Barf!
I am going to let the pictures speak for themself. That aweful ugly fabric at the top is the old fabric and the chair was a shiny black. I wanted to funk it up so for about $9 for 2 cans of paint and some fabric I got this beautiful chair. I found it at a garage sale last weekend. The guy was cleaning up and as he was carrying it back into his garage, I stopped my car and asked to see it. I had to have it. I love this chair!!!
Back to coupon clipping~! I got all
of this food and toiletries:
2 milk
5 Apple Juice
6 Bags Easter Candy
7 Boxes Cereal
3 Salad Dressings
3 Tubes Toothpaste
5 boxes Pasta
2 Boxes of Diapers
4 Bags of Diapers
2 bags of Chips
9 Bars of soap
Shampoo and Conditioner (Pantene)
4 packs of gum
1 bottle Wesson Canola Oil
2 tubs of butter
Bunch of Bananas
Carrots
and more.
$108.86
I Saved $131.92 (coupons and store discounts)
I feel GOOD and my Easter baskets are done!!!
I don't know what they have in common but I do know I like them all. I know that it is lame to take pictures of all of my good deals but for some reason, I have too! I am not the only one who does it. I have been following many blogs of people who not only love to take pictures of their good deals but also love to clip coupons. I don't really like clipping coupons but I love getting a good deal. I got the all of the above items for $7. The gum was free, the Burt's Bee's was $2.49 and I paid about $4.50 for the razors, razor refills and the toothpaste. WOW!
I got all of my Easter candy (4 bags) for $6 shown above. I spent $13.40 on everything and saved $27.38. Walgreen's is my new favorite place thanks to my coupon clipping.
That's right. I always said I will never shop at Walgreen's because they put Riverton Drug out of business. It bothered me that Walgreen's started popping up on every corner. I never thought I would see the day that I would appreciate a Walgreen's on every corner. I saw that Walgreen's had there Huggies Diapers on sale for $10 a bag. I have 3 kid's in diapers so I am always looking for a good deal. $10 is about average but Walgreen's was offering a $10 register reward for every $25 spent on participating products. Apparently I wasn't the only one who saw how good this deal was and Walgreen's ran out of the diapers early on in the week. They were getting another shipment in on Friday so Court, my mom and I spent half our day trying to get to a Walgreen's when the truck came in. Court called me because Riverton's Walgreen's had a bunch. I loaded up all 4 of my kids and my nephew Kaden into the car in record time and raced to the store.
Now the $10 Walgreen's gift card was a good deal but what made the deal even sweeter was that I had $5 off almost every bag of Huggies that I bought that I found at coupons.com.
I ended up with ALL of the following products for $102.43. I saved $150.89!!! I used coupons on most of the products that I bought with my $40 in Walgreen's gift cards.
I love saving money and its like a natural high when I get a good deal. I have been inspired to work on my food storage by looking at
http://www.myfoodstoragedeals.com/This girls food storage room is fantastic. She doesn't use coupons but I want to. I have been looking into all sorts of websites and my favorites are all linked on my "blog list". Anyway, I went to Walgreen's last night with Eric because I have read that you can get stuff there for practically free. I went for diapers because they are on sale and I have a slew of coupons but they were out of diapers...of course! I ended up with 2 bottles of Garnier shampoo, 2 bottles of Garnier conditioner, 3 bottles of Lysoel wipes, 4 tubes of Colgate Toothpaste and a bottle of Axe Shampoo for Eric. The grand total came to $19.12 but Walgreen's will be sending ME a check back for $7 which means I got all that stuff for $12 averaging a $1 an item. WOW! And I didn't clip a single coupon because they did it for me at the register. I always read about people getting good deals and now its going to be me. :) Now if anyone knows where I can get
baby food coupons please tell. I will report back tomorrow on my shopping experience with the "Grocery Guru". Good old Ken is going to take me and some ladies from the ward to Smith's and show us how he get's 15 meals for around $30. It better not be Captain Crunch around the clock.
