Catching up!

It's been a while since I posted! Here's a rundown of what's happened in the last month:

Scarlet and I visited Grandma in Minnesota for her birthday! We spent 4 days in Minnesota and just hung out with Grandma. We visited Ikea, the Mall of America, and mom and I both got our hair done. She got a cut and color. I just got a cut! I'll post pictures once I finally take some. I cut it short (for me)--just slightly above my shoulders. Here's a picture that doesn't show it very well, but you can see my new bangs! (It's kind of dark because I took it on my iPhone in low light)

Scarlet was a dream baby on the trip to and from Minnesota! I just loaded her lap up with toys and she'd play with one and toss it aside once she got sick of it, then move onto the next. This would continue until she was ready for a nap and then we'd start all over again when she woke up. She cried maybe 30 minutes during the whole 14 hours of driving (round trip)!

Our Cobra broke down. Sad face. Jeremy was on the way to work and called me and said he needed a jump because the car died on the on-ramp. Obviously, the jump didn't work since the car died while it was driving, so the battery was not the likely culprit. So we had to wait for 1.5 hours on the on-ramp to the freeway for the tow truck to show up--luckily Scarlet slept the whole time! Whew! We towed it to a garage and we figured it was going to be either the fuel pump, which they said would cost $450 or the fuel filter, which they said would cost about $75.

Then we got the news. It was the fuel pump, the relay that goes with the fuel pump, and the fuel filter. Hooray...So we're $683.70 poorer today and we'll be eating a lot of cereal, ramen, and playing a lot of video and board games this month!

But this car bill spurred me to start couponing again so that we'll actually have food this month. I hit up Pick 'n Save early this morning after dropping Jeremy off at work and scored this:

I felt kind of like a rock star when my first transaction (1 milk, 6 boxes of cereal, and a box of breathe right strips) rang up at $5.21. And then I felt like a rock star squared when the second transaction (8 cans of Select Harvest soup, 6 yogurts, 1 milk, a dozen eggs, and 1 sour cream) rang up at $8.04. So, $13.25 for $59.13 worth of food. I sure get sick of cutting out coupons, but man does it pay off in a pinch! This shopping trip, combined with what's already in our fridge, freezer, and pantry, means that we can easily live off of what we have this month and not have to buy anymore.

And if we're really good this month, we won't have to postpone our trip to Utah (set for April) despite this car setback. :)