The Coupon Junkie*

So i did that wonderful sugar test yesterday. The hour went by quick, the drink wasn't too bad, and the blood work was pretty painless. Well my Dr. office called me today...they said my sugar levels were a little high, so now i have to go for a 3 hour GTT [glucose tolerance test] ahhh. That sucks. I made it threw the one hour just fine but the 3 hour im not so sure of. For yesterdays test they wouldnt let me leave the lab waiting area! It was seriously a room w/2 rows of chairs against each wall and a loud ass TV playing the Democratic Convention ahhhhhhh i was ready to shoot ppl. Also the big ass thing of water was sitting rite next to me and i couldnt drink, eat or smoke anything When i went in to drink my yummy drink the lab tech said "you came at a good time, we've been mobbed all day!" Well no sooner do i go sit back down in the waiting room do the ppl start rolling in! They would come in shifts it seemed! 1st shift wasnt too bad, 2nd got a little more annoying ...

1st of all why am i getting stretch marks on my calf? like rite under the back of my knee & only on the left leg! Why my F'n leg?! do i have a baby growing down there?! I hope they fade after or I'm never wearing shorts again=( So far ive only gained 3 more additional strectch marks on my belly, hopefully it stays like that [yea rite...i still have alot of growing to do]. Oh yea thats another thing i don't get...why does everything think im so "small" baby wise...i don't feel like my belly is small but everyone says i don't look 7m pregnant! hmmm... Next topic...yesterday there were 2 Huggie coupons in smart source [i think] so i went house to house collecting everyones coupons! hahah well not really. My friend Sara had already sent me 2, i got 2 in my flyers, dave got 6 from work, got my moms 2, Daves moms 2 and my parents neighbors 2, then i found 1 extra i had!! So i have 17 Huggie coupons!!! So today we will go to Toys R US and i will get a free p...

Monday - Dr. Apt and Errands - CHECK Rugs Cleaned, Daves Dr., Swimming Lessons -CHECK Daves friend came to get the stove, Guy came to repair the washer/dryer - Check So far everything has gone off w/o a hitch! Tomorrow the Fridge and Stove get delivered. The Dishwasher is on back order till next week. They are supposed to be here between 8-12! After that we need grocery's to stock our pretty new fridge!! Where are the deals this week? Tomorrow starts the new sales...anyone have the inside scoop? Its either Stop and Shop, Big-Y or Shaws... So the problem w/the washer was apparently the fact that we use too much detergent?...i use about half a cap, dave uses a little more. The guy said we should use about a tablespoon! wow haha that doesn't even sound like enough to wash a pair of underwear!!! The dryer just sucks...he said our type of w/d combo has a hard time venting, so the lent gets clogged everywhere in the dryer, but he cleaned it all out and put new cardboard in the door ...

it has been 5 days since my last drug store trip. I dont know what has come over me! usually i run rite out and get the deals, but not this week! hmm when will i go? i have no idea!!! Rite now i have $34.xx in Rite Aid Rebates waiting to be sent to me but i think i want to wait till the last sunday of the month after i see what the rebates are so i can get the most money back!! I know @ WAGS i want to get the Bertolli Meals that are on sale...i have 3 $1.25 coupons and if youbuy 2 you get $5 in Register Rewards...so ill go get that then go back later w/my mom and do the rest of my shopping and use my RR's! okay this post is totally useless but i had nothing else to do! Ohhh and i want to know WHO reads my blog!!! i want to add new ppl on here, so let me know=) **12 WEEKS TO GO!!!!**

I guess ill write a bit about my pregnancy so far... The baby is doing good! I go for my 7 Month check up tomorrow! & hopefully my glucose test...if they didn't lie to me!! Also im getting a RX for new vitamins. My current ones are making me sick [well feel sick anyway]. They gave me samples the other day so im going to ask for one of those. BUT if my blood test comes back negative for anemia then i can just take Flintstone vitamins, other wise i have to grin and bare the gross pukie feeling! uhgg! I also have to ask tomorrow about my clean catch pee test i had to take the other day... The Dr. asked the nurse how my test came out and the nurse said there were some traces of White and a Trace of red [blood cells]...but then we started talking about my vitamins so i got side tracked and forgot to ask her, so ill ask the dr. im seeing tomorrow what that means...do any of you know? I never had to do a clean catch w/kaitlyn [almost 4 years ago] i guess its new well to the office any...

