A box full of surprises!

I've been reading a lot about subscription boxes and realized there's a crazy, big market out there for every type of subscription box you can imagine - take a look at this fellow blogger's site dedicated to these specialty boxes, and prepare to be awed and also go shopping! Many of these are monthly subscriptions and really give you a nice surprise, because you normally don't know what you're going to get in them :) and often, forget when they're on their way.

I decide to try out a pet subscription for Watson and ordered a PetFlow.com 'Spoiled Rotten' box. I really loved the name, packaging and everything that came in it. I used the site coupon to purchase it at $19.99 and received a total of 6 items, valued at $47.94. Not bad even if I had paid the full price of $24.99. There was a very good assortment of  full size items. Included were a cute squeaky duck, special tummy treat and calming medicine for anxious or motion sick doggies.  Watson LOVES the grain free herring treats, and I love the peppermint oral spray to reduce his plaque and improve his breath, right after he eats them. 

I had also picked up a deal for a pet subscription box from Pawalla and finally ordered the first one when we got back from vacation. Here's the Pawalla mini box which included 2 sets of grain-free treats, an aromatic calming spray and a cute, red rope ball. With my LivingSocial deal I paid just $14.50 to try out the 2 mini boxes and received 4 items, valued at  $37.45. And even if I paid the full price of $20 a month for one box, it would be worth it. I really like the option to select the age and size of the dog from Pawalla, and even order a mini or large box depending on your budget or needs. And lastly, it's great that they have the same subscription choices for your cats. We don't want our feline friends to feel neglected.

We got a yard...

...and a house to go along with it too!

So we had to move all of a sudden because our apartment complex, Riata was not as enthused with Watson as we were. We put on our extremely motivated hats and have been looking ever since Riata asked us to get rid of Watson! I have to give lots of credit to Ms. Patti Simon too who went above and beyond to help us find our new home.

Pictures here are of the wonderful home we were able to find with such short notice. We love it and are happy to be here minus all the drama in the past 2 weeks. Best of all, we still have Watson and he loves the yard too.

YAY for us all finding good homes!

Foster Failures

So it's official, we are now 'foster failures' but the good news is that we have adopted Watson! It's a term often used by animal rescues when foster families fall in love with their pet and can't have any one else adopt the animal. But have you seen Watson? How could you not fall in love with that face? He's soooo adorable and we love him. Here's our first few family pictures. Notice how Watson seems to be the most sane of us three. Love it!

 

 

 

Sharing the love

Today, we fostered a dog from the Austin Boxer Rescue. The dog's name is Watson and he is incredibly adorable, as you can see. The photos here are from the ride home. Watson was as excited as we were and kept looking outside at the houses and cars. Throughout the car ride, he was well-behaved and even took a nap on my lap, when we were stuck in traffic.  Awwww!

Both Al and I love dogs and have been wanting to get one for as long as we can remember. We had planned to do so last year when we were new to Austin as it's such a dog friendly city and we actually have more free time on our hands. We decided it was time this year and over the past couple of week's we've been contemplating between a dog and a cat, interviewing potential candidates too :) We went to a Boxer meet and greet last Saturday and after talking to a friend about fostering, we bit the bullet and sent in our form. Now, here we are with our handsome Watson and we're happy to say that we'll be helping him until he find his 'forever home'.