Young Marines

Most of you know that Conner is part of the Young Marines program. He has acsended to the rank of Lance Corporal and we are so proud of him. Anyway, I wanted to share a few pictures I snapped while he was at drill this past Saturday...of course I embarrassed him, but that is my job...well sort of ; )

I also wanted to share a picture from the Young Marine's National Magazine "Esprit". For Veteran's Week back in November they hosted a dinner for the local veteran's. Their picture was featured in the national magazine...so that was pretty cool!

You can find more details about the Young Marines program here.

Organic Milk Coupons

For those of you who use organic milk...here are some great coupons! I have not bought organic milk before, but I think I will definitely try some now that I have these coupons. Hayden just started drinking regular milk, so it would probably be much better for him and of course the rest of us too!

Click here for coupon -- Horizon Organic

Click here for coupon -- Organic Valley

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Walgreens Deals

Mom and I went to Walgreens and CVS yesterday and I got some awesome deals. I am trying to get all this figured out with the couponing and the drugstores and I think I am beginning to get it.

So here is what I got:

3 Pkgs of Huggies Supreme Diapers (on sale for $10) (I had $5.00 off 1 pkg coupons for each making them $5.00 each)

1 Refill Pkg Huggies Baby Wipes (on sale for $6.00) (I had $5.00 off coupon making them $1.00)

Garnier Fructisse Shampoo (on sale for $2.99) (I had Walgreen's Easy Savers Catalog for $2.00 making it 99 cents)

Crest Night Time Whitening Toothpaste (on sale for $2.19) (I had coupon for $1.50 off making it 69 cents!)

Hair Bands for Mari Cate's pony tails (on clearance for 75 cents)

Orbit Gum (I had coupon from Walgreens Easy Savers Catalog for 3/99 cents)

Misc Gum (on clearance for 65 cents each)

Diet Dr. Pepper (FREE with coupon HERE)

Reese's Cup (FREE from tear off pad in Walgreens store with purchase of 20 oz. drink product)

So I spent less than $24.00 AND got $10 Walgreen's Register Rewards for spending $25.00 on qualifying Huggies products!! So I can go back and get some more diapers free now!!

I'll share the CVS deals later.

Then I ran by Bi-Lo to pick up a few things that they had on sale and got these for FREE. They are the Beechnut Let's Grow little meals. Hayden really likes these and they are so easy to fix for him. They sell in most places for like $1.16-1.25. They were on sale in Bi-Lo for 5/$5.00 and I had coupons for $1.00 off 1...I had two coupons, so I got both of them free. And by the way, if you don't know already, at Bi-Lo you don't have to buy all the specified quantity to get the sale price. I only bought 2 of these and got them for $1.00 each. If they offer buy one/get one free deals, you can purchase just one and get it for half price. ALSO, they double your coupons (up to 60 cent value---makes it worth $1.20) EVERYDAY. And, on Wednesdays, you get a 5% discount....senior citizens get this everyday, if they sign up for it. What a deal!! I always thought I was getting such a deal at Walmart, and don't get me wrong, I still like my Walmart, but I am learning how much I can save and what better deals I end up getting when I shop elsewhere!! Big thanks go out to my friend, Denise, who "showed me the light"!! : )

Have a wonderfully frugal day!!

Spaghetti Boy

Just had to share a picture of my spaghetti boy. Most of this ended up in his lap--although he tried real hard to get it all to his mouth!! haha At one point his shirt even looked like it had polka dots on it from the little pieces! Notice the paci in the hand--every few minutes it would go back in his mouth like it was helping him or something! I laugh now, but in a months I'll regret that ever giving it to him I'm sure!!

Free $10 in coupons

Would you like to get $10 in free coupons. Go here to Eat Better America to receive a copy of their booklet with $10 in free coupons!

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