Melissa ROCKS!!

My friend Melissa from Babycenter is awesome- she is giving away a free $15 Giftcard to CVS on her blog. If you spend wisely that could last you at least 6 months. Or you could splurge on something that never goes on sale. She said if I posted about it on my blog I could get another chance to win. I totally want free CVS money!

And look at me, I rock- 3 posts in one day!

Now to change the layout...



And one handsome picture of Ernie is his new suit!

This is what Bargain Hunting and Stockpiling can do for you!

So I've really been using coupons and watching sales for about 1 year. This is not all the stuff I even have. I have many more diapers and Health and beauty stuff boxed away. Just wanted to brag a bit!



And here is my favorite brag! What a cutie. Playing guitar and singing- a talented girl!

Will you be my valentine?

Well- I'm not sure I can get this any bigger. But if you look close you can see that Abby has lost 2 of her teeth!! Anyway here is promotion too cute to pass up, and easy as pie!

Thanks to Heather at Freebies 4 Mom for the scoop on this!

Stories for Everyone currently has a promotion that will allow you to order six (cute!) photo Valentines- free shipping included.

Here's how to order your free cards:

1. Visit Stories for Everyone (I had trouble with the site in Firefox, but IE worked perfectly.)

2. Click on "Create Your Valentines Now".

3. Select your design. I picked the cupcake picture that says "You're Sweet".

4. Follow the site's instructions to upload your photo and create your card.

5. Once you've created your Valentines, proceed to check out. Order a set of 6 valentines.

6. When you get to the page with your order total, look for the box that says "Have a coupon?" Enter the word valentine, then recalculate your order total.

7. Continue through checkout, entering both a billing and shipping address.

8. When prompted for credit card information, just click "Submit your order", leaving the credit card fields blank.

Need Diapers- want a deal?

This was brought to my attention by Melissa- who found it on Frugal in Virginia!


Here are a few different scenarios:

Get 3 boxes of Huggies newborn diapers for $41 shipped (a total of 276 diapers or .14/diaper)

Get 2 boxes of Huggies Supreme large case (sizes 1-6) for $42.43 shipped
*Size 1 boxes contain 152 diapers =304 diapers (.14/diaper)
*Size 2 boxes contain 132 diapers =264 diapers (.16/diaper)
*Size 3 boxes contain 116 diapers =232 diapers (.18/diaper)
*Size 4 boxes contain 100 diapers =200 diapers (.21/diaper)
*Size 5 boxes contain 88 diapers =176 diapers (.24/diaper)
*Size 6 boxes contain 72 diapers =144 diapers (.29/diaper)

Get 3 boxes of Pampers Swaddlers newborn for $37.43 shipped (a total of 276 diapers or .13/diaper)

Get a Pampers Baby Dry extra large case and Pampers Jumbo pack for $32.53 shipped
Size 1 boxes contain 252 diapers
Size 2 boxes contain 228 diapers
Size 3 boxes contain 204 diapers
Size 4 boxes contain 176 diapers
Size 5 boxes contain 156 diapers
Size 6 boxes contain 128 diapers

Size 1 jumbo packs contain 56 diapers
Size 2 jumbo packs contain 48 diapers
Size 3 jumbo packs contain 40 diapers
Size 4 jumbo packs contain 34 diapers
Size 5 jumbo packs contain 30 diapers
Size 6 jumbo packs contian 26 diapers

So, if you're buying size 1, you get 308 diapers (.10/diaper)
If you're buying size 2, you get 276 diapers (.11/diaper)
If you're buying size 3, you get 244 diapers (.13/diaper)
If you're buying size 4, you get 210 diapers (.15/diaper)
If you're buying size 5, you get 186 diapers (.17/diaper)
If you're buying size 6, you get 154 diapers (.21/diaper)

Get 1 Luvs Extra large case of diapers and 2 jumbo packs for $27.57 shipped
*Size 1 boxes contain 264 diapers
*Size 2 boxes contain 228 diapers
*Size 3 boxes contain 204 diapers
*Size 4 boxes contain 180 diapers
*Size 5 boxes contain 150 diapers
*Size 6 boxes contain 120 diapers

