Weekend in San Diego

I still can't believe that I was able to head out to San Diego this past weekend. My husband is awesome! He took the kids to do lots of fun things like the children's museum and to play ball at the church. They loved it and Ry did so well in keeping the house in order. I do think he got a small taste of what motherhood was like though.

I got into San Diego on Friday afternoon and Ash picked me up from the airport. I haven't seen her in at least 4 years and the minute I got in the car it was like no time had passed. I love that! I finally got to meet little Miss Lila too. She is so cute and by the end of the trip we were great buddies.

I also know Ash's husband, Byron, since he was in our ward freshman year and I was their third wheel every now and then. I have to post this picture since it's the only one that I have of all of us. Byron and Ashley are on the far left and I'm the one in the blue.

Byron works in the evenings so he came home so he could watch Lila so we could go out. Thanks Byron! The first night we went out for Thai food. Ash's first time having Thai food was with my family during our freshman year so we decided to go to a highly recommended restaurant there in San Diego. It was delicious! They had all my favorites!

The next morning we had quite a funny experience. You know how I mentioned in my previous post that Ash and I would unintentionally dress alike. Well, that is exactly what happened. I walk out of the bathroom and Byron tells me that Ash and I will be twins today. I didn't think much of it until Ash came out of her room! We both had on the same colored shirt, same colored jeans, and black flip flops. Who does this?!
We headed out to the San Diego temple since I've always wanted to go there. I swear I took this picture with my own camera! Doesn't it look like a postcard? The weather was beautiful that day!

Then we headed down to La Jolla so I could go see the beach and the seals that hang out there. I guess the tide was really low so there were only a few seals out that day, but we still got to see some. It was so refreshing to stick my toes in the sand and feel the ocean breeze, sounds corny...but it's so true!
The lumps out on that rock are seals.

After La Jolla, we picked up Byron and Lila so we could go get some lunch. Byron saw a restaurant on Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives on Food Network that was in the area so we headed over there. You could tell there was something good there since the line was out the door and down the street.
We got ours to go and ate it out by the beach. Hodads makes the best burgers ever! I can see why they featured it on TV. If you're ever in San Diego, go there! And just so you know Hodads is slang for a surfing "poser"...I'm sure you were wondering. After Hodads we went home to put Lila down for a nap and Byron had to go to work. It was so nice to be able to relax, I think we were all a little tired. Byron came back from work again that night so we could take a trip to the mall. A must! I was very excited to find out that they had an H&M there! Heaven! So we did a little shopping and grabbed some dessert and called it a night.

Sunday we went to church. Can I say flashback?! Their ward building was set up exactly like Santa Clara's! It really made me miss SC! Such great times! Church was great and I even figured out how to get Lila to sleep so I got to hold her during Relief Society. She is so cute! I kept telling her that I would be the best mother-in-law ever so she needs to marry one of my boys. Maybe she could meet Max during her freshman year of college and they could get married when he got home from his mission, just like her parents did. Haha!


This trip was so much fun! I wish I could have stayed longer, but I missed my kids so bad and I'm sure they were missing me. I wish I could have just brought Ash and Lila home with me! It was so great to getaway to a new place, but to be with old friends. Thank you so much for having me Bryon and Ashley! Come to Texas soon!

Howdy Partner!

E loves playing cowboy these days. He is always wearing his cowboy hat and riding his stick horse. It cracks me up. The other day we decided to dress Max up like a cowboy so they could play together. I don't think Max quite enjoyed being a cowboy as much as E does. Oh well. Look at E's face...so typical for him. I find him making all these hilarious faces all the time.

As for a little update on what we've been up to...Max is currently teething. It's not too bad, but he is pretty sad. We're trying all the normal comfort measures and just waiting for them to pop through. He really loves having cold watermelon in his little "munch bag" after dinner so that gives a little relief.

E hasn't been into too much mischief lately. His new thing is telling every single person he meets that he wants to go over to their house. It happens at church, the store, friends' houses, all the time. One day we were at the store and this elderly gentleman came up to us to say that my children were really good mannered and then E pops out with..."Next time I'm coming over to your house!" It usually makes people laugh, but we've had to start talking about "stranger" stuff and what's appropriate. Not so easy with a kid like E since he loves to talk to anything that moves. He definitely did NOT get that gene from me!

