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3 Ingredient Glitter Slime

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This post contains affiliate links. Please see our privacy and disclosure policy for more information. If your kids are anything like mine, they are obsessed with slime. Slime of all colors. But the winner, by far, is the glitter slime. Something about those magical sparkles of glitter and my kiddos go crazy. Here is an easy, three ingredient recipe to quickly and magically concoct glitter slime on your kitchen table. Ingredients: Glitter (any color) 5 oz of Elmer's clear glue 1/2 cup of Elmer's magical liquid Instructions: Pour bottle of Elmer's clear glue into a plastic cup. Slowly mix in Elmer's magical liquid. Add glitter (about 1-2 tablespoons) depending on the desired amount of glitter. Stir until combined. Move mixture to table and knead by hand until well combined. If sticky, coat hands with cooking spray. Play and have fun. Store in airtight container.

Pizza Friday Date Night With a Twist

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This post may contain affiliate links. Please see our privacy and disclosure policy for more information.  If you are anything like us, you have pizza at least once a week, usually Friday night. It is definitely a go-to food in our house. And our kiddos are always on the countdown till Pizza Friday! Yay! We have found that some pizza can be expensive depending on the location and type. We have also found that the quality of pizza can vary greatly from place to place. This is when we came up with our ingenious idea for a date night. We were looking for good, affordable pizza and we decided to try all of the pizzerias within a few miles of our house. Yes, all of them. No, we didn't just order one pizza from each place week after week. No one wants to eat an entire pizza that they don't like that much. We had ONE date night and went to close to 10 pizzerias. Now, you can stop by any number that you have time and the stomach for. At each location we asked for ONE slice of

The Battle of Quality vs. Cheap

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This post may contain affiliate links. Please see our disclosure and privacy policy for more information. Oftentimes, the problem with being frugal is that you inevitably need to spend money on something. When you know you need to spend money, it then become imperative to understand when it is worth spending more to purchase something of quality or when you should cheap out and spend as little as possible (or not even buy it at all). This handy-dandy cheat sheet will help you to decide when you should be splurging on a quality item and when you should be cheap, super cheap, so you can save your hard earned dollars. Buy Quality Items You Use Everyday If you use it every day (be honest with yourself here), then it should be a quality item. Examples of quality items you use a lot may include towels; kitchenware like pans, plates, silverware; professional attire like suits; shoes you wear daily like dress shoes, sneakers; clothes you wear frequently like exercise clothes. Be