Kids Eat Free Today Only (July 18, 2011)

Chili's is feeding the kids again for FREE with this coupon. The fine print says you can get up to 2 kids meals free per Adult Entree. Offer valid for kids 12 and under. We like getting ours to go. Brian and I will share their Monteray Chicken and then both kids get their own meals. We use a savings card we bought from the local pop warner players to get free chips and salsa too. If you're dining in you can get free chips and salsa by sitting in the bar area.

Thanks Money Saving Mom!

CVS: My shopping trip for the week of July 17-23, 2011

I gave my sister the toothbrushes before I took the picture.

I had $11.99 in CVS bucks expiring and wanted to "roll" as many as possible. There weren't many "freebies" this week so I pulled out all of my rainchecks to come up with a scenario. This is what I came up with:

2 Oral-B Indicator Toothbrushes (not pictured) $1.99 x 2 = $3.98
2 Crest Kid's Toothpastes $1.99 x 2 = $3.98
2 T.G. Lee gallon Milk (rainchecks) $2.79 x 2= $5.58
1 Nivea for Men (raincheck) $4.99

Coupons used:
$2/2 Oral-B Indicator Toothbrush coupon from 7/3 P&G insert
2- 75cents Crest Toothpaste coupon from 6/5 and 7/3 P&G insert
$2 Nivea for Men coupon from 6/5 RP
$5.99 Extra Care Bucks
$3.00 Extra Care Bucks
$3.00 Extra Care Bucks

Had my Green Tag scanned.

Subtotal: $1.04
Tax: $0.91
Total Out Of Pocket: $1.95

Extra Care Bucks Earned: $2, $2, $1, $1, $5, $1 (green bag tag) for a total of $12

Thanks to my rainchecks I was able to "roll" all of my Extra Care Bucks! Now you see the importance of asking for a raincheck when your store is out of all those "freebies".

lTo see all of the coupon matchups for this go here.

What did you get at CVS this week?

Yard Sale Finds: Dinosaurs, Stride Rite and Highlights

Toys

Yay! Another Saturday  morning spent yard sale-ing with my sister! I found some good priced toys. The boys will get to enjoy the Little Tikes B.C. Builder Dinosaurs for a little bit while I prepare to list them on eBay. My little J-bird was excited to see puzzles he can add to his puzzle shelf. A couple of the Dinosaur Morphs were incomplete but there are still enough pieces to make some interesting creatures.



Gymboree Shirt $2, Stride Rite Shoes 50 cents each, bags and belt FREE


J-bird is going to look so cute in this shirt! I don't find a lot of boys' clothes at garage sales. When I do find something I get it, even if the boys aren't ready to wear it yet. I almost missed out on the Stride Rite shoes. I had passed them up at $2 each earlier in the day but after I told my husband about them he drove us back to check them out again. To my surprise they had been marked down to 50 cents each! I grabbed both pair even though they were the same size. Little B will probably be able to wear them some and then they will get passed down to J-bird. I picked up the belt for my little sister. I found it in a box marked "free". If she doesn't like it then I think I have something else in mind to do with it. The last garage sale on our list was generous enough to pack my goods in reuseable bags. I heart free reuseable bags!



Thrifty Homeschool Stuff


Little B will be starting his Kindergarten work at home next month. I've been steadily gathering things for cheap to help us not break the bank our first year. I got all 30 Highlight books for only $1. I have some ideas on how to use them that I'll post soon. I got the textured alphabet cards for $2 which is much cheaper than Amazon. Those are mostly for J-bird. I couldn't resist the bag of mini blocks for 50 cents. (Yes, they can be a choking hazard but they'll only be used under supervision. Promise.) I'm already brainstorming ideas for them. The books ranged from 10 to 50 cents but I did fork over a buck for the Mo Willems book. I found the Leap Frog Tag system on my return trip for the Stride Rite shoes. It was only $2! It came with an additional book too. I'll be keeping an eye out for more now.
I almost forgot...

Chomp Chomp!

My new Gator lunch bag! I had to snap a quick picture with my iPhone. It's worth way more to this family than the 50 cents I paid for it.

I'm linking up with Yard Sale Mommy and Her Library Adventures.

Thrifty Finds: Books and Legos!

Earlier in the week the boys and I ventured out treasure hunting (that's our code word for yard sale-ing lol). I was looking up the garage sales on the Craigslist App and found one that had just started that morning. The ad listed Legos and Lego table so I quickly got the boys ready and headed out the door. I tried not to get my hopes up that the Legos would still be there since the sale had started a few hours ago. To my surprise they were both still there! The lady was asking $12 for the table and BIG bag of Legos. I knew it was a great deal for my little Lego lovers so I snatched it up.



I didn't get a picture of the bag of Legos before its contents were dumped out. :-)

 
 I found something brand new to put away for Chirstmas too.

Diego Mega Bloks $3

There were several boxes of children's books priced just right (10 to 50 cents) so I grabbed an armful. Since we were feeling lucky we stopped at my other favorite source for cheap books, Goodwill. After some digging we found some popular titles: Harold and the Purple Crayon, Madeline, Don't Let the Pigeon... and a few others.

We were excited to check out our treasures when we got home. We dumped the big bag of Legos first and found not only LOTS of Duplo blocks but also several special pieces like people, animals, a boat and a mega bloks train. I can't wait to hear the boys' adventures during playtime. (After I clean the legos of course!)



The special items that hadn't disappered into the playroom yet.



I was inspired to get back to selling on eBay after reading some posts by Yard Sale Mommy. A few years ago my husband and I had some success ($1,000 in 6 weeks) selling new toys on eBay during Christmas time. Business is slow at work so I'm going to try my hand at selling used toys this year. My sister and I hit the yard sales on Saturday on the hunt for inventory. I only found one thing but it's a beauty.



Ryan's Room:  Home Sweet Home




3 floors of fun




Furniture included


As soon as I got home I searched the internet (using Swagbucks) to find out more about the dollhouse. It turns out it's called Home Sweet Home by Ryan's Room and it's discontinued. I've decided to wait to sell it closer to Christmas after reading this blog post.

My other finds were more inexpensive books for the boys. I was especially excited about the almost new phonics readers for 50cents per set!



Goodwill and Yard Sale book finds.



I'm looking forward to next weekend's treasure hunt.

I'm linking up with Apron Thrift Girl.