Miser Mom's Musings

ROLL TIDE!

2008-11-30T06:54:00.000-08:00

36-0 the score

12-0 the season

Enough said!
Roll Tide!!!!!!!

Black Friday WTF????

2008-11-30T06:45:00.000-08:00

I have never been out shopping on Black Friday, because I always have to work. This year I took off to make sure I could go get these fabulous deals I hear about. I will never do that again. Brad & I went to Walmart at 4:30 am to get John-Bradley a Jeep power wheels-----we didn't get one. People were fighting over them! We just turned around and left--there was no way we were going to act like animals to get our son a Christmas present. We did manage to find a few good deals and we got ALL of our shopping completed! I am so excited to be done--especailly since I have started having some unusual pains. I can honestly say if I have a baby right now it will be fine with me!!! So I guess Black Friday isn't all it's cracked up to be after all.

Awesome day at CVS!!!!

2008-11-27T09:31:00.000-08:00

I went to CVS at 2 am this morning and I had the most awesome trip! What I bought:

2 Colgate toothpastes 5.98

2 Ausssie shampoos 5.98

1 Johnson's softlotion 5.69

3 Gatorade G2 4.47

1 Hershey king size 1.00

1 Reese's king size 1.00

2 Bic Soleil razors 11.98

1 Garnier Nutrioniste cleaning towelettes 5.99

1 5hr Energy 2pk 3.99

2 Magnavox universal remote controls 13.98

2 Loreal Colour Juice lip gloss 13.98

1 Sally Hansen nail color 3.79

1 Covergirl Smoothers liquid makeup 7.99

1 Covergirl Smoothers powder 5.99

1 Playtex gentle glide 18ct 3.99

1 Schick Quattro trimmer/razor 7.99

6 Soft&Dri deodorant 5.94

4 Whitmans Sampler chocolates 15.96

1 toy 14.99

1 toy 0 (B1G1)

1 toy 9.99

1 newspaper 1.50

I did it all on 1 card in 3 transactions. I walked in with 37.98 in ECB, and several man. qs and a $3/$15.

Total spentOOP................................drumroll....................................................................... $2.66 on a GC

I walked out with $14.26 in ECB!!!

The GC was from a transferred perscription so I didn't spend any of our $$$$. That makes hubby happy and our Christmas shopping is done for everyone except our own child. (I know how horrible it sounds) I am going to go out tomorrow to get his. I am on a super high right now!

Holiday giveaway....

2008-11-23T16:25:00.000-08:00

Teale is having a great giveaway for a free header or signature for your blog! Check out her site http://tealesdigidesigns.blogspot.com/, and add your name to the drawing. Too cute!

John-Bradley's 1st day at school!

2008-11-19T16:02:00.000-08:00

John-Bradley went to school today!!! I was so terrified, but he wasn't. He walked right in and made himself at home. I asked if he wanted me to take off his jacket, and he just walked up to the teacher, (whom he'd never seen before) and said "help please!" I can't believe my little man is growing up! He really seemed to like it and he got a good "rainbow report" for the day. He even painted a picture! My very first picture for the fridge!! His teacher said he tasted every color. My kid's a genius and yet he likes to eat paint. Go figure. I am so excited about him getting to interact with other children, I think it will help him alot in the long run. I am a very proud mommy today!

CVS, I heart you!

2008-11-16T05:58:00.000-08:00

So today at 6:30 (so all the deals wouldn't be gone) I went to my favorite place in the world, CVS. I bought:
Loreal Age Perfect $15.99
used $3/$15
used $12 ECB
paid $1.09 on GC
received $15.99 in ECB

1 Duracell 8pk size D $9.99
1 Duracell 8pk size AA $5.99
1 Duracell 4pk size C $5.99
Montgomery Advertiser $1.50
used $4/$20
used 3 Duracell q's $2.75
used $15.99 ECB
paid $1.08 on GC
received $15 in ECB

1 Duracell 8pk size D $9.99
1 Duracell 8pk size C $9.99
used $3/$15
used 2 Duracell q's $2
used $15 ECB
paid .18 on GC
received $15 ECB

Recap: Total before Q's and ECB= $59.44
-$10 CVS q
-$42.99 ECB
-$4.75 man q
spent total of $2.35 on GC (which is less than the tax should be!)
I walked in with $12 ECB and left with $15 in ECB so I would say it was a great day! I am going back to do the battery deal again because it is buy $20 get $15 back limit of 3!!!! And all those batteries will come in handy for Christmas!!!

UGHHHHH!

2008-11-13T08:07:00.000-08:00

Last night someone broke into my car. Well, I can't really say broke in, because I leave it unlocked, but they did rummage through my stuff and make a big mess. I am sure it was kids, looking for money or something easy to take. They didn't steal one thing, not even a CD. They threw them around and tore up a few coupons (which had my blood boiling) but they made the conscience decision to leave it all behind. Does that mean I am so uncool I don't have anything worth stealing? Not one thing? When I walked up to my car and saw that it was ransacked, I just knew that my latest CVS score and my coupon stash was gone. But these hoodlums weren't even the slightest bit interested. I guess they didn't know that they passed up between $50-$100 in free coupons and who knows how much in cents off coupons. I am such a dork to even think someone who breaks into cars in the middle of the night might be interested in coupons! I thank God they didn't break anything, but is it pathetic of me to be disappointed that they didn't steal anything?

My first blog post....

2008-11-09T13:20:00.000-08:00

So, I present to you my very own blog. I am going to try to keep up with it as well as my dear Sister-in-law whom I caught the blog bug from in the first place. lol
I have been very tired lately, probably because I am 32 1/2 weeks pregnant and about as big as a baby elephant. (only not as cute) It takes a huge toll on my back and my feet swell so bad they look like watermelons stuffed in shoes when I get off work. Brad has been working out of town for a few months now which leaves me home alone with my 21 month old son John-Bradley, except when my Mother-in-law is here to help. I would probably go crazy without her here.
I get so tired lately that shopping isn't even as fun as it used to be. Saving money is like a game to me and I feel quite successful at it. I am a coupon clipping, deal seeking, sale loving mom and I plan to try to post some of my better deals on here so maybe I can help someone else. I was able to do my CVSing today and I left very happy. I didn't actually spend any of my own $ out of pocket and was able to get tons of fun stuff. I think I will post my deals of the day in a seperate blog, after I get JB to sleep. He is getting fussy now....