Yay for Carbs!

I hope you all had a wonderful holiday! My boyfriend, youngest sister and I helped my middle sister move into the condo she just bought down in VA. I'm pretty achy from lifting boxes up and down stairs, but luckily its done now. The ride home was miserable. It was supposed to take us around 4 hours, but it ended up dragging on for eight, grueling hours. The traffic was miserable and I was wiped by the time we got home late Sunday night. Yuck.ShopRite

• Lettuce $0.99 - my store is finally marking down about-to-expire produce, yay!
• 3 Fleisch's Yeasts $1.50 each
• Gallon of Milk $2.59
• SR Swiss cheese $2.15
• Used $10 catalina, total was $0.23

Then I bought (can't use more than one of these cats at the same time):

• Semolina flour $2.79
• 2 packages bread flour $3.59 each
• 2 bags Tostitos $2 each
• Used $10 catalina, total was $5.56

A&P - the smallest container that ShopRite had of dry milk was at least triple this size - weird, huh?

• Dry Milk $5.39

Why did I need all this flour you might ask? Because my hunny got me a bread machine for Christmas! My inner carbohydrate-addict is jumping for joy.

My first loaf is pretty simple, just a basic white bread. I just turned it on, and I'll have yummy bread for breakfast. This worked out perfectly since I just used up the last of the bread I had on hand.
My mom made me this beautiful quilt for Christmas. She started working on it when I moved into my apartment...back in 2005. My two sisters each have multiple quilts and my mom has whipped up quilts for baby showers left and right, but my quilt lay unfinished next to her sewing machine, slowly being buried under material scraps and fabric patterns. Finally, it is complete! :)