More Deal Shopping Tonight!

So I went out to a different walmart and used some more coupons!
I got 4 more lint rollers! I had an overage of 3 cents each- but I bought stuff for dinner, so my 12 cents went towards that!

Then I went to Walgreens!

I got this box of Ecotrin (normally 7.99 I think) for free!! Tomorrow I am getting one more, for free- but ALSO getting a $2 register reward. (Think cash,but has to be used at Walgreens) So that'll be nice!
Ev and mommy played a bit before our shopping trip- and we even played at the stores!! He must have shopped til he dropped!!

Do I have the cutest kid or what!?!?

For free printable coupons, or just a new recipe to try for dinner check out:

http://www.meijermealbox.com

Also, Tiff informed me that our local Meijer doubles coupons daily. (up to 50 cent coupons. then from 51 cent to 99 cent coupons would just be bumped up to $1) So see if your local meijer doubles as well!!

Coupon Inserts Schedule

Follow the schedule of the coupon inserts in your local newspaper to know when there won't be inserts, or when there could be double, or extras!

http://www.southernsavers.com/2008/12/2009-coupon-inserts-schedule/

Carvel: Free IceBerg on 4/30/09

Carvel Ice Cream is giving away an 8 oz IceBerg to all customers on Thursday April 30th, 2009 between the hours of 3-7 pm. (As seen on 'msm')

Make sure your location is participating so you don't waste time, and money incase they are not!!

My deals for today

Along with my free pasta bread bowl at dominos today (which was quite delicious!) I also did a little deal shopping today!

At Walmart I got: (prices are after sale and coupons).

(2) Lady Speed Stick Deodorants for 25 cents each.

(2) Mens Speed Stick Deodorants for 25 cents each.

(4) Colgate toothpastes for 25 cents each.

(2) Lint rollers free plus overage of 3 cents each.

Subtotal: $9.94

Total after coupons and tax: $2.59 Savings of: $7.35

Then at Target I got:

(4) Nabisco Snack Packs for 52 cents each. (I have MANY more coupons for these, but I wanted the other kinds- oreos, chips ahoy, and teddy grahams.)

(4) Jars of organic baby food for 42 cents each. (These were on clearance, but I had no coupons for them)

(4) Individual containers of Easy Mac n Cheese for 38 cents each.

Subtotal: $12.38

Total after coupons: $5.30 Savings of: $7.08

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So it wasn't my best day for deals at Target anyways... I spent more than I wanted, but I needed baby food- it happened to be on sale!

Free Pasta Bread Bowl at Dominos!

Today from 11am-2 pm at most Dominos, they are giving away free pasta bread bowls. One per walk-in customer. Tell them you saw it online. Call your local dominos first too, to see if they are participating!!

I got one free today (yesterday they had no idea what I was talking about when I asked) and it was delicious!! I couldn't even finish the whole thing, so it's going to be a FREE lunch for 2 days!

Blackened Jambalaya

Today was very "blah." I ran out of my happy pills on Saturday, so I had to call the Dr. today for some more. Chad brought them to me at work, because I could already tell a difference. Yes, I must be crazy.

I had a very sad dream lastnight that my parents told me my life was going nowhere with Chad. They said I could move back in with them, and they would pay for me to go to college. In my dream I was so sad, but I was going to take them up on it I believe. I was more sad about the fact that my life IS nothing. I AM a nobody, not just in my dreams.

I got my week's list of dinners ready, and put together my shopping list. Then I got my coupons ready for the grocery list. I plan to do my shopping Wednesday I believe. Looks like I'll still be able to keep it under $20-$30 TOPS for the whole week.

Tonight Ev and I hung out at home. I wanted to relax some, since the weekend flew by! I had DVR'd "The Chronicles of Narnia" the other day, so I watched most of that tonight as well, while Ev took his nap. Then I started dinner.... I guess I forgot about it being on the stove, because Chad came home and we were talking. I went in to stir my jambalaya, and it was completely burnt! Chad made some stupid comments, as if he should even have a voice in the matter- considering he NEVER cooks.

So I guess I'm skipping dinner, unless Chad would like to make something. A trip somewhere probably. So I'm going to bed. That was my day!!

Hanging out at our yard sale!

Well, we go up a little bit late today, but it was amazing outside so we decided to still set out the yard sale stuff!Ev and I hung out, and had lots of playtime on the porch this morning while daddy was working around the garage and house. Here is our yard sale: (we had much more on the porch)

Then I was going to try working in my garden, pulling weeds. I got quite a bit done- but Ev was getting tired just playing in his excersaucer without mommy!! Here are some of my flowers and plants growing!

So Ev and I cuddled, played, sang silly songs, and he ate lots of bananas! His favorite!!

Here are our feet- barefoot is best! lol

Then Chad made a run for me to get my Sunday papers for the coupons! I asked for 4, but he surprised me with 5! He's so sweet! He just knows I'm addicted to coupons!!! Here is a small fraction of my pile I clipped today!



Then we went back outside to play in the great weather! Daddy and have having playtime:

Chad had no idea I was taking this pic-- how cute!!???!

So finally I started putting everything away from the yard sale. We were giving up! Then someone showed up, and ended up buying lots of things, so we made $100 !!! woooo!! So we didn't waste our day afterall!!