As for me, I'm enjoying my week off of boot camp. I found out last Friday that I won the biggest loser again so I get to take $25 off my next camp. I figured I'll keep going to boot camp as long as the biggest loser coupons are coming. Something must be working which is kind of interesting considering some results that I got back from some blood work that I had done. I found out that I have an under active thyroid which can be very common after pregnancy. So that explains the some of my tireness and the reason why I don't lose baby weight very quickly. So my doctor put me on some thyroid medication and I'll have my levels drawn again in 6-8 weeks. So we'll see how that goes. Well, I'm headed to San Diego today and I'm very very excited! I'll be back Sunday night, pictures to come!

Spontaneous

...is not a word that I really have in my daily vocabulary. Actually, I kind of cringe when I hear it. I work better with a plan. That's just my personality. Even though I'm a stickler for a plan/routine, there are times when being spontaneous can be a good thing. Yesterday Ry called me up and surprised me with a free airline ticket that HAD to be used by Monday. I was like, "Say WHAT?!" What in the world am I going to do? After a few phone calls...I can now say I'm headed to San Diego (by myself) for the weekend to visit Ashley!!!


(She's the O, I'm the Y)
Ash and I met our freshman year at BYU. We lived on the same floor and quickly became inseparable. We were like two peas in a pod. I swear there were so many times that I would walk into Chem 101 and we'd be wearing the same exact outfit just by chance. We had so much fun and were always up to something. During our freshman year, BYU gave us a week off for the Winter Olympics so we high tailed it to LA (where she's from) to hang out in the sun. We even ended up going with a bunch of friends to Price is Right while we were down there.



We haven't seen each other since Ry and I moved to Santa Clara back in 2004. It's been so long! I'm so excited to go! I don't even know what to do with myself! I haven't traveled by myself in over 4 years! What am I going to do?! My husband is so awesome! Thanks for making this happen, Ry!

Engaged!

As I was writing my last post, I was able to look through all my old wedding photos and came across this little cutie, my younger brother (I can't say little because he is a lot taller than me). Well, he gave me a call last night to tell me that he got engaged! Hooray! I'm so excited! I just love his fiancee, Crystal! I'm so happy that she's going to be my sister-in-law! Can't wait until August 15th! Congrats you guys!

6 Years Ago

I'm a day late, but I really wanted these pictures on here so there was a slight delay. This is where I was 6 years ago...





You never know what life will be like after that day. I just find myself constantly thinking that I am so glad that we found each other. Our personalities compliment each other so well and we do so much for each other. I couldn't imagaine making it through life with anyone else, I don't know what I'd do without him! Happy Anniversary!

7 Months!

 

I can't even believe that Max is already 7 months this week! It's crazy! We are now heading into the life of mobility! Max rolls just about everywhere and is starting to crawl a tiny bit. He only crawls backwards or in circles, but I have a feeling that he'll be moving on to bigger and better things soon. For a moment I thought that Max wouldn't be super active like E, but all those thoughts are out the window now. He's just as vocal, loud, wiggly, busy, and active as his older brother! The minute you put him in the exersaucer he is riding it like a horse AND he talks VERY loud to his other baby friends in Sunday School.

 

He is so happy all the time and is pretty good about just going with the flow. He hasn't gotten any teeth yet, but I think he might have something brewing soon. Most people say he looks just like his brother and I'd have to agree. E loves it when people say it too...and if they don't, then he tells them.

 

He's got more dark hair coming in so I think he might be a brunette, but who knows once summer rolls around. Max loves riding in the front part of the grocery cart now that he can sit up so well. He's an angel at the store since he can look around at all the things going on around him (especially E running around doing something). Max is such a cute baby! I know I'm partial because I'm his mother, but he seriously looks like a little Gerber baby. He has this perfect milky skin, big blue eyes, chubby little cheeks, and a little swoop of hair. Another Elmer heart breaker!

Deals of the Week

We bought a vehicle (pictures to come)!!! I can get around town without bumming rides off people! Hooray! So obviously the couponing continues! Saturday I hit up Target and then today I went to CVS and Walgreens and this is what I got:

Target:

Tips for Target: Go to the Target website and check out their printable coupons. You can use the Target coupons on top of manufacturer's coupons so you can save tons if you find the right deals. My total for this transaction was $5.43.

