Mama's Little Loves

Another $7.05 out the door. It bought me:

1. 1 8 pk of girls nail polish kit
2. 1 baby toy
3. Rummikub (used, but all the pieces are there)
4. 2 books (used. Gotta love Love, Inc.)
5. 6 pks of Zany bands
6. 2 dish towels
7. 4 Andes mints (not pictured...the kids already scarfed those down)

So that makes my total for this week so far $84.14. Yowza! Total for the month is $267.78. That means if I stick to my $300.00 for the month, I only have $42.22 left...if my math is correct, anyway. :)

I think I am going to totally blow that $42.22 though since I totally forgot about Black Friday in there and there are some great deals at CVS and Wags. And you know I can't stay away from the deals!

Labels: November Budget Challenge

// posted by Sharon @ 2:35 PM 2 comments

And here is the list of what I got:

1. 12 packs of Huggies diapers
2. 10 Right Guard deoderants
3. 1 caramel candy (filler)
4. 6 cans of MSG (just kidding)
5. 2 packs of batteries
6. 1 rotisserie chicken
7. 1 package of celery
8. 1 20# bag of potatoes
9. 1 bag of potato chips
10. Hummus (not pictured because I broke the container on my way to take the picture...grrr)
11. Pickles (not pictured because I didn't want to break this too)
12. Potstickers (not pictured....because I was too lazy to get it out of the freezer)
13. 2 Hellman's mayo
14. 2 Kid-Eeze medicine
15. 4 Vick's Synex
16. 2 Zantac (I sell this to my neighbor for $3.50 a piece)
17. 4 Ecotrin
18. 3 Gain dish detergent

Between Costco, Meijer, Walgreens, and Rite Aid, I spent a grand total of $77.09. Huge ouch! But my total savings was $204.59...at least according to all the reciepts. You could also look at it as I bought 12 packs of diapers at $8.99 which would have been $107.88 without coupons. So maybe not too terribly bad? Hopefully? Maybe if I keep looking at the savings the actual cash out of pocket won't be so terrible.

Labels: November Budget Challenge

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Labels: November Budget Challenge, Piper

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1. 2 Play-doh toys $.06


2. 1 Leap Frog game $.63


3. Matchbox cars $1.00


4. Necklace chew toy $.47


5. 2 ceramic snowmen dishes $.90


6. 2 ceramic santa dishes $.90


7. 4 Andes mints--free


8. 1 pair of earrings $.30


9. 12 pkgs. of tissue paper $3.74


10. 1 bell--free


11. 2 pkgs. Zany bands $1.84


12. 1 Melissa & Doug train paint set $.51


13. 1 Melissa & Doug car paint set $.51


14. 2 caramel candies--free


15. 2 pkgs. cards-5 in each pkg.-$.60


16. 4 wrapping papers $2.63


17. 1 pkg bows $.34


18. 1 pkg. of ribbon $1.00


19. 1 Fructis conditioner


20. 2 Fructis shampoos


21. 1 Nivea body wash


22. 1 pkg. gum


23. 1 pkg. candy sticks


24. 1 Garnier hair color


25. 1 Crest toothpaste (#'s 19-25 were nothing out of pocket, used $3.46 on gift card, $3.00 wellness cpn, and got back $8.50 in wellness cpns.)

All of those purchases were from Kohl's, Rite Aid, and Hallmark for a total of $15.43.

1. 7 Neuragen--$20.00 moneymaker...each!!!!!


2. 4 caramel candies (fillers)


3. 4 cases of pop


4. 7 floss


5. 2 Revitalize contact solution


6. 5 pkgs of M&M's (fillers)


7. 1 Simply Orange juice


8. 4 pkgs. Jell-O


9. 2 Degree deoderant (Walgreens total was $18.78)


10. 1 turkey breast--Costco $12.42! Ouch!


11. 1 case of beer


12. 1 pkg. romaine lettuce


13. 1 pkg. organic tortilla chips (Costco total $33.85)


14. 6 pkgs oat wafers $3.00


15. 1 HUGE bag of salt water taffy $5.00


16. 2 boxes of butter cookies $1.00


17. 2 tins of honey candy $1.00


18. 30 jars of Smuckers jam/jelly $3.50!!!


19. bananas


20. oranges


21. bagels ($7.01 total from Meijer)

Total for Meijer, Walgreens, and Costco were 73.14! If I calculate in the money maker from the Neutragen though, that is a $140.00 money maker total! Woot! So if all of those work out properly, then I will come out more than ahead. I am coming to realize just how much I spend on deals though. I might have to look at really trying to budget seperately for that.

P.S. In the pic with the wallpaper, there are our 2 flooring choices. Both are real wood (hickory). I am having a hard time deciding between which one to go with. I am starting to lean towards the dark though.

Here is a link with our 2 choices next to each other. The dark hickory pictured is fairly close to the stain of the one we might choose.

So, take a peek and let me know what you think! I have until tomorrow--Monday to choose!

Labels: November Budget Challenge

// posted by Sharon @ 3:22 PM 1 comments

Ambry is the biggest help ever. She took it upon herself to read books to Kobe so I could get lunchy ready for everyone. She kept him happy and entertained. I am so thankful to have such a good helper like her! Upside to her reading out loud to him, is she is getting school done too. :)

Labels: Ambry pics, Kobe

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Labels: Piper pics

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Where does the time go?!? I still can not believe that I have a 7 year old. No picture with a cake this year for Ambry. We baked a bunch of muffins and off she went to school for the day. I don't think she could have had a happier day. Just for fun, here are 7 little tidbits about Ambry:

1. She is a little mother...she is more than willing to try to change a diaper or wipe her sister's buns. :)
2. She is as sweet as they come. She LOVES her hugs--giving or receiving them!
3. She is a reader.
4. She likes to stay up late with her mom.
5. Her idea of a good time is playing games with the whole family.
6. Her favorite color is blue.
7. Her favorite food is sloppy joes.

I love you Bry! Hopefully we will be blessed with many birthdays yet to come!

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I thought these wire pigs were hillarious! They were in front of the library and the girls really wanted their picture taken with them. I think the piece was called "If pigs could fly" but I'm not sure. Also, love the girls posing!

And here they are...happier than bugs in a rug. They picked out a pile of books and could have probably sat there for an hour or more and read.

Labels: Ambry and Piper pics, Art Prize 2010

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This was one of the girls and my favorite pieces. There were tons of canning jars filled with odd little items. I wish I would have taken a close up pic of some of them. We had so much fun looking at all the items in the jars!

Ambry and her funny face by the mermaid made of toothpicks.
Piper trying to reach the opening to the horn in order to yell into it.

There were some painted pianos all over downtown that said "Play Me" on them...or something to that effect. The girls thought these were so much fun!

This was one of my favorite pieces--a coffin made out of cigarettes.

The girls liked this bong thingy. I don't know what it was called but it sure was loud.

I am now regretting not taking the girls last year to Art Prize. But I do know that I will try to take them to it next year if we can. It was so cool checking out all the different exhibits.

Labels: Ambry and Piper pics, Art Prize 2010

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