Super Doubles are here again!

I have been non-stop since this past weekend and I haven't been keeping up with reading my usual blogs and had no idea that Harris Teeter was doing their Super Doubles again until Wednesday morning when I got my paper!! UGGHH!! I was definitely not prepared. Thankfully when HT does these events its all week and not just one day. But if you want freebies its always best to go the 1st day really early to beat out the other crazy couponers lol. I did attempt a trip yesterday, later in the afternoon after Ronin woke up from his nap to see the leftover carnage and was only able to pick these items up:

*Lesley if your reading this don't be mad when you see what I paid for the laundry detergent! lol! ;)

Harris Teeter Shopping Trip 1

Items Purchased:

1-Dannon Yogurt Smoothies - $2.79 paid FREE

1-Bag of Chicken Breasts - $9.99 paid FREE (was supposed be $3.99)

*Not sure how that happened! The e-vic special was for $3.99, I was at the self-checkout lane and I handed the dude my coupons and that's how he rung me up! I didn't catch it until I left.

1-Wisk Detergent - $6.99 paid $1.99

1-Gain Softner - $5.49 paid $1.49

1-Eggs - $1.69

Total Value: $27.40

Total Paid AFTER coupons/sales: $3.93

SAVED: $23.47

Since there wasn't much at Harris Teeter I did stop in at Farm Fresh to snag some free pasta!

Farm Fresh Shopping Trip

Items Purchased:

6-Rozoni Penne Pasta - $6.00 paid FREE

1-Tostios Chips - $2.99 paid $1.89

8-Campbells Creme of Chicken Soups - $6.40 paid $5.20

1-3pk Tomatos - $1.89

1-Bread (not pictured) - $1.09

Total Value: $18.68

Total Paid AFTER coupons/sales: $10.38

SAVED: $8.30

I made another trip to Harris Teeter this morning but I still didn't get there early enough! I got there at 11am and the shelves were almost bare. I picked up what I could! Since I've been stockpiling there isn't really much I need outside of the usual milk, bread, eggs, etc. So my trips this time around are small which is great b/c that means my couponing and stockpiling are starting to pay off!

Harris Teeter Shopping Trip #2

Items Purchased:

3-Bailey's Coffee Creamer - $7.77 paid FREE

2-Dannon Yogurt Smoothies - $5.58 paid FREE

1-Rhodes Dinner Rolls - $2.25 paid FREE

1-Phildephia Cooking Creme Cheese - $2.99 paid FREE

1-Hefty Trashbags - $8.39 paid $2.87

2-Coffee Mate Creamers - $5.18 paid $1.34

1-Butter Sticks - $2.27

1-Smithfield Ham Slices - $8.50 (it literally hurts my heart to pay full price for things lol)

Total Value: $44.64

Total Paid AFTER coupons/sales: $15.67

SAVED: $28.97

All 3 Trips

Total Value: $90.72

Total Paid AFTER Coupons/Sales: $29.98

SAVED: $60.74

WAHOO!! And to geek out a little bit more about couponing I signed up for a coupon class this Saturday and I'm going with a bunch of friends. Should be fun and I'm looking forward to learning how to improve!!!

Busy Weekend!

Whew...I had a busy weekend last week. And now its Thursday and the weekend is right around the corner and its still going to be busy. Last Friday I took Ronin to the zoo with my friends Lesley and Heather and their kiddos. They had a blast! It was so fun watching the kids interact with each other and seeing how excited (or not excited) they were about the animals. Gabriel (Heather's 3 yr old) would look at an animal for a minute then say "lets find another one!" We had a 3 year old, 2 - 2 year olds, 1 year and 5 month old and they were all very well behaved all day! We have great kids :)

Kingston, Ronin, Gabriel

Then Saturday we shot Austin & Jessica's wedding. They are friends of ours from church and it was a great day! Their ceremony was beautiful and we were able to get some great stuff. I do have to say that I love shooting weddings with Danny. We have so much fun! Here's a shot I snapped of him getting a picture of the groom...I couldn't resist haha!

Austin & Danny

Sunday we did a bridal session with the Grau's. They weren't going on their honeymoon right away and wanted to get more pictures of the two of them. I love doing bridal sessions AFTER weddings. The couple is so much relaxed b/c the wedding is done! We were in Town Center in Virginia Beach and Danny captured some really amazing stuff! Pictures coming soon!

No Pictures

I did my grocery runs yesterday at Farm Fresh & Harris Teeter. I got home and proceeded to put away the groceries and literally as I was putting the last can in the pantry I realized I didn't take pictures. So you will have to use that wonderful imagination of yours to see what I bought haha!