Kashi Waffles: 1.99 I paid 0.50
I got 2 1.50 coupons from the Vocalpoint website

Easy Mac: 0.77 I paid 0.27
Target had $1 off 2 coupons

Colgate Wisp: 1.99 I paid 1.00
Target 0.50 Q
Manufacturer 0.50 Q

Dove Body Wash: 2.99 I paid .49
Target 1.00 Q
Manufacturer 1.50 Q

Oreo Sticks: 2.99 I paid 1.50
2 Manufacturer $1 off
Target $1 off 2

Johnson Baby Q tips: 1.29 I made 0.46 off each one
$3 off 3 Johnson products Q
3 0.75 off Johnson Target Q

Fruit snacks: 0.89 I made 0.11 off each one
$1 off Target fruit snacks

CVS:
Tips for CVS: There is a scanner at the front of the store where you can scan your Extra Care card and it spits out all kinds of fun coupons. I got $3.50 if Extra Care Bucks just for swiping it the other day! Last week I walked out of there paying only $4 and earned $6.99 Extra Care Bucks to spend later. I ended up using those to get the deal I got today. My total today was 0.19 and I earned $5 Extra Care Bucks for later.
My first transaction was the Crest toothpaste. It was on sale for $2.88. I had a 0.75 Q from the Sunday paper and then used $2 of my Extra Care Bucks. I paid 0.18 and received $2 Extra Care Bucks back.

Second Transaction was the Tresemme. They were on sale 3 for $10. I had 3 $1 Q's that I printed from online bringing the total to $7. I used the $6.99 I had in Extra Care Bucks and had to only pay 0.01! Then I received $5 in Extra Care Bucks to use for later!

Last, but not least, Walgreens:
My total was $5.38.
Post Cereal was on sale for 2/$5. I paid 0.50 each
2 $2 Manufacturer's Q's from the Post website

Dental Floss 1.79 I paid 0.25 each
Walgreens Sale 0.99
Manufacturer's Q $1.50 off 2

Physician's Formula Make up: I paid $2.19 each
Tinted Moisturizer 10.99
Eyeshadow 9.99
On sale for 40% off
2 $1 off Q's
$10 mail in rebate

Great Deals!

As you know, I have been living without a car for almost 2 weeks now so the couponing has been a little slow. Lucky for me I have great friends so I hitched a ride with my friend when she went to Target this morning. Great stuff today! I went to Walgreens, Target, and Albertson's and for everything pictured I paid a totally of $8.36! And here's the receipt to prove it. I circled my totals and my savings.


So here is the breakdown...

Walgreens:
2 packages of hair elastics- $2/package + receive $2 register reward= free

Albertsons:
1 gallon of milk- 2.69- used free milk coupon from previous cereal purchase
3 packages of muffin mix- $1/package used 2 .$45 coupons and 1 .40 coupon, both doubled
total......0.08!!! I walked out of Albertsons and only paid in change!

Target:
2 bottles Johnson's lotion- 2.19
Target $1 off coupon
Johnson's $1 off coupon.....0.19/bottle

1 bottle desitin cream- 3.49
Target $1 off
Desitin $1 off.....1.49/bottle

1 buddies soap-0.97
$1 off.........0.03 overage

Hershey's Bliss- 1/2 off from Easter 1.64
Target $1 Q
Bliss $1 Q............0.36 overage

2 bottles V8 fusion- 2.99
$2 Q.....0.99/bottle

Dove body wash-2.99
Target $1 Q
Dove $1.50 Q......0.49/bottle

2 Dry Idea Deodorant- $2
$2 Q.....free

2 Betty Crocker Warm Delights- 1.62/package
Target 1.00 off 2
.55 coupon
.50 coupon...........0.60/package

2 cans Pringles-1.59/can
Target 0.75 off 2
$1 off 2..............0.70/can

1 box Rice cereal-3.19
$3 off Gerber.......0.19/box

So my total for everything today should have been 49.20 so I saved a total of 40.74!

Happy Easter!

We've had some very fun Easter festivities this weekend! We started off with some car shopping...always a fun adventure. Then we headed down to Ry's parents for "Easter Eggstravaganza." G'ma prepared a fun filled evening of dinner and lots and lots of fun games and activities for the boys. They played golf, darts, ring toss, and bean bag toss to win little eggs.


G'pa did a little spiritual lesson about Christ and the Resurrection and while we were doing that everyone else hid eggs for the big Easter egg hunt. G'ma got these super cute eggs that when you hide them they say "Come find me" so the kids had to listen and try to find them.

The egg hunting didn't end there. Grammie put together some eggs that could float in the hot tub so we had a little hunt out there.
The boys had so much fun!


