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Where’s Mom? {41 of 52}

Becca — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:02:38 +0000

This week, Mom had a girl’s night out.

At a grocery store.

Yup, you read that right.

You could find me at the brand new Fry’s Marketplace up in Phoenix at Tatum & Shea roads.

I was lucky enough to meet Sara, Amy, Brenda, Melissa, Sara, and Amy; along with some other amazing Arizona bloggers!

This store is amazing.

A-mazing.

There’s a lounge in the front of the store (next to the Starbucks) with big screen tv’s and free wi-fi:

A cooking school (you read that right, too):

A salad bar,

A prepared food counter (not just fried chicken!),

A cupcake bar/upscale bakery/chocolate fountain:

a juice bar:

a wine cellar:

A huge natural/organic/gluten free section:

A … {wait for it}… library:

A toy section (Matt, our amazing tour guide, even showed us the ZhuZhu Pets):

Valet parking (they’ll even wash your car while you shop!), curbside loading, covered parking, and a jewelry store (!!).

And do you know what?

I didn’t even tell you everything.

Really.

Some things that I learned about Fry’s (straight from the President’s mouth… the President of Fry’s, not the President):

-Frys accepts all coupons (coupons from other stores like Target and Safeway, from the paper, internet coupons…)

-Fry’s rounds all coupons up to $1 -except for Fry’s coupons. I saved $10 today by using 10 .35 coupons. True story.

-Fry’s loves bloggers. They gave us a 2 hour long tour (full of yummy samples, friendly workers, and smiling faces), answered all of our questions, took notes about the questions they couldn’t answer right then, and asked nothing in return.

They even rolled out their red carpet for us:

At the end of our tour, Matt (pictures above) gave us $25 gift cards. One for me, one for you.

Yes, you.

My loyal reader.

So, I’m not promoting this giveaway.

Not tweeting about it.

Not putting it on facebook.

I’m telling you that if you leave me a comment and tell me what Kroger store is nearest you, you’ll be entered to win the extra $25 gift card.

I’ll pick a winner on September 10th :)

Oh, how about you scroll back up and click on my new friend’s blogs? They’re some of the best frugal/coupon bloggers in Phoenix, and they talked me into taking coupons while shopping today – I saved a total of $70 :)

Leetle bitty print: Fry’s invited me to be a part of their Very Important Blogger Event and provided 2 $25 gift cards and a swag bag full of yummy wine, cheese, and crackers. The opinions in this post are all mine, and I love Fry’s. My local one and the new one in Phoenix. Which is why I drove 370 miles round trip to attend this event :)

Traveling again…

Becca — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 08:01:19 +0000

Come find me at Aspiring Mama’s place today for Story Time Saturdays (yes, a little bit late…).

Every Saturday, she features a blogger reading to their little one, and Jack and I chose to read Big Sharks.

(Pauline’s always looking for new people to feature… record yourself, upload it to YouTube, and send her the link!)

Michael is currently too cool for the camera, so he played videographer.

At about 3:10 into the video, Jack has an America’s Funniest Home Video moment… Steve thinks I should send it in…

What do you think?

(P.S. I am multi-tasking and counting this as 40 of 52 of Where’s Mom?)

Where’s Mom? (39 of 52)

Becca — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 22:39:58 +0000

I’m early this week…

did you notice?

I’m posting early because tomorrow is going to be a busy, busy day.

It’s a certain someone’s birthday.

He’ll be 6.

And he wants nothing more than a craft desk.

That’s right.

Not legos,

not a Buzz Lightyear toy.

He wants a desk for his creations and treasures.

Michael, Daddy, and I have been working on it for the past week.

We found the perfect desk,

Daddy assembled it,

then Michael and I painted it.

Here’s Michael and I sweating in the hot, humid garage last night, putting the finishing touches on Jack’s desk:

Tonight, Michael asked Jack to sleep in his room so that Daddy and I can rearrange Jack’s room and set up his new desk. We’re all so excited for him :)

Pictures will come soon!

Where’s Mom? (38 of 52)

Becca — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 19:34:39 +0000

Some of you know that this school year, I switched schools so I could be closer to my boys. One of the many perks is that Michael comes to have lunch with me on the days that I work.