Farm Fresh Shopping Trip

Items Purchased:

5-Glade Air Freshners - $7.95 paid FREE

2-Propel Flavored Waters - $2 paid FREE

4-Colgate Toothpaste - $8 paid FREE

4-Crest Toothpaste - $7.96 paid FREE

1-Kraft Honey BBQ Sauce - $1.49 paid FREE

2-Yakisoea Noodle Soup - $1.78 paid FREE

2-Classico Pasta Sauce - $6 paid $2

1-3lb Ground Beef - $7.47 paid $5.47

1-Jimmy Dean Sausage Roll - $4.99 paid $2.99

2-Hanover Frozen Chopped Onions - $4 paid $2

2-Frigadino String Cheese - $7.58 paid $3.58

1-Reynolds Parchment Paper - $2.79 paid $0.79

3-Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cereal - $5.64 paid $1.94

2-Ziplock Freezer Bags - $5.34 paid $3.34

1-Yeast Packet - $2.67 paid $1.57

1-Tyson Chicken Nuggets - $4.99 paid $2.99

1-Boneless Pork Loin Chops - $4.94 paid $2.94

6-Totinos Frozen Pizza - $6 paid $1.50 ($0.25 A PIECE! CRAZY!!)

4-Pillsbury Crescent Rolls - $4 paid $2

3-Oranges paid $3

3-Kiwi paid $1.74

1-Fresh Green Beans - $0.94

1-Kale bunch - $0.27

1-Romaine Lettuce - $2.03

1-Bag of Red Apples - $2.99

1-Mushrooms - $0.99

1-Baby Carrots - $0.99

1-Celery - $0.99

1-Potatoes - $1.99

1-Tomatoes - $1.99

Total Value: $116.04

Total Paid AFTER Coupons/Sales: $53.51

SAVED: $62.53

Harris Teeter Shopping Trip

1-Purex Laundry Detergent - $4.99 paid $1.99

1-Gain Laundry Detergent - $3.99 paid $0.99

2-Classico Pasta Sauce - $5.98 paid $2.54

4-Furmano Diced/Crushed Tomatoes - $8.76 paid $3.38

2-Electrasol Dishwasher Gel - $9.98 paid $3.99

1-3 lb Ground Beef - $7.99 paid $5.87

2-Mangos - $2.98 paid $1.98

2-Gortons Fish Sticks - $13.18 paid $5.59

1-Heluva Good Chip Dip - $1.69 paid $0.59

2-Breakstone Sour Cream - $3.00 paid $0.80

3-Bailey's Coffee Creamer - $6.57 paid $3.57

1-Bacon - $2.99

2-Tomato Paste - $1.38

1-Bread - $1.27

3-Frozen Cauliflower - $5

1-Garlic - $1.39

Total Value: $90.94

Total Paid AFTER Coupons/Sales: $45.12

SAVED: $45.82

Both Trips

Total Value: $206.98

Total Paid AFTER Coupons/Sales/Rewards: $98.63

SAVED: $108.35

Quick Walgreens & CVS Trip

I popped into Walgreens & CVS to see if I could snag some more deals before the sales were over. I did!!

Walgreens Shopping Trip

Items Purchased:

3-Tide Stain Release Tablets

Total Value: $12.27
Total Paid AFTER Coupons/Sales/RR's: $1.47
SAVED: $10.80
RR's earned for next shopping trip: $3.00

CVS Shopping Trip

Items Purchased:
2-RevitaLens Contact Solution

Total Value: $19.98
Total Paid AFTER Coupons/Sales/ECB's: $2.78
SAVED: $17.20
ECB's earned for next shopping trip: $4.00

I did this trip in 2 separate transactions. The solution was on sale for $7.89. I had a $3 manufactors coupon and $3 ECB's which brought it down to $1.89 and I earned $4 ECB's. The second transaction I used another $3 manufactors coupon & the $4 ECB's I just earned bringing the total down to $0.89!!! And I still earned another $4 ECB's :)

Birthday Party!

Saturday was sweet Lily's 2nd birthday party! I met her mama Jeni on babycenter.com on a mommy forum and we've been friends since we've been prego with our little ones. I've met some great ladies on that board and have met a handful of them. Leigh is another mama from the board and she came down from Richmond with her two little darlings, Olivia & Avery. It was great to catch up and hang out! The kids had a great time. The party was at Museum of Life & Science in Durham North Carolina. There was so much for the kids to do and I really want to try to go back. Thank you Jeni & Leigh for the pictures!!

My favorites were the string cheese & fruit snacks!

Jeni & Lily

Yummy cupcakes!

Enjoying Apple Juice with my girls Avery & Olivia

I'm such a stud!

Hair Cut

Ronin got his hair cut friday for the 2nd time in a salon. The first one was in a a kids salon in VA Beach called Pigtails & Crewcuts. They have a "first haircut" package and give you a picture and certificate. Really cute place! Since then I've just had my friend Marcie trim him up when she could but he desperately needed a haircut so I went to Hair 360 Salon where my friend Rose works and he did great! He cried when we first started but then I gave him string cheese and then all was well in the world lol!

Definitely doing this again...