Mommin' It Up!

October 23, 2010October 24, 2010

Dry Erase Marker-palooza at Office Depot!

Today I went on a search for washable dry-erase markers at Office Depot. Before I left the house I signed up w/my email on their website to get a $10 off $20 purchase coupon – wow – and of course checked online to make sure they sold washable dry erase markers in stores (Sophie has recently ruined 3 shirts w/ dry erase markers and not even my trusty Tide or Frigidaire machines could rescue them!) I saw the above marker board listed for $9.49, but I didn’t really need a marker board, so I was just going to buy a 6-pack of the wider-tip washable dry erase markers for $10.49 (they were actually $10.99 in store) and then find something else $10-ish to get me up to $20 to use my coupon. Which was fine with me, because we use dry erase markers every day and that was a decent enough deal w/ coupon.

*BUT THEN* at the store, they had the dry-erase boards with the 6-packs of markers attached for FOUR DOLLARS!! $4!?!? Why? I have no idea! They were on an endcap display. I checked over and over again to make sure I wasn’t seeing things! The fine-tip markers were also $10.99 by themselves but yet they were $4 when packaged WITH A MARKER BOARD!?

Um, yeah, I didn’t have to think about that one too long!

I snagged five of the boards, each w/ six markers, used my $10/$20 coupon, and walked out the door 5 marker boards and 30 washable dry-erase markers richer for $10.65 including tax.

What a great surprise! I have no idea how long this price will be good, but if you need either a marker board or some dry-erase markers, go check it out! The marker board is double-sided with lines on the other side so it’s great to practice handwriting, too!

October 23, 2010

New Huggies Printable coupons – get ’em now!

There are two new Huggies coupons available today on coupons.com! Huggies Jumbo packs will be on sale at Rite Aid starting tomorrow 10/24 for $8.99 with a $2 +UP Reward! Use these coupons to get them for $4.49-$4.99 after coupon and +UP Reward! PLUS you can stack this with the Rite Aid Video Values $2 off Huggies coupon (you must print that one TODAY – last day!) to save an extra $2!!! That’s an amazing deal on diapers!

Print your coupons here and happy shopping!

October 22, 2010

Weight Watchers Lose for Good Food Drive

I’ve told you ~~many times~~ before how much I love Weight Watchers, and since last year’s Lose for Good campaign was what originally got me going, I was excited to be involved with it again this year.

In case you’ve missed it, here’s what the campaign is about:
Could the weight you lose help fight world hunger? Weight Watchers has designed a program to accomplish this. This September, the third annual Lose for Good campaign will strive to relieve world hunger.

Between September 5 and October 23, the Lose for Good campaign is teaming up members, online subscribers and charitable organizations to donate up to 1 million dollars to leading hunger-fighting organizations. These organizations, Share Our Strength and Action Against Hunger, will benefit from members’ weight loss and other activities.

So, to get in the spirit of things, I assembled the Big Deal Moms at Young’s Jersey Dairy, where we brought canned goods to donate to a local food pantry… and played and played. Jenny wasn’t sure she was ever going to get Sophie out of the bounce house! Here’s Kate on the hay bale playground!

We had a lot of fun, and more importantly, collected a lot of canned goods! (which I failed to get a picture of). As of right now, the Lose for Good website estimates that nearly 4 million pounds have been lost by WW members during the campaign. Isn’t that amazing??

During “Lose for Good,” I’ve been using Weight Watchers online. I’ve tried to do it before, but never stuck with it. I found out last year that I am definitely a “meeting person,” but I’ve been impressed with the way the website can augment the experience between meetings. I love the mobile app as well, because anything I put in there shows up on the website, so it’s easy to count points on the go. I also enjoy what they call the “interactive cheat sheets,” which are fun little games that show the point value for customizable foods… like what you’d cook on the grill, for instance. My personal favorite is the one about mixed drinks – I am trading my 5 point margarita for a 3 point mojito from now on!

If you’ve wondered if WW is for you, how it works, if it really works… feel free to contact me by leaving a comment on this post or emailing me at emily at momminitup.com. I was skeptical at first, but 17 pounds (and one year since it’s been off) later, I am a believer!

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As part of my participation in the Lose for Good campaign, Weight Watchers gave me a free three-month membership to their online site, as well as a grocery gift card to get me started on the right foot. They also sent prizes to make the food drive even more fun! But I evangelize WW to anyone and everyone all the time for free, too, because I believe it in so much.