Chuck E. Cheese, thank you!

My mother came over earlier to pick my 2 year old daughter up to take her to Chuck E. Cheese. Well, she's just like me and is a complete klutz. She walked right into something and has a black eye now. My mom didn't complain because it was my daughter's fault, but did fill out an incident report. The manager gave her a teddy bear, a ticket worth 100 tickets, and about 50 tokens. I'm very happy to see how Chuck E. Cheese handled this, even though it was my daughter's fault. We always liked going there, and I'm happy to go there again now.

I always like to see how associates are with children, and I've only had a few bad experiences with that. I was watched a child flip out of the cart and the manager started screaming at the mother for not being more careful, all while this child is bleeding and screaming/crying.

Should I write an email or call the manager at the store to say that I was happy how this was handled and thanks??

MM Deal at CVS

This week at CVS, there is a deal going on where you buy 2 sunglasses and you receive a $10 ECB back. Well, it seems like the trial sized gods did it for us again. If you buy 2 of the Lens Cleaning Tissues at 99¢ each, it also triggers the ECB, making it an $8 MM. The UPC is 8 83019 00550 7. Here's a picture:

Coupon Swap Part II

I told you it was coming up and here it is! We had our coupon swap on Tuesday evening at a local mall. It was tons of fun! And yes, they even put a crown and a tiara on the "coupon queen" (yours truly). I'm only posting the one picture because I don't want any issues with anyone because they didn't want their pictures on the internet. Mostly everyone's heads are turned and you really can't see the others who aren't, other than me. Sorry guys, just trying to cover my tush here. I also got word that there will be another one coming up soon, so look for that post in the near future as well! :)

Zoo Trip

Sorry that it took me a few extra days to post this, but it's been hectic. Here's pictures from our zoo trip on Sunday. Lexi loved it, especially the elephants, those are her favorite. We'll definitely be buying a membership, and you sure as heck know that I had coupons for admission, and for the membership LOL

Here's the elephants that Lexi loved so much!


Too bad we couldn't pet them. Maybe we'll go to the circus sometime soon so she can pet them.


I was so scared that this polar bear would fall into the ditch they have to prevent the animals from escaping. His paws were curling on the edge, it was very nerve-wrecking.


Note: No, the polar bear isn't hurt/dead, he's sleeping. It was a very hot day so I don't blame him.


She wasn't so excited about the rhinoceros though.


She loved the train with daddy!







These were the deer and peacocks. Yes, they keep them in the same cage apparently. We also saw some of Santa's reindeer a little later on the trip.


This is the baby leopard, she was so pretty. She kept pacing around her cage.



Turtles, fish, and crocodiles... Oh my! There were a couple red-ish, pink birds, but I can't remember their names.


This is also part of the Zoo's newest exhibit, Rainforest Falls. It was so beautiful, so really humid, and you couldn't bring in strollers. :(


Mommy, Jayden and Lexi. Jayden was amazed by the water.

March for Babies Walk

Well, the March for Babies walk went great! Here's some pictures (my hubby is in blue, I'm in white, he's pushing the double stroller) :


We're up under the bridge in this next one:


We were with our Momlikeme team the whole time, which included 2 single strollers, a double stroller, and a triple stroller! The mom pushing the triple stroller was amazing! Didn't need help at all!



I'll be back later on to post about our zoo trip after the walk! Lexi loved it!!

Fudge-a-licious

So, anyone who knows my family knows that we LOVE chocolate. The same goes for the little ones in the family. I ordered some fudge from a fellow member on a coupon forum and I stupidly left it on the table while I tended to my son. Well, Lexi got ahold of it and literally tore the foil off and dove in! I don't think it'll last through tomorrow. Thank you KeizerElf for the best fudge ever! If anyone wants to know how to get ahold of her, let me know. It's delicious!

My crazy kids

Well, these are my crazy kids. My son who likes to sit up in his bouncer and also try to get out of it, and my daughter who loves being in the spotlight dancing! My son was attempting to reach toys that he had dropped in these pictures and my daughter is dancing with my mother and my sister is filming (I was out shopping during this). Don't mind my messy house in the pictures.

My latest damages

So I finally went to Target today to do the Juicy Juice deal, but once again I had issues at the register. Here's how I did:

(2) Cascade Rinse $6.28
(1) Travel Size Downy $0.84 (clearance from $0.99)
(4) Travel Size All Small & Mighty $4.08
(4) Travel Size Tide $3.88
(1) 6-pk. socks $3.99
(2) 3-pks. of boxers $7.96 (clearance from $7.99)
(1) Pair of sweatpants for my sister $13.98
(1) Christina Aguilera's new CD $13.98
(6) Pepperidge Farm Goldfish $9.96
(4) Pop Tarts $6.68
(6) Reusable Target Bags $8.94
(1) Axe Body Spray $3.38 (clearance from $3.99)
(4) Travel Size Dove Deodorant $3.88
(13) Bausch & Lomb's Soothing Eye Drops $12.87
(30) 8-pks. of Juicy Juice $56.40

-(2) Free Cascade MQ's $3.14 each
-(1) $0.20/1 Downy MQ
-(2) $1.00/2 All MQ's
-(2) $1.00/1 Tide MQ's
-(1) $1.00/2 Tide MQ
-(6) $1.00/1 Pepperidge Farm Goldfish Target Q's
-(4) $1.00/1 Pop Tarts MQ's
-(2) $1.00/2 Pop Tarts Target Q's
-(6) Free Target Reusable Bags WYB 5 Nestle Products Target Q's
-(2) $1.50/2 Dove MQ's
-(11) $3.00/1 Bausch & Lomb's Soothing Eye Drops MQ's
-(2) $2.00/1 Bausch & Lomb's Soothing Eye Drops MQ's
-(15) $1.00/2 Juicy Juice MQ's
-(15) $1.00/2 Juicy Juice Target Q's
-$14 I got back in cash from my sister for the pants when I dropped her off

Subtotal: $157.07 Before Q's
After Q's: $40.65 (over 75% Savings!!!!)
*My totals do not include tax

The only thing is, I asked the cashier for a rain check for 10 more Juicy Juice products as the sale ended today, and told her just to put it in one of the bags (I was busy putting stuff on the conveyor belt) and she never did. She also forgot $7.50 worth of coupons (I added them into the totals ^ though). I will be going back tomorrow to ask for my rain check and the amount of coupons that were missing. I would've went back tonight, but it took the cashier so long with my coupons that the store was closed by the time I was done cashing out (she asked a manager how to adjust them down to the price and the manager didn't know so they stared at the register for a while). I always have a problem with this manager anyways, so hopefully it will be a different manager tomorrow. I might post a picture if I get ambitious enough to try to put it all away. Oh yeah, and there are $2.00/1 MQ's inside all of the Bausch & Lomb's boxes, so more overage until they figure out how to fix it! YAY!

*The CD isn't pictured as I was already listening to it :)

My Coupon Swap

For those of you who don't know, I was involved in a coupon swap yesterday through a local moms group. I was asked to speak about couponing at this event as well. Here is the original link: Momslikeme.com

They should be posting a video soon as well, so I'll upload that when they do.

My Coupon Binder

Here's some pictures of my coupon binder. I'll go more into detail in a little bit about it.