sunday shopping
sunday shopping 10-9-11
Happy Monday! We picked up our 15 empty Operation Christmas Child boxes at church over the weekend & the whole family is excited about starting to fill them. I thought for sure I’d be able to pick up some stuff this weekend, but neither Walgreens or CVS had very exciting sales this week. Remember to go and leave a comment here if you are planning to fill an OCC box this year or do any other sort of charitable giving this holiday season. 2 lucky readers will win $50 worth of FREE product coupons from Fast Fixins, Kid Fresh, Cool Juice, Freschetta, & more! I did spot a fairly decent deal ... read more
sunday shopping 10-2-11
Happy Monday! I hope you all had a great weekend. Here in Florida the weather finally cooled off just a little & now it actually feels like fall. Well, at least to us. (Yes, 75 degrees is a “cool” day here!) We celebrated by turning off the A/C for the first time in about 8 months, opening up all the doors and windows, and putting up some Halloween decorations, which thrilled Princess to no end. She is a BIG fan of Halloween, and has literally been talking about her costume for months now. (After shopping around and comparing prices, I decided it will be cheaper to make it myself. I’ll ... read more
sunday shopping 9-18-11
Do you ever feel like you are drowning in stuff? I spent most of the day yesterday cleaning out my bedroom closet, dressers, & desk. I filled several bags with items for Goodwill and another bag with trash, and I came to the stark realization that I have far too many things. Life has been a little hectic lately and I feel like I have lost some all control over all the unseen nooks and crannies in my house. On the surface things are calm, but the chaos is lurking behind every door or drawer. I am on a mission this fall to get some order back! But even with ... read more
sunday shopping 9-11-11
First things first: The winner of last week’s E-Mealz giveaway is…. Brandi (No. 14) ”I usually start by seeing what I already have on hand. I have a mass of recipes from various websites plus websites like allrecipes.com will allow you search by ingredient so I use that to see what meals I could make from stuff I have on hand plus one or two more things. I love beans and cornbread for a quick thrifty meal. We almost always have beans and cornbread on hand. Still pretty new to couponing so I would like to build a more varied stock pile and try to find other uses for pasta ... read more
the big qubie giveaway! {& sunday shopping 9-4-11}
Happy Labor Day! I hope you all are having a very fun & relaxing holiday weekend. I thought it would be fun to kick off the fall with a FUN giveaway to get you guys motivated to start using those coupons again. Summer can be kinda crazy with vacations and activities and kids at home, and it is easy to get behind on all that coupons stuff. I’m sure most of you have seen my Qubie coupon binder in many of my shopping videos, and I know lots of you have asked me about it. I LOVE my Qubie and use it to organize all my printable coupons. It is ... read more
sunday shopping 8-21-11
It’s hard to believe it is Monday already–our weekend really flew by. We hosted a very fancy Princess Tea Party on Saturday, which I promise to share with you very soon, and then on Sunday we headed to the Pirate Fest at Fisherman’s Village, a local tourist spot. Our girls weren’t really into the pirates but they did love the live mermaids! This week I decided to skip Staples but I did make a quick–as in left-my-kids-and-husband-waiting-in-the-car–stop at both CVS and Walgreens after church. There wasn’t a lot I wanted at CVS besides milk & cheap olives, but the magic coupon machine surprised me with a $5 ECB Beauty Club ... read more
sunday shopping 8-21-11
Happy Monday everyone! I hope you all had a great weekend. On Saturday we attended a very cool “Spy 006″ themed birthday party for the son of some friends (who turned 6–get it?) Everyone had a blast. You know the sign of a good party is when none of the guests will leave! Coming from GirlWorld, it was so fun to see some very creative ideas for a boy’s birthday party & I asked my friend Bonnie if she would mind me some taking pictures to share with all of you. Come back tomorrow to check it out! As far as shopping goes, I wasn’t overly excited about any of ... read more
sunday shopping 8-7-11
Wow, you all had SO much to say last week about shopping at Walgreens. I really appreciate all the feedback–it is great to hear about your experiences both good and bad. For me it is the best way to learn! I was a little paranoid about losing my leftover Register Rewards or letting them expire, both of which I’ve done more times than I’d like to admit. I knew I’d need to pop in to Walgreens but I also needed to use my CVS quarterly rewards, wanted to check out the Publix Green Advantage flyer deals, and I simply couldn’t pass up $0.50 printer paper at Staples. All in ... read more
