blogging break

I haven't blogged in a couple of weeks and I've decided I'm offically taking a blogging break. Never fear faithful readers, I'll be back to blogging the first week in June!

super steals and one GREAT mom!

I'm not one that usually feels the need to blog about simple things such as my grocery shopping experiences. However, I do feel as if this is one time to step out of that mold for just a brief moment...

I have a great mom (and seeing as this weekend is Mother's Day, it is important to note this) who has taught me all sorts of necessary traits over the course of my years and one thing she so readily imparted to me is the techniques of a thrifty shopper. Clipping coupons and buying items on sale are just a few of the ways to become a thrifty shopper. Well, my mom would be proud because on Tuesday night, I combined all thrifty shopping techniques in one Target trip and ended up with the following loot for a mere $14.00. Yes, my friend, everything pictured below for a total of $14.00!!

Note: As you can see, I do love the FiberOne products at my house (they are yummy and a great way to get your daily fiber in!) and they just to happened to all be on sale this past week at Target.

Another product of my mom thriftiness is the impatients that are now planted in my flowerbeds (pics of that to come just as soon as I get finished mulching...). My mom found these super healthy, beautiful impatients on sale (a weekend special) at Home Depot for $.33 apiece about a month ago! I was so excited I quickly purchased 3 flats for around $10! Can you believe it?

Isn't my mom the best shopper?!?! But beyond shopping, I am very thankful the Lord has blessed me with a great mother. I'm thankful for her friendship and for all that she has taught me over the years. So on this Mother's Day weekend, I'm making sure she knows just that! Love you Mom!

lemon soup and gospel conversations

Shocking I know, but Cafe Eclectic's lemon soup is actually fabulous! In case you haven't been (and I encourage you to go), this is a fabulous little place in Midtown at the corner of McLean and Faxon near Rhodes College. Earlier this evening I was getting dinner at Cafe Eclectic with Emily and Cassie and admittedly we were a bit sceptical of the soup but when our precious server, Ashley bought us each a small sample we were sold. This is a delightfully unique, lemony rice soup that totally hits the spot!

For me, one of the draws to this truly eclectic eatery is their roasted potatoes. Mmm... I've never had better potatoes than these rosemary and thyme roasted white and sweet potatoes (see picture at above right). Yet another one of the draws over the past couple of visits has been our sweet server, Ashley. This fun loving girl has been so curious of our (recently) habitual Wednesday night dinners at Cafe Eclectic where we've been discussing a book we've been reading together for some time (Lies Women Believe by Nancy Leigh DeMoss). Ashley's consistent curiosity has led us to become very intentional about having gospel oriented conversations with her during the course of these evenings. Two weeks ago we passed along a copy of Because We Love Him by Clyde Cranford and this week were pleased to find that she is working her way through the copy we gave her and loving it! She's even had some of her friends at her school question her about her reading selection as she reads during the course of her day between classes!

So, if you are in the area soon stop by Cafe Eclectic and say hi to Ashley (I'm sure she'd love to see you) but regardless of where you dine in the near future please pray that the Lord would open her eyes to clearly see the beauty of Christ!

p.s. The house coffee here is fabulous!

ONE of my favorite Lewis quotes

The quote below has long been one of my favorite CS Lewis quotes. I re-read it this weekend in a book I was reading by another author (seeing as I couldn't work in my garden because of the monsoon we are currently in the midst of here in Memphis). I believe Lewis was spot on... we are indeed far to easily pleased with the finite pleasures of the world.

"Indeed, if we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased." -C.S. Lewis from 'The Weight of Glory'