Shopping this Week

 I thought I'd give you a new backdrop today instead of my dark wood dining room table.  Today it's the bright and cheery architectural drawings from My Man's office.  :)

Today was an interesting shopping day at Walgreens because I got tons of things that were not on my list.

My plan was to get Menopause Relief Tabs for $10 and get a $10 RR so they would be free.  They were out of those so I might check back.
Second on my list was Kotex U tampons for $3.99 getting $3 back in RR and I had a $1 off coupon making them FREE!
Third on my list was Psoriasis Relief cream for $5.00 getting $5.00 back in RR making them FREE!

Then I passed the clearance aisle.  I found Disney princess polly pockets for $1.60 a piece.  I took them all - all 6.  Not only would my girls love these, but they would make great gifts.  Then they had packs of Starburst for 33 cents each.  I got 6.  The Fish Sticks will get a big treat today at the baseball game.  The mint M&M's were also 33 cents so I got 6 of those for later surprise treats.  The grape Twizzlers were 63 cents a pack and I got 6 of those for later use.  Last I got packs of Dentyne gum for 33 cents each and got 8 of those.

So although these clearance items were unexpected, I only spent about $20 for them and they will go into the stock pile.

In CVS I got 3 American Greeting cards, choosing only the 99 cent cards, because I got $3 ECB back, making them FREE.  The Blink eyedrops were $8.99 with a $8.99 back in ECB but I found one box on the shelf with a $4 off coupon attached to it, so I made $4 from that purchase.  The Dream Water Supplement was $5.79 with $5.79 back in ECB making them FREE as well.  The U by Kotex was $3.99 with $2 ECB back and I had another $1 off coupon making them only $1 for the box.  My Man just found out that Children's Allegra is bringing him great relief from his horrible allergies (Oh if only I knew that 6 months ago!) and so they had them on sale for $9.99 each and I had a $2 off coupon.

In sum, all the items you see above (minus the Allegra) cost me nothing and I made $3!  Not bad.

We have a wrap up with baseball season this week plus standardized testing 3 out of the 5 weekdays, so posts might be slow this week, but they are all in my brain and I hope to get them out to you soon.  I want to tell you about my new favorite, ultra-healthy recipe, my attempt at ancient Roman pudding making in homeschool, a post about cleaning house and one dear to my heart right now about over-commitments.  Oh yea, and I hope to run in Harris Teeter this week during testing time to grab some freebies from super double weeks if they aren't wiped out already.

Until later...