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3 years ago I was blessed with a pink little package!  I wanted a baby girl so bad and was so excited to dress her up...I kept changing her outfits and putting bows on her and kept getting her back from the nursery BACK in hospital clothes made me so mad!


She was the only child I was not induced with...my water broke around 8:30 on Aug 31...I was so done being prego and had a awful day...I had not eaten at all that day!  I ended up getting to the hospital finally around 10:30-11 because I did not want to leave Trev I was so worried about him I had never been away from him for more then a few hours!

I had her at 11 the next morning...she came out and nursed like a champ!  She refused pacifiers, hated baths, and LOVED me!  Up until she was probably 4 months I was really the only person she would let hold, I had to put her to bed on my chest then she would sleep in her crib!  She would cry if people stood over her and looked at her! I excuslivey nursed her which I am very proud about cause that is hard work having a leech for 11 months!


She was so sweet as a baby and let me dress her up, and always went everywhere with me.

  I felt I robbed her because at 17 months when she FINALLY had just started walking I found out I was prego with Casey!



She hit two loved elmo however got an attitude!  I remember at her second birthday telling Jeff to DOP anytime he went near her presents!  She wasnt really all that impressed with Casey and almost killed him those first few weeks a few times Im sure! She has since grown to love him..


She is a strong woman filled with sass and meanness yet her nails have to have polish, she loves pretty ladies(hair bows), and is just hysterical!   I cant believe 3 years have already passed I cannot wait for the next year to see what funny things she says and does and the grey hairs I get from her along the way!  She was born so small, stayed very small and to this day is still is clothes way younger then her age!


Happy Birthday Aubrey doodle!

Shaws

I did my final two runs at Shaws tonight will post the stats tomorrow...However wanted to fill you in on a AWESOME scenario! Its probably out there already I just havent had time to look up the specs on this deal!

5 Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks
5 Natures Valley Granola Bars
-2 .50/2 betty crocker doubled
-5 .50/1 Natures Valley printables doubled
-5.00 instant savings
13.00 oop and earn 3.50 cat and a 2.50 cat! like paying 7.00!!

Target

I havent even looked at the deals at Target this week to be honest... I just needed to get outta the house!

Total oop: 28.23

Good start Formula  12.99-11.00 Formula check 1.99
Little girls tee(not pictured) 3.50
Airwick Ultra 5.48-4/1 manu coupon 1.48 10.99
Airwick Ultra 5.48-4/1 manu coupon 1.48 reg 10.99
Febreeze candle 5.99-2/1 manu coupon 3.99(Special edition fall candles OMG YUM!!)
Febreeze candle 5.99-2/1 manu coupon 3.99(Special edition fall candles OMG YUM!!)
Tea light holder 1.60 reg 2.50-3.00
2 Candles 4.20 reg 9.99

Shaws

I've already been to Shaws twice this week and I bet I will hit again :)

Total oop 6.50 saved 21.51 earn a cat for the fruit snacks for 2.00

Kraft mac and cheese 3.49
3.49 FREE coupon
0 oop

GG Veggies 1.00
-.50 save 5 wyb 10 products
.50

2 Betty Crocker cake mix 2.00
-1/2 manu coupon
-1.00 save 5 wyb 10 products 
FREE

2 Betty Crocker Frostings 3.00
-1/2 coupon
-1.00 save 5 wyb 10 products
1.00 for 2!

4 pkg of fruit snacks 8.00
- 2 .50/2 printable coupons(doubled)
- 2.00 save 5 wyb 10 products
4.00 or 1.00 each

Natures Valley bar 2.50
-.50/1 printable doubled
-.50 save 5 wyb 10 products
1.00 oop

Total oop 19.38 saved 35.16

Bananas 1.32
potatos 1.99
grapes .96
3 cans of spaghetti o's 2.64
-.40/3 mau coupon doubled
1.84 or .61 each

Cocoa Puffs 2.00
-.55/1 printable coupon(doubled)
-.50 save 5 wyb 10 promo
.40

Cocoa Puffs 2.00
-.55/1 printable coupon(doubled)
-.50 save 5 wyb 10 promo
.40

Cake mix 1.00
Frosting 1.50
-1/2 manu coupon
-1.00 save 5 wyb 10 promo
.50 for both or .25 each!

