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Last Updated on May 24, 2020 by karissa ancell
It’s almost the weekend! Even though I work from home my husband doesn’t so I enjoy the weekend because he gets to be home.
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Last Sunday my grandma took Blake Bella and I out to lunch and then we went to go see Guardians of the Galaxy. It was a great movie. We all had a good time.
TWO
We are almost done with getting ready for back to school. Other than taking her to get her hair cut we have all the clothes, school supplies, and backpack. Her first day isn’t till the 25th of this month but it’s nice to be set. Also family really helped us out by getting her most of her stuff. They love to spoil her so it was pretty stress free for me. She’s so excited for school to start. 2nd grade here she comes!
THREE
I got selected to receive a box from Influenster.com check them out if you aren’t familiar with them. You get to get a box of goodies sometimes. This was my box this time. My favorite thing was a lip protectant with sunscreen from Softlips. I have a lip balm addiction so this was perfect for me. The weather has dried my lips out so I’m constantly putting stuff on my lips.
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One thing that wasn’t so fun was that last weekend our A/c unit broke. We have two wall units, one in the master bedroom and one in the family room broke. It’s hot here in San Diego so we ordered one right away and it came this week. Luckily we were only without for a few days but about half our house was too hot to even be in and we were stuck in the bedroom most of the time.
FIVE
I am half way through my No spend August Challenge. It is going pretty well and the best thing about it is how much support and encouragement from everyone. I’ve gotten tons of traffic to this post and am excited to see how much this month saves us.
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jordan says
Oddly enough, I am SO excited about having kids and doing the back to school thing. Growing up, going back to school shopping was so much fun for me! No idea why it’s such a fond memory!
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Lindsay says
So close to back to school!! 2nd grade is such a good time!
Jemma @ Celery and Cupcakes says
Great to hear that your budgeting is going well so far this month. Cannot wait to hear how you get on with the rest of the month.
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Jessica Doll says
Oh man. I feel your pain on the AC breaking, we don’t have AC in our house and it’s been so WARM.
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Nikki Rae says
I’m thinking of doing a No Spend experiment in September. What did you do to gear up for it?
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Deidre says
I love when I qualify for an Influenster box!
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Karissa says
It is awesome!
cam | bibs and baubles says
Boo on the A/C breaking. Other than that sounds like good times on your end.
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kendall says
Ooh that influencer box looks great! And I loved Guardians of the Galaxy!
jessica says
We are going to see Guardians of the Galaxy tonight. Glad to hear it was good. Awesome post!
Rebekah says
I think September will be my no spend month. We are done with back to school stuff too, though it was pretty easy because it’s for Kindergarten 🙂
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Cat says
Other than the A/C, this sounds like a great week! I’m excited to see Guardians of the Galaxy as well. Your fam is adorable 🙂
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Heather G says
Ahhh! I love Influenster! I’m waiting for my ice cream coupon to come in!
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Erica Manoz says
Yay for Influenster! Did you like the rest of your goodies? 🙂
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Ashley says
We used to do no spend weeks – not sure I could do a whole month! Good luck with the rest of the month 🙂
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Tanya Coffman says
Wow! This is a new concept for me!…I wonder if I could get my husband to give it a go? – he’s a bigger spender than I am lol
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anne says
What a GREAT week. I am thinking I need to check out your no spend August post and do a month of my own!
Christen says
Oh man sorry about the AC! I am going to check out Influencer. I keep seeing so many cool things from there on people’s blogs.
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Lavende & Lemonade says
Love your blog layout, beautifully done! Looking forward to trying the no-spend!
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Britt says
The no spend challenge is a wonderful idea! I might have to try this 🙂
Jamie @ Makeuplifelove says
I am planning to see the Guardians of The Galaxy this weekend. I love this post and seriously need to check out the Influencer box.
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Jessica says
Congrats on getting halfway through the No Spend Challenge! It’s really tough!
Beth says
I love Influenster boxes! They’re a lot of fun! I’ve been doing a no-shop summer – it has been very hard, but hopefully will be worth it in the end!
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Jess says
Now I’m definitely going to have to see Guardians of the Galaxy. I haven’t heard one bad review. It’s nice to be ready for school. I am no where near ready for the kids to go back. They have until September 4th here in NY though, so we’ll have a little time.
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Jessica says
Wow, no spending for August!?! That’s impressive! I’ll have to checkout that post!
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Chelsea says
My boyfriend has been bugging me to go see Guardians of the Galaxy! I guess I’ll have to one of these days 😉
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Karissa says
It was really good, we enjoyed it.
Misty says
Stopping by from the linkup. I seriously need to do a no spend month challenge. Going to check yours out. Thanks!
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