Friday, February 5, 2010
IT'S A NEW DAY!
Hi all, I want to sincerely appolagize to all of you. Life has been SO incredibly crazy these last few months, and I have completely neglected my blogger responsabilities!
My husband came home from deployment, got stationed in Virginia at Ft. Eustiss...he came home for Christmas, we had all three kids, we moved to Virginia...we moved back to Illinois. To make a long story short, we are filing for a divorce...
I hate it, it is NOT what I wanted despite what some people may wish to believe. I devoted my life to a man I married five years ago...unfortunately, the man I married is NOT the man I find myself married to today. Do I blame him? Do I blame the Army? Do I blame the deployments to Iraq? Do I blame myself? A little of each actually.
Rowan and I are finally getting life back to normal, whatever that may be. So, I am hoping that my frugalness and coupon clipping will help me with this adjustment. I have been a WAHM for five years... I am NOT looking forward to leaving my two year old in the care of strangers, but I am left with no choice but to do so. Unfortunately, Rowan is the one dealing with the most changes and most hurt. It isn't fair to him, but life must go on, and I must find means to support us. SOOOO, please stay tuned...I will be leaving this blog behind to begin a new one, devoted to my life as a single parent...and the frugal life that is a MUST now! I will post my new blog as SOON as I get it up and running.
THANKS ETERNALLY to all those who have been faithful readers of this blog, and may:
jamiesarmywife2005.blogspot.com RIP and be a great lead into our new upcoming blog!
GOD BLESS!!!!!
My husband came home from deployment, got stationed in Virginia at Ft. Eustiss...he came home for Christmas, we had all three kids, we moved to Virginia...we moved back to Illinois. To make a long story short, we are filing for a divorce...
I hate it, it is NOT what I wanted despite what some people may wish to believe. I devoted my life to a man I married five years ago...unfortunately, the man I married is NOT the man I find myself married to today. Do I blame him? Do I blame the Army? Do I blame the deployments to Iraq? Do I blame myself? A little of each actually.
Rowan and I are finally getting life back to normal, whatever that may be. So, I am hoping that my frugalness and coupon clipping will help me with this adjustment. I have been a WAHM for five years... I am NOT looking forward to leaving my two year old in the care of strangers, but I am left with no choice but to do so. Unfortunately, Rowan is the one dealing with the most changes and most hurt. It isn't fair to him, but life must go on, and I must find means to support us. SOOOO, please stay tuned...I will be leaving this blog behind to begin a new one, devoted to my life as a single parent...and the frugal life that is a MUST now! I will post my new blog as SOON as I get it up and running.
THANKS ETERNALLY to all those who have been faithful readers of this blog, and may:
jamiesarmywife2005.blogspot.com RIP and be a great lead into our new upcoming blog!
GOD BLESS!!!!!
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Walgreen's 12/14 trip
I think I could do better, but I have been out of practice for a little while. Here's to starting fresh! LOL
TRANS 1:
1 Huggies Jumbo pull-ups $8.99
*use $1/1 coupon from coloring book (see older post below)
*use $3/1 MFC
= $4.99 OOP
*earn $2 RR
3 Hunts Tomato Sauce
*use in ad coupon 3/$1
*use $1/3 MFC
= FREE
_______________________
trans 1 $4.99 OOP, $2 RR
TRANS 2:
1 Huggies Jumbo pullups $8.99
(repeat coupons above)
= $4.99 OOP
* $earn $2 RR
4 Campbell's gravy
*use 2/$1 in ad q = 4/$2
*use $1/4 MFC q = 4/$1
_______________________
trans 2 $5.99 OOP, $2 RR
TRANS 3:
1 Huggies Jumbo pullups $8.99
(repeat coupons trans 1)
