Toys R Us In Store Event :)

Toys R Us will be hosting a Pokémon Event on Saturday February 3rd from 12-2 pm.

My boys are super excited about this event.

You will get Free foil card and a poster just for attending :)

This Toys R Us event is FREE but they do ask that you register your child for this event.

Couponing Deals for the week of 01/28/2018

Couponing can be overwhelming and/or time consuming~ I was there.  Completely overwhelmed with coupons and deals.  It doesn't have to be.  My advice to new couponers is to take it slow.  Start by picking up a Sunday paper and focusing on 1 deal for the week.  Soon you will be couponing like a pro :)

If have ECB's and/or Register Rewards, go ahead and apply them to this week's deals to lower your out of pocket expense :)

To keep things super simple, here are my top couponing deals that are $10 and under:

CVS

Deal #1

Hershey single- $2/2

Use $1/2 CVS Coupon Center cpn AND

Use Buy 1 Hershey single get Hershey Gold FREE CVS App cpn- EXPIRES 01/31

Get both FREE :)

Deal #2
Dove hair- $8/2
Use $3/2 CVS Coupon Center cpn AND
Use $3/2 Dove hair from 01/28 RP
Pay $2 plus tax

Deal #3
Crest mouthwash- $4.99
Use $1 Crest mouthwash cpn from 01/28 P&G OR
Use $1 Crest mouthwash CVS App MFR cpn
Pay $3.99 and get $2 ECB- This deal has a limit of 2

Deal #4
Colgate Optic White, Enamel Health or Sensitive toothpaste- $3.99
Use $0.50 Colgate toothpaste cpn from 01/21 SS
Pay $3.49 and get $2 ECB- This deal has a limit of 2

Deal #5
Fructis- $7/2
Use $4/2 Fructis cpn from 01/28 RP
Pay $3 and get $1 ECB

Walgreens
Deal #1
Gain- $4.99
Use $2 Walgreens Clip to Card cpn
Pay $2.99 plus tax

Deal #2
Pantene- $12/3
Use $5/3 Pantene cpn from 01/28 P&G OR Walgreens Clip to Card MFR cpn
Pay $7 and receive 2000 points

Deal #3
Buy 1 Crest toothpaste- $3.99
Buy 1 Crest moutwash- $3.99
Buy 1 Oral b toothbrush- $3.99
Use $1 Crest toothpaste cpn from 01/28 P&G OR Walgreens Clip to Card MFR cpn
Use $1 Crest moutwash cpn from 01/28 P&G OR Walgreens Clip to Card MFR cpn
Use $1 Oral b toothbrush cpn from 01/28 P&G OR Walgreens Clip to Card MFR cpn
Pay $8.97 and get $5 RR

Deal #4
Dove men body wash- $3.99
Use $1 Dove body wash cpn from 01/28 RP OR
Use $1 Dove body wash Walgreens Clip to Card MFR cpn
Pay $2.99 plus tax

Deal #5
Robitussin- $5.99
Use $3 Robitussin cpn from 01/28 RP OR Walgreens Clip to Card MFR cpn
Use $1 Robitussin Walgreens Savings book cpn
Pay $1.99 plus tax

These are only a few of the amazing deals CVS and Walgreens have to offer.  To see more deals and matchups, click here for CVS and click here for Walgreens :)

Our Menu Plan for the week of 01/29/2018

How was your weekend?  We had a wonderful weekend spending time with our wonderful house guests :)

Here is our menu plan for this week:

Breakfast

Overnight Oats with fruit X2

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip muffins with fruit X2

Banana Pancakes with fruit X2

Cereal with fruit

Lunch

Egg Avocado (Egg Salad) with fruit for me

Sandwich with carrots, apple slices, blueberries and grapes for everyone else or leftovers

Dinner

Big Turkey Dinner :) 

