We ran out to Walgreens this morning for Tissues and Diapers, and when we made it home, I noticed a package on the front step. I hadn’t ordered anything, so maybe it wasn’t for me. Thade ran to the door, and picked up the package, and it was addressed to me. Hmmmm, so we went inside and I opened up the box, inside was a Euro-Pro Shark Steam Cleaner. I was so excited, and I called my Mom to see if she had sent the mystery package. She had, I really appreciated the surprise gift, it made my day, and it is going to come in very handy with all of the Spring Cleaning! Thanks again Mom for the super cool gift 🙂 I’m off to clean the kitchen.
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Just what time is it?
Well Dylan popped up this morning promptly at 6:30 a.m., a quick diaper change, and he was back to sleep. I came in to hubby’s office to get on my laptop for just a bit, and at 6:45 a.m. Thade is wide awake, and is hanging out with me at the moment. So long sleeping in till 7:00 a.m., these two just keep waking up earlier and earlier.
Oh well, we’ll get an early start to the day 😉 It looks like it might snow today, and we need to make a run to Walgreens. We are out of tissues again, we must have a lot of allergies around here. James has a half day at work today, so I know Thade will be thrilled about that!
Good morning everybody, I hope that your morning didn’t start off too early 😉
Spring Cleaning at Nico’s
I have been home a little too long, and staring at all of the messy messes. It is time to get serious about Spring Cleaning.
Yesterday I cleaned and organized all of the kitchen drawers, and today I started working on the cabinets. I also tackled cleaning the buffet in the dining room, it is where I store my Nicostuff Jewelry supplies and sewing machine. After the little cleaning tasks, I had 2 full trash bags of stuff ready to get out of the house. It is a pretty good start to the big Spring Cleaning tasks ahead.
Have you started your Spring Cleaning?
Nico In the Pursuit of Savings part 2
Today I’ll be reviewing one of my favorite local stores Walgreens. I’ll also have the prices of my fifteen items too.
Cold weather has had me shopping exclusively at Walgreens a time or two. The sale items are great and I usually save around $10.00 per shopping trip. I don’t think that I would shop at Walgreens for every item on my list, as a few items were a bit pricey. Walgreens usually has a great diaper deal going on, and occasionally a sale on milk. Last week I picked up a Gallon of 2% Milk for $2.99, best price in town.
I only had two items that fell into the not so good category. I wish that our local store was open 24 hours, our store closes at 9:00 p.m., having a sick kid in the middle of the night, it would be nice to make the little trip to Walgreens to pick up the much needed medication. They also have teeny tiny carts, that Thade loves, but it is almost impossible to fit two kids into one cart.
Now for the positives. Walgreens is very coupon friendly, and the cashiers always make sure to take the time to run every coupon, which I greatly appreciate. Walgreens also has the fantastic Easy Saver catalog, where you can mail in your receipts for Rebates, or even Walgreens Gift Cards. I take advantage of the Easy Saver catalog when I can, and those Gift Cards come in pretty handy for future Diaper purchases. I really love our local store, everyone that works there is very friendly, and very helpful too.
Here was my shopping list:
- Cat Food-Walgreens Brand 3 lbs: $4.49
- Kitty Litter-Hartz 8 lbs:$2.29
- Kleenexes-Walgreens Brand: $1.00
- Toilet Paper 4 ct-Walgreens Brand: $1.00
- Diapers- Huggies Jumbo Pack sale item: $9.00
- Baby Food 2pk-Gerber 2nd Foods: $1.39
- Baby Food Jar-Gerber 3rd Foods: $.89
- Gerber Puffs: $2.49
- Saltines-Nabisco Premium sale item: $2.00
- Coca-cola 12 pack sale item: $3.00
- Bread-Wonder Bread: $2.19
- Eggs-Sale Item: $1.50
- Milk one Gallon-Hiland 2%: $3.49
- White Flour 5 lbs- Gold Medal: $2.99
- Sugar 5 lbs-Domino: $2.79
- GRAND TOTAL OF ALL ITEMS: $40.51
The week that I priced my items Huggies Diapers, Eggs, and Coca-Cola Products were all on sale, and were by far the lowest prices in town. I’m also very impressed with their prices on Paper Goods, you can always find a great buy on Kleenexes,Paper Towels, and the Walgreens brand Diapers work very well too. I really like their $1.00 deals, on Toilet Paper, and Walgreens brand Facial tissue, I’ve even picked up the 1000 count Walgreens Cotton Swabs for a only $1.00 🙂
Overall I’m very pleased with our local store, and making an extra trip to Walgreens is definitely worth the savings.
Whoo Hoo For Monday Nights!
I’m super excited to watch Jon and Kate + Eight tonight! I can’t wait to see everybody on vacation, and the little ones skiing. I might have to check out The Secret Life of a Soccer Mom as well, it looks pretty interesting.
What are you watching this evening?