= $4.99 OOP
*earn $2 RR
3 Progresso soups, sale .99 ea.
*use $1.10/3 MFC = 3/$1.86
_______________________
trans 3 $6.85 OOP
*earn $2 RR
TRANS 4:
1 Huggies Jumbo pullups $8.99
(repeat coupons trans 1)
= $4.99 OOP
*earn $2 RR
3 Hunts Tomato sauce
*use 3/$1 in ad q
*use $1/3 MFC
= 3 FREE
_____________________
= $4.99 OOP
*earn $2 RR
TRANS 5:
4 Campbells Turkey gravy 2/$1 sale
*use $1/4 MFC = 4/$1.00
1 Gillette Fusion Power $8.99
*earn $4 MFC
= $4.99 OOP, earn $4 RR
______________________
Trans 5 = $5.99
use $2 RR from trans 1
use $2 RR from trans 2
= $1.99 OOP
*earn $4 RR
TRANS 6:
1 doz. eggs, .99
1 doz eggs, .99
1 gal milk 1.49
1 gal milk 1.49
____________________
Trans 6 = 4.96
use $2 RR from trans 3
use $2 RR from trans 4
= 96 cents total!!!
SUMMARY:
for the grand total that is,
4 Jumbo Huggies Pullups
6 Hunts Tomato Sauce
8 Cans of Campbell Turkey Gravy
3 Cans of Progresso Soups
1 Gilette Fusion Power razor
2 Gallons of milk
2 dozen eggs
TOTAL OOP: $25.77
TOTAL RR's LEFT: $4
Next, I will submit the Huggies into Caregivers MarketPlace to earn back another .75/pack, for a total of $3 back in cash.
TRANS 1:
1 Huggies Jumbo pull-ups $8.99
*use $1/1 coupon from coloring book (see older post below)
*use $3/1 MFC
= $4.99 OOP
*earn $2 RR
3 Hunts Tomato Sauce
*use in ad coupon 3/$1
*use $1/3 MFC
= FREE
_______________________
trans 1 $4.99 OOP, $2 RR
TRANS 2:
1 Huggies Jumbo pullups $8.99
(repeat coupons above)
= $4.99 OOP
* $earn $2 RR
4 Campbell's gravy
*use 2/$1 in ad q = 4/$2
*use $1/4 MFC q = 4/$1
_______________________
trans 2 $5.99 OOP, $2 RR
TRANS 3:
1 Huggies Jumbo pullups $8.99
(repeat coupons trans 1)
= $4.99 OOP
*earn $2 RR
3 Progresso soups, sale .99 ea.
*use $1.10/3 MFC = 3/$1.86
_______________________
trans 3 $6.85 OOP
*earn $2 RR
TRANS 4:
1 Huggies Jumbo pullups $8.99
(repeat coupons trans 1)
= $4.99 OOP
*earn $2 RR
3 Hunts Tomato sauce
*use 3/$1 in ad q
*use $1/3 MFC
= 3 FREE
_____________________
= $4.99 OOP
*earn $2 RR
TRANS 5:
4 Campbells Turkey gravy 2/$1 sale
*use $1/4 MFC = 4/$1.00
1 Gillette Fusion Power $8.99
*earn $4 MFC
= $4.99 OOP, earn $4 RR
______________________
Trans 5 = $5.99
use $2 RR from trans 1
use $2 RR from trans 2
= $1.99 OOP
*earn $4 RR
TRANS 6:
1 doz. eggs, .99
1 doz eggs, .99
1 gal milk 1.49
1 gal milk 1.49
____________________
Trans 6 = 4.96
use $2 RR from trans 3
use $2 RR from trans 4
= 96 cents total!!!
SUMMARY:
for the grand total that is,
4 Jumbo Huggies Pullups
6 Hunts Tomato Sauce
8 Cans of Campbell Turkey Gravy
3 Cans of Progresso Soups
1 Gilette Fusion Power razor
2 Gallons of milk
2 dozen eggs
TOTAL OOP: $25.77
TOTAL RR's LEFT: $4
Next, I will submit the Huggies into Caregivers MarketPlace to earn back another .75/pack, for a total of $3 back in cash.
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Doom & Gloom???
At the ripe ol' age of 30, my rose-colored sunglasses, that I have so naively looked at the world through, have finally come off. This year has truely been one of the most difficult years of my life. I have come to the tough realization that people are not always what they seem to be...and moreso, that it isn't a minority of people, but rather most of them...
