TWO Months = TOO Long!!!!

Yes, it has been 2 months since I last updated - been a little busy around here!!!  Haven't had a ton of time to be crafty, but I've tried to sneak in a few projects lately!!!  :)  Here's a quick project I managed to finish recently:

* Chair Make-over:
Madelyn has a (kinda cheesy) black chair in her room, so I thought I'd jazz it up a bit!  I saw this fuzzy pink zebra fleece at Hobby Lobby & had to have it!!  It was a remnant, so I think I only paid about $2 for it!  Here's what I did:
- Unscrewed the seat & back from the chair frame.

 










- Peeled off plastic piece from the back of each cushion.
- Laid each piece face-down on the wrong side of the fleece.
- Hot glued (could have used a staple gun, but for some reason, couldn't find mine!!) fabric around the back of each piece (back of chair & seat), pulling tightly as I glued, and trimming excess.

 
















- Snapped plastic pieces back on (a little tricky).
- Screwed pieces back onto frame.   - - Viola - a new cute chair for Madelyn!!!  :)












I've started a few other projects, so hopefully I can finish them soon & get them on the blog!!

Money Matters

Great grocery deals this week!!! Here's a few for ya:

November 17 - 25:

*Fry's:
- milk - $1.59/gal.
- potatoes - .57/5lbs!
- Lay's potato chips - $1.77
- Cool Whip/Dole Pineapple, Mandrin Oranges/Kroger cottage cheese, sour cream, dip/Philadelphia cream cheese/Heinz gravy/Betty Crocker potatoes - $1 ea.
- GM cereal - $1.49 ea. WYB4
- Ritz/Nabisco crackers - $1.88
- Kroger/Kraft shredded or bar cheese (6-8 oz.) - $1.50-$2.20 (50% off)
- Coke/Pepsi 12 pk. - 4/$9
- Jennie-o frozen turkey - .29/lb. WYspend $25
- Nestle Toll House Morsels - $1.98
- C & H Powdered/Brown sugar - $2
- Fry's eggs, 18 ct. - $1.50
- Aunt Hattie's Potato/wheat rolls, 12-14 oz. - $2
- Fry's vegetable/canola oil, 48 oz. - $1.99
- bananas - .49/lb.
- 30% off ANY toy item with in-ad coupon!!! (There was also one in Sunday's ad as well!)

* Albertson's:
- Honeysuckle frozen turkey - .39/lb. with additional $25 purchase
- Coke, 12 pk. - 4/$10 WYB4 (limit 4)
- Dryer's ice cream, 1.5 qt./Haagen Dazs bars, 14 oz. ice cream - $1.99 (limit 2)
- Sara Lee pies - $1.99 (limit 2)
- Lay's potato chips/Nabisco crackers - $1.77 ea. (limit 2 ea.)
- Simply Juice/Challenge Butter/Ocean Spray juice - $1.99 ea. (limit 2 ea.)
- Betty Crocker cake mix or frosting - .69 ea. WYB5
- Campbell's cream of chicken/mushroom - .39 (limit 4)
- Pictsweet veggies (14-16 oz.) - .77 ea.
- BC potatoes/Heinz gravy/Stove Top/Dole pineapple, oranges/Albertson's olives/Carnation evap. milk/Cool Whip/ Ocean Spray Cranberry sauce - $1 ea.
- Quaker chewy granola bars - 2/$4
- Reddi-wip - $2
- GM/Kellogg's/Quaker cereal - $2.50
- McCormick Spices - 50% off
- Free dozen eggs WYB4:
* Pillsbury - crescent rolls, Ready To Bake, Create 'n Bake, Simply cookies, pie crusts - 2/$5
* Bisquick - Shake 'n Pour/ BC - supreme brownies, muffin mix - 2/$4
* Pillsbury Grands biscuits, crescent rolls, cinnamon/orange rolls - 2/$3

* Safeway:
- 5lb. box Mandarin oranges - $3.97
- Safeway frozen turkey (8-24 lbs.) - .39/lb. w/ $25 purchase
- Safeway frozen turkey (up to 16 lbs.) FREE w/ $100 purchase
- Safeway frozen turkey (up to 22 lbs.) FREE w/ $150 purchase
- Sara Lee frozen desserts - B1G1 Free!
- 10lb. bag potatoes - .99
- Hebrew National beef franks - B1G1 free = 2/$6
- GM Honey Nut Cheerios/Lucky Charms - $2.22
- Coke 2L. - .99
- Chex cereal - $1.99 ea. WYB3
- BC cake mix - .99
- BC frosting/cookie pouches - B1G1 free = 2/$2.79

