Mommin' It Up!

February 14, 2009February 14, 2009

The Stockpile Has Landed

I didn’t do ANY CVSing this week. Never darkened the door! There just weren’t any sales exciting enough to get me in the door. Shocking, I know. Hopefully this coming week will be better! I did, however, hit a super-awesome sale at Meijer! Here’s what I got:

It took me five transactions, but I got all of this – over $110 worth of groceries (at sale prices) for just $48.01! I got 24 boxes of Chex Mix/Fiber One bars, and at $2 apiece, those alone would have cost $48 without coupons. Every time you bought five boxes of these, you got a coupon back for $3.50 off your next order. I had coupons for $1 off (some that went to $1 when doubled) for all of these, so I’d pay $5, get $3.50 back, and then use that coupon to buy my next batch! On my last transaction I got 4 boxes, so I have a $2.50 coupon to use next time I go to Meijer. 🙂

I also got six boxes of cereal, five 6-packs of Yoplait kids yogurt, a bag of frozen chicken tenderloins, milk, pasta, frozen chicken nuggets, bananas, bread, five Lean Cuisines, Chex Mix, a fmaily size Hershey’s syrup (woot!), and two jars of Skippy peanut butter!

I haven’t had a haul this good in a long time, so I was really excited. Hope you all did great too! To see how everyone else did, check out Super Savings Saturday at Money Saving Mom and Shopping Superstars at the Thirfty Mama.

February 12, 2009February 11, 2009

And I’m Spent

I just can’t seem to get back in my grooooove since getting home from BlissDom. My house is a wreck. I barely have any clean clothes. I only actually cooked dinner once this week so far. And now here I am, the night before homeschool co-op, when I have to have all Joshua’s valentine’s stuff ready for the party there, and I’ve got nothing accomplished. My hubby is making brownies for me to take because I forgot until approximately 9 p.m. tonight that we were supposed to take a treat to share in addition to the valentine’s and the box to put the valentine’s in. We got a flat tire tonight on the way to my parent’s house for dinner which resulted in us not getting home til about 8:30, which resulted in me having to postpone my grocery trip. So I’ll be running to the local McDonald’s tomorrow to get lunch for us to eat at co-op. ‘Cause Lord knows we don’t have anything in the house I can pack for us!

I need to get back to my routine, back to making my lists and actually crossing things OFF of them, back to going to bed at a decent hour, back to sweeping the living room floor once in a while.

How do I find my way back? What do you do to get back in the groove after a vacation or big event? I need someone to TELL ME WHAT TO DO! Boss me around, it’s ok, I like it!

February 11, 2009February 12, 2009

Lest We Forget to Say “Thanks”…

Ok, I SWA-EAR this will be my last post on BlissDom, but Emily and I would be remiss if we forgot to thank the great sponsors who made BlissDom possible. So, please give these companies some LOVE because they care about what bloggers and their readers (i.e. YOU) think!

So here, we go, time for some SPONSOR LOVE!
First up, Lands’ End. They provided us with the SWEETEST swag bag – the actual bag was one of their totes! HOLLA!

They also gave us a free shipping code to share with our readers! It’s Promo Code: BLISSDOM and PIN: 2175 – it expires this Sunday the 15th so use it FAST!

Next, we have Little Debbie, who supplied a never-ending pile of 100 Calorie snacks to keep us happy between session! And the Little Debbie DUDES who were there were SO NICE!

My favorite, favorite thing in the swag bag was a gift certificate good for up to $50 for a FREE pair of CROCS shoes! Now it has been well-documented that I love Crocs! So I am super-stoked about that, and I already ordered my FREE shoes! Here are the Crocs I wore to the PJ Party at BlissDom, my Malindi Leopards. I LOVE them!

And here are my YOU by Crocs I wore to both cocktail parties, the Positano:

Another sponsor that was really helpful at BlissDom was the Geek Squad! They were there to help us with all our technical difficulties and make sure we were all able to connect to the hotel’s wi-fi. ‘Cause a blogger with no internet is like a junkie without crack, ya heard??

Wal-Mart was an event sponsor and gave away THREE iPod Touches. And even though I did not win one, I am still thankful for their sponsorship, and for that of the other BlissDom sponsors: Lijit, RGM, Care.com, Sony Music, New Line Records, Wind Up Records, and Blue House Blogs (wazzup DAISY!) – THANK YOU for making such an amazing event possible! You’ve just made the blogosphere a whole lot happier!