Taco Tuesday with corn and salad

Chicken Broccoli Penne with salad

Lemon Garlic Chicken, rice with peas and salad

Homemade Pizza and salad

Tortellini with green beans and salad

Breakfast for dinner

Snacks and Desserts

Apples

Grapes

Bananas

Strawberries

Carrots

Popcorn

Pretzels

Tortilla Chips with salsa

Oatmeal Raisin Bites

Cookies

No Bake Vegan Energy Balls

Chocolate PB Nice Cream

Rice Cakes with PB

Celery with PB and raisin

Walgreens deals for the week of 01/28/2018

Things to keep in mind when shopping at Walgreens:

1) You must have as many items as manufacture's coupon

2) Register Rewards (RR) are considered manufacture's coupons

3) You are allowed 1 manufacture's coupon and 1 store coupon per item

4) When redeeming a Register Rewards against the same offer will not receive another RR

5) Two coupons can be used with Buy 1 Get 1 FREE Sales :)

Check out Walgreens Coupon Policy here:)

Walgreens has a program called Balance Rewards. You earn points you can later redeem. Click here to read more about this program.

Gain- $4.99
Use $2 Walgreens Clip to Card MFR cpn

Dawn or Puffs- $0.99
Use $0.25 Walgreens Clip to Card MFR cpn

Fructis- $7/2
$4/2 Fructis cpn- 01/28 RP

Clairol Nice N Easy root touch up- $6.99
$3 Clairol hair color cpn- 01/28 SS OR
$3 Clairol root touch up Walgreens Clip to Card MFR cpn

Pantene- $12/3 and get 2000 points
$5/3 Pantene cpn- 01/28 P&G OR
$5/3 Pantene cpn Walgreens Clip to Card MFR cpn

Spend $10 on Listerine, Johnson & Johnson or Plax dental and get 5000 points
$1 Listerine cpn- 01/07 SS

Crest or Oral b toothpaste, toothbrush, mouthwash or floss- $3.99~ Buy 3 and get $5 RR
$1 Crest toothpaste cpn- 01/28 P&G OR
$1 Crest toothpaste cpn Walgreens Clip to Card MFR cpn
$1 Crest mouthwash cpn- 01/28 P&G OR
$1 Crest mouthwash cpn Walgreens Clip to Card MFR cpn
$1 Oral b toothbrush cpn- 01/28 P&G OR
$1 Oral b toothbrush cpn Walgreens Clip to Card MFR cpn

Dove Men body wash- $3.99
$1 Dove Men+Care bar or body wash cpn- 01/28 RP 
$1.50/2 Dove Men+Care bar or body wash cpn- 01/28 RP OR

$1 Dove bodywash cpn Walgreens Clip to Card MFR cpn

Robitussin, Dimetapp or Advil Congestion- $5.99
$3 Robitussin cpn- 01/28 RP
$3 Dimetapp cpn- 01/28 RP OR 
$3 Robitussin Walgreens Clip to Card MFR cpn
$3 Advil Congestion Walgreens Clip to Card MFR cpn
$1 Robitussin Walgreens Savings Book cpn

CVS deals for the week of 01/28/2018

Don't forget to....

1) Go to cvs.com/email and sign up for the ExtraCare email

2) Stop by the Red ExtraCare coupon center and get CVS cpns

3) You can use a manufacturer's cpn along with a CVS cpn

4) You can use a B1G1Free cpn along with a B1G1Free sale to get both products for FREE

To view CVS Coupon Policy- click here:) 

Dawn- $0.99
Use $0.25 CVS App cpn

Pantene- $12/3
$5/3 Pantene cpn- 01/28 P&G

Fructis- $7/2 and get $1 ECB
$4/2 Fructis cpn- 01/28 RP

Tide Simply, Downy or Bounce- $2.94
Use $1 CVS App cpn

Spend $10 on Physicians Formula and get $7 ECB

Spend $12 on Sally Hansen and get $5 ECB

Hershey single, eggs, bunny ears, Cadbury eggs or minis eggs- $2/2
Use $1/2 CVS Coupon Center cpn
Buy 1 Hershey single get a Hershey Gold bar free CVS App MFR cpn

