I feel like an old frumpy mom today. Today I'm headed to Emma's school to help with the fun day. That means standing in the sun for the next six hours or so. I have loose/ill fitted khaki shorts and a "teacher tank top" (meaning one that I wore when I taught, so it's overly modest for a tank top). I just feel like blahhhhhhhhhhh.................

So today has been a great day! Today my youngest child (Emma) earned the privilege of a special field trip. The top 5 readers in her school all got to go swimming and eat lunch at Taco Bell. It was nice to have kids recognized for performing well academically.
Funny part is that the kids were treated to Jeep rides.......we own like 6 Jeeps right now. If you check out the Taboo Customs link on the right, you will see that I own a business making custom Jeep parts. My kid rides in a Jeep daily. BUT this was fun and special for her because she was with her friends and going to a cool place. Way to go Emma!

Today was also cool because when I arrived home I checked the mail. Expecting bills, no bills today! We had our Jeep Club event registrations, a rebate check from Menards, as well as a VoxBox from influentster. They sent me some goodies to use & review. Being that I open the mail all of 10 minutes ago, I have not had time to test the stuff out, but it looks cool! In the box there was a Neosporin Neo To Go, Coupon for a free Bryers Gelato Indulgences, Ivory Bar Soap, Avon Anew REvesalist Express Wrinkle Smoother, Puffs to go, and Shell Fuel Rewards Network Card.

June Menu

So, I HATE cooking but I love to eat and my family seems to want to be fed multiple times a day. June starts summer vacation for the kids, so while I save a little in not buying school lunches, I do have to spend more at the store and cooking more.........blah!

Breakfasts tend to stay the same for the summer, we keep with the basics. Cereal, waffles, toast, and eggs. Not all in one day, but just those foods rotated out.

Let's also get real, I can afford to grocery shop at the name brand stores, and I do from time to time because there are just some things that Aldi's does not carry. For the most part though, I shop at Aldi's.

I suggest you take a look at my June Meals board on pinterest. I have linked all the foods that require more than a basic "I know how to cook hotdogs".


JUNE Pintrest Board

CLICK the menu to make it a bigger picture!

I'm also kinda lazy/smart, I hate the time it takes to meal plan so I have google calendar and I put my meals into it. Then in the following year, I can look back and see what we ate. Here's June 2014 so far:

BIC® SOLEIL® GLOW™

So I get products to review/tryout from time to time. This time I was sent the Bic Soeil Glow razors. In the land of razors, I'm picky. This is because I started getting good razors free when I was doing the "extreme" couponing phase of my life. Since I've given up the "extreme" and what not, my good razors are gone. I'm talking about the $10 for razor, not the 10 razors for $1. This is a good middle of the road razor. It's WAY better than the cheap 10/$1, sadly, I can't tell you it's better than the $10 razors. The main reason it falls just short is that there is no moisturizing strip. So, how's the shave? you ask. I shaved Monday morning before I went into sub teach. Today is Thursday and I have some stubble, but not enough to complain about. It's a great razor for its price! The pivoting head helps the glide over legs and under arms. I'd buy them again, no questions asked!

From BzzAgent:

Let’s raise our razors to scoring a flawlessly smooth shave for less. Each BIC^® Soleil^® Glow^™disposable shaver is more than just the sum of its parts. But hey — those parts are pretty impressive, too:

• The COMFORT SHIELD^™ head evenly distributes pressure, effortlessly glides and helps protect your skin from irritation
• Three flexible blades individually adjust to all your curves for a flawlessly smooth shave
• A lubricating strip infused with Vitamin E and Aloe pampers and soothes your skin
• The pivoting head easily follows the contours of your body
• Each pack includes three beautiful, translucent handles: pastel pink, purple and green
• The rubber grip delivers added comfort and control

So My Knee Hates Me

I have been involved with roller derby for about a year and half. I joined a team as a skater, switched to reffing. I left that team, joined another as a ref and wanted to become a skater. Not too long ago, I felt a tear/pop in my knee. X-rays show nothing, up next is an MRI too tell me that I shouldn't be doing derby. This pretty much sucks! My knee hurts no matter what I do or don't do.

