I just wanted to post a message- super quickly- to let everybody know that although I know I wrote that the Valentine's Day Contest would end today, I'm going to extend the deadline until tomorrow morning. Why?
Wednesday afternoon, BJ (my hubby) started having chest pains at work. After calling his cardiologist to find out what kind of pain/discomfort is worth worrying about and what's not, I was instructed to take him straight to our local hospital. After several hours of waiting, tests, labs, more waiting... they determined he really needed to be transported to Joplin to Freeman Heart Institute, where just 3 months ago he had a stent placement. I was not allowed to drive him to Freeman- he had to be taken by ambulance, which scared me to death. BJ was admitted to the hospital and monitored all night Wednesday. Thursday morning brought orders from the cardiologist for a new stress test.
The stress test was bothersome enough to BJ's doc that it was determined that there was a need for another angiogram....which was performed at 1pm yesterday. This time, the angiogram showed the need for yet another stent in BJ's right corornary artery, which Dr. Reinsvold revealed should PROBABLY have been "stented" when we were here the first time, but our insurance company said it didn't meet the blockage percentage requirements.... so now we're here for round two!
The good news is that the procedure went smoothly. As I sit here in the hospital room (thank goodness for laptops!) and glance over at my hubby, I am struck with the thought that I am a very blessed woman to have "dodged the bullet" once again. (If you recall from one of my early posts, the cardiologist told me back in September of last year that he placed the original stent in what is commonly known as The Widow Maker.) Even though I'd rather be home and preparing to announce the winner of our great little contest- I thank God instead that BJ is going to be okay.
We have been waiting all day for the doctor to make his rounds- and it's now 1:25pm. We've been told BJ should be released today, but it's getting later and later.....I'm sure it will happen, so we're trying to be patient.
So, if you still have any great ideas for the gifts to the Lafayette House, go ahead and submit your entries! The official cut-off for entries will be 10:00 am Saturday January 24, 2009. At that time, I will submit all entries into an online "random" selector which will determine our winner. As soon as that is completed, I will post the name of the winner here on the blog.
I want to thank everybody once again for participating in the contest. You've all made such a difference in what WOULD have been and what WILL be given to the ladies at Lafayette. I appreciate you all.
Jodie
Friday, January 23, 2009
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Eye Drops & Chocolate-Covered Macadamia Nuts
I read lots of blogs and browse through several different couponing websites, and recently came across postings of a couple of excellent bargains that I wanted to bring your attention to.
If you're out and about picking up this week's best deals, check your shelves for these tasty little morsels.......
Mauna Loa Milk Chocolate Macadamias are regularly priced in my store at $3.69 per bag. This week, they're on sale for 2 bags for $4.....BUT- there is a coupon for these in the January Easy Saver booklet for $3 off 2 bags! Do the math.....they're .50 cents per bag this week- a steal! I bought 2 bags this evening. Now we're down to 1 bag. (BJ already found 'em!) I'll be looking for more, but I know I'll have to hide them as soon as I bring them in the house. BJ says they're delicious- I wouldn't know....the bag was devoured before I knew it!
I also found Soothe (by Bausch & Lomb) Lubricating Eye Drops on clearance today at my store for $2.79. The regular price was somewhere in the neighborhood of $12. We have $3 coupons for these and they work like a charm! FREE! I brought home 2 boxes and still have some coupons so I'll be looking for more of these at other stores. What I really like about them is that in each box there are 28 sterile single-use (disposable) tubes of drops. These will be so handy to have a few in my purse, make-up bag, etc., for use on-the-go. Seems my eyes are always dry and I've heard wonderful reviews about this product, so I'm glad to have found them. Here's a closer look at the box...
If you're out and about picking up this week's best deals, check your shelves for these tasty little morsels.......
Mauna Loa Milk Chocolate Macadamias are regularly priced in my store at $3.69 per bag. This week, they're on sale for 2 bags for $4.....BUT- there is a coupon for these in the January Easy Saver booklet for $3 off 2 bags! Do the math.....they're .50 cents per bag this week- a steal! I bought 2 bags this evening. Now we're down to 1 bag. (BJ already found 'em!) I'll be looking for more, but I know I'll have to hide them as soon as I bring them in the house. BJ says they're delicious- I wouldn't know....the bag was devoured before I knew it!
