Tulle is on it's way!!!

Woo-hoo! I just got confirmation that my tulle was shipped and should be here within the next week or so! Yay! I can't wait to get working on these tutu ideas! And, Felicity's halloween costume! She's going to be a pirate princess, because we got a hand-me-down pirate costume for Westley! Soooo fun!

$25 Gift Certificates for ONLY $1

90% off Restaurant.com Certificates (because it's 9/9/09!)

Save 90% with code NINETY, pay only $1 for a $25 certificate

These last for a full year, so stock up at this unbelievable price!

This is a REAL deal. For example, a $1,000 certificate would cost $40, and you'd get 40 certificates for $25 each over the year. You could also stock up on gifts:

Buy gifts now for the holidays--everyone likes to eat out!

Buy general gift certificates for teacher gifts (they can select their own restaurant later)

Buy a large gift certificate for yourself and redeem it for individual restaurant certificates over the year

Send them to friends and family via email as a fun gift now

Buy Dinner of the Month memberships for gifts to give later

My Favorite Publix BOGOs & Great Deals 9/10/09 - 9/16/09

Here are some of my favorite BOGOs and Great Deals for this week at Publix!

Newman’s Own pasta sauce 15 or 24 oz jar $2.69

$1/2; .50¢/1 Newman’s Own – 08-23-09 RP -(If the 50¢/1 doubles = 35¢ each!)
$1/2 printable
$1/2 printable

Quaker Instant Oatmeal 10.9 to 16.2 oz box $3.89
$1/2 Quaker Instant Oatmeal, Any – tearpad
$1.25/2 Quaker Instant Oatmeal Any – 08-30-09 RP = $1.32 each
$1/1 Quaker Instant Oatmeal, Any – peelie

Kelloggs Frosted or Unfrosted Mini Wheats $3.89
$1/2 Kellogg’s Mini Wheats- Kellogg’s Fuel For School booklet
$1.50/2 printable
$2/2 Kellogg’s Mini Wheats 08-30-09 RP = $1.89/2

Pillsbury Toaster Strudel asst varieties $2.49
.55¢/2 Pillsbury Toaster Strudel Pastries, (blinkie)
.55¢/2 printable & printable
$1/2; .35¢; .55¢ Pillsbury Toaster Strudel Pastries, Any – 08-09-09 SS
.35¢/1 Pillsbury Toaster Strudel Pastries, – 08-30-09 SS
$1/1 printable
.50¢/1 Pillsbury Toaster Strudel Pastries, – Return to School, July 09 (makes it .25¢ ea)

ALL Small & Mighty 3x laundry detergent or ALL 2x ultra concentrated $4.99
.40¢/1 ALL 2X printable
$1/1 ALL 2X printable
$1/1 ALL 3X printable
(makes it $1.50 ea)

Of course, there are many other BOGOs and Deals, but these are just a few that I will personally be using!! See more of these from Chattanooga Cheapskate!

Purex 3-in-1 Coupon

Who wouldn't love something as simple as a sheet that takes care of the detergent, fabric softener AND dryer sheet? Using this product should cut down on costs and time on my end. I bought these during one of my Kmart trips, and I can't wait to start using them! (My Costco-size detergent is almost gone.)

I hear a lot of people love this product as well. You'll be excited to know that there is a $1.00 coupon that you can print HERE!

Courtesy of one of my FAVORITE blogs:

Coupon Clippin' Mama

$5 off Coupon from Luv's Diapers

Mark your calendars for September 15th. Why, you ask? Well, because on that day you can register with the Luvs "Take A Stand Campaign" and in return get a $5 coupon in the mail. This is VERY exciting to me! We all know how expensive diapers are, so this is likely to yield some cheap ones!

Oh, and if you don't use Luv's, please sign up anyways and send me the coupon! These are the ONLY diapers that work great for our kids! :-)

Free Full Size Products for Trials

Check out Vocalpoint.com and sign up for FREE full-size product trials! You can sign up to recieve a full-size product to try and review. Just the other day, I signed up for a free Clinical Strength Deoderant!

$10 off of $25 from Advance Auto Parts

$10 off of $25 from Advance Auto Parts!
Click here to sign up for a $10 off of $25 coupon! Will changes the oil in our cars, so I signed up using all of my email addresses! You can also email the coupon to a friend!

8/30/09 Kmart Trip

Well, back in the beginning of August, I took a class about how to use coupons (http://www.couponclasses.com). So far, I've saved over $540! My total in grocery bills since 8/14/09 was around $730. I've only paid OOP (out-of-pocket) around $187! That's a savings of about $540! An average savings of 76%! So, here's the picture from latest trip to Kmart during the double coupon days week! (Most of my savings was during Kmart double days, but I've been able to stock up on several things...shampoos, deoderants, toilet cleaners/fresheners, dish soap, etc.)

Total Bill: $100.10, total OOP: $9.90!


If you are local, I highly suggest you taking this class. It's totally worth the $20 you pay. If you are not local, I highly suggest learning about how to use coupons! I can't even believe how awesome this is!

Westley Turns 1!

Well, my baby boy turned 1 last Thursday! I can't believe it. It seems like just yesterday I was begging the doctor to be induced!

Since his birthday was on a weekday, his party was the Saturday after. Here are some of the pics from his celebration:

Happy Birthday Sign I made:

My birthday boy!

Mommy & Westley

Alright! My own cake!

Delving in!

Mmmmmm....

Impromptu bath (good idea: Always give them their first cake in a diaper only!)

Big sister helping open presents!

Overall, the party was a blast! The kids had a great time and were totally worn out. Thank you to everyone who helped make this possible! We love you all!

Bye for now,

Sarah

A Tip for Juice Boxes

So, we all know that Juice Boxes make a HUGE mess! One squeeze and SQUIRT! Everywhere! We've even tried those plastic holders with handles you can buy at the grocery store. Somehow, my kids skip the handles and go straight for the middle. One good squeeze, and there you go again!

Anyhow, one morning when I woke up, I came out to the dining room to find both kiddos drinking their juice boxes out of a cup! Literally! My dear husband had put the juice box into a cup before putting the straw in. Then, put the straw in and gave it to the kids. It's great! The kids can hold their juice boxes (independence you know) and not spill! Thankfully, neither of them even try to take the juice box out of the cup! Here's what it looks like:



So, whenever we have a party, or people over, we will ALWAYS have plastic cups available, if not for any other reason, definitely for this one!