Baby news

So I had my 30 week ob appointment this morning. Baby girl is still a girl. She is growing just like she should and is very active. Baby weighs just over 3 lbs--right where she should be for her gestational age. Currently she is breech--Dr isn't worried because I've got another 10 weeks until she is due and she will be a repeat Csection. Speaking of, I was hoping to get my CSection scheduled today, but I have to wait another 2 weeks to find out when my surgery will be. I was very disappointed with my sonographer at this appointment. I didn't get the lady I LOVE, I had the other girl who rushed through it and didn't explain anything. And she only gave me 3 pics this time! Very disappointing. I'm hoping to get the 3D pics I got today scanned to the computer this weekend and get them posted soon.

Kmart double deals

I feel like I hit the jackpot this week at Kmart. Here's a quick rundown of what I was able to get--and only paid $11 and some change out of pocket (total pre coupons was almost $100):
10 boxes of Special K cereal
3 boxes of Rice Krispies
2 boxes of Fruit Loops
4 bottles of 34 oz Ajax dish soap
5 bags of Temptations cat treats
2 bags of 10 count Tide Stain Booster packs
4 cans of cream of chicken soup
2 Speed Stick deoderants for Casey
2 boxes of Ziploc Evolve gallon size storage bags
a new toy puppy for Kaylin
I'm sure I'm missing something but can't remember what it might be. I ended up making 2 trips to Kmart this week as I had an extensive list of things to get for free.

Blogging

Mommy and Kaylin picking apples this past weekend



Baby girl's nursery (well, side of it)


Man, my time has really started slipping by me. I'm not sure where the last month has gone, but I'm going to try to get back into blogging. September has been a super busy month. Went to see Casey's family in Ohio for a few days, work, and preparation for baby's arrival in 9 weeks have really made the month FLY BY. Not to mention Kaylin's schedule. The nursery is about 99% completed now, just the finishing touches--a great feeling. Kaylin has activities Mon, Tues, and Fri mornings so these days just fly by. I'm also trying to work 2 days/week for the next few weeks to save some extra money/stock up on food & toiletries before baby's arrival.



I've started the journey of cloth diapering with Kaylin. Started with her in hopes of getting her interest in potty training more, but my plan has backfired. She just tells me "no" when I ask her if she needs to go and screams bloody murder when I try to get her to sit on the potty. Oh well, she is only 19 months old after all. Guess I need to get used to the thought of having 2 littles in diapers. My plan is to keep Kaylin in the cloth until she is potty trained and then switch baby to them--hopefully by the time baby is 5-6 months old (if not sooner).

Weekly shopping, part 2

So I finished my shopping for the week this morning. I did AWESOME if I don't say so myself. Kaylin was good, until we got to Meijer--ran into naptime and so she was very crabby.

My first stop was at KMart for double coupon deals. Unfortunately, being the end of the week the deals were slim, but I still managed to do awesome. Here's what I got 2 Secret deoderant sticks--$3.99 each, 2 AJAX 31 oz dish soaps--$1.99 each, 2 boxes Rice Krispies & 2 boxes Frosted Flakes--4/$9 promo, 1 Aveeno baby wash--$4.79. I had a $3/$20 KMart coupon for edibles/consumables, 2 $2 off Secret deoderant each doubled to $4 each, 2 $1 off AJAX dishsoap doubled to $2 each, 2 $1 off Rice Krispies doubled to $2 each, 1 $1 off any 2 boxes of Kelloggs cereal doubled to $2, and 1 $2 off any Aveno product doubled to $4. I ended up spending $1.53 OOP AND then got a $5 KMart gift card for the Kelloggs cereal promo. I did have some issues w/the promo, but the store manager ended up giving me the gift card after all and I didnt have to submit for the MIR. THANK YOU!!!!

My next stop was Target. Not a big list here, just needed razors. I did the buy 2 Venus Embrace razors get $5 GC deal. I got 2 razors @ $7.94 each, used 2 $2 off coupons. Bought 2 Satin Care shave gel and used 2 of my buy 1 embrace get a free shave gel. I also picked up 4 cups of single serve Honey Nut Cheerios @ $1 each and used 4 $1/1 coupons for them. My total OOP at Target was 12.75 and got a $5 GC back.

My last stop was Meijer for groceries. I managed to stay way under my $50 weekly budget and only spend $39.66 OOP. I am going to try to hit Meijer on Saturday to get some bananas as they will be $.29/lb.

So total for the weekly shopping was $66.15between both Kmart trips, Target, Shop N Save, and Meijer. I ended up saving in coupons alone $83.66. And I got $10 in gift cards between Target and Kmart.

what is wrong with our society

So I was at a local grocery store this evening on my way home to pick up some free milk and meat from last weeks Kraft foods deal and saw the most frustrating thing. The 2 women in front of me in the checkout lane had a cart full of crap--YES CRAP, Pepsi, frozen pizzas, and candy AND PAID FOR IT WITH A LINK CARD!!!! What is wrong with our society??? Shouldn't there be regulations on what public aid money can buy? Like healthy food, not CRAP. And it wasn't like they were women who had small children, probably in their 40's to 50's. I mean seriously??? I thought public aid was to benefit the public, not let people eat crap which has no nutritional value. I am all for food stamps, public aid FOR PEOPLE WHO REALLY NEED IT. Not for fat old women who are buying crap with it with NO NUTRITIONAL VALUE. Seriously....WHAT IS WRONG WITH OUR SOCIETY?????

Kaylin had her 1st 'official' haircut today. My mom and I have been trimming her hair since she was probably 5 months old, but it was looking WAYYYY too much like a mullet and was in desperate need of a professional cut. Besides, daddy isn't always good at pulling her hair up and out of her eyes, so most days I worked I would come home and her hair would be to where she couldn't see. Poor child. So she and I went and had our hair cut today. My wonderful hair stylist, Karen, did an awesome job with her. Kaylin is now sporting bangs and what resembles a bob cut. Unfortunately for me, Kaylin has been way too crabby to snap any pics of the new cut today, so hopefully in the next day or two, she is happier and I can pull the camera out and snap away. The sad thing is my baby doesn't look like a baby anymore. She now looks like a big girl. Oh well, I guess she can't stay little forever.

Free Groceries

So I made a quick run to Shop N Save tonight to get my $25 worth of free groceries thanks to Kraft Foods. I am going to make 2 more stops this week for another $25 each trip as my mom still works and can have personal mail delivered to her job. She has graciously agreed to let me send a MIR to her at work as well as one to my dad at my parents house. Who pass up $75 worth of free groceries?
I'm also trying to work on some Kelloggs deals as they have a buy 10 in participating items, get a $10 MIR. I just found out today that Morning Star products are included in the deal, so I'm thinking I'll be able to get some very cheap protein using my coupons and MIR.