My Vons Visit

I love the feeling I get when I see the final grocery bill! This morning, bright and early...even with the time change, I went to Vons. It was just me and the stocking crew. Loved it! And when I saw the final bill I was so excited!

Oh and I think I have a coupon angel! When I was in the cereal isle I picked up 3 boxes of Kellogg's Corn Flakes thinking I was going to pay about 66 cents/box. But then the guy stocking the shelves came over and put $1 peelie on each of my corn flakes boxes, telling me I'd get them for just about free now! HOLLA! I know they're just corn flakes, but if you put enough Splenda on them they taste just like frosted flakes. :)

I know my pic is cruddy. I couldn't find my camera (stinkin' kids) so I took the pic with my cell phone.

So here's my list of what I bought:
6 boxes of fruit snacks
2 bottles of apple juice
1 box granola bars
7 boxes of cinnamon toast crunch
1 box honey nut cheerios
1 bag of nut clusters
1 box of crackers
1 box oat square cereal
3 boxes of corn flakes
20 yogurts
pampers
bread
2 packages of deli meat
2 lb bag of frozen cooked shrimp
apples
red bell peppers
asparagus
bagged spinach
2 bags of broccoli and cauliflower
2 bottles of ranch
mushrooms

Total spent: 43.01
total saved: $111.37 Holy mole, spicy guacamole...how crazy is that!!!!!

So can I just say THANK YOU to Kerri! Thanks for doing the hard work for me, showing me what to buy and where to find the savings.

Is spring here yet?

I went to Rite Aid today to pick up prescriptions for 4 out of 5 of us. Thank God for insurance is all I have to say. Those 5 prescriptions only cost us $25. So let's see:

I still have a sore throat so I got a different antibiotic and something that numbs my throat when I gargle with it. Hopefully I'll be back to the gym on Monday. Fingers crossed.

Last week when I picked up my hubby's med's they gave him a partial order so they had to reorder more of whatever he's on, so I picked that up today.


This is a picture of Jeremiah, the only member of the family that's healthy.




Beka has the beginnings of an ear infection so they gave me antibiotics. Huh? Kinda over-kill I think. I had it filled but I'm going to hold off on administering it to her since she doesn't have a fever and her ears don't hurt.


Nate woke up this morning with light green/yellowish goop in one of his eyes. My hubby has an eye infection so I took Nate in just in case. And once again the dr prescribed eye drops to clear it up. Well Beka had green goop in her eye a couple of weeks ago, not to mention it was red, and it cleared up on its own. So I'm going to hold off on dropping meds in my 3 month's old eye until it gets worse.

Seriously, why is my pediatrician so preventative? Did I mention one of the pediatricians got onto me for not putting Desitin on Nate's butt even though there was no rash. I was changing him when she walked in and said to use Desitin or Buttpaste. I asked why? She playfully hit me and asked me if I was going to wait until it got red and hurt him. I was thinking, uh ya, that was my plan. But instead I caved and put a little Desitin on his butt.

I like the doctors in the office but it's getting a little ridiculous.

Anyways, I'll be glad when this winter is over. None of us has had the flu, which is a good thing since none of us had any kind of flu shot. I'd never hear the end of that decision if we got the flu. I know of 2 people who told me to make sure the family had their flu shots. I prayed about it and didn't hear God tell me to do it so I didn't. I don't know, there's something about the flu shots I don't like. But if God ever tells me to get them I will. He just hasn't told me that, yet.

Spring is coming. A new season. A welcomed change.

Back in the saddle again

I'm on week 3 of weight watchers. Let me just say that day 2 of weight watchers I was considering staying fat. If you think about it there are perks to being fat: get to eat what you want when you want, they do make some cute clothes now for the plus size woman, you don't have to think about eating healthy or getting in all those servings of fruits and veggies.
But alas, the 80% of me that wanted to be thin won out and I have persevered.

My silly self forgot to take a good 'before' pic so listed in the sidebar is pic #2. Remember, every 10 pounds lost will result in a new pic being posted in the sidebar. (Remember this, Dani!) I do have a before pic where I was sitting on the couch but I cannot post that until I lose at least 20 more pounds. Isn't it funny how I don't mind showing you my fatness as long as it's not my current fatness. Well this before pic shows rolls so when they go away, I'll post the pic.

Walgreens

Ok, first let me brag on how awesome God is! It seems like when I get low on something, an awesome sale pops up. This has happened a few times. I choose to give credit to God and thank Him for the blessings!

I was really low on floss...well not anymore!

I bought:


4 pkgs of Reach floss (for 60 cents total, not each!)
Jif peanut butter and Smuckers jelly (for $3, my splurge)
2 Finish dishwasher detergents (free for both)
4 pkgs of Stayfree pads ($1 total, not each!)
tube of Colgate toothpaste for $1.25
Reynolds foil for 80 cents
Revlon eye shadow for free
3 cans Hunts tomato sauce for 18 cents, not each
2 folders for 40 cents, not each

The rest was tax which brings my total to...

$10.11

Praise the LORD!!! (and thank you, save at home mommy for teaching me how to do this.)

Giveaway

Check out this website for a baby bjorn giveaway! Hurry, ends Sunday.

My New Year's Resolution

I never make them but this year I thought I would.

I'm going to make my goal weight by this time next year, at the very latest, which for me is 70 lbs away.

And just because I want to, and I've been inspired by another blogger...wish I could remember who so I could give her credit...but I'm going to post photos of myself starting with my beginning weight then a pic after every 10 lbs lost. These pics should be on the side starting in January.

Usually I'm not too fond of taking pictures of myself, especially when I weigh this much. But I know what it feels like to be 179 lbs (what I was right before I had to quit ww last time) and I know that I certainly don't feel like that now. I'm super motivated to get this weight off and keep it off (since we won't be having any more babies). I want to do a full-length picture each time. Because the weight watchers magazine likes the before and after pictures to be of the whole body and I think losing 70 lbs on weight watchers could warrant the publishers to want to feature me in their mag. That's my hope anyways. I think that'd be cool!

So check back here next month for my journey to healthy-ville. That's where I want to live.

CVS

My trip to CVS:

sports kit for our new Wii - it came with a tennis racket, steering wheel, golf club, controller handle, and baseball bat

revlon lip stick

nivea bath wash

crest mouthwash

loreal mascara

All for the low, low price of about $13. That's a savings of around $27, according to the receipts.

Yay me!!!