My CVS/Glamour Goodie Bag

My free CVS/Glamour Bag that I sent off for in early May came today!!! I was so excited. Check out all the goodies it came inside.

Wylie is having their fireworks tonight. The kids are bathed and dressed and ready to hop in the car. Since they start at 9:30, I'm going to have some sleepy bears on my hands tonight. Hubby has to work.........snif snif.

Have a great 4th of July. I'll be heading to CVS to use my coupon. :) Be safe!!

CVS-26 cents OOP

Here's what I got on a super quick run into CVS yesterday. We needed the Cascade and hubby needed mouthwash (he was going through the Smart Rinse like crazy!).

1 Cascade $5.49

1 CVS Mouthwash $3.79

1 CVS Make-up removing cloths $2.99

1 Gummy Bears (perfect filler for the kids!) $.99

minus

$1.00 off Cascade (from the Clean Home Journal a few months back)

$2.00 off CVS branded skincare (limit one per transaction)

$10.00 in ECB

=$.26 OOP for the things I needed, how awesome is CVS?

I got back $2.99 for the cleansing cloths (not $1 like the monthly books says) and I also got my $3.50 Spring Spending ECB as well. Which will help out when I go use the $4/20 coupon I just got in my e-mail box from CVS this morning!!!! Mine is valid only tomorrow, July 4th! Looks like I'll have to go back, huh?

Thanks to I Heart CVS for the coupon and hidden ECB deal!

UPDATE!!--The ECB for the cleansing cloths has been "corrected" by CVS and is only paying $1 back in ECB like advertised in the Monthly Deal book. This will still be "free" after coupon, just not a money maker. :(

A Target coupon bites the dust!

I just read over at Attention Target Shoppers that Target is no longer accepting the $5/$25 Toy coupon. That's such a bummer!! I just talked about using it here. At least I made it through the kids birthday's with some toy discounts and excuses to go to Target! :)

P.S. The new Wylie Target has finally broken ground. Yippee!

CVS Coupon Alert!

I found this coupon at CVS today. It was on the metal "newspaper" rack that they keep their weekly ads on.

Included:

$2.00 off any Skin Effects purchase
$2.00 off any 24.7 Minerals or 24.7 Skincare purchase
$2.00 off any CVS Brand defining skincare purchase
$1.00 off two Smartwater 1 liter bottles
$1.00 off two Dasani or Evian 1 liter bottles

Also, don't forget to scan your Extra Care card everytime you go to CVS. You scan it at the "price check" machine and coupons come out the side. Yesterday, I got 2 free bags of pretzels. I recieved a $1/2 CVS brand snacks coupon and I found pretzels for 2/$1......free pretzels!!

I did a tiny transaction today, I'll post it later. We're heading out to "help" hubby wash his car.

Free Books For Reading

My kids finished the Texas Summer Reading Club last week. Look at all the goodies they each received! This years theme is "Texas Reading Club Jubilee:1958-2008". Texas is celebrating a 50 year anniversary for the summer reading program! Yay books!

I'm always disappointed we finish so quick, we only needed to read 25 books to complete the reading log. We did that in about a week and a half, as far as the books I logged at least.

Anyway, here's what the kids each received: A cool certificate, Texas Rangers ticket, 1/2 Pizza card for Papa Murphy's, free shaved ice at Bahama Buck's and a book!! Not bad for reading what we would have anyway, huh?

They also have an adult version of the reading club, I'm working my way through 5 books for a coffee mug. It's seems harder for me to complete. It's not that I don't love to read, it's just I usually fall asleep in the evenings. But, I only have 2 more books to go. I can see my mug now.......!

Here's where you can find a library near you. If you're in Wylie, the Smith Public Library is the place to be! In addition to story time this summer, they also have lots of fun programs. We've been to a petting zoo, watched a magician, and bounced in a bounce house. They have story tellers, people bring in animals, etc. It's all so much fun and FREE! The additional programs last through July.

Please visit your local library!!

Coincidence? Fate?

Yesterday I took the kids to McDonald's. I had a coupon for a free Chicken Sandwich and thought it would be fun to let them play in the playground. I guess we called it my son's birthday lunch, and since he's too small to have a favorite place, my daughter picked. They had a great time by the way. :)

So anyway, the day before I had put jumper cables in my car. I have no clue why. I haven't had them in the car in YEARS and I drive a new car, so I wasn't thinking I would need them. As we are unloading for lunch my daughter notices them and asks what they are. I do my best to explain a car "emergency" to her while we're heading through the parking lot.

Well, it didn't take long to show her what they are for! On the way out, a girl asked me if I had any cables and if I could help her with a jump. I haven't had anyone ask me this in over 10 years, and someone does the day after I load cables. Coincidence? Fate? I loaded the kids and had her off and going under 2 minutes. Aren't I handy? Not really....that was a joke. I'm terrible with cars. :)

Neat story, huh?