I have always been one of those girls that believed in the power of good doing. I believed that people were who they said they were, and would fulfill the promises they made... I believed that good people would win everytime, and that a smile could change someone's day for the better. I believed that lemonade on a sunny day was as good as it got, and hot cocoa was the perfect end to a wonderful day. I was the person who stopped to let a wild animal cross the street, fed stray animals, volunteered at homeless shelters, Red Cross, nursing homes...just for FUN! Every year since I can remember, I took two names of the Angel Tree at Christmas time. I enjoyed giving the new mom or elderly person the parking spot closer to the door. I smiled and waved at strangers on any given day...that's just me! That's who I have always been... I am not saying I have no faults, or that I am perfect by any means...I just optimistically believed that all really would come up roses!
So it bewilders me to find myself in the place I am in today, where the harsh realization has hit me like a mack truck on a freeway... People are NOT who they say they are... And honestly, nobody has my best interest at heart. People don't care what I am going through, or that my heart has been shattered into a million pieces. Nobody is here helping me pick up the broken pieces; it's just me... All those years I spent trying to put a smile on someone else's face, with the hopes that someday the favor would be returned...nothin'! NOTHING!!!
Worse yet, the one who did the damage has absolutely no idea how badly it really hurts. He doesn't care...he has no remorse...he's only looking out for himself, selfishly, just like every time in the past. My feelings don't matter, and they never have. I have to question the heart's capacity, because mine has obvioulsy failed me. How can someone be responsible for so much damage, and go on continuing to do more, never looking back, never really making things right. How is this human? How is this possible? I wish my own heart was capable of being just a little like that...
How can my heart love one person SO much, yet I can barely stand the sound of his name right now. The mere thought of what he's capable of, what he's done, saddens me to my core. I want to hate him... I want to hurt him in the same ways he has hurt me... I want him to FEEL, to really, truely FEEL the damage he has done. He says he gets it, he says he understands... if he really does, why does it continue to happen? The way he talks, the things he says....it will never be forgotten.....NEVER!!!
My heart proceeds, but it does so with MUCH CAUTION. Things will never be the same. My heart will never fully belong to him ever again. One day, somewhere down the road, be it a week or 30 years, he'll look back on this time and have many regrets, but for now he just isn't capable of thinking in those terms.
In the meantime, I look at my two year old son, who still sees the world through those same rose-colored glasses that I only recently lost, and I hope, for his sake, that those glasses remain right where they are for many, MANY years to come... and I hope that he never loses sight of doing good...and I pray that his heart will never feel the pain that mine has...because NOBODY deserves it... May his heart swell with laughter and love for the rest of his days, but for now, while his heart is still safe in the hands of his loving, nurturing, mother, I can rest at night knowing it is still safe for one more day...
I have always been one of those girls that believed in the power of good doing. I believed that people were who they said they were, and would fulfill the promises they made... I believed that good people would win everytime, and that a smile could change someone's day for the better. I believed that lemonade on a sunny day was as good as it got, and hot cocoa was the perfect end to a wonderful day. I was the person who stopped to let a wild animal cross the street, fed stray animals, volunteered at homeless shelters, Red Cross, nursing homes...just for FUN! Every year since I can remember, I took two names of the Angel Tree at Christmas time. I enjoyed giving the new mom or elderly person the parking spot closer to the door. I smiled and waved at strangers on any given day...that's just me! That's who I have always been... I am not saying I have no faults, or that I am perfect by any means...I just optimistically believed that all really would come up roses!
So it bewilders me to find myself in the place I am in today, where the harsh realization has hit me like a mack truck on a freeway... People are NOT who they say they are... And honestly, nobody has my best interest at heart. People don't care what I am going through, or that my heart has been shattered into a million pieces. Nobody is here helping me pick up the broken pieces; it's just me... All those years I spent trying to put a smile on someone else's face, with the hopes that someday the favor would be returned...nothin'! NOTHING!!!
Worse yet, the one who did the damage has absolutely no idea how badly it really hurts. He doesn't care...he has no remorse...he's only looking out for himself, selfishly, just like every time in the past. My feelings don't matter, and they never have. I have to question the heart's capacity, because mine has obvioulsy failed me. How can someone be responsible for so much damage, and go on continuing to do more, never looking back, never really making things right. How is this human? How is this possible? I wish my own heart was capable of being just a little like that...
