A Cookie Cutter Diva's Life

$2 for all of this!!

5 deoderants
3 cascades
2 shampoos
2 bandaids
3 tide laundry detergants

My son Keagan is absolutely OBSESSED with frogs! I bought him a little habitat for his birthday and ordered a tad pole in the mail that came with it and unfortunatly they couldn't send it till the weather cools off. So right now he has a little turtle in it.

But this boy will catch any frog he sees and sneak them in the house! Last night I came inside and found him asleep with a frog on the couch till I woke him up and told him he had to put it in a box outside lol

Been kind of MIA this week! Our internet loves to take breaks and only work for half the day but as of Thursday we have been completely with out internet all day every day! I'm so furious! We have called the techs several times and got told 3 different days they would come out and never did. Got told they did and we weren't home (when we were) and that they left a door hanger (and they didn't)
I'm sitting in my back yard bumming the internet right now and went to starbucks and enjoyed some alone time to myself and a nice peppermint mocha while getting some internet time there! UHG so frustrating! I can't print my coupons out or anything right now! I feel like it's COSTING me money lol

Nothing to exciting going on around here lately. I got some coupons in the mail this week from Bushes Baked Beans for writing them and telling them how much I liked their products!

I also got a coupon for a free bottle of pantene that I can't wait to get and a few samples this week in the mail! Makes getting mail exciting when you're getting something aside from bills!

I was very stoked that I had some girls clothes given to me to fill the sizes I was empty on for miss Peyton (my youngest) too!!

She was in the ER on Friday because we are pretty sure she had bloody stools and she has had diahrea since and been very fussy. Finally today she hasn't had any. I'm really worried about her and waiting for the stool test to come back. I hope we hear something tomorrow. I feel slightly like we got blown off when we went in. She has had several digestive problems since being born and you would think that and the fact it might be blood would be taken a lot more serious!

Thursday we had a breakfast potluck playdate here which was awesome! Lots of fun and good food! Some much much much needed adult interaction time haha

I guess that's about all for the excitement around here lately!

spent $43 at walgreens and saved $88!
4 toys for a joint bday party
1 crest mouth rinse
2 grape jellys
3 lip liners
2 eye liners
4 cans mushrooms
2 cans of folgers coffee
1 nivea bodywash
2 pantene shampoo/conditioners
colgate toothepaste
2 things of cottonelle
4 boxes of cereal
gilette fushion razor
crest toothepaste
contact solution!


Then at HEB tonight I got buy one get one free batteries and two coupons printed out and one of them was for a free jar of salsa!

I set my alarm and got up this morning to go to family Dollars Grand Opening!! I wasn't going to be nuts and go stand there in a line so I just set it before opening and hoped I got one lol I wanted the deals regardless!

I wound up getting my $5 gift card, a bag with a tshirt, shopping list, jar opener, water bottle and so...me other stuff and a bunch of samples!

3 Cascade 20ct packs
4 Cans of Cream of Mushroom Soup
4 Herball Essence Shampoo/Conditioner
1 Bic Soleil 4pk Shavers
2 Cans Pringles
2 Oral B Toothebrushes
1 Curad Bandaids
1 Noxema 7ct Razors
Total = $10!! Total Saved $36

Great thing I had my coupon policy handy! I had a feeling there might be a problem with the new store! 1st she told me my manufacture coupon wouldn't take because they take one per item and I said no you take on store coupona nd one manufacture and showed her the policy and she goes "oh"

Then tried telling me she couldn't take the coupons that were over the product price and I showed her where it satted they just don't give cash back if over and she argued with me that it was under "not accepted" and I said no it's a different column. I asked for the coorporate phone number to clear it up and she said the district manager was there and he comes over and she says how it's free and that's wrong and he said no I was right and got in an argument with her. She kept apologizing after and I told her it wasn't her fault if she didn't know. So I had ran home to get something and found another coupon and went back and she asked if I had the coupon policy on me still so she could copy it and teach the employees lol

Next stop was Wallgreens!

$45 worth of cover girl make up.. 1 foundation and 2 mascara's for $1.50 after sale/coupons!!!

This has been and AWESOME day lolSee More

The front of my coupon binder!



The inside of my coupon binder. This is where I keep my shopping list for the deals I went to hit up that I found online, in sales ads or just my grocerie list!

You can also see how I keep my coupons in a baseball card size page, each having their own pocket. I seperate them according to brand in each square.



Here is where I seperate my pages by colorful tags or sheets. I seperate them by catagories such as..

1) Hygeine
2) Cleaning
3) Cold
4) Frozen
5) Dry Fods
6) Pastas, Sauces and Cans
7) Drinks
8) Baby Items
9) Misc Items
10) Store Coupons (like clothing discounts, rewards cards)
11) Resteraunts





The Full Page Inserts. This is where I keep my large coupons or rewards charts in one and in another I keep a copy of every stores coupon policy for an easy refrence!




The back of my coupon binder. This is where I keep an envelope suggested to me by a friend to put all of my pulled coupons for easy access at the end of my trip for an easy check out! I just place them in there as I pull them through out the store!

This week has been such a bust between the way I felt and Peytons exzama which finally was cleared up enough to leave the house today! Thank heavens because I had a lot to do!

First we went and got my blood drawn to check my thyroid levels. The kids were so well behaved! It's times like those that it makes me proud and Aidan helping with the baby while I have to do that. Then they act normal.. lol jk

After we went to chucky cheese like I have promised for days to do when they pulled it out of the "Summer Fun" jar the beginning of the week! They cashed in their rewards charts for 10 free tokens a piece and I bought $5 extra to split up between them. We got a good hour and a half of fun with that so you can't beat that!

After we had to do some pick ups and checked out the clothing swap they have once a month. Sometimes you will be lucky and find something and others not much at all. I never can find anything for Bryan or the boys. Mostly the girls. However today I found a few shirts for him which he needed more and a few for Aidan for winter which he needed some so I'm super stoked!!

After that we went to trade in another Wii game of Aidan's choice this time for a new one. He got Nerf! Of course haha