Busy Weekend: Cousins, Sign Language, and Walking!

Last Friday morning, Easton and Langston came over while Jessica taught a Truth Talk class at North High School. When Tenley woke up, she was so excited to see Easton and play with him! This is a video of them playing with blocks together.



A couple weeks ago, I started teaching Tenley the sign language for "please." I really didn't think she was catching on (I didn't try long...I know, I should have), and I kept forgetting, so I was really inconsistent with teaching her. Every once in awhile I would help her sign, show her the sign, and try to help her understand what it meant. This Sunday when Tenley wanted a snack of Cheerios, I said "Say please," and she signed it! I was blown away. It had probably been a few days since I had even attempted to remind her of it, yet she remembered. Now that I know she's catching on, I am going to try to be more consistent and add more signs. That way she'll be able to initiate the signs and communicate with us easier until she can say more words. "Please" is putting your hand on your chest and rubbing in a circle. This is a video of her signing "please."



Today (Monday), Stephen watched Tenley for a few hours while I taught Truth Talk classes at Bosse High School and had a chiropractor appointment. When I came home he told me Tenley was walking, and I was sure he was joking. Sure enough, she had taken some steps! She is still unsure, but she's doing a great job! I'm so proud of her! I think she was pretty tired of "performing" for us, but I did get a short video of a few small steps.

My deals this week

I realize this stuff may be totally boring to some people, but I wanted to post because I was so excited about my deals this week, and thought maybe someone out there would be able to snag a deal or two as well!

Okay, so here is a picture of the majority of my deals this week. I got everything here, plus 4 Jack's pizzas, another pack of gum, and 4 bags of veggies for about $4.00. I'll break it down and explain below.


IGA (Buehler's) - paid $0.06

Free $20 gift card when you transfer a prescription there
With that gift card plus $0.06 out of pocket, I got:

• 2 bags chips (.99 ea)
• 6 canned veggies (.33 ea)
• 4 hot pockets (.99 ea)
• about 2.5lbs ground beef (1.89/lb)
• 4 bags frozen veggies (.59 ea)
• 4 Jack's pizzas (2.00 ea - [4] 0.75coupons that were increased to 1.00 on double coupon week = 1.00 ea)

Yeah...not super healthy, but those were great deals, so we stocked up on snack food for when we don't feel like making dinner! :)

Target - paid $1.38

5% off total bill with Target debit card

• 1 hand soap (.89 - .50 coupon = .39)
• 2 single load Tide laundry degergents (.97 ea - [2] 2.00 coupons = -2.06) (Yes, the overage amount is applied to the final total of your bill! yay!)
• 2 pasta sauces and 2 pastas (1.00 ea - [2] 1.00 coupons = 0.50 ea)
• 1 Hungry Jack pancake mix (1.99 - 1.00 coupon = 0.99)
• 1 NYC nail polish (0.94 - 1.00 coupon = -0.06)
• 1 NYC eye liner (0.94 - 1.00 coupon = -0.06)

Walgreens - paid tax only

RR are register rewards - money you get back to spend at Walgreens later. I use these like $ towards my deal purchases the following week.

• 3 Ricola cough drop packs (2.00 ea - 2.00RR ea = 0.00)
• 2 Mentos gum packs (1.69 ea - [4] 1.00 coupons = -0.62) (Again, applied to your final price)
• 4 Crest toothpastes (3.50 ea - 10.00RR - [4] 1.00 coupons = 0.00)

CVS - paid 2.00 + tax

ECB are extra care bucks - money you get back to spend at CVS later. I use these like $ towards my deal purchases the following week.

• 3 American Greetings cards (.99 ea - 3.00ECB = -.03) (Again, applied to your final price)
• 2 Lady Speed Stick deodorants (2.00 ea - 2.00ECB = 1.00 ea)

As far as where I get my coupons for everything, I save and date coupon inserts from Sunday's paper. We got a great deal on a year's subscription to the Sunday paper, and my parents give us their coupon inserts, so I have 2 copies of everything. Target's website has great coupons as well, and Walgreens has in store coupons you can use on top of manufacturer's coupons. Also, every once in awhile, IGA will do a double coupon week. I use my favorite deal website, commonsensewithmoney, to help me know where to find good deals.