Mommin' It Up!

September 12, 2010September 16, 2010

Holy Profit at Rite Aid, Batman! Er, sort of.

Ok, so I was super-jazzed after looking at the Rite Aid ad and reading some other great coupon blogs & seeing this week’s deals! We went to church last night so this morning I was at Rite Aid when it opened at 9. Not because I have totally lost my mind, but because I have INSOMNIA and I’d been up since 5:15 & had already gotten my shopping plan together! Despite my best planning, all did not totally go as planned, as I’ll explain. Here’s what I got:

Two Tylenol Precise pain patches $10

Two Reach Total Care toothbrushes, $2.99 each = $5.98

Listerine PocketPaks $2.99

Listerine Total Care $4.99 ($4.49 for me with 10% wellness + discount)

Johnson’s baby shampoo $3.99

Johnson’s baby lotion $3.99

Playtex Gentle Glide tampons $4 (you’re welcome, Sarah!)

total = $35.44

Coupons:

-$5/$25 Rite Aid video values printable

-$5/2 Tylenol Precise from today’s inserts

-$2.99 B1G1 Free Reach from insert awhile back

-$1 Any Reach toothbrush printable

-$1 Johnson’s shampoo printable

-$1 Johnson’s lotion printable

-$2 Playtex Gentle Glide printable from RedPlum.com

-$1 Listerine Total Care from insert awhile back

-$.50 Listerine Pocket Paks from insert awhile back

-$1 Johnson’s Rite Aid video values printable

-$1 Listerine Rite Aid video values printable from August

-$1 Listerine Rite Aid video values printable from September

-$1 Reach Rite Aid video values printable

-$2 +UP Rewards from last week

Total = $9.95 + $1.71 in tax. I paid $11.66 cash and got back 13 +UP Rewards!! ( 2 each for the Johnson’s baby, 2 each for the Reach, 2 for the Pocket Paks, 3 for the Playtex). Pretty good, right?? Well, normally I would be thrilled with this transaction BUT there was an extra +UP Reward – $10 for buying $30 of select Johnson & Johnson products – that didn’t print!! I didn’t realize it wasn’t there til I was on my way home, and I didn’t want to drive back and annoy the cashier and manager, so I emailed customer service when I got home and I am waiting to hear back! I know I bought the right items and spent enough, so I am hoping they will get me my extra $10 somehow!

Hopefully if it all works out I will come away with $11.34 profit on this one! Plus, the Listerine & Pocket Paks, and toothbrushes all count toward the Oral Care rebate I was working on – so that’s more profit as well!

Did anyone else try the Johnson & Johnson deal and get the $10 +UP Reward?? I hope it worked for you. I’ll let you know how it turns out. And hey, Rite Aid! I want my $10! 😉

September 10, 2010December 14, 2015

Jenny’s Kitchen Transformation – BIG REVEAL!

So back in late July, Emily and I revealed to you that we were getting new kitchen counter tops and cabinets from Granite Transformations (and we asked for your help in choosing what colors we should get!) Then, in August, we revealed to you what colors we had chosen. And now, after mercilessly teasing you for days on Facebook and Twitter, it’s time for ME to reveal my finished kitchen to you!! Next week it will be Emily’s turn – hers is still in progress. Let’s first take a walk down memory lane so I can show you what my horrifically ugly kitchen looked like (it was also really messy in these pictures!)

And here, my friends, is my new, beautiful, gorgeous, DREAMY, transformed kitchen from Granite Transformations!!

(I just have to say that this here used to be the 4 janky, messed-up drawers you saw pictured above. Now it is a drawer with a cabinet door with two roll-outs inside the cabinet. I LOVE IT!)

My beautiful new Blanco sink and faucet. THANK YOU BLANCO for partnering with Granite Transformations on this!

(OMG BFF check out the CROWN MOLDING UP ON TOP!!)

Need I ask “What do you think?” Isn’t is AMAZING??

I seriously teared up when it was all done. I just cannot believe how gorgeous it is! And it took less than 4 days – 3 days for the cabinets, and actually just about 3 hours for the counters. And at no time was my kitchen un-usable, I always had plumbing and could use the dishwasher and everything. The men from Granite Transformations did a fast, quality, phenomenal job and I could not be happier! And they were SO NICE and respectful – every last person that was in my home.

Now Bobby and I just have to paint – I think I’ve got a color picked out – but OF COURSE I will post pictures when it’s done! The white walls are a little too much white, but we don’t want something real dark in our small kitchen.

I am so excited, I love my counter tops so much I wish I could SLEEP on them!! The material is heat-resistant up to 560 degrees and stain resistant and so durable you could even use it as a cutting board (although it would dull your knives it’s so hard!)

I cannot express how THRILLED I am with Granite Transformations’ cabinet refacing (they just took what was there and made it NOT CRAPPY! How amazing is that????) and counter tops. If you are looking to upgrade your kitchen, this is the way to go! No ripping out your appliances, walls, counters, or cabinets – just a beautiful new kitchen in a very short time.

Thank you so much Granite Transformations! I will sing your praises for years to come!

(So, really, tell me – whaddya THINK!??!!?)

Disclosure: I have said this before in previous posts, but I’ll say it again! Granite Transformations is providing Emily and I with new sinks and counter tops for free, and Emily and I got a great discount on the cabinets, which we paid for ourselves with our own money. 🙂

September 9, 2010December 14, 2015

Win a Curtain Makeover from Curtainworks.com!

As you know if you’ve been reading this here blog, (and WHY WOULDN’T YOU BE!?!?) I have had a lot of changes in my house lately! My new kitchen from Granite Transformations will be revealed TOMORROW! I also recently had the privilege to get a curtain makeover from Curtainworks.com, and now you have a chance to win one, too! Let me tell you about our curtains. First, the old. We were badly in need of a curtain makeover. All we had on the six windows in our living room were some plain valances we bought 9 years ago when we moved it. They were as plain as can be because a) Bobby and I do not have a “flair” for decor and b) we had two cats at the time who would scratch the crap out of any decent curtains. You can see our old valances in the background of this picture. This is what we had on all six windows. Ho-hum. YAWN.

These things were so dusty when we took them down! I never paid them a bit of attention. They were unremarkable.

Since we got rid of our cats last year (best heartless decision I have EVER made), we were ready for some REAL curtains!! I really wanted some sheers to still let some light in. I loves me some daylight. Curtainworks.com has a huge selection of all kinds of curtains for EVERY room in the house – so I had no trouble finding what I was looking for! Here’s what we chose, a sheer curtain and sheer top treatment. We have them arranged this way on our two sets of double windows:

And this way on our two single windows:

I personally love that we could get matching curtains for all our windows and arrange them slightly differently for a little variety but still have them go perfectly together!

Aren’t those better than our boring old valances? I’d say so!

Now it’s your turn to WIN a curtain makeover! Here’s how to enter!

1) Leave a comment on this post telling me what you think of my curtain makeover.

2) Go to curtainworks.com and look around. Leave a separate comment telling me what curtains you’d pick for your makeover (you can change your mind if you win!)

3) Like us on Facebook and leave a comment on this post letting us know you did or already do.

4) Tweet about this post on Twitter and leave us a comment with your Tweet URL. You may copy and paste this if you wish: “@momminitup and @jennyitup are giving away a curtain makeover from curtainworks.com http://bit.ly/brigDm”

One winner will be chosen randomly on Wednesday, September 15th. GOOD LUCK!