sunday shopping 7-31-11
Happy Monday everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. Is it just me or do the weekends seem to fly by? I had a lot of fun shopping at Walgreens yesterday. I get a lot of reader comments about Walgreens. It seems like many of you have nothing but trouble with that store and are fed up and frustrated. I was told by a local manager here last week that Walgreens corporate is working to become more coupon friendly; hopefully that is true. I too have had a bad experience and I never returned to that particular location. That said, I am also lucky to have another ... read more
sunday shopping 7-24-11 {video}
Thank you all for your sweet comments on my last post. I could definitely feel the love! I promise to try not to get all whiney on you again anytime soon. I had a lot of fun shopping yesterday. Back-to-school deals rock! I just love all the fun freebies & rock bottom prices that pop up this time of year & yesterday was definitely no exception–I scored some awesome deals on printer paper (yeah!), pens, glue sticks (double-yeah!), scotch tape, & more. I was so excited about all the fabulous back-to-school savings I decided to make a little video. I almost forgot to swing by Publix to take advantage of the 2-day ... read more
sunday shopping 7-17-11
I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. I don’t know about you, but ours seemed to go way too fast! Although I did skip the drugstores this weekend, I did make a quick trip to Publix and Staples yesterday to pick up a few items that I would consider “needs” and not just “wants.” (A reference to last Wednesday’s Beginner’s Guide to Savings post, for those of you who haven’t been here in a while!) The funny thing about the Publix trip was that I actually had planned to buy a few more items, including Colgate toothpaste, Hershey’s Syrup, & Scotch scissors. Had all worked out as planned, I ... read more
sunday shopping 7-10-11
I decided to skip the drugstores again this week in favor of something a little more fun: back-to-school shopping! I know for many of you, the new school year still seems far away, but here in our district, (year-round) school actually starts this week, and Princess will be heading off to Kindergarten on Thursday. Her school is a uniform school, which I love, but since we ordered her uniforms online (using Ebates, of course!), and didn’t get to have any mommy-daughter shopping time, I took her along yesterday for our back-to-school supply deal-seeking adventure. When it occurred to me that she was old enough to be a “separate customer”, she ... read more
sunday shopping 7-3-11
I had a hard time drumming up any enthusiasm for drugstore shopping this week. There were a few things I would’ve liked to get at CVS, but since I completely neglected to buy any newspapers while on vacation last month, I am missing quite a few coupons, including the Proctor & Gamble ones required for the best deals. I also decided to skip buying the paper yesterday, so I’ll probably have to wait until August to take advantage of any P&G sales. But that’s okay! Like many things in life, it is easy to get into an “all or nothing” mode with coupons. You either get every coupon and take ... read more
sunday shopping 5-29-11
Happy Memorial Day! I couldn’t resist popping in to Walgreens yesterday to take advantage of their fabulous 2 day sale (mostly because I was almost out of Reynolds Wrap!) There were a ton of freebies in this week’s ad, and while I ended up skipping many of them, I was happy to see everything in stock. In fact, the only thing that wasn’t available were the Ritz Crackerfuls. Evidently there was some sort of distribution issue, so the store I shopped at was substituting other Nabisco crackers instead. Because I went to the store later in the day and I wasn’t sure what would be available, I decided to just ... read more
sunday shopping: 5-22-11
I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! Mine was mostly spent preparing for Trouble’s Sweet Shop party, which is happening next weekend. As usual, I’ve gone a little crazy with DiY projects, but I can’t wait to show you all the fun things I have planned! I was so wrapped up in party plans that I didn’t have whole lot of time for shopping, but I couldn’t resist making a quick trip to take advantage of some of the bargains this week. I only grabbed a few of the hot list items from each store, but there were plenty other deals to be had. Maybe I’ll have a chance to ... read more
