Monday, February 28, 2011

Size me up!

I went shopping this weekend for a bathing suit! I was able to get a top from the JUNIORS section!  I was shocked..bathing suit shopping wasnt as bad as I thought..

I was feeling okay about myself and went to NY and CO my new fav place to buy clothes and was able to get into pants the next size down!  I started this journey as in between sizes and I am now 4-6 number sizes down from where I started!  That feels great to say :)

It was a nice experience..We went out to eat again this weekend UGH!  I have been pigging out on the weekends and not eating my best during the week.  I have decided during the week I eat perfect no exceptions!  Sticking to my 1400-1600 calorie in take.  Then on the weekends I can have ONE day where I am not counting and being as strict.  I gotta get these last 30+ pounds off!  I want to continue to get smaller and love clothes shopping.

Daily deals

BJs coupon match ups

Free Maalox with you buy Prevacid at Target


Gillette at CVS

Kandoo Wipes at Target

Clorox Wipes at Target

Rite Aid

Well I went to Rite Aid last week...I stocked up on Q-Tips, baby lotion, baby wash etc...I had 11 Up Rewards to use this week!

4 Body Heat 4 ct patches 4.00
2 Lays Stacks 2.00
1 Foam Hair Color 8.99
-4 .50/1 Body Heat Peelies
-3.00 Foam Hair color
-9 UP rewards
.99 oop earned 4 ups for the body heat, 2 for the lays and 2 for the Foam color!!

Friday, February 25, 2011

Grocery deals this week!!




  • White Gem Boneless Chicken – $1.99 lb.
  • Petite Sirloin Steak – $3.99 lb.
  • Whole Boneless Pork Loin – $2.29 lb.
  • Red Seedless Grapes – $.99 lb.
  • Mangos or Avacados – $1
Coke 2-liter bottles – $1
Starkist Solid White Tuna – $1
Banquet Brown n’ Serve Sausage – $1
Prince Pasta – $1

Campbell’s Chicken Noodle or Tomato Soup – $1
Buy 2 and use $0.40/2 Printable
$0.60 each after coupon doubles

Hunt’s Spaghetti Sauce – $1
Use $0.45/1 Printable
$0.10 after coupon doubles

Bertolli Pasta Sauce – 2/$5
Buy 2 and use $1.50/2 coupon from the 2/20 Redplum insert
$1.75 each after coupon

Prego Pasta Sauce – $2
Buy 2 and use $1/2 coupon from the 1/2 SS insert
$1.50 each after coupon

Skippy Peanut Butter – 2/$4
Use $1.00/2 or $.60/1 coupon from the 1/30 RedPlum insert (exp. 2/27)
As low as $0.80 after coupon

Select General Mills Cereal – $2.50
– Golden Grahams, Multigrain Cheerios, Cheerios. Reece’s Puffs, Cinnamon or Chocolate Cheerioss
$0.75/1 Select Chex Cereals printable
$1/2 Cheerios, Original or Honey Nut coupon from the 2/6 Smartsource insert
$1/3 General Mills Select Cereals coupon from the 2/13 Smartsource insert
As low as $1 after coupon

Land O Lakes Margarine or Spread – $1.50
$0.50/1 Select Land O Lakes Product coupon from the 1/9 Smartsource insert
As low as $.50 after coupon doubles
 
Baileys 16 oz. Creamer – $1.69
Use $1.00/1 printable
$0.69 after coupon

Thanks Wicked Cool Deals!!








FREE 2 liter bottle of Sun Drop or Diet Sun Drop – Saturday, February 26, 2011 ONLY w/ in store coupon, one per person, while supplies last

FREE 5lb bag Russet potatoes & 2lb bag yellow onions w/ in-ad coupon wyb any roast
Boneless Shoulder, Top Round, Bottom Round, Eye Round Roasts 2.99/lb

Near East Rice Pilaf or Couscous – $0.88
$1/2 Near East printables – no longer available :(
$0.38 each after coupon

Redpack Tomatoes 28 oz. – $1.29
$0.75/2 Red Gold Redpack Tomatoes
$0.54 each after coupon doubles

International Delight Flavored Coffee Creamer – $1.79
$0.55/1 International Delight Coffee Creamer
$0.69 after coupon doubles

Land O Lakes All Natural Brown Eggs – $2.79
$0.75/1 Land O Lakes Eggs printable (try zip 90210)
$0.55/1 Land O Lakes Eggs 2/6/2011 SS Insert (exp 4/2/2011)
$1.29 after coupon doubles

Mrs T’s Pierogies – 2/$4
$1/1 Mrs. T’s Pierogies printable - try zip 20197
$1/1 Mrs. T’s Pierogies 3/18/2011 All You Mar 2011 (exp 5/31/2011)
$1 after coupon

Buy 2 P&G items save 5.00 details HERE

Daily deals

25% off your total purchase at Gap!