i cant find the persons blog who sent me the coupons [sorry]!! I got them the other day!! Thanks so much...i already used some!! Also Thanks Amanda i got the Kellogg's/Kebler rebate thing Thursday!! Anyone else has coupons they want to send me let me know=)

Well the original plan was that when the delivery guys came to bring our new stuff they would take all the old stuff which is free But then i was thinking...why should we just throw away teh stove? theres nothing wrong w/it!! We were going to post it on masslive.com but dave found someone @ work that wants it!! Dave told him $100 and the guy said he will be here Tuesday AM to pick it up!!! Yea we will be w/o a stove for a few days but oh well!! Not a bad deal seeing as this stove came w/the house -- extra $$ for us!!! Cept we're putting it on my Credit Card -- yea im on this credit card kick! Ive always just made my monthy payment but seems like thats getting know where so anything extra we get is going rite on the card!!! Daves also going to sell his class ring tomorrow...they give you about $100 for 14k gold class rings!! His is really heavy so i dunno if he would get more or if $100 is max

This week i sold all 3 things i had listed last week!! 5 underjams coupons i just put for for the cost of a stamp and they thats what they sold for .43 Season 2 of The Hills for $15.50 + $4.02 fo S&H. S&H ended up only being $2.xx so i made a like 2 more dollars. Laugh and Learn Bunny $7.50 - $8.00 S&H...not sure how much s&h will really be yet so we'll see!

Okay so seeing as pretty much every appliance we own has crapped out on us, we decided to go and pick new stuff out today!!! First our freezer stopped freezing, then our dishwasher stopped cleaning, then our washer stopped washing!! Originally we were planning on just buying a few fridge and be done w/it. Well when all this stuff started dying we figured we might as well buy it all! Come to find out, we still have 2 more years left on our warranty for the w/d so we didn't have to buy a new one of those, the guys will just come out and fix it or replace it -- ohh the joys of extended warrentys!! So we go in and start looking around...we had a few Q's about some of the refrigerators, but course the one and only time we have a question we aren't getting bombarded by sales guys! So we just stood there waiting...all the sudden about of know where we here HEYYY HOW YOU DOIN!? It was the OWNER!! Im thinking he saw us from his office looking to get help and no one was helping us......

Why is it that i should be on time to ALLLL my dr. apts? Even tho im usually always on time or always early this still bugs me!! When i went for my 19 week u/s to see what the baby was, i had to do teh wonderful task of loading up my bladder before hand, well soon as i walked in the office i was just starting to feel like i had to pee, so i figured id be good till they called me in and took the pix they needed w/my full bladder...soo as the time went on and my bladder got fuller, i started getting aggravated! I got there 10 minutes early, and when i started to really have to pee i had been sitting there for 45 minutes!!! No one ever said they were running behind or they would be w/you in this amount of time etc etc. Okay, so i dealt w/it...and the tech did apologize for the wait. So today i had to go in for a i guess you could call it a emergency apt -- i was having pains low in my stomach that my OB wanted to check out [its not baby related...but we're also not sure what it IS rel...

Well up till today i was a virgin...a Shaws Virgin! Amanda filled me in w/some good deals soo it was a perfect week to start!! We did the 10/$25 deal on Kellogg's/Kebler stuff + the $5.00 coupon that was on the add + i had a coupon for each thing k/k thing i bought & Amanda's sending me the rebate this week as well!! NICE!! I also had 5 coupons for FREE mighty dog can food [the ones i tried to use @ WAGS yest.] and they went threw noooo problem [funny how that works!!] Ohh and i got my FREE Lemon hahah not that we even eat lemons or have anything w/lemon besides Corona...ohh man i want a corona sooo baddddddly! Dave also got the Sweet Italian Sausages that were on sale BOGO w/a $1 coupon making them 2/$3.55!! When all was said and done our bill came to.... Total=$87.46 Preferred Savings=$42.64 MFG Coupons=$21.10 Store Coupons=$14.10 SAVINGS=$77.84!!!!

