The BEST Photography deal on the block!!!!

NENA EARL, Photographer

A HAPPY LIFE STUDIO

So Nena, the lady that did the boys' pictures for Father's Day, is running a special and it's ridonculous!!!!!! This is the best deal I have ever heard of!

Here is what you get for $50.00

• 1 1/2 to 2 hour sitting
• 10 - 15 Edited photos on a disc with all copyrights

Now get this - for only $15.00 more (total of $65.00) you get

• 30-40 Edited photos on a disc with all copyrights

Is this deal unreal or what??? She is truly amazing!

So here are the "rules" if you even want to call them that...

• Cannot be a wedding or a family reunion
• Must be immediate family in the shoot (no max.)
• Must book between now and July 31st to get these prices!!!

You can contact Nena Earl at mumovearls@me.com.

Fantastic Father's Day Weekend!!!

Wow what a great fantastic weekend! And I'm so excited I gave Ry his Father's Day gift so now I get to post the pictures! So Ky and I decided to have professional pictures of the boys done as a gift for Ryan and Justin that they had absolutely no idea about! It's been killing me not to share them but now I get to! The lady that did them is Nena Earl out of Boise she owns A Happy Life Studio (unfortunately her website it under construction but when it gets fixed I will give everybody the link!) I have e-mailed her for pricing so if you're interested, please let me know!

HUGE - Scentsy for a good cause!!!

Hey ALL!!!

I'm having a Scentsy party all proceeds go to my beautiful and talented niece Ynfiniti to get her to the Speed Skate Nationals in Lincoln Nebraska that she so bravely qualified for!  She has an amazing talent so lets help her show it off!!   (Hey maybe Olympics 1 day!!!)

So Scentsy party ends June 28th - all $ must be in
How to order: contact me for an order form and catalog (keri.l.sigman@gmail.com or 989-1428 text works best)
-OR-
Go direct to the website https://fun.scentsy.us/Home and click on Fyn's Fundraiser in the bottom left had corner and order directly from there!!!

I have the scents for your smelling pleasure if you prefer!  I know I don't like to buy unless I have the scents in front of me!

Great News - FREE SHIPPING and HELPING OUT A GREAT CAUSE!!!
**Heads up if you order from the website it will show you shipping but when it clears your account the shipping charge will NOT be on there!!!  Also, this will not clear your account until the party is closed!!!

Thank you for your support - please pass this along!

Wow I'm a slacker... Coupon shopping 5/16/10

Ok ok ok ... now I know that I'm a slacker but honestly I thought I lost my receipts then they miraculously appeared today lol!  Oops...  So yes this is quite some time ago but it's the last time I had to even sit down for 2 seconds to look through my coupons.  This was an interesting day, I knew I was going to hit Fred Meyer's for the diaper deal and Albie's... The hubby let me get my initial list together then told me I could do everything else in the car... wow what a pain in the butt it became plus I got completely overwhelmed... I'll never do that again!  So here goes...

Fred Meyer
4 Transactions
12 packs of diapers (all the wrong size...but it's all they had)
***On sale for $7.99 used $3 off coupons rec'd $3 CAT in every transaction!!!***
Total OOP $34.76 (after using 3/$3 CATS) = $2.90 per pack of diapers including tax that's a darn good deal :)
1 CAT left over and I'm a loser and let it expire :( makes me sick it's like flushing $3 down the drain...)

Next...

Albertson's (on 12th and 7th in Nampa)
2 Total Transactions - what a steal I was stoked!!!

Transaction #1
1 Kraft Mac N Cheese 1/$1.39 free box coupon (FREE)
2 Campbells Cream of Mushroom Soup 1/$1 + doubler (FREE)
2 Bagel Bites 2/$1 + doublers (FREE)
(drum roll please) TOTAL OOP $0.24
Amount saved $9.97 BEST DEAL EVER!!!

