And the Winners are...

Sorry to be so late on this. We have been sick and slow to do anything around here. But, Little Lady helped me draw the three winners this afternoon. She wanted to keep going and draw each name. I told her that was fine, but I could only give gifts to the first three. Now she wants to give presents to all of her friends. Well, here they are.

Congratulations!! Please email me at tvlady82@gmail.com with you shipping address and your gift selection.
Thanks everyone for supporting my first giveaway and for spreading the word about it.

Happy Birthday!! GIVEAWAY!!!!

Today is a very special day. Today is Heather's birthday. I love this gal to pieces. I am also terrible with getting cards or gifts to people for their birthday. Then, I had an idea; a great idea, I hoped. Then I got really busy and forgot to follow through on my idea before her birthday. Then I checked Heather's blog today and she had used my idea. So, though it may seem like copying, I hope Heather will enjoy her gift.
Now for the gift part. I am hosting a giveaway to Heather's store the House of Envy. I will give three readers either one frame or two sets of magnets. This giveaway will be open until midnight on Tuesday June 23rd and is only open to US shipping addresses.
The rules:
For one entry go to House of Envy and look around. Let me know what you would like if you won. Be sure to leave an email address so I can contact you.
Okay, that is really the only way to enter.
I will draw random winners Wednesday morning and let them know. They will have two days to respond or I draw again.
Good Luck!
Happy Birthday Heather!!

Giveaways



I love entering giveaways. Tip Junkie is doing a huge one every day. So, if you like them too, then head over there and try to win.


Deals again!

Albertson's had a deal where you spend X amount and get a $X catelina(the thing that prints off with the receipt) off your next purchase. They also had three double your coupon value coupons. So, I took advantage tonight. I always end up going at 10pm cuz it takes me hours in the evening after kiddos go to bed to figure out how to get the best deal I can. Well, here is what I ended up with.

Golden Grahams
Trix cereal
Cocoa Puffs
Fiber One Bars
2 Suddenly Salads
Bertolli Pasta sauce
All Small N' Mights Detergent
Skippy peanut butter
Wishbone dressing
2 Trix yougurts
2 Steamers

I did this in two transactions of $15 each to be able to get the $5 catelina. Neither receipt says what the total was before all the discounts (frustrating), but the total for the first was $12.93 after all the discounts and coupons. The second was only $5.92. And I got another $5 catelina.
Here is where I don't use my brain when it comes to shopping and coupons.

I got some Lysol cleaning products too. I did them first to get them out of the way. They came to$5.51 after my coupons. When I got home I realized that if I had done them last I could have used my second catelina and gotten them for $.51. Now that would have been really cool!
My shopping trip cost me $24.36 and I get $.05 off my gas next time I fill up.

Giddy over dancing

I am not a big reality show fan. I prefer crime shows that offer a little mystery to solve. But I LOVE Dancing with the Stars. I cannot get enough of this show. And I have seriously enjoyed this season, especially the last half. There were some disappointments. Ty Murray should not have outlasted Chuck Wicks and Lil' Kim. But those things can happen when voting is included with the results. So, we viewers have to roll with those punches. I absolutely loved the final three. Melissa Rycroft, Gilles Marini, and Shawn Johnson were the three I thought to be the most talented. They were all so entertaining! As it came down to the final show I really wanted Gilles or Shawn to win.
And after last nights dances and tonight's dance I really wanted Shawn to win. And she did!!! Yeah!!! She was so good and really deserved to take home the coveted Mirror Ball. Anyway, I am ecstatic so I thought I would share!! Can't wait for next season!

Grocery Deals

I have been cutting out coupons for a few months now. I use them every once in a while, but I have not gotten a really good deal until now.
Albertsons was having one of their "buy this many and we'll take this much off" promotions and so I dug through my coupons and tried to get some great deals. This is what I ended up with

5 Suddenly Salads-1.25 each
2 boxes Fruit Roll ups-2.50 each
1 Tub Frosting-1.67
4 Muffin Mixes-2.50 each
3 Brownie Mixes-2.50 each
4 Grands Rolls-1.67 each
3 Crescent Rolls-2.50 each
2 Cinnamon Rolls-2.50 each
1 Large Yoplait Yogurt-2.50
1 Box Pizza Rolls-1.67

Total without any deals-53.77

Total after deals and coupons-29.01

Now, that may not seem like the greatest deal around, but I was sure happy about it. Most of those were things that I like to get, but are normally too expensive for me to justify. My kiddos devour pasta salad and muffins, so right there I was stoked. The pizza rolls and fruit roll ups were just a plus.

Decent human being

I think Not!

We went to the Mall the other day for dinner and some time out of the house. We parked in a lot that is usually not crowded so we don't have to walk as far to the entrance. We had a good dinner, bought the kiddos some new shoes, and enjoyed our time out together. I reached the car first and saw the above scene. I was shocked! How did this happen? Who did this? Did they leave a note? All these questions come at me at once. There was a car parked next to ours with some people inside. I asked them if they saw anything. "no." So there we have it. Left with a lot of questions and a broken turn signal. We figure that some one was coming around the corner trying to park in the first stall. We were parked in the second. They didn't make the turn and hit our car. And instead of doing the right thing and letting us know, they just left. Not a decent human being! Luckily it still works and we have it taped into place. Looks bad, but it works.