My Life As Liz

So I don't know if any of you have ever heard of this fabulous show called "My Life As Liz". It's on mtv and just finished its second season. It's so great! I just got really into it more recently. I love all of the characters (especially Liz and her best friend Sulley), and love how it is filmed more like real life than a show. AND...Liz is from Texas! I loooove me some Texans. And Texas. And also New York where she moved. AND you will have to excuse my excitement...I may be delirious from 45 minutes of cardio-kickboxing. Anyways...

Here's Liz and Sulley:

 

This picture just completely sums up my love for these two.

Sulley is completely in love with Liz. It's blatantly obvious. Liz loves Sulley too, but in the "friend" way. Liz actually looooves Louis. Or Bryson. Or Louson...I don't know and she doesn't really either.

Bryson

Louis

Who would YOU pick?? At first I liked Bryson, even though he did some douchy things to Liz. He was just so cute. I wasn't too sure about this Louis character because he is a MUSICIAN. And you can believe that most musicians cannot be trusted. I KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE...of friends! Haha. That picture really does him no justice. But then....

The season 2 finale happened and I changed my mind. Bryson kind of blew it. I don't want to ruin it for y'all if you haven't seen it.

Does anyone else love this show? (Besides me and Tabs?) What are your thoughts?

I WON something! Shocker!!

This is probably the most incredible news that I've gotten all week...A. because I never win ANYTHING, and B. it's been a pretty crappy week in the news department. AKA - not sure if I will have a job next year. I know you can get worse news, but that really is not fun news to hear. The GOOD thing is, I won something! The awesomeness that is Busy Bee Lauren (of course she's even more awesome because she shares my name with me!) had a giveaway for a photo session with Inner Circle photography, which is run by a lovely local girl named Miranda. From her website, you can see that she takes INCREDIBLE pictures...they are so artistic and soooo my taste! Which is why I am so excited! Not only do I get a free photo session, but I ALSO get a $100 printing credit toward my pictures! How cool is that? Once I get more details I will let you know! Maybe you can help me decide what I want my photo session to include?!

You can see Miranda's work HERE!

Check out Lauren's post on Inner Circle photography HERE!

YAY!

My Shopping trip (5/3/2011)

 

Since I am still so new to using coupons to get things for rock bottom prices, I have been doing little bits of shopping at a time. I had about an hour to kill after work on Tuesday before heading to Nick’s. I wanted to hit up Walgreens and Meijer, and maybe Target if there was some time left. Here is a wrap-up of my trip:

Stop #1: Walgreens

1 – Tylenol Precise Pain Relieving Heat Patches 3 pk. - $7.99

2 – Right Guard Body Wash – BOGO Free ($4.49 each)

4 – Easter Pencils - $0.25 each

1 – Arizona Green Tea can – on sale for $0.49

Coupons used:

BOGO Free Right Guard Products

$5 off Tylenol Precise product (www.precisepainrelief.com)

$3 off Tylenol Precise product (Walgreens May Savings booklet)

$1 Register Rewards

TOTAL COST (w/ tax) = $1.30

Stop #2: Value City Furniture

(Ok…so I had a coupon for a free stuffed animal (Kare Bear) from VC Furniture. I wasn’t going to go, but I thought I’d just pop in and check the place out anyway since I was right there. I’m kind of glad I did. Although I don’t have much use for the Kare Bear, I can donate it. It was a $7.99 bear, so it was worth it.)

TOTAL COST = Completely FREE

Stop #3: Meijer

I went in to check out the prices at Meijer, because I had a lot of MFT’s coupons that matched up with the Meijer Beauty coupons from their website. (Go here for some great savings:  http://meijer.shoplocal.com/meijer/default.aspx?action=entryflash&storeref=70)

Needless to say, it wasn’t a very worthwhile trip. Since the coupons are good until June, I might wait this one out a few weeks. I did however find L’Oreal eye shadow for $4.79 – and with two $2 off coupons, it was a good buy!

So I bought: 1 – L’Oreal eye shadow (@$4.79)

Used: $2 off one L’Oreal eye product (Meijer Beauty book)

$2 off one L’Oreal eye products (MFT coupon)

TOTAL COST (w/ tax): $0.96

TOTAL MONEY SPENT (out of pocket): $2.26

This experiment is turning into an awesome thing for me…you see I have this shopping problem, where I have to go to the store at least once a week. I usually hit up Target and spend $20-$40 on different things I find there, whether I need them or not. I’ve spent less than $20 this whole week – and I’ve gotten about 4x the stuff I could have in a Target trip. I’m starting to realize how much money I am actually wasting. So, I have been satisfying my need to shop (and I actually haven’t even wanted to go to the mall!) while saving lots of money. I hope to keep getting better at it, and eventually working my way into using food coupons (yikes!). It’s a scary thought!

Freebies!

Here are some things that I’ve gotten for FREE either by mail or in-store over the past few weeks!

1-    Aveda Hand Relief travel size lotion ($7 value)

1-    Full-size hand sanitizer from CVS ($3.99 value)

1-    CoverGirl NatureLuxe foundation – full size ($11 value)

2-    Reach dental floss ($2 value)

1-    Sample of Dream Angels “Forever” perfume

2-    Lever 2000 cleansing wipes

1-    Beyaz pill holder (free with new prescription)

1-    True Blue shea butter hand lotion ($5 value)

1-   Sample size Secret deodorant

1-   Taster’s Choice instant coffee samples

3-   Tampax tampons

4-   Always pads and liners

Some of these things I will use, but the others will be added to my collection of freebies that will be going to my aunt at the end of the year! I love that I can help out without spending money!

My pictures from the Heidelberg

 

 

 

Another great deal...just in time for Mother's Day!

If you are looking for a cheap but great Mother's Day gift - check this one out!


80% Off at Restaurant.com

You can save 80% with the  new Restaurant.com coupon code to get a $25 certificate for only $3. Just use coupon code: MOM at checkout.  Deal is good through 5/8/11.

I wasn't sure if this would actually work, so I tried it! Make sure you look up the restaurants in your area that accept the gift card. There were a couple of my favorites on there, so I bought one! You can't go wring with $25 worth of food for $3!

Let me know if you go for this deal!

Deals of the Week

I know it’s only Monday, but I want people to be able to get this deal if they can! I am hoping to post deals of the week every Sunday or Monday to come. Since I don’t buy many groceries, I will focus my deals on things I use the most. Here are this week’s best deals:

CVS:

Ivory Soap – on sale for $1

Use $1 off Ivory product (found in 5/1 insert) and get it for FREE!

Colgate toothpaste - $2.77

Buy one, get $2.77 ExtraCare bucks – like getting it for FREE!

Can also use $.75 off 1 Colgate product coupon, then you make money.

 
Walgreens:

Scotch Tape – coupon in ad for $.39 tape (originally $1.29)

Noxema Disposable razors - $3.99

Get $3 Register Rewards (money off next purchase) which makes them $.99

Use $2 off Noxema razors coupon (5/1 insert), you MAKE $1.00.

(You can only do this once per transaction – so go back another day if you have more coupons!)

Have you found any good deals for the week?