Potty Training DVD for free!

We all love great deals on diapers but the greatest thing is to finally get our little ones into "big girl/boy pants." Huggies wants to help and they are offering a free pottytraining dvd to get us started. Hurry on over and sign up here.

Some of our favorite chicken recipes

Deviled Chicken under $5.00

1 ½ -2 lb boneless/skinless chicken breasts ($3-4 when chicken is 1.99 lb)
½ stick butter ($0.25 real butter, $1.99 lb)
3 T. mustard (free)
3 T. Worcestershire (pennies)

Cut raw chicken into bite size pieces, place in baking dish. In the microwave heat butter until melted. Stir in mustard and worcestershire. Pour over chicken in baqking dish. Cook, covered, at 450 degrees for 35 minutes or until chicken is cooked through. Serve with rice (free) and frozen Green Giant or Birdseye veggies ($0.20 to 0.40.)


Salsa Chicken Approximately $6.50

1 ½ -2 lb boneless/skinless chicken breasts ($3-4 when chicken is 1.99 lb)
1 cup salsa (around $0.50 - 0.75)
1 cup frozen corn (Birdseye veggies, $0.10-0.20 for ½ bag)
1 bell pepper chopped, large pieces (varies depending upon the season)
½ pouch taco seasoning ($0.25)

Cut raw chicken into cubes and cook in skillet, once it starts turning white add seasoning, corn, pepper and salsa. Heat until chicken is thoroughly cooked. Serve over hot noodles and top with shredded cheddar cheese. Mmmmm.

1 box rotini or bowtie pasta ($0.69)
1 cup of shredded cheddar ($0.60)


Crock pot NO PREP Chicken Approx. $5.00

1 lb frozen chicken breasts ($2.00)
1 can cream of mushroom soup (about $0.79) I make my own from scratch-super easy!
1 can cream of chicken soup “ “ “
1 small onion, diced (pennies when bought by the bag)
1 bag frozen veggies ($0.20-0.40)

Place frozen chicken in crock pot, pour frozen veggies over chicken. Pour both cans of soup over veggies. No need to stir, cover and cook on low for 7-8 hours. Super easy, tastes like chicken pot pie. Yummy! I usually serve with can biscuits or crescent rolls ($0.99)

Princess and the Frog Dvd at Target for $.58!!

Yes, you read that right. Today, Target (and WalMart) released the dvd of The Princess and the Frog for $15.99. Here's how it goes.

Scenario:

Pick up the Dvd, on sale for 15.99 & use the $5.00 printable coupon here
Purchase 2 boxes of character Band Aids for $1.82 per box. Use 2 $1/1 from RP 1/3 & 2 Band Aid store coupons here.
Purchase all and use your reusable bag (deducting $.05)
You should pay $12.35 in store and be able to redeem these two MIR.

#1 Band Aid rebate form for $5.00 here
#2 This rebate is a $5.00 from Success Rice when you buy two. here. There is a 50c/1 in the 1/31 RP (exp 3/31).

So, you are out $2.35. Hey, I can't do anything about tax, but I think this is still a pretty good deal

No Eating Out in March...How's That Workin' for Ya??

Well......we were doing really good. Until. I started getting sick. Face it, if mom doesn't do it, it just doesn't seem to get done. They did their best I guess, limping along Friday night eating a dinner that was easy to heat up. But today, my husband had to work all afternoon, he wanted something good for lunch (and I don't really think he meant a can of soup) & the next thing I know we are sitting in a booth at the mexican restaurant. Uh-oh. The upside - we didn't spend as much as usual. We were missing 1 kid today (don't worry, I knew where he was!) and I wasn't very hungry due to the fact that I can't taste anything. But, I did want to report this, to stay true to you...my 16 followers.

C'mon peeps, tell your friends about me! :)

We will begin again tomorrow. Pick ourselves up, dust off the taco crumbs and try to stay on track the rest of the month.
So...have you been able to stick to it?

Have you been Swaggin' ?

Remember me telling you about the AWESOME search engine, Swagbucks, that actually pays you to search? Well, I wanted to give you a quick update to let you know of my progress. In just 6 weeks I've earned $25.00 worth of Amazon gift cards! Yay! And, it didn't cost a dime! Okay, I have approximately 40 more weeks until Christmas, at this rate I could earn about $200.00 toward paying for Christmas. Not too bad. You can do this too, at the top of my blog there's a Swagbucks banner, click on it and receive 30 Swagbucks just for joining. It's that easy. Don't stop there though. Invite your friends to join as your referrals and you win more bucks. Let's all challenge ourselves to pay for Christmas this year with Swagbucks. Good luck!

Another HOT diaper deal this week 3/14-3/20

This deal will be at Target starting on Sunday.

Huggies Snug & Dry or Pull-ups or Pampers Baby Dry or Easy Ups Jumbo Packs 2/$17
-$2/1 Any Huggies Diapers zip 63366 print here
-$1.50 off Jumbo pack or larger Huggies diapers Target Q x5/31 print here
-$1.50/1 Pampers Diapers or Pants 2-7-10 P&G (exp 3/31)
-$1.50/1 Pampers Easy Ups Trainers 2-7-10 P&G (exp 3/31)

Use the Target printable with the $2/1 MQ to pay $5 per pack of diapers!!

