Van's Skate Park

Grandma told Jerome for his 12th birthday she would take him to Vans Skate Park. I was hoping not to go, not really wanting to witness my son flying down a 12 foot ramp! However, I had to go to sign the release form (not to sue if my kid dies on the ramps) and as it turned out, we had a GREAT TIME! Jerome hopes to go again. He is earning money to return to Vans by reading and making his AR goal.



Thank you Grandma for taking me to Vans!



Thank you mom for buying me a $75 skateboard!



I have been busy with the coupon adventure... Got 4 packs of Prevacid (14 count) for .99 and 2 FREE scrubby bubbles cleaners. I am trying to keep tabs on what I am spending while I "save" money. I'd like to see what our budget ends up averaging out to over a few months. I'll keep you posted.

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Coupons! I have had a blast playing with the coupons! THANKS mom for saving them for me! I have them organized in a system that I think will work for me (thanks to Heather's system, mine is similar!)



Here are the deals I got today.... I can't wait until I have a few more weeks of coupons saved up, and a few duplicates so that I can get more than 2 boxes at these great prices.... Drum roll please....



Ritz Munchables .83 per box, complete care tooth paste .25 per 6 oz tube, Herbal essences shampoo 1.50, cheerios 1.15 per box, FREE yogurt... and my fave 3 boxes of ziploc bags in which I will MAKE .50 owning... :)

I was sad that my store did not have the chips I should have for a dollar a bag, or the automatic shower cleaner I was hoping to get for .99, or the right kind of pasta for .33 a box, but do not worry, I will try again at the store across town tomorrow!

If you are interested in this kind of savings, please see www.symphonyofsavings.com, a website my friend has started.

***Update****

Well the 2nd Publix trip was Wonderful! It was a much better experience, and next time I will start at that Publix. They had many of the "blinkies" and even had some coupons taped to the items they went with! I enjoyed the strawberries, pound cake, and cool whip deal was my fave, $1.14 for 2 packs of strawberries, 2 