A deal!!!

Whew! It's been a while! I don't think I had been to Walgreens in over three weeks! I don't think it hurt me, although I did have two RR's that expired. I have used expired ones before, though; so I am hopeful they will still work.

My profit on the five items in the picture was about $4. :-)

We also stopped by Quiznos today while we were out and picked up our two free subs (Turkey, Bacon, Guacamole). I thought we would at least have to pay tax or something, but we walked out without paying a dime! Since we are going on a pretty strict budget, I was even more happy that we "ate out" without touching our "eat out" money. :-)

Hmmm. I suppose I haven't yet announced to the blogging world that I'm pregnant. So there. :-) We're cautiously optimistic, as Evan says, and I am even thinking about doing the Huggies diaper deal in a couple of weeks. I really haven't let myself get too excited, although I can honestly say that I am hopeful. We have planned for "in case," so I do not think much about having to be on bedrest. I am going to hope for the best and yet know that we are as prepared as we can be for the next-to-worst. Worst, I suppose, would be a repeat of last time.

This blog will probably be the blog that contains all the details of my pregnancy (cervix lengths, appointments, etc.), so be prepared! I am just happy that I actually feel like blogging again. :-) For a while there I was doing good to keep my home from completely going to shambles.

Enough for today!

Character

Here is a quote from Charlotte Mason's School Education:

"...train character and intellectual ‘development’ largely takes care of itself...."

What do you think?
I think I may agree. Now, intellectual development does not mean the aquisition of knowledge, but the actual development of intellect (the capacity for knowledge, the capacity for rational or intellegent thought). Is one's capacity for knowledge and rational thought limited by one's character?
More later...

Homeland - $10.50

Homeland doubles coupons up to a dollar, once per transaction (they won't keep doubling the same coupon). Sometimes this works out really well...


2 Kraft cheese: 2/$4 - $1/2 (coupon doubled)=$2


1 Quaker oats: $2 - $0.60 (doubled)= $0.80

2 Quaker Chewy Bars: $4 - $1/2 (doubled)= $2

2 Quaker Life cereal: $4 - $1/2 (doubled)=$2

2 Wheat Thins: 2/$4 - $2/2=$2

2 Pace Picante Sauce: 2/$3 - $0.75/2 (doubled)=$1.50

1 Kraft Mayo: $2.50 - $0.75 (doubled)=$1

1 pkg. Chinet plates: $2.50 - $1 (doubled)=$0.50

I also used a Homeland coupon for $3 off for buying 5 Quaker products.

My total before coupons was around $28; my total after coupons was $10.50.

Woo hoo!!! Okay, well, I was impressed. ;-)

Homeland

What I bought:
2 8-oz. bags of cheese (2/$4)
2 cans of Hormel chili ($1 each)
1 box of Swiss Miss ($1)
2 bottles of Suave ($1 each)
2 6-oz. cartons of blueberries ($1 each)
2 avocados ($1 each)
1 cucumber ($1), not pictured

My total after coupons and tax: $12.67.

The Suave was free after Homeland doubled my coupon, and the chili was 45 cents a can after my coupon. I probably could have gotten the avocados and cucumber cheaper at Aldi, but I don't know when I'm going, and I needed them. :-) The blueberries were a great deal, though!! I make buttermilk blueberry pancakes with them, and they are GOOD! Nathan and Evan also just like them raw.

Yesterday and today

I started a post yesterday, but it took on too much of a ranting note for my tastes. ha No, it wasn't about politics; it was actually about my frustration with Quicken and the fact that my child decided that he didn't want to use the potty during the time I was frustrated with Quicken. :-) I was a bit tired last night. However, I did get Quicken figured out, and I also swept, mopped, and vacuumed. Yay!
Today I have started my deer broth (I had to use an ax to get the leg bone down to fit my crockpot!), taken the kiddo to get a haircut, read books, and played Legos. I know there are other things to be done, but I haven't thought hard enough about it yet. I am definitely a "list" person. :-) I would actually love to take a nap, but I feel slightly ridiculous since I slept from 9:30 last night until 7:00 this morning. I didn't even hear the alarm! Oh well.

My first time...

So, Nathan and I were reading books this morning, and he handed me a book that was given to him at the library (the library had given everyone at library time a few baby books). I was reading it to him when I noticed something odd about the page on the left. Hmmmm, thought I. Then I kept going. I couldn't get a very good picture of the next page (I would be showing you who was pushing the stroller with the twins), but I did manage to get a good one of the facing page... See anything interesting?

Walgreens 01-18-09

My total after I went in and got my money back...$13.14. And I got $4 in RR back, too. I was a bit irritated because I forgot to use my $4.50 in RR from last time, but they don't expire for a while, so I'm okay.

Magic Erasers (LOVE these): 2/$5

Kleenex: 2/$1.98

Kotex: 2/$6 (then got $1 RR for these)

Tylenol: 2/$10 (then got $3 RR for these)

I used two $0.40/1 coupons on the Kleenex, two $1.50/1 coupons on the Kotex, and two $4/1 coupons on Tylenol. I actually made a dollar on the Tylenol and spent a dollar each on the Kotex. The magic erasers were the most expensive items, but they work really well on our bathtub. The Tylenol rang up $7.49 each the first time around (instead of $5 each), and I figured that out on my way out of the store as I was doing my mental total in my head. ha So I went back and got my $5.40 back. ;-)