Happy Valentines :)

Well, I started writing a post but decided that it wasn't the most "uplifting" one, so I chose not to post it over all. I started over, hoping to get more of a "positive" post written :)

Saturday was Valentines Day! Love is in the air --- right! It should be! Everyone should be happy, in love, and life should be fun!

I kind of had the attitude of "feel sorry for myself," because of all that was going on, but looking back tonight, I am grateful for my family and for the great weekend that it was!

Hubby and I started our Valentines on Friday night. I have been craving Rubio's for dinner for quite sime time now, so he took me there. It was nice because we weren't able to get out of the house until after 7:00 pm, and the movie we wanted to go to started at 8:00. I didn't think there was any way we were going to be able to make it and eat, and get there on time, but .... to our surprise, Rubio's wasn't as busy as we thought it would be. We got in, ordered, ate, and had time to get to our movie! We actually got to sit and enjoy each other and eat Yummy food for about 40 min.!!!
After dinner, we took off to the movie theaters and went and saw "Taken." What a GREAT movie! Perfect date night out! We got home and the kids had behaved :) and then we sat and watched a movie with all of them.
Saturday morning, the kids got up early. They were excited to see what the Valentine Cupid had brought them :) (They know the cupid is mom and dad)!!! So dad got up with them and passed out their Valentines. Sami got the movie 13 going on 30, and a palatypus webkinz; Jaren got $5 and a dragon webkinz; and Justin got a puppy webkinz and a fishy lilkinz! They were all so excited.
Jaren had made Valentines for Daddy and I, and Justin gave us his giant Valentine Heart Envelope he made in Kindergarten to carry his Valentines in :) Sami made us breakfast in bed! Yummy waffles and pop tarts :) It was so sweet!
The rest of the day was kind of -- just another busy day. Clean this and that up, play with friends, play on the computer, spend time at the hospital, work on sharing time/baptism stuff, and watch movies. :)
Like I said. I was glad that we celebrated Friday night, since our Sat. got turned up side down and I'm really excited for Feb. 27th, Mark and I get to go do a refresher class on Scuba Diving!!!
Hope you all had a Great Valentines Day!

Couponing!!!

Okay, so here's my excuse for not keeping up with my blog . . . I've been using all my spare time to figure out this coupon business.

Thought I'd share some of my "good buys" with you all :)

This was a couple weeks ago, at K-Mart. They were having a double your coupon, up to 25 coupons. I got all of this for around $30.00, saving about $70.00. I know the toothpaste was free, and the trail mix bars were free. I paid $.49 cents for the razors, $.49 cents for the Halls, and $.49 cents for the Max Factor Lipstick. EVERYTHING on this table was on SALE and bought with a double off coupon.

Albertson's is having a Double Your Coupon (up to 4 coupons) week. So . . .

Dixie napkins, 200 count, are on sale for $1.99. If you have the coupon, it's $1.00 off, plus double, so you get them FREE. That's right FREE!

Kids Loreal Shampoo/Conditioner is $1.99 If you have the coupon, it's $ .75 off, plus double, so you get it for $ .49 cents.

I paid only $1.53 for 2-200 packs of napkins, and 2 kid loreal shampoo's. (A $13.18 savings)

Poptarts are $2.50 for the 12 count. If you have the coupon, it's $ .50 off, plus double, so you pay $1.50 for each of them.

Dannon Fusion Yogurt Shakes are 5 for $5.00, then you get Dannon La Creme (4 count) Free. You use your $1.00 coupon and you get 5 shakes and the Dannon La Creme for $3.00

I bought 8 poptarts (12 count), 2-200 packs of napkins, 10 Yogurt Shakes, and 2-4count La Creme Yogurts for $18.92. (A $36.80 savings)

Chinet paper plates are $2.50 each (2 for $5), the big plates 25 count, and the little plates 35 count. With the $1.00 off coupon, plus double, you pay only $ .50 cents for each of them.

Malt-o-meal cereal was 3 for $7.00, plus an instant $4.50 off when you buy a milk ($2.39).

I paid only $13.62 for those 9 items. (2 big plates, 2 small plates, milk, 3 cereal) (A $21.62 savings)

This is all I've gotten so far, but if you look at their add, there are SEVERAL things you can get.

You can end up paying $ .30 cents for 15 count Totino Pizza Pockets. Also you can pay like $1.50 for a Macaroni Grill Dinner kit (buy 2, and get $2.00 off of chicken).

Several great deals out there. I am loving ever minute of it! My kids still aren't out of cereal from the last big trip I did (getting cereal for $ .47 cents a box).

Smiths also had a great deals! I just learned that you can download certain coupons onto your Smiths Values Card, which then, if you have another coupon, it could be double.

They're having a buy 10 certain items, and get $3.00 off instantly. That's saving $.30 cents on each item. I bought 20 items and paid $17.00. I saved $21.00.

That was buying 8 boxes of Ritz Crackers, 6 Banquet Dinners, 4 cans of Ravioli, and 2 boxes of Cherrios. (I paid only $ .19 cents for each box of cereal; only $1.38 for each box of Ritz Crackers).

So there you have it. It does take some time to clip the coupons, to look through the ads, etc. But ... with everyone doing it, we all have a GREAT support group, and everyone helps everyone know about and learn all the great deals.

You should try it! I dare you!!! E-mail me if you're interested or have any questions :)