Puffs- $0.99
Use $0.25 CVS App cpn

Hershey Valentine kisses or minis- $6/2 and get $1 ECB

Tide Pods, Gain Flings or Downy- $4.94

Spend $10 on ELF and get $4 ECB

Spend $12 on NYX and get $6 ECB

Spend $12 on Rimmel and get $4 ECB

Spend $10 on False lashes or nails and get $3 ECB

Spend $10 on Beauty 360 cosmetic brushes or implements and get $3 ECB

Dove hair- $8/2
Use $3/2 CVS Coupon Center cpn 
$1.50/2 Dove hair CVS App MFR cpn OR
$3/2 Dove hair cpn- 01/28 RP

Crest ProHealth mouthwash or Scope- $4.99 and get $2 ECB- Limit 2
$1 Crest mouthwash CVS App MFR cpn OR
$1 Crest mouthwash cpn- 01/28 P&G

Arm & Hammer Spinbrush or refill- $5.99
Use $3 CVS App cpn

Colgate Optic White, Enamel Health or Sensitive toothpaste- $3.99 and get $2 ECB- Limit 2
$0.50 Colgate toothpaste cpn- 01/21 SS

Schick disposable- $5.99
Use $3 CVS App cpn

Spend $10 on Listerine or Reach and get $5 ECB- Limit 2
$1 Listerine cpn- 01/07 SS

Our Shopping Trip~ 01/24/2018

We dropped Nathan off at church for Youth Group and went to do a quick fill in shopping trip.

Here is our shopping trip details:

CVS
$0.99- Palmolive
$4.99- Persil
$5.98
-3.00 Persil cpn
-0.50 Palmolive CVS App cpn
$2.84- Total with tax

Dollar Tree
$1.00- Razors
$1.00- Apple Corer
$1.00- Sandwich bags
$3.18- Total with tax

Walmart
$3.56- Tortillas X2
$0.92- Lentils
$0.84- Frozen Peas
$4.92- Lettuce X3
$1.15- Bananas
$1.34- Fire Taco Sauce
$1.48- Milk
$1.36- Cucumbers
$1.98- Chocolate Chips
$2.50- Butternut Squash soup
$0.96- Eggs
$2.57- Almond Milk
$1.00- Taco Shells
$24.58- Total

Aldi
$2.98- Strawberries X2
$2.98- Grapes
$0.69- Mac N Cheese
$2.59- Cheddar Party Mix
$7.70- Chicken Thighs
$7.56- Ground Turkey
$3.19- Black Forest Ham
$2.19- Pepperoni
$0.95- Pineapple Chunks
$2.79- Blueberries
$1.19- Italian Seasoning
$2.94- Cucumbers
$1.58- Avocados
$1.99- Cheese Slices
$1.79- 12 Grain Bread
$1.49-  Ketchup
$1.89- Kettle Chips
$3.69- Green Apples
$0.99- Tortilla Chips
$1.29- Pretzels
$2.99- Red Apples
$55.45- Total

This trip will be included in our January Spending Post.  Our January Monthly Spending post is where we document what we spend for the month.

Our Menu Plan for the week of 01/22/2018

How was your weekend??  We had a nice and interesting weekend.  We are so excited to have company for the next few weeks :)  Our son Kevin and his girlfriend have come down to spend a couple of weeks with us.  I am beyond thrilled :)  Our menu plan for this week is going to consist of super easy meals.

Here is our menu plan for this week:

Breakfast

Overnight Oats with fruit X2

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip muffins with fruit X2

Banana Pancakes with fruit X2

Cereal with fruit

Lunch

Egg Avocado (Egg Salad) with fruit for me

Sandwich with carrots, apple slices, blueberries and grapes for everyone else or leftovers

Dinner

Burgers, Hot Dogs, salad and Mac N Cheese

Taco Tuesday with corn and salad

Chicken Parm with mashed potatoes and salad

Shrimp Alfredo with garlic bread, peas and salad

Homemade Pizza and salad

Crockpot Lasagna with garlic bread and salad

Breakfast for dinner

Snacks and Desserts

Apples

Grapes

Bananas

Strawberries

Carrots

Popcorn

Pretzels

Tortilla Chips with salsa

Oatmeal Raisin Bites

Cookies

No Bake Vegan Energy Balls

Chocolate PB Nice Cream

Rice Cakes with PB

Celery with PB and raisin

Couponing Deals for the week of 01/14/2018

Couponing can be overwhelming and/or time consuming~ I was there.  Completely overwhelmed with coupons and deals.  It doesn't have to be.  My advice to new couponers is to take it slow.  Start by picking up a Sunday paper and focusing on 1 deal for the week.  Soon you will be couponing like a pro :)

