WFMW: CVS Brand!

In all my CVSing over the past few months, I’ve discovered some CVS brand products that I really like. Being a total cheapskate, I’m always one to go for the generic, but there are some areas where generic just doesn’t fly. If any of you are new or soon-to-be CVSers, I thought I’d share with you some CVS brand products that work for me!

Let’s start in baby care!
cvs-diapers.jpgI really like CVS brand diapers! And not just because Jill’s daughter is on the package! These pictured are the “Supreme” and I have also used the kind called “Explorers” and I like them both. My favorite is still Pampers, and you can often get name brand diapers cheap as free at CVS, but if you don’t have any coupons and the CVS brand are on sale, go for it! That being said, I do not like the Playskool brand diapers. Playskool is a CVS brand, and those diapers just haven’t worked well for Sophie. They may work well for your kid, if you wanna give ’em a try, but the CVS brand seem to work better for us. I do however, looooove…
playskool-wipes.jpg Playskool wipes!
They were on ECBs in March so I bought about 4,387 packages of them. Seriously I have so many it’s ridiculous! But I really like them. They are very cloth-like, not too wet, not stinky at all, and they get those buns clean. So, I highly recommend them! And, you can get a $1 off coupon for them here. (you have to register to print the coupons, but you can print as many as you want! Yay!)

playskool-cups.jpgI also really like these Playskool Wash & Toss Cups
playskool-straw-cup.jpg and the Playskool flip top straw cup. The lids to the Wash & Toss fit with the First Years Take & Toss also so that’s nice, if you already have those kind!

On to household items!
cvs-trash-bags.jpgI really am very, very, VERY happy with these CVS Kitchen trash bags! I’ve never met a store brand trash bag that I liked until I met these! They are every bit as good as the Glad brand we had been using, and they even have a deodorizer in them that works quite well! Good job on these CVS!

cvs-slider-bags.jpg These CVS slider storage bags are also really good quality. We have had no problems with them whatsoever! They do what we need them to and appear to be just as tough as national brands.

And finally, I’ll end my review with personal care.
cvs-hand-lotion.jpg I am very happy with this CVS brand Advanced Healing Lotion. I leave it next to my kitchen sink since I wash my hands about 4,821 times a day. It really moisturizes well and it stays on! You can feel it working but it’s not greasy.
cvs-hand-sanitizer.jpg Lastly, I’ll showcase this CVS spray hand sanitizer. It looks like a pen and fits neatly in your purse or pocket! It’s really convenient and has aloe in it so it’s not drying! Also, since it’s a fine mist that sprays out, it doesn’t run off your hands like the slippery gel you’re used to with hand sanitizers. These are great, I definitely recommend picking a couple up!

Allright, those are some CVS brand items that work for me! For more tips, check out Works for Me Wednesday at Rocks in my Dryer!

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I Rocked Kroger’s Mega-Sale!

Kroger is having a mega, mega, mega-sale this week so I am joining in the fun at Money Saving Mom and showing you all how I worked it! I got all this, which rang up to $46.17:

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for $14.77!!!

Kroger’s Mega-Sale is a promotion where if you buy 10 of certain items, you get $5 off your order. You could do this up to 3 times per order. I had coupons for the Welch’s juice, Hot Pockets Calzones, Betty Crocker potatoes, Hormel Chili, and Lipton side dishes. Everything I bought was part of the promotion except the bananas and canned fruit. After the promotion, my total went down to $31.17, and after coupons, $14.77. I was GIDDY when I left the store!!

So get to Kroger and work that Mega-Sale!! To see how others worked it, check out Money Saving Mom’s Kroger Mega-Sale carnival here.

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No April Fools Here, Just April THRILLS

Happy April everybody! I for one am glad to kick March Madness out the door. For you see, ever since March 7th, the night of the Great Blizzard of ’08, someone has been sick in my house. First Joshua, then Sophie, then last week Bobby’s butt was kicked by a bronchial infection, and now it’s my turn. I’ve got a sore throat and ears but no fever or anything that could qualify me for a “real” illness, that would necessitate days in bed resting or a prescription that would net me a $25 CVS gift card. Nooo, I’m not that lucky. But anyhoo, we have a lot to look forward to here at Mommin’ It Up in April. So stay tuned!

First of all, Emily is going to thrill us by having another baby!! And more importantly, once it is born she will no longer be able to hide the gender from me! Hallelujah! The suspense is really killing me on that one, but now we have new drama. Will the baby turn on time? Will Emily have a vaginal birth or c-section? Induced or scheduled? OR will her water just break? I’m on the edge of my seat!!

Mid-month, I’m going to be taking an adventure of my own. I’m going out of town for two days. Like, way out. On an airplane. BY MYSELF. With no hubby or babies!! Now since I am a big baby myself and haven’t flown in five years, I am already sweating about whether I will survive the plane ride, and if I DO, how will I EVER make it from the airport to the hotel BY MYSELF with no car??? Such things terrify me!! Can I handle it or will I just crumple up into the fetal position at baggage claim? Since Sophie shows no signs of weaning, will she survive while I am gone? More importantly, will her tempestuousness and longing for Mama KILL my husband while I am gone? Will I be able to pump enough while I am there or will my breasts explode and flood my entire hotel with milk? The cliffhangers are just myriad in numbers, my peeps!

One more April Thrill to look forward to: after Emily pops that baby out, we are going to have a really awesome contest to celebrate! That’s right, it’s a Baby’s Birthday Giveaway and you are gonna LOVE it. I know you will all be racing to leave your comments on the contest post as soon as you see it!

So thanks for sticking with us through the March Madness! But let’s move on to April Thrills together!

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