Perfect Day

Yesterday was just about perfect. Amazingly nice weather for late October in Ohio, my husband was home, and we actually had *nothing* planned. (That’s right people. Leave us alone. We are tired of being busy!)

So, we played!

We played out in the yard:

Hide and Seek. Sophie is counting & Joshua is dashing off to hide.
Taking a breather after a heated footrace

Then, Bobby and I decided to take the kids to a nearby church parking lot to ride bikes, since we live on a very busy street with a very bumpy sidewalk, Joshua has yet to learn to ride his two-wheeler without training wheels, and Sophie has just started to really get interested in her bike.

It was SO! Much! Fun!

Color-coordinated with the bike. Oh, yeah!

Sophie mastered her bike (thanks to her friend B for handing it down to her – Krista – don’t tell B that Joshua broke the bell! Whoops!)  and she was soooo cute and so proud of herself!

cheeser bike
show off!

Joshua didn’t quite get all the way independent on his bike yet, but he had an awesome time and was getting really confident.  He didn’t want to leave when it was time to go.

We were all really hot, so we went to Dairy Queen after we rode bikes.  The little one by our house is a walk-up, so we had to eat outside.  Which was fine, because it was such a beautiful day!  Until all of a sudden a gale-force wind started pummeling us and we became freezing cold and our ice cream became endangered!  Sophie’s cone was practically blowing in rivulets at her face!

So, we had to abandon ship and head for home.

No worries, I took my cone with me. 🙂

So, it was nearly perfect.  We had such a wonderful day as a family! I’d just about give my arm for one like it next weekend, too.

How was your weekend?

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Deals Make Me Super-Happy!

I know I am a giant nerd, but the simple deals I got at Rite Aid and CVS today make me so happy!  I love making money shopping or getting stuff we need for really cheap.  Here’s what  I got today!

First, CVS:
$7.74 and I got back 6 ECB! That's 40 batteries people!

Two 20-packs of Duracell batteries $9.99 each = $19.98
CVS brand crakers $1.50
Total = $21.48

coupons:
-$4/$20 CVS email coupon (I got this last week but didn’t use it, luckily my CVS takes expired CVS q’s for 30 days!)
-$.75 Duracell from 10/10 P&G
-$10 ECB
= $6.73 + $1.01 in tax =$7.74 and I got back 6 ECB! 5 for the Duracell and 1 for using my Green bag tag 4 times! Woot! Since we have trouble keeping up with batteries (even w/ rechargeables) this was a GREAT deal for me! Can’t wait to see what coupons are in the battery packages, too!

Next up was Rite Aid:
made a wee bit of profit at Rite Aid on this!

Huggies diapers $8.99
Aveeno shampoo $5.99
Nivea body lotion $5.99
total = $20.97

coupons:
-$4/$20 Rite Aid video values printable
-$4 Rite Aid video values Aveeno printable
-$1 Aveeno printable from coupons.com
-$1 any non-prescription purchase Rite Aid video values printable
-$2 Huggies diapers printable from coupons.com
-$2 Huggies Rite Aid video values printable
= $6.97 + 90 cents tax = $7.87 and I got back 8 +UP rewards! 2 for the Huggies, 1 for the Aveeno, and 5 for the Nivea! So, a profit of 13 cents for that! I LOVE getting a profit on diapers!!

So that’s the fun I had at the drugstores today! What did YOU get??

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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.

great deal at Office Depot!
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!

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