Walgreens deals for the week of 03/04/2012

Things to keep in mind:
You must have as many items as manufactur's coupons
Register Receipts (RR) are considered manufactur's coupons
You are allowed 1 Manufactur's coupon and 1 store coupon per item
Cannot use RR printed from item to pay for same item and get RR's again~
For example- If you were to purchase Colgate for $3 and get $3 RR, if you purchase the Colgate again and use the RR's earned from the 1st Colgate purchase you will not earn the RR's again

Planters Nut-rition, deluxe whole cashews or mixed nuts- $9/2 and get $1 RR
$1.50/2 Planters peanuts cpn- 01/29 SS
$1 Planters Nut-rition cpn- 01/08 SS

$10 RR when you buy $40 of the following:
Olay Regenerist micro-sculpting cream, serum or wrinkle revolution- $21.99
$1 Olay Regenerist facial moisturizer cpn- 03/04 P&G
Cover Girl cosmetics- B1G 50% off
$1 Cover Girl cpn- 03/04 P&G
$1 Cover Girl lip or eye cpn- 02/19 RP

Clairol Nice & Easy foam- $7.99 and get $1 RR
$2 Clairol hair color cpn- 03/04 P&G
$3 Clairol Nice & Easy foam cpn- 02/26 SS
$2 Clairol hair color cpn- 02/26 SS
$2 Clairol hair color cpn- 02/12 RP

Schick Hydro- $9.99 amd get $4 RR
$4 Schick Hydro Silk or refill cpn- 02/26 SS
$4 Schick Hydro Power Select cpn- 02/26 SS
$2 Schick Hydro cpn- 02/26 SS
$2 Schick Hydro cpn- 02/12 SS

Gillette Fusion ProGlide Styler- $19.99 and get $5 RR
$3 Gillette Fusion ProGlide Styler cpn- 02/05 RP

Crest 3D White Whitestrips- $54.99 and get $5 RR
$5 Crest Whitestrips cpn- 02/27 P&G

Johnson & Johnson baby care and Desitin- $6/2 and get $2 RR

Pampers Jumbo- $20/2 and get $2 RR
$1/2 Pampers or $1 Pampers Box cpn- 03/04 P&G

Align- $28.99 and get $4 RR
$3 Align cpn- 03/04 P&G

Kotex- $9/3 and get $3 RR

Allegra- $17.99 and get $2 RR
$4 Allegra cpn- 02/26 SS

Spend $15 and get $4 RR on the following:
Wal-dryl, Cold, Sinus or Allergy- $4
Walgreens Ibruprofen, pain reliever, or childrens pain reliever- $5
Walgreens All day pain relief or mucus relief- $7
Wal-fex or Wal-itin- $9

Spend $12 and get $2 RR when you buy Sinex, Dayquil, Nyquil or Nature Fusion- $6
$2 Sinex spray cpn- 03/04 P&G


Claritin- $19.99 and get $3 RR
$4 Claritin cpn- 03/04 SS
$4 Claritin cpn- 02/05 SS- EXPIRES 03/04/2012

Zicam- $11.99 and get $2 RR
$2 Zicam cpn- 10/23 SS

Saline Mist- $5 and get $5 RR

Spend $10 and get $5 RR when you buy Advil or Thermacare
$1 Advil or Thermacare cpn- 01/29 RP


$10 RR when you buy Accu-Check Aviva monitor or Lancets

Lime-away, Lysol toilet, kitchen, mildew remover, all purpose or bathroom- $5/2 and get $1 RR
$1/2 Lysol Toilet cleaner or automatic toilet cleaner cpn- 02/05 SS
$1/2 Lysol bathroom, all purpose or kitchen cpn- 02/05 SS

All detergent- $9.99 and get $1 RR
$1 All cpn- 03/04 RP

Air Wick scented oil refill- $6/2 and get $1 RR

Colgate Total Advanced toothpaste- $3 and get $3 RR
$0.75 Colgate toothpaste cpn- 02/26 SS

Softsoap bodywash- $6/2 and get $3 RR
$0.50 Softsoap bodywash cpn- 02/12 SS

Spend $15 and get $5 RR when you buy Frucits- $10/3
$1 Fructis cpn- 02/05 RP

CVS deals for the week of 03/04/2012

Don't forget to....
1) Go to cvs.com/email and sign up for the ExtraCare email and receive a $4/20 cpn
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:)