How can my heart love one person SO much, yet I can barely stand the sound of his name right now. The mere thought of what he's capable of, what he's done, saddens me to my core. I want to hate him... I want to hurt him in the same ways he has hurt me... I want him to FEEL, to really, truely FEEL the damage he has done. He says he gets it, he says he understands... if he really does, why does it continue to happen? The way he talks, the things he says....it will never be forgotten.....NEVER!!!
My heart proceeds, but it does so with MUCH CAUTION. Things will never be the same. My heart will never fully belong to him ever again. One day, somewhere down the road, be it a week or 30 years, he'll look back on this time and have many regrets, but for now he just isn't capable of thinking in those terms.
In the meantime, I look at my two year old son, who still sees the world through those same rose-colored glasses that I only recently lost, and I hope, for his sake, that those glasses remain right where they are for many, MANY years to come... and I hope that he never loses sight of doing good...and I pray that his heart will never feel the pain that mine has...because NOBODY deserves it... May his heart swell with laughter and love for the rest of his days, but for now, while his heart is still safe in the hands of his loving, nurturing, mother, I can rest at night knowing it is still safe for one more day...
Monday, October 26, 2009
Busy bee!
Lately, I have been so darn busy, that I have once again neglected my precious blog baby! I thought it was worth mentioning, that I believe I have a new hobby (thanks to my dear friend, Erin!). I have been working out in the garage a lot lately, coming up with creative ways to decorate for Halloween and fall, and trying to do so without breaking the bank! I will put up some pics tomorrow; hopefully, the rain will lay off a bit so that I can finish up outside and get some good pics.
Anyway, so I have been looking around at all of our furniture lately, and wondering how in the world it all got so shabby looking. We need a good facelift around here, but who can afford to go out and buy all new furniture? Surely, not us! I have some beautiful pieces that I adore, and I don't want to let them go! So, while talking about this tonight with Erin, she told me about a couple of blogs that might be of assistance to me! I am so excited now, and I just want to go out to the garage and get started on my first project: dressers for Kyle's room!
Anyway, so I have been looking around at all of our furniture lately, and wondering how in the world it all got so shabby looking. We need a good facelift around here, but who can afford to go out and buy all new furniture? Surely, not us! I have some beautiful pieces that I adore, and I don't want to let them go! So, while talking about this tonight with Erin, she told me about a couple of blogs that might be of assistance to me! I am so excited now, and I just want to go out to the garage and get started on my first project: dressers for Kyle's room!
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Kindness
Today, I started to ponder the idea of kindness. What is "KINDNESS", after all? Does anyone remember what "being kind" entails? So often, I see the same misfortune; we are all so consumed in our own daily routines, our own lives, that we forget to stop and recognize the missed opportunities occurring all around us daily, maybe even more than once daily.
The hustle and bustle overcomes us; we rush from one appointment to another, from one ball game to the next, from one store to the next...we rush to work, running every yellow light along the way, for fear that we may be "late" to punch the time clock. We rush to lunch on our breaks, we rush back and hurriedly devour our processed, quick-cooked meals. At the end of the work day, if we are lucky enough to head straight home, we fly home, as if our vehicles may somehow magically sprout wings and take flight. Everything is so rushed...seldom do we let ourselves relax, take a day off for no good apparent reason, eat cookies for dinner.
Unfortunately, isn't this the way we were all raised? Still time is wasted time, after all right? Who says? Who says we can't let ourselves enjoy the time we have here on Earth. Are our children going to really remember being rushed and carpooled from game, to practice, to rehearsal, wishing in 30 years to go and do it all again? Are they going to remember if our house was spic and span, spotless at any given time, just IN CASE company dropped by?
I am going to venture to say probably not; I don't think all those things matter that much. What I want my child to remember are the times we let the rest of the world go for a day, two, three, a week, whatever, and stayed home enjoying one another's company. I bet he will remember the day Mom took the whole day to spend with JUST him, no cell phone, no computer, no work...just Rowan and Mom. I don't want to focus all my energy on the outside things that don't matter; I want to focus on the ones who DO matter. Sit and think for a minute; what things do you remember most as a child? What were your happiest memories with your parents?
