This Week at CVS…

So, there were no super-hot deals at CVS this week that had me excited…UNTIL I heard there was a “hidden deal” money-maker on Neutrogena bars, at which time I ran out the door to find some! One of my CVS stores had already been wiped clean, but I was able to find a couple at my other favorite store! So I got these:

made 4 bucks on this

Which are $2.99 each. So, my total was $5.98 before tax. I paid with a $5.98 ECB, paid ZERO out-of-pocket, and got back 10 ECB for buying two Neutrogena items! These bars weren’t supposed to be part of the deal, but they were. YAY! I like making $4 for buying stuff.

I also had some stuff I actually needed to get, that I got at the first store.

78 cents atCVS

Milk $2.99
Huggies $8.99
Two Colgate $5.98
Venus Razor $7.99

Total = $25.96

Coupons: $5/$25 Rite Aid coupon (my CVS takes competitor q’s)
Two $1 off Colgate manu q’s
$1.50 off Huggies manu q
$2 off Venus manu q

Total = $15.46
I paid with ECBs, I can’t remember how many exactly, but around 15, and I paid 78 cents cash and got back 9.98 ECBs – 4 for the Venus and 5.98 for the Colgate. Not bad for getting milk, diapers, and a fancy razor!

Well that’s all for me this week! Hope you all did great too! To see how everyone else did, check out CVS Superstars at the Centsible Sawyer, Super Savings Saturday at Money Saving Mom and Shopping Superstars at the Thirfty Mama.

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It’s a Cow Thing.

The conversation Kate and I had while she and Sammy were in the tub the other night is one for the books. Or at least for the blog. It went something like this:

Kate: Mommy! Sammy’s pottying in the bath!!

Me: No he’s not, Kate.

Kate: Yes he is! I saw it! I saw it come out of his… his… his cow thing!

Me: His what?

Kate: His cow thing! You know, the things cows have!

Me: Kate, cows don’t have those. Well, I guess some cows do, but… [don’t worry, Andy already informed me that cows do not in fact have them, and if they did, they’d be called bulls.]

Kate: Yes they do. The things milk comes out of.

Me: Well that’s not what Sammy has. That’s how Sammy goes potty.

Kate: I KNOW. AND HE WAS POTTYING IN THE BATH.

Me: Maybe it was milk.

Kate, full of disdain: Mommy.

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Things I Love Thursday – My Car

It’s Things I Love Thursday over at the Diaper Diaries, and today I am playing along with an ode to my car. My wheels. My vehicle. My transportation. I DO love it so!

mah wheels 1994's finest

My car is a 1994 Lexus LS 400. (I like to call him Mr. Miyagi as he is old and Japanese.) That’s right, I drive the finest luxury money could buy in 1994. JEALOUS? Well, you should be! It’s a sweet ride. We bought it in 2003 when I was pregnant with Joshua and at that time it had 242,000 miles on it. Why would we buy a car that old and with that many miles on it? Because my hubby is an auto technician at our local Lexus dealership and he knew it would run forever if we took care of it. Six years later it now has 296,000 miles on it and it still runs great! We have had very minimal repairs on it over the years. Hubby just replaced the springs in the back and my car is only the SECOND car in the nineteen-year history of his dealership to have those replaced. Because, they are made so well that they just don’t break!

Now I have to give credit where credit is due. Lexus is made by TOYOTA, so if you buy a nice old or new Toyota and take great care of it, it will also last you forever. My high school & college car was a 1987 Toyota Camry station wagon which made it to 304,000 miles. My hubby these days drives a 1992 Toyota Camry station wagon(I *heart* station wagons!) that has over 200,000 miles on it to date. These vehicles rock!!

Emily & hubby also own two Toyotas. Though hers were both actually made in this PRESENT decade, they should also last her family FOREVER.

So: to sum up, my car rocks, will run FOREVER, and is completely paid for. Big party this summer when it hits 300K, and you are ALL invited!

And also, if Lexus or Toyota wants to give me a new one to see how many miles I can put on IT, that would be totally cool!

I love my old car! To see what makes other people’s hearts go pitter-patter, go visit the Diaper Diaries.

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