If have ECB's and/or Register Rewards, go ahead and apply them to this week's deals to lower your out of pocket expense :)

To keep things super simple, here are my top couponing deals that are $10 and under:

CVS

Deal #1

Trident, Stride, Dentyne, Swedish Fish or Sour Patch Kids- $3/3

Pay $3 and get $1 ECB

Deal #2

Softsoap hand soap or Irish Spring bar soap- $5/2

Pay $5 and get $2 ECB

Deal #3

Dove Promises- $6/2

Pay $6 and get $1 ECB

Deal #4

Dawn- $0.99

Use $0.25 CVS App MFR cpn

Pay $0.74

Deal #5

Puffs- $0.99

Use $0.25 CVS App MFR cpn

Pay $0.74

Walgreens

Deal #1

Glade candle, wax melts or S&S refill- $6/2

Use $1/2 Glade cpn from 12/10 SS

Pay $5 and get $1 RR

Deal #2

Gillette disposable razors- $6.99

Use $3 Walgreens App MFR cpn OR

$3 Gillette disposable cpn from 12/31 P&G

Pay $3.99

Deal #3

Tide, Bounce, Downy Unstopables or Gain Fireworks- $4.99

Use $2 Walgreens App MFR cpn

Pay $2.99

Deal #4

Colgate toothbrush, toothpaste or mouthwash- $2.99

Use $2 Walgreens App MFR cpn

Pay $0.99

Deal #5 

Tide Simply- $2.99

Use $1 Walgreens App MFR cpn

Pay $1.99

These are only a few of the amazing deals CVS and Walgreens have to offer.  To see more deals and matchups, click here for CVS and click here for Walgreens :)

Walgreens deals for the week of 01/14/2018

Things to keep in mind when shopping at Walgreens:

1) You must have as many items as manufacture's coupon

2) Register Rewards (RR) are considered manufacture's coupons

3) You are allowed 1 manufacture's coupon and 1 store coupon per item

4) When redeeming a Register Rewards against the same offer will not receive another RR

5) Two coupons can be used with Buy 1 Get 1 FREE Sales :)

Check out Walgreens Coupon Policy here:)

Walgreens has a program called Balance Rewards. You earn points you can later redeem. Click here to read more about this program.

Tide, Bounce, Downy Unstopables or Gain Fireworks- $4.99
Use $2 Walgreens Clip to Card App MFR Cpn

Rachel Ray Nutrish dog food- $6.99
$2.50 Rachel Ray Nutrish dog food cpn- 01/14 SS

Glade candle, wax melts or Sense & Spray refill- $6/2 and get $1 RR
$1/2 Glade Sense & Spray refill cpn- 12/10 SS
$1/2 Glade Plug In, candle or wax melts cpn- 12/10 SS

Spend $15 on Love Beauty & Planet bath or hair care and get 5000 points

Gillette disposable razors- $6.99
$3 Gillette disposable Walgreens Clip to Card MFR cpn or 
$3 Gillette disposable cpn- 12/31 P&G

Colgate toothpaste, toothbrush or mouthwash- $2.99
$2 Colgate Walgreens Clip to Card MFR cpn OR
$1 Colgate floss tip or 360 toothbrush cpn- 01/07 SS
$1 Colgate Total, Optic White, Enamel Health or Sensitive toothpaste cpn- 01/07 SS
$1 Colgate mouthwash cpn- 01/07 SS

Lil Critters or Vitafusion- $9.99
$3 Lil Critters or Vitafusion cpn- 01/14 SS

Centrum- $9.99
$4 Centrum Walgreens Clip to Card MFR cpn OR
$4 Centrum cpn- 01/07 RP

Tide Simply- $2.99
$1 Tide Simply Walgreens Clip to Card MFR cpn