My Car Is As Neurotic As I Am

Yes you read that title correctly, my car is neurotic. My fancy (not so schmancy) car has the neat little feature that tells me the tire pressure in each tire. When you have your spare on the car (as I do right now), the spare does not have the sensor on it. This small detail wreaks havoc on my car's little mind. It goes something like this: turn on car, car tells me "check TMP system"--and has exclamation point (my car does not realize it does not need to yell), the system tells me all the pressures in the tires, except for the spare, which tells me is --. I ignore the warning because I know what's going on. The exclamation point begins to flash because at this point my neurotic car apparently thinks I am driving down the car without a tire on. It's probably saying "hello lady, you're driving with no tire on, this is EXTREMELY dangerous. Please stop and place said tire on me." So I keep driving because contrary to my car's belief, there is a tire on the car and all is ok. About 5 minutes later the exclamation point goes away. I figure at this point my car is saying "fine, you don't want to listen to me? Drive me completely ignoring any safety concerns. Whatever is about to happen is not my fault and I completely wash my hands of this situation. You're on your own. P.S. Oh if we somehow survive this no-tire apocalypse, please clean me." I figure I have completely pissed my car off and it will probably find some way of retaliating against me.

Wedding Planning

AAAHHHHGGGG!!!! Sorry, I needed to get thought out before someone commits me. The closer it gets to the wedding, the more I think wedding planning is something the devil himself came up with. I guess this is what I get for not being that girl who had her wedding planned out since being a teenager.

Walgreens 5/10/11

Today I made my Walgreens trip and made 2 purchases. I have to admit, I am starting to feel more comfortable doing more than one purchase and using my register rewards, coupons, etc.

My first purchase:

• Pantene Shampoo and Conditioner--sale price 2/$7 with $1 RR and I had a $3 coupon.
• Colgate Toothpaste--sale price 2/$6 with $4RR and I had a $1 coupon.
• Reach Floss--sale price .99 and I had a $1 coupon.
• TRESemme Hair Care--sale price 4/$15 with $5 RR.
• End cap sale Walgreen Early Result Pregnancy Test (3 pack)--$3.99
• End cap sale Accuclear Pregnancy Test (2 pack)--$2.99

My total came to $33.49. My total savings was $33.22 and got $10 RR to use on my next purchase.

My second purchase:

• Rimmel Trio Eye Shadow--50% off with $1 coupon.
• Rimmel Mascara--50% off with $2 coupon.
• Rimmel Foundation--50% off with $3 coupon.
• Sunburnt Gel--sale price $3.99, with $3.99 mail in rebate, which makes it FREE!
• 2-2 liter bottles of 7-up--on sale for $1 each.
• 2-2 liter bottles of Canada Dry Ginger Ale--on sale for $1 each.

My total came to $4.13, this total included the $10 RR I received from my other purchase. My total savings came to $32.16 and will get the $3.99 back after I send the rebate in.

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Couponing

So I decided to get back into couponing. I realize I will never be one of those whose purchase would be thousands of dollars and walks out of the store paying maybe $50. Don't get me wrong, I am very impressed by people who can do that; however, I don't ever see that being me. I probably won't go and buy numerous copies of the Sunday paper for the coupon inserts and I won't be paying out money to a coupon clipping service to send me coupons that I would like to use. I'm a simple couponer lol.

So today I did my visit to Walgreens, here are the results:

My first purchase:

• 2 Hawaiian Tropic Sunscreen--on sale for $8.99 and I had a $2 coupon. When you buy $15 worth you got $5 RR.

I had $5 RR from a previous purchase so my total came out to $12.24. My total savings was $11.00.

My second purchase:

• St. Ives Body Wash on sale for $1.99
• Sinful Nail Polish (2 for .99 each) $1.98
• Rimmel Trio Eyeshadow $4.99--$2 coupon
  
• Rimmel Mascara $7.49--$2 coupon
  
• Clorox Wipes (2 for $5)--Walgreen's coupon $2

I used my $5 RR from my first purchase on this purchase and had a $4 RR from a previous purchase,my total came out to $8.95. My total savings was $18.98.

Not bad for a "newbie" at the whole couponing thing. I've been trying to steer away from buying things if I don't have a coupon for or if it isn't on sale, even if I don't need it at the moment (i.e. the body wash, Clorox wipes, nail polish). I am trying to get a supply built up of things we typically use so that if things are tight at one time I don't have to worry about buying them and/or running out if I don't have it in the house lol.

Menu Plan Monday

Monday--Lima Bean Pasta from Meatless Monday
Tuesday--Grilled burgers and fries.
Wednesday--Tilapia with Mango Salsa and Couscous.
Thursday--Corned Beef and Cabbage in the crock pot.
Friday--Vegetable Lasagna.
Saturday--Grill something ;)
Sunday--Philly Cheese Steaks

Review of Tummy Zyme

My daughter has been complaining about her stomach hurting for so long I've lost track. I've tried Mylicon drops, pepto for kids, and just about anything else over the counter that I could give her for her age or that her pedi recommend I try. I got tired of hearing my poor child crying because her stomach hurt so bad with gas to the point where when I would rub it, I would feel the gas bubbles. On an off chance I went to the health food store to see what they would have that is natural and would ease her tummy woes. I decided to try the Tummy Zyme chewables. She began taking them on Friday (and that was only one pill since we were traveling) and then began taking the suggested 3 a day, one with each meal. I have been able to tell a huge difference. No more waking up in the middle of the night with a tummy that was hurting. Sometimes she does really good about taking her "vitamin" as I tell her, other times I have to coax her a little bit but she still takes them. These are great and I would suggest them to anyone trying to comfort their little one's tummy. The suggested age for these is 4-12.

Nature's Plus Animal Parade Tummy Zyme™ Description

• Animal Parade Children's Chewable Tummy Zyme™
• With Active Enzymes, Whole Foods and Probiotics
• Digestive Aid Dietary Supplement
• Vegetarian - Gluten Free
• Natural Tropical Fruit Flavor
• 90 Animals

Animal Parade® Tummy Zyme™ Children’s Chewable is the complete natural digestive enzyme supplement kids love. With a delightful tropical fruit flavor, each fun, animal-shaped chewable tablet contains highly active food enzymes that help digest and liberate proteins, carbohydrates and fats. Powerful, yet gentle to the stomach, these digestive enzymes help to ensure that the wholesome nutrients in foods reach children’s growing tissues, improving health and digestive comfort.

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