Happy Shopping!! :)

Money Matters

Yes, I missed Monday - yet again! :( Just wanted to post a few good deals for this week!! (Sorry, no time for coupons this time - I've been a slacker & haven't cut mine out for a few weeks!!!) :(

November 10 - 16:
Fry's-
**Buy 10 items & save $5:
-Campbell's Chunky/Select Harvest soups - .99
- Gatorade - .49
- Quaker Chewy Granola bars - $1.49
- Cap 'N Crunch cereal - $1.49
- Red Baron pizza - $2.49
- Hot Pockets/Smart Ones/Stouffer's Entrees - $1.49
- Steamers/Kroger Potatoes/McCain Sweet Potato Fries - .99
- American Beauty/Ronzoni/Healthy Harvest Pasta - .79
- Hormel Chili - .89 (**It's Gluten Free!!!) :)
- Ken's Salad Dressing/Herdez or La Victoria salsa - $1.49
- Simply Potatoes - .99
- 7-Up/RC/Sunkist 2L. - .79
- Carnation/Pet evaporated milk - .69
- Cheez-Its/Snyder's Pretzels/Planter's Peanuts - $1.99
- Annie's Mac & Cheese - .49
- Nestle Cookie Dough/Pillsbury Pie Crust - $1.99
- Honey Maid graham crackers/Nilla Wafers - $1.99
- Nestle Pure Life Water, 24 pk, 16.9oz. - $2.99

Not Part of Buy 10 deal:
- Fry's milk, 1 Gal. - $1.67
- Red seedless grapes - .88/lb.
- Fry's dozen eggs - .99
- Kroger sugar, 4lb. - $1.77
- Pepsi 12pk. - 4/$10
- Fry's powdered/brown sugar, 2lb. - $1.66
- Cool Whip/Kroger Cream Cheese, 8oz. - .99
- Betty Crocker cake mixes - .88

Albertson's:
- Gold Medal Flour, 4.25-5lbs. - .99
- Pepsi, 12pk. - 4/$10 (must buy 4)
- Blue Bunny ice cream - $2.27
- Fritos/Cheetos/Doritos - 3/$5 (limit 3)
- Crystal Geyser Water, 24pk, 16.9oz./Tropicana OJ, 59oz. - $2.50
- BAR-S Bacon, 16oz. - BOGO (2/$5.99 = $3 ea.)
- Chex Cereal - 3/$5 (must buy 3)
- Nestle chocolate chips - $2
- GM cereal - 3/$8 (Receive a coupon for a FREE gallon of milk WYB3!!)
- Barilla pasta sauce - 2/$5 (Get 2 FREE boxes of Barilla pasta WYB2 jars!)
- Apples - $1/lb. (just about every type!!)

Safeway:
- Avocados - .68
- Fresh Express salads - .99
- Ruffles potato chips - BOGO (2/$3.99 = $2 ea.)
- Rice-A-Roni - .99
- Frozen foods - select varieties - B2G1 FREE!
- Old El Paso Taco Shells - .99

Fresh & Easy:
- Pepsi 12pk. - 4/$9 (Must buy 4!)
- F & E pasta, 16oz. - .99
- Nestle morsels, assorted varieties - 2/$4 (must buy 2)
- Cinch Graham Cracker Pie Crusts, 6oz. - 2/$2 (must buy 2)
- Kraft Mac & Cheese - 4/$3 (must buy 4)

**Once again, these aren't all the great deals, but a few!! Happy shopping!! :)

Cutest Shirt Ever!!

OK - so this is the cutest shirt ever!!! Found it over at Get Your Craft On & it almost makes me want to have another one, just to be able to wear it . . . . . ALMOST!!! ;)

Bargain!!