I want Rowan to remember baking cookies with Mom; playing games, doing puzzles, playing tag. I want him to look back and remember the kisses and hugs that seemed to last an eternity; I want to instill in him the importance of the ones we love and care about, and the importance of taking "time" for them. The world will go on if we do not make it to a game, or to an appointment. The world will not cease to go on if we miss a day of work; we are only a minute existence in this big, busy, crazy world, but to our children, we ARE THE WORLD! Let's start acting like it!!!
Let's get back to the idea of kindness; other than our families, who do we look out for? Who do we go out of our way for? When is the last time you stopped what you were doing to help someone else out, a stranger even? I wish that everyone would start noticing those around us, for no matter how bad we think we may have it, there is always someone less fortunate than us.
I challenge YOU to go out and do something kind for someone; make bread and take it to your neighbor; bake a meal and take it to someone who is not able to make it for themselves; send flowers to a random neighbor, take a large donation of items you do not use to your local church, school, or GoodWill.
For the next week, I am going to make a valiant effort to do something kind each day...not for myself, not for my family, but for someone I don't know as well. Won't you do the same? Leave a comment and tell us what you have done to put a smile on someones face today!!!
*pay the ticket for the person behind you at the drive-thru
*pay someones toll
*bake cookies for your neighbor
*send a card, just to say hi
*put together a package to send to a soldier
*take flowers to your child's teacher, secretary, bus driver
*take pumpkins to a single mother, who otherwise wouldn't be able to afford to carve pumpkins with her small children
*take some hygiene items, candy, etc to a nursing home, give them to a stranger
*go to your widowed elderly neighbor, single mom/dad neighbor, military spouse neighbor whose husband is deployed, and offer to help them with whatever they need: yard work, take out their trash, run an errand.
It's a great feeling to be able to help someone!!! Have fun! Let us know what you did, and how it made you feel! THANKS!!!
DAY ONE: We took flowers, a card and a picture of Rowan to our widowed neighbor...just because!
The hustle and bustle overcomes us; we rush from one appointment to another, from one ball game to the next, from one store to the next...we rush to work, running every yellow light along the way, for fear that we may be "late" to punch the time clock. We rush to lunch on our breaks, we rush back and hurriedly devour our processed, quick-cooked meals. At the end of the work day, if we are lucky enough to head straight home, we fly home, as if our vehicles may somehow magically sprout wings and take flight. Everything is so rushed...seldom do we let ourselves relax, take a day off for no good apparent reason, eat cookies for dinner.
Unfortunately, isn't this the way we were all raised? Still time is wasted time, after all right? Who says? Who says we can't let ourselves enjoy the time we have here on Earth. Are our children going to really remember being rushed and carpooled from game, to practice, to rehearsal, wishing in 30 years to go and do it all again? Are they going to remember if our house was spic and span, spotless at any given time, just IN CASE company dropped by?
I am going to venture to say probably not; I don't think all those things matter that much. What I want my child to remember are the times we let the rest of the world go for a day, two, three, a week, whatever, and stayed home enjoying one another's company. I bet he will remember the day Mom took the whole day to spend with JUST him, no cell phone, no computer, no work...just Rowan and Mom. I don't want to focus all my energy on the outside things that don't matter; I want to focus on the ones who DO matter. Sit and think for a minute; what things do you remember most as a child? What were your happiest memories with your parents?
I want Rowan to remember baking cookies with Mom; playing games, doing puzzles, playing tag. I want him to look back and remember the kisses and hugs that seemed to last an eternity; I want to instill in him the importance of the ones we love and care about, and the importance of taking "time" for them. The world will go on if we do not make it to a game, or to an appointment. The world will not cease to go on if we miss a day of work; we are only a minute existence in this big, busy, crazy world, but to our children, we ARE THE WORLD! Let's start acting like it!!!
Let's get back to the idea of kindness; other than our families, who do we look out for? Who do we go out of our way for? When is the last time you stopped what you were doing to help someone else out, a stranger even? I wish that everyone would start noticing those around us, for no matter how bad we think we may have it, there is always someone less fortunate than us.
I challenge YOU to go out and do something kind for someone; make bread and take it to your neighbor; bake a meal and take it to someone who is not able to make it for themselves; send flowers to a random neighbor, take a large donation of items you do not use to your local church, school, or GoodWill.
For the next week, I am going to make a valiant effort to do something kind each day...not for myself, not for my family, but for someone I don't know as well. Won't you do the same? Leave a comment and tell us what you have done to put a smile on someones face today!!!
