CVS Good Deal of the Week

I went a little off plan this week on my CVS trip. As always, my first stop is that magical little coupon printer/price checker thingy. I got a $10/$50 coupon (Woot!), a $1 off CVS brand water coupon and a $2/2 any CVS brand nuts coupon. So I had to incorporate those into my shopping today.

My haul:

(2) 1” Vinyl Binders
(2) Packs Filler Paper
(2) Paper-Mate Pens
(2) Small note-pads
(2) CVS brand cashews
(1) CVS brand Pantiliners
(1) Gallon T.G. Lee milk
(4) Izze carbonated fruit drinks (I drank one already - YUMMY!) - BOGO this week
(1) Case CVS brand bottled water

Coupons used:
(1) $1/1 any T.G. Lee product (printable available HERE)
(1) $2/2 any CVS brand nuts
(1) $1/1 CVS brand water

I had to trek to 4 different CVS’s (and still didn’t get everything I wanted); used a total of $16.84 in ECBs and paid a total of $3.19 OOP. Got back $15.85 in ECBs to spend next week!

For the $5 Challenge (starting with $0 ECBs):

Scenario 1
(2) Speed Stick Pro - $2.99ea - $5.98
- (2) $1.50/1 Printable coupon available HERE (coupon only available in select Zip codes)
Total OOP: $2.98
ECBs Earned: $4 from Speed Stick

Scenario 2
(1) 24-ct Pencils - $1.99
(1) Paper-Mate Pens - $.99
(1) Filler Paper - $2.00
- $4.00 ECB from Scenario 1
Total OOP: $.98
ECBs Earned: $1.99 from Pencils, $.99 from Pens, $2 from Paper

Scenario 3
(1) Filler Paper - $2.00
(1) 1” Vinyl Binder - $3.00
- $4.98 ECB from Scenario 2
Total OOP: $.02
ECBs Earned: $2 from Paper, $3 from Binder

Scenario 4
(1) 24-ct Pencils - $1.99
(1) Paper-Mate Pens - $.99
(1) 1” Vinyl Binder - $3.00
- $5.00 ECB from Scenario 3
Total OOP: $.98
ECBs Earned: $1.99 from Pencils, $.99 from Pens, $3 from Binder

TOTAL OOP: $4.96
and you'll still have $5.98 ECBs to spend another day!

Check out Alyssa's $5 CVS Challenge at Keeping The Kingdom First for more ideas on how to maximize your dollar at CVS.

Wordless Wednesday - Views from a drive - Put into words

So, last week sucked. I'm finally feeling more like myself although my voice is still stuck in mouse mode.

Last week, I posted pictures from our drive for Wordless Wednesday, but I wanted to give the story behind them.

Last Sunday, Hubbster and I participated in a mileage test drive with the Audi Club of Florida. We are geeks like that and do love our Audi's. Most of the other cars were newer, but we represented with our 2001 A6 2.7T. I do love my car, but those Q7 TDi's make me want. 40-something MPG! And soo pretty.



Some other Audi's that were driving with us:



Another Q7 TDi:



View of down-town Tampa from I-4 (or maybe this was on I-275?):



We all stopped at this AMAZING German bakery in this teeny little town called Yalaha. The bakery is called (appropriately) Yalaha Bakery. I had potato pancakes and they made me remember eating them when we lived in Germany - got the applesauce to go with, of course.
Anywho - while waiting outside for our group to re-hit the road, I was following this beautiful butterfly around. He posed for me:




And I'm not sure where this was exactly, but somewhere on our way from Yalaha to Altamonte Springs we crossed this bridge and it was just purty:



It's not often Hubbster and I get to go out and just take a drive anymore. The kids get bored in the car (which leads to annoying us), gas prices are crazy, just trying to find the time. But this is something that we have always enjoyed, so it was great being out, windows down, no rush, just enjoying the ride and the scenery.

Wordless Wednesday - Views from a drive

For more Wordless Wednesdays, visit HERE.

Tuesday Heads or Tails

The theme/prompt for THIS week, July 14, is:

HEADS - "Pile"

Make any kind of post using any version of the word "Pile" as your theme/prompt.

The first thing that comes to mind are the piles of laundry waiting to be cleaned that I have absolutely *no* energy to do. I've been sick for the last 2 days and I think today is the peak, hopefully tomorrow will be better. I hate having to do household chores when I'm not feeling well.


