this wasn't in the plan |but life is still pretty good

If I'm feeling creative and something's going on I'll title my link love post because, well, other bloggers do it and it keeps me from having a bunch of posts with the same name.  But tonight I can't decide.  The sick kids edition - because both my boys have been a touch under the weather this week at one point or another?  Or, it could be the cereal edition because I got some smokin' deals on cereal today.  The overdrawn account edition would work too, because well, we did that this week.  I could call it the canned beans edition because we plan on pressure canning a bunch of pinto beans at some point this weekend.  But I couldn't decide so it's all of those.

Do You Use Money To Discourage Bad Behavior? at Free Money Finance - An interesting discussion on whether or not you should tie behavior to a child's allowance

Make Your Own Scrubber at Stop the Ride! - Onions in the mesh bag usually cost more than they do individually, but if they didn't, I'd definitely keep the bag around to make this nifty little scrubber. Read the comments for another great idea.

Tips for Crafting with Kids from Design Mom - I especially love the glue tips, using a q-tip to apply glue is a good idea even if you aren't crafting with kids.

More Grocery Store Tricks and How To Avoid Them at Blissfully Domestic - Be smarter than the grocery store and you can save some money

Coupon Tips and Tricks at Digerati Life - Use this post along with the previous one and you're all set!

Financial Health at Remodeling This Life - Emily is so spot on with this post. Not that I'm an expert on anything, other than what I like, and this I like.

Happy reading and have a wonderful weekend!