Today we went back to Wags so i could get more Soliel refills. I had 3 $3.00 off coupons and 3 $2.00 off Soliel Wags coupons from the Easy Savor making the refills .99 a piece So we bring the basket up to the counter and put it there [usually they start taking your items out of the basket--no biggie]. This chick w/her electric blue eye liner looks in the basket and just stands there like she was highly insulted we didnt take the stuff out of the basket! Then she picks up my coupons i laid on the counter...she starts shuffling threw them w/this disgusted look on her face, but she never said anything. Then she scans all the razors and looks at the coupons again and says "your going to use all these coupons on these razors?" i looked at her and said "YEP!" -- thats totally "legal" cause it was a Manf. & a Store coupon so whats the big deal?! So she just kept scanning. Then she gets to our Might Dog dog food...we had 5 coupons for 1 free can of dog food u...

Well today i saved $41.91!!! I bought: Cover Girl BOGO w/$1 Manf. Gortons Seafood BOGO w/.75 Manf. Glade scented oil candle $2.99 after rebate w/$2 manf. =.99! Glade scented oil fan $2.99 after rebate w/$2 manf. =.99! Glade wisp Flameless candle 2x $3.99 w/$3 manf. =.99 ALSO!!! Scotch tape BOGO Soleil razor refills $3.99 after rebate + $2 coupon in the easy saver [that i for got to use, but will go back cause that would be a money maker] + a $3 off coupon i had! Scott TP $1.99 w/$1 manf. TOTAL OOP:$35.90 you do the math on how much im getting back...i dont feel like it rite now! ha

1st of all today is our 1 year wedding anniversary!!! yaaaay=) ...anyway, today was my apt w/the surgeon for my "hernia" for those of you that dont know about my stupid bump [not the baby bump] last sunday i did some research on what my bump could possibley be. I went on WebMD and 1st words i see are hernia...so i click it. Seeing as how i had a umbiblical hernia w/Kaitlyn i figured it wouldnt be too far off for me to start looking there... So there was like 4-5 different types you can get...1st one was a incisional hernia, which means a hernia is caused from a pervious surgery, which makes since cause i had a fundiplication surgery when i was 16, and one of the laproscopic holes is rite on top of the buldge i have!! So me finding that set my mind at ease so i could stop freaking out thinking it was some massave tumor or something wonderful like that! So i called the next day and made a apt. w/the surgeon who did my last hernia. It only took me a week to get in!!! Which is a ...

Today [well in like 10 minutes] is our 1 year anniversary!!! This year FLEW by!! Its also our 6 year anniversary of being together!!! Soo i made this...

RITE AID Electrasol $3.99 -$2.00 SCR = $1.99 + $2.25 Electrosol coupon [i have no idea where i got that coupon!] Making it FREE!!! Windex & Oust 2/$5 - $1.00 off Oust & $1.00 off Windex coupons =$3.00 Mead Notebooks 6/.96 Herbal Essences 2/$5 - $2.00 off 2 coupon = 2/$3.00 Astroglide [massage oil or lube] $7.99 w/$7.99 SCR = FREE Durex Cndms $6.99 w/$5.99 SCR = $1.99 [18 pack bonus!] Riteguard Deod. BOGO w/$1.00 off coupon 2/$3.29 TOTAL OOP: $28.76 Ill get back $14.99 in SCR's Total: $13.77 CVS Poland Springs Water [24 pack] $4.99 got $1 ECB [so $3.99] Huggie Diapers [40 count] $8.99 w/$2.00 off CVS huggie coupon & $1.00 off Manf. coupon = $5.99 Olay $4.99 w/$2.00 off coupon = $2.99 Bic Soleil Refills $4.99 w/$3.00 off coupon = $1.99 Ice Pack for Kaits lunch box $1.49 w/30% off = $1.04 Colgate Toothpaste BOGO - i have a $1.00 off coupon i have to bring back cause i had the wrong one making it 2/$1.89. I had 8 ECB's Total OOP= $13.93-1 ECB = $12.93 SAVED $28.34 **...

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A few weeks ago we took a huge tote filled w/some of Kaits old fall clothes 0M-3T to Once Upon a Child [its a kids consignment shop, you can turn gently used clothes in for CASH, or you can use your credit towards clothes in their store] . Everything was freshly washed, we even ironed things so they looked nice!! Well they told us to come back in 2 hours, when we did they told us they couldnt buy anything from us cause all the clothes needed to be freshly laundered! WTF...i was pissed cause we spent alot of time making sure they looked nice and presentable!! So we took them home, and finally we've been RE washing them the past 2 days...soon as they came out of the dryer, we folded them and put them rite in the tote and in the car!! Today we went back, and they bought $41.00 worth of stuff from us!!! So instead of getting the cash back we just used it towards clothes for Braeden. We spent $38.xx and still ended up getting $2.00 back ha The best thing we got was this!!!! Daves dad a...

