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Monday, February 23, 2009
GREAT Blogs to Read!!
So, I just wanted to share with all of you some of my secrets behind the savings!! I will admit, most of them come from other great blogs i read almost daily!! I am going to list them under my blog friends, so you guys should check them all out!! They have all kinds of links to freebies and deals every day!! I LOVE them!! Thanks to all of these fabulous blogs for the tips!!
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
I think I MAY have found my calling!! :)
My mom and grandmother came in town over the past weekend and wanted me to take them "coupon-ing"! Boy did we do some damage!!! They were really excited to see just how much we could save and get for free!! Well, let's just say I didn't dissappoint them!!
I won't go through all the details on how we got everything, but here is SOME of the stuff I can think of that we got...
24 - 4 pack Cottonelle toilet paper, 10 bags Beggin Strips dog treats, 10 boxes Milk Bone dog treats (we all have dogs!), 4 boxes brownie mix, 14 cake frostings, 14 bags cookie mix, 10 BIG (20 oz) bags Hersheys chocolates (NOT Valentine's ones), 4 coffee creamers, 2 tubs butter, 8-6 packs juicy juice drinks, 8 Herbal Essence shampoos, 12 Suave body washes, 6 Gillette shampoos, 4 Fusion razors, 20 packs Gilette Mach 3 razors, 10-20 packs Schick razors, 4 Black Rice products (VERY expensive facial creams), 8-6 packs Boost nutritional drinks, 2-6 packs Glucerna (diabetes) shakes, 2 boxes Glucerna cereal (Grandmother is diabetic), 20 packs round make up remover pads, 6 greeting cards, 6 lysol Neitra air starter kits, several paper towels, 3 boxes Multigrain Cheerios, 4 packs betty crocker brownie delights, 6 tubes toothpaste...and that's all the stuff I can think of off the top of my head, there was tons of other stuff, but I just wanted to give an idea of HOW much we got! So, the grand total for our weekend shopping excursion.....less than $140!!!!! Grand total for value of stuff we got....over $900!! So, on top of all the stuff we got over the weekend, I loaded her up with tons of stuff I already had, body washes, glade scents, soaps, food, etc! They had my mom's trunk AND back seat literally overflowing when they left to go back home!!
It was so incredible to be able to do that with them! My grandmother donates to her church food bank and my mom gives most of it to my sister (with 3 kids, she uses ALL that stuff ALL the time)! Oh, I forgot to mention I also gave my grandmother 3 diabetes monitors and sent 3 to my sister to give to my other grandmother and aunt!! So, when my sister went to my moms last night, she almost passed out when she saw everything!! She could not believe everything we got!! My mom sent pretty much all the stuff home with her and it was GREAT to be able to help everyone out with all these incredible STEALS!! My sister is going to take the Boost shakes to school and give it to a special needs child who drinks them (these things are like $9 a pack and his family doesn't have a lot of money)!! Also, my mom got all the mens razors, shampoo, all kinds of foods, etc and made a VERY nice, HUGE box of stuff to send to my brother at West Point for him and all his army friends to enjoy also!!
I tell you all of that, not to brag about the "good deeds" we did, but just to tell you how blessed I feel to have been given the opportunity to bless others!! When I started doing all this coupon stuff it was for fun and to save a little bit of money for my family. Now that I have learned how useful coupons can be and how much you can bless others less fortunate than yourself with the great deals and freebies also, it is so worth every single minute I spend clipping and organizing!! I loved "paying it forward" to my family! Goodness KNOWS my sister and mom have done some amazing things to help me out when I needed it!!
So, next time you are in a line with someone using coupons, don't laugh or huff because it may take them a little bit longer to check out, smile and know they are probably doing some great things thanks to their "coupon-ing"!!
One more thing I HAVE to mention, in case any of you have CVS near you and want to get in on a GREAT deal this week. I went last night and got 12-12 packs of Coke and Diet Coke AND 4 bars of Neutrogena Facial Soap for less than $20 out of pocket AND walked away with $20 to use next time I am in CVS!!!!! Email me and I'll tell you how I did it!!
I will leave you with my sweet, smiling baby this morning (it is a cell phone picture, so sorry it isn't the best quality!)
I won't go through all the details on how we got everything, but here is SOME of the stuff I can think of that we got...
