Couponing!!!

So I have been trying my hand at using coupons and saving us a buck or two here and there (mostly because it is like a little treasure hunt... And because I've had some expensive dental treatments lately).

I have found a couple of good tips:
Only shop sale items
You can not be brand loyal (which I am of course, but that's why I save on other things)
Even though you have a coupon you do not have to buy the item :/
You can use a manufacture coupon with a store coupon on top of a sale to get the lowest price ever
Things go on sale by season

Here are my 2 best attempts at couponing, both Walgreens scenarios:

4 boxes sweet and salty granola bars
4 Cover Girl eye shadows
2 bags Baby Ruth
2 Reeses Eggs
2 up 2 u packs of gum
Total: $0.22...and I didn't have a quarter so I had to use my credit card!!

And...

8 boxes Puffs tissues
3 bottles Cascade (60 oz each)
6 Skinny Cow treats
3 single serve bags of M&Ms
2 bottles Welches sparkling juice
1 box Ritz crackers
1 box wheat thins
1 package peanut butter crackers-8 individual packages
5 boxes jello
1 cream cheese
2 microwave dinners
Total: $29.86
(not as extreme as the previous trip... But I saved $50!!)

However... The second transaction listed I did use $5 in previous register rewards. From this transaction:

*6 suave body wash ($3RR) and I had coupons to make them $0.80/each
*3 air freshners- ($2RR) and I had coupons to make them $0.55/each

So this may not be as extreme as the TV show... But I think I am doing pretty good!!!

4 months!!

Can you believe it?? My baby girl is 4 months old!!! We had her doctors appt today and she weighs 14#12oz and is 24 inches long. She falls in the 50% across the board.

She is laughing, talking (cooing), chewing on EVERYTHING including her feet. She is able to roll from her tummy to her back and her back to her tummy in both directions, which means she is rolling all around the house! She wants so bad to crawl and is trying her best. She will push up to full elbow extension when in prone ( does that make sense to non-OT's?) I've been working on visual motor skills and she does well tracking in all directions, and she is fixating and has some convergence!!! And she just loves to stand (with support of course) and has a good beginning on a tripod sit (but hates sitting). Enough with all the boring jargon... She is just beautiful!

As far as eating and sleeping these are all very controversial topics. She is sleeping from about 8:30-6ish (sometimes she will wake up at about 3:30am and eat or just smile and go back to sleep) and she is eating about 4-5 times a day. I'm not yet ready to start solids, and really I do not think she has a good swallow (independent from her suck). So maybe she is not developmentally ready yet either. We will begin that with in the next 2 months though, and I'm sure we will have pictures.

Off to get the rest of my root canal... Yay...

Pinterest Ideas...

My new favorite thing is to feel crafty and try things from Pinterest. Here are a couple things I have done... Some turned out good... Some not :)

Crockpot chicken chili- it was yummy, but doesn't look appetizing.

Baby in the pumpkin... SUPER cute!! I just wish she would have smiled :)

Over the door shoe rack to hold our under the sink cleaners. We really like this idea, and it makes the cleaners more difficult for the baby to find- they are behind a locked door.

Sock Bun Curls- horrible fail.... Doesn't work well with curly hair. Maybe i will try it again after I straighten my hair... However the bun was fun all by itself if I would clean up the frizz a little :)

What have you done from Pinterest?