dish Liquid and what do all of these guys have in common you ask?  Hold on to your butts…. THEY CAN ALL BE FOUND…

Dollar Store Recipes: Creamy Tuscan Garlic Chicken

Well hello!  It’s recipe time again! Pow!  As usual, I try to make delicious food that can be made with items from the 99 Cents Only Store.  I can usually find most things there and this time I made a Cream Tuscan Garlic Chicken adapted from Get in My Belly.  It’s so good and super…