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Oh Rite Aid. You Never Fail me!

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I am a happy girl after this Rite Aid visit today! First of all, I saw reader Amy at Rite Aid! I also know her from church and mutual friends. It is always fun to see a fellow deal-seeker out and about. And Amy clued me in to a great deal! There was an AVENT manual breast pump in the 75% clearance bin, which she pointed out for me. So this breast pump, which was originally $45.99, was marked down to $8.99. WOW. I had this version before and you know, gave it away since I thought I was “done” and I loved it then. So I was psyched to get it! Plus, I will be reviewing this Philips AVENT electric breast pump after Jonah is born and I am glad to have a manual pump that is compatible!!

So, it was a great find.

And mommas, if you need diapers this week get thee to Rite Aid!  Huggies Jumbo packs are $8.99 with THREE +UP Rewards!  There are $2.50 printable coupons and there were $2 off coupons in today’s Smart Source!  So that’s like $2.99-$3.49 after coupon and +UP Rewards!!

And here’s how I worked my deal:

2 Huggies diapers $8.99 each = $17.98
AVENT breast pump clearance $8.99
total = $26.87

coupons:
– $5/$25 Rite Aid printable
-$5 two $2.50 off Huggies printables from coupons.com
-$ 10.99 +UP Rewards from last week’s transactions
= $5.98 + $1.54 tax = $7.52 out of pocket AND I got back 6 +UP Rewards, 3 each for the Huggies!! SO my net expense was $1.52. SERIOUSLY!! So excited!!

What are YOU buying at Rite Aid this week??

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I’m Having a Party!

A few weeks ago I posted about how I was looking for some great books for Joshua to read.  And, you, my faithful readers did not let me down with some great advice!  He’s now really enjoying the Magic Tree House series.  Before I posted that, however, I had decided to host an Usborne Books party, because some of Joshua’s favorite books like this one about Dinosaurs and this one about Reptiles are Usborne Books!  And they make my absolute FAVORITE books for babies and toddlers, the “That’s not My...” series of touchy-feely books (we have Baby, Lion, Dinosaur, and Dolly!), and I want to start building a library of those for Jonah.

So, I wanted to extend the offer to you, my readers, to enjoy Usborne as well!  You can place an order through my party link here and your books will be shipped right to your door!  All you have to do is order by midnight on Tuesday, November 16th.  And since you’ll be ordering online, you can take advantage of Usborne’s internet-only specials and closeouts which are 40-70% off!!  Lots of great books like this one, 365 Things to Make and Do which is only $4.92, are cheap cheap cheap!

So, get holiday book shopping here at Usborne and get some great books for your little ones and it will help me earn some books for mine!  Feel free to pass this link along to grandparents or friends who might want to order too.

Happy Reading!

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Why I Love Twitter

Tuesday morning I dumped a ham in the crockpot before work and was looking forward to an easy dinner. I had planned to make some mac & cheese (yes, the blue box. We are klassy like that) and broccoli, and maybe some rolls (have you tried the yeast rolls in the freezer section? They are good!).

However, my leisurely attitude about dinner quickly turned into panic when I was about five minutes from home. My husband called me to say he had a friend over helping him fix our outside faucet (that had been leaking for a month. Our grass is quite green!) and since we had a ham in the crockpot anyway, he’d invited him and his two kids to stay for dinner.

Well, yes, we did have ham… but it was the stuff that goes with the ham that we didn’t have. So instead of going home, Sam and I pointed the car toward the grocery store.

I bet you’re wondering what this has to do with Twitter, aren’t you? Here’s where Twitter comes in.

As we headed to the store, I (stopped at a red light, I might add) tweeted this:

By the time I pulled into the grocery store parking lot, a solid 90 seconds later, here’s what I saw.

Five brilliant answers from five people I don’t even know. How cool is that?

But it didn’t stop there. As I wandered down the mac & cheese aisle (I had to get the family sized big box to accommodate our guests. Did you know that it calls for a stick of butter? omg), I saw this tweet:

So I’m all:

I told you I was klassy.

So then VDog’s like:

Then Jennifer jumps in to help a sister out:

Which made VDog glad that not everyone in the fly-over states is a complete moron:

And I showed my gratitude to them both:

And then the OTHER Jennifer jumps in to tell me how to make this cous cous stuff:

MEANWHILE, I’m having a simultaneous conversation with ShaRhonda, that went something like this:

Keep in mind that all this took place while Sam and I were making a mad dash around the grocery store, and within a span of 15 minutes.

That is why I love twitter.

I had a need and instantly – instantly – multiple people were there to help out.

It wasn’t anything important, but I know that if I tweeted “Help! I’m lost in Chicago and can’t find my way back to the hotel!” or “omg Kate just fell out of a tree and I don’t know if I should take her to the ER. Is the bone sticking out a bad sign?” that my Tweeps would respond back immediately with directions or advice or prayers or whatever.

That, my friends, is why I love Twitter.

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