Mommin' It Up!

July 5, 2010

Amazing Groupon $100 Shabby Apple credit for $40!

I just did a little online shopping!! It was my first experience with Groupon and wow was it a good one! Today there is an AMAZING deal – $100 of credit to Shabby Apple dresses, which I ADORE! Not only do they have beautiful dresses like the ones I wore to Blissdom a couple years ago, they also have maternity and little girl dresses too, and they are so unique and gorgeous! I am so excited! Here’s how to get this deal:

1) Sign up for an account at Groupon here

2) Change your city to Indianapolis – that’s the city this Groupon is being offered through, but anyone can buy it!

3) Enter your info and purchase! Your credit will be ready to use in 2 days. I am SO EXCITED, I am gonna get myself a gorgeous maternity dress for a great price! Woohoo!

I heard this from Mommy Snacks who heard it from the Queen of Free. Thanks ladies!

July 5, 2010July 5, 2010

Hot Dogs and Helping Hands

This past Saturday I had the privilege, thanks to the Motherhood.com. to be a co-host at the Hebrew National “Better-than-a-Picnic ” Picnic in the Cleveland area. It was SUCH an amazing event, I wanted to share a bit with you.

Me likey coupon for free Hebrew National product!

Hebrew National offered free hot dogs, drinks, and fruit to all the picnic attendees. And we asked attendees to bring donations of hygiene items to make care packages for the soldiers (thanks to the USO of Northern Ohio for packing and sending them for us!) and the women and children in recovery at the Hitchcock Center for Women in Cleveland.

Some of the items our picnic guests donated

We also had a station where kids (and grown-ups) could make crafts for the folks we were collecting donations for. They could make thank-you cards to go with the USO packages for our soldiers:

And decorate mini-canvases with inspirational sayings for the women and children at the Hitchcock Center:

My friend Heather of Domestic Extraordinaire and her lovely daughter the Chicken with their canvas creations

Of course there was also lots of other picnic fun to be had! My favorite was the mechanical bull. Which I abstained from since I’m a prego, but I REALLY wish my friend Mommy Snacks had been there to ride! It’s her specialty!

And of course there were super-yummy Hebrew National kosher all-beef HOT DOGS! These dogs are so good even the lady getting married across the street couldn’t resist coming over to the park to get one!

It was an amazing day full of fun and giving back. Thanks so much to Hebrew National and the Motherhood.com for making me a part of it, and for my amazing co-hosts Tesa, Tricia, and Grace, and Emily from the Motherhood.com for making it such a great event!!

July 4, 2010

My 4th of July Shopping Trip

It’s just not a holiday unless I can score some sweet deals. So, I ran out to Rite Aid and CVS this morning. There’s a new printable $5/$25 Rite Aid coupon that I wanted to make good use of. Here’s what I got!

First stop was Rite Aid:

Gilette Fusion ProGlide $9.99

Renu Sensitive contact solution $7.29 (twin pack wow!)

Comtrex $5.99

Oral b toothbrush $2.49

total =$25.76

coupons:

-$5/$25 Rite Aid printable

-$ 2 Gilette Fusion from 7/4 P&G

-$2 Oral B toothbrush from 7/4 P&G

-$2 Renu printable

-$2 Renu Rite Aid video values coupon

total =$ 12.76 + tax and I got back 7 +UP rewards, 2 for the toothbrush and 5 for the razor. Also I will get back $7.29 single check rebate for the Renu and a $5 single check rebate for the Comtrex. So the total profit for this visit is about 6 bucks. WHEEEE!

Next to CVS. I keep my brother’s family stocked with some of their favorite items (my brother will ONLY use Charmin Ultra STRONG toilet paper – I do not want to know why!) so since many of them were on ECB today I went for it. I got some nice SURPRISES at the coupon scanner too! A $5/$20 good that day only and a $1 off Bounty paper towels good that day only! whee again!

Bounty $6.99

Tide $5.97

Charmin $5.49

Venus razor $9.97

Soothees gel pads clearance $3.00 (GREAT price on these! and I think I will be needing them in a few months, oy.)

total = $31.42

Coupons:

-$5/$20 from CVS coupon scanner

-$2 off Bounty from CVS coupon scanner (got last week)

-$1 off Bounty from CVS coupon scanner (got today)

-25 cents Bounty from P&G insert

-25 cents Charmin from P&G insert

-$2 Venus razor from P&G insert

-$1 Tide from P&G insert

total = $19.92

paid with 6 ECB, paid $13.92 + $1.85 tax, so $15.77. Got back 8 ECB, 5 for the razor, and 1 each for the Tide, Charmin, and Bounty.

Happy Independence from paying full price Day! How did YOU celebrate?