Amazon + Diapers

I am fairly confident that I have (well actually my husband has) found where to get the best prices on diapers. Amazon offers two separate programs, Amazon Mom and Subscribe and Save. Each program offers 15% off, so by utilizing both you save 30% on diapers, all the time! On top of the 30% off, there are no shipping charges. In addition, you are not only limited to diapers, you can order many items through these two programs. For example, we also save 30% on diaper wipes. So here’s how these two programs work…

Amazon Mom

Despite the name, anyone is eligible to sign up. It is free and there are no strings attached. I would give you all the details here, but it would be much better for you to read what Amazon wrote on the FAQ’s page.

Subscribe & Save

Subscribe & Save is a program offered for frequently purchased items, which for us definitely includes diapers and wipes. However, beyond baby supplies there are many more products available. My husband even orders his razor blades through this program and saves a ton of money.

So how does it work? Again, sign up…no obligations…15% off. You set your items up to deliver ever one, two, three or six months. For instance, we have diapers set up to deliver every 2 months. If we do nothing, we will get diapers delivered every two months. Simple. However, if we are running low on diapers and need them sooner, all I have to do is log on to my Amazon account, go to “Your Account”, then to “Manage Subscribe & Save Items” and have the diapers sent out now. Same thing applies if you have an abundance of diapers or are going to be out of town. You can either cancel the subscription entirely or change your delivery schedule. It really couldn’t be easier or more convenient!

When it comes to brick and mortar stores, I do not have enough patience to shop around for deals. However, when it comes to cyber shopping…I am always determined to find the best deal, and Amazon has made it ridiculously easy! I hope you all at least give it a try and share any great deals you find!

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Sunday Brunch

Now that my husband and I have an almost one year old, our dining out schedule has changed quite a bit. We still eat out, however, we tend to steer clear of the quiet, white linen tablecloth restaurants. Baby G actually does quite well eating out. He mostly sits in his high chair, smiles at people, and eats whatever is in front of him at the moment.

If there is one meal I enjoy most, it is brunch. I love being able to get breakfast, or lunch, or perhaps even a combination of the two. I love having an excuse to have a spicy Bloody Mary or some sort of cocktail in the late morning or early afternoon. And mostly, I love spending time with my family, planning the days ahead.

My husband and I have a new favorite “brunch” place in Occoquan, VA. We first visited Cock and Bowl over a year ago and at that time we gave it a four-star Yelp rating. However, since then it has most definitely moved up to a five-star restaurant. It is a very small restaurant and sits in Olde Towne Occoquan, VA…which if you are ever near the northern Virginia area, you must visit Occoquan. During the summer, you can dine on their small, quaint patio nestled between neighboring buildings and shady trees. Although typically the Pandora radio station puts on a great show, this last weekend there was live music, which was wonderful! In the winter months, although I dearly miss sitting on the patio, you can hardly beat the “eating at your mothers house” ambiance inside.

Although I’ve had many delicious items on the menu, the eggs benedict are phenomenal! In fact, it just gets better and better each time. As of last Sunday, this is how it was prepared: beautiful poached eggs (always done perfectly!) and crispy bacon (BACON!) on top a toasted croissant (yes, a croissant rather than the english muffin) and then drizzled with hollandaise sauce. It is absolutely spectacular! Low in fat and calories…not so much!

So beside the wonderful food, they have a beer selection that reads like a book! It is always fun to try something new and, surely, there will be something on the beer menu that you’ve never had before.

Vacationing With Family

The Outer Banks – An Ideal Destination

My husband and I just went on our first “real” vacation since our honeymoon five years ago and…we invited our family to come along?!?! Strangely, both my family and my in-laws all get along, very, very well.

We rented a house, Afternoon Delight, in the Outer Banks from Twiddy in the Corolla, NC area. We stayed on the northern most part of the Outer Banks – about 7 miles past where the road ended. Well, actually, the road did not end but the pavement turned into a wide-open beach and that was our road into town for the week, which is only accessible by 4 wheel drive vehicles. On the journey to the beach the first crew of people almost ran our jeep into some wild horses…which truly are not that wild anymore. (My mother may or may not have broke the “stay at least 100 feet from the horses” law and actually pet one). Everyone in the jeep was pretty excited to see the wild horses on the first day. By the end of the week the horses were just part of the scenery. You could walk right past them, they’d walk up to you, and if you were crazy lucky enough, you may or may not even manage to pet a few! The vacation involved a lot of eating, cocktails, walking, bocce ball, pool, and reading. Although we were quite isolated on the beach, our accommodations were first class…we even had wireless Internet!

We had all decided that since there were seven of us on this trip and we were going to be vacationing for seven nights, everyone would be responsible for planning one meal. We ate well! Yummy shrimp with a peanut, cilantro dressing, Pete’s BBQ chicken, grilled grouper, juicy burgers, fettuccini, steak, pasta with a portabella mushroom red gravy, and…

Fresh crabs. The last night of our stay we ordered a bushel of crabs from Carova Beach Crab and Seafood. Live crabs were delivered right to our beach house and were steamed in a bath of Old Bay Seasoning. Once the mound of crabs was piled onto our table we all saw the challenge that lay ahead, and immediately knew we were NOT going to eat all of them. Although we did a commendable job, we did not finish them.

We are already planning our next vacation to OBX! There are so many wonderful destinations, I can’t decide if I want to go back to the same exact location or explore a new area. Regardless, the Outer Banks are an ideal destination for a family vacation and we will return!