Merry Christmas!

It's a warm 70 degrees here in Florida right now and I am loving it! I remember why I moved down here in the first place.

Because I have nothing better to do right now, I've been surfing the net and saw that tomorrow JC Penny is giving shoppers a wake up call! How cool is that? It's not my favorite store, but a good idea from the marketing team.

Who's going shopping tomorrow? I hope everyone saved their coupons to use on the candy and gifts that are typically 50-75% off regular price after Christmas. I'll hopefully have some great deals and photos to post tomorrow.

Well, back to enjoy more of the sunshine! Merry Christmas to all!

I'm back! Did you miss me?

It was a crazy weekend! Kid throwing up. Dog throwing up. Poop on the floor. Water mains outside my house bursting. And of course clipping those coupons!

Today was the Thanksgiving Dinner at BabyK's school. It was so fun! All the parents came and sat with the kids while a folk singer sang kids' songs. Loved it!

Who else is super excited for Black Friday? CVS will be great, especially if you keep your coupons. Other than that, I am still planning my course of action for where I shall be going. There aren't a ton of sales this year that strike my fancy. Well, ones that strike my fancy that I can afford. I'd be more than happy to post my wish list!

Cool thing. The local YMCA is offering childcare for Black Friday shoppers. How cool is that? Of course the frugal person in my says to skip it and just bring lots of bribes, a.k.a. fruit snacks and a favorite blankie.

How about you? Where will you be Friday morning?

More online Codes and Coupon Links!

ONLINE CODES:

Shutterfly: Get 10 free greeting cards with code GCPA-6NUT-6UKP-HJXN4G. Expires 12/14/08.

Victorias Secret:
Free Shipping on orders over $100 using code SHPSAVE. Expires 12/2/08.
$30 off orders of $175 or more with code 30OFF. Expires 12/2/08.
FREE SLIPPER WITH SELECT SLEEPWEAR PURCHASE use offer code SLIPPER08. Expires 12/8/08.
FREE scarf (Item # 234-634) with code CTNSCARF. Expires 11/25/08.

Kodak Gallery:
12 cent prints using code 12PRINTS. Expires 11/22/08.

COUPONS:

$2 off Pull-Ups here.

3 Glade Product Coupons go here.

CVS - 11/9

It was a great day at CVS!!!

(1) Palm Olive Dish Soap @1.49 ($1.00 ECB back)
(1) Garnier Fruc. Conditioner @2.99 ($2.00 ECB back)
(1) Loreal Advance Wrinkle Cream @11.99 ($11.99 ECB back)
(1) Crest Pro Whitening @3.49 ($3.49 ECB back)
(2) Colgate Total Whitening @2.29/1 (BOGOF)
(1) Kotex 18 ct tampons @3.69 ($1.00 ECB back)
(1) Glaceau Smart Water 20 oz. @1.59 ($1.59 ECB back)

minus coupons:
-.75/Crest Pro
-$1.00/any Kotex Product
-$1.50/any Colgate
-$1.50/any Colgate
-$1.00/any Garnier shampoo or conditioner
-$2.00 CRT/any Kotex product
-$5.00/$25 CVS Purchase (got in email)
-$15 ECB

.09 cents out of pocket!!! and $19.48 in ECB back!!!

Today's Online Coupon Codes

Snapfish: Save 20% off all holiday catalog gift items, just enter coupon code WINTER08 at checkout. Cannot be combined with other offers. Expires 12/31/2008.

CVS Photo Center: Take 20% off your photo card order when you order a set with 20CARDS. Expires 11/15/2008.

Hanes.com: Free shipping on orders over $75. Did not see a code, so assuming it is automatic. No end date listed.

Victoria's Secret: 25% off any single item with 25ITEM now through 11/10/2008.

CVS: Week of October 26

A great week this week!

(2) Fun size bags of Starburst - 2/$3
(2) Fun size bags of Skittles - 2/$3
(2) Bic Comfort 3 Disposable Razors @ $5.89 each
(1) Bag Sweedish Fish (filler) @ .79

Total: $18.57

Minus:

(2) $1/2 bags Nestle candies
(2) $2/1 bic disposable razors
$12.55 ECB

.47 OOP and $8 ECB back!

