A good friend Faye just celebrated her birthday last August 8th and now wants to share her happiness by doing a giveaway in her blog – make sure to go here to know more!

Here is what you can win!

1st price – Ladies Chronograph (big face) watch

2nd price – Kate Spade kikay kit (orange)

3rd price – Kate Spade kikay kit (floral)

I am currently reading projector reviews because my dad needs a new projector as his current one stopped working. There is a new type of projector released called a pocket projector and I am curious how it will fare with the other projectors out in the market. I showed it to my dad and he is willing to try it out so we will see.

A friend recently shared that she is feeling the change of seasons from where she lives. It has become a couple of degrees lower each days with a couple of rainshowers spread throughout the day. She is now readying her fall/winter wardrobe and even took out their electric blanket. Winter is her least favorite season so she does what she can to feel warm.

I shopped a bit for the family – mostly clothes for the husband and son, they need new ones. I am trying to find the dereon brand as requested though. I didn’t shop for the little girl too much as she has so many clothes, but I need to check if they still fit because she has been growing way too fast for me. I also want to shop for myself but I am trying to keep myself from spending too much, I will shop for myself once I hit a goal I promised to myself.

Ever since I got an iMac, I’ve been slowly wanting to switch everything to Mac. My Dell laptop is my first ever gadget bought with my hard-earned money and I am sure I will have a hard time letting it go but I can’t help it – I want a Mac Book Pro! Everything is just easier – and organizing pictures is a breeze. Everything also runs fast and I love how every answer can be found at the Mac web site. It is true – once you go Mac, you never go back!

The latter part of the year always involved one of us or all of us getting sick. Last month we had the kids confined at the same time because of a nasty flu and respiratory infection. Thankfully, we need not worry about paying bills because our North Carolina health insurance covered it for us. I hope there will be no more sickies in our household though until the end of the year, it’s the stress and worry I could not handle.

Having a car is considered a basic need already, since we need it for transportation. It makes sense now that there are so many car insurance companies offering auto insurance policies. A car is an investment and you need to have it protected just in case. Especially since it is always on the road where accidents happen all the time. Better be safe than sorry.

The bunk bed we are eyeing is currently on sale. It comes with twin lower bed with a single bed for the upper bed and it even comes with a pull-out. It would be perfect for the kids, even our youngest, who is four and can be slowly weaned from co-sleeping soon. We just need to buy a memory foam mattress for the twin bed and some new sheets. I am getting excited. This is one purchase I wont even have to ask the husband permission for.

A friend recently had her kitchen renovated and one of the things she replaced was her dual sinks. She replaced them with Kohler kitchen sinks and she could not be any happier. I hope when we get a house of our own we can get Kohler as well. It is a quality and trusted brand. They offer faucets and bath fixtures as well.

That is what our current vehicle is to us right now – a real headache. Every week something needs to be repaired or fixed and the cash we are spending out is not that cheap anymore, one might even think we are buying Ferrari parts instead of parts for a jeep. I cannot wait to be able to buy our own vehicle before the year ends. It keeps us focused with this goal!