Friday, April 29, 2011
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Monday, April 25, 2011
The King's Speech
First off I am biased because I love Colin Firth! But this is a must see movie.
It is about King George VI (whom had a speech impediment) and his unlikely friendship with a common man (his speech therapist)who helped him deliver his speeches and deal with said impediment. Absolutely beautiful movie!
More details here.
It is about King George VI (whom had a speech impediment) and his unlikely friendship with a common man (his speech therapist)who helped him deliver his speeches and deal with said impediment. Absolutely beautiful movie!
More details here.
Easter
I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter. For us it ended up being a very long night. Right as we were about to leave it started down pouring so did not end up leaving my mum's until about 8:30 at night. It was a very nice time though.
I am beyond tired right now and feeling a tad under the weather (I have the worst allergies to my mother's dog).
I did already have wonderful breakfast/snack/early lunch consisting of the following leftovers:
2 cupcakes YIKES!
piece of pumpkin bread
2 deviled eggs (made with spicy horseradish muster YUMMY!)
various cheese, pickles and olives
Now drinking some Cafe Vienna coffee and going to lay on the couch and watch "Unstoppable".
Then will be off to run errands:
Walgreens (have RRs expiring today)
CVS (have ecbs expiring today)
return movie to Publix Blockbuster Express Kiosk
post office to check to see if I got any mail
then go and pick my son up from school
Will then come home and do dishes and try and clean up somewhat.
Would love to do nothing but lie in bed all day reading a good book. :(
I am beyond tired right now and feeling a tad under the weather (I have the worst allergies to my mother's dog).
I did already have wonderful breakfast/snack/early lunch consisting of the following leftovers:
2 cupcakes YIKES!
piece of pumpkin bread
2 deviled eggs (made with spicy horseradish muster YUMMY!)
various cheese, pickles and olives
Now drinking some Cafe Vienna coffee and going to lay on the couch and watch "Unstoppable".
Then will be off to run errands:
Walgreens (have RRs expiring today)
CVS (have ecbs expiring today)
return movie to Publix Blockbuster Express Kiosk
post office to check to see if I got any mail
then go and pick my son up from school
Will then come home and do dishes and try and clean up somewhat.
Would love to do nothing but lie in bed all day reading a good book. :(
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Friday, April 22, 2011
Target
Went in hopes of scoring 2 Carefree pantyliners with that awesome coupon. But nope there was zip there.
Did buy the following since it was a good price for organic/natural products:
5 Annies Home Grown Cheese Raviolis $1 each = $5
5 Various Annies Home Grown Boxed Mac & Cheese $1 each = $5
Total = $9.95 since there is no tax on food and I also had my own bag (-5 cents).
According to the receipt I saved $3.95 off the canned ravioli and $3.20 on the boxed mac and cheese. So together I saved $7.15!
Upset that they apparently no longer carry the Annies Spaghetti O type with fake meat. Not sure what they are called but had planned on buying 5 of those also.
Did buy the following since it was a good price for organic/natural products:
5 Annies Home Grown Cheese Raviolis $1 each = $5
5 Various Annies Home Grown Boxed Mac & Cheese $1 each = $5
Total = $9.95 since there is no tax on food and I also had my own bag (-5 cents).
According to the receipt I saved $3.95 off the canned ravioli and $3.20 on the boxed mac and cheese. So together I saved $7.15!
Upset that they apparently no longer carry the Annies Spaghetti O type with fake meat. Not sure what they are called but had planned on buying 5 of those also.
My Love and Hate Trip to Walmart Today
I went today to get pictures taken of my son. Unfortunately, even though they called me TWO times to confirm, it was not in the system or I should say they put the appointment at a different store. Can I say how EXTREMELY mad I was???? VERY UNHAPPY with Picture Me Portrait Studios. Wasn't offered anything for the inconvinence nor was the manager even apologetic about it. I did not have all day to wait around to be tried to fit inbetween other customers.
O.k. so that made me in a very, very bad mood. I needed to get my son's pictures taken and today was and pretty much is the only day that actually would work. Not sure when the next time on a week day in the morning we could do this.
On with the Walmart trip. Like I said I was irked so I am surprised my Walmart shopping trip worked out decently.
I bought all of the following for less than $10!
Connect 4 Toy Story Game $7
3 Kotex pantyliners @ $1.24 each = $3.72
2 Reach Floss @ .88 cents each = $1.76
Leopard Duct Tape $3.37 (I needed duct tape and figured I would get a cool kind)
White Cloud 6 pack Toilet Paper $2
2 Similac Formulas @ $3.84 each = $7.68 (I have a friend who uses this so this works out perfect - formula for her and overage for me!)
Total before coupons and taxes = $25.53
I asked the cashier if she wanted me to do 2 transactions but she said she did not care (normally I would have only bought 1 but since I was in such a crappy mood I did something I would NEVER do and bought 2). Coupon limits one per transaction.
Coupons I used:
(3) $1 off Kotex
(2) $1 off Reach
(2) $5 off Similac
$3 off Connect 4
Totally forgot to give her a $1 off coupon for White Cloud :(
New total after coupons and taxes = $8.78 Used a giftcard to pay with.
Will submit for another Tombstone pizza!!! Which will make 4 free pizzas!!
