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Totally Rocked out at Meijer!

This morning I dropped Sophie off at preschool and headed straight for Meijer to get some sweet deals!  Without a kid in tow!  I have three months to do this before the baby comes and I am going to enjoy every second.  This morning, I enjoyed it A LOT.  Here’s what I got!

$31.85 at Meijer and I got SIXTEEN bucks back!

10 blocks of Kraft cheese 3/$5

6 crescent rolls

2 boxes Frosted Mini-Wheats $2.50 each

4 bottles of Juicy Juice $2 each

6 boxes of Ziploc bags (5 were $1.89, one was $2.79)

6 Green Giant boxed veggies 99 cents each

My total before coupons and promotions was $62.85

my total after coupons and promotions was $31.85…and I got SIXTEEN DOLLARS in Catalinas back to use on my next order!!!! So I then bought all the meat, fresh fruit, veggies, and other items my family needed for the week and used the $16 in catalinas to pay for it, and a few coupons, and spent $23.65 for the rest of our week’s groceries.  Here’s how I got this great deal!

Promos: buy 2 Kellogg’s cereals and 2 Juicy Juice, get $3 off instantly at checkout

I bought 2 cereals and 4 Juicy Juice so I could use the $2/4 Juicy Juice printable coupon AND the $2/4 Juicy Juice Meijer Mealbox coupon.

So $5 for two cereals plus $8 for two juices – $13. Minus $4 in coupons and $3 off instantly at checkout = $6 for all. 🙂

The Green Giant Veggies were 99 cents & you got a $2 off catalina back for buying 3.  There were 60 cents off three coupons at Coupons.com. and in this Sunday’s insert that double to $1.

So six veggies = $5.94 minus $2 in coupons = $3.94 and get back two $2 Catalinas – $.06 profit.

The Kraft cheese was $1.67 and you got back a $5 catalina for buying 10.  Plus there is a $5/5 coupon you can print and use two of!  So 10 BLOCK cheeses =$16.70 minus $10 in coupons = $6.70 minus $5 catalina = $1.70 for all!  I think the block cheese is the only type that works for this, but I’m not positive.

The crescent rolls were 4/$6 – buy 4, get $1 off instantly at checkout.  But if you bought 6, you also got a $3 off catalina!  And there are 50 cents off two coupons on Coupons.com. that double to $1!  (Though Meijer only doubles the first two.)  So it was $9 for 6, minus $1 instantly, minus $2.50 in coupons, minus $3 catalina = $2.50 for 6 packages of Crescent rolls!

There are also Catalina deals on the Ziploc bags – buy 4, get $2 back – and there were coupons in this Sunday’s inserts. And there is a Meijer mealbox coupon you can print for that one also!

To be honest I got so many catalinas I was confused about what was for what!

Thanks to Mommy Snacks and Happy Homemaker Cindy for posting about these deals!

Have fun shopping! I hope you get some awesome deals at Meijer this week!

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Lose-A-Palooza

Last year I got involved with Weight Watchers’ Lose for Good campaign. I might have mentioned it a time or two.

It’s that time again – today’s the Lose-a-Palooza. Here’s how the Weight Watchers people explain it:
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.

Additionally, Weight Watchers’ Lose-a-Palooza campaign is a fun, easy way to spread the word and one of many activities you can join to encourage participation in the Lose for Good campaign. On September 14, you can encourage your friends and followers to help fight world hunger using your favorite social network. It is a one-day social media event where $1 will be donated every time Lose for Good is mentioned on blogs, Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare or through a Lose For Good Twibbon on your profile picture. You can also use the hashtag #LoseforGood to help spread the word and raise funds.

Pretty cool, huh?

This campaign is what got me started on Weight Watchers last year, and I truly believe it changed my life.

Unfortunately, I, for one, have apparently consumed a few too many ice cream cones this summer and have put on a couple pounds (but I’ve been running like crazy so it’s probably muscle, right? Nah, probably the ice cream cones) and it is time for me to get back on track. Lose-a-Palooza is the perfect time for that – it combines two of my favorite things, Weight Watchers and social media! I am back on board. You heard it here first, people. Hold me to it!

If you’ve been waiting for a reason to join Weight Watchers (like I was for years), let Lose for Good be it! You won’t regret it, I promise.

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The Kankles are a-comin’

Thursday I had my 24-week checkup at my OB, which fortunately was very uneventful.  My doc and I talked more about the upcoming mom’s sale she sells stuff at and I go to sometimes (which I didn’t go to, because fortunately between Emily’s Sammy and Cortney’s two boys, Jonah is going to be set for life with clothes!) than we did about my pregnancy.

I did however, have a moment with the nurse when she was taking my blood pressure and asking me the routine questions.

“Any swelling?” she queried.

“Not yet!” I shot back cheerfully.

She laughed. “Not yet?

“Oh, I’m sure it’s coming soon,” I responded.

I shouldn’t have said that!  I went home and worked on cleaning my dining room (let’s just say that since our kitchen has been re-done, I am collecting kitchen stuff from all over the house.  I don’t know how it got so spread out!) and by the end of the day, I could feel my feet swelling.  Then Friday, I worked like a DOG cleaning out Sophie’s room and closet (*cough* eightbagstoGoodwill *cough*) which literally took me all day and some help from Bobby when he got home.  Once again I could feel my feet and ankles getting bigger.  They still didn’t look too bad, but I could tell.

When I was pregnant with Joshua, my blood pressure went crazy-high the day after he was due, causing me to have to be induced.  After I had him, my blood pressure stayed high and my feet became roughly the size of the Elephant Man’s.  I will never forget my mother looking at me as I sat at home with my newborn, just 4 or 5 days old, and saying in all seriousness, “I’m really worried about your feet.”  They were HUGE.

With Sophie, my blood pressure played nice and my swelling wasn’t as bad, although I did definitely get some pudgy feet.  Also during my pregnancy with her, I could feel my fingers and toes turning into sausages when I would get stressed.  So I learned when I needed to stop and put my feet up, which helped.

Now that flip-flop season is about over, I am thankful to have some comfy cute Crocs wrapped Mary Jane flats to put my feet in when they DO start getting ginormous.  (I got them when we did the Back 2 School Bash giveaway and they are AWESOME!) Because Kankle Time approacheth, ladies, and it ain’t gonna be pretty!

How about you?  Did you survive your pregnancy kankle-free or did you blow up like a balloon?

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