Weekly Totals (Saved 91%) & Freebie Friday



Consolidating because my daughter's birthday is on Sunday! I can NOT believe I am going to have a TWO year old!



With getting ready for the party I really didn't have too much shop. I have been crafting up a storm though! ;)
So this week I consolidated FREEbie Friday and Weekly Totals from Diana's Deals. I think I forgot to do FREEbie Friday last week anyways. :/ ALSO Bloggers/Vloggers, at the bottom there is a linky, please feel free to share your weekly shopping totals, Holiday saving tips, or other frugal living posts from this week. I would love to read them!

Anyways here are some of the things I did manage to make time to buy. ;)

Publix:

2 Oscar Mayer Wieners BOGO $3.59
- 2 $0.50/1 package of OSCAR MAYER Classic Wieners or Beef Franks (doubled)
- $1/2 Oscar Mayer Franks, 16 oz, TARGET coupon Target.com
= $0.59 or $0.30 each! :D

2 Kellogg’s Special K Cereal Bars BOGO $3.35
- 2 $1.50/1 Kellogg’s® Special K®Cereal Bars, Fruits Crisps, Granola Bars, Nutri-Grain® Cereal Bars, Rice Krispies Treats®crispy marshmallow squares or Kellogg’s FiberPlus® Bars Kellogg’s Family Rewards
= $0.35 or $0.18 each! :D

4 Gevalia Kaffe Coffee BOGO $7.99
- B1G1 Gevalia Coffee Cooking with Kraft Publix Coupon (went shopping yesterday & my Publix will take PQ if only a day after exp)
- 4 $1.50/1 Gevalia Coffee 11/11/2012 SS Insert (HERE's a $1/1)
= $1.98 or $0.50 each! :D

2 Nature’s Own Oatmeal Toasters BOGO $3.29
- 2 $0.75/1 Nature’s Own New Oatmeal Toasters
= $1.79 or $0.90 each! :D

4 Nestle La Lechera Sweetened Condensed Milk BOGO $1.99
- 2 $1/2 La Lechera Milk (Facebook IP)
- 2 $1/2 Nestle La Lechera Sweetened Condensed Milks, 13.4 oz+, TARGET coupon Target.com
= FREE

2 Kellogg’s Pop Tarts 3/$5
- 2 $1.50/1 Kellogg’s® Pop-Tarts® Toaster Pastries Kellogg’s Family Rewards
- $1 iBotta Earning Opportunity
= $0.67 MONEY MAKER! :D

2 Dial Or Right Guard Body Wash 2/$6
- 2 $1.50/1 Right Guard Total Defense 5 Body Wash Target Coupon
- $3/2 Right Guard Total Defense 5 Products
= FREE! :D

2 Oscar Mayer Basic Lunchables 4/$6
- 2 $1/1 Oscar Mayer Lunchables, 3.8 oz+, TARGET coupon Target.com
= $1 or $0.50 each

- $10 Target Gift Card when you spend $50 coupon (this IS allowed! :D)

Total Spent before taxes: $6.05!!!
Total Calculated Savings: $62.68!
Percentage Saved: 91%!

Kroger:

1 Suave Shampoo & 1 Conditioner $0.99 each
- 2 $0.50/1 Suave® Hair Product (doubled)
= FREE! :D

8 Nivea Lip Care, $1.99 (reg $2.99)
- 4 $3/2 Nivea Lip Care, tube, .17 – .3 oz 12/02/2012 RP Insert (exp 12/30/2012)
= $3.92 or $0.49 each! :D

4 Pom Wonderful 8 oz, 10/$10
- 4 $0.50/1 Pom Wonderful, any 8, 16, 24 or 48 oz bottle 12/02/2012 SS Insert (doubled)
= FREE! :D

20 (YES 20!) Beechnut Stage 4 & 5 Fruities 10/$10 (you do not have to buy 10 for deal)
- 2 $1/1 Beechnut stage 4 or 5 item IPs - Kroger limits to only TWO IP coupons per transaction - makes sense since you can only print two per computer anyways
- 2 $1/1 Beechnut stage 4 item IPs
- 8 $1/2 Mailed from Beechnut through Program
- $5 Saving Star deposit (can be done through multiple transactions so if you have access to multiple printers, this could be a money maker!)
= $3 or $0.15 each! :D
Total Spent before taxes = $6.92
Total Calculated Savings = $44
Total Savings = 86%!


FREEbie Friday!


Last week's picture, this week's will be with next week. :/

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15 Gift Ideas for Toddlers


15 Gift Ideas for Toddlers


It's Sweet Pea's Birthday week here at our house and the countdown begins to my baby turning TWO!

And in the spirit of birthdays and the up coming Holidays, I have been doing a ton of research on good gifts to give toddlers. Plus, I had multiple people ask me what to get her.
So here are the 15 Top Gift Ideas for Toddlers that I have Found:

Help With Small Motor Skills:

1. Puzzles
Love these Hand Crafted Chunky Puzzles by Melissa & Doug.

2. Blocks

3. Coloring Books and Crayons

Coloring Books and Crayons - Toddler Gift Idea

Speech Encouraging Products:

4. "Leap Frog: Phonics Farm"
This movie has helped my daughter tremendously! She can now recognize letters and I give a great deal of credit to this movie.

5. Flash Cards

6-7. Apptivities and Apps
There are tons of free apps but having a variety and mixing it up would pretty awesome as well. Get your niece or nephew (*wink*wink* Bubba) the Fisher Price Laugh & Learn Apptivity iPhone Case or the iPad one Plus a $10 iTunes Gift Card. All in one gift and the parents will be grateful because you saved their electronics from dangerous little hands.
Or if you don't want to hand over your mobile device or tablet, get them their own!

Leap Frog iPad Case - Toddler Gift Idea

Imaginative Play:

8. Bubbles

9. Clothes, yes as toys.
Encourages creative play! Sweet Pea loves shoes and hats! And any accessories. :)

Creative Play - Toddler Gift Ideas

10. Plushies, Baby Dolls, and the like.
Pretty obvious how this applies to imaginative play! ;)
No doubt you know why I'm partial to these Dreamy Sounds Soothie plushies from Disney Baby. Great for little babies and your toddler baby too.

Large Motor Skills:

11. Balls!
My daughter has a slight obsession with balls. It was one of the first words she said very well and whenever she sees still to this day, it's "Ball, Ball, Ball, Ball". :)

Balls of all sizes - Toddler Gift Ideas

12. Tricycle
We got Sweet Pea the Little Tikes 3-in-1 Trike because it can grow with her and adjust to her skill level.

13. JumpStart Trampoline
At this age, Toddlers don't really jump. They just don't have the balance for it. But this can help them with that! It can teach them to jump by helping them gradually gain their balance, plus it provides safer bouncing for all.

Overall just awesome fun!:

14. Kid Friendly Music CDs.
Learning to read music is like reading another language. Click HERE to read 12 Benefits of Music Education.
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15. A Zoo or Aquarium Membership!
Our zoo membership was the Best Purchase of the year for us! And if I hadn't gotten into a car accident and had transportation for the second half of the year, it would have been better. But with Toddlers, an all day out at parks isn't an option. They still need their down time, but with a membership you can whenever you want, when it fits around your schedule, plus you aren't pressured to see everything in one day.

Zoo, Museum, Aquarium Memberships - Gift Ideas for Toddlers

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