Mommin' It Up!

October 25, 2008

I Love Coupons: the Musical

In the past couple of weeks, I’ve conducted two different coupon classes (one with a part 2 scheduled soon!) and I’ve been invited to do a third. Plus I’ve given one private lesson to my friend Elizabeth. What I’ve discovered through this is I LOVE TEACHING PEOPLE ABOUT COUPONING!! It’s really fun. I look forward to doing it again soon, but I think I may need to work on my presentation a little bit. I’m thinking maybe sequins and a few musical numbers should be involved? Anyone wanna jump in and help me write some coupon love songs? No? Oh well…

Anyhoo, here’s what I scored at CVS this week! I also went to Walgreens but my #@!& Register Rewards didn’t print, reminding me again why I hate Walgreens. So once again, I have resolved to just using Walgreens coupons at CVS, since my CVS takes competitor q’s!!

Just for Men $7.99
2 Brach’s Candy Corn $1.29 each
Excedrin $1.99
Powerade $1.69
2 Funlights $.99 each
Total = $16.23

Coupons:
CVS $3/$15
$2 off Just for Men manu q
$2 off Excedrin manu q
$3 off Excedrin CRT
Total = $6.23
I paid with 5.29 in ECB and paid $1.11 cash and got back 14.24 ECB! 7.99 for Just for Men, 1.69 for Powerade, 1.98 for the funlights, and 2.58 for the candy corn! Plus I sent in for the full rebate for the Just for Men so I’ll get back a $7.99 check! YES!!

This one I just did to make the $$. 🙂
3 Pert Plus $3.99 each
1 Colgate scented toothbrush $2.99
Frappucino $1.99
Total = 16.95
Coupons:
CVS $3/$15
3 $1 off Pert Plus manu q’s
3 $2.50 off Pert Plus Walgreens Easy Saver q’s (my store takes these)
$2 off Colgate toothbrush CRT
Total = $1.45
I paid $1.63 cash including tax, used zero ECB and got back 7 ECB!! 5 for the Pert and 2 for the toothbrush. HOLLA!!

Finally, my favorite steal of the week!

2 Huggies Jumbo packs $9.99 each
2 Huggies wipes $2.79 each
Total = $25.56

Coupons
$5/$20 Walgreens q (thanks for putting this out Friday, Wags!)
$2 off Huggies manu q (home mailer)
$1.50 off Huggies q (home mailer)
$3/2 Huggies wipes q (home mailer)
$3 off Huggies diapers and wipes Walgreens q (sent to me by a friend)
Total – $11.06
Paid with 10 ECB and paid $2.14 cash and got back 10 ECB! Now that, my friends is the way to buy diapers and wipes!!

Hope you all had fun with coupons this week! For more great savings, check out CVS Superstars at the Centsible Sawyer and Super Savings Saturday at Money Saving Mom!

October 24, 2008October 24, 2008

Good Save, Babies R Us!

I am thrilled to report that Cribgate ’08 (thanks Lori!) has been resolved.

I just received a call from the regional vice president of Babies R Us. He had read my post last night and was very apologetic about the experience we had, and he is going to fix it.

He’s arranged for me to bring back the old crib tomorrow and exchange it for a new (and safe) one. I am so glad. Sammy will be glad, too, when he no longer has to sleep in a pack ‘n play!

The whole problem was that I was given misinformation the first (and second) time around. The recall issue can be fixed with additional hardware, so if you have one of these cribs, you can go here and have the part sent to you. No crib disassembling required!

So a big thanks to Babies R Us for rectifying the situation I faced, and a big thanks to all of our readers for your support.

October 24, 2008

Mama’s Got a Brand New Gig

Blissfully Domestic staffers get crazy at BlissDom ’08

When I returned from BlissDom ’08 on Sunday, I returned with more than just some great blogging tips and some new friends. I also returned with a job offer. Alli, Mrs. Fussypants, the brains and beauty behind Blissfully Domestic, grabbed me at the end of the day and shocked me by asking me to become the new editor of the Blissful Style Channel at Blissfully Domestic. Whoa! I was totally flattered and humbled and after she batted her perfectly-mascared eyelashes at me and plied me with a pink sugary drink, I agreed to think it over. After praying about it and talking to my hubby and this nutjob (who happens to the editor of the Photo Bliss channel), I decided to take the leap and say, “I’m in!”

So, I am now the editor of the Blissful Style channel at Blissfully Domestic! {squeals and jumps up and down!} I’m nervous and excited, and a little nauseous, and mostly just really happy to be a part of it. And hopeful that I don’t screw anything up or overwhelm myself. Or make Fussypants mad. ‘Cause she is real good at Photoshop and I really do not want my head on a gun-totin’, American-flag-bikini-wearin’ body. (Although on a fully-clothed Gisele Bunchen would be just fine, Alli dear.)

If you are a loyal reader here at Mommin’ It Up, I hope you’ll become a regular reader at Blissfully Domestic also! Especially the Style Channel! I have some great contributors writing for Blissful Style and I hope I can count on you to show ’em some LURVE. I’ll still be writing as well as editing!

Of course, things are not going to change here at Mommin’ It Up. Emily and I will still ~~hassle~~ banter with each other and bring you the same ~~vomit-inducing~~ exciting content we always do. And while we’re on the subject of bloggy business, Em and I have been doing lots of reviews at Reviewin’ It Up! If you haven’t been over there in awhile, you’ll want to go read about my favorite new children’s book, a product that’s helping my hubby lose weight, and one of Emily’s favorite breastfeeding products.

Thanks for reading, as always! We love our readers! You make our bloggy wishes come true everyday. Now have a great weekend and insert congratulatory comments here:

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(OH! P.S. my BFF Luanne is back to blogging. She took an *ahem*extended break but would now love for you to come visit her and give her a shout out here at her blog! Thx!)