*pay the ticket for the person behind you at the drive-thru
*pay someones toll
*bake cookies for your neighbor
*send a card, just to say hi
*put together a package to send to a soldier
*take flowers to your child's teacher, secretary, bus driver
*take pumpkins to a single mother, who otherwise wouldn't be able to afford to carve pumpkins with her small children
*take some hygiene items, candy, etc to a nursing home, give them to a stranger
*go to your widowed elderly neighbor, single mom/dad neighbor, military spouse neighbor whose husband is deployed, and offer to help them with whatever they need: yard work, take out their trash, run an errand.
It's a great feeling to be able to help someone!!! Have fun! Let us know what you did, and how it made you feel! THANKS!!!
DAY ONE: We took flowers, a card and a picture of Rowan to our widowed neighbor...just because!
Friday, September 25, 2009
On vacation!
It was time for Jamie to leave and go to his new assignment at Ft. Eustis in Virginia. The two weeks sure went by quickly, and I just wasn't ready to say good-bye yet! So, on a whim, Rowan and I decided we would join him! Now, anyone who knows me even a LITTLE bit, can tell you that I am no longer a last-minute, fly by the seat of my pants kinda gal! THIS WAS HUGE! I told Jamie that I was considering joining him, and of course he was thrilled!
Jamie was packing, it was noonish, and he wanted to leave before dinner time! WHOA!!! I had a lot to do in very LITTLE time! I managed to get the house picked up, get packed, get Rowan and myself showered and ready, and we headed out the door for a long road trip!
It took us a little over ten hours to get from home to West Virginia, and we are not even half way to our final destination yet! We are enjoying a weekend with the family before we head to Ft. Eustis!
When we get there, we will first be house hunting, but what I am most excited about is taking Rowan to the beach! :)
I'll keep yas posted on our adventure!
Jamie was packing, it was noonish, and he wanted to leave before dinner time! WHOA!!! I had a lot to do in very LITTLE time! I managed to get the house picked up, get packed, get Rowan and myself showered and ready, and we headed out the door for a long road trip!
It took us a little over ten hours to get from home to West Virginia, and we are not even half way to our final destination yet! We are enjoying a weekend with the family before we head to Ft. Eustis!
When we get there, we will first be house hunting, but what I am most excited about is taking Rowan to the beach! :)
I'll keep yas posted on our adventure!
Monday, September 21, 2009
I'm BAAAAAAAAAACK!
Hi all! So, I have been super busy with my hubby being home, and haven't made much time to keep up my blog. SORRY!!!
Today was a pretty good day for coupons for me. I will give a brief overview of what I got at Walgreen's:
RR= REGISTER REWARD
OOP= OUT OF POCKET
MFC= MANUFACTURER COUPONS
2 Tylenol Cold and Sinus 24 ct. 5.99 each (BUY TWO, GET $5 RR)
I used two $2/1 Tylenol coupons
I used two $1/1 Wags coupons (Healthy Living Booklet at the pharmacy)
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2.99 ea. OOP
2/$5.98
$5.00 RR
(.49 EA. AFTER RR AND Q)
Thermacare Single Pack $2.49 ($2.49 RR)
I used $1./1 MFC
_______________________________
1.49 OOP
2.49 RR
(+ $1.00 AFTER RR AND Q)
Airwick Starter Kit (LARGE) $6.99
used $6/1 MFC
_______________________________
.99 OOP
I also found some fun items back in the clearance section! I don't know about your store, but my Walgreen's is usually pretty slim in the clearance aisle! Not to mention, the prices just aren't what I consider "clearance". Well, today I was pleasantly surprised to find some fun Spring trays, books, shredder scissors and PINK Sharpies for just 25 cents! :-) These made GREAT filler items.
After all was said and done, this is what I ended up with:
8 Thermacare patches
2 Airwick starter kits
1 pink Sharpie
2 trays
2 Tylenol C&S
1 Shredder Scissor
for an out of pocket cost of only $6.05! *My scissors wrung up wrong, at $3.69*
I earned back $25 in RR to use for next week. Very exciting!
