Today I bought a tube of Colgate toothpaste, a 4 roll pack of Cottonelle TP and on Kit Kat candy bar for only .26 cents!
I didn't intend on getting the candy bar, but my total was negative so I had to put something with it in order for my coupons to be accepted.
Colgate was on sale for 2.06 I had a .50 ecoupon and 1.50 paper coupon
Cottonelle was on sale for .99 I had a .50 coupon that doubled.
I'm really not sure why my orginal total was -.26, but that's okay. As long as I'm saving money I'm happy!
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
DISCOVERING THE ART OF COUPON SHOPPING
My friend Rachel has introduced the idea of "coupon" shopping to me. Yes, I knew coupons existed, I just didn't understand how to use them to the best of my advantage. I went to Dillons yesterday and saved 44% on my grocery bill! I paid $39 for $70 worth of groceries. Without going into too much detail I wanted to share a little of what I've learned this week.
1. Dillons doubles coupons up to $1
2. You can download coupons onto your Dillons card. (who knew?!?!) I explain this below.
3. You can save some major money by using all these coupons when Dillons happens to have the same products on sale. This means you need to do some planning by only shopping for things when they are on sale and you have a coupon(s) for that item.
4. The Kansas City Star newspaper has tons of coupons in it!!! Several savvy couponers suggest that you buy at least two copies so that you have more coupons when certain items are on sale.
5. There's some great sites that teach you how to "coupon shop." The first two sites listed are places where you can print coupons from your computer. The rest are sites that explain coupon shopping in more detail.
Here they are:
http://www.slickdeals.net/
http://www.coupons.com/
http://www.moneysavingmom.com/
http://www.comicalcouponcents.com/
http://www.iheartcvs.com/
http://www.becentsible.com/
http://www.mommystayshome.blogspot.com/ (I really like this site!)
http://www.couponmom.com/ (one of my favorites too)
HAPPY SHOPPING!
Here are 3 sites that I found where you can load coupons onto your Dillons card. These coupons do not double, but can be used along with a paper coupons or coupon you've printed online.
The first site is http://www.shortcuts.com/ just follow the instructions. You'll need your Dillons card w/you so you can enter the number onto the site.
The second is http://www.cellfire.com/ You need to have a cell phone number to activate this one, but you can manage your coupons account from your PC. You also need your Dillons card.
The third is http://www.pgesaver.com/ (thanks Kristin for making this more simple!) You need your Dillons card for this one as well.
I have confirmed with Dillons that at check out you may swipe your card and use a coupon from the newspaper, etc. at the same time for the same product! Woo Hoo!!! I got 4 things FREE at Dillons yesterday by doing this! (EXAMPLE: I had a coupon loaded onto my card for .50 off of toilet paper. I also had a paper coupon for .50 off of toilet paper. The toilet paper was on sale for 1.50. So, with my paper coupon doubling to $1 plus my .50 e-coupon loaded on my card, the TP was FREE!!!
Another site I found today that literally is a tutorial of how to use coupons is:
http://www.ehow.com/
when you get there type in the search engine "how to utilize coupons" and it'll take you to several different articles to teach couponing strategies. This is very beneficial if you're going to do this seriously.
Hope this helps!
~ Heather
1. Dillons doubles coupons up to $1
2. You can download coupons onto your Dillons card. (who knew?!?!) I explain this below.
3. You can save some major money by using all these coupons when Dillons happens to have the same products on sale. This means you need to do some planning by only shopping for things when they are on sale and you have a coupon(s) for that item.
4. The Kansas City Star newspaper has tons of coupons in it!!! Several savvy couponers suggest that you buy at least two copies so that you have more coupons when certain items are on sale.
5. There's some great sites that teach you how to "coupon shop." The first two sites listed are places where you can print coupons from your computer. The rest are sites that explain coupon shopping in more detail.
Here they are:
http://www.slickdeals.net/
http://www.coupons.com/
http://www.moneysavingmom.com/
http://www.comicalcouponcents.com/
http://www.iheartcvs.com/
http://www.becentsible.com/
http://www.mommystayshome.blogspot.com/ (I really like this site!)
http://www.couponmom.com/ (one of my favorites too)
HAPPY SHOPPING!
Here are 3 sites that I found where you can load coupons onto your Dillons card. These coupons do not double, but can be used along with a paper coupons or coupon you've printed online.