Today the boys had their cute little vests to wear to church. I was so looking forward to E singing for the first time with the Primary, but he got half way up there and then ended up running back and pouting. He did NOT want to go up there! He must have been really tired from last night's festivities AND was coming off his sugar high because he snuggled up with me and fell asleep during sacrament meeting. He even slept through the rest of church! We are the last ward in the building so I just sat with him while he slept and then Ry sat with him the last hour. Max, on the other hand, did not sleep at all during church. While we were at church, my parents came up and started getting Easter dinner ready. Can I tell you how nice it is to come home to home cooked meal?! E got to go on an Easter egg hunt throughout the house and especially loved the eggs with "a hundred thousand dollars" in them. He also got a really fun fire engine puzzle that he put together with Nanny and then played trains with Papa. It's always great to be able to spend time with family!

E has had so much fun this weekend! I feel bad that things won't be quite this fun tomorrow and I have to remember to hide the candy or else I'll be dealing with a monster.

Sticky Work

I am up to my eyeballs in freezer jam! I went to Wal Mart yesterday to pick up a few things for Easter dinner and came across strawberries at $1 a carton. So I decided to make my yearly batch of freezer jam. I like to make a lot so I can tuck a little jar in with the meals that I take to people. It's been a long, sticky day! But freezer jam lasts at least a year in the freezer so make it once and you're good for a full year. Not bad for a days work and a great way to save!

Last Week

 

I really need to blog better, I've gone off the deep end of updates. Other things have taken priority these days like trying to find a car, taking care of kids, and getting sweet deals. I've got to get more pictures uploaded and just sit down and update. But for now, this will have to do.

Last week I was out and about by at my mom's and E got to play on this fun playground while we were there. It was a gorgous day once the sun came out so we were able to enjoy a nice afternoon. I don't know if any of guys have gone through this or are going through this right now...but do your kids just like being in their underwear all the time? I swear the minute we set foot in the house, he is stripped down to his undies and will stay in them all day. I can't keep clothes on the kid! And if I make him get into clothes, he just ends up putting on his PJs! Any tips on how to keep clothes on my child? It's only going to get worse when the Texas heat comes rolling in!

Max is doing really well! He slept through the night once last Sunday. It only happened once, but it happened! Huge milestone for us! He is just such a sweet, little baby. He definitely chooses who he'll smile at and who makes him cry though. It's kind of funny to see him interact with certain people or meeting a new person. Sometimes he'll be all giggly and flirty with people and other times he just scrunches up and bawls. He especially cries while we're at activity days because the girls are a little bit too much for him. He cries the minute he gets there and doesn't really stop until the closing prayer when they're quiet.

I'm still doing the whole coupon game. I've been finding pretty great deals each week and I've enjoyed "talking shop" with a few of my friends to exchange deal tips. There have been a few requests about the whole coupon thing so I might post a few coupon posts for those of you that are interested. Just today I scored 7 big boxes of cereal, 3 gallons of milk, and a box of poptarts for $7! Luckily the free milk came in coupon form and they expire each week so I'll get my weekly gallon of milk for free for the next 3 weeks. This coupon thing has been amazing! I have been able to cut my grocery bill in half and get double the amount of groceries! I've gotten so good at it that we've had to purchase some extra shelves for it all. I really wanted to increase my food storage, but I didn't want to pay for it. Sounds bad...I know...and I felt so guilty for not having any food storage, but this has totally solved my problem! I'm increasing my food storage, saving money, and having fun doing it.

Now if only shopping for a car was this fun...

RIP Corolla 2005-2009

The insurance adjuster came and declared our car "totaled." I guess we're going to be car shopping this weekend.

In an Instant

Life can truly change "in an instant." I've always heard that and it's totally true, but never really experienced it until yesterday. I was talking to Ryan on his way home from work yesterday. He was mid sentence when he made a funny noise and then it sounded like the phone dropped and the phone hung up. It was really weird. I tried calling him back, but he didn't answer. Then I started to get a little worried. I didn't know what in the world happened. Well he called me back after a few minutes to tell me that he had been in a car accident. He was fine, but the car wasn't and that he'd call me back later. So I sat at home and waited the longest period of time in my life. My mind just stated racing...What happened? Is Ry really okay? Are the other people okay? What does our car look like? Do I need to pick him up? How much is this going to cost? A million things are running through my head at this point. Finally, he calls me back and gives me the low down of what happened. We're not really sure who is at fault so I'm not exactly sure how much I can share due to legal purposes. But basically the cars collided on the freeway just after an overpass, Ry did a 360, went down a steep embankment, and ended up on the service road below. He is so lucky that he didn't get hit again on the service road! The lady's car ended up stopping on the grassy embankment. This is what our car looks like now.