Auntie Annies BOGO pretzel

Chipotle BOGO


Mammoth Crocs 10.00(BUY THESE LOVE THEM!!!!)

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Rainbows and butterflies

Aubreys room needed more attention cause I havent decorated it up enough in there :)



I was wandering around Michaels the other day and saw these cute buttons for 1.00 a pkg!  I figured grab them I can buy something with them!! They also had red, blue, black and white!  I also grabbed the paper at 1.99(yes high for a piece of paper use a 40% off coupon and its not that bad)


I found a color scheme and pattern I liked using similar sized buttons and made my rainbow!







 I used a envelope to make the sides flat!  
I tried to use the Martha Stewart glue pictued above but I am FAR to impatient to wait glue EACH piece down.....

so I used spray adhesive!
DO NOT and I repeat DO NOT touch it after its sprayed..

not that I did :)
I threw it in a frame I may paint a different color come spring and TA DAH!



love it!
 This project would take half a day at most just waiting for the adhesive to set! Took me almost a day and a half since I had to stop in between to take my sweet Casey to get stiches since he fell on his VRRRRRRRR(trucks as he calls them)
poor bubba


Monday, February 21, 2011

BLUE

I got sick of the living room color scheme as I mentioned HERE

I added some blue and brown curtains(excuse the sunning kitty)

I moved furniture and added little pops of blue

tons of pillows just to anger the hubby

Pottery Barn balls, candle sticks and mercury glass LOVE!

Ikea vases with flowers sooo cheap and easy!

Christmas tree shop basket cant decide what I want in it yet :)

Add caption

oops a nest just popped up in my house maybe a sign of spring?!
I dont think I am done yet cause I never am but I really love the pops of blue and brown in the living room.  It seems to make it lighter and brighter!

no fear they dumped a bag full of Valentines craft stuff all over the floor in no time!
PS notice Caseys cheese face!  SOO CUTE! I thought I was stealth with the camera apparently not :)

Target up and up deals

Target Up & Up Coupons = cheap stuff!
From Hip2Save
Up & Up Dental Floss (50 Yards) $0.89
Use the $1/1 Up & Up Oral Care Coupon found here
(This coupon will automatically adjust itself down)
Final cost FREE!

Up & Up Mouthwash (16.9 oz.) $1.37

Use the $1/1 Up & Up Oral Care Coupon found here
Final cost $0.37!

Up & Up All Purpose Cleaner with Bleach $1.37

Use the $1/1 Up & Up Cleaning Product coupon found here
Final cost $0.37!

Up & Up Liquid Dishwashing Gel $2.59

Use the $1/1 Up & Up Cleaning Product coupon found here
Final cost $1.59!

Up & Up Bleach $1.47

Use the $1/1 Up & Up Cleaning Product coupon found here
Final cost $0.47!

Up & Up Dryer Sheets (40 Ct.) $1.37

Use the $1/1 Up & Up Cleaning Product coupon found here
Final cost $0.37!

Up & Up Cotton Balls (100 Ct.) $1.29

Use the $0.50/1 Up & Up Cotton Product coupon found here
Final cost $0.79!

Up & Up Plastic Cotton Swabs (300 Ct.) $1.42

Use the $0.50/1 Up & Up Cotton Product coupon found here
Final cost $0.92!

Up & Up Pantiliners $0.87

Use the $0.75/1 Up & Up Feminine Care coupon found here
Final cost $0.12!

Dress Up

Doesn't every princess wear 1000 bracelets?!


Aubrey has a lot of dress up the normally just gets thrown around the floor and annoys me! So I have been looking around blog land and found a lot of cute ideas for dress up but just wasnt sure what I wanted...
TDC


Felt so cute



Craftiness is not a option

So we drove past Michaels the other day and I saw the little storage crates outside for 12.99 and had a 50% off coupon in hand!  I figured I could work with this 6.xx is cheaper then anything we could make!

it comes plain wood!


We just added two 1x3 to the back side(to the height of her dresses) and added a left over piece of closet pole we had laying around! We used wood glue and screws!



I filled in all the holes with wood filler and sanded everything to make it smooth!





Ta dah!

for crowns, wings, shoes, wands.

all of her dresses, aprons and capes



It was a super quick project!  Took longer to paint them shop and assemble I think!  She loves it and it makes it easy for her to see what she has to choose from!!