Transaction #2
3 Halls Cough Drops 3/$1 + doublers (FREE)
1.5 lbs Ground Turket $3.99 no coupons
TOTAL OOP $4.38 (sweet deal as well)
Saved $9.99

So now for all of you that are getting your hopes up and thinking I did this great all day long... NOPE it only gets worse from here forward :(

Albertson's (Meridian - RUDE that's all I have to say...)
3 Total Transactions

Transaction #1
2 GM Cereal 2/$0.55 + Doublers
5 Kelloggs Cereal 1$1 + Doubler
TOTAL OOP $10.52
Rec'd a $4 CAT
Saved $22.13

Transaction #2
4 Swanson Chicken Broth 2/$1 + Doublers
Used $4 CAT
TOTAL OOP $4.56
Saved $8

Transaction #3
2 Campbells Clam Chowder (sign said 2/$1 - it lied was to overwhelmed to say nevermind grrr...) 2/$1 + doublers (FREE)
2 Campbells Cream of Mushroom
2 Capri Sun 1/$1 + doubler (FREE)
2 Kraft Cream Cheese 1/$1
Bar S Franks 1/$1
OOP $8.74
Saved $13.94

So all in all on 5/16
OOP $63.20
Saved $96.03

For all of this... (missing pic of diapers)

Ok ok ok now that I see all of this in writing I didn't do to bad... I could've done better at the 2nd Albie's if I would've had time and if the cashier would've pulled his head out but what a great day for shopping!!!

Quick Albies Trip last night - 4/20/10

So I've been so frustrated with coupon shopping lately I wasn't even going to go to the store for the Quaker promo but Mandi talked me into it and I'm so glad I went! My Mom and I made a quick trip to the store and Ry stayed home with Ryk! Another wonderful thing about this trip is it was only 1 transaction - I hate doing multiple transactions...

(5) Propels
(10) 32oz Gatorades
(2) Doritos
(2) Aunt Jemima Pancake Mix
(5) Granola Bars
(3) Instant Oatmeal
(1) Milk
(1) Butter
(2) Country Crock
(1) 2pk Oral B Toothbrushes
(1) Wine
(2) Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast
     (2) $3/5 Quaker coupon
     (1) $5 off when you purchase 5 Propels and 10 Gatorades coupon
     (1) $3/1 Oral B coupon
     (1) $0.50 Country Crock coupons (bummer after looking at my receipt I gave him 2 and he only scanned 1 - o well that's ok :)

Total OOP: $52.42

Bonus Buy Savings $7.65
Preferred Savings $37.92
MFG Coupons $9.50
Store Coupons $5.00
***Total Savings $60.07

Another frustrating day at Albies 4/13/10

(No picture available because my hubby put the groceries away before I got home!  And I don't have a problem with that at all!!!  I'll take any  help I can get!)

So I went on my lunch break, I had everything planned out...  And shockingly enough it didn't work out.  I couldn't find everything I wanted or anybody to help me find what I was looking for...  Then I got a cranky cashier that didn't help at all...  Plus I had realized my darn $2 CAT had expired the day before so that started it off as not a great shopping trip because it's like throwing money way.  Everytime I've been to Albie's and have to do more than 1 transaction I've always written a check for over and gotten cash so I didn't have to write multiple checks and this cashier wouldn't let me do it so I ended up writing 4 checks ugh...   Plus Ry knew I was going to the grocery store so right before I left to go ther eon my lunch break he called with a list which then really threw things off.  Ok lets get this over with so I never have to think about it again!


Trans 1:
(5) Kraft Mac N Cheese
(1) Vegetable Oil
(1) Tortilla chips
(1) Seasoning
(1) Sugar
(1) Almonds
(1) Salsa
(1) Dawn Dish Soap
(1) Velveeta
(2) Milk
(2) Ground Beef
(1) Shrimp
(2) Bell Pepper
(3) Cucumbers
(1) Cabbage
(1) Onion
     (4) $0.50/1 coupons
     (1) $1.00/1 coupon
     (1) $0.50/1 coupon
     (3) Doublers

Total OOP $54.39

Bonus Buy Savings $4.07
Preferred Savings $5.63
MFG Coupons $1.50
Store Coupons $9.50
***Total Savings $20.70

