Ok I am not sure how I did it, but I feel like I robbed Walgreens today. No I really didn't I just had overages with coupons for the first time ever with them and got a lot of stuff for nothing. Usually my lots of stuff for nothing store is CVS (love me some CVS) but the Jane deal at Walgreens is just too tempting.
You go here first and print out 2, 10, or 50 of these coupons (ha!)
Then you go to page 7 of the monthly coupon book and get the $2 off a Jane mascara.
This makeup is BOGO and you can use 2 $2 coupons per pair. A lot of the makeup is $3.99. Ummm..that is free :) Even better, the mascara is $3.99 for two and you can use two of the printables and one of the walgreen's coupons for a $2 overage :)
Soooo...4 mascara, 2 blushes, 4 mineral makeups and a hair of baby hair rubber band thingies and I am OOP $1.50. hee heee heeee
Ask me how I did it? Heck if I know. This all occurred BEFORE the HUGE starbucks I drank. If you can't tell by the post, it is now coursing through my veins..in a good way. I think I typed this post in 2 minutes. Go me!
Showing posts with label Deals and Freebies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Deals and Freebies. Show all posts
Monday, February 18, 2008
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Saturday Update
My Mom came over tonight to babysit so I could go to CVS. The baby did ok while I was gone (I was secretly hoping she would be torn up) but the hello I got when I came home was fantastic! I think that child levitated because her little legs were kicking so much! I also got a true squeal of joy and a hug when I picked her up :) I'm the mama :)
I took this picture not so much to show how messy the house is (it is trashed) but to show how long and full her hair has gotten. Isn't it pretty?
Ok back to CVS!
I did three transactions.
One
Meter 19.99
- 9.95 manu coupon
------ 11.XX oop
Two
3 boxes of Cascade
3 bags of the Cascade gel packs
------------------ $1.06 OOP
Three
8 Dove hairsprays
2 Dove mouses
5 Dove shampoos
5 Dove conditioners
---------------
BOGO
then
20 $2 off coupons - $6.XX OOP - this was my fun transaction, it was over $100 then they zapped my card and did the coupons. I got a wow from the lady behind me heee heee heee
That used up all my ECBs for that card. I know, I am bad, I do have two of them..it was the Cascade temptation that made me do it! But now I have enough to last for a year. That seems to be a theme with me, I want to stock up on everything for a year so if I start missing deals when I am working full time, it won't be a big deal. I'll be able to slack off :) Tomorrow I get to stock up on Ziplocs woot!
My Mom worked a wedding today with her BFF who caters. They had a lot of no shows and I ended up with the leftovers. I have 20 pounds of fruit and 150 little sandwiches in my house right now (to go with the 15 pounds of fruit I already had!). I am not quite sure how I am going to with all of it. I did take the apple slices and bake them because I figured they'd turn brown. I am going to freeze those and start on the fresh fruit. Unfortunately I cooked a huge meal today and we are overrun with leftovers!
I took this picture not so much to show how messy the house is (it is trashed) but to show how long and full her hair has gotten. Isn't it pretty?
Ok back to CVS!I did three transactions.
One
Meter 19.99
- 9.95 manu coupon
------ 11.XX oop
Two
3 boxes of Cascade
3 bags of the Cascade gel packs
------------------ $1.06 OOP
Three
8 Dove hairsprays
2 Dove mouses
5 Dove shampoos
5 Dove conditioners
---------------
BOGO
then
20 $2 off coupons - $6.XX OOP - this was my fun transaction, it was over $100 then they zapped my card and did the coupons. I got a wow from the lady behind me heee heee heee
That used up all my ECBs for that card. I know, I am bad, I do have two of them..it was the Cascade temptation that made me do it! But now I have enough to last for a year. That seems to be a theme with me, I want to stock up on everything for a year so if I start missing deals when I am working full time, it won't be a big deal. I'll be able to slack off :) Tomorrow I get to stock up on Ziplocs woot!
My Mom worked a wedding today with her BFF who caters. They had a lot of no shows and I ended up with the leftovers. I have 20 pounds of fruit and 150 little sandwiches in my house right now (to go with the 15 pounds of fruit I already had!). I am not quite sure how I am going to with all of it. I did take the apple slices and bake them because I figured they'd turn brown. I am going to freeze those and start on the fresh fruit. Unfortunately I cooked a huge meal today and we are overrun with leftovers!
