A Wonderful Weekend!

So this wekend has been just fabulous! About as good as they seem to get around here! Yesterday was kinda gloom and doom...cold and rainy out all day so I decided to take the boys to the Jump Zone...its a pretty awesome indoor play place here with big huge inflatables and a not ridiculously priced snack bar. We have a prepaid multi pass so it was free to get in and all I bought was one juice box and 2 air heads for the boys (total of $1.20) Our good friends Mrs. Kim and her daughter Ari met us there for an even better time!

This morning I asked the boys what they wanted to do and they said the zoo! We just went less than 2 weeks ago, but out membership is about to expire and I really wanted to get them out of the house so I agreed!

I must admit, I've been feeling a little guilty about them being in daycare all week so I am trying my hardest to make it up to them on the weekends! It's hard, but deffinitely worth it!

It was pretty chilly out (at least for us Florida folks) so I bundled us all up and headed out. I was almost convinced to stop at Target and by Jacob a new "doggy backpack" aka leash since his old one was lost in our last move but decided not to and figured I'd just see how things went!

So there we were...no stroller, no wagon, and no leash! And it went GREAT! I mean sure he ran a little, but he listened and came back...we held hands...marched...sang songs! It was so nice to be out in public with not just one, but 2 well behaved children!!!

SO anyways, we had a blast! We rode the train around and around...rode the carousel (Joey on the alligator and Jacob on the lion)...and fed the giraffes and the lorakeets (really pretty and colorful birds from the Australia exhibit).

Hopefully things are on the upswing for us! Maybe if Jacob isnt so crazy when Travis comes home, it will be easier to convince him to try for a baby girl, lol!

Super Savings - Publix

Today was by far my most successful trip using coupons! I am officially addicted to coupons and can't imagine paying full price anymore!!!

I got:

• 2 Contessa frozen meals
• 2 boxes of Toaster Strudels
• 1 box of Fruity Pebbles
• 1 box of Honey Combs
• 2 loaves of Pepperidge Farm bread
• 4 bottles of Juicy Juice
• 1 bag of Wonka gummies
• I can of Pam cooking spray
• 6 boxes of Knox gelatin
• 1 bottle of Hunts ketchup
• 2 bottles of Kraft BBQ sauce
• 2 cans of Rotel tomatoes
• 1 gallon of Milk
• 1 bunch of Bananas
• 2 boxes of Nabsico Graham Crackers
• 2 - 24count bottles of Aleve
• 2 - 12 packs of Diet Coke
• 1 - 12 pack of Fanta Orange

My grand total for all this was: $19.68!!

I saved $81.82 ($38.95 in vendor coupons, $6.75 in store coupons, and $36.12 in publix sales)

Loving Days Like These

I LOVE Days Like This!

Had a GREAT night home witht the boys! Honestly, probably one of our best nights since Travis has been gone! We had movie night...made pizza and popcorn and watched the movie UP (the boys allready saw it, but I hadn't)...days dont get much better than this around here! No fighting or anything!

On a side note though...have any of you gotten bad reports home from school that you thought were more of a fabrifcation from the teacher? If so, please let me know! I am planning on sitting in the "monitoring room" for a couple of days!

So normally I am used to getting "bad reports" at school from Jacob's teachers...not that he necessarily "bad" ...he's just a bit colorful shall we say! He has a new found fascination with his private parts which is quite embarrassing, but the more I talk to him about it and get angry with him over it, the more he seems to do it! One of his notes home from school earlier this month says "Please continue to talk to Jacob about exposing his private parts - Thanks!" Nuff said, lol!

So to my surprise today when I dropped Joey off at school his teacher told me he has not been listening the past 2 days! I was so disappointed! He wouldn't even look me in the eye when I was talking to him about it! He totally knew he was busted! She said he had a much better day today when I picked him up so we will see..hopefully it was just a fluke thing...I sure hope so!

We had a good night though! It's been warming up outside so the boys and I planted some flowers in some pots and also planted some strawberries! I hope they turn out!! And we also had yummy spaghetti for dinner that Jacob decided to paint his face with as I was typing this blog, lol...I wouldn't give these days up for anything though!

CVS - SUPER SAVINGS!

So after 2 successful money saving trips to Publix, I have decided to try out CVS! Yesterday I went and got:

• 2 Dove deodarants
• 1 Renpure Shampoo
• 1 Renpure Conditioner
• 1 Crest toothpaste
• 1 Revlon Mascara
• 2 Revlon Lipsticks
• 1 Almay eyecolor

I spent $32.95...but I got back $14 in extra care bucks which I can use on my next trip and hopefully start rolling them over to where I will only have to pay very little or nothing out of pocket! PLUS I will get back a rebate check for $6.99 on the shampoo...so all in all, I basically spent $11.96 on everything (I priced it all at the Navy Exchange and it was almost $50 in stuff!)

PUBLIX - SUPER SAVINGS!!

So...I have officially become addicted to couponing! This is mainly thanks to a woman named Meg who is from my area and has an AWESOME blog! A link to her site is on the sidebar and I highly recomend you check it out! Her info deffinitely helps if you are able to shop at Publix and CVS...but even if not, her info is pretty universal and a great tool to help you get started! It is sooo easy to slash your grocery bill in half...and Im sure of you search, you can find somone that has a blog about saving at your grocery chain!

Last Wed. I went to Publix and got:

• 2 Birds Eye Voila frozen dinners
• 2 Lysol Tub and Tile cleaners
• 1 box of Scotties tissues
• 2 boxes of Betty Crocker fruit snacks
• 4 Healthy Choice frozen dinners
• 2 tubs of I Can't Believe it's Not Butter
• 2 bags of Halls cough drops
• 2 Fantastik with Oxy

My total for all of this was only $14.98 .... I saved $32.96 ($13.50 in coupons and $19.19 in store sales)

Thursday I went back to Publix because it was the first day of the new sale...I didnt get a picture from this trip...but I got:

• 2 Airwick Freshmatic Refills
• 2 boxes of Nabisco Ritz crackers
• 2 boxes of Quaker Instant Oatmeal
• 8 x 4 packs of Dole Fruit Cups

My total for all this was only $13.22 and I saved $34.87...PLUS I am going to get coupons to get 4 more of the 4 packs of dole fruit cups free in the mail!