Yay! Estelle's here!

Wow, I haven't posted in a long time! Keenan is out of school and it seems like we have been busy :)

The big news however, is that Estelle and Frances are here for a visit and boy, are we excited!! I haven't seen Frances for a whole year. I will be sharing the love though, as we will be coming to the family campout this weekend. And yes, I have lots of food and goodies to bring, hehehe...

What have you been up to?

RiteAid loves to give me stuff!

The sale price on all this stuff is $62 and some change. The toothbrushes are $4.99, the Listerine $3.99, John Frieda Heat Defense $4.99, Blinks eye drops $7.99, Old Spice body wash 2/$7, Aveeno moisturizer $3.49, Aveeno soft hold gel-cream $4.99, Gilette razor $9.99.

I paid $10.61 and submitted scr's for $12! RiteAid gave me all this stuff and $1.39 cash!!

Keenans track meet

Keenan got (2) second place ribbons this year at the Regional track meet. One for 100 meter dash and one for hurdles. Yay Pookie!!

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Hopefully you have checked out the "buy 8, get $4 instant savings by now! I happen to have a couple of free coupons that went along with this promo.

To get yours go to KraftFirstTaste.com and register.

Mine are for
Free Explosion Mac and cheese
Free Koolaid Fizz (Olivers fav!)
Free Kraft homestyle Mac n cheese
Free Digiorno Deep Dish Pizza
Free Kraft 100 Cal packs cheese bits
Free Crackerfuls (these are surprisingly good)

Since 2 of the 8 items I purchased were free (the mac explosion and 1 of the crackerfuls) I basically got $4 off the remaining 6 items.

Zingers $1.49 used $1 mfr
Crackerfuls used $1 mfr
used set of 4 doubles

paid .24

I love getting the mail!

Almost daily I get goodies in the mail. Either checks, good coupons or samples. Today I got a full size Revlon lipstick and a coupon for a free Tropicana o.j.

Can't wait to see what comes tomorrow :)

What does $22.97 look like?

The first picture is what i would spend if I just went into the store and spent $22.97. The next picture is what I actually got for $22.97! (click on the picture to get a better look)

What do you think, is couponing worth it??

Unexpected Walgreens purchase

I went back to Walgreens tonight (hey, it's just up the street..)to check out a John Frieda haircare deal I heard about but when i got there it didn't appear to be what I expected. I figured since i was there I might just pick up a thing or two, haha!

aquafresh toothpaste was freee (see next post, then go get some!)

Kotex u, $3.49 used $1 mfr

Neutragena, (2 facial bars @2.69 each and a make-up wipes remover $7.99)used (3) $1.50 mfr from Safeway monthly coupon book

4 Reach toothbrushes .99 each
1 Reach floss .99
used (3).50 mfr, (1) $1.50/2 mfr

Paid with $10 RR from juvicare and $2 RR Ecotrin aspirin and $1.40 cash

Recieved $10 RR Neutragena and $2.50 RR Kotex!

Still hoping to score that John Frieda....we'll see ;)

-$1.40 at Riteaid :)

I'm especially happy about this deal because I have a raincheck on these supplements and they finally got a couple! I really like the "energy" formula.

supplements cost $19.95 each, (with rewards card, now $17.99 for me!)I used my raincheck for b1g1 and used (2) $10 off mfr from insert, so they were free.
I used a $5/$20 so now I am at a negative $5, I need to get buying something!

*Clearasil $5.29 ($4.76 w/ rewards card)
used $2 video values (riteaid.com)
$3 mfr
paid .-23
*2000 flushes 2.99 used $2 mfr from all you mag
paid .99
*spot shot carpet cleaner 2.99 used $2 mfr
paid .99
*kids coppertone sunscreen sale 8.99
used $2 in-ad
$3 video values
$2 mfr
paid $1.99
*Bengay 5.39 with rewards card
$5 mfr printed
$2 Ritead q
paid -1.60
*Tresemme $3.50
used b1g1 free
used $2 video values
paid 1.50 for 2
*Sure deoderant 2.99 on sale b1g1 free
used $3/2 mfr
both free

paid -1.40 plus $3.94 sales tax (shopped in Washington)
outta pocket $2.54

Rolling those register rewards at Walgreens=FREE STUFF!

Here is one of the deals I got at Walgreens this week..all FREE.

The Nivea body wash sells for $5.99 but was on sale for B1G1 free. I used my $4 off Nivea coupons (we didn't get these in my local paper so I bought them on Ebay for abt $1). That means that very each pair I purchased it created an overage of $2. I bought 10 so I had $10 I needed to spend so I bought the Rejuvicare hair and nail supplements (endorsed by the Kardashians..hmmm) for $10. Now I'm at the zero mark. That product offered a $10 RR! The Aquafresh toothpaste is .99 cents each and I used a $2/2 mfr I clipped from the Safeway Monthly coupon book so they were free too. The Luster 7 tooth whitener is $5 this week with a $5 RR back. I paid for it with a RR from last week so snagged it for free (paid with a $5 RR and got another $5 RR) The Ecotrin aspirin is on sale for $2 with a $2 RR and i used a $2 mfr on them so i made $2 on each one I bought. After buying all this stuff for free I got $14 back! ($10 for supplements and (2) $2 for the aspirin)

A weekend of Love...

Brian and Brenna celebrated their recent marriage with a family get-together at the Dolphin Marina in Washougal and Jason and Jacki had a lovely wedding in Canby, Oregon. Congratulations to the happy couples!