Caress Body Wash Sample

Free sample of the new Brazilian Caress Exotic Oil Infusions Body Wash.

(almost) FREE cereal!

There is an internet coupon for $2.00 off the new Honey Bunches of Oats with Chocolate Clusters cereal. The cereal is priced at $2.29 at Walmart. I've already purchased 3 or 4 boxes of this cereal using coupons that I printed. For some reason, when the coupons reset, I was unable to print them so I just clicked the "help" option at the bottom of the print page and filled out my info to have a coupon mailed to me. I also filled out the help option for hubby. To my surprise, I received 14 coupons today for $2.00 off a box of cereal. They expire on April 7, so I will need to use them soon. Am I crazy for buying 14 boxes of cereal if I can get them for $0.29 each?

You can get the coupon here (scroll to the bottom page and click the "Get $2 off" button on the right). Enjoy!

CVS Deals

Thanks to Crystal at Money Saving Mom, I have learned that there are some great deals to be had at CVS. I managed to get $27.00 worth of merchandise for $1.64! Plus I earned $3.00 in ECBs for next time and I have a rebate for the full purchase price of one of the items!

Here is my transaction:

1 Bic Soleil Razor at $5.99
1 Soft & Dri Deodorant at $2.47
1 Loreal Vive Shampoo at $4.99
1 Loreal Vive Conditioner $4.99
1 Ensure Chocolate 6 pack at $8.49

My total was $26.93 plus tax.
-$4.99 (Loreal Vive was Buy One Get One Free)
-$5.00 (CVS coupon for $5.00 off $15 purchase)
-$1.00 Coupon on Loreal Vive
-$1.00 Coupon on Loreal Vive
-$2.00 Coupon on Bic Soleil
-$1.00 Coupon on Soft & Dri
-$10.00 in previously earned ECBs

Grand total: $1.64 paid out of pocket today. The Bic Soleil printed an ECB for $3.00 and I have a rebate for the full purchase price of the Ensure (form available here)

In actuality...I'll earn $6.85 on this purchase!

Back to Blogging....

OK, so I've been MIA since the end of August. A lot has changed since then. I left my full time job and returned to school full time while working part time. Needless to say, that stopped the (limited) blogging that I was doing prior to that.

I think I'm ready to get back into the swing of things. We'll see how long it works this time!

The Great Outdoors.....

I was outside with the dogs this afternoon and came up on the back deck and saw this little guy in our backyard. I ran inside to get the camera and captured this picture just before he (or she) took off into the corn field behind our house. We've suspected that there is a den of red fox behind the house, and this pretty much confirms it! The picture is a little blurry and far away, but it's a red fox...I promise!

Thursday Thirteen

Thirteen things in my yard:

1. Clematis:



2. Pink/Red Rose:



3. Yellow Rose:



4. Some sort of butterfly bush:



5. Hubby's gigantic cherry tomato plant:



6. The huge apple tree:



7. One of the Hydrangea (anyone know why none of our bloomed this year?)



8. An Astible that has started blooming too late:



9. Purple Impatiens:



10. Red & White Impatiens:



11. Dylan:





12: Daisy (She couldn't keep her tongue in her mouth!):





13. Best Buds (sometimes!)

Thursday Thirteen (I'm to lazy to enter a logo code today)

Thirteen things I want:

1. The next three weeks to go fast so that I'm done at the office and can focus on school.
2. My chemistry prof. to get the syllabus corrected so I can get the lab schedule in my planner.
3. The temperature to go down about 10 degrees.
4. The dogs to stop barking.
5. Boss to stop making me feel bad when he tell people that I'm leaving.
6. A smarter president.

OK, now these are purely fantasy....but maybe when I'm done with school?!?!
7. An unlimited handbag budget (I have a slight obsession...)
8. A week away with hubby (and maybe the dogs) in the mountains near a lake.
9. My Mazda3 back (I had to go practical...couldn't get the Mazda out of the driveway in the winter!)
10. To go to Times Square for New Years.
11. To go to New Orleans for Mardis Gras.
12. To go on an extended vacation to Europe so hubby can show me Spain and we can explore Italy together.
13. A pool. Not really, but today one would be really nice!