Sometimes we play games.

Sometimes we talk.

Sometimes we play on the computer.

Like today:

Michael has some big chipmunk cheeks in this one.

Michael ducked!

Yin and Yang!

Michael looks very bored on the rollercoaster…

My room is always freezing… see how blue we are on the thermal imaging camera?

Fun, fun, fun :)

Where’s Mom? (37 of 52)

Becca — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 23:45:29 +0000

This week, you could find Mom at the Grand Canyon…

(more pictures coming soon!)

Where’s Mom? (36 of 52)

Becca — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:30:05 +0000

Mom spent last weekend in Bisbee with some friends at the I Heart Faces photowalk.

Here I am with Michelle and Melanie.

And here I am with Jamie.

We had a wonderful time – you can read all about it here.

Where’s Mom? (35 of 52)

Becca — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:15:37 +0000

Last weekend, Mom had the opportunity to spend the day with some amazing ladies.

Kellie, Rhonda, Kristin, Caitlyn & I, and Tracie

The best ladies.

My best ladies.

Laughing, gossiping talking, sitting by the pool, and eating veggie straws (don’t you see the huge bag? They’re that good!)

What was the last thing you did with your girlfriends?

Where’s Mom? (34 of 52)

Becca — Fri, 28 May 2010 01:59:22 +0000

This week Mom has been busy helping Michael with his end of the year project.

He had to make a board game for a book report.

Any guesses on his book?

Diary of A Wimpy Kid… along with 10 other kids in his class!

I guess it’s pretty popular.

I thought that I’d throw a couple more pictures in here, just for fun.

Here in our neck of the woods, it’s the last day of school.

Six long weeks off starting tomorrow!

Here’s the first day of school:

And… 10 haircuts, 3 pairs of sneakers, 2 lunchboxes, and one backback later…

I have a 5th grader and a kindergartner!

Hold me…

Where’s Mom? (33 of 52)

Becca — Sat, 15 May 2010 23:38:17 +0000

It was brought to my attention that I neglected to post a picture this week.

Oops.

You know when you’re trying to get a picture where everyone looks good?

And when there are 6 women in the picture?

Yeah, it doesn’t work so well.

So, I went back and forth, not knowing which one to put in.

Kristin, Rhonda, Me, Pauline, Eileen, and Pauline

Do I post only the one where you can see everyone except for Eileen, who is hidden behind Pauline?

No.

What about the one where Rhonda decided to yell something obscene and get us all giggling, and the waiter thought it would be funny to take the picture early?

Just post that one?

No.

What about the one where we are all laughing so hard that we can’t even try to smile for a picture?

Just post that one?

I figure that at least with all three of them up here, everyone has a good picture somewhere.

And just for fun, I think I have to post this one.

If you were there, you know the one I’m talking about.

The one where Eileen threw a gang sign.

What gang sign?

No one knows.

But she sure did it.

And it. was. hilarious.

This one has had me laughing for days.

*If you don’t know Eileen, you should know that she is not affiliated with gangs in any way, shape, or form. She’s a Mom. And a teacher. And fairly low-key, if you ask me.*

Where’s Mom? (32 of 52)

Becca — Thu, 06 May 2010 04:38:10 +0000

What a weekend!

Friday night, I met up with some awesome bloggers for dinner at the Yardhouse in Phoenix.

Saturday, I spent the day with 100 amazing ladies (and a couple of men) learning about SEO, plugins, branding, and vlogging.

Shey, Chelsea, Me, Michelle, Melanie, and Julie (photo by Julie)

Saturday night I was lucky enough to hang out poolside with some amazing bloggers…

…and watch this bartender make me an amazing margarita using a plastic cups as a shaker (he was waiting on the “real” shaker):

(After I complimented him on his technique, his partner told me to get behind the bar for a picture)

It was quite a sight… he took great pride in that drink!

On Sunday I finally got to my first Bath Junkie:

Where I promptly made 3 husbands very angry by introducing their wives to the store.

(Sorry, guys)

It was a great weekend filled with girl talk, late nights, and lots of smiles :)