Friday Felicities

*Zoe girl is crawling! *sniff sniff*
*Unexpected bonus
*Lion King tomorrow night!
*Family coming to visit
*Harborside Children's Camp aka VBS

Wordless Wednesday... A Little Late

HOW to Begin Shopping at CVS

Over the past month I've started using coupons, and playing the Extra Care Bucks savings game at CVS. Lavonne over at Economic Endeavors has written a wonderful HOW TO blog for people who would like to start saving money at CVS. Over the past month I have gotten all my diapers, toothbrushes, toothpaste, cleaning supplies, toilet paper, milk, paper towels, batteries, and razors at CVS and have paid less than $20 out of pocket for a pretty big stash. It's really been quite a blessing! There are a lot of fantastic sites with great tips on grocery and household savings. I find this being more and more important for our family with the current raising of gas and food prices. I've linked to most of them through the blog Money Saving Mom. Hopefully some of you can benefit from this as well!!

Well, at least it's done....

I've been on the phone with Dexcom, Blue Cross, and my endo's office for 2 hours now. Apparently I have NOT been denied as first thought by the EOB I received from them stating nothing would be covered for the Dexcom. Someone dropped the ball and lost my "Letter of Medical Necessity" and the insurance company did not have it on file. Doctors office said Dexcom had it on file, Dexcom said they sent it, but Blue Cross didn't have it. So I just had my Endo's office fax a new copy of it directly to Blue Cross with ATTN: to the woman I spoke with personally on the phone. (Lynn) Hopefully she will receive it and get it into the hands where it belongs. I will try to call back on Thursday or Friday and make sure it was received though. I hate how long this process takes. It's frustrating. But at least there is still hope that it will be somewhat covered. I'd LOVE some more sensors so I could monitor my sugars more closely at night. It puts my mind at ease from those scary hypo's that I don't seem to awake to anymore till it's almost too late.

CVS 6/1/08

Transaction 1

2 Duracell batteries 7.99 each
1 Bounty paper towels 5.99
Total = $22

Used $3 off/$15
.25 cents of Bounty
2 $1 off Duracell
Used ECBs to pay for the rest

Got back $10 ECB

Transaction 2
2 Listerine Smart Rinse $3.99 each
1 Schick Razor $9.99
Total $18

Used $3 off/ $15
2 $1 Listerine from 6/1 paper
$4 off Razor
Used ECB's for balance
Recieved $12 ECBs

Next time I am going to do this one that I saw on Money Saving Mom


Buy 2 Oral B CrossAction Toothbrushes
Buy 2 Dawn dish soaps
Use $3/$15 CVS coupon
Use 2 $0.25/1 Dawn coupons
Spend $12.48 plus tax out of pocket
Get $14.48 ECBs back!

I'm also going to get 2 packages of Pampers and some wipes and get the $5 ECB's back.

It has been VERY fun using ECB's to pay the balances of my transactions and spending NO MONEY out of pocket barely! I love this game!

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Monday- Steaks, Roasted Califlower, Mashed Potatoes

Tuesday- Lemon Herb Chicken Ring, Rice, Salad

Wednesday- Burgers, chips, salads

Thursday- Crock Pot Lasagna, Texas Toast, Green Beans

Friday- Baked Chicken Fingers, carrots and dip

Saturday- Out with In Laws

Sunday- Out with Tonya and Dan / leftovers

Indiana Jones and A Parenting Rant...

Justin and I got the chance to go to the new Indiana Jones movie thanks to my fantastic friend Lindsey. For some reason, she didn't want some movie gift cards that her middle school students had given her. (She didn't have AMC's near where she lived) So we put the kids to bed at my parent's house on Saturday night and headed to a late movie. We had sooo much fun!!!! We were trying to remember a time that we had gone on a date since Zoe's been born (which was 9 months ago!!) but we couldn't think of one other than my best friend's wedding, which doesn't really count because I was a bridesmaid and I had duties, dont-cha know!! The movie itself, by the way, was pretty good. I know it's been getting bad reviews, and apparently my sister fell asleep during it. But I was entertained for 2 hours. It wasn't nearly as good as the first ones (think Indiana Jones meets E.T.....I know, weird right?), but I sure enjoyed seeing old "Jonesy" again.

I am a total people watcher. We had to wait in line for a little while and I noticed a lot of things that disturbed me.

1. Teenage girls must not have father's these days because I couldn't believe what some of them were wearing. These new little see thru mini skirts with tanks and bra straps hanging out. Ugh.... I wanted to scream out "That's NOT sexy!!!" Sometimes I wish the "What Not To Wear" couple would just jump out from behind a garbage can and help these poor souls realize that covering up is MUCH more sexy. It leaves more to the imagination and says, "I respect myself and have confidence." Zoe will never leave the house in one of these outfits.

2. I saw at least 4 couples who looked like they were in middle school. With no parents in site. And I looked for hiding spying parents. Couldn't find a one...unless they were incredibly good hiders. Zoe will never go on a date without Justin and I following at a close 25 feet behind, hiding behind garbage cans. (Who'd-a-thought I'd mention hiding behind garbage cans twice in one post?) And she will NOT go on dates in middle school. Nope.

3. Lots of Mom's with very young girls going to see Sex In The City. Do I need to say more? And we wonder why the STD rate is going up with each generation. *shudders* I saw Cal Thomas on Fox News this weekend. He mentioned that if this show was on in his Grandma's generation she'd call it "Sluts in Stilettos" haha. I'm not a huge fan of this show, though I'm sure it's wildly entertaining watching single women sleep with lots of hot men within the first day of knowing them and then endlessly wondering why each relationship fails. Zoe will not watch R rated movies till she's 17 and even then she might not if she chooses to go to the same college we went to, because they don't allow it! haha!! (Thanks FCC)

I don't look forward to adolescence. *runs to go get her Dr. Dobson books from the shelf*