Wednesday Laughs

From A:

We're halfway through the week!  Thought it would be fun to post a laugh from GraphJam:

Continuing with the Lady Gaga theme, how about a Totally Looks Like photo:

And I'll finish with one of my all-time favorite look-alike photos:

3/4 of a Year

From A:

Last weekend marked 9 months of marriage for us.  It's hard to believe so much time has passed since our wedding!  This seems like just yesterday:

Only 3 months until we eat our top layer of cake.  We're not really expecting year-old frozen cake to taste very good, but at least we'll gain some much-needed freezer space!  We'll also take a blow torch to our stubborn unity candle that wouldn't light during the ceremony:

And since it happens to be that special day of the year, Happy St. Patrick's Day, everyone!

Ways to Save

From A:

I was introduced to a helpful money-saving website by one of my co-workers.  It's great for those of you who have Publix grocery stores in your area.  The site is called "I Heart Publix", and it has information about weekly promotions, as well as printable coupons you can use to save even more money on sale products.  As a testament to the website, our grocery run last weekend yielded $90 worth of groceries, but we only paid $40 out of pocket!  Here is a link:

There is also a more generic "I Heart Saving Money" site, which includes freebies and good deals at other stores, such as CVS, Walgreens, Kroger, etc (see a list of stores along the top banner of the page).  Here's the link to that website:

Hope everyone finds these sites as useful as we have!

Clearwater Beach

From A:

The university is out on Spring Break this week.  We're not because we actually have jobs.

We were, however, able to get a taste of Spring Break at Clearwater Beach this weekend.  Sorry, no bikini or speedo pictures of our visit because it was cold and windy!  Here we are on the pier all bundled up:

Here is J with his Mom and Dad:

We saw this guy on the beach.  We initially thought he was a statue, but then realized it was an actual guy dressed up and standing extremely still (well, as still as he was able to stand with a 20 mph sea breeze).  I certainly respect him for honoring our military, but it's a pretty weird thing to do:

We also saw a guy dressed up as Captain Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Caribbean, but he was too creepy for us to want to take a picture with him.  In case you're wondering, he basically looked like this:

 Our hotel balcony had a great view of the Gulf:

Our last morning on the beach ended up being warmer and less windy, so we went for a nice walk in the sand.  Overall, it was a relaxing weekend break from the daily grind!