24 - 4 pack Cottonelle toilet paper, 10 bags Beggin Strips dog treats, 10 boxes Milk Bone dog treats (we all have dogs!), 4 boxes brownie mix, 14 cake frostings, 14 bags cookie mix, 10 BIG (20 oz) bags Hersheys chocolates (NOT Valentine's ones), 4 coffee creamers, 2 tubs butter, 8-6 packs juicy juice drinks, 8 Herbal Essence shampoos, 12 Suave body washes, 6 Gillette shampoos, 4 Fusion razors, 20 packs Gilette Mach 3 razors, 10-20 packs Schick razors, 4 Black Rice products (VERY expensive facial creams), 8-6 packs Boost nutritional drinks, 2-6 packs Glucerna (diabetes) shakes, 2 boxes Glucerna cereal (Grandmother is diabetic), 20 packs round make up remover pads, 6 greeting cards, 6 lysol Neitra air starter kits, several paper towels, 3 boxes Multigrain Cheerios, 4 packs betty crocker brownie delights, 6 tubes toothpaste...and that's all the stuff I can think of off the top of my head, there was tons of other stuff, but I just wanted to give an idea of HOW much we got! So, the grand total for our weekend shopping excursion.....less than $140!!!!! Grand total for value of stuff we got....over $900!! So, on top of all the stuff we got over the weekend, I loaded her up with tons of stuff I already had, body washes, glade scents, soaps, food, etc! They had my mom's trunk AND back seat literally overflowing when they left to go back home!!
It was so incredible to be able to do that with them! My grandmother donates to her church food bank and my mom gives most of it to my sister (with 3 kids, she uses ALL that stuff ALL the time)! Oh, I forgot to mention I also gave my grandmother 3 diabetes monitors and sent 3 to my sister to give to my other grandmother and aunt!! So, when my sister went to my moms last night, she almost passed out when she saw everything!! She could not believe everything we got!! My mom sent pretty much all the stuff home with her and it was GREAT to be able to help everyone out with all these incredible STEALS!! My sister is going to take the Boost shakes to school and give it to a special needs child who drinks them (these things are like $9 a pack and his family doesn't have a lot of money)!! Also, my mom got all the mens razors, shampoo, all kinds of foods, etc and made a VERY nice, HUGE box of stuff to send to my brother at West Point for him and all his army friends to enjoy also!!
I tell you all of that, not to brag about the "good deeds" we did, but just to tell you how blessed I feel to have been given the opportunity to bless others!! When I started doing all this coupon stuff it was for fun and to save a little bit of money for my family. Now that I have learned how useful coupons can be and how much you can bless others less fortunate than yourself with the great deals and freebies also, it is so worth every single minute I spend clipping and organizing!! I loved "paying it forward" to my family! Goodness KNOWS my sister and mom have done some amazing things to help me out when I needed it!!
So, next time you are in a line with someone using coupons, don't laugh or huff because it may take them a little bit longer to check out, smile and know they are probably doing some great things thanks to their "coupon-ing"!!
One more thing I HAVE to mention, in case any of you have CVS near you and want to get in on a GREAT deal this week. I went last night and got 12-12 packs of Coke and Diet Coke AND 4 bars of Neutrogena Facial Soap for less than $20 out of pocket AND walked away with $20 to use next time I am in CVS!!!!! Email me and I'll tell you how I did it!!
I will leave you with my sweet, smiling baby this morning (it is a cell phone picture, so sorry it isn't the best quality!)
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Happy (Early) Valentine's Day!!
Just wanted to tell everyone to have a Happy Valentine's Day!! Emmie wanted to send a BIIIIIGGGG hug to all of you (and a cute smile, too!)
I am very excited about this weekend. My mom and grandmother are coming up to visit Miss Priss and they have been saving up their coupons to go shopping!! LOL My grandmother is especially excited to learn how to coupon, as she lives in Greenville and they have a CVS and Walgreens, so she wants to learn how to get all these freebies I talk about!! And my mom is just as excited, although she lives where most of you live and have NONE of the "good" stores to shop at, BUT I always tell her, she can STILL save lots and lots of money with the stores she has!! It just takes some patience and time to learn! So, we will be having fun this weekend going to get all kinds of goodies for FREE (or at least very cheap)!! And, yes, you can all laugh at me for getting excited about going couponing, BUT I am laughing all the way to the bank!! :) The last 2 months, my grocery bill has been cut in HALF at least AND I basically never pay more than $0.50 for ANY sort of toiletry item. So, I can live with that!!
BTW, I just have to tell you about my Publix shopping trip last night, it was GREAT!! Here is what I got....
10 - Assorted Pillsbury canned biscuits (Grands, crescents and BIG Cinnabon ones)= $0.30 EACH
2 - Land O Lakes Butter (medium tubs) = $0.07 EACH
2 - Betty Crocker Fruit Roll up boxes = $0.40 EACH
2 - Farm Rich French Toast sticks = $0.90 EACH Box
2 - boxes Aleve = FREE
2 - boxes Frosted mini wheats = $1.09 EACH
2 - boxes Pillsbury Moist Cake Mix (reduced sugar, to make up for all the other junk, right?!) = $0.05 EACH box
Spent $8.76........Saved $64.54, That's 88% savings!!! Great buys, right?!! :)
Anyway, hope you all have a great weekend!!
