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There are some AWESOME deals going online today. As I mentioned earlier, I am a Cyber Monday kind of girl but what I love about these deals is that I don't have to wait until Monday to get these ONLINE! That means no claustrophobia flare ups for me! ;)

Grab your freebies while you can because they will either sell out or end before you know.

Okay so what freebies are you scoring today? I know I am headed to Babies-R-Us on Saturday but I think today I am going to grab some gifts for SIL and then buy some baby clothes. I bummed I didn't have a car and missed the sheet sale at Walmart But I have extreme issues with crowds.

My questions for you, are you a Black Friday or Cyber Monday kind of shopper? What deals do you plan on trying to score or did score today?

Just headed to Publix this week. I have been pulling my hair out trying to get the house ready for my daughter's birthday party.




I still can not believe she is turning TWO! Her party is Rapunzel themed and I make sure to share my ideas and pictures. :)

Anyways here is my Haul (no picture again, keep forgetting):

4 Goody’s Bobby Pins $0.76
- 2 $1/2 Goody Hair Accessories Publix coupon (Winter Family Savings Booklet) or Printable HERE
- 2 $1/2 Goody Hair items (zip 90210) {Save Now}
= $0.96 MoneyMaker!!

2 Snuggle Fabric Softener $3.99
- 2 $0.50/1 Snuggle Fabric Softener - doubled {Save Now}
- 2 $1/1 Snuggle Liquid Fabric Softener 32 oz or Fabric Softening Dryer Sheets 80 ct Publix Coupon All the Trimmings Booklet
= $3.98 or $1.99 each!

4 International Delight Coffee Creamer 16oz, $1.66 each (Valid until 12/14)
- 2 $1.50/2 International Delights Target Coupon (NLA) - my store will take two of the same Target print but only two
- 4 $1/1 International Delight Coffee Creamer - Facebook IP {Save Now}
= $0.36 MoneyMaker! :)

2 Glory Vegetables $1.29
-$1/2 Glory Foods or Margaret Holmes Vegetables 14.5 to 15.25 oz PUBLIX coupon All The Trimmings booklet
-2 $0.35/1 Glory Foods Product 05/06/2012 SS Insert (doubled)
= $0.18 or $0.09 each!

2 Fresh Express Salad Blends or Baby Spinach, 5 to 12 oz, BOGO $3.99
{My Publix does have price BOGOs} - no coupons used
= $3.99

4 Truvia Sweetener, 40 ct, BOGO $3.99
- 4 $2/1 Truvia from 9/16 RP
{Save $0.85 Now} = FREE (-$0.02)

6 Cheez It Snack Crackers BOGO $3.39
- 6 $1.50/1 Keebler's Crackers or Cheez-It's from Kellogg's Family Rewards {Save Now}
= $1.17 or $0.20 each!

2 Keebler Town House Crackers BOGO $3.69
- 2 $1.50/1 Keebler's Crackers or Cheez-It's from Kellogg's Family Rewards {Save Now}
= $0.69 or $0.35 each!

2 Friendship Sour Cream 2/$4 - 2 $0.55/1 Manu IPs {Save Now}
- 2 $0.75/1 Friendship Dairy Product Publix Coupons All The Trimming Booklet
= $1.40 or $0.70 each

Huggies Wipes, 184 ct, $5.99
-$1.50/1 off on Huggies Baby Wipes Single Page Flyer (exp 11/30/2012)
-$1.50/1 Huggies Wipes Publix Coupon Time to Save Booklet (exp 12/6/2012)
= $2.99 for the BIG PACK!
{Other Baby Coupon Savings}

2 Tyson Any’tizers 2/$5
- 2 $1.10/1 Tyson Anytizers {Save Now}
= $2.80 or $1.40 each!

2 Finagle a Bagel, 24 oz, BOGO $3.49
- 2 $0.50/1 Finagle Product All You Exclusive IP zip 33990 - doubled {Save Now}
= $1.49 or $0.75 each!

Total Spent: $17.45 (before taxes)
Totals Coupon Savings: $48.20
Total Coupon Percentage Saved: 75%!

Since 1990, over 5 million children and adults have loved creating t-shirts, pillowcases, backpacks, tote bags, bandanas, and more for parties, slumber parties, and scout meetings with Color Time's permanent fabric markers. They have provided their customers the opportunity to entertain their guests with a creative activity that becomes a permanent keepsake. Also, they are a licensed vendor of the Girl Scouts of America. Check out their wholesale program, great for your organizations.



They also offer free downloadable coloring pages {Click Here to View} and a "Birthday Club" {Sign Up Here} with special incentives.

Get 15% off all orders Promo Code: 15USFG when you check out at colortime.com.

Relieve {winter} itch...naturally.