Friday, February 15, 2008
What $27 and a lot of planning can get you
I felt like I spent the day shopping. Oh wait, I did. For $27 I got...
18 Dove hairsprays
40 string cheese
2 blocks of swiss cheese
ponytail thingy for the baby
3 large boxes of Cascade
3 bags of Cascade Tablets
a box of baby aspirin
a glucose meter
3 pounds of plums
2 pounds of bananas
2 boxes of honey bunches of oats chocolate
4 boxes of cheese its
a pack of Kraft cheese singles
5 boxes of Kraft mac and cheese
a box of Kleenex
a box of eggos
a tub of countrytime lemonade
a donation to easter seals
All of this was from deals posted by my Frugal buddies on their various blogs. I went to 2 CVS', Food Lion and Target. I could of spent just $21 but I forgot to hand the cashier my ECB. I was pooped, I make mistakes when I'm tired. It was lots of fun tho, I should of taken a picture but I put it all up, toooo late!
18 Dove hairsprays
40 string cheese
2 blocks of swiss cheese
ponytail thingy for the baby
3 large boxes of Cascade
3 bags of Cascade Tablets
a box of baby aspirin
a glucose meter
3 pounds of plums
2 pounds of bananas
2 boxes of honey bunches of oats chocolate
4 boxes of cheese its
a pack of Kraft cheese singles
5 boxes of Kraft mac and cheese
a box of Kleenex
a box of eggos
a tub of countrytime lemonade
a donation to easter seals
All of this was from deals posted by my Frugal buddies on their various blogs. I went to 2 CVS', Food Lion and Target. I could of spent just $21 but I forgot to hand the cashier my ECB. I was pooped, I make mistakes when I'm tired. It was lots of fun tho, I should of taken a picture but I put it all up, toooo late!
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Free or almost free groceries!
I am reading a lot of blogs tonight. I have yet another cold (going to the doc tomorrow to see if I have something worse) and if I lay down it is pure sinus pressure misery. So I am surfin baby!
Go here and print out the coupon twice for Honey Bunches of Oats with Chocolate! Buy it at Walmart and it will be free or almost free :)
And visit thriftyfloridamama for info on getting some freebies at Food Lion :)
There is a Food Lion in VA, right next to my fav CVS. How convenient is that?
Go here and print out the coupon twice for Honey Bunches of Oats with Chocolate! Buy it at Walmart and it will be free or almost free :)
And visit thriftyfloridamama for info on getting some freebies at Food Lion :)
There is a Food Lion in VA, right next to my fav CVS. How convenient is that?
Free Arbys! Woot!
Borrowed from mimisjewelbox
Join Arby's Extras and you'll get a coupon in your email for a FREE Arby's French Dip. You do need to purchase a medium fries and drink, so it's not 100% free...but it's a goody ! You'll also receive a coupon for more FREE food on your birthday and info on upcoming promotions and valuable coupons delivered to your email. So sign up today!
http://www.arbys.com/
Join Arby's Extras and you'll get a coupon in your email for a FREE Arby's French Dip. You do need to purchase a medium fries and drink, so it's not 100% free...but it's a goody ! You'll also receive a coupon for more FREE food on your birthday and info on upcoming promotions and valuable coupons delivered to your email. So sign up today!
http://www.arbys.com/
Wednesday Update
Sorry, no pictures today. But she was really cute like normal!
Today we went to her daycare to check it out. It seems to be ok, there are just two things that bother me. One, there are some HUGE 1 year old kids out there that look like they are 4. Two of those "kids" are in her class and one was really rough. He doesn't leave until May, that doesn't make me happy at all. I hope that today he was showing off for new people and doesn't act that way normally. If he does, his mother and I will have a chat.
Two, I can't believe the crap they serve the kids and call it lunch. Bologna, hot dogs, pizza bites? Um, I don't think so. They are serving green beans once this month but I am 90% sure they'll be from a can which has zero nutritional value. So I'll be packing her lunch and she'll be the weird kid whose Mom loves her enough to pack carrots, peas and chicken for her lunch. I thought it was just this place but reports from other parents tell me that this type of stuff is served everywhere, at school too. Ick!
