Frugalicious Friday & Last Minute Frugal Christmas Finds

If you've come over from Finding Fabulous and are looking for Frugalicious Friday, you've come to the right place. Welcome! The lovely and talented Jane has asked me to guest host this week's edition of Frugalicious Friday and I am absolutely delighted to do so.

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After my lovely trip to Home Depot, I had gone next door to Target to get the napkins for my coaster project. Of course, I had to stop off at the dollar section.


I found these things ~ all for $1.00 each ~ that I thought would be neat for projects and to use to decorate my wrapped gifts.

Chipboard Alphabet and a wreath pin
Rub-ons

Layered stickers

I also hit Joann's this week to get some fabric for pillows I'm making for my Dad for Christmas {I'll share those soon}. I found Curly, Moe & Larry here; marked down at 60% off already and it's still a week until Christmas! Aren't they cute?


The snowman was $14.99, on sale for $5.99.

The elf was also $14.99, marked down to $5.99.

And the caroler was $12.99, on sale for $5.19.


Can't wait to see all the markdowns after Christmas!

Okay, if I did this McLinky thingy correctly, you should be able to link up your frugal finds. I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone else has found!

Let Them Eat Cake ~ Off My New Cake Stand

Yay! It's Friday and that means the end of a long and tiring week for me, and Frugalicious Friday, hosted by Jane of Finding Fabulous.



I almost thought I had nothing to participate with this week, but remembered that I got a pretty good price on a cake stand this past weekend. I had actually been looking for some pieces at the dollar store that I could put together and make my own, but all they had were some Christmas patterned dinner plates. I picked up two and headed to Marshalls thinking I might find something there to use as the base.

After scrutinizing each shelf I found this by accident. A plain white cake stand, which, after consideration, I realized might be a better idea because I can use it all year long for special days.

$5.00 at Marshalls! I thought that was a good price {especially since I was expecting to see $12.99 on the sticker}. Here is the plate I got at the dollar store, too. I realized after I washed everything that I might be able to use both these things together.

Have you seen this picture around blogland? I have and I love it! So simple, yet so pretty. I had also picked up something else at Marshalls . . .

Here's what I did ~ I put the decorative plate on top of the cake plate and that gave me what I wanted for my Christmas Eve table {as I want to lift some foods up and have varying heights on the table}. Then, just for kicks, I put this set of gift boxed chocolates on top. Right away I thought of that picture above!

Well, I thought it made for a nice picture anyway!

I don't know that I'll leave it like this for my buffet, but it does provide some nice decoration in the dining room at the moment.

5 Things You Didn't Know About . . . .

Welcome to this week's "5 Things You Didn't Know About . . .", where we are visiting with Jane of Finding Fabulous {formerly known as Decor Mama}!

Favorite music at the moment: This suburban mom is guilty of loving the Black Eyed Peas at the moment! My 10 year old son loves them, and well, I think it's contagious! I also love Jason Mraz and Colby Callait.

If you didn't live where you do, where would you live: Oh, I'd most likely live at the Beach somewhere. Maybe Charleston or Hilton Head Island!

Favorite cocktail: My favorite cocktail is Chardonnay...especially in the summertime! But I recently tried a dirty martini and was amazed at how good it was.

Best advice you ever received: Always do your work first....and play later! I can't remember where I heard this, but it's stayed with me!

Person you most admire: The person I most admire is my high school sweetheart and husband of 16 years now! His kind heart and caring ways are amazing. Yup...he's a keeper!

Please join us next week to see who we visit with and find out 5 Things You Didn't Know About . . ."!

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