Date with Mabli

Eli and his friend Mabli are 3 months apart and play really well together! Her mom and Bryan work together so we enjoy hanging out with both our families.  The day before we left for Alaska we had a little play date with them!

Herriman Days Parade

We are working on becoming more involved in our town, although we still feel like a gold fish in the ocean, with so many people and so much going on. Bu we had a blast at the Herriman Days festivities. We started off by going to a parade. Eli loved it and the sounds of the sirens didn't bother him at all. 

Then we went to the carnival and a concert in the park. It was so relaxing, and Eli was so so happy that day. It was a perfect summer day. 

Tiny Toes

Each season starting when he was a newborn one of my best friends crystal helped me paint Eli's feet and make a print on this canvas. I had to do the last pair by myself but its been fun to see his little feet grow. It hang above the changing table and I see it everyday. Amazing how quickly times goes! 

Thanks for the great gift crystal! 

Etsy Give Away!

I am participating in a give away for a friend's coupon blog!  She has awesome tips and coupons to save money!

I rely on her for all my coupon questions.  Here is the link to her blog and the give away!
http://xoxofrugalmomma.blogspot.com/2013/06/giveaway-time-life-lizzie-style-etsy.html

The winner of the give away will receive a pair of booties 0-6 months or 6-12 months from any of these three styles! Go enter!! It goes through this weekend.

Couponing for Dummys

I am just learning how to "coupon" to buy ONLY the things we need and save a bit of money.  I am not a crazy coupon lady that buys 10 newspapers to root through for all the deals.  I just use coupons as I find them.  Rite Aid and CVS have the best deals but we don't have either of those so most of my deals are from Target.

I have bought things in the past with several coupons but haven't posted it.  I will post a few here and there as I learn what I'm doing.  Any advice would be appreciated!

So Here is the Target Transaction (Free case of water bottles not pictured)

AND A CASE OF WATER!

The Dove was 2.99 each, but I had 2 1/1$ coupons and when you buy 4 you get a 5$ gift card!  The Huggies wipes were 1.97 but i had a .75$ coupon and a 5% cartwheel offer. With the Colgate toothpaste (2.99 each), if you bought 2 the mouthwash (2.99) was free and I had 2 1$ coupons.  The Mio drink flavors and Cliff Bars are for my brother's birthday care package.  I had a 1$ off 2 Mio's and you get a free case of 24 pk water bottles.  The Cliff bars were .25$ off each.

So Before coupons:
26.70
After coupons:
14.85!
I saved 45% on things I needed!

So I know people come out of stores with buckets of stuff and 10 toothpastes for free, but I am learning!

Okay you Savvy Shoppers:
Question:  When I buy the dove for example, I had a 1$ Target coupon and a 1$ manufacturers coupon.  I was going to buy just one bottle but this was a better deal.  If I had 2 of each of those coupons could I have used all 4 total?  

Or with the toothpaste, could I have used both 1$ off coupons on EACH tube?