 

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11/24/2010 

Local coupon queen staying away from Black Friday 

7/21/08                                                                11/20/08

(WGEM) -- New studies are showing an increase in coupon usage. There's no better place to find coupons than online! We've got a list below of great sites to find online coupons! 

 2/3/2010

Coupon Junkie Online Code/Speak

Acronym's

AC - After Coupon

Actual  - Physical items you hold in your hand meaning a box of hamburger helper rather than a hamburger helper coupon

Addy - Address

AR - After Rebate

BLINKIES - These are found in stores in a box most offten the box will have a red blinking light on it

BOGO or B1G1F - Buy one get one free

BTFE - Box Tops for Education - special markings on products that schools can redeem for free or discounted items

B&M - Brick & Mortar means a physical, not online store

Cat or Catalina - Coupons that come from a box next to the CRT machine

CLFE - Campbell's Labels for Education - lables from products that schools redeem for free or discounted items

COH - Cut Out Hunger

CRT - Cash register tape

CW - http://www.couponerswanted.com/

DCRT - Dated/Detailed cash register tape

DCRTC - Dated/detailed cash register tape with the price circled

DND - Do Not Double - Not a problem in my area!

Double Coupon - Means the value of the coupon is doubled at the register

ECB - Extra Care Bucks ECB's are a CVS exclusive

Envie - Envelope used for mailing items

ESR - EasySaver Rebate - Reabtes found in the monthly rebate booklet in stores

FAR - Free After Rebate

FREE ITEM COUPON - GOLD! You get a free product at the store at no cost or just tax

FSOT - For Sale or Trade - meaning I want cash or other item in return for something I have

GDA - Good Deal Alert - heads up to a deal you should go get

HBA - The health and beauty aid section - my cvs has H on one side and the store BA on the other but most stores put them closer together

HT - refunds or coupons that are found on the necks of product bottles

IMHO - In My Honest Opinion

ISO - In Search Of - looking for an item/coupon

IDSO - In Desperate Search Of - looking hard for an item/coupon

IVC - Walgreen's Instant Value Coupon- coupons from the weekly ad or ESR booklet

IVDSO - In Very Desperate Search Of - major need to find something

IP - Internet printable coupon

MANU - Coupon issued from the manufacture

MIR - Mail In Rebate - you have to mail it to a clearing house to redeem

NAZ - Name, address, zip code - used for trades

NED - No expiration date - rare coupons that never expire

NBPN - No Beer Purchase Needed - sometimes beer reabtes won't require a beer purchase

NWPN - No wine purchase needed - sometimes wine rebates won't require a wine purchase

OOP - Out of Pocket - money paid after coupons

OOS - Out of Stock - get a rain check for these items!

OYNO - On your next order - a lot of catalinas fall under this, meaning you need to make an additional purchase to redeem

P&G - Proctor & Gamble Sunday insert coupons

PEELIE - coupon's found on product that are sticky unless removed carefully

PITA - Pain in the ass

POP - Proof of purchase found on actual item

PPHF - Paypal handling fee - money used to trade coupons

PSA - Public Service Announcement - not as cheesy as the ones from childhood!

QUALIFIER - The items needed to complete a reabte

RAOK - Random act of kindness - offers of coupons/actuals at no expense, given out of the love in your heart

RC - Raincheck - your best friend if you coupon!

RP - Red Plum Sunday Insert Coupons

RR - Register Rewards - These come from Wags, a lot like ECB's

SASE - Self Addressed Stamped Envelope some freebies require them

SD - http://www.forums.slickdeals.net/

SF - Store form, forms found in the store good only at that store

SMP - Specially Marked Packages - some reabtes require you buy products with special advertising on them

SS - Smart Source or Sunday Insert coupons

STACKING - Wags and CVS allow you to use a store coupon and a manu coupon on the same item

TEAR PAD - A pad of refund forms or coupons found hanging from a store shelf or display

TMF - Try Me Free - rebates for the full price of the item when it first is new to the market

WINE TAG - coupons found on the necks of wine bottles

WL - wishlist

WPN - Wine purchase needed

WSL - while supplies last usually no rainchecks issued

WT - winetag

WYB - When You Buy - additional purcahse is required to redeem

YMMV - Your Mileage May Vary - sometimes deals work well for others and not some. It comes from each person has a different distance to the store so each person has a different expierince