I have terrible dry skin during the winter and unfortunately it looks as those my genetics have been passed down to my daughter in that arena as well. So I was ecstatic when I found out I had been offered the opportunity to try out TriCalm through Green Moms Meet. I had heard about it before hand but since it won't be available in stores (Walgreens, CVS, and Kerr Drug) until January 2013, I personally was unable to try it out for myself.

I have tried multiple brands to get the winter itch to go away but I have not been able to find anything that I felt was safe and would do the job. TriCalm is steroid free and contains COSMEDERM-7, a compound of strontium, a naturally occurring element found in leafy green vegetables, so I feel it is safe for my family.



Not only was TriCalm effective at relieving my itchy skin but it also isn't thick and gooey. It rubbed into my skin very well. The smells is interesting. It doesn't smell bad but I wouldn't say it is fragrant either, just different. But it worked on contact and relieved my over washed, winter hand itchiness immediately.

Here is a list of other uses of TriCalm:


As I learned from the TriCalm Webinar, that is now on the Green Moms Meet YouTube page and that you can view HERE, it is suggested to still use your regular moisturizer if you are using it to relieve dry skin itchiness, which I suggest as well, as TriCalm just took away the itchiness and I could still see my hands were dry.

Green Moms Meet and TriCalm not only let me test out this product for free so I could share my thoughts on the product with you, they also offered TWO very luck readers the opportunity to test out TriCalm for themselves!

To Enter to be one of TWO winners to receive ONE FULL SIZED tube of TriCalm Hydrogel, please enter the RaffleCopter below.

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Can't wait to see if you are a winner to test out TriCalm for yourself?
They will be giving out FREE Samples on TriCalm's website until the end of the year! :)

Disclaimer:
I received this product for free from the sponsor of the Moms Meet program, May Media Group LLC, who received it directly from the manufacturer. As a Moms Meet blogger, I agreed to use this product and post my opinion on my blog. My opinions do not necessarily reflect the opinions of May Media Group LLC or the manufacturer of the product.

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It has been a weird week. Had some drama. But on a good note SweetPea's Birthday is coming up. I can not believe she will be TWO!


Snoozing on the job. Doing some errands with my awesome friend and her little girl.
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Hey everyone! How was your Thanksgiving? Did you do any Black Friday shopping today? I am more of a cyber Monday kind of girl so I don't do the hustle and bustle of the busy crowds, but this year I have noticed some completely awesome Black Friday deals that I just couldn't pass up and what's even better? Most are online! I am almost done Christmas shopping! :)

First though I would like to share my Weekly Totals from Publix and Kroger. Last night we decorated our Christmas tree.



Isn't it pretty? And then this morning Hubby took me grocery shopping and then had to be back at work at one. But tomorrow he is off! So let's check out how I did!

Publix:

2 Kleenex Hand Towels, 60 ct, $1.99
- 2 $0.50/1 Kleenex Hand Towels IP
- 2 $0.75/1 Kleenex Hand Towels , TARGET coupon Target.com (exp 11/27/2012)
= or $0.24 each

2 South Diet Protein Bars $2.99
$2/1 South Beach Diet® Products (zip 30187)
$1/1 South Beach Diet Protein Fit Bars Publix Coupon Winter Family Savings Booklet or PRINT
= FREE

4 MARUCHAN YAKISOBA HOME-STYLE JAPANESE NOODLES, BOGO $0.99
- 4 $0.50/1 Maruchan Yakisoba 10/14/2012 SS Insert (exp 12/31/2012)
= $2.02 MONEYMAKER!

8 PILLSBURY TOASTER STRUDEL PASTRIES, 6-CT, BOGO $1.99
-FREE Toaster Strudel Movie Ticket Rebate Offer HERE
-$5 Toaster Strudel Grocery Cash Rebate Offer HERE
- 4 $0.50/2 Pillsbury Toaster Strudel, Toaster Scrambles, Pastries or Pancakes 09/09/2012 SS Insert (exp 12/01/2012)
= $3.96 - $5 rebate = $1.04 MM PLUS FREE Movie Tickets!

2 KELLOGG’S EGGO WAFFLES, 9.8 to 12.6 oz box, 2/$4
- 2 $1.50 from Kellogg's Family Rewards
= $1 or $0.50 each! :)

2 FRUITFULS, 64 OZ OR 8 PK, $1.99
- 2 $1/1 Nestle Juicy Juice Fruitifuls Juice Beverage, 6.75 oz, 8 pk IP
- $1/1 Juicy Juice from Publix Baby Club {our last batch and then we are in the preschool pals program. :( }
= $0.98 or $0.49 each! :)

4 KELLOGG’S CEREAL RICE KRISPIES, 9 oz box, $1.99
-B4G1 – Free Gallon of Milk wyb any 4 Rice Krispies, Frosted Flakes or Froot Loops Cereal 8.7 or larger In-Ad Publix Coupon Yellow Advantage Buy Flyer “Bake & Save” (valid 11/24 to 12/14)
- 4 $1.50/1 from Kellogg's Family Rewards
= $1.96 or $0.49 each PLUS FREE milk! :)

