Category Archives: Nico

Mar 30

Chick Movies

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I’ve been up late at night with the “teething tyrant”, and there seems to be nothing on t.v. Last night I raided the downstairs DVDs and grabbed a bunch of my favorite “chick” movies to watch.

The Royal Tenenbaums was the first movie on my list to watch, I love love love this movie, no matter how many times I watch it. Tonight I’m watching Garden State another favorite of mine. I’ll add Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Lost in Translation to the list as well. It looks like a lot of movie watching will be going on at Nico’s 🙂

Do you have a favorite “chick movie” to watch?

Mar 27

I Heart Walgreens

Yesterday we made a run to Walgreens for a few supplies. I had looked at their weekly specials online, and I spotted a great sale on Walgreens Diapers and Training Pants. Both were on sale for just $5.99, a deal too good to miss. I looked through my coupons, and I had one coupon for $2.00 off Walgreens diapers, so I could save even more.

At checkout I handed the cashier my coupon, and she ran it for both packs of diapers, I was thrilled. I ended up paying $3.99 for the Diapers and $3.99 for the Training Pants, oh how I love Walgreens 🙂

Mar 27

Nico in the Pursuit of Savings, part 4

Sorry for the little break, I’m back at it, and still shopping for the best deals locally. This week I made a shopping trip to Dollar General to see if I could find a few deals on my fifteen items. Here is all the fun shopping details 😉

First off the not so good… Locally our store is a little dated, it could use a little aesthetic upkeep. Parking at our local store is crazy, you are right on the street in teeny tiny spaces. If you time your shopping trip at the right time of the day, you can get in and out of the store with no trouble, but don’t shop at noon, its packed. Dollar General is also home to tiny shopping carts. Thade is a big fan of them, but I’m not the biggest fan.

Now for the good… The customer service at our local Dollar General is great, and everyone is very helpful and so friendly. I’m happy to report that Manufacturers Coupons are accepted, so that helps out even more in the savings department. Computer printed coupons are not accepted locally, but that’s no biggie, I run into that problem at just about every store that I’ve visited so far… Overall it is a great place to shop, and it is fun to shop around for all of the great deals. I’ll definitely be shopping at our local Dollar General more often.

So how are the prices?

  • Cat Food-Dollar General Brand: $2.25
  • Cat Litter-Hartz 8 lb.:$1.00
  • Kleenexes 120 ct.:$1.00
  • Toilet Paper- Angel Soft 4 ct.:$1.10
  • Diapers-Luv’s Jumbo Pack:$8.00
  • Baby Food 2 pack-not available locally
  • Baby Food Jar-not available locally
  • Gerber Puffs-not available locally
  • Saltines- Clover Valley: $.85
  • Coca-cola 6 pack:$1.99
  • Bread-Sara Lee:$2.40
  • Eggs-Sun Valley:$2.25
  • Milk One Gallon 2%-Hiland:$3.90
  • White Flour 5 lb-Southern Biscuit: $1.25
  • Sugar 4 lb: $1.65
  • Grand Total $27.64

Well I couldn’t find all of my items on my shopping list, but the items that I did find were well worth the trip. I found Baking Cups for $.55, and I’m usually paying $.92 for the exact same brand at the Supercenter. I also picked up Non-Dairy Coffee Creamer for just $1.00, which is a great deal for this coffee consumer. Dollar General seems to be the best bet locally for baking supplies, I can pick up Flour and Sugar at rock bottom prices, and keep on baking. At our last shopping trip Thade purchased a pad of Construction Paper for only $1.00, a great and very affordable find.

We’ll be shopping and saving at Dollar General again soon 🙂

Mar 25

Hubby to the Rescue

So this morning I was feeling awful, and flipping out looking for the back-up camera for tomorrow. James came home at lunch time, and I told him of all of the camera drama, and he said that he had the back-up camera in his car. Thank goodness!!! We will be able to snap some pics of the birthday boy tomorrow 🙂 I’m going to price a new battery for the camera, and hope for the best.

Mar 23

I’ve Been Tagged

My dear friend Marva over at Blessed Frugalness Times Two With Twins tagged me earlier in the week. I have to tell you, I’ve had quite a time coming up with 10 things to share about me… So here it goes:

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  1. I love to move to a new house and a new town, it is hard for me to stay put in just one place for too long
  2. I’m a cat person, and a huge NASCAR fan!
  3. The first time that I dyed my hair I was only six years old, it was the only way that my Mom could get me to go to the First Grade
  4. My Brother Rob is my best friend, and one of the most amazing people that I know. I feel very lucky to have such a super cool Brother 🙂
  5. I was voted “most unique” at my high school
  6. My hubby and I met in a Rock Band, I was the Bassist and Lead Singer and he was the Super-cute Drummer ( he also plays Bass, Guitar, and he can sing too, he is a quadruple threat)
  7. I will only paint my finger nails and toe nails one color- Jet Black, they just seem too look the best that way 😉
  8. I love to eat Sushi, but the boy’s aren’t a fan
  9. I used to be a vegetarian, I miss it sometimes
  10. With both pregnancies I was hoping for a Boy, and I love being a Mommy to my awesome and crazy boys!

I’m going to tag my buddy Susan over at the Blahblahblog 🙂 Have a great weekend 🙂