Double Win!

So much winning I'm starting to feel like Charlie Sheen! I have two things to brag about today, the first one:

You will never guess how much I paid for this pair of Gymboree PJs

1. they were on sale, down from $19.75 to $8.99.

2. Gymboree was having a special "extra 25% off all discounted items that day.

3. I had a 20% off coupon from a magazine.

4. I had a $5 rewards coupons for being such a good customer.

 and the total was....

...42 cents!!!!

I could not even believe it, you always hear about people getting great deals, but it never really happens to me, at least not to that extent. So, I am quite proud of myself .

My second reason to brag? A's birthday cake.
We celebrated A's second birthday with my husband's family on Sunday. I had bought a teddy bear cake pan at Williams Sonoma about three years ago (on sale), and decided to try it out this year.

 I followed the WS recipe, but the cake didn't come out quite right, so I had to improvise the decorations to cover up the gap between the two bear halves. I whipped up some chocolate buttercream and masked the problem. I created a little red jacket out of fondant, and tada.... here's the result.

I think it looked pretty cool, especially for a first try. The cake tasted really good too. Come to think of it, I may have tiger blood in me... Now it's on to the rest of the birthday celebrations...