I also found Soothe (by Bausch & Lomb) Lubricating Eye Drops on clearance today at my store for $2.79. The regular price was somewhere in the neighborhood of $12. We have $3 coupons for these and they work like a charm! FREE! I brought home 2 boxes and still have some coupons so I'll be looking for more of these at other stores. What I really like about them is that in each box there are 28 sterile single-use (disposable) tubes of drops. These will be so handy to have a few in my purse, make-up bag, etc., for use on-the-go. Seems my eyes are always dry and I've heard wonderful reviews about this product, so I'm glad to have found them. Here's a closer look at the box...
Sunday trip to Walgreen's
Funny how a sale on peanut butter and spaghetti sauce can work me up into a little "tizzy"! Normally I don't start shopping from the new Walgreen's ad until Monday, but I was afraid if I didn't get there today the shelves would be empty. Once I arrived and began pushing my little buggy around the store, I quickly realized my fears were real! I'm guessing some of my fellow Savvy Shoppers made it to the store before I did!
There are several other items I'll be working on over the next several days, but for now I'm perfectly content to have brought home what I did today.
What a great week for Register Rewards!
The breakdown of today's shopping is as follows:
$183.60- Value of all items, based on sale prices
$15.20- Amount of $$ I spent out of pocket
$36.00- Amount of Register Rewards I earned and have left to use on future purchases
92% savings
And here's what I brought home:
Only 7 of these 12-packs were purchased today
2 bags Mauna Loa Chocolate Covered Macadamia Nuts
10 jars of Skippy peanut butter
7 12-packs of Pepsi products
4 jars of Ragu spaghetti sauce
2 bags of Doritos
2 bags of Tostitos
4 jars of Tostitos Queso
8 double-packs of low-dose Bayer aspirin
2 boxes of Soothe eye drops
4 boxes of Alka-Seltzer cold meds (various types)
2 Oral-B toothbrushes (rain check)
1 Vicks "plug-in" 8-hour vaporizer
1 Vicks box vaporizer refill pads
1 package Garnier make-up removal/cleansing face wipes
3 packages Walgreen's make-up removal/cleansing face wipes
A closer look...
Here's hoping your shopping this week is wonderful! Be sure to post your great "finds"!
There are several other items I'll be working on over the next several days, but for now I'm perfectly content to have brought home what I did today.
What a great week for Register Rewards!
The breakdown of today's shopping is as follows:
$183.60- Value of all items, based on sale prices
$15.20- Amount of $$ I spent out of pocket
$36.00- Amount of Register Rewards I earned and have left to use on future purchases
92% savings
And here's what I brought home:
Only 7 of these 12-packs were purchased today2 bags Mauna Loa Chocolate Covered Macadamia Nuts
10 jars of Skippy peanut butter
7 12-packs of Pepsi products
4 jars of Ragu spaghetti sauce
2 bags of Doritos
2 bags of Tostitos
4 jars of Tostitos Queso
8 double-packs of low-dose Bayer aspirin
2 boxes of Soothe eye drops
4 boxes of Alka-Seltzer cold meds (various types)
2 Oral-B toothbrushes (rain check)
1 Vicks "plug-in" 8-hour vaporizer
1 Vicks box vaporizer refill pads
1 package Garnier make-up removal/cleansing face wipes
3 packages Walgreen's make-up removal/cleansing face wipes
A closer look...Here's hoping your shopping this week is wonderful! Be sure to post your great "finds"!
Friday, January 16, 2009
Walgreen's Ad- January 18 - 24th (My thoughts)
Here's a list of the items I have my eye on for this upcoming week's sales at Walgreen's! It's hard to tell how everything will play out to the penny until I get to the store and actually "get my hands dirty", but at least you'll know the highlights and can start formulating YOUR plan for next week! Here goes...
Bayer Aspirin- $2.50 ea (and these are double (or twin) packs)
Buy 8- $20.00. Use 8 $1.00 coupons (found in 1/4 newspaper inserts)- $12.00
Receive $10.00 Register Reward at the end of the transaction.
