My First Trip to Randalls

I heard that Randalls had some hot deals for the GG this week, so I decided I would go ahead and sign up for a Randalls list in addition to my Kroger list. In the grand scheme of things its only an extra $2.50 a month....why not? And, if there are many weeks like this one it'll be more than worth it.

Here's what I got today. I'm so excited!!

4 Kraft Salad Dressing

3 Pudding 4-packs

4 Hall's cough drops

1 softsoap

1 Duncan Hines cake mix

1 Suave body wash

1 Vanity Fair paper plates

My total was $3.53 and I was a little confused because I thought it was going to be less than that. All the way to the car I was doing math in my head trying to figure out how I had messed it up, but I still couldn't come up with three dollars worth of stuff. So, after a careful look at my receipt I realized that only three of my FOUR $1.50 coupons for the salad dressing had come off. So, I went back in to customer service to have it fixed. Now, I realize most people might not go to that trouble for a dollar fifty, especially since I only had to pay three fifty for the whole thing. (and, that's probably what the CS lady was thinking too...) But, the dollar fifty was nearly HALF of what I was charged. If it was a fifty dollar order and you got charged $90, you'd go back, right?

So, long story short, she found my coupon that hadn't been scanned and rang it up for me. Ironically, I got back $1.62 for that $1.50 coupon. I guess tax or something? So, after that, my real total was $1.91!!!

Yay Randalls! I'll be back!

More Great Deals!!

Today has been a great day for shopping at CVS, Walgreens, AND Kroger. Its so great, in fact, that on my way to or from (or maybe both) a baby shower today I will be going by walgreens AGAIN. I'll explain why at the end.

Here what I've gotten SO FAR today between those three stores.

3 softsoap body washes

2 Quaker rice cake snacks

3 softsoap hand soaps (these weren't on the GG list, but they are free this week at kroger)

1 yogurt

1 juicy fruit gum

1 snickers candy bar

1 easter pencil

1 skintimate shave gel

2 chapsticks

1 bounty paper towel

1 johnson's travel size lotion

1 20ft reynolds wrap

1 sense and spray

2 softsoap ensemble refills

2 easter egg coloring kits

Total spent after coupons: 32 cents in real money. 72 cents on my walgreens gift card.

If you like softsoap body wash, now is the time to get it. There's a deal at walgreens this week: if you buy one (with a $1 coupon of course...so $2.99), you get a coupon for a free one after you pay. So, essentially buy one get one free. However, when you redeem your coupon for your free one, ANOTHER coupon for a free one prints. So, buy one get MANY free. :) It's not supposed to work that way, but for some reason it is.....so far. It may be stopped at any point, but I'm going to keep redeeming my free coupon until I don't get another one. :)

3 so far.....and counting.

HURRY.

EDITED TO ADD: As expected, the problem with the Softsoap promotion has been fixed. It is no longer printing the extra coupons. So, if you do this deal now, be aware, you'll only get ONE free one. You've gotta be fast to get the good stuff!!!!!!

Total, I managed to get eight before they stopped printing.

Hail Storm

This Friday afternoon the weather was so strange. It went from being sunny and cool to sunny and raining to HAILING. Matt was driving home and called me to tell me it was hailing and it was only a few minutes before it was coming down at the house. I watched in amazement! I've never seen hail like that before. It was hitting the ground and bouncing back up. Huge splashes were coming from the pool everytime one of those ice cubes would hit it. In just a matter of minutes, the entire yard was spotted with white dots of ice.

Here's a picture of two really big ones we found in the yard. My hands were FREEZING while Matt was trying to get the perfect shot! LOL

Spring Break

In past years, my mom has flown to Houston for spring break. This year it was me who did the flying. I flew to New Orleans where my mom, aunt and uncle picked me up and drove me back to my aunt's house in Gulfport, Mississippi. My mom had driven there to meet me. We treat it sort of like a half-way point, even though its not even close to being "half-way." My mom and aunt (dad's sister) LOVE to shop, and since I do as well, it works out pretty good!

I flew in Monday afternoon so we could shop Tuesday and Wednesday, and then I flew back home on Thursday.

We went to the gulfport outlet mall on tuesday as well as some stand-alone stores. I bought some clothes (for Matt, too) and some household items. On Wednesday, we went to the Biloxi mall and a few more stand-alone stores. I found some great rugs for my kitchen!!

I had packed up a suitcase FULL of "freebies" to take to my sister. And, since you can't take liquids on planes, I had to pay the $15 fee to check my bag!! I hated that, but I decided that my free stuff was worth well over $15 AND I had saved way more than $15 by "buying" it. So, all in all, I guess it wasn't too bad of a deal. Then, upon arriving in gulfport, I gave the freebies to my mom to take home to my sister which freed up a lot of space in my suitcase to bring home stuff that I was going to buy! I thought it was a great plan!

So, Wednesday night when I was packing up to come home I realized that I had bought so much I could barely fit it in, even in the place of all that free stuff. And, to top that off, my new rugs were the foam kind, so I had to be careful not to bend them because they could break. Clearly, they weren't going to fit in the suitcase. I had to roll them and carry them on the plane in a shopping bag. Haha! I was carrying my suitcase, stuffed FULL, the rugs rolled up in a plastic bag, and my purse. But I was determined to carry-0n all of it so I didn't have to pay that $15 again. It worked. After an hour delay at the New Orleans aiport and another half-hour delay ON THE PLANE due to fog in houston, I made it home. It was 2 hours late, but I made it.

Fun was had by all. :)

This Week's Deals

Both CVS and Walgreens had some good deals this week. Here's what I got:

2 small packages of Ritz

1 small Bleach

1 Bounce fabric softener

1 downy fabric softener

1 travel size Act mouthwash

1 Slimquick energy shot 2-pack (tried one of these --- GROSS!!!!)

2 Carnation Instant breakfast

2 Colgate toothpastes

2 Blink eye drops

2 Vaseline intensive rescue lotions

2 easter candy-eggs

Total after coupons: $2.01. Of course, that's not two dollars of REAL money...that came from my Walgreens rebate gift card! :)

I bought the candy eggs for matt. As I was writing this entry I realized Daisy was not here with me. When I called her she came SLOWLY up the stairs with her ears down, which tells me that she's been doing something bad. My mind immediately goes to the candy eggs that I left sitting on the counter. I rush down stairs and what do I see? ONE candy egg on the counter.....not TWO. I still haven't found any evidence of that missing egg. I guess she ate the wrapper too! I guess its a good thing she's a huge dog, otherwise I'd be worried about the chocolate intake. Hopefully one chocolate egg won't have an adverse effect on an 80-pound dog! And if it does, hopefully that package of peppermint antacids that she ate yesterday will keep her stomach calm.

Disclaimer: This photo was taken BEFORE daisy ate antacids OR the chocolate egg. She's not sick, just TIRED. She's never been one to sleep comfortably.