This was a great day for the APO packages!

Random Thoughts...

So anybody want to know what my dream home looks like? Well, you can visit here. I would LOVE that house! Charming, full of light, storage, lots of space, great kitchen, in town...I am in love!

Went to CVS this week and spent about $12 on the first transaction (it had diapers, so although I spent a lot, that is way cheaper than diapers normally are) and the second was $3.75 oop and got like $15 in ECB. I'd share it with you, but I lost the receipt. I plan to go again, so when I do I'll post the next round. I do remember I got:
(2) pumpkin pails
(2) bags of candy corn
1 crest toothbrush
1 crest toothpaste
1 package huggies diapers
2 johnson & johnson baby wash
1 johnson & johnson baby shampoo
3 packages of wipes
and some other stuff. I can't remember what right now. Doh!

On boring news, I am a complete dork and ran into the kitchen table while eating with BabyK at the pint sized table and bruised a rib. Am I a klutz or what? Thankfully it seems to be getting better, but still hurts. Everyone all at once now...*pitty party for me*.

And, if you are in town and have a kid, head on over to The One Week Boutique for some fabulous baby/kid shopping at great prices!

Peace out duders.

CVS 10/5

It was a pretty good week at CVS! I had planned to do a big day yesterday before a bunch of coupons expired, but alas, life happens and I missed out on the Coca-Cola deal. But, today wasn't too shabby either, but I could have made more ECB if I had planned it right. However, I had a grumpy BabyK throwing goldfish at other customers, so we were all about getting in and out!

The low down - just one transaction:

(2) Kotex @ 2/6 - (2) $1/1 coupons
(2) Orbit 3 pack gum @ 2/3 - (1) 1.50/1 CRT
(1) 32. oz vitamin water @ 2.29 -->earned $2.29 ECB
(1) 20 oz. Dasani Plus @ .99
(1) 20 oz. Nestea Tea @1.39 - (1) Free Nestea when you buy any 20 oz. coca-cola product
(2) Colgate Max Fresh Toothpaste @ $2.99 - (2) 1/1 coupons -->earned $4 ECB
(2) Boxes Post Honey Bunches of Oats @4.59 BOGO - (1) Free box of Honey Bunches of Oats coupon
(1) Stacy's Pita Chips @ $3.29 - (1) 1/1 CRT -->earned $2 ECB
(1) Gallon Milk

Used $15.79 in ECB

Total OOP: $3.75
ECB Earned: $8.29

Well, BabyK got his first homework assignment. Yes, that's right, at the age of TWO!

I am not a fan of preschool. Kids should have time to be kids and have fun and play. They are under so much pressure before they even enter the regular school system. That can't be good for him.

In other news...I have no other news. It's been a lazy weekend.

Oh, and my CVS day went like this:

Lady: That will be $35.08.
Me: What?? The make-up should be BOGO Free, and none of the sales rang up.
Lady: It'll come up later.
Me: Well, there are a lot of people in line. Just take the lip gloss off and I'll figure it out another time.
Lady: No no, I'll call the manger.

Manger comes over. Says some stuff. She re-rings my order.

Me: Again, if you could please just take off the lip gloss, I'll be on my way.
Lady: That will be $11.92. (I knew this was wrong, but paid, then got back in line to fix it so others could check out.)
Me: Both lip glosses are still on here. If you could please just take it off.
Lady: Yeah fine, we can do a return.

By this time I had already been there longer than the five minutes I had planned to be in there and was ready to go.

This was in addition to yesterday my extrabucks not printing at all. Doh!

So the deal was:

Panteen Shampoo, conditioner, style product $9.99 ($3.33 each)
2 Colgate Advanced toothpaste $2.99 each

-$1.50 Colgate
-$1.50 Colgate
-$3.33 Style product when you buy shampoo & conditioner
-$5.99 ECB

Total OOP: $11.92
$6.00 ECB Back

PLUS

$7.72 refund

Acutally $4.20, which I used from my refund yesterday I got when my ECB didn't print out at the register, so really nothing OOP.