Wash and repeat.

I have not been online much the last few days because it's been one of those weeks.

Our washer is about to fall apart and our dryer is not far behind.  The washer works, randomly, on roughly a 1 to 4 ratio.  When it doesn't work, I have to put it through again.  Which is awesome.  Because increasing my laundry challenge by 25%--even though there is no actual increase in laundry volume--is exactly what I need to keep this house humming.  To be fair, it really wouldn't be that bad if our 19-month-old would stop thinking it's hilarious to use his sleeve to smoosh food into everything--walls, hair, furniture..everything.  I'm desperately trying to make it until after Thanksgiving because I hear Sears is having a very good deal on front loader sets for Black Friday.  Check out other Black Friday advance ads here.

Now if you are wondering how a little hiccup in laundry could take me down and basically offline all week, well then, all I have to say is, can I come over?  Because if you cannot relate, it tells me that you must live in the kind of space that I would like to visit.   Like, now.  So put some tea on.

I did manage to stay on track on some holiday shopping and even took advantage of some deals--here are some I thought I should pass along.

Our Target has the Leapfrog Tag reading system on sale for $39.99.  You can stack Target's $10 off coupon with Leapfrog's $10 off coupon--making the system a great gift for any pre-readers on your holiday shopping list.  Plus, Amazon and Toys R Us have Tag books for under $10 right now.

Have you tried Zoya lipglosses?  Love them.  Natural and vegan friendly plus tons of colors, ya da ya da.  I heard about a promotion for some freebies.  I thought it was supposed to end on Nov 13th.  But I tried it today and it still went through--I think it now runs until Nov. 15th so hurry.  Detes:  3 full sized tubes in your choice of color, free.  They usually go for $6 each, but right now, if you go here to order, then enter LIPS in the discount code, you just pay $6.95 shipping.  Hello stocking stuffers (no.  Not for the boys).

I'm putting together a gift basket for a new mom-to-be.  The gift is from a group so I wanted to pull together lots of useful but cute items.  One thing I found were these beautiful nursing covers from Uddercovers.  And, if you use promo code 1FREE it should be free-- again, you pay shipping ($8.95).  Note that even though it appeared as if I was ordering the Carson design, I received the Jones pattern.  But I'm not complaining--I'm sure they are just sending whatever they have in abundance.  This is a super deal because they are great nursing covers and usually retail for $32.  I have no idea how long the promo will run.  I'm on the lookout for more goodies--so far, I haven't made a dent in what we collected, but the basket is already getting full.

Last, have you tried Cheryl & Co. cookies?  We use them a lot for gifts.  If you'd like to try a sample, go here to order 6 free assorted cookies (you pay $6.95 shipping).  It's a great way to sample their goodies, even if you've had them many, many times (ahem).   Plus, you get a $10 off coupon for a future order.

Back to the laundry.

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[Alisha]

Frequent visitor to your blog - finally decided to say hello