Bumbo Seat, Couponing, Christmas Shoebox, and EMMA!

Random title, I know. But we have been busy since our last update.

Emma got a Bumbo seat today from Tar-jay. I have been wanting one of these for a while now, and since she can hold her head up, we got it. It's hysterical!

Emma and Mommy

Emma and Daddy

These are my two shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child. I bought everything in the Target dollar bins except the gummy bears and Lifesavers. Those were $1.52 each. I also got all of the toiletries in the travel section-they were less than one dollar.

I made a boy and girl box. I got each child:

-gummy bears, gummy Lifesavers, ring pop, gum, 2 shampoos, hand sanitizer, wet wipes, 2 books, markers, coloring book/notepad, hairbrush, first aid kit, toothbrush/paste, socks, and chap stick. I did not use any coupons (because I didn't have any) and I spent $35. I just wanted to get them "whatever struck my fancy" without worrying about the money. I'm sure I could have done this cheaper, but I'm on a timeline here and didn't have any coupons stored up for this.



I went couponing after Weight Watchers on Thursday at Kroger. I got all of the following for $42. Not bad, but it was $62 before coupons! I still have a lot to learn.

I got:

-9 Smart Ones entrees

-2 WW desserts

-2 boxes Ronzoni whole grain pasta

-4 WW cheeses

-1 pack Yoplait digestive yogurt

-3 cartons Progresso chicken broth
Not bad, especially since the WW frozen meals and desserts are very expensive. They were on sale 5/$10 and I had $1 off coupons for all nine of them! For the cheeses I had 75c off coupons, the pasta $1 off each, 50c off the broth and they all doubled to $1, desserts were only 55c off, but better than nothing especially when you eat them every night and they are about $4 each! I am stalking Melissa's blog and some other ones!


Emma dreaming and drooling.

Ummm, excuse me?

Thinking hard.

Flash smells something good!

I think I'm gonna throw up.

Mommy was playing with Picasa editing and ignoring my puking.