The first site is http://www.shortcuts.com/ just follow the instructions. You'll need your Dillons card w/you so you can enter the number onto the site.
The second is http://www.cellfire.com/ You need to have a cell phone number to activate this one, but you can manage your coupons account from your PC. You also need your Dillons card.
The third is http://www.pgesaver.com/ (thanks Kristin for making this more simple!) You need your Dillons card for this one as well.
I have confirmed with Dillons that at check out you may swipe your card and use a coupon from the newspaper, etc. at the same time for the same product! Woo Hoo!!! I got 4 things FREE at Dillons yesterday by doing this! (EXAMPLE: I had a coupon loaded onto my card for .50 off of toilet paper. I also had a paper coupon for .50 off of toilet paper. The toilet paper was on sale for 1.50. So, with my paper coupon doubling to $1 plus my .50 e-coupon loaded on my card, the TP was FREE!!!
Another site I found today that literally is a tutorial of how to use coupons is:
http://www.ehow.com/
when you get there type in the search engine "how to utilize coupons" and it'll take you to several different articles to teach couponing strategies. This is very beneficial if you're going to do this seriously.
Hope this helps!
~ Heather
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
I just noticed that I haven't posted anything in a very long time. Life has just been crazy around here. It seems like I don't have enough time to do the things that I'd really like to do.
Jacob and Emalee both had eartube surgery earlier this month. They both came through it really well and Jacob is amazed that he can actualy hear things that he never heard before. Poor kid! Between the two of them and myself, it seems like I'm at the doctor all the time.
David became a teenager last month and Jacob just turned 10. Emalee's 2nd birthday is just around the corner so we've been really busy celebrating lately.
Both boys are doing really well in school this year. David made three A's last week and is really proud of them. Jacob is starting the play the bow on his viola this week and is excited about that too! Emalee's working at giving her bottle up! : /
Jacob and Emalee both had eartube surgery earlier this month. They both came through it really well and Jacob is amazed that he can actualy hear things that he never heard before. Poor kid! Between the two of them and myself, it seems like I'm at the doctor all the time.
David became a teenager last month and Jacob just turned 10. Emalee's 2nd birthday is just around the corner so we've been really busy celebrating lately.
Both boys are doing really well in school this year. David made three A's last week and is really proud of them. Jacob is starting the play the bow on his viola this week and is excited about that too! Emalee's working at giving her bottle up! : /
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Here's a photo of Brian, David, Jacob and Emalee at Kennedy Space Center this summer.The boys started back to school this week. They're glad to be back with their friends and I'm pretty sure that, even though they would never admit this, they're glad to have some structure too! They've both been really great to come home and get their homework done without a fight so far. Hopefully, it'll go this way the rest of the school year.
Last week we finished putting the river rock and landscaping rocks down in front of our house. Now we just need to buy some kind of bushes to put out too. It really looks a lot better than having nothing there! Emalee's really enjoying the river rock too! When outside her favorite thing to do is to take the rocks out and throw them on the sidewalk. We'll have to break her from doing that eventually, but right now it isn't so bad. She's actually pretty good at picking them up and putting them back where they belong.
I'm taking a break from babysitting this school year. I know I've said that before but I'm really going to try and stick to it this time. There's a lot of things that I need to take the time to do plus I'll be able to volunteer at the boys' school more too. I actually get credit toward the boys tuition when I volunteer so that really makes it worth doing! Also, I'm having problems with my Hypereosinophilic Gastritis again and have several doctor appointments so I really don't have a lot of time to babysit, nor do I feel like it. Anyway, I'm really looking forward to spending some one-on-one time with Emalee this school year. I think it will be beneficial for her too.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
End of Summer activities
Only a few weeks left and the boys will be in school again. David will be in 6th grade and Jacob will be in 3rd. But before all the homework starts again we have a couple of summer activities left to do.
Next week the boys will go to Baptist Hill for Boys camp. This will be Jacob's first year attending camp. They'll leave on Monday morning and come back Friday afternoon. They're both really looking forward to a week full of fun! I'm looking forward to a week w/o them. Oh, I love them and will miss them, but this mama's ready for a break too! The following week is our VBS at church. So, we'll be there helping with it that whole week. Then the following Monday is the 1st day of school.