So, it'll be like spending $2.00 for 8 double boxes of aspirin when it's all said & done!
Tylenol Allergy, Cold or Sinus- 2/$10.00
(This scenario is only valid if I'm correct in my thinking that the Children's variety is included in the sale....if it's not, then we'll scrap this idea....)
Use the coupon from the Children's Activity Booklet which will take off $2.00, bringing the total to 2/$8
Use 2 $2 manufacturer's coupons- subtracting $4- new total is 2/$6.
Receive a $3 Register Reward, making the total 2/$3
Maybelline cosmetics will be BOGOFree (be sure to use your coupons- I think there may be new ones in Sunday's papers...and look at the clearance section! I'm seeing some more free make-up in my future!)
Kleenex- .99 cents (with ad coupon) I know we have coupons for Kleenex- but I gave all of mine to my sister-in-law, so I don't remember the value!
Nutri-Grain Cereal Bars- 2/$5...but I believe we'll be getting some $1/2 coupons this Sunday, which will make these $2 per box. I still prefer FREE, but if you need 'em....
This one's exciting to me....
Skippy Peanut Butter and/or Ragu Spaghetti Sauce- $1.99 each BUT! if you buy 8, you receive a $10 Register Reward, so....
Skippy x 8 - $15.92
Use 8 .40 cent Skippy coupons, subtracting $3.20
New total- $12.72
Receive $10 RR
Pay $2.72 for 8 jars of peanut butter! I've NEVER seen peanut butter THAT cheap! Stock up! That's .34 cents each!
Ragu x 9 - $17.91
Use 3 $1/3 coupons, subtracting $3.00
New total - $14.91
Receive $10 Register Reward
Pay $4.91 for 9 jars of Ragu!
.54 cents each for Ragu?
Biore' Skin Care products- BOGO 50% off
Kotex products- 2/$6
Use 2 $1 coupons- 2/$4
Receive $1 Register Reward, new total 2/$3
Downey- $3.99
There WERE some coupons for $1 off Downey, but I used all mine (sniffle, sob)
Which would make Downey $2.99 this week.
To me, this is a great price as I've tried being thrifty on fabric softener and found it's just not worth it to buy the cheap stuff. This is one thing I'll spend the money on with or without a coupon...and a bold statement like that is RARE for me these days!!
Dixie Paper Plates/Bowls- $1.99
I KNOW I have coupons for these, but for the life of me I can't find them. Unless Ralph (bad kitty!) ate them, they'll turn up, but until then I can't tell you how cheap these will be...
Folger's coffee- $2.99 Use .50 cent coupons- $2.49 for 11.3 oz.
Ziploc bags- 2/$5...I have coupons for $1 off, use 2- final price- 2/$3
Campbell's Chunky Soup- 2/$3 (in-ad coupon)
Healthy Choice Soup- 3/$5
(I'd be interested to know what scenarios you come up with for these soup sales... there are so many soup coupons out right now, I'm having a hard time figuring out which to use!!)
Dawn dish liquid- .99 cents (with ad-coupon). If you still have any of the .50 cent coupons that came out a few weeks ago, these will be .49 cents each.
Doritos/Tostitos/Tostitos Queso Dip- 2/$5 (No coupons as far as I know... keeping my fingers crossed for some this weekend....)
Robitussin- $3.99 I think there will still be overlapping register reward deals on the Robi this week. Earn a $5 RR when you spend $10; Earn a $10 RR when you spend $20...so the potential for $15 RR exists if you buy 6 Robitussin and THEN use your coupons. Lucky you if you still have the $3 coupon that hasn't expired.
Huggie's diapers: $9.99 for jumbo package
Use $1 coupon in activity booklet
Use $1.50 manufacturer's coupon
New total- $7.49
Receive $1 Register Reward
$6.49- jumbo pack
(Note: I emailed the Kimberly-Clark corporation and requested some coupons, and they emailed me some $3.00 printables. If you can do this, the packages should come to $4.99 per package.)
Let me know if you have any great deals planned that I've overlooked! I'd love to know what you're scenarios are for this week!
Bayer Aspirin- $2.50 ea (and these are double (or twin) packs)
Buy 8- $20.00. Use 8 $1.00 coupons (found in 1/4 newspaper inserts)- $12.00
Receive $10.00 Register Reward at the end of the transaction.
