7.18.2011

Menu Plan Monday








Monday ~ fish sticks, mac & cheese, green beans

Tuesday ~ beef tortellini, salad, cheesy bread

Wednesday ~ french toast, scrambled eggs, sausage links

Thursday ~ turkey pot pies, fruit

Friday ~ leftover buffet

Linking up with Org Junkie...check them out for more recipes!

7.14.2011

{razor} sharp deals!

There are some "razor" sharp deals at Walgreens this week! ;) I was excited to see the EOS register reward deal. I have tried a sample of the shaving cream and just loved it. So I jumped on this deal. When I got to the store I noticed that the shaving creams had razors attached to them....so an even better score! If you do this deal, check to see if you can find any bottles with razors attached too!

Buy 1 Women’s 6 Blade Razor System at $3.99, Get $3.99 Register Rewards
Free after Register Rewards

GUM Dental Care (2 pk) Toothbrushes or Floss at $2, Get $2 Register Rewards
Free after Register Rewards

Buy 2 EOS Shaving Cream and Lip Balm at $3, Get $4 Register Rewards
$1 each after Register Rewards

Finish Electrasol, 20 pk or Jet Dry, 8.45 oz $3.49, Get $1 Register Reward
$.50/1 – Finish Electrasol gel pacs – (homesolutionsnews.com)
$1.99 after Register Reward

Angel Soft 9 big roll toilet paper $4 {no deal but we needed toilet paper!}

I like this new feature on Krazy Coupon Lady of Walgreens Extreme couponing. The idea is to try and keep your out of pocket to $5 or less...depending on the deals. This week they went a little over. I like this idea but I don't always have the right coupons that they highlight for the deals or don't need/want what they are getting. So I am just using it as inspiration!

So this week I tried to keep my out of pocket as low as possible. I did 3 transactions and rolled my register rewards. I bought the Walgreens razor and toothbrushes first, and paid $6.38. I then used the $6 register rewards I got from that transaction to pay for the 2 bottles of shaving cream...so only change for the tax out of pocket that time. Then I used the $4 register rewards from the shaving cream towards the toilet paper and dishwasher tabs. I paid a little over $3 on this transaction....spending just over $10 this week and have a $1 register reward to use next time.

If I wouldn't have broken up the transactions I would have paid about $20 out of pocket and then had all the register rewards to use another trip. I have done this in the past so either way works, just depends on how you want to play the drug store game! I really liked pre-planning my trip this time and rolling the rewards in the same trip. Sometimes there aren't always deals I want each week so this way I have less register rewards to keep track of and worry about expiring!

Let me know what great deals you score this week!

7.13.2011

{living} in new colors...

We have been talking about repainting our living/dining area for awhile now. So over the 4th of July weekend we dove right in!

Here is what the walls looked like before. We really loved the green but have been living with it for 10 years now....so it was time for change!
Little Bit was so excited to paint....here she is going to town with the paint brush. She wrote letters, drew pictures and just plain had fun!

We are loving the finished look. The color is a brownish yellow color...called Wood Lily. If you are a Stampin' Up fan I think it is most similar to So Saffron! ;)

So....with new paint color comes updated decor! I decided to go with a beachy theme with yellow and blue accents. I tried to repurpose things from other areas of the house or from storage as much possible.

On the mantel I used some blue Ball jars...one filled with lemon heads and the other some yellow flowers. I also added a family pic from one of our trips to the beach. Twine balls also have a beachy feel to me...so I used quite a few of those throughout the room. Books are also a great way to add height....I tried to chose titles and spines that matched the theme.

On top of our bookcase I have my favorite pic of Little Bit's first time on the beach! I also have some shells and a twine ball. For some height I used another blue jar and added some long twigs. I then tied some twine around the top of the jar.

Here's a close up...I'm really loving this!

Lemons add the perfect yellow touch inside a black wire basket. {Lemons are from the Dollar Tree!} More shells, twine balls, and books round out this sofa table display.

Last but not least....the mirrored shelf. I spelled SUMMER with scrabble tiles...love using them {have you used them in your decor yet?!}! The shelf also holds a jar of shells, twine ball and blue vase found at Dollar General.

7.12.2011

scrap club {april}

I have been playing catch up on some scrapbooking this past week! Here is my take on the April scrap club layout. Such fun spring themed paper and accessories were used in putting this kit together! I used it to highlight my grandparents 60th anniversary party...


You can see Jamie's layout here. To find out more information about the 2011 kits check out Jamie's Stamping Cafe.