Let's get extreme!!

So if you are a snowboarder you would know that the title of this post is a quote from the "That's it, That's all" snowboard movie. But today i'm not talking about extreme sports, i'm talking about extreme couponing! Ever since I have watched the extreme coupon show I have had this fascination about how it works. I met a couponer at a financial class we are taking and she sort of showed me the ropes. I've been collecting coupons for two weeks now and i'm happy to report I had a successful shopping trip to Walgreens today!! I'm not looking to stock pile a bunch of stuff I will never use, but definitely stock up on things when they are cheap to save some money. This was my first "extreme" purchase & I'm sure I will only get better at it.

Total before coupons: $64.11

GRAND TOTAL (after coupons): $14.40

I got (2) crest pro health toothpaste, (2) Nivea body washes, (4) ricola dual action cough drops, (2) colgate toothpaste, (2) Tide laundry detergent, (1) carmex, (2) reeses peanut butter candies (very important!), three caramels!

Woohoo! The Frey's will be good on toothpaste for a while and enough cough drops to last through the winter!

Three little monkeys

Spending time with the Frey family in Omaha! These girls just keep getting more and more cute!

I love mornings!

That's right... I said it! I would have never ever said that 5 years ago. There is something about mornings that make me really excited... especially in the fall! It is pretty rare that Robby and I get to enjoy a morning together.... so when we do we take full advantage. Breakfast and coffee on the porch with a wool blanket = love! :)

Fall Camping and Pretty Sunrise!

Munger Trail

Robby and I enjoyed an afternoon biking up the Munger to Jay Cooke State Park. It was so so beaufiful! The weather was nice, colors were breathtaking and my broken lung actually did pretty good! It was my first big work out since I was in the hospital and it felt really great... so I am thankful for that. Enjoy the pics!

You know you want to sing it!

Love how many State Parks we have in the Northland!

Friends for life!

My sweet friend Mary & I have been friends for going on ten years! Crazy!! Back in 2004 she gave me this cookbook and I finally made one of the recipes! Mary has been there for many of my cooking catastrophes but I have definitely improved my skills in the kitchen in the last few years. I decided to make 7 layers bars... yummy!! They were delicious!

Fall in Duluth!

Mom, Dad and Lily came for a visit to Duluth. We had a wonderful weekend together, perfect weather and beautiful scenery. We ventured up to Bayfield for Apple Fest (which by the way is totally overrated). We ended up having a good time at Apple Fest... but I think we all agree that it would be okay if we never went again. On our way to Bayfield we stopped by some garage sales and all found a treasure. We sampled wine at the winery, bought some yummy apples and took a ferry over to Madeline Island (where Robby & I got engaged) and enjoyed a beer at the burned down bar. Probably our favorite part of the trip was our campsite in Herbster. I'm bummed that I don't have any pictures of our campsite because they are all on dads camera. We had a lakeside campsite so we fell asleep listening to the waves crash into the shore. It was so peaceful, relaxing and perfect. The weather was amazing for October camping... I didn't even need a blanket! Lily was very excited to camp. We ate at both of the small town restaurants... one for dinner and one for breakfast complete with the small town hospitality. We all loved Herbster and would definitely like to camp there again one day. Overall we it was a grrrreat weekend!