2 Bisqucik 3.00
-1.00 save 5 wyb 10 promo
2.00 or 1.00 each

Green giant white corn 1.69
-.50 save 5 wyb 10 promo
1.19

Yoplait Splitz 2.50
-1/1 manu printable
.50 save 5 wyb 10 promo
1.00

Yoplait Splitz 2.50
-1/1 manu printable
.50 save 5 wyb 10 promo
1.00

Yoplait yogurt 2.50
-.50/1 printable(doubled)
-.50 save 5 wyb promo
.50 oop

2 Heluva Good Dips 3.00
-.50/1 doubled x2
1.00 or .50 each

I tried to do the ice cream promo but I bought the wrong thing but didnt feel like fighting

Edys bogo 5.79
-1/2 ALL you coupon
4.79 for 2!

Haagen Daas .99

The home tour

I am slowly cleaning house, decorating for Fall, and taking up to date pictures...

Over the next 2 weeks I will do a post of a select room with b fore's, during, and now...I will never say after because I don't think I am ever done..My neighbor said it best...He said he can just tell by my personality Im always fixing, changing, re-doing! 

Our house has basically had a total gut and everything is new!  We learned a lot over the past few years and have a very short to do list:

Siding
Living Room Window
Landscaping

:)

Childrens Place

Now at Childrens Place you can save TONS!

They are offering 5 dollar deals HERE

Extra 25% off FALL styles

Free Shipping over 50.00 (FSLABORDAY)

Miscellanous deals...

FREE Hammermill paper details HERE

Free High Octane Energy details HERE

Free Sample of Tide details HERE

Free Wheat Thins details HERE

Free Aveeda after shave details HERE

Free Kashi Samples details HERE

Drug Store deals this week...

                                              Total oop: 13.74 saved 26.31!!

My trip to CVS this week:

Downy 3.99
-1.50/1 manu coupon
2.49 oop earned 1 ECB saved 4.20

Phillips head phones 6.99
2 head bands .39 each(clearance)
-1.00 ECB
total oop 6.77 earned 6.99 ECB saved 6.86

If you need good match ups go HERE

My trip to Rite Aid this week:

Here is my trip:

2 Gain @ .89 each
2 Doritos 2/4
- 2 .89 Gain coupons(they are 1/1 but mine was adjusted down)
- 2.00 UP rewards
2.00 OOP and earned a 1.00 UP reward for the chips I saved 8.96

Check out KCL for some good freebies HERE

For good match ups go HERE

My trip to Walgreens this week:

Perfection tampons 1.99
1.99 oop earned a 2.00 RR saved 0

Carmex lip treatment 2.00
-2.00 RR
0 oop saved 2.99 earned 2.00 RR

Johnsons Q Tip 500 pk 3.29
Wags brand cookies 2.00
-cookie clearance 1.50
-Johnsons wags coupon 1.30
-2 RR
.49 oop saved 3.30

Apples...

Can you believe its already time to pick apples?

We went last weekend for our first trip will make one more trip soon :)

Anyways kids had a blast it was Caseys first trip and he wasnt all that impressed with the apples :)

The kids did good and picked fast as it was about to rain!

Our usual taste tester :) 

 

We came home and made an apple pie using THIS recipe and I added a few pieces of pie crust as leaves and they burned :(

No idea why but this was by far my best apple pie yet!!

Dora

My Aubrey doodle will be 3 in a few days and we are having her party this weekend...The bargain hunter in me shopped all year getting deep discounts on princess stuff for her to decide a month ago she wanted Dora...So her party now is Princess AND Dora :)

She saw it and said WOW mommy thats the most beautiful happy birthday cake! I am in no way a professional and they always come out tasting pretty good, looking okay but tons of love go into their cakes and I hope they remember each one :)

I made her this cake:

FREE GLOVE

Go here for a FREE pink Cutter glove starting at 11 Eastern time...Go quick!!!

Fisher Pirce Fun 2 Learn Computer

I have to thank a reader Mary for this awesome update!!

Amazon has this awesome Computer for 60% off!  We bought one of these at the Target clearance for 13.xx and I wanted one for my Aubrey!!

Take time to look around Amazon is having some good clearance on toys!