Besides that I think I feel ok with the place. The women in her room seemed really nice and the kids were willing to be held by them. The kids were healthy, not a drop of snot in sight. The kids themselves were disheveled, but that was more probably from the parents not combing the bed head out of their head (nap time hadn't happened yet). The women (I call them girls in my head because they are younger than me) were ponytail, running shoes type of girls, that made me feel like they do play with the babies.
And I guess Natalie isn't really a baby or she'd be in the baby room. She got so big so quick!
On to more fun things, the baby got shoes today. We went to Target and got...
In a size larger for this summer, aren't they cute? :)
These are darker in real life, they match her Carter's outfits that she'll be wearing in the fall. Good indoor daycare shoes I think.
I also bought my first reusable bag. It is larger than most that I have seen, it was $1.50. All my purchases fit in it and that is one less plastic bag in the house. Woohoo
I had fun today when we went to the salvage store (busy day huh?). They have some really weird stuff in there at good prices. 80% of it is expired, you have to make sure you aren't getting anything bad. All of my stuff is good well into 2008, I got 2 kinds of soy milk for 99 cents a quart, 3 pounds of fresh apples for $1, pickles for $1.19, cream of wheat cereal for 33 cents, 6 lipton green tea bottles for $1, some fancy smansy rice for 77 cents, old bay for 69 cents and LIME scented windex for $1.50. I really didn't need any of this, but it is fun to look. Actually between my grocery shopping for fun and Dad sending groceries to my house (today it was a pound of ground beef, a mountain dew, a chicken noodle soup, a can of ravioli, a jar of homemade spaghetti sauce and a box of velvetta shells and cheese) I have a ton of stuff. A few days ago he sent this:
And my mom is cooking enough food to feed the baby for a week, I am really overrun with stuff. My Monday Meal planning is totally shot!
Tomorrow is the baby's Valentine's day playdate :) We have 15 little bags of M&Ms with Valentines attached that have tattoos inside. How cool are we? :)
Today we went to her daycare to check it out. It seems to be ok, there are just two things that bother me. One, there are some HUGE 1 year old kids out there that look like they are 4. Two of those "kids" are in her class and one was really rough. He doesn't leave until May, that doesn't make me happy at all. I hope that today he was showing off for new people and doesn't act that way normally. If he does, his mother and I will have a chat.
Two, I can't believe the crap they serve the kids and call it lunch. Bologna, hot dogs, pizza bites? Um, I don't think so. They are serving green beans once this month but I am 90% sure they'll be from a can which has zero nutritional value. So I'll be packing her lunch and she'll be the weird kid whose Mom loves her enough to pack carrots, peas and chicken for her lunch. I thought it was just this place but reports from other parents tell me that this type of stuff is served everywhere, at school too. Ick!
Besides that I think I feel ok with the place. The women in her room seemed really nice and the kids were willing to be held by them. The kids were healthy, not a drop of snot in sight. The kids themselves were disheveled, but that was more probably from the parents not combing the bed head out of their head (nap time hadn't happened yet). The women (I call them girls in my head because they are younger than me) were ponytail, running shoes type of girls, that made me feel like they do play with the babies.
And I guess Natalie isn't really a baby or she'd be in the baby room. She got so big so quick!
On to more fun things, the baby got shoes today. We went to Target and got...
In a size larger for this summer, aren't they cute? :)
These are darker in real life, they match her Carter's outfits that she'll be wearing in the fall. Good indoor daycare shoes I think.I also bought my first reusable bag. It is larger than most that I have seen, it was $1.50. All my purchases fit in it and that is one less plastic bag in the house. Woohoo
I had fun today when we went to the salvage store (busy day huh?). They have some really weird stuff in there at good prices. 80% of it is expired, you have to make sure you aren't getting anything bad. All of my stuff is good well into 2008, I got 2 kinds of soy milk for 99 cents a quart, 3 pounds of fresh apples for $1, pickles for $1.19, cream of wheat cereal for 33 cents, 6 lipton green tea bottles for $1, some fancy smansy rice for 77 cents, old bay for 69 cents and LIME scented windex for $1.50. I really didn't need any of this, but it is fun to look. Actually between my grocery shopping for fun and Dad sending groceries to my house (today it was a pound of ground beef, a mountain dew, a chicken noodle soup, a can of ravioli, a jar of homemade spaghetti sauce and a box of velvetta shells and cheese) I have a ton of stuff. A few days ago he sent this:
And my mom is cooking enough food to feed the baby for a week, I am really overrun with stuff. My Monday Meal planning is totally shot!Tomorrow is the baby's Valentine's day playdate :) We have 15 little bags of M&Ms with Valentines attached that have tattoos inside. How cool are we? :)
Friday, February 08, 2008
Friday Update
Ok, so I am trying to figure out what is wrong with the baby.