Spend $30 and get $10 CVSCash card on the following:
Almay cosmetics- B1G 50% off
$1 Almay cpn- 02/05 SS
Milani cosmetics- B1G 50% off
Sally Hansen cosmetics- B1G 50% off
$1 Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure cpn- 02/05 RP
$1 Sally Hansen Salon Effects nail polish strips cpn- 02/05 RP
Garnier Nutrisse foam- $7.99
$2 Garnier Nutrisse foam cpn- 03/04 RP
$2 Garnier Nutrisse foam cpn- 02/05 RP
Lumene Time Freeze, Vitamin C or Sensitive Touch- $14.29
Boost- B1G 50% off
All laundry detergent- $4
$1 All cpn- 03/04 RP
Lysol cleaner, wipes or Neutra Air- $5/2
$1/2 Lysol Toilet cleaner or automatic toilet cleaner cpn- 02/05 SS
$1/2 Lysol wipes cpn- 02/05 SS
$1/2 Lysol bathroom, all purpose or kitchen cpn- 02/05 SS
$1 Lysol spray cpn- 02/05 SS
$1 Lysol Neutra Air cpn- 02/05 SS
Scott bathroom tissue- $2.99
Blue Diamond almonds- $5/2
$1 Blue Diamond almonds cpn- 01/29 SS
Frito Lay Munchies or Doritos- $6/2

Gold Emblem jelly beans- $0.99 and get $0.99 ECB

Oral B Vitality toothbrush- $24.99 and get $5 ECB- Limit 2

Crest 3D White or ProHealth rinse- $4.99 and get $2 ECB- Limit 2

Oral B Power toothbrush or refill- $19.99 and get $5 ECB- Limit 2

Crest 3D White Whitestrips Intensive Professional Effects- $54.99 and get $10 ECB- Limit 2
$5 Crest 2 hr express, professional effects or intensive professional cpn- 02/27 P&G

Gillette Venus razor- $9.99 and get $5 ECB
$2 Gillette Venus, refill, disposable or Daisy disposable cpn- 03/04 P&G

Olay Regenerist kit or treatment- $23.99 and get $3 ECB
$5 Olay ProX or Regenerist facial moisturizer cpn- 03/04 P&G

Olay Regenerist facial kit, Total Effects Tone or UV moisturizer- $20.99 and get $2 ECB
$5 Olay ProX or Regenerist facial moisturizer cpn- 03/04 P&G
3/2 Olay facial moisturizers, cleanser or hair removal cpn- 02/12 RP

Spend $10 and get $3 ECB Cover Girl face, eye or lip
$1 Cover Girl cpn- 03/04 P&G
$1 Cover Girl lip or eye cpn- 02/19 RP

Olay bodywash, bar or Total Effects bodywash- $6.99 and get $2 ECB
Buy Olay facial cleanser and get Olay bodywash free cpn- 03/04 P&G
$2 Olay bar, bodywash or in shower lotion cpn- 03/04 P&G

$3 ECB  when you buy Colgate Multipack toothbrushes, Regular, Total or Advanced Whitening paste- Limit 2
$0.75 Colgate toothpaste cpn- 02/26 SS
$0.75 Colgate toothbrush cpn- 02/26 SS

CVS Jumbo diapers or training pants- $6.99 and get $2 ECB

Frucits hair care- $10/3 and get $3 ECB
$1 Fructis cpn- 02/05 SS

Spend $15 and get $5 ECB on the following:
Dove Men+Care bodywash- $5
Dove or Degree mist or deodorant- $7/2
Dove or Caress bar soap- $6/2
Vaseline lotion- $5.99
Axe- $9/2
$1 Axe bodyspray or deodorant cpn- 02/12 SS
Axe hair stylers- $12/2

Spend $30 and get $10 ECB Loreal skin product
$1 Loreal skin cpn- 03/04 RP
$5 Loreal Youth Code kit cpn- 02/19 RP
$1 Loreal skin care cpn- 02/19 RP
$1 Loreal skin care cpn- 01/29 RP
$3 Loreal Youth Code cpn- 01/22 RP