Yard Sale!

Today Chad and I set up our yard sale! Ev woke us up bright and early, so we started setting up shop after feeding him. We had a pretty good set up, and had a few shoppers come and go. Then I was off to work!

Work was same as usual. Work. It wasn't overly fun, or even fun at all. I didn't get called any names today though, so that's better than the last 2 days!

We took down the yard sale junk, and now we're going to relax and get some things done around the house. No shopping for me today, as I don't really have any amazing deals. I can't wait until Sunday though, to clip more coupons and get ready for more free/cheap deals!

I do need to do some more grocery/food shopping, so I may do that today or tomorrow. I have quite a few coupons, but alot of multiples. I'm going to try to get alot of groceries for no more than $30. That's my goal.

WalMart Savings!

Today I got some of my coupons ready, checked out the deals online- and headed to walmart!

I was able to get alot of stuff!! Almost everything was on sale, plus when you add in the coupons, I got alot of things reallly cheap! (All of) These pictures show everything I got for $19.53 total! (The sausage was actually the most expensive thing, at $4.25 for both. But they were for dinner tonight)

I actually (technically) got PAID $1.06 to buy a box of cereal! I got dog food for $2.44! I got 4 cases of capri-sun for $3.88!

My grocery total tonight would have been $64.24 after the sale prices. (not including taxes)

Instead, I only paid $19.53 !! May I repeat-- I LOVE COUPONS!

Monday I bought make up as well, but never blogged about it. (atleast, I don't think so?) I got $70 worth, for $24.

Since Monday, I have saved roughly $110.71 with coupons/sales! WOW! It's crazy! We had to buy 3 sunday papers, and a printer- so we spent roughly $25 to start out. So technically we have saved $85.71 since Monday alone!

Anyways, it's been a long day! I'm pooped! I will try to start blogging on my lunch hours!

Happy Earth Day!

This year I was pretty excited for Earth Day, because I have been trying to be a little more green in my life! We try to conserve energy when possible, and live more naturally than we did in the past. I think it's a great holiday to remind people to take care of our world, that takes care of us!

So my coupons got me more stuff today! I got 2 FREE deodorants, 3 full size bags of nabisco snacks for 50 cents a piece (oreos, and animal crackers), and I actually GOT PAID 22 cents to buy 2 bags of fruit snacks. I also bought some hair color, and Ev's formula was on clearance! WOO! So my total (not including formula) was $4. for an order that would have originally been around $21.50 This is so easy!

I know it sounds silly- (maybe my meds are finally kicking in good)- but I finally feel like I'm accomplishing something. I know that's totally lame.. but I feel like I'm finally getting into the hang of being a good mom. I work, come home, spend time with my son, do dishes, clean, shop for deals, make dinner, and do mommy things. This may not be the life for some-- and I have my days as well-- but I love the feeling of being an organized mother. I wish I could stay home all the time, and be with Ev and be a fulltime mommy/homemaker.

Anyways, I have a killer headache, and need sleep BAD! Goodnight!

Welcome to my new blog!

Hello everyone!! For those of you just joining, my name is Brittany, and I'm 23 years old. I have one amazingly gorgeous (if I may say so myself!) son who is almost 6 months old! I have a great boyfriend who would probably be my husband if common law worked here.....

Anyways, my mother keeps a great blog going and I've always loved journaling or blogging on another website or 2, so I figured I'd start one here for the family to keep up with!

My grammar and punctuation won't always be exact. I know this will just kill Kevin! hehe. I'm not smart by any stretch of the imagination, so just ignore my typos!

My current goal in my fun-filled life is to find enjoyment in it. I always seem to be running here and there, so I'm trying to make the best of it. I set aside 1 day a week to catch up on all of my DVR'd Oprah's! I love her, she reminds me of a black version of my mother! I mean that in a great way, as I think Oprah and my mother are gorgeous! Today was my "Oprah Day," as I'll call it from now on, and I got to relax after a long day of seminars in Columbus for work.
My sister Tiff got me interested in coupons and so I've been going stir-crazy over clipping, and buying! I couldn't get coupons off of my mind lastnight, and I even had dreams lastnight of clipping, and going to walmart! AHHH!

My plans this summer are to get zoo and aquarium passes so that we can take our son. I know most people would probably think this silly, but I love to try to teach him everything a baby can take in! Seeing the animals and fish will be great for him, and even though he's a baby- he will love it! (It's also a way for us to go out on the weekends, but not spend extra money!)
Some other plans this summer include getting out more! I want to do outdoors-y things such as canoeing, camping, tennis, parks, anything outside!

So, lately I've also been trying to live a little more green. I literally unplug everything constantly in our house (only thing that stays plugged in are the major appliances.) I'm trying to save energy, and money! We also use very little lighting anymore. We could already tell a difference in our last bill too! Being broke can teach you new ways to save!!

Well, as much as I want to stay and blog-- I have excitingly dirty dishes to do, and delicious food to cook! (take out anyone? just kiddin) and I have a son who wants to cuddle with his momma all night!! This blog was kinda sporatic, but I'm hoping to get situated into this blogging thing real soon!!

-Britt.