I am very excited about this weekend. My mom and grandmother are coming up to visit Miss Priss and they have been saving up their coupons to go shopping!! LOL My grandmother is especially excited to learn how to coupon, as she lives in Greenville and they have a CVS and Walgreens, so she wants to learn how to get all these freebies I talk about!! And my mom is just as excited, although she lives where most of you live and have NONE of the "good" stores to shop at, BUT I always tell her, she can STILL save lots and lots of money with the stores she has!! It just takes some patience and time to learn! So, we will be having fun this weekend going to get all kinds of goodies for FREE (or at least very cheap)!! And, yes, you can all laugh at me for getting excited about going couponing, BUT I am laughing all the way to the bank!! :) The last 2 months, my grocery bill has been cut in HALF at least AND I basically never pay more than $0.50 for ANY sort of toiletry item. So, I can live with that!!
BTW, I just have to tell you about my Publix shopping trip last night, it was GREAT!! Here is what I got....
10 - Assorted Pillsbury canned biscuits (Grands, crescents and BIG Cinnabon ones)= $0.30 EACH
2 - Land O Lakes Butter (medium tubs) = $0.07 EACH
2 - Betty Crocker Fruit Roll up boxes = $0.40 EACH
2 - Farm Rich French Toast sticks = $0.90 EACH Box
2 - boxes Aleve = FREE
2 - boxes Frosted mini wheats = $1.09 EACH
2 - boxes Pillsbury Moist Cake Mix (reduced sugar, to make up for all the other junk, right?!) = $0.05 EACH box
Spent $8.76........Saved $64.54, That's 88% savings!!! Great buys, right?!! :)
Anyway, hope you all have a great weekend!!
Monday, February 9, 2009
Emmie is 5 months old today!!
I can't believe she is already 5 months old! She is growing so fast and so big! I weighed her this morning and she is a whopping 12 lbs. 4 oz.!! I didn't measure her length, but I'm guessing about 24 inches, maybe even 24.5 (she was 23.5 at her 4 month checkup), she is starting to fill up my arms now when I hold her!! She is FINALLY starting to get a little "meat" on her bones, still a little thing, but growing for sure!! I can't get enough of her smiles and laughs and kisses!! She is still in awe over her hands!! She literally crams them so far in her mouth, she gags herself and I have to pull them out of her mouth! She loves them!! She is beginning to "find" her legs, she pulls on them when she lays down and she is getting very ticklish! Especially her little fat thighs, she LOVES for you to tickle them and will just laugh and laugh, so sweet! I am so blessed to have such a sweet baby, she truly is just the happiest baby ever. She never fusses or cries unless she really, REALLY needs something like a diaper change or is starving!! Of course, she never has to wait long because she is so spoiled already, momma and daddy don't let her get that mad before giving in!! LOL But, seriously, she is a very sweet and good baby, very quiet!! She will just sit in her bumbo or exersaucer and play and watch us and just stays content and smiles ALL the time!! So, anyway, just wanted to love on my baby today and show everyone some new pictures!! There are a bunch, but I loved them all and had to show all of them, bear with me!!
Here is her trying to cram her hand down her throat (and wondering why EVERYone doesn't do this too!!).......
Gotta have a little help from both hands to get it in there!!
"GOT IT!!!"
"Oh, yea, now THIS is good...I JUST can't get enough!! YUMMY!!"
"Here, Mommy, you wanna try some?!"
"WHAT? It's good!!"
THIS is daddy's way of entertaining himself after Emmie has a bath, he thinks it's hilarious!!...Poor baby!!
This was Emmie this morning when I walked in the room, she wakes up with a sweet smile on her face, EVERY DAY!!
This morning before going to work and daycare, in her bumbo (which she loves!)
And a few more before we left...
And lastly, one of my favorite pictures to date.......
Such a sweet, pretty little baby (if I do say so myself :)!!
Here is her trying to cram her hand down her throat (and wondering why EVERYone doesn't do this too!!).......
Gotta have a little help from both hands to get it in there!!
"GOT IT!!!"
"Oh, yea, now THIS is good...I JUST can't get enough!! YUMMY!!"
"Here, Mommy, you wanna try some?!"
"WHAT? It's good!!"
THIS is daddy's way of entertaining himself after Emmie has a bath, he thinks it's hilarious!!...Poor baby!!
This was Emmie this morning when I walked in the room, she wakes up with a sweet smile on her face, EVERY DAY!!
This morning before going to work and daycare, in her bumbo (which she loves!)
And a few more before we left...
And lastly, one of my favorite pictures to date.......
Such a sweet, pretty little baby (if I do say so myself :)!!
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