Spend $10 and get $3 ECB Maybelline eye or lip- Limit 4
$1 Maybelline mascara cpn- 03/04 RP
$2 Maybelline lip cpn- 02/05 RP
$1 Maybelline mascara cpn- 02/05 RP
$1 Maybelline mascara cpn- 01/08 RP

$10 ECB when you buy 2 Prevacid- $25
$7/2 Prevacid cpn- 03/04 SS
$3 Prevacid cpn- 03/04 SS

Prilosec- $24.99 and get $5 ECB
$2 Prilosec cpn- 03/04 P&G

Bengay Zero Degrees- $10.99 and get $2 ECB
$5 Bengay Zero Degrees cpn- 03/04 RP
$2 Bengay cpn- 01/08 SS

Zantac- $7.99 and get $2 ECB
$2 Zantac cpn- 02/12 SS

Revitalens- $8.99 and get $3 ECB
$2 Revitalens cpn- 03/04 SS
$2 Revitalens cpn- 02/05 SS

Allegra- $17.99 and get $4 ECB
$4 Allegra cpn- 02/26 SS

Spend $15 and get $5 ECB CVS cosmetics, hair, skin, deodorant, oral, shave or trial & travel

$7 ECB when you buy Abreva
$3 Abreva cpn- 01/29 RP

Claritin- $26.99 and get $3 ECB
$4 Claritin cpn -03/04 SS
$4 Claritin cpn- 02/05 SS


Spend $20 and get $5 ECB Friskies, Pedigree or Purina
$0.50 Friskies cat treats cpn- 02/19 RP
$0.50 Friskies Indoor or Plus Adult cpn- 01/15 SS
$1 Friskies cat food cans 20ct, (2) 12ct or 24ct cpn- 01/15 SS
$0.50 Friskies dry cat food cpn- 01/15 SS
$1/2 Friskies Crispes cat treats cpn- 01/15 SS
$1/2 Pedigree treats for dogs cpn- 03/04 RP
$1 Pedigree dog food cpn- 03/04 RP
$1 Pedigree Little Champion pouch variety, 8 or 12ct, $1/6 single or cans cpn- 03/04 RP
B2G1Free Purina One dog food can cpn- 02/26 SS
$2 Purina One dry food cpn- 02/26 SS
$2 Purina Beggin 25oz+ cpn- 02/26 SS
$1/2 Purina Beggin 6oz or smaller cpn- 02/26 SS
$1 Purina Busy cpn- 02/26 SS
B4G2Free Purina Beneful tub cpn- 02/19 RP
$2.50 Purina Beneful cpn- 02/19 RP
B2G1Free Purina One wet cat food cpn- 02/05 SS
$1 Purina One cat food cpn- 02/05 SS
$2/12 Purina Mighty Dog cans cpn -02/05 SS
$1 Purina T-Bonz or Tiny T-Bonz cpn- 02/05 SS
$0.75 Purina cat or kitten chow cpn- 02/05 SS
$2/2 Purina Busy cpn- 01/08 SS
$2/2 Purina Beggin cpn- 01/08 SS
$1 Purina Alpo Come & Get it cpn- 01/08 SS


Spend $12 and get $3 ECB on the following:
Mars Easter egg or bunny single- $1/2
Mars Easter minis- $6/2
$1/2 Mars Easter cpn- 03/04 RP
Snickers eggs- $6/2
$1/2 Mars Easter cpn- 03/04 RP
Starburst, Skittles, LifeSavers or Crazy beans- $6/2
M&M Novelty- $3/2
Wrigley Novelty- $6/2
Easter Dove- $6/2
$1/2 Mars Easter cpn- 03/04 RP
Easter M&M's- $6/2
$1/2 Mars Easter cpn- 03/04 RP

Oreos- $7/2 and get $1 ECB

Pepsi 12pk- $12/3 and get $2 ECB

Red Baron deep dish pizza 2ct or DiGiornio- $10/3 and get $1 ECB

Softsoap bodywash or bar soap- $7/2 and get $5 ECB
$1.50 Softsoap bar cpn- 02/12 SS
$0.50 Softsoap bodywash cpn- 02/12 SS

$4 ECB when you buy Revlon eye or lip- Limit 6
$1 Revlon color cosmetic cpn- 01/29 SS- EXPIRES on 03/04/12

Revlon nail- $4.79 and get $3 ECB- Limit 6

January & February 2012 Goals Update

I never got a chance to update our 2012 goals for January.  So, I thought I would include both January and February goal reviews in this one post.

