FREE fun day.

You know I love a bargain.....right? Well, I do. I LOVE that me n little man got to spend the day doing fun stuff for FREE.

I was a little nervous taking him to the Lowe's building clinic - its supposed to be for 2nd graders - but we had a great time. He was a little wary when he was walking into a room of big kids with hammers.

Jman quickly overcame his fears once he realized HE got a hammer too. Not a lot of his banging was productive, but he started getting really excited once he realized exactly what was coming.

He really loves trains, and points them out whenever he sees one (usually in the store or in a book...not too many trains here in Jacksonville). So when he saw the other kids were putting together a train, he started hollering "CHOO! CHOO!"

The only thing that upset him was when we had to leave. He thought we weren't taking the train with us.... Don't worry little man, we'll be going back next week. (They're having clinics for the next 2 weeks where you can build a passenger car and an Engine...they'll all hook together in the end!)

If you want to sign up with your kiddos, go here:
https://www.lowesbuildandgrow.com/Home.aspx

Apparently they have things all the time. It was our first trip, So Jayson got a little Lowes apron. They also get a badge for every clinic they do. So cute!

We had such a good time doing the Lowes clinic, that we went ahead and did the one at Home Depot too. It was a picture frame, and we're going to paint it tomorrow (Jayson wasn't in the mood for pictures at Home Depot, but he sure remembered what to do with that hammer!)

Afterward, we picked up free lunch at Zaxby's -our local store had a deal where if you bought a meal on November 12th, you could get the same thing free in December. Definitely had to take advantage of that!

Next, we headed over to the Hallmark store. Now, that place is SO out of my price range that its not funny. BUT, they recently released some coupons (one $5 one and one $10 one) on facebook.

So we went to look around. BOY! Is that place expensive! We got some wrapping paper for free with the $5 coupon. Its the good stuff too.

Jayson picked up the cutest and softest little Snoopy stuffed animal. He was hugging it so close and giving it kisses. He was saying "want please?" How could I resist?

We got it for free ($10 coupon). We had to pay tax on Snoopy and a chocolate for me, but it was a fun little treat for both of us for about $1.