toasted brown sugar oatmeal cake

26 October 2012

I’m going to start the weekend with one of my favorite recipes from my mom! It’s a perfect fall cake on a Sunday afternoon: oatmeal, brown sugar, nuts, what’s not to love?

I used almonds in the topping for this one, because that’s all I had on hand. I hope your family loves it as much as ours.

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deals 10.24.12

24 October 2012

Some deals for you on a Wednesday! Some are limited time, and I list the prices at the time I publish, they can change quickly.

* Today only, until 7 p.m. at the LOFT, you can get 50% off your entire purchase, in stores only. You can sign up for their Insider emails here, but I know my store will take it off if you just mention the email.

*Lands End is offering an extra 40% off all shoes and boots (sale items too!) plus FREE shipping using code MIRROR and PIN code 5566. Good today only!

* American Girl is offering free shipping through 11/20/12 on $100 or more purchase using code PF29096

*Coldwater Creek has free shipping through 10/25/12 using code WFP5473

* York Photo is offering 60 free 4X6 photo prints for new customers using code 60PRINTS, shipping is about $4. Good thru 10/31/12.

And a few Amazon deals:

* 69 cent Country Songs in their mp3 shop.

* Rechargeable Battery 4 Pack + Charger

*buy a Taylor Swift RED cd $9.99 and get $1 mp3 credit.

Still need some cheap, last minute costumes?? :)

Child's White Ninja Costume, Large $5.50

Children's Caribbean Pirate Queen – Toddler $4.99

Native American Princess Costume $4.80 (size s,m,l)

Batman Child (Size 8 -10) $6.80

Child's Orange Glitter Witch Costume, Small $8.50

Child Prisoner Costume, Large $4.40

Child's Angel Costume,size s, m $4.80

Wendy The Witch Child Costume (med) $6.99

Child's Ben Franklin Costume, size L $6.00

Wizard of Oz Dorothy Wig, Child size $4.80

Snow White Wig, Child size $6.00

Women's Cinderella Costume Accessories: Gloves, Headband, Necklace and Hair Bow $3.99

Happy Wednesday~

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candy corn tree {craft time}

23 October 2012

I saw these adorable candy corn branches in Woman’s Day and had to try them out. I thought they would be perfect for our downstairs mantel.

1. First up, you’ll need branches. You can save time by leaving them natural and skip down to the next step. I spray painted mine black, then applied spray adhesive, and sprinkled fine black glitter on top of the adhesive. I truly had pictures of this process but can’t for the life of me find them. Do you ever erase pics accidentally? Oh well. Imagine braches in the dirt outside, spray painted, adhesived, then glittered. Next time I would use the chunky glitter like the buckets below have. The fine doesn’t seem to show up as well on the branches.