Here are our 2012 Goals: (in no particular order)

1) To not eat out or at least to not pay out of pocket, with the exception of tips. If we want to treat the family to a meal out, we will make sure we have a gift card to cover all of us.
We did fabulous with this goal.  We didn't eat out all in January.  We did go out to eat at Bonefish grill in February but we used a gift card and only had to pay $1.56 out of pocket plus tip, which we paid in cash:)

2) Pay off 2 credit cards
Still working hard on paying off the credit card with the lowest balance so we can tackle the next.

3) Not to use any of our credit cards for 2012. To pay cash for everything.
We did great with this and used cash for our purchases in January and February.

4) To lower our grocery budget. Our current grocery budget is $400 month for our family of 6. Our goal is to lower that amount and to save the remainder.
We did good in  January staying below budget and were able to put $40 in our leftover grocery budget envelope.  With the stress of February, we went over budget by about $35.  We will see what March is like.

5) To create a monthly meal plan for our family, to use leftovers more efficiently and to make use of everything in our pantry and freezer.
Doing great with this for both January and February- use leftovers wisely and wasting less.

6) Unclutter the house and become more organized:)
We are doing great with this.  I have started with all the baby stuff and will be consigning them in March.  I have made a list of must declutter areas and have broken them down into smaller jobs.  That makes me feel not so overwhelmed.  I have a tendency to look at my massive to do list and have no clue where to start and then nothing gets done.  So, I have made a big to do list and broken it down into smaller chores for myself.  So far so good.

7) Lose weight- I need to get motivated to lose this baby weight- my goal is to lose 20 lbs this year.
Didn't lose anything in January.  For lent, I gave up sweets and desserts- so far I have lost 4 pounds.  So happy I finally got under the weight I seemed to be stuck at for so long.

8) Morning devotions, prayer time and more bible reading
Doing great with this:) 

9) Monthly date night with hubby- whether we go out or stay at home, pop popcorn and rent a movie
In January, we stayed in. popped popcorn and watched Contagious.  This movie is great- I laughed and cried.  But more important, enjoyed my husbands company.

In February, we went out to Bonefish grill and ate a nice yummy dinner and then came home and watched Breaking Dawn.  I love having movie and date nights with my hubby.  Looking forward to having more of these.

10) To spend quality family time together. With everyones schedule and us running all over creation, I would love to spend more quality time together- no tv- us playing games, talking, enjoying each others company.
Not so great with this goal- will make more of an effort to make this happen.

11) Not to use our dryer to save on electricity and lower our electricity bill
Doing fabulous with this goal and when our electric bill came in it was $15 lower- YEA!!

12) To make a better effort to blog more regularly and to make a blogging schedule
Started out doing great with this but then surgeries, doc/dentist appointments, etc came up and made blogging more difficult.  But everything is quiet so far, so I have been consistent in blogging:)

13) To make much needed house repairs
Making a list of house repairs to do when the weather warms up

14) To fix the car that is sitting in our driveway so that whoever gets their drivers license first will have a car to drive or share if they both get their license at the same time
Trying to figure out what we need to do to get it running and how much we need to save up to fix.

15) To do 1 project a month and blog about it- will post the list of projects soon
Doing great and having a blast with this.  January and February projects done and successful:)

Beautiful day~ Beautiful weather:)

I was so excited that the weather was so nice and warm today.  Upper 70's- I'll take it.  When the older boys got home, they did their homework and chores.  We then ate dinner and headed out to the playground.  It felt so good to get out of the house and let the sunshine shine down on me:)

We took my neighbor's son with us to the playground- he is same age as Kevin.  The older boys played basketball, while the younger ones enjoyed all the playground had to offer.  Here are some pictures of our evening:

Older boys brushing up on their skills

Still a little too short but he tried

Hoorah for the slide

Loving the slide

The look like he is up to something

Look mom I can climb this by myself

Yup he was up to something alright:)

I get excited when spring comes around. More warmer temps means more time spent outside. Spring alos means time to think about the garden- YEAH!! Can't wait. I love my garden. Last year, I had so much I was able to bless my neighbor with yummy fruits and veggies. Now, what to plant? Hmmmm

February 2012 Monthly project~ Fruit Chips

I can't believe how fast February flew by and March will be here tomorrow- oh my:)

My February project was to make apple, pear and banana chips using the handy, dandy dehydrator I got for Christmas.  This project was super simple:

Cut your fruit- the thicker the piece of fruit, the longer it takes to dry and place it on your drying tray.

Not sure why I didn't get a picture of the pears.

Once you have all the fruit you are going to use cut up and nicely laid out on your drying tray, you simply place the drying trays on top of one another and snap the locking bar in place. 

Turn the dehydrator on and walk away.  It really is that easy.  You will have to consult the instruction manual to see how long it takes to dry your fruit.  For apples, bananas and pears- the manual said 12-16 hours.  I let my dry for 12 hours and check on it to see if they need any additional drying time.  Mine did, so I left them in for a few more hours.  Once they are done drying, you unlock the bar and I put them into a ziplock bag and enjoy:) 

They make a great on the go- not too messy snack.  They look strange but taste so good.  The pears were the first to disappear.  These were a huge success in our house and the boys love taking them with their lunches.

February project~ yummy success:)

January 2012 Project- Pear Butter

I just realized that I forgot to post about my January project.  Between dentist appointments, surgeries, doctor appointments, life..... this post kind of got pushed behind.  Sorry about that.  I did my January project in January, just didn't get a chance to post it.  So, you all get a double feature~ this evening, I am going to be not only posting about my January project but will also post about my February project before March sneaks up on us tomorrow-= LOL:)  So, here goes:

My January project was to make Pear Butter.  Kind of like apple butter but with pears.  I made apple butter late last year and while the boys thought it was wonderful, I thought it was way too sugary for me.  So, I decided to cut back on the sugar in the pear butter.

I took 5 quarts of homemade pear sauce, which is runnier than applesauce, and poured it into my crockpot.  I then added the following ingredients:
3/4 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp cloves
1/8 tsp allspice
1/2 C orange juice
2 C sugar
And stirred it up- Doesn't it look pretty?

Look at those amazing swirls. 

I cooked it on low.  I don't know if it was because the pear sauce was alot runnier than applesauce but it took 3 days on low to get it to the consistency that I wanted.  I also didn't leave it my crockpot on all night.  Some people do but I prefer not to have my crockpot on overnight.

Unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures of filling my canning jars but I did get pictures of the finished canned pear butter. 

Which I must say is scrumptious- not too sweet~ just right.

January project- success :)

My Shopping Day~ 02/26/2012

Since my grocery money was small this week (we kind of went over budget for this month), we only visited 3 stores. 

Here are the details to our store trip:

Kroger
$2.69- Whole White Wheat flour
$0.95- 5 packets of Kool Aid
$3.64
-0.95- Daytona 500 instant win game- 5 Kool Aid packets
-2.00- Kroger Daytona 500 sale catalina
$0.71 Total with tax

Walgreens
$1.99- Burt Bees Honey cough drops
$2.50- Speed Stick deodorant
$2.50- Speed Stick deodorant
$2.99- Nivea Shimmer lip
$1.00- Cream of Wheat
$10.98
-5.00 Walgreens rewards certificate
-5.00 Walgreens rewards certificate
$1.41- Total with tax and got back $6 RR's

Walmart
$0.98- Pill box
$11.16- 4 gallons skim milk
$2.98- Canola Oil
$1.48- Butter
$0.84- Root Beer for my pulled pork- yummy
$1.64- Welchs grape juice
$1.36- Welchs Breeze juice
$1.00- Popsicles
$1.48- Popping Corn
$1.37- Bananas
$2.00- 2 loaves bread
$2.78- eggs
$1.97- Dish detergent
$31.89 Total with tax

This shopping trip has been added to our February Monthly Spending post, where I keep track of what we spend for the month of February.