Ry tried driving home, but there ended up being a whole in the tire so he had to pull over and change it. So now we have the spare on. He's out right now getting estimates on what the repairs will be. We can't shut the door, the glove box won't close, the trunk had a hard time opening and closing, basically are car is jacked up. I'm so sad. I loved the little Corolla. It was the first car that Ry and I bought together and my grandpa was the dealer that helped us pick it out. We bought it back before E was born so it's only 4 years old. So we'll see what happens. Luckily everyone is okay and no one was hurt. Just the cars. I definitely had a little dose of perspective yesterday. I'm so grateful that Ry is safe and that we live within our means. It really stinks that this had to happen, but it's just a car, it can be replaced and thankfully we have money set aside for emergencies like this. Life can truly change in an instant, but thankfully the Lord protects us.

Our Garden

It's that time of year again! Last Saturday we planted our little garden for the Spring/Summer. My Rosemary is still going strong after 2 years believe it or not. I trimmed so much off of it that day that I ended up with 14 bundles of it! Definitely had to give some away. We've got Roma tomatoes, cilantro, jalapenos, and basil. I'm going to try and get some good salsa this year! While we were planting, we came across our little frog friend. E was mesmerized by him and for whatever reason, he kept wanting to blow him and make him jump around. Ry convinced him to try and hold it, but he kept trying to blow on him. Boys!

A Little Getaway

Ry just finished up a Chuy's in Selma, Texas (just outside of San Antonio). So the big VIP dinner was on Monday and we worked it out so I could go along with him. My mom came and watched the boys and we drove down to Selma. It was about a 5 hour drive down there, not too bad. We stayed right in San Anotiono, down by the Riverwalk, it was gorgous! Ry had meetings in the afternoon so he dropped me off at our hotel so I could relax. Oh my gosh! It was so nice to have some quiet time to myself and catch up on the book I've been reading. I even had a moment when I heard the "phantom baby cry" a few times. You know when you think you hear the baby cry and it's really nothing. After all his meetings we had some awesome Chuy's Mexican (definitely didn't follow boot camp protocol that night). Our hotel was right on the Riverwalk so we were able to walk around later that night. The weather was awesome and the flowers were totally blooming so it was quite a wonderful walk. We drove home the next day so our trip was quite short, but SO needed. I really needed a break! Ry, I will be your travel buddy any day!

Blogging Backlog: My Happenings

I've been staying really busy with the kids and trying to stay positive with all the lack of sleep (emphasis on "trying", I'm not perfect). Everything has gotten soooo much better. It's truly amazing how much better I feel just after 2 weeks of decent sleep. Plus, boot camp really energizes me and helps me remember to push myself even when I want to quit. Love it!

I'm back in the kitchen making baby food again. I loved doing it for E when he was starting solids so I decided to take a crack at it with Max. I only spent 1 afternoon making up sweet potatoes, pears, and apples and then I make up bananas as they get really ripe. I puree up my cooked fruits and veggies and spoon them into ice cube trays since that makes about a 1 ounce serving. Then once the trays are pretty frozen, I dump them into big freezer bags. That way I can just pop a couple cubes in the microwave as I need them. Quick, easy, and I know exactly what's going into my child. Plus it is so cheap to do it this way and you can make it all organic for half the price.

I had a little calling change happen a couple weeks ago. Last May I was released from Young Women's when Ry got called to Young Men's and I got called to be the Gospel Doctrine Instructor. Well, I got changed yet again. I'm now doing Activity Days! How fun is that?! There are a ton of girls in there, but they're at such a fun age. Everything is so fun to them and they really aren't too picky. But what the best part about it is that I'm working with mybest friend! We must be living right or something! This is the little "assignment board" that I made up the other night. We draw names to see who has certain assignments in order to make it fair to everyone.

I've also gotten into couponing lately, as you can tell from my latest posts. My whole mentality on shopping and saving has changed. Seriously. I could kick myself for paying full price for so long. It's so much fun to walk out of the store and have the store clerks look at you and wonder how in the heck you just paid $2.50 for $40 worth of stuff. I'm sure there will be more coupon posts to come. I've had a lot of people asking for some more tips so I might start a few posts on couponing tips in the future. So get ready!

