I love Rite Aid

I was excited about paying 77 cents for two fancy razors(with 2 extra cartridges each) AND a gallon of whole milk at Rite Aid today. Aaron has almost a year stock of nice razors and cartridges now, but I can't pass up free! I can't get Mateo to smile normal on command yet, so here is what you get when you tell him to smile, lol!


Here's how the deal worked:

Gillette Fusion ProGlide razor: 9.99 each sale price (-5UP reward for each bought- limit 2)

Buy 2 razors= 19.98
Milk = 2.79

Total: 22.77
-$3/$15+ purchase coupon (Coupon for taking the survey on my coupon)
-$5/1 razor coupon (Coupon we got in the mail)
-$4/1 razor coupon (Coupon from the newspaper)

New Total: 10:77
-$10 Up Reward Coupon from a previous transaction

GRAND Total: $0.77 out of pocket PLUS received two $5 UP Rewards for buying the razors (a store promotion) that I can use on my next trip there. UP Rewards are like a coupon for store credit. They are very easy to use. If I use them strategically I don't have to spend too much OOP (Out of pocket).


All in all, a good trip. This is one happy couponer. :)

A new shelf in my stockpile and my sweet Mateo

Here is the newest shelf in my stockpile from couponing:



Today I am 15 weeks pregnant and, though I've been WAY too tired to do as much deal and coupon shopping as I would have liked to, I have quite a few packs of diapers in my stockpile. We do plan on using cloth diapers again- and I have a good supply for once the baby is about 10+ pounds - but I really don't have the desire to use cloth when we have a brand new baby. AND, since diapers can be ridiculously expensive, I'm hoping that between my own stock and from my baby shower that we will have enough for three or four months. That would be awesome. I have close to 500 diapers right now. Sounds like a lot, but tiny babies go through a LOT of diapers lol.

With anticipation of the new addition, I am also trying to REALLY treasure each day I have with Mateo...fully knowing that very soon he will have to share me with another baby, a smaller one, and I will no longer be able to give him as much attention. We are doing a parent/tot swim class right now which is fun and yesterday we went to play group, got to play out in the yard for a long time, went for a walk, and just did our normal daily stuff like fold laundry. I'm trying to love every second.

If only we could all be as sweet as a toddler. Last night at bedtime he requested that I read his bible, wanted to pray for his daddy, his grandpa and grandma, his friend Natalie, and the baby- which he says is going "night night" in my tummy. He waves to strangers- even the ones who are particularly strange- and blows kisses to the lifeguards at the pool. Hearing "I love Dada" and "I love u Mama" is like music to my ears, la la la! He kisses boo boos, hugs his little friends who are sad, and becomes attached to dad at the hip (or ankle haha) whenever he is home.

I do love my sweet boy. It's hard to imagine loving another baby as much as we love Mateo but I know it's possible. It's also hard to fathom that God loves my babies even more than I do. Seems like too much love to understand. And it is.

Mateo, being a ham and giving me his fake smile.