Im linked up at Thrifty Decor Chick!!

Sunday, February 20, 2011

Deals and freebies this week!

Free Dove deodorant at Walgreens

Free Goody Elastics at Walgreens

Free EOS lipbalm at CVS

19 cent Halls Cough Drops at Target

Freebies @ Target


Free lightbulb at Market Basket

Free paper @ Staples

Free redbox code

20% off at Michaels

Free Right Guard Body Wash at Rite Aid

Free Hot Wheels at Toys R Us

workout 2/19 and 2/20

I had to a lot to do around the house this weekend and didnt want to leave the house so I decided to grow a pair and run the nasty hills in the cold around my neighborhood.  I was VERY scared and I know the treadmill has made me a wimpy runner compared to the killer hills my neighborhood serves me up!

Saturday:

Run 10 mins walk 2 mins x 4 covered 3.64 miles in 47 mins :)

If you have seen my neighborhood and the hills you would be proud too.  Not to mention the 50 MPH wind gusts!

Sunday:

I ran a quick 1.10 mile!

It was breezy again and I was a little sore from my workout plus I didnt have my mp3 player so I wanted to take it easy!

Almost 5 miles in 2 days though cant beat that!!

Friday, February 18, 2011

Weekly Weigh in Week 18

I was extremly frustrated this week as its been about 3 weeks and the scale hasnt moved much!

I quit weight watchers and just started counting my calories.  I know how much Im burning and try and make a 500-1000 deficit each day to lose 1-2 pounds a week :)  It worked!

I was up a little after Valentines weekend dinner and managed to get down A LOT this week and even lose!!  I am now the weight I was when I was pregnant with Casey :)

I keep looking at my goals thinking I may not go the whole 35 lbs.  I may just start going by how I feel.  I may not be in the healthy bmi range or what not.  But we will see hopefully with the calorie counting I can get the scale moving again and can re evaluate! I'm healthy, and that's all that matters.  Im eating very well, indulging once in a while, exercising the most I ever have in my life.

I spent a lot of time in the gym this week I ran 7.94 miles this week, walked 3 and did the elliptical for almost 4.3!  Plus weights every day!  I am really loving the gym!

Now for the results!

This weeks loss: 2.6

Total weight loss: 28.2 pounds

36.1%

Goals:

10% 
Caseys Pre Pregnancy weight:  2.4 to go!
Summer 2008 goal: 1.8 to go
life time: 35.8  lbs to go!

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

workout 2/16

I did the shred tonight...Jillian Michaels 20 mins of hell!

I did level 2 my fav of all the three levels. 

Apparently doing the shred in hilarious to 16 month olds...Also anytime you do stomach he attempts to crawl over you while you attempt to correctly do the exercize. Also as I do lunges and squats that makes a perfect bridge to crawl under. 

According to my fit bit I lost around 200 calories so it was worth it!!

MORE great deals today!!

Sorry Im catching up on my blogging today and keep finding more and more deals you may want to check out!!

40% off at Gap on Wednesdays

.40 Kraft Mac and Cheese at Walmart

.29 Nexxus Shampoo at CVS

1.37 Clean and Clear face wash at Wags

.49 for Skintimate Shave gel with a bonus razor at Wags

Cheap Green Giant and Betty Crocker at Target

.49 Speed Stick deodorant at CVS

.53 Clorox Wipes at Target

Snapfish freebies

Lots of deals today!!

Free Aquafresh @ Target and Walmart

Free Duncan Hines Brownies at Shaws

Glade, Kraft and more under 1.00 at Target

.08 Propel at Walmart

ROC products 4.49 at Wags


BOGO Yankee Candle large Jars

workout 2/16

It was a rough day yesterday, I didnt want to go but I knew my mom was meeting me there so I had NO choice!  I walked in to find her on the arc trainer of death..yea um NO THANK YOU!  So I said I will just run a quick mile as she had around 15-16 mins left...I shocked myself a ran a quick 11.37 mile :)  Yes thats slow to some but good for me :)

Run 1 mile in 11.37 mins

Weight machines
2 legs
4 or 5 arms

Eliptical 1.8 miles in 18 mins

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Happy Valentines Day!

It was a very nice Valentines Day!  We celebrated Saturday, mom took the kids and we pigged out at a nice yummy dinner at our FAV steakhouse and went to the movies for the first time in over a YEAR!  Jeff bought me two new pandora charms :) 



A running shoe and a heart...He never sneaks out without me knowing and he pulled it off this year...almost!

 Trev worked on his valentines all weekend :)



Then Aubrey and I made a VERY yummy cake! 



