Oatmeal Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies

This easy recipe will help those, like me, who let bananas over ripen on the counter. Sure I see them every morning. I just never get the urge to eat them. Besides making banana bread, what could I do with these browning fellas? 

Oatmeal cookies. These are the easiest things to bake. 4 ingredients. I bet you'll have most on hand. 

You'll need: 

Chocolate chips 

Tablespoon of peanut butter

1cup of oats

2 ripe bananas. 

Mash all but the chips together. Then fold in the chocolates. Scoop out with a spoon and drop on cookie sheet. Bake at 350 for 15-20 mins and tada! done. 

Golden Tote for Feb 2014

It finally arrived! I placed my order Feb 6th and received the package today, the 20th. 

Now, being a first time purchaser, I went for the $49 tote. It would have 2-3 items. One you choose, the rest a surprise. It comes in this nifty golden tote canvas bag. 

Inside: 

The top I chose

The other goodies:

A light knit sweater

 

And a scarf. It's soft and wonderful with a butterfly pattern! 

The top I chose is wonderful! It's soft and cool. The second top, the sweater, is cozy. Though the way it's put together is interesting. It's like the front is a giant scarf that overlap each other to make the rest of the sweater. 

Me trying on sweater top. 

 

Overall, I'm thrilled with my bag! With winter weather on the way after this gorgeous spring like week I've had, the sweater and scarf will come in handy! 

More Target Clearance

Today I ventured into Target for mayonnaise that I saw on clearance last week. A whole end cap of Hellmanns olive oil mayo reduced to a buck something. Gone. All gone. Luckily I found other things to purchase! Ha! 

The brands were Burt's Bees and Yes to blueberries. Both marked down 50%. Both were bonus items, as in the had an extra goodie attached. 

Monogrammed burlap flag!

Today my burlap flag came in the mail! It was due tomorrow, but arrived early! It arrived via USPS, in a sleek box. Inside the box it contained: 

It's also wrapped in a thick plastic wrap. So no damage would occur if something were to leak through. 

Out of the box. 

Hanging on our door! 

The maker has other options available. She's on etsy and amazon! 

Save Your Wool Sweater!

Do any of you have the problem of balls of wool on your sweaters or coat? Like so:

That's my pea coat from Old Navy. 

Last year while visiting my parents, my mom had mentioned being disappointed about a cardigan she purchased from Banana Republic. I went in search for this cardigan in the guest bedroom closet. There it hung, looking normal to me, until I took it out and saw all the fuzzies. So I went into the bathroom and took an old razor out and started to shave the cardigan. It takes a bit of time, but it's worth it. Some spots I had to go in multiple directions to remove the fuzz from the material. 

Results: 

The shavings that come off: 

Instead of picking off the shavings for my coat I decided to vacuum them off. So the clumps looked more like this. 

Target clearance finds

I like a good bargain! I think it's something I picked up in college when what little money I had went to school, gas, and food. Today, I found a rare gem at Target. While cruising the many clearance items I spotted in the front aisle of the bedding stuff clearance flannel sheet sets. I doubted they'd have a king set but looked anyway. Low and behold they had one! For $17.48, regardless of size! 

The next goodie was an Aveeno dandruff control shampoo. Dandruff becomes an issue for me during the winter and when my hair gets to a decent length. 

Other goods my husband and I found were little kid clothes. They marked down some cool things. We may not have kids but our nephew and nieces can look cool. Curious George, TMNT, batman, etc at $5 or less. 

We also checked out the dollar section. They have now have travel sizes for high end products ie: yes to carrots, tide, dove, eos. Which is totally awesome because I noticed the manufacturer included coupons to purchase full size items on some of these brands. One item I had to try. It's by eos, shave cream and it can be used either dry or wet. We'll see how this works out! Happy clearance shopping! 

Orzo

This little pasta was the easiest to cook. What could I do with it? Maybe my options were too vast and my brain could not pin point the best option. So, I checked out our pantry and fridge for ingredients. I had a partial head of cauliflower, broccoli, and decided on a can of tuna. 

I put the orzo in water and got that boiling. While the temp was building up I broke apart the cauliflower. Then added that and the broccoli to the cooking orzo. 

Next, when the pot started boiling again, I turn OFF the heat and let it finish cooking and start cooling that way. When it's cooled to a manageable temperature, I dump out the rest of the water. Salt and butter in the pot. Drain the tuna, mix it in. Then shredded some cheddar cheese and threw that in too. 

This took about twenty minutes total. Easy peasy. Great for something quick right after work! 

Tada! As my soon-to-be two year old nephew would say!