This coming Monday I'm going to the hospital to have a gastroscopy done. My stomach has been acting up again so my doctor wants to go explore the inside of my stomach and see what's happening. Hopefully she'll come up with something to give me some relief.
I'm having a garage sale this weekend too.
Well, that's all that's happening here!
Next week the boys will go to Baptist Hill for Boys camp. This will be Jacob's first year attending camp. They'll leave on Monday morning and come back Friday afternoon. They're both really looking forward to a week full of fun! I'm looking forward to a week w/o them. Oh, I love them and will miss them, but this mama's ready for a break too! The following week is our VBS at church. So, we'll be there helping with it that whole week. Then the following Monday is the 1st day of school.
This coming Monday I'm going to the hospital to have a gastroscopy done. My stomach has been acting up again so my doctor wants to go explore the inside of my stomach and see what's happening. Hopefully she'll come up with something to give me some relief.
I'm having a garage sale this weekend too.
Well, that's all that's happening here!
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Some of my favorite pictures
Thought I'd post these pics. I took them at Roaring River State park last fall. See how much the kids have grown in less than a year!?!? Unbelievable how much they've changed!
Thursday, June 26, 2008
We're home!!!
Pictures posted are: Us with Brian's 2nd cousin Pam and her husband Danny....Brian, Jacob and Shamu....David and Emalee on the beach....the storm on brewing on the beach....David and Jacob greeting the ocean....Emalee's first haircut.
We're back from Florida and resting up now. We had a great time while we were away. We went to SeaWorld the first day. The Shamu show was great! The boys really enjoyed the show a lot and I video taped all of it so we can watch it over and over again. It was a long, hot day, but very enjoyable. They have a roller coaster that is is the best I've ever been on. Several loops and twists and very little jerking of the head of body w/it!!!
The second day we went to Kennedy Space Center. To be honest, I was a little bored there. However, the kids seemed to enjoy themselves and had fun riding something that mocked a spaceship take off. I stayed w/Emalee and missed that ride.
The 3rd day we drove down to Brian's 2nd cousin's condo. This was about 40 miles from Miami. We had a great time on the beach w/them and enjoyed visiting. They cooked us a fabulous Mexican dinner and we all stayed the night and went to the beach the next day too. It was a private beach with only about 25 people on it. It was really great because the next day we went to a public beach with thousands of people on it! We also got to see 3-4 water spouts. I thought we were leaving the tornadoes behind, but somehow they followed us! Our last day we went back to our hotel and just rested, swam in the pool, walked around Orlando a little bit, etc. We stayed right next door to the world's largest McDonald Playplace! It was very loud, crowded and very annoying, but of course the kids loved it too!
Emalee did really well on the flight to Orlando, but on the way back she cried about half the way home. Our fight was at 7:50 in the morning and we had to be at the airport 2 hours before take off. We woke up at around 4 a.m., so her routine was really messed up on top of being messed up already!!! She really likes routine and when something messes it up she's a complete pill!!! We had a crib in our hotel and she slept in it really well too! I'll post pictures as soon as I get some time to do that.
The second day we went to Kennedy Space Center. To be honest, I was a little bored there. However, the kids seemed to enjoy themselves and had fun riding something that mocked a spaceship take off. I stayed w/Emalee and missed that ride.
The 3rd day we drove down to Brian's 2nd cousin's condo. This was about 40 miles from Miami. We had a great time on the beach w/them and enjoyed visiting. They cooked us a fabulous Mexican dinner and we all stayed the night and went to the beach the next day too. It was a private beach with only about 25 people on it. It was really great because the next day we went to a public beach with thousands of people on it! We also got to see 3-4 water spouts. I thought we were leaving the tornadoes behind, but somehow they followed us! Our last day we went back to our hotel and just rested, swam in the pool, walked around Orlando a little bit, etc. We stayed right next door to the world's largest McDonald Playplace! It was very loud, crowded and very annoying, but of course the kids loved it too!
Emalee did really well on the flight to Orlando, but on the way back she cried about half the way home. Our fight was at 7:50 in the morning and we had to be at the airport 2 hours before take off. We woke up at around 4 a.m., so her routine was really messed up on top of being messed up already!!! She really likes routine and when something messes it up she's a complete pill!!! We had a crib in our hotel and she slept in it really well too! I'll post pictures as soon as I get some time to do that.
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