2 DANNON ACTIVIA YOGURT 4 PK, 3/$6
- 2 $1/1 Dannon Activia Breakfast Blend, 4 pk IP
- $1/1 Dairy product from Baby Club PQ
= $1 or $0.50 each! :)

4 Knorr Sides 10/$10 (this might be a regional deal)
2 $1/2 Knorr® Sides products PUBLIX coupon Best Meals Happen at Home email
2 $0.50/2 Knorr® Rice and Pasta Sides IP (NLA?)
= FREE

2 Maybelline Single Eye Shadows $2.99
- 2 $2.00/1 PUBLIX coupon Green Advantage Flyer
- 2 $1.00/1 Maybelline Eye Shadow
= FREE {I can NOT turn down FREE makeup! :)}

10 Vivarin Alertness Aid $3.19
10 $1.00/1 Vivarin printable coupon IP
5 $5/2 Vivarin, Contac, Feosol, or Geritol Products PUBLIX COUPON Green Advantage Buy Flyer
= $3.10 MM!

4 Gerber Graduates Snacks, Puffs, Lil Crunchies, or Wagon or Waffle Wheels, assorted varieties, 1.48 oz $1.75
$1/2 Gerber Graduates 2+ Meals or Snacks printable
B3G1 Gerber Graduates Snacks or Healthy Meals or Lil Entrees, exp. 12/6/12 (Publix, Time To Save Coupon Booklet)
= $3.25 or $.81 each!

2 Krusteaz Bakery Style Cookie Mix, assorted varieties, 15.5- 18 oz BOGO $2.19
2 $1/1 Krusteaz Bakery Style Cookie Mix IP
= $0.18 or $.09 each!

Total after coupons (before taxes): $7.66 Total Saved: $96.48 Percentage Saved: 93%!!

Kroger:
{Remember: You can still catch these deals until tomorrow. :)}

4 Brut Deodorant 10/$10
{I love getting these and giving them out to my nephews in their 'stockings'.}
- 4 $1/1 Brut, fragrance, 3.5 oz+ or antiperspirant/deodorant, 2 oz+ 11/18/2012 SS Insert (exp 12/18/2012)
= FREE

4 Kroger Large Eggs, Grade A, 12 ct, $1.59
- 2 $.55/2 Dozen Eggs Incredible Egg Facebook Coupon - NLA
= $5.26 or $1.32 a dozen!


1 Kroger Ground Beef, Fresh, 73% Lean, Sold in a 5 lb Roll for $10.45, $2.09/lb
- $3 off when you spent $10 in meat department Kroger Mailed Coupon
= $7.45

Van’s Waffles, $2.99 (reg $3.15)
-$2/1 Van’s Product (NLA)
= $0.99

Total before coupons and taxes: $20.85
Saved: $14.86
Percentage Saved: 45%

Total Spent: $28.51 Total Saved: $111.34 Total Percentage Saved: 80%!!! :D

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February of 2010 my Father was diagnosed with terminal colon cancer and given six months to two years to live. So that March my husband and I planned to conceive in hopes that he would get the opportunity to meet his first grand child. We were blessed and found out we were pregnant in April.

My grandmother who had been suffering from Alzheimer's for quite sometime, became very ill and passed away right before I was able to tell her the wonderful news. I was one of the few people she remembered and I was by her side when she passed away.

May 2010, I got into a random car accident.

That June my husband's sister got married in Florida.



As soon as we returned, my father took a turn for the worse. He passed away July 16, 2010, the day after my husband and mine's third year wedding anniversary. Time seemed to stand still. I was very close to my father.



July 27, 2010, we found out we were having a little girl. I walked out of the doctor's office and the first thing I did was get out my phone to call my dad. And then I cried. But he told me I was having a little girl in a dream a few days before. And I just knew.


Right there after, my identity was stolen. She opened multiple credit cards and I had to take time off of work to get a police report. It over two years later and there is still something on my credit report.

Then the blood pressure issues started and I was put on bed rest November of that year.
My step-mother fought with us constantly over life insurance money and I just wanted my father back. But at least he was no longer in pain.



December 8, 2010, I went to a scheduled appointment and was sent to the hospital for induction due to preeclampsia. December 9 at 2:56 p.m., my perfect 7.3lb ray of sunshine was born.



I am thankful for her. Yes, I am thankful for my husband, he is my Prince Charming. Yes, I am thankful for all the other wonderful people in my life. But this little princess saved me. She was the silver lining on that horrendous year. And every day I look at her and I can not believe that we were blessed with this beautiful, smart, amazing miracle.