*Remember, you can print up to 2 copies per computer, hurry, I don't think these Target q's will last long!

Shopping trip for this week

I have a crazy week ahead and I like to do most (if not all) of my shopping on Sunday afternoons when I can. I made 3 stops today, Rite Aid (diapers!), Walgreens and Publix. I love how I can do all of my shopping in one spot. They are all located within 2 blocks of each other.

Publix:
6 Dayquil/Nyquil travel pks
2 6 pk Jello Mousse
6 Pillsbury pizza crust/cinnamon rolls
4 Dole fruit cups (4 pks)
8 8oz kraft shredded cheeses
3 1/2 gal Edy's frozen yogurts
1 Sara Lee pound cake
4 Birds Eye Steamfresh veggies
1 boneless chuck roast (approx 3 lb)
3 Puffs tissues
1 lb strawberries
6 Lunchables
1 gallon milk
2 dz eggs
1 Bailey's coffee creamer
3 jars Bertolli pasta sauce
2 Kelloggs shredded wheat
2 tubs Lloyd's BBQ chicken

Total Spent 35.04 Total Saved 120.48

Walgreens

2 RenPure Miracle shampoo/conditioner
1 Gillette Fusion shave gel
1 " " Razor
1 " " " refill pack (4)
1 " body wash 12 oz

Total Spent 19.83 Total Saved 29.56
I will submit my receipt for a rebate for $6.99, so Total OOP $12.84

Rite Aid (split into 2 transactions)

6 Jumbo packs of Pampers
1 Gillette shave gel
1 Gillette body wash
1 Jumbo pack Huggies

Total Spent $16.14 (I had a Rite Aid Gift of Savings) Total Saved 60.98
I will submit my receipts for 2 $10.00 gift cards and a $1.00 rebate, Total OOP -4.86

Total OOP for this week: $42.99 Saved $211.02

Awesome deal on Pampers at Rite Aid this week!

Rite Aid has an incredible sale on diapers starting tomorrow 3/6!
Here is the scenario:

Buy:
3 Pampers diapers (29.97)
1 Pampers wipes ($2.49)
Total $32.46
Use:
$5 off $25 (this is a pdf file)
(3) $2 Pampers PG 2/21
(1) .50 Wipes PG 2/07

Pay OOP $20.96
Get $10 Gift card back (Rite Aid gc wyb $30.00 in Proctor & Gamble products)

In the end, you're paying $3.65 per pack of diapers, with a package of wipes thrown in!


(Thanks Beverly)

Now haven't I told you how Rite Aid rocks? :)

Ways to save on baby formula

I know baby formula can be so expensive and I've found it very hard to find great deals on it at supermarkets or drugstores. Here are a couple of ideas, I believe that you can begin requesting these samples as soon as you know that you are expecting. This gives you several months to stock up and have a few different brands on hand to see what agrees with your baby's tummy.

Option #1 Call 1-800-410-9629, Option 3 and you give them basic info (name, address, email (optional), baby's birthday). They will send you a FREE Target brand sample or a coupon. Then you can call back every 30 days and get a coupon for it! Stick a note on your fridge to remind yourself to call every month to keep it coming!

Option #2 Call 614-898-9758 and they’ll send you a free sample of Baby’s Only Organic Formula. Press 3 on the automated menu.

Option #3 I ask at my pediatrician's office every time I walked through the doors that first year and they were happy to give me samples. This works at the ob/gyn too!

I've actually gotten the sample (#1) a few times before, it was WalMart brand, not Target but it didn't really matter to me. Hope this helps!

Become a fan on Facebook, get a free bag of Sunchips

I love all of the freebies that you can pick up by being a facebook fan. If you haven't become a fan yet, hop over here and request your free bag before they are all gone! Available to the first 100,000. Thanks Greta!

Pajama Day will pay off big tomorrow!

At participating Bruster's locations, you can stop by tomorrow in your pj's for a free single scoop cone. Yay! I have already checked and the 2 locations in Birmingham are participating. Yay again! Store opens at 11:00.

Okay, by my way of thinking this doesn't count toward eating out (for the kids) because no $ will be spent. I'm doing it for better health as well soooo, no ice cream for me. That's okay, I'm not a big ice cream fan anyway.

Taking a break from eating out. Are you in?

Our family has accepted the challenge that was put out by Kristen over at Couponing to Disney. I didn't officially sign up on her site but we are challenging ourselves and I'm telling you...it's the end of day 3 and we. are. dying! I mean, I want Taco Bell, I am dreaming of Chic-Fil-A, everything that I normally wouldn't think about, I can't get out of my head. It's much worse than starting a diet because instead of moderation it's 31 days of deprivation.
So, who wants to join us? :) I'm sure that I have made this sound so fascinating that you are ready to jump in right now! Though we spend less than $20.00 (more like $15.00 on average) a week on eating out I will post on how much we do spend/save this month by eating at home. BTW, Justin already cracked and ate out for breakfast yesterday. $3.15. Don't worry, we didn't take this lying down! The kids were actually pretty hard on him, lol.