O.k. so that made me in a very, very bad mood. I needed to get my son's pictures taken and today was and pretty much is the only day that actually would work. Not sure when the next time on a week day in the morning we could do this.
On with the Walmart trip. Like I said I was irked so I am surprised my Walmart shopping trip worked out decently.
I bought all of the following for less than $10!
Connect 4 Toy Story Game $7
3 Kotex pantyliners @ $1.24 each = $3.72
2 Reach Floss @ .88 cents each = $1.76
Leopard Duct Tape $3.37 (I needed duct tape and figured I would get a cool kind)
White Cloud 6 pack Toilet Paper $2
2 Similac Formulas @ $3.84 each = $7.68 (I have a friend who uses this so this works out perfect - formula for her and overage for me!)
Total before coupons and taxes = $25.53
I asked the cashier if she wanted me to do 2 transactions but she said she did not care (normally I would have only bought 1 but since I was in such a crappy mood I did something I would NEVER do and bought 2). Coupon limits one per transaction.
Coupons I used:
(3) $1 off Kotex
(2) $1 off Reach
(2) $5 off Similac
$3 off Connect 4
Totally forgot to give her a $1 off coupon for White Cloud :(
New total after coupons and taxes = $8.78 Used a giftcard to pay with.
Will submit for another Tombstone pizza!!! Which will make 4 free pizzas!!
Trying to Cut My Spending As Much As Possible
With gas almost $4 a gallon I need to find ways to pay for it. Our income has also gone down $384 a month!!!! That is a huge amount (at least to me it is). I am trying to cut my spending as much as possible. I truthfully do not spend much money a month so it will be hard to truly save much. I generally buy most of my items with either ECBs or RRs so to save actual cash I am going to have to figure something out!
Things I will not have to buy for a while are as follows:
toothpaste
toothbrushes
deodorant
shampoo
conditioner
hairdye
dishsoap
laundry detergent
toilet paper*
paper towels*
makeup
facial cleansers
bar soap*
dental floss
body wash
razors
excedrin etc.
mouthwash
tampons
pads
liners*
*things that if I find cheap enough will still buy even if I don't currently need
Things I can and need to still stock up on:
Lysol spray
Q-tips
?
We don't eat out, get takeout or go to the movies. I barely buy clothes for myself - generally once or twice a year if that and each piece is less than $10. My son's clothes all cost less than $6 each piece (including shoes) generally less than that. We do not have cable. We don't eat lunch out, don't buy coffee or drinks/snacks when out and about. Don't have car payments and credit cards are either paid off or very close. So not too sure what we can actually cut back on to help with the increasing cost of gas, electric and food costs.
Things I will not have to buy for a while are as follows:
toothpaste
toothbrushes
deodorant
shampoo
conditioner
hairdye
dishsoap
laundry detergent
toilet paper*
paper towels*
makeup
facial cleansers
bar soap*
dental floss
body wash
razors
excedrin etc.
mouthwash
tampons
pads
liners*
*things that if I find cheap enough will still buy even if I don't currently need
Things I can and need to still stock up on:
Lysol spray
Q-tips
?
We don't eat out, get takeout or go to the movies. I barely buy clothes for myself - generally once or twice a year if that and each piece is less than $10. My son's clothes all cost less than $6 each piece (including shoes) generally less than that. We do not have cable. We don't eat lunch out, don't buy coffee or drinks/snacks when out and about. Don't have car payments and credit cards are either paid off or very close. So not too sure what we can actually cut back on to help with the increasing cost of gas, electric and food costs.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
CVS
Realized that I had ecbs expiring on my mother's card also I decided to see what I could buy.
GE Light bulb $2.99
Mother's Day Card $2.79
Bday Card $2.59
Bday Card $2.59
36 pack plastic Easter Eggs $2.99
Nivea Body Wash $3.88
.89 cents
Total before coupons/ecbs and tax = $18.72
Coupons and ecbs I used:
$5 ecb
$5 ecb
$2 ecb
$2.50 ecb
$1 off GE
$3 off Nivea
New total after above plus tax = $1.54
Received $2.00 ecb back for GE.
GE Light bulb $2.99
Mother's Day Card $2.79
Bday Card $2.59
Bday Card $2.59
36 pack plastic Easter Eggs $2.99
Nivea Body Wash $3.88
.89 cents
Total before coupons/ecbs and tax = $18.72
Coupons and ecbs I used:
$5 ecb
$5 ecb
$2 ecb
$2.50 ecb
$1 off GE
$3 off Nivea
New total after above plus tax = $1.54
Received $2.00 ecb back for GE.
Groupon
Sign up for Groupon to get some very good deals!
Here are some of the deals going on now:
$8 for One Large Any-Topping Pizza at Domino's Pizza (Up to $20 Value)
Domino's Pizza Multiple Locations
$10 for $20 Worth of Decadent Sweets from Chocolate.com
$40 for $80 Toward a Wanna Get Away Roundtrip Ticket Between Newark and Any Southwest Destination from Southwest Airlines
Here are some of the deals going on now:
$8 for One Large Any-Topping Pizza at Domino's Pizza (Up to $20 Value)
Domino's Pizza Multiple Locations
$10 for $20 Worth of Decadent Sweets from Chocolate.com
$40 for $80 Toward a Wanna Get Away Roundtrip Ticket Between Newark and Any Southwest Destination from Southwest Airlines
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