Out of the mouth of Bean!

Roon was pushing Bean last night on the swingset. She was excited to tell him about the snake in our house. Roon comes in and says, "So I hear we have a snake in the house." Of course, I am like "WHAT?" Roon says Bean told him all about it. I am thinking - please no not a snake. Then he tells me Bean said, she had a poop snake. A poop what? Bean said that I told her that her poop looked like a snake. Now - yes it did - but she came up with this idea all on her own.
I was relieved it was just a poop snake in the end ;)

Birthday Treats!

I really have a wonderful husband. He brought me the most beautiful flowers and made me this Banana/Walnut Cake. He did everything - including making it so pretty with the cake stand and nuts! Birthdays are special and I truly feel blessed to have so many dear family and friends in my life. As I grow older, I am really starting to appreciate that life is in the small moments - the ones that you will carry with you forever.

Sometimes I feel like the Jason Bourne of Coupon Shopping!

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All this for $5.59 - Rock On!

(picture shows my 9 boxes of kleenex)

I admit – sometimes when the adreline is running, I feel the pull to run through the grocery store – gathering my goods – fearing no one – jumping thru displays – climbing shelves – digging behind displays to see what others have hidden. (in case you don’t know – people do hide things they want to come back for behind other products) I have the total bill calculated in my head and am awaiting the glorious results at the register. And yes – I admit it – I have theme songs that run thru my head. Today I am thinking of the Moby song from the Bourne Ultimatum (timely since I just watched in last night). I could be the super-hero of coupons. Have a snazzy little outfit and everything.

I know what you are thinking, in actuality; I look more like a wonder twin. Remember them “Wonder Twin powers ACTIVATE!!” I used to force my brother to do that with me while we watched hours of cartoons on Saturday Mornings. Of course when we got older – only he was allowed to be He-Man and I got to be Sheera. My poor sister had to be Battle Cat. Ok- So I Digress…..but the point here is that saving MONEY is fun! See how you can do next time you are out.

I am very blessed with all these great deals and hope you will be too!

Teaching the Bean about money!

This morning our conversation was something like this:
Bean "Mommy - you see that coupon over there on the floor?"
Me "Yes Bean."
Bean "Mommy - I need to go get it."
Me "What do we do with coupons?"
Bean "We use them at the store."
Me"Do coupons save us money?"
Bean "Oh - yes Mommy!"

Start them early - so they realize the value of a dollar!

Why I Heart CVS

Look at all the goodies I got at CVS for just $13.46. Yes you read that correctly. There is a bottle of drain cleaner that is not shown that ate up $3.99 of that total! Here it the best part - I earned another $8.98 in Extra Care Dollars to use on my next visit and that little igloo cooler (was only $3.75) and came with coupons and a free subscription to Field and Stream magazine. Oodles of cool - I tell ya.
How did I get my total so low? I used CVS Coupons, Extra Care Dollars earned on previous shopping trips) and Manufacture Coupons. A little planning goes a LONG way my friends. If you have not gone - check out your CVS summer clearance - they had lots of goodies as evidenced by the picture above!
Have a great day!

Saving money on meat!

So, I got an amazing deal on ground beef! 93% FF Ground Beef for a $1.99 a pound. Oh I do love coupons. So I may have gone a little overboard - I bought 22 pounds - but it is something we use all the time. To maximize the freshness - I vacuum sealed the meat into one pound packages. See how neat and efficient the process is above! Oh I do heart the foodsaver!
Happy Days!

This is what happens to your pets after you have kids!

Alex continues to find new ways to attract attention to herself. She makes everyone laugh. Listen for Bean's commentary in the background - it is pretty funny too!