Ive been SOO anxious to use my BBW coupons! Stuff till September is Anti Bacterial Soap & Aromatherapy Hand soaps 5 for $5.00 Anti Bac. travel sanitizers $3 Select C.O Bigelow Hand Treatments 2 for $14 NEW size 8oz Anti-Bac Waterless Hand Gel 2 for $10 Anti Bacterial 1 oz 5 for $5 The sales girl was really helpful...usually sales ppl drive me nuts! I had two different FREE coupons w/a purchase of $10.00 and the other $12.00 or more. I asked her if we could use them if we had enough for both...she said we'd have to do 2 separate transactions, which was fine w/me!! So she rang us up, and figured it out so we'd get the most for our money!! Soooo one receipt was $14.39 ...and the second was $21.20 Total $35.59 oop Total w/o savings = $73 My 2 free things were 8oz lotions [the big ones!] She also gave me 2 more coupons that start sept. 3-21st for a free anti bacterial Halloween soap [pumpkin or ghost] so ill spend $20 and get one of each!! Also i got a $10 off $20 coupon on the ...

Well todays trip was pretty good [after SCR's] FYI...SCR=Single Check Rebate [i know alot of you have asked me!] Vitamin Water [Dave was parched] ~ 1.49 Gillette Fusion Razor ~ 9.00-4.00 manf.- 5.00 SCR =FREE!! Gillette Shampoo ~ 4.49-1.00 manf. -3.49 SRC = FREE Durex Lubez ~ 6.99 - 2.00 manf. [yea thats rite...hahah its a multi pack, of all dif. kinds, so why the hell not;-)] TOTAL =18.46 - ill be getting 8.xx back! [i think, if i figured that out rite]

So back to the other life form that seems to be growing in my abdomen [not the baby]. Yesterday my mom had me look up something on webMD so after she was done i started looking around on it, rite in front of my face was HERNIA, so i figured id look around a little bit. The only thing that made since was Incisional Hernia. The reason i says that is because back in 2000 i had a Fundoplication surgery done cause i was aspirating food into my lungs causing me to have GERD. They did it laparoscopicly so i have about 5 small incisions around my belly. Coincidently rite on top of this bump is one of the scars!! Everything i read about it makes total since!! This is what it says... An incisional hernia occurs in the abdomen in the area of an old surgical scar. A part of an organ in the abdomen, such as the bowel or intestines, protrudes through the weakened area of the abdominal wall. [Tha...

Yesterday i ran into staples w/my mom so she could get a binder...yes ive rubbed off on my mom too!!! Actually my Dad said "why don't you help your mother do one of those" haha. So after we were done getting what we wanted, i was going to show my mom the camera Dave was looking @ getting me. [yes, i have my professional camera, but i wanted a camera to throw in my pocketbook, its a bitch to lug my big camera around all the time] This particular camera i saw @ staples last week, but before just buying it i wanted to do some research on it. The orig. price is $299.99! Staples had it on sale for $259.99. But i wasn't nes. ready to spend that much money on a camera yet. So when me and my mom walk over to the cameras yesterday, i see this big yellow sale tag under the camera!! It said $194.99...okay now we're talking! Ohhh but wait!! The 12% off coupon expired yesterday and i could use that too, making the camera $174.99!!! The reason the camera was marked down is beca...

[Manda, i went was going to IM you back last night but you were off when i got online...so i guess this will answer your Q] Last year at this time i was the BIGGEST target addict...i had to join a support group to cut back! haha. But yea it was bad, i would buy things just to buy things!!! This year ive been really good, only going there when needed. BUT if this year was last year, i would have known when the 75% off sale started @ our store! I knew it was coming, but kinda forgot about it. Dave and I went Friday afternoon...what a joke! The shelves were wiped out!!! We did get a bunch of stuff for Kait and Braeden for XMas...we had two bags of stuff and only spent $16.00!! When i got home i ordered more stuff on clearance from target.com, cause there were some things i really wanted to get but they were out of. I spent another $54.xx, but i got a good chunk of stuff!!! Im not setting any money limits on how much im spending on the kids, we never do, we kinda just eye ball the amount o...

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