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One Hundred Dollars a Month

I am your typical housewife living in high maintenance suburbia. I have a handsome husband, 2 kids and a flock of pet chickens. I try and feed my family with $100 a month. With the help of coupons, gardening and bartering I am able to squeeze the most out of our grocery budget and still manage to have a little fun along the way.

Elf on the Shelf – Mavis & Ernesto Go to the Post Office

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So I have a story to tell, but I’m not exactly sure how to tell it.  So please bear with me.

I recently received an email from a man.

Dear Mavis,

My wife is a big fan of your blog. Would it be possible to
purchase an autographed picture or product for her for Christmas?

Wait. What? Go back and read that again.

Now, I’m not sure why someone would think I have a big stack of glossy 8×10’s of myself on my desk and a sharpie nearby to sign them with, or Mavis Butterfield bobble heads for that matter, but okay, moving along…

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So I re-read the email {like 20 million times} to make sure I wasn’t hallucinating, then called out to the Handsome Husband.

Mavis : Turn down the television, I want to read you something.

Handsome Husband : Oh My G..

Mavis : What am I suppose to do?

Handsome Husband : I don’t know, send him some seeds or something.

Mavis : But I don’t own a SEED COMPANY!

elf on the shelf post office

So I did the only thing I could think of.  I walked around the house and tried to find some loot to send this lady for Christmas.

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So if you wake up on Christmas morning to find a brand spankin’ new {as in I bought it for myself, didn’t get a chance to read it yet, but hey, Merry Christmas I hope you like it} copy of the book Kitchen Seasons: Easy Recipes for Seasonal Organic Food, 4 packets of Botanical Interest Seeds : Toy Choy, Gourmet Beets, Lizzano Tomato, and Lauren’s Poppy, plus a 10 year old Angel ornament off my Christmas tree, well HO HO HO, Merry Christmas!

Your husbands email was sweet, and most importantly, it made me smile.  I hope you enjoy your present.  I had more fun putting it together than you will ever know.

May your Christmas be merry & bright,

Love, Mavis

Peace Out Girl Scouts, Life is good!

P.S. I did not take his money. LOL. Instead he made a donation to someplace cool. 

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Elf on the Shelf – Ernesto is a Total Party Animal

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I found Ernesto the Elf passed out on the bathroom floor this morning. At first I wasn’t sure what had happened. I mean, how does an elf end up on the bathroom floor anyway?  I was clueless until I noticed a brief text message followed by a ton of pictures from someone named “Edith the Elf” on my cell phone.

Ernesto has been a bad, bad, boy.

What the? Who on earth is Edith the Elf?

Oh Dear.

Swinging from the chandelier?

Playing with fire?

Ummmm?

Rocking out on the drums?

Joyriding in the washing machine?

Stealing doughnuts?

What on earth?

Who is Edith the Elf… and why did she send us these photos?

~Mavis

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Elf on the Shelf – Ernesto is on Duty

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Poor Ernesto the Elf.  I hope Santa isn’t grading him on this mission.  Convincing a teenage boy that Santa is in fact real, and Elves are Santa’s eyes and ears is a tough gig.  I don’t even think Monkey Boy is looking for Ernesto the Elf anymore.

For the last 3 days Ernesto has perched himself up in the branches above the Nutcracker display. I’m not sure if he isn’t moving because no one has noticed him, or if camping out in front of my office is a good place to spy on people.

Hmmm.  Let’s just hope he wasn’t sent here to watch ME… Because if that’s the case, I need to be on my best behavior if I want Santa to being me a box full of vegetable seeds for Christmas like he did last year.

~Mavis

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Elf on the Shelf – Ernesto the Elf Brings Fresh Snow from The North Pole

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If Ernesto the Elf could talk, I bet he’d say ” Game on Monkey Boy, Santa is real, and I bet I can get you to believe in him before Christmas.”

I think you’re right Ernesto, and if all the fresh snow you brought back from the North Pole doesn’t convince Monkey Boy you have super elf powers, then I’ll help you any way I can to convince him. You can count on it.

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