Last week the "Grocery Guru" came to our enrichment day. I have seen his speech about 3 times before and I have yet to get as good a deal as him. He, of course, tried to get us to purchase 2 copies of the newspaper because he says you need 2 sets of coupons to get the best deal. He also claims he can save you 70% when you go to the store. That is of course if you want to eat Captain Crunch for breakfast, lunch and dinner a few times a week. After listening to him for the 4th time in my life, I decided to give it another shot. I don't subscribe the Newspaper because I am too cheap and also because I hate to waste paper as I am an
excellent recycler. In fact, I don't even look at the Albertson's ad. It goes straight into my recycle sack each Tuesday because I think they always have the worst prices. So anyway, Eric and I loaded up all 4 kids, which anyone with 4 kids knows is no easy task. We headed to Albertson's with NO coupons. I must say we ended up with a great deal...such a great deal I had to brag about it. This is some of our healthy options but we got a steal on all the junk. Most of these items in this picture cost us $14 total. Plus, with all the Box Tops we will end up with, we will single handedly fund a purchase of 1 bottle of glue for some child's school. ;)
...And all of these items cost us... ???
...$27!!!!
...and our total came to $43. There are 4 can's of Progresso behind all the cake mixes too! We saved $92.50!!! It was so much fun. I know what your thinking! We didn't need most of these items. Well you are right. We didn't! :)
I am thankful for...
Since it's that time of year, I wanted to list the things I am grateful for.
-our little miracle babies
-6 hours of sleep at night
-afternoon naps
-52 ounce Diet Dr. Pepper with 4 shots of vanilla from Holiday Oil.
-family
-friends
-my testimony and my eternal family
-food on the table
-a home to live in
-days when Eric has a job
-a loving husband
-and last but not least...$32 dollars to fill my SUV!!! YEAH!!!
More like the terrible three's!!!
Ashton turned 3 on October 5th. He wanted a dragon, a real fork lift from Home Depot, etc. We couldn't afford most the items on his birthday wish list so he ended up with a little four wheeler (thanks to some help from both grandparents). He loves it and Tate can go for rides with him so its even better. I thought he was a stinker at 2 years old but it seems that 3 is even worse. He keeps us on our toes! We sure love our little Ashton.
Our new family car...what do you think?
Eric was coming home on Aug. 7th after a play with his family at Desert Star Play house. He had just gone to visit the girls and fill up the car with gas before heading home. He was turning into our neighborhood and he slowed to let 2 cars pass in the opposite direction. The women behind him was obviously not paying attention and crashed right into the back of him. He is doing well and just has a little tingling in his arm and a sore back. We are so glad that he is alright and that our boys and new babies were not in the car!
Ashton's funny comment about daddies car accident
Ashton asked what happened to our car because Eric was trying to explain to him about the car accident. Eric said, "I got in a accident in the car." Ashton said, "oh, you peed in the car?" He thinks an accident is peeing or pooing.
New to blogging
I figured since I am on bedrest and always looking for something to do, I would start our family blog. I think it's supposed to get easier with time but as for now our site is looking pretty bland. Don't let that fool you though because we are a very fun family! :) I think this will be a good way to keep everyone updated on the twins upcoming delivery, the boys and our family.
While I laid in bed, Eric took the boys to the Rodeo all by himself. That is something that I would never attempt. He did meet Beau, Cavin and Sawyer there. Ashton got new cowboy boots the night before so all my boys wore their boots. Eric wore his big "E" belt. Ashton loved the rodeo and can't stop talking about the clown who showed everyone his bum. Tate couldn't sit still so he kept poking the people in front of him and spilling cousin Cavin's popcorn. Maybe next year will be better.
Today is July 26th which means 18 days on bedrest. Some people might think it would be nice to spend a few days in bed but after day one I was already going nuts. I can only get up to eat or use the bathroom. Needless to say, I get up to eat a lot because its one of two reasons to get a break from my bed. So far, the girls are good. I will be 32 weeks on the 29th. My doctor is saying that is a much better place to be then when I went into preterm labor at 29 weeks and spent 4 days in the hospital. I am dilated to a 2+ and 60% effaced but so far the bedrest and Nifedipine have minimized the contractions. The average cm growth of a singleton pregnancy is 35 cm and I am measuring 40 cm and still growing. The babies are extremely wiggly and between the two babies, I am getting kicked and stretched around the clock. I can't wait to see what they look like but hopefully its not for about 3 or 4 more weeks. Stay tuned and hopefully I can keep the blog current enough to keep you updated.
