28 April 2010

a little girl and her frog


Up until a couple weeks ago, Daisy hadn't really picked a favorite toy. I mean, she would have her go to toys in her basket that she would always pull out, but nothing that she really clung onto and took to bed or anything...well except her binky. One day I was changing her diaper and to keep her busy, a.k.a. keep her from fussing about it, I handed her this frog that I had put on top of her wardrobe. It was love at first sight. This was a frog that we had gotten as a baby shower gift from someone in our church in MD. I've always like it. It's kind of different and it's not your typical little girl stuffed animal like a teddy bear or puppy dog. She sleeps with it, and if it's not in her crib when she's going to bed, she looks for it. I don't know if it will turn into something she hangs onto for a long time, but I've only got one so hopefully he lasts a while!



21 April 2010

yet another couponing success!


I was excited about this deal because I thought it would give me a chance to get Daisy an early Christmas present, but I ended up giving it to her as a late birthday present and you'll see why. I posted on FB the other day a link to the coupon blog I found this deal on. I had printed out three, $5 off coupons for Leapfrog Fridge Toys, then found on this blog that Toys R Us had their Leapfrong Fridge Toys on sale for $9.99 (down from $19.99). When I went to look, not all the fridge toys were on sale, only these two - the farm and the recorder. The recorder is for 3+ years, so the only one I could get Daisy was the farm, which was 12+ months. I know I could have waited anyway to give it to her, but my plan had been to get her two, one I could give her now and one for later. When I cook and she wants to be in the kitchen with me I just thought it would be so helpful to have her occupied with something like this. So anyway, I just went ahead and gave it to her, and then the other two I got will be gifts for some cousins! So...here's the deal. I bought three fridge toys @ $9.99 each. Total came to $29.97. I used three $5 coupons, bringing the total to $14.97. I then used a $5 gift card I had gotten there on my last coupon trip, bringing my total for three fridge toys to $9.97. That's $3.32 each!



CVS. Man, everyone loves CVS, apparently. I went on a Monday night (sale started Sunday) and missed getting a few things on my list b/c they were GONE! So, the next day The Husband and I were out and we stopped by the other CVS in our area and low and behold, they had what I was missing! So it worked out anyway. I think from now on I'll hit that store first and then check the other one if they are out of something. The items on the right are what I got Monday night. Three tubes of Crest toothpaste, one Covergirl mascara. Total before coupons: $11.63. I spent out of pocket, $.27 including tax. Here's how it looked ~

Buy 3 tubes Crest toothpaste @ 1.88 ea
Buy one Covergirl mascara @ $5.99 (and get $4 ECBs)

Use 3 $1.50 off 1 coupons for the toothpaste
Use $1.00 off 1 for the mascara
Use $6 ECB from previous transaction

Total $.13 + tax

Then Tuesday when I went back I got the two heatpacks (can I just say that it's a little depressing that I am 30 and already need heatpacks?), the instant coffee, and the Schick razor. Here's what that looked like.

Buy 2 heatpacks @ $2.49 each (get $2.49 each in ECBs)
Buy 2 Taster's Choice instant coffee sticks @ 12 for $10 (makes them .83 each)
Buy 1 Schick Hydro 3 razor @ $8.97 (get $6 ECBs)

Use 2 $1.00 off 1 for the heatpacks (makes them $1.49 ea)
Use 1 Buy One Get One Free for the coffee
Also use 1 $.75 off 1 for the coffee (makes them .04 ea)
Use 1 $3.00 off 1 Schick razor (makes it $5.97)
Use two ECBs from previous transactions totaling $8.99

Total: $.05 plus tax...plus I received $10.98 in ECBs.



My Target trip was pretty good. It could have been way better had I been able to find everything I went for, but what I did find was good. 4 cases of Huggies wipes, two pair of women's socks, two pair of men's socks, 7 light bulbs, and 2 fingernail polishes. Total before coupons: $39.27 Total paid: $5.39 plus tax. Boo yah!!! I also had a couple catalinas print out which is the first time that has happened to me at Target. One was $3 off patio furniture and the other was $1 off wipes.

So all in all a pretty successful day. Here are a couple of cute pictures of Daisy enjoying her share of the results of Mommy's hard work!