So, it'll be like spending $2.00 for 8 double boxes of aspirin when it's all said & done!
Tylenol Allergy, Cold or Sinus- 2/$10.00
(This scenario is only valid if I'm correct in my thinking that the Children's variety is included in the sale....if it's not, then we'll scrap this idea....)
Use the coupon from the Children's Activity Booklet which will take off $2.00, bringing the total to 2/$8
Use 2 $2 manufacturer's coupons- subtracting $4- new total is 2/$6.
Receive a $3 Register Reward, making the total 2/$3
Maybelline cosmetics will be BOGOFree (be sure to use your coupons- I think there may be new ones in Sunday's papers...and look at the clearance section! I'm seeing some more free make-up in my future!)
Kleenex- .99 cents (with ad coupon) I know we have coupons for Kleenex- but I gave all of mine to my sister-in-law, so I don't remember the value!
Nutri-Grain Cereal Bars- 2/$5...but I believe we'll be getting some $1/2 coupons this Sunday, which will make these $2 per box. I still prefer FREE, but if you need 'em....
This one's exciting to me....
Skippy Peanut Butter and/or Ragu Spaghetti Sauce- $1.99 each BUT! if you buy 8, you receive a $10 Register Reward, so....
Skippy x 8 - $15.92
Use 8 .40 cent Skippy coupons, subtracting $3.20
New total- $12.72
Receive $10 RR
Pay $2.72 for 8 jars of peanut butter! I've NEVER seen peanut butter THAT cheap! Stock up! That's .34 cents each!
Ragu x 9 - $17.91
Use 3 $1/3 coupons, subtracting $3.00
New total - $14.91
Receive $10 Register Reward
Pay $4.91 for 9 jars of Ragu!
.54 cents each for Ragu?
Biore' Skin Care products- BOGO 50% off
Kotex products- 2/$6
Use 2 $1 coupons- 2/$4
Receive $1 Register Reward, new total 2/$3
Downey- $3.99
There WERE some coupons for $1 off Downey, but I used all mine (sniffle, sob)
Which would make Downey $2.99 this week.
To me, this is a great price as I've tried being thrifty on fabric softener and found it's just not worth it to buy the cheap stuff. This is one thing I'll spend the money on with or without a coupon...and a bold statement like that is RARE for me these days!!
Dixie Paper Plates/Bowls- $1.99
I KNOW I have coupons for these, but for the life of me I can't find them. Unless Ralph (bad kitty!) ate them, they'll turn up, but until then I can't tell you how cheap these will be...
Folger's coffee- $2.99 Use .50 cent coupons- $2.49 for 11.3 oz.
Ziploc bags- 2/$5...I have coupons for $1 off, use 2- final price- 2/$3
Campbell's Chunky Soup- 2/$3 (in-ad coupon)
Healthy Choice Soup- 3/$5
(I'd be interested to know what scenarios you come up with for these soup sales... there are so many soup coupons out right now, I'm having a hard time figuring out which to use!!)
Dawn dish liquid- .99 cents (with ad-coupon). If you still have any of the .50 cent coupons that came out a few weeks ago, these will be .49 cents each.
Doritos/Tostitos/Tostitos Queso Dip- 2/$5 (No coupons as far as I know... keeping my fingers crossed for some this weekend....)
Robitussin- $3.99 I think there will still be overlapping register reward deals on the Robi this week. Earn a $5 RR when you spend $10; Earn a $10 RR when you spend $20...so the potential for $15 RR exists if you buy 6 Robitussin and THEN use your coupons. Lucky you if you still have the $3 coupon that hasn't expired.
Huggie's diapers: $9.99 for jumbo package
Use $1 coupon in activity booklet
Use $1.50 manufacturer's coupon
New total- $7.49
Receive $1 Register Reward
$6.49- jumbo pack
(Note: I emailed the Kimberly-Clark corporation and requested some coupons, and they emailed me some $3.00 printables. If you can do this, the packages should come to $4.99 per package.)
Let me know if you have any great deals planned that I've overlooked! I'd love to know what you're scenarios are for this week!
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