Fever? nope
Teeth? not that I can tell
Tummy Ache? not that I can tell
Gassy? nope
Hungry? nope
Itchy? nope
Cranky? good lord yes. What a crankbutt she's being. Now don't get me wrong, some of it is REALLY good. If I leave her sight she cries. Hoooray! But when I hold her too long, too short, too tight, too loose, talk too quiet, too loud, too silly, too serious she cries too. I am going to have to make her a "Little Baby Crankbutt" tshirt. Sheez!
Tomorrow is our Chinese New Year party! To be politically correct it is more like the Lunar Year yada ya, but our group is the China group so there! The baby will be wearing the teal silkie outfit with butterflies and her black squeaky shoes. I am going to take her walker so she can run from one side of the gym to the other. People are gonna hate me teehee
I went to CVS finally. Did I mention I was sick with something viral then caught a cold? That really slowed down my CVS shopping! I got messed up tonight when one of my coupons wouldn't work then I put the wrong tooth stuff on the counter and got all out of whack. I had it beautifully orchestrated to pay less than $2 oop and get ECBS back. Instead I paid more, but did recover that cash in the form of ECBs so that is ok.
Transaction One:
3 Crest Pro Health Rinses (my fav)
1 Crest Pro Health night toothpaste (I have a coupon to mail off this receipt to get a free one woot!)
1 Oral B toothbrush
2 eyeshadows
1 nail clipper
-----------$6.12 OOP
Transaction Two
4 Colgate toothpastes
3 baby aspirin
-------$.31 OOP
Totals to date:
Cost of Goods: $505.15
Out of Pocket: $50.71
ECBs to spend: $20.37
Interesting how my OOP seems to run about 10% of the sale price on the goods. I still have a few monthly deals to do and I'd like to get one more eyeshadow. We'll see how that works out.
Fever? nope
Teeth? not that I can tell
Tummy Ache? not that I can tell
Gassy? nope
Hungry? nope
Itchy? nope
Cranky? good lord yes. What a crankbutt she's being. Now don't get me wrong, some of it is REALLY good. If I leave her sight she cries. Hoooray! But when I hold her too long, too short, too tight, too loose, talk too quiet, too loud, too silly, too serious she cries too. I am going to have to make her a "Little Baby Crankbutt" tshirt. Sheez!
Tomorrow is our Chinese New Year party! To be politically correct it is more like the Lunar Year yada ya, but our group is the China group so there! The baby will be wearing the teal silkie outfit with butterflies and her black squeaky shoes. I am going to take her walker so she can run from one side of the gym to the other. People are gonna hate me teehee
I went to CVS finally. Did I mention I was sick with something viral then caught a cold? That really slowed down my CVS shopping! I got messed up tonight when one of my coupons wouldn't work then I put the wrong tooth stuff on the counter and got all out of whack. I had it beautifully orchestrated to pay less than $2 oop and get ECBS back. Instead I paid more, but did recover that cash in the form of ECBs so that is ok.
Transaction One:
3 Crest Pro Health Rinses (my fav)
1 Crest Pro Health night toothpaste (I have a coupon to mail off this receipt to get a free one woot!)
1 Oral B toothbrush
2 eyeshadows
1 nail clipper
-----------$6.12 OOP
Transaction Two
4 Colgate toothpastes
3 baby aspirin
-------$.31 OOP
Totals to date:
Cost of Goods: $505.15
Out of Pocket: $50.71
ECBs to spend: $20.37
Interesting how my OOP seems to run about 10% of the sale price on the goods. I still have a few monthly deals to do and I'd like to get one more eyeshadow. We'll see how that works out.
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