Random stuff and the Withered Corpse Guess the Body Part Game

Before I get to today's post and the Withered Corpse game, I want to let you know that I have started my upgrade and got my calendar done. Any frugal items that are only on a set day, or super good ones, will be placed on the calendar at the bottom of my blog! If you have a google calendar, you can just add it, if you don't, you can just check each day to see if there is something fun for that day!

Big announcement 2: MY BABY WALKED! Not only did she walk, but she walked TO ME! See, I have been super blessed, and I have two mama's babies. My little girl is a SUPER-momma's girl. Up until today, she has only taken one "oops" step. But today, she was standing by daddy as I sat at the table. She let go of daddy's leg, and took not one, not two, but TEN steps until she reached me! Part of me is super sad that my baby is walking, the other part of me is so stinking proud I had to blog about it!

And the marriage part of today, compliments of Headaches, Hotflashes, & Hormones. The husband. So this week we had a..sick baby. Sick in the way that I changed WAY more yucky diapers than I did the whole first year of his life, so this frugal mommy had to send the not-so-frugal-minded Daddy to the store more than she usually cares to. The result? DISASTER!!!
Bank-good, nothing wrong there
Michaels-Swore he "KNEW" what letters he needed for the crafts I am making for the kid's Christmas Present. But, despite the fact that the list had the specific letters written on it, he STILL got the wrong letters.
Sam's Club-Wrong Formula-who cares that it gives our little girl gas? He got the right liquor, right?
Wal-mart-Alright, here is where it ALL went wrong. He KNEW that I was making caramel apples. So when he got to the spot that said apples X 2? Of course, this meant two apples, not two BAGS of apples. I have never bought just two apples in our married life. Our son goes and gets them out of the fridge daily. But I only wanted two apples.
The next item was soup. Our son was sick. We ALL know that I am the frugal mom. What does my honey do? He just grabs two big old cans of soup!!!! Regardless that it was only for our son! Regardless that at the moment Campbells is not only better but less expensive. He admits he didn't even look at prices.
Next up was the yogurt. OH GOOD GOLLY! don't even get me started here.
Okay, so next up, I am a tomato fanatic. I love them. Did he get me the on-sale-grape-tomatoes-that-he-knows-I-love? Nope, he gets me the three pack of small tomatoes that Wal-mart always has for a dollar. That last about a day. I forgive him for this one as inexperience.
And finally....the toys. I tell him EXACTLY WHERE TO FIND THE FLIPPING TOYS FOR MY SON! They are potty training prizes. Still claims that Wal-mart does not have a money, animal, or dollar toy pack for a buck. Whatever.
And then on to Domino's. As I posted, they had a special for $5.99 for a large. My friend was on the phone and can testify to the fact that I SARCASTICALLY SAID GET TWO, and then stressed that I WAS KIDDING! What does my husband come home with? TWO large pepperoni pizza's. Did he think about the fact that it gives me an upset belly? Or even think about getting.....I don't know....say TWO different toppings? When he asked me what I would do, here was my response
"To start? Get one since that is all we will eat (we had two pieces left of a large, and then the other full pizza). Second? I don't know....how about two HALF AND HALF'S for a little variety? At the very least, two different toppings since you got two pizza's that I didn't want any of but was thinking of you in the first place? How about that?"
He shut up.

DAY 2
Very very simple list. This was it exactly

• 5 single 1 pounders of beef for $1.99 each (see how specific I am?) He got this right
• Stew meat in the smallest amount-He still claims that this large food chain does not sell stew meat even though I have bought it there 50 times before.
  
• A bag of apples-green (I don't know why but I hate red.) I was on the phone for him for five minutes that he told me they did not carry bags of apples. ummmmm. okay. Said he found organic red ones for $4.00 a bag. I said that sounded kind of steep. He said he would keep looking. Came home with green ones, at $4.00 a bag. Who in the h-e-double hockey sticks buys a $4.00 bag of apples for their FRUGAL WIFE???????
• Potatoes-these were right, but I WAS on the phone at this point. 
• Soda's-Specific instructions on his paper-only get if they are $3.00 for 12 or LESS! He comes home with a case of 20 for $6.99????? He says he didn't notice the 20 rather then 24 part. I can understand this....but they are only $5.98 for 24 at Wal-mart.
• French bread-got wheat, we never eat wheat, this can be forgiven. Just shows he doesn't pay attention. 

So, what did this frugal mommy learn?? DO NOT SEND DADDY SHOPPING UNLESS YOU DON'T CARE WHAT HE COMES BACK WITH!!!!!! And frugal momma cares.

Okay, onto today's post....It's Halllllloooooweeeeeennnnnn Week! (You can't hear it, but that was said in my sing songy voice)!There will definitely be more fun activities than crafts this week, because it is no fun to make something you can only look at for like a day!!! If you want to throw the best kid's Halloween party ever, read this weekend's posts! I attended an AWESOME one! Since I was sick yesterday, we didn't get a chance to carve the pumpkins so we will be doing that on Wednesday. For today's activity, we are doing the Withered Corpse guess the body part game. Here is the poem and how it works. Just turn out the lights, sit in a circle, and pass around cups with the different items inside.

Once upon a Halloween night
Living in this spooky town
Was a man who died of fright
Bearing the name of Brown.
Many and many a year has passed
Since they buried Brown away,
But his withering corpse we've here amassed
Dug up from his tomb today!

Here is his brain, which feels no pain.

Pass around a cup with something like a wet squishy tomato inside it.

Here are his eyes, frozen in surprise.

Pass the second cup which hold two frozen peeled grapes.Or, even better, use frozen pearl onions, sometimes the outer layer will peel off, which is creepy.

Here is his heart, nevermore to start!

Pass around a cup with a large lump of uncooked liver or similar meat. Hey, you can just get a dollar can of spam from the dollar store!

Here is his hair, once so fair!

This cup contains a handful of corn silk or wet fur or yarn.Wet pet fur (Ummmm, no cruelty to animals! Just brush them and use the fur!) really stinks sometimes, too!

          And here is his skin, all peeled and broken
               Use an oiled flour tortilla

A few drops of blood, the rest turned to mud!

A cup with a little catsup thinned with warm water.

One hand all alone, rotting flesh and bone.

A damp plastic glove filled with mud or ice, or even better jello!

Now touch his ear, which does not hear!

Pass around a cup holding a dried apricot or other dried fruit. Heck, if you are in a time bind or money crunch, leave a slice of cucumber sitting out over night.

And here is his nose, cold in his repose.

Use a soft piece of chicken bone.Or the end of a pickle

          And from just underneath, you will find his teeth
                    Use unpopped popcorn kernals

          His fingers and toes, no longer will grow
                     Use hot dogs cut in half, and stick almond slivers or 
                     dried cheese in the end for fingernails.

All that's left of his skin are these worms within!

Pass around a cup filled with wet, cooked spaghetti noodles.

Poor Brown is dead and withered away,
Can you guess what we really felt today?