All this for $1.71

I used 11 coupons and got 11 items. The post-its and shout wipes were free + overage and the paper was .97

My next post will go into a little more detail. Not bad huh!?

But....while at Walmart my 2 year old (3 November12) was a handful today! He totally ditched me at the store and gave me a heart attack! I RAN through ALL the clothes departments yelling his name hoping and praying that he would stop and come find me. About every 30 seconds I would see him jet past a clothes rack laughing. I was absolutely NOT laughing. I must have been quite a sight with my 7 month old hanging on for dear life in the cart while we sped around the store. Needless to say my boy and I had a chat and we left the store immediately - stopping very quickly at the checkout. I had full intentions to just walk out without my items if he couldn't handle the line. Not every trip is like this but man...if this EVER happens again I'm going to be LITERALLY a STAY at Home and NEVER leave my house EVER AGAIN MOM. Ugh. Too much energy today. My fault, I should have known.

Note: I called my mom to vent a little and she told me that my brother Stephan I and were totally like my boy Jacob only worse. Lol. I can't even imagine.

I still love shopping for deals.

Next Post----how to get these great deals EVERY TIME you go to Walmart (while the coupons last :)

This is embarrassing...I AM A TWILIGHT FAN.

If you read the twilight series you cannot miss this!

If you look at Stephanie Meyer's Website then you'll see a post that has a partial draft of the book Midnight Sun.

So sad...her post says that she won't be publishing the book. You can read why here. So sad.

But the Draft is AMAZING! Its 264 pages from Edward's perspective. My heart was racing the whole time. Oh goodness.

Hey - the movie is coming out a month early - for those that haven't heard. It comes out 11.12.08. Yea!

Blogs I love for Coupon Shopping

Here's the blogs & Websites I frequent to help me in my search for great deals!

The "Cent"sible Sawyer
Crazy Coupon Mom
Coupon Cravings
Crazy Coupons
So Cal Cheapskate
The Grocery Game
Coupon Mom
I heart CVS

Do you have websites that you love?

If you shop at Vons - this week you can get Wishbone Salad Dressing and Boutiful Dressing for only $.99 each. Yea! Also - there was a coupon for $1 off one in a recent insert to make them free! The deal ends Tuesday at midnight...stock up tomorrow!

Saturday is a special day, its the day we get ready for Sunday.

I love that song and have fun memories learning that song for FHE.
I remember racing boys against girls to see who could learn and preform it first.
My mom had a really cute flip chart with the words and pictures to help us learn.
I really want to make flip charts with songs and put them all in a binder for my family.

Has anyone out there done that? I want to see one for cute ideas. I guess I can look on the primary websites that I love so much to look for ideas. Hmmm. It would be like making a scrapbook for primary songs----and I looooove to scrapbook (but never do it...lol).

*****

"Heath do you have anything to add to the blog today?" I say.
His response, "I don't know. What am I supposed to say?"

"How about...I love my wife and she's the best...!!!" Lol.

He just laughed and turned up the T.V. haha.

He has a facebook but I've never even seen it and he never looks at my blog. That sounds kinda weird huh.

"Heath, how do I get on your facebook?" I plead.

"I don't know. Go to facebook and search Heath Avery? (I shoot him a face) Really, I don't know" he says.

Ugh. A few minutes later...

I logged in on his Facebook and here's my review. ---
Its not at all visually appealing and I didn't even want to look around. What the heck is it for? Whatever. I got on to the page but cannot for the life of me figure out how to have anyone else get to it. OK. 10 minutes later again...I used his facebook to "invite" ME to facebook and checked my email and here's the link provided.

http://www.facebook.com/p.php?i=1285478123&k=XY1666U4TVXM5FAAXGZ4WP&r&v=2

Dude. The pictures on his facebook are, well, not my favorites. Lol. I guess its time for a family photo shoot!

*****

That was a long rant. Sorry.

Oh, So the word it out now...after our lease is up November 30th we are moving. Where? Not sure yet. News on that in October. :) Sad face about leaving my primary calling and heath's elders q. calling. The weather in Corona is so pretty too. But...off to a bigger place hopefully. That's the main reason for the move.

This song reminds me of my mom. Miss you lots mom. She said that if we danced ~mom&daughter~ at my wedding this would be our song.

Started Solids - her favorite: peas - least favorite: applesauce (crazy)

Give me that french fry! (no way says mom)

Look at all that hair!

Lovin the piano just like mom

Learning to sit up this month

Just some pics in the kitchen.