Visit the Heads or Tails blog for more!

Menu Plan Monday

Forgot to put the chicken out in enough time to defrost completely yesterday, so we ended up eating out. :( Other than that, menu went pretty well last week.

Monday: Baked chicken with roasted new potatoes and fresh green beans (from last week).

Tuesday: Chicken & Veggie kabobs served with rice and BAS (using left-over chicken from Monday).

Wednesday: Grilled cheese sandwiches with fruit smoothies. Girls asked for this to be added every week, it's quick and easy - all depends on what fruit is in season.

Thursday: The girls have a bowling league in the late afternoon. We will either have dinner at my moms or Stuffed Shells left-overs from the freezer. This is a quick, easy recipe that makes more than enough for freezable left-overs.

Friday: Cheesy Baked Ziti with BAS. This recipe is so easy, quick and yummy. And there's always enough for left-overs.

Saturday: Free Night! No plans.

Sunday: Burgers (beef for hubbster, veggie for the girls & I) and corn on the cob on the grill with BAS and some type of beans.

Check out Organizing Junkie for more menu ideas!

CVS Good Deal of the Week

Not bad for $1.16 OOP, huh? Pretty sure this is a personal best for me.

(2) 5-subject Notebooks
(2) 1-subject Notebooks
(2) Rulers
(2) pairs Scissors
(2) bottles school Glue
(3) packs Paper-Mate Pens
(1) Gallon T. G. Lee Milk
(1) Gillette Fusion Razor
(3) bottles Tylenol Arthritis

Coupons used:
(1) $4/1 Gillette Fusion from 7/5 P&G
(3) $2/1 Tylenol Arthritis from 5/17 RP
(1) $1/1 any T.G. Lee product (printable available HERE)

I had $22.99 in ECB that I used towards this and split it into 2 transactions. Spent $1.16 OOP and got back $23.95 ECBs!

I plan on going back this week for the free 6 x 8 Photo Book and possibly the Benefiber/Maalox deal.

I brought me sister with me this week to CVS. She's never done the "whole coupon thing" (her words), so we planned out a few scenarios for her to get all the free after ECBs items with $5 or less OOP.

Scenario 1
(1) Tylenol Arthritis - $3.99
(2) 1-subject Notebooks - $.99ea - $1.98
- $2/1 Tylenol coupon from 5/17 RP
Total OOP: $3.97
ECBs Earned: $1.98 from Notebooks, $3 from Tylenol

Scenario 2
(1) Tylenol Arthritis - $3.99
(1) pair Scissors - $2.99
- $2/1 Tylenol coupon from 5/17 RP
- $4.98 ECB from Scenario 1
Total OOP: $0
ECBs Earned: $2.99 from Scissors, $3 from Tylenol

Scenario 3
(1) Tylenol Arthritis - $3.99
(2) bottles school Glue - $.99ea - $1.98
(3) packs Paper-Mate Pens - $.99ea - $2.97
- $2/1 Tylenol coupon from 5/17 RP
- $5.99 ECB from Scenario 2
Total OOP: $.95
ECBs Earned: $2.97 from Pens, $1.98 from Glue, $3 from Tylenol

Scenario 4
(1) Ruler - $.99
(1) pair Scissors - $2.99
(1) Gillette Fusion Razor - $7.99
- $4/1 Gillette Fusion from 7/5 P&G
- $7.95 ECB from Scenario 3
Total OOP: $.02
ECBs Earned: $.99 from Ruler, $2.99 from Scissors, $4 from Gillette

Scenario 5
(2) 5-subject Notebooks - $3.99ea - $7.98
-$7.98 ECBs from Scenario 4
Total OOP: $0
ECBs Earned: $6 from Notebooks

TOTAL OOP: $4.94
and you'll still have $6 ECBs to spend another day!

Check out Alyssa's $5 CVS Challenge at Keeping The Kingdom First for more ideas on how to maximize your dollar at CVS.

Update number 1: We're doing really good with the making of beds. I've even got the girls in on it and they are making their beds everyday as well.

Update 2: Not so much. Haven't even started with the daily exercises. Ugh - I am in total fail mode. Maybe I'll just start the 30 day for this challenge tomorrow. (How's that for procrastination?)

Any one wanna join on the Bed Making 30 Day Challenge?