Frugal Birthday for Daddy

Yesterday was my husbands birthday. I had two goals:

1. stay within budget

2. involve my two year old as much as possible

Regarding #1 I bought some Ben & Jerry's ice cream, used an oreo pie crust I got from Walgreens months ago, and used cool whip I got for free!

I used two of my groupons to buy him gifts (gifts that he wanted even!) One was from the Nutty Guys, they have great gift boxes! And the other was from a local bakery. Who doesn't want bakery goods for their birthday??

I also used swagbucks to take the sting out of an Amazon purchase for him. :) I would tell you what it was but he doesn't have it yet. I was a little late ordering. lol

Now involving my daughter.... It was actually really fun. I took her to the Dollar Tree and let her pick out a present for him. She even used her OWN dollar. :)
She picked 2 packages of M&M's and a witch. (lol) She kept saying..."open up the Sea Witch Daddy!"---she's been watching the Little Mermaid.

Then I found some paper and I had her draw some pictures on them. Best wrapping paper ever! I save ribbons and bows so I pulled out the stash and let her pick what to use. FUN!

Adorable right?? :)

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