Well, I guess I'm "off" once again!! (Kinda the story of my life!!) ;) I didn't manage to get my Monday post done, but I do have a good deal to share!!! :) While shopping at Goodwill, (or Goodjohn's as Hunter refers to it - so it's "Goodjohn's" at our house!!) :), and looking for costume parts, I came across this great deal:


A practically brand-new office chair!!! It's not real leather, of course, but who cares!! It was in awesome shape & sooooooo much better than the cheapie chair we had!!! (And, like always, I came home & sanitized the heck outta it!!! :) Here's the best part. . . . . it was only $14.99!!!!! Woooo-hoooo!!! :) And as I'm sitting in it right now, I can tell you it feels so much better than the other chair too!!! ;)

Dress-Up Box

OK - I'm sure everyone out there with kids, has some form of "dress-up" box, stash, closet, etc.!!! Well, we do for sure!! (Ours is practically over-flowing!!) I don't like my kids to wear their actual Halloween costume to school, so I always come up with a quick & easy 2nd costume that can be worn at school!! Well, with Activity Day, a book report, 4 Halloween costumes, etc, etc, . . . . I didn't manage to create an elaborate 2nd costume, so off to the dress-up box I went!! :) Being that Noah was the only one "allowed" to wear a costume at school, (Madelyn's bummed that she's in the "upper grades" now!! :( , I figured it would be easy to find something for him with all the JUNK (I mean great dress up stuff) the boys have!! ;) We managed to come up with a vest, tattered pants, an eye patch, and a few other things & ta-da. . . . . a PIRATE!! :) Not too original, but it will work!! Noah is so easy to please & is excited to wear it all tomorrow!! (I think mostly for the clip-on earring!!) ;)

Money Matters Monday

Alright - ready for some good deals this week??? :) (Sorry, gonna combine Monday & Tuesday into one post!!) :) - - They're both about saving money, so it works!! ;)

**For coupons - just going to say "- $1" - meaning "minus $1", and since all stores are doubling to $1, it will save me time!!

** 10/20- 10/26/10 **

Great deals @ Fry's:
- Milk 1/2 gal. - .88
- Kroger cheese (6-8oz.) - $1.66
- Post cereal - $1.99
- Go-Gurt - $2 -$1 off 2 = 2/$3
- Dial hand soap (7.5 oz./ 2-ct. bars) - $1 -$1 = FREE!!
- Crest toothpaste (4.6 oz.) - $1 -$1 = FREE!!
- Dawn dish soap ( 9.5-10.3 oz.) - $1 -$1 = FREE!!
- Progresso Soup - $1 -$1/4 = 4/$3
**Buy 10:
- Freschetta pizza - $3.49 -$1 = $2.49
- Red Baron Pan pizza - $3.49 -$1 = $2.49
- Jose Ole Taquitos - $2.49 -$1 = $1.49
- Eggo Waffles - $1.49

Great Deals @ Albertson's:
- Doritos - $1.99
- Coke 12pks.- 4/$10
- Bryers Ice Cream (1.5 qt.) - $2.50
- Nestle Fun Size Candy Bars - $1.66 - possibly use $1/2 Butterfinger Snackers = 2/$2.32
- Kool-Aid Jammers & Nabisco Chips Ahoy - $1.74 ea. -$1.50 WYB BOTH = .99 ea.
- Santitas Tortilla Chips - $1.77
- Kraft Mac & Cheese 5-pk. - $3.99
- Hansen's Natural Apple juice (64 oz.) - $1.50
- Brach's Candy Corn (9.5 - 11oz.) - $1
- Frozen Food - 10- 40% off!!
** Buy 4/save $4:
- GM Cereal (Trix, Cheerios, Chex, Golden Grahams, Kix, Cocoa Puffs, Cinnamon Toast Crunch) - $1.47 -$1/2 = 2/$1.94 - go HERE to print more cereal coupons = FREE!!
- Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks - $1.47
- Fiber One Toaster Pastries - $1.47 -$1 = .47
- Herdez salsa (16 oz.) - $1.50 -$1 = .50

Great Deals @ Safeway:
- Bananas - .39/lb.
- Ragu (16-26 oz.) - $1.25
- Coke 12pks.- 4/$12.98 + 2 FREE boxes of Nabisco crackers (Good deal only if you plan on buying crackers anyway - pop is $5.99ea - B2G2 - crackers are about $1.50 ea.)
- Gala/Granny Smith/Red Delicious Apples - .50/lb.
- Rice-A-Roni - .88
** With in-ad coupon & $10 purchase:
- Lucern 18 ct. eggs - $1.79
- Ken's Salad dressing - $1.49
- Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks - .99
**Friday - Monday only:
- Pumpkins - B1G1 Free!!
- Progresso Soup - .99 -$1/4 = 4/$2.96
- Doritos - $1.79

Now you've got a day & 1/2 to get your coupons ready!! Best of luck!!! ;)