It was red velvet with a layer of fudge in the middle



It was enjoyed by all to say the least!!

I got my inspiration for the cake from i am baker

Monday, February 14, 2011

workout 2/14

I went to the gym tonight..I wasn't going to but in a very nasty mood and Jeff suggested I go to let the bitch out as he says :) 

Run 3.24 miles in 40 mins

Walk 1 mile in 17 mins

3 weight machines for my arms did about 150 reps :)

I didnt stay long I wanted to get back home at a decent time tonight yet another busy day tomorrow

Friday, February 11, 2011

Weight Watchers Weekly Weigh in Week 17

I had a pretty good week!  The weekend I was a little EH on my eating but this week I was really good.  I went to the gym Friday, Saturday, Tuesday, Wednesday!  I tried to not eat any of my weeklies and some of my activity and it seemed to work a little better.

I got the FITBIT today and I am very interested to try it..It tells you how much your losing, activity benefits, sleep benefits and more.  Its very small and no one knows I am wearing it.  I am very interested to see how I do this week.


Now for the results!

This weeks loss: 1.6

Total weight loss: 25.6 pounds

35.9


Goals:

10% 
Caseys Pre Pregnancy weight:  2.4 to go!
Summer 2008 goal: 4.4 to go
life time: 38.4  lbs to go!

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Gap outlet BOGO

Just use this coupon

Its gonna take time

Its gonna take time for me to get used to the fact that I am losing weight!  I have been making smart decisions and really trying to make foods I LOVE as low fat or fat free as I can make them.  Its weird to see my counters not covered with doritios, ice cream, cookies and cakes and instead looking pretty damn good!






My legs are showing the most in loss because I have been running since October! Its weird when I run down stairs to see my reflection in the little mirror and my legs just seem SO MUCH SMALLER!





Of course I still have A WAYS to go but I am really getting used to the fact that my body is starting to show all this hard work I have put into it!





I still have 38 lbs to go but it will come off..I finally got the scale to budge this week so hopefully it keeps going  :)  I did hit a plateau and slacked a little on my counting but what do you know when you un slack(is that a word) the scale starts to drop again!

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

workout 2/9

I need to start adding the elliptical in I was a little late so perfect time for me to do it real quick while I waited for my mom to finish up her walk/run workout!

Eliptical 1.02 miles in 10 mins!

Weights
Stomach 10 mins
arms and back 15-20 mins

Run/Walk 3.07 miles in 40 mins!

Im working hard and eating great this week I hope it shows for my weigh in!

DEALS

.47 for Spic and Span at Walmart

Cheap Kraft, Knoor and more at Target

Cheap or Free Clorox Wipes

Garnier for .33 at Wags

Target price cuts on Bounty and Charmin!

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

workout 2/8

Seriously today SUCKED!  It was the worst day ever! I did not want to go to the gym and got there over a hour late!  I felt like crap the whole time but I know I needed to get something in!

Walk/run 2.4 miles
**I got up to 5.8 for a decent amount of time VERY PROUD**

30 min circuit training session!

I earned 10 activity points!

A random link up to deals

Free VS tote bag with purchase

Free Zantac at CVS


Free Snapfish collage just pay 1.99 shipping

Free Excedrin PM at CVS

.25 Electrasol tabs

.64 Pull Up Wipes at Walmart

Monday, February 7, 2011

Free DVD's and MP3's!



Today only (2/7), get a FREE movie rental at Redbox with code FEB7MOVIE.   Find a Redbox location near you here. you.






Get a FREE MP3 Credit from Amazon!  Simpy lick on the right hand side where is says “Redeem a Gift Card or Promotion Code” and add code VDAYMP3S.

Sunday, February 6, 2011

Rite Aid



Transaction 1:
2 Frosted Flakes @ 1.99 each 3.98
1 Osc Adult meds 8.99
Mentos .50
2 Betty Crocker Cookie mixes 4.00
-2/1 OSC printable
-.50/1 Mentos
-2 .40/1 Betty Crocker .80
-1/2 RA VV for Betty Crocker
- 2.00 in RA VV rewards
-10 UP rewards
1.17 oop earned 2 for Frosted Flakes, 4 for the betty crocker and will get 8 dollar back via Rite Aid rebates!!

Transaction 2:
Remote 7.99
-6 UP rewards from above
1.99 oop will sumbit for a 5 dollar rebate!

I also hit my 20 dollar spending goal!  I figure I have actually only spent around 20 dollars to get that 20 dollars back!  Hopefully next week is good at Rite Aid so I can blow that bad boy!
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