Today was a pretty good day for coupons for me. I will give a brief overview of what I got at Walgreen's:
RR= REGISTER REWARD
OOP= OUT OF POCKET
MFC= MANUFACTURER COUPONS
2 Tylenol Cold and Sinus 24 ct. 5.99 each (BUY TWO, GET $5 RR)
I used two $2/1 Tylenol coupons
I used two $1/1 Wags coupons (Healthy Living Booklet at the pharmacy)
_______________________________
2.99 ea. OOP
2/$5.98
$5.00 RR
(.49 EA. AFTER RR AND Q)
Thermacare Single Pack $2.49 ($2.49 RR)
I used $1./1 MFC
_______________________________
1.49 OOP
2.49 RR
(+ $1.00 AFTER RR AND Q)
Airwick Starter Kit (LARGE) $6.99
used $6/1 MFC
_______________________________
.99 OOP
I also found some fun items back in the clearance section! I don't know about your store, but my Walgreen's is usually pretty slim in the clearance aisle! Not to mention, the prices just aren't what I consider "clearance". Well, today I was pleasantly surprised to find some fun Spring trays, books, shredder scissors and PINK Sharpies for just 25 cents! :-) These made GREAT filler items.
After all was said and done, this is what I ended up with:
8 Thermacare patches
2 Airwick starter kits
1 pink Sharpie
2 trays
2 Tylenol C&S
1 Shredder Scissor
for an out of pocket cost of only $6.05! *My scissors wrung up wrong, at $3.69*
I earned back $25 in RR to use for next week. Very exciting!
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Walgreen's September coupon book!
I am loving the new Walgreen's coupons books. Walgreens PROMISED when they got rid of the Easy Savers program, that they would make up for it with more coupons and more register rewards! I am liking the coupons!
This month, we have some new items up for grab. The coupon book can be found at the store entrance by the weekly ads, so be sure to pick one up!
Go HERE to see the list of all the coupons offered!
Extra Walgreen's Coupons!
WALGREEN'S CHILDREN'S ACTIVITY BOOK JUST 99 Cents!
The activity book can usually be found in the children's toy aisle, with the other coloring books, near the pharmacy, or in the center aisle that holds all the seasonal items. If you cannot find one, ask someone that works there to help you. It will be well worth it!
Inside, you will find some magnificent coupons that can save you $19.00 or MORE!!!
Here's a tip: MOST Walgreen's employees will let you keep your coupon after you use it. Simply do NOT detach the coupon, just show them the coupon inside the activity book...close it after they scan it, and save it to use time and time again! These coupons do not expire until March 30th, 2010!!!
Inside, you will find these savings:
- Band Aids $2.00 OFF
Benadryl $1.00 OFF
Braun ThermoScan $5 OFF
Crayola Color Explosion or Wonder Color $1.00 OFF
Gerber Tooth and Gum Cleaner $1.00 OFF
Huggies (Diapers or Training Pants) $1.00 OFF
Lil' Critters Gummy Vitamins $2.00 OFF
Listerine $1.00 OFF
Neosporin $2.00 OFF
Tylenol $ 1.00 OFF
Zooth or Oral B Toothbrushes $1.00 OFF
Walgreens Allergy Relief $.50 OFF
Walgreens Ibuprofen $.50 OFF
CVS this week!
There are many great offers at CVS this week, but I will focus on my favorite, the HUGGIES DIAPERS/PULL-UPS!!!
Huggies are on sale for $8.97 per pack. Purchase THREE packs of Huggies, 3/$26.91
Go HERE or HERE to print your $3 off Huggies coupon! Print 3 $3/1 Coupons, bringing your total down to 3/$17.91
Go HERE to receive a coupon for $5 off of your $25 purchase. Answer a few questions, and it's all yours for the spending! Now, you are down to just $12.91 for THREE JUMBO PACKS OF HUGGIES!!!
Ask your pharmacist for the coupon book, and you may be able to save another $4 by using the $4 off $20 purchase coupon. If you can nab this coupon booklet, you will bring your total down to just $8.91!!!
Don't forget to send in your original receipts to the Caregiver's Marketplace to receive 75 cents back on EVERY package of Huggies you purchase! It DOES add up, believe me! If you haven't already printed your rebate form, go HERE to get yours now!
What are you waiting for, go get some Huggies!!!
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