Blogging Backlog: Max's Happenings

Max has been doing really well the past 2 weeks. The first 5 months of his life have been really rough, but I'm beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel. It just seems like it's been one thing after another with him and it felt like I would never have a good night's rest. It got to the point where I was in such a "funk" that I hated the feeling of not sleeping and all the side effects from it.

I ended up having to go on antibiotics again and the last time that happened it totally made Max's digestive tract go crazy and I really didn't want to go through that again so I just decided to wean him and put him on formula. At first I felt really guilty since I nursed E for a year and I was expecting to do that with Max, but I got over it real fast. It's actually so nice now. I always felt like I was second guessing myself with Max since he is such a sensitive baby...is he getting enough? was it something I ate? is he still hungry? is he just crying because he wants to cry? what am I doing wrong? why isn't he sleeping? Formula has taken a lot of the guess work out of the situation so formula has made things so nice for us!

Since we made the change to formula, I also decided to get this whole sleep thing worked out too. I told Ry that I'm just going to re-read all the sleep books that I read with E and give each book 2 weeks and if it didn't work then I'd move on to the next one. I started off with Babywise and it worked after about 5 days and we are now on to much better naps and nights. I stopped swaddling him, got rid of the reflux wedge that the Dr. had him sleeping on, and I started sleeping him on his tummy. Now he is the easiest baby to put down! Oh my goodness! Maybe this whole no binky thing is a good thing?! I just remember with E having to go put in his binky all the time and since Max has learned to put himself to sleep without one, it makes life so nice! He wakes up once in the night and for awhile he was my alarm clock for boot camp (up at 4:45 for the day), but we're trying to get him to sleep until 6:30. It's going pretty well.

It's amazing how things change when a baby sleeps well! He's happier, I'm happier, who can ask for anything more?! He's starting to roll all over the place and he can sit up a little bit on his own. So we're beginning the phase of mobility. Time to baby proof! He's also enjoying the world of new foods. So far he's tried bananas, sweet potatoes, and apples. Not a big fan of bananas which is kind of surprising, but we'll keep trying.

So Max is doing a lot better these past few weeks and is growing up so much! He'll be 6 months on Sunday! We're going to have to celebrate!

Blogging Backlog: E's Happenings

During my haze of no sleep, my blogging took a backseat and survivor mode took over. Things have gotten better in the sleep department so I'm trying to catch up on everything. So these were suppose to be my posts during those long, long months of no sleep.

 

E took a little basketball class through our local parks and rec. Ry had a church meeting one Saturday and couldn't take him so my dad offered to come up and have a little grandson time. They learned how to dribble, pass, and shoot and E is still trying to learn how to pay attention to instructions and be apart of the group. He loved his little class and now he likes to dribble out in the garage when it's cold outside.

E has also been enjoying his Sunbeam class. I was reading the parents' newsletter that his teacher writes. She just lets us know what they're learning about, includes reminders of anything, and tells us what's going on. In this particular newsletter she told us about their eggs. She has them sit on little yellow felt eggs on their chairs to teach them to stay in their seats. If they sit on their eggs and "warm" them really well then the big blue egg hatches at the end of class and they get little treats (very clever idea). Well, one of the kids got the great idea to take off his sweater, put his egg under his chair, and cover his egg with his sweater so it would "warm" without him having to sit on it. His Sunbeam teacher later told us that the child with the great idea was E. Typical. Always finding loop holes in the system.

We've been doing "school time" with E a little big everyday while Max is taking a nap. I found a workbook that has some great activities for him to work on. He has so much fun doing it, that he asks several times a day to have "school time."

Deals For This Week

Well, if any of you went out last week and got the great diaper deal that was going on, you might have a lot of register rewards that will be expiring within the next week. So this is how I spent mine...
5 bottles of Listerine
2 2 packs of Reach toothbrushes
3 bottles of hand sanitizer
5 tubes of Colgate
8 Dove deodorants
2 Lysol wipes
1 can of Lysol spray
My total should have been $59.60
I paid $2.24
PLUS....I walked out with $22 of register rewards!

Over at Wal Mart this is what I ended up with
5 bars of Johnsons buddies soap
1 pack of Wrigleys gum
2 boxes of Wheat thins
My total should have been 11.27
I paid 3.06

So for everything in the picture I paid $5.30 with an extra $22 to spend at Walgreens. Isn't couponing great?!