Trans 2:
(6) Hamburger/Tuna Helper
(5) Kraft Mac N Cheese
      3 coupons but I can't remember what they were - sorry :(
     (3) Doublers

Total OOP $3.69

Preferred Savings $8.90
MFG Coupons $2.50
Store Coupons $6.66
***Total Savings $18.06

Trans 3:
(1) Tampax Tampons
(1) Covergirl Powder
(1) Herbal Essence Conditioner
     (1) $1/1 Covergirl coupon
     (1) $1/1 Tampax coupon
     (1) $1/1 Herbal Essence coupon
     (3) Doublers

 Total OOP $6.93

Preferred Savings $2.00
MFG Coupons $3.00
Store Coupons $3.00
***Total Savings $8.00


Trans 4:
(2) Herbal Essence Shampoo
(1) Herbal Essence Conditioner
     (3) $1/1 Herbal Essence coupon
     (3) Doubler

Total OOP $2.69

Preferred Savings $3.00
MFG Coupons $3.00
Store Coupons $3.00
***Total Savings $9.00

Total OOP $67.70 - total saved $55.76
this is the 1st time I think I haven't saved more than I spent but there was so much stuff we needed for the house and the friends that were coming over I didn't have the coupons I usually do.  It was still a good deal even with everything I had to deal with!

Catching up - Albies 3/29/10

Wow can anybody say nightmare?  This was a horrible experience...  I brought Ryk shopping with me I thought it would be fine until I couldn't find some of the stuff I needed (that always messes with me) then the lines were ridiculous therefore my 1 year old got more than a little impatient...  Then to add all of that I got a grouchy checker.  I unfortantely was paying more attention to Ryk than what was going on at the checkstand so ended up having to go back the very next day to get reimbursed for some of the items...

(Don't have time to break it down like the other one but i'll do my best to make it easy to understand!)

Tip: When there is a B1G1F sale - make sure you know the in's and out's - such as the McCormick B1G1F sale was if you bought the exact same thing... ex: Lemon and Pepper Seasoning must buy 2 to get the deal




Trans 1:
(1) McCormick Seasoning
(1) McCormick Vanilla Extract
(1) McCormick Green Food Coloring
(1) McCormick Red Food Coloring
     (4) $1/1 McCormick Coupons
     (3) Doublers

Total OOP because I wasn't paying attention $9.63

Preferred Savings $0.40
MFG Coupons $4.00
Store Coupons $3.00
***Total Savings $7.40

Trans 2:
(3) McCormick Seasoning

(1) McCormick Neon Food Coloring
     (4) $1/1 McCormick Coupons
     (3) Doublers

Total OOP because I wasn't paying attention $11.01

MFG Coupons $4.00
Store Coupons $3.00
***Total Savings $7.00

Trans 3:
(1) Ziploc Storage Bag
(1) Ziploc Freezer Bag
(1) Small Ziplog Storage Bag
(2) Kellogg's Mini Wheats
(1) Kellogg's Corn Pops
(1) Kellogg's Froot Loops
(1) Kellogg's Apple Jacks
     (1) $2.50 CAT

Total OOP $19.68

Preferred Savings $15.90
MFG Coupons $2.50
*** Total Savings $18.40
This is the transaction that I wasn't paying attention because I was trying to keep Ryker entertained - the checker decided to put my coupons in the bag along with my receipt and not scan them...  I wasn't very happy I had coupons for all the Ziplocs and the cereal plus doublers.  So this is why I had to go back and get money reimbursed.

Trans 4:
(2) Milk
(1) Garnier Fructis Hairspray
     (2) Free Milk Coupons
     (1) $2.50 CAT

Total OOP $1.06

Preferred Savings $1.80
MFG Coupons $8.98
*** Total Savings $10.78

So on this trip I paid a total of $41.38 OOP and saved a total of $43.58.

After going back the following day and getting my refund for the coupons that I really did have and swapping out some of the McCormick stuff for the free stuff - I got $23.00 back in cash + 2 already paid for Rain Checks!!!

So after this hassle I ended up paying $18.38 OOP and saved $66.58!!!

So even though it was frustrating and stressful I definitely came out ahead!!!