I LOVE CVS

I am a lurker! I often am holding a child while reading discussion forums about ways to save money. My lurking is paying off big time as I am finally getting the hang of these CVS and Walgreens programs.

So a couple weeks ago I spent about 12 dollars at CVS and bought everything that offered ECBS. I ended up with about 14 dollars in ECBS and hopefully I will never have to spend money out of my own pocket for toiletries, household supplies, and maybe even diapers (but I won't hold my breath there.)

So on Sunday I bought:

2 PAAS Easter Dye Kits for 3.98
2 Lumene Face Creams for 5.98
1 Suave Body Wash for 1.99
1 Scrubbing Bubbles Action Cleaner for 2.99
1 3-pack of CVS Paper towels for 3.69 (Ouch I should have price checked this ahead of time!)
Total: 18.63
I used these coupons :
2 Lumene CVS Coupons for 8.00
1 Scrubbing Bubbles for 2.75
1 Suave Coupon for 3.00
1 CVS CRT for Paper Towels 1
Total After Coupons: 3.88

I used one $4 ECB and got one back for 3.98! I had to pay tax of 27 cents OOP

It is very helpful that the CVS I go to allows overage on coupons. I would not have done that well otherwise.
I plan on making a list of the things that I need on a regular basis and what price range they fall in so I can stop wasting so much time wandering around trying to fill my coupon overage.

Did you ever wonder who created the bottle and why?

I did! If you think about it, most babies don't ever need to drink from a bottle. They can go right from nursing to a regular cup with no major issues. One magical day the baby is now toddling around and just decides they don't need to nurse anymore. They want big people food and juice and all the other fun stuff the older kids get. It is a nice easy transition with no worries.....right?

HECK NO!!!


Being this is my last baby (for sure) I would like to keep nursing as long as reasonably possible. So far I have made it 9 months. The first month was torture! Sore nipples, sleepless nights..... you get the idea. But it got easier from there. Then around 5 months the doctor worrying the baby wasn't getting enough milk because he wasn't gaining weight. So the bi-weekly weight checks were just shoved into the calendar and life went on. He created his own growth chart using negative numbers. He is going to be a math genius I can just tell. Now the doctors have stopped worrying because even with his negative numbers in weight gain he has been in the 75% for length since he was born. So the rationale is if he is getting longer at the same rate he is getting enough. So they said I should make him start sleeping through the night.

Well HOO RAH! Just what I wanted to hear! Now that I don't have to worry about his weight gain I can sleep and Daddy can get up with the little dear heart at night so I can get some well-deserved rest.

But you were paying attention. You know none of this has to do with bottles. Any mothers with babies this age know darn well why bottles were invented.

My little genius understands every word that doctor says. No more nighttime feedings? No more extra cuddles in the middle of the night? No more sleeping in Mom's bed? Well, I'll show her......CHOMP!! CHOMP!!! CHOMP!! Cheerios? No thanks, I have something better to chew on..... Gives new meaning to the phrase - let me chew on it - doesn't it?

You can call me...

Chipper!
My mom and husband latched on to the name Chipper because I pronounced the p's individually by mistake one time while I was chewing gum. Being the sarcastic jerks they are the name stuck because it represents my sunny demeanor.

Did your kids turn out just like you?

I was reading a Janet Evanovich book recently and I love the way Mrs. Plum reminds me of my mother. My mother must have sent a million wishing pennies into the fountain to make sure my kids turned out just like me! Although, if I do say so myself, I hardly think that's a bad thing. In fact, there are a lot worse things they could be.

My kids are great. Actually, my mom tells me every day how wonderful they are and how much fun they are to be around. They have their moments of craziness, and lord knows with 6 kids things often get crazy! But what am I missing? I was sooooo horrible that she couldn't wait for me to have rotten kids to drive me crazy, right? Everything is cute and funny and sweet to her now.

Which brings me to another infamous saying in my house.......Don't let me turn into my mother. Am I the only daughter who heard this one? She can say it until she's blue in the face. She is JUST like her mother. Being that was my grandmother I don't think it's so bad. I wouldn't mind being like my mom now. I hope when my kids are grown everything falls in to perspective. As long as my mom doesn't start burning down funeral parlor's it will be all good!