Good Deals This Week

I'm grocery shopping early this week since I'm going on a girl's weekend on Thursday. Thus, I need to get a few dinners made and frozen so the hubby will have something to eat.

Walgreens:
Pert Plus Shampoo- 3.79 (3.79 Easy Saver Catalogue & $2 Man. Q) = Free plus overage after Rebate
Dove Shampoo- 2.49 ($2 Man Q) = .49 cents
General Mills Cereal- 1.99 ($1 off 2 or .75 off 1)= price varies depending on coupon
Jiffy Muffin Mix- .39 (with Walgr. Q) ---will donate to food pantry
Pork & Beans- .39 (with Walg. Q)

CVS:
Dove Skin Revitalizer- 9.99 (3 ECB & 3.50 Man Q) = 3.49 after ECB
HP Printer Paper- 2.77 ( I have a Q somewhere for it, but I'm trying to find it!)
Glade Air Freshner- .88 ($1 off 2 & BOGOF)= .06 each
Schick Quattro for Men- 7.99 (5 ECB & 4 Man Q)= 1.01 Overage!

Target:
Sauve Shampoo- .89 (using $2 off 3, $1 off 2, & .50 off 1--buying 18)=5.20 (.28 each) ---donating all to church food pantry...we're really low on shampoo

Homeland Freebies:
Farmland Sausage- 1.50 ($1 Man. Q--q doubles)= .50 overage
Peter Pan Peanut Butter- 1.39 ($1 Man Q- q doubles)= .61 overage
Sun Maid Raisins (6 packs or Bag of mini-snacks)- 2/3 ($1 off 2 Man. Q- q doubles) = .50 each

Our little model

Although I am becoming more and more frugal, I seem to not be able to help myself when a cute deal for Baby Mia comes along. We decided to take her pictures in this ridiculously expensive dress for a small girl. However, we bought a much bigger size so that she could also wear it through Christmas. (Such a West Texas tradition to dress your small children like mini-adults for Christmas!)

My sister-in-law found the dress for Mia & they had another one for girls my niece's age (which is 9 going on 22). So the kids all came up to get their pictures made in the matching outfits. We walked around the OU campus all morning to find great spots for photos. I am so pleased with how the all turned out!!



She couldn't take any more pictures. What a mean mommy who takes pictures of her crying baby! = )

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One of those days...

We had a fantastic weekend--one of the best since we have lived in Oklahoma. Saturday we took Mia to the zoo for the first time. She laughed and squawked at the animals, hit the aquariums with delight, and waved and said "bye-bye" to every person we met! (We also met a fellow baby named Mia!) Sunday we had a wonderful day with our church family and watching the Olympics. I should have known that all good things must come to an end.

Today started off with lighting hitting the field behind our house! A jolt that shook the house at 6 am is a very big "good morning" alarm. I finally fell back asleep only to be awoken at 6;30 with the hubby leaving for work and a very big migraine awaiting me. Luckily (if a migraine can be lucky) I had an awful migraine about two months ago that sent me to the doctor, thus I had a strong pain killer that knocked that out. But migraines, even when they are over drain me.

After feeding the baby breakfast, I abandoned all hope of being overly productive, so she and I hung out on her pallet on the floor. Then I see "the face." Moms will know the face, that is always followed too closely by "the sounds," then the "smells"---then "the results." When all was said and done, I had to wash one little red Polo dress of Mia's, my outfit, a changing pad cover, a blanket, and finally a baby.

After all the poo-issues I thought I'd be a good wife and prepare dinner for when the hubby arrived. So I went to the kitchen to start making pizza dough. I reach for the olive oil, it slips from my hand, and the entire bottle and contents fall and crash into one thousand pieces in ultimate slow-motion. For the next 40 minutes I swept, mopped and re-mopped the kitchen floors. (This is so the reason why no one puts carpet in a kitchen!) When I thought I had gotten it all, I, or rather my big toe, found a shard of glass---OUCH! Then I did the whole process again, even getting the vacuum in on the action to be safe. A process that takes me 15 minutes on the worst days took me over an hour! But we will have pizza---but at what cost? (Just my sanity!)


I love this picture--I would like to think that I can portray an effective martyr when need be, but I think my West Texas girl anger and loud mouth too often get in the way...But I totally have this ladies "I'm such a martyr" inner monologue today!

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Freebies at Homeland

With in-laws from all directions coming at us this weekend, I had to hit the grocery stores. I got everything above for FREE!
The above pic is:
3 Skintamates
4 Old Spice Deoderants
2 Colgate Total
1 Coffee Mate
24 pack of Dasani Water
10 Poweades
1 Luzianne Tea (24 bag)

How did I do it? Homeland had their crazy dollar days.
Skintamates (1.50 on sale- Used .75 coupon (doubled to 1.50) Making it Free
Old Spice Deoderants ($1 on sale- Used 1 off 2 coupon (doubled to 2 off 2) Making 2 free with 1 coupon
Colgate Total (On Sale for 2- Used 1 off coupons, (doubled) Making it Free
Coffee Mate- On Sale for 1.50- Used 1 off coupon (doubled) Making it Free, plus overage
Dasani- Free with purchase of 10 powerades (Homeland display coupon)
Poweades- On Sale for 73 cents- used 5 dollar off coupons- doubled- Making 10 free plus overage
Luzianne Tea- On Sale for $1- Used .75 off coupon (Doubled) Making it Free plus overage!

Thus the above picture they paid me to buy it all! I love it when that happens.