Ramblings of a stay at home mom: March 2012

Thursday, March 15, 2012

Awesome deal at Rite Aid

I was loving Rite Aid last week. I had read on the chats of a refund board I'm a member of that there was several money maker items using the in ad coupons. I went to my local Rite Aid and did an order of the following

Huggies Wipes 216 ct - $7.03

Playtex Sippy - $5.19

Revlon Nail Polish - $1.19

Prestige Mascara - $1.62

Total was $25.41 + $1.78 Tax

Used $27 in ad coupons

Total was .19 cents!!

Went a couple days later to do another round if stuff was still there and it was!

Playtex Sippy - $5.03

Revlon Nail Polish - $1.19

Prestige Mascara - $1.62

Riteaid Brand Trash Bags - $5.03

Twizzler - .59 cents

Total was $22.06 + $1.52 tax

Used $23 in ad coupons

Total was .58 cents!!

I got $50.77 worth of stuff for only .77 cents!

My 2 year old was thrilled with the new sippies, especially mickey mouse ones!

Spring is here!

Spring has come early this year! I love spring time! The warm weather and the way everything is starting to grow back (minus the pollen). This past weekend I got stuff at Lowes to work on prettying up my yard and porch area. I will tell you one thing, I have a black thumb when it comes to gardening or planting flowers. They ALWAYS die on me. But it doesn't stop me from trying every year.
I don't do anything fancy, just a couple planters filled with flowers and some hanging plants. I had some extra leftover flowers so I decided to put them around the mail box. This weekend I'm hoping to get some mulch from a local place and put it down in this area between my house and the sidewalk. Its a big area and I do not put anything in there except for the bushes that is already there and mulch. I've tried to put flowers in there but the way my yard is, the rain drains right there so it always saturates the plants and kills them. So I've decided I'm just going to do mulch.
I'll post a before and after picture once I'm done. Hubby will have to go spray the yard to kill all the dandelion and weeds before the grass starts growing.
I'm also hoping to hire someone to come and pressure wash the siding of my house. It hasn't been cleaned in like 5 years since we lived here and it's starting to look a little dirty.

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Disney World

We are going to Disney World!! The kids are excited. This will be the 1st "big" vacation we have as a family.

We are going to be there for 5 nights and 6 days! I don't know who is more excited right now, me or the kids! But I'm sure that the kids will be really excited especially on the days before we leave. I've been researching and reading up on different things to do and of course frugal ways to save. Just because we are going on vacation doesn't mean we can't watch what we spend. I was able to score a deal on hotel and park tickets for $1500! Which isn't a bad price for a week at Disney World for a family of 5!

We are also going to see the Blue Man Group while we are there!