Lexi eating a peach in one of those mesh feeders. I love that thing.

"No more pictures mooooommmm" lol. My boy hates the camera.

CVS today - wow.

I earned $0.11 on this trip. Not bad, not bad at all :)

Oh my goodness this one is REALLY good. I couldn't hardly believe it myself. I prepare my transactions before I go to CVS but I usually need to improvise while I'm there. Today I really had a complicated register experience ~ I was at the reg for at least 15 minutes and the cashier LOVES me and cheered me on the entire time. We had to void 4 things & cancel/redo one of the transactions once. (not the norm for me) I'm not breaking down the transactions (I did 3) but here's the totals. It's more fun with the picture.



2 Stayfree Overnights 32ct - 9.00

2 Kotex Lightdays 16ct - 2.98

2 CVS brand cotton ball 100ct - 3.98

1 CVS brand baby wipes - 2.99

1 Mentos Gum - 1.69 (needed for total)

2 Revlon Illuminance Cream Shadow 4 colors each - 12.98

2 KY products - 30.98 *wow*

Total Bill before the good stuff

$64.60

16 Coupons Used

-$48.74

-I used manuf. newspaper coupons, online coupons, & CVS printed coupons (from the machine thing)-

How I paid...

Payment was $17.57

ECB's Used - $6.49

Out of Pocket - $11.08

I earned 17.98 in ECB's for my next trip.

So that means...

I earned

$0.11

($17.57-$17.98+tax)

Yup. I got all that stuff for free + $0.11 for the wishing well I'll be buying when I'm a millionaire from CVS. Lol. p.s. This is all perfectly legit and you should do it too!!!

A child's prayer..

Mom & Jacob Lunch Today

Here's your sandwich Jacob. Come sit down, do you want juice?
Its prayer time mom!

Do you want to say-
Dear Heabenly Fater, Thank you for this day.

Please bless Lexi to feel better
Please bless Lexi feel bedder.

Bless daddy to come home safely.
Bless daddy to stay home tomorrow to play.

(Trying not to laugh or cry---) Please bless the food.
Bless Food, Name if Jesus Christ, Amen.

AMEN!!!

Big Boy Jacob:
Well, we cut Jacob's hair all the way off. We kept the mohawk for a full 48 hours and I even went into public with him all dressed in preppy clothes to make up for the wild hair.
He looks so cute and old now with no hair. Its funny - when we ask him where his hair is he says daddy took it off. When you ask if he's getting it back he says no. I thought for sure that he was going to hate the cut but he seems happy with it! Just like his dad. No more mornings where he wakes up with CRAZY hair like his mom. Now he looks so much like Heath its scary.
I'm trying to teach him to swim, he's so scared of the water. Next summer mommy and me swim classes ALL the Way!

My Little Princess Lexi:
Sitting up now and loves to sit and play with Jacob
Her hair is still really long and mostly dark but her roots are a tint of red in the sun.
Still not sleeping through the night - ugh - she wakes up at least once, sometimes twice. I've tried the crying thing and man this girl is stubborn.
**Thanks for the curse mom :) Did your mom curse you too? I sware every mother says, "I hope you have a girl just like you!"
Loving to babble...the babbling hasn't replaced the growling - that's still her #1 charm.
No teeth.
No major signs of crawling (thank goodness).

Heath & Julie:
Heath and I are quite the busy bees lately but surprisingly happy. Our lease ends Nov 30 and we're excited for what might be next. No plans yet but I really want a bigger place (I live in a shoebox, did you know?) Heath is still doing shirt designs for his friend and working his b.m. (haha I love to call it that) position at Moxie Pest Control. I'm making wands from home, working a few hours a night MTTH&F Moxie, and shopping for deals and money makers every chance I get -not many chances lately- I only went to CVS twice this week and the grocery store once. RECORD for me! Hmmm, What else do adults say about updates for themselves... Uh, I'm coloring my hair again tonight...dark brown...don't worry grandma, it fades to deep red after a few days. My ward's primary program is in a few weeks and I've been working on that this week. It's been fun editing parts for the primary kids and picturing each child as they say the words. I love my calling (p.pres) and love that I work with such amazing woman and serving the cute kids in my ward.

When I asked heath if he'd like to add anything to my blog post he simply said, "No Comment". Oh goodness. When I asked him how he felt about my coupon shopping he said, "Are there any coupons for flat screen T.V.s?" When I asked Heath how he felt about my new addiction (which I don't have time for) of Blogging he said, "What is blogging anyway?"