Daily freebies

Flix Dental Stix

OxyClean Clinical just add code WOMANSDAY

Candy Corn people

I was flipping through a Halloween magazine and saw these cute little Candy Corn people but no instructions on how to make them...So here is my best shot :)

You will need:
styrofoam cones
Paint(Orange, Yellow)
Paint brushes
Ribbon
Eyes(could just make black dots my kids werent leaving the store without the eyes)
grater(optional)
Scissors
Glue(I used glue dots)

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I decided to shred the little ones...to be honest either way is cute but the little ones do look more like the actual candy...

Then start painting...I taped off the white so I wouldnt get any on it but then the other 4 I ended up free handing

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See evil child in the back ground when I turned my back she painted my walls!!!!

I finally got them all painted!!

 

I then added the googly eyes with 2 glue dots per eye!

 

I then added ties for the men :) Notice how the boys get smaller for each of my boys :) 

 

I added a bow to the momma and pigtails for the little girl! Again attached with glue dots

 

I had not put my Pottery Barn knock off Halloween apothecary jar how cute does the mirror look!

I linked up at Craftomatic  

                                                                I linked up at Thrifty Decor chick

Pottery Barn Halloween Vase filler

I saw these beautiful vase fillers in the Pottery Barn Catalog for a whopping 16 dollars for 11 of them!! Are you kidding me?! If I had 16 dollars to blow it definatley would NOT be on ROCKS!  So I just kinda stored the image in the back on my mind and we went to the river with the kids one day and momma had a little to much juice the night before at a wedding and was laying off to the side and I saw beautiful NATURAL river rocks....So in my van they went :)

We had all the supplies I would need:
Paint Brush
Chalk board paint(both home depot and now craft stores carry this)
River Rocks
Chalk

I started with my rocks..I cleaned them all off and put them on a piece of card board not to ruin my kitchen counters...

Then you want to start painting one side and let it dry completly...

Watch for drips!

Then once dry flip over and do the other side...Again wait to dry completely!

Then put pumpkin faces, scary words, anything you want on them...

We chose to add a few River Rocks from Oregon my Aunt brought back for the kids they are beautiful shade of white and black and just look awesome!

You can just throw them in a vase

In an apotohcary jar(my fav)

with moss and scary spiders(the kids fav)

In this house it will be displayed in the apothocary jars...sorry kids :)

LOVE it!!! Plus it costs me nothing but time!!!

  I will be posting this in the Power of Paint Party at Domestically Speaking

I linked up at Craftomatic  

                                                                I linked up at Thrifty Decor chick

4 months....

till Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Are you ready?!


Before you know it this guy will be in the mall....I think last year as we Trick or Treated in the mall they had Christmas in most stores!!

I love Christmas so it doesnt really bother me cause if I dont want to see it I can look the other way!

As a bargain hunter I did most of my shopping for holiday decor last January...I always stock up when everything goes 50-75% off then I open all my tupper ware bins and its like Christmas again :)

I also shop year round as we have a lot of family that we buy for...I know they may not always get something they were asking for but we do the best we can with out small budget and shopping the way I do allows me to get them something nice rather then a cheap piece of crap!

I know most of you dont want to see this post but its coming.....

Toys R Us Member shopping night

Tomorrow Toys R Us has a special event for Rewards R Us Members only!!

HERE

Shaws

My plan of attack for Shaws this week.....If you want a full match up go to Maven or Wickedcooldeals

3 Day Sale

Land O Lakes American Cheese 2.99/lb
-1/1 manu coupon
1.99!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Watermelon .59 lb
Grapes .99 lb
White Potatoes 1.99 for a 5 lb bag!
Thomas English Muffins buy1 get 2 free!!

Heluva Good Dip 1.50
-.50/1 printable  DOUBLED
.50!! Did I mention I needed cheese and dip this week for Aubreys party!!1!

Hungry Man Dinners 2/5

Ice Cream catalina...
2 Edys BOGO 5.99
1 ice cream single 1.00
6.99
-1/2 all you edys coupon
5.99 oop earn a 4.00 catalina!

I will probably do the GM cat if I can get coupons ordered in time its buy 10 items save 5 instantly PLUS 50 bonus box tops

Samples

Aveeno Nourish Hair care

3 Cards from Tiny Prints details HERE


Kandoo Wipes

Breathe Right Extra

Leap Frog Tag and Tag Junior books as low as 4.97!

Amazon is having a special promotion for Leap Frog Tag and Tag Junior books! 

Use the code LFAUG400 to save 4 dollars! 

I was able to get a Kailan book for FREE after code and gift cards!!

All books are found here just make sure it is sold through amazon