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Have you ever thought about what happens ot helium balloons when we release them or let them float away? I mean really thought about it? I never had.
I never considered the effect that those balloons had on animals once they float back down to the earth. Read this and it will open your eyes and hopefully make you think the next time you consider letting a balloon float away.
I have been using Menus 4 Moms for awhile now. It is a meal planning site that offers free weekly menus and shopping lists that can be emailed to you. They even have a menu service for the Angel Food Ministries program. I have just printed out the shopping list for next week and will sit down tonight to see what I need to buy at the grocery store and what I already have on hand. The menus are very easy and there is usually one crockpot meal a week. Those help me out so much since I don’t normally get home from work til later. Take a look at Menus 4 Moms and I think you’ll find a lot of things on their website to help out at home. They have more than menus.
I’ve been reading about everyone doing this “CVSing” thing so I figured I would try it myself. Every week, CVS runs sales that usually correspond with the coupons found in the Sunday paper. Also, by purchasing certain items that are marked with a yellow hang tag in the store, you can accumulate Extra Care Bucks or ECBs that you can use later on (they are good for one month). So there are many savings opportunities at CVS every week.
First thing you need to make sure you have joined the CVS Extra Care Club and make sure you take your key tag ID or your Extra Care card with you so the cashier can scan it. This is how they can keep track of the ECBs you can earn. My trip to CVS yesterday would have cost me roughly about $75. I walked out paying $54.81. Now that is a savings of a little over $20. But I earned $11.79 in ECBs that I can use within a month on anything at CVS. So that is a total savings of about $33. And I also got some free items. Let me show you what I purchased and what I earned.
These all are prices you get with the CVS card:
Tide detergent (liquid or powder) 5oz $4.97 plus I had a $1.00 coupon
Pampers jumbo pack $8.88 with a coupon for $1.50
Pampers wipes $2.99
Pop Tarts $1.79 (had a coupon for money off purchase of 2 boxes)
Dawn dish soap .88 plus my $.50 coupon so I got this for .38!!!
Listerine $3.99 plus my coupon
Sure deodorant BOGO (buy one, get one) $2.69
CVS batteries BOGO $3.79
They also offered these BOGO deals and I combined them with coupons from the paper:
Covergirl TruConcealor $7.49, Covergirl Clean Powder was free on their sale. Then I used a coupon from the paper that was also BOGO, so that took $5.49 off, plus they let me use another $1.00 off coupon so I got both these items for $1.00!
Revlon ColorStay Lip Gloss $9.97 BOGO, plus a $2 off coupon so I got 2 lip glosses for $7.97.
Now here are the ECB deals I got:
Colgate toothpaste $2.99. CVS then gives you ECBs for $2.00 so I got this tube for .99 and I had a $1.00 off coupon so I actually “made” a penny on this deal. And I can still use my ECBs later on.
Crest toothpaste $2.49. You earn $1.50 in ECBs and I had a .50 coupon.
Infants Advil $5.79. They then give you $5.79 in ECBs plus I had a $1.00 coupon that I found online.
I also found online a $2 off coupon for a $10 purchase at any CVS. CVS is also giving you a free item when you use your Extra Care card the in August. I received a coupon for a free CVS Brand Mouthwash. I also got a coupon for a free $25 CVS giftcard with a new or transferred prescription and a coupon for $4 off any Playskool purchase of $20 or more.
So for my first CVS trip, I think I did pretty good on the savings. I can’t wait to see next week’s sales paper and do it all again!
I wanted to see if I could do a decent job at making Bean’s food myself. I was very surprised that it turned out so well. It was very easy. And trust me, I wouldn’t tell you that if it wasn’t because I hate to cook most of the time myself.
So far I have made butternut squash (tastes just like Gerber’s), green peas (Bean won’t eat the Gerber’s but she’ll eat mine), lima beans (haven’t tried this one on her yet), and I have done up some green beans but need to go and puree them.
I baked the butternut squash and then scooped it out and pureed it. The rest, I bought frozen and cooked them (save the water you cook them in to use to thin out the puree). I am hoping to get some more fresh veggies this weekend and do them.
I don’t have any ice cube trays yet to put the purees in to freeze so I have been using a cookie sheet. I put down wax paper and then spoon one tablespoon of the purees onto the wax paper at a time and then put the whole thing in the freezer. After freezing, I pull up the little round circles and put them in a freezer bag and label it. I label it when to throw out (3 months). To me that was easier to keep track of.
if you’re thinking of trying your hand at making your own baby food, it’s very easy and I think you’ll find that you can get a batch done in no time. Good luck.
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