Jumbo packs contain:
*Size 1 =58 diapers
*Size 2 =50 diapers
*Size 3 =40 diapers
*Size 4 =34 diapers
*Size 5 =30 diapers
*Size 6 =26 diapers

So if you're buying size 1, you get a total of 380 diapers (.07/diaper)
So if you're buying size 2, you get a total of 328 diapers (.08/diaper)
So if you're buying size 3, you get a total of 284 diapers (.09/diaper)
So if you're buying size 4, you get a total of 248 diapers (.11/diaper)
So if you're buying size 5, you get a total of 210 diapers (.13/diaper)
So if you're buying size 6, you get a total of 172 diapers (.16/diaper)

Here's what you need to do to get the deal:

1. Go to diapers.com and add these items (or any combination of $50+) to your cart.
2. Proceed to check out. If you're a new member, you'll have to register. If you enter my referral you get $10 off and I get a $1 credit- here's my code ABBY1350. If you enter my referral I don't think you can use the code below.
3. Enter the coupon code RW8161 if you are a new customer to get $10 off. If you've ordered from diapers.com before, you can try to use the code RESOLUTION.
4. If you originally added $49 or more to your cart (before the code), your order should qualify for free shipping.
5. Place your order, and remember to send away for your rebate!
6. Go here and print out the form to receive a rebate of $14.97 rather than a magazine subscription.

**Get an additional 1% cash back if you shop through ebates.com (that link is a link for my referral to sign up, if you use it then you get a $5 bonus and so do I- ebates.com is a great way to get a return with your online shopping. I'm already over $20- and I just signed up in Nov)

I just ordered a case of size 1 Luvs and 2 jumbo packs of size 2 Luvs. I may never have to pay full price for diapers again!

The funny things Abby says

Well I keep forgetting to post all the funny things my girl has been saying- and believe me there are a ton of them. She's a silly girl. But I have 2 I do want to post...

Last night as I was grating cheese for enchiladas she wanted to help. I let her grate some cheese, when she was done she started to take a bite out of the cheese. I told her I didn't know what household she grew up in where it was okay to bite cheese from the block, she replied, "yes you do, Grandpa Bob's house". FTR- Grandpa Bob does not bite cheese from the cheese block.

Today when she came home from school she said, "Guess what mom, President Monson moved out and we have a new President, we watched it down in the library today and the singer was terrible" I had to explain the different Presidents to her- and the terrible singer comment just made me laugh.

hotSACKS

I like to visit this blog JANE4girls $800 annual budget and she is having a giveaway for these reusable bags called hotSACKS! I've been trying to use my reusable bags for about a year now. I feel it's a small thing we can do to help our environment, and keep clutter out of our house. These bags are really cute, and the best part for me is the meshy hotSACKS. I never know what to do with produce, so I often will put them all in the same bag or not use any at all. The cashiers don't like that too much.

Anyway, go check it out and enter yourself- you never know, you may just win.

Does anyone want to help me?

So I'm ready for a new blog look. I don't know how to make cute headers or blog paper or anything- anyone want to help me?

Free Suave Shampoo-today only

On Wednesday, January 14, you will be able to get a free bottle of shampoo from Suave. Go to their website here to take advantage of the offer.

Here are the terms of the offer: Register on Suave.com to receive a coupon for one bottle of Suave shampoo, conditioner, styling aid, body wash, or body lotion (good up to $3) by mail. Registration begins at 12 am ET on 1/14/09 and ends at 11:59 pm ET on 1/14/09. Open to all legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia, aged 18 or older. Limit one offer per household.

Pretty good deal- it's something FREE!

Isn't she so cute!

A BIG announcement!

So just in case you haven't heard- we are having a baby and we just found out she's a GIRL!!!

I thought for sure I would want to tell everyone and the world when I found out, but I didn't. I had already had 2 miscarriages and was scared. Then after things were more comfortable, it felt weird to tell others. Here I am, almost 20 weeks now and making my first blog post.

For those who want to know the details- after my surgery I had another miscarriage. So the next month we did the same routine- Femara 5 mgs for 5 days, US to check on my follicles, and a trigger shot to release the eggs. What we added was progesterone which is a natural hormone that your body needs to sustain a pregnancy and WAHOO- it worked! We have a due date of May 22- and everything looks perfect and great right now!