This week’s CVS deals were not the biggest bargains ever but I got good prices on things we need.
I started the week with $34 in CVS bucks from previous purchases.
I used some personal coupons from scanning my CVS card at the CVS red box coupon machine and price checker.
The $3 Eucerin coupons were printed from coupons.com and I believe are still available.
The .25 Charmin coupons are from last Sunday’s paper.
When I shop at CVS, I look for deals that give back ExtraCareBucks.
Below are today’s purchases
Before coupons it would of been about $63 ( very high I know, and that’s why I only shop at CVS sales with coupons)
After coupons it was $14
I have $29 for the next sale and should also earn some Beauty Bucks that will show up in my account in a few days. M
I was especially happy to get more of this Eucerin skin calming cream.
I have very dry itchy winter skin and this cream truly makes it all better. I’ve only been using it a couple weeks but my legs and arms are soft and smooth now, never itchy anymore and in my opinion, my skin looks younger.
I shared some with 2 grands that also have winter skin issues and they both like it. Their mom says their skin is doing much better with this cream.
Hello, thank you to all who left sweet welcome back comments.
February went by in a blur. That crazy cold I got in January continued to hang around for a good portion of the February.
Grandchildren were sick at different times with Flu A, strep, ear infections.
My dad fell on an icy sidewalk and gave us all a very big scare but thankfully his injuries were not too bad.
My wisdom teeth are gone and that was actually one of the easier medical things - afterward I had zero pain, bleeding and swelling. I’m still amazed it was so easy.
I have lots of crafts supplies, including a storage tub of plastic canvas yarn. I pulled out a gallon bag of yarn scraps from that tub and started making coasters. I loosely followed some online patterns and have really had fun making them, it’s just a relaxing sewing with not too much concentration required. I plan to make more as I still have so much yarn.
Fabric sewing in February was mostly doll clothes.
I made wrap skirts and t shirts for 3 American Girl type dolls.
The 3 dollies also got nightgowns,
I used free printable patterns found on Pinterest for all the clothes.
For the 3 shirts, I used 1 pair of girls white leggings bought on clearance for $1.
And I made potholders with some 1970s looking fabric.
Our bargain of the month was at a big grocery store in Oklahoma City called Crest.
We like to have sausage and eggs for breakfast. Good breakfast sausage is normally close to $4 a roll.
This sale was so good, we bought 30 rolls and they will stay in our upright freezer as we use them over the next 6 months or so.
After a several month break, I’ve started coupon shopping at CVS again. I’ll post the new deals as I do them.
This was at Andie’s birthday party last night.
The restaurant serves chocolate piñatas and it was a very fun experience, especially for the 9 children attending.
On the publishing app I’m using, I’m not sure the video is going to show up when I push publish. If it doesn’t include, I’ll try to figure out a plan B.
The piñata was quite fun. I was disappointed the chocolate part seemed to be a very low quality Chocolate. My daughter likes to make fancy desserts and she is planning to make a version at home for a future party.
But regardless of what I thought of that chocolate, there was no dessert left after 9 children and 9 adults all ate. So it tasted AOK to the rest of the guests.
It was a big hit with her family as you can see from the texts between her and her husband.
The changes she made to the recipe were omitting the bell pepper, using gluten free products and “not measuring”.
We had 5 grandchildren and my parents here for 1 meal this week. My husband smoked a spiral ham and I made this macaroni and cheese
9 of us were eating and we all thought this was macaroni and cheese was especially good. My changes- I used 3 cups of medium size shells instead of 2 cups of macaroni pasta. I made it ahead but didn’t bake it. I put it in a casserole dish and at serving time, I heated it, covered, in the microwave until bubbly.
I plan to keep this recipe and make it again, especially when we have guests or a big family meal.
I didn’t get much at all done last week as that cold or flu from the previous week was still keeping me down.
I did get 3 pair of dress pants hemmed for a son and I turned 5 fleece blankets into Quillows.
We all like using these soft fleece blankets and I have a bunch of them. But they take up a lot of room and never seem to look neatly stacked.
In my crazy fabric stash, I have quite a few printed fabric panels. So I picked out some that would coordinate with our blankets.
I sewed up double sided pockets and then sewed a pocket at the center bottom of each blanket.
Then the blankets get folded and tucked into the pocket.
I’m really happy with them. I think the prints add some fun to the toy room and I am thrilled with how neat the pillows look, rather than a pile of haphazardly folded blankets.
If you need more info on quillows, look on Pinterest as there are some really good tutorials there.
My cold really is better and my coughing is 99% gone.
But this coming week won’t be very productive either as I’m getting my wisdom teeth extracted.
So, I’ll do what I feel up too but I think I’ll mostly be laying around using ice packs and eating soup, jello and ice cream.
Last week was pretty much a bust for me as I was sick with a cold all week. It came on when I went to bed Sunday night and now, a week later, I think I’m finally pretty much well except for these coughing spells. Thankfully, the coughing is less and farther apart now and I’m starting to feel pretty good again.
I hope all of you are avoiding these winter bugs. They are no fun.
Below is a list of what I hope to get done this week.
For the meal plan, I added more things than we would eat in a week but this gives me options as I cook and pick from what suits our moods and if we have any company.
Here’s a photo as I started our biggest meal today.
I made chicken fajitas, Mexican rice and pinto beans.
The beans were home cooked and frozen previously and the bell peppers were from our backyard garden and frozen back in the summer.
I set out the cooked food, buffet style, and my husband and I each fixed our plate to suit us.
My plate 😋 it was yummy!
I purposely cooked more than we needed for one meal.
The leftovers went into vintage Pyrex and are stored in the fridge. We will reheat as we like for lunch or supper this week.
My husband bought that blue orchid just before Christmas and we both really like.
And he’s since bought 4 more. He’s been reading up, watching YouTube, talking to the Lowe’s garden staff to learn about caring for them. They like sunlight and they don’t like cold drafts so sometimes they hang out in the living room and sometimes in the breakfast nook.
Orchids last so much longer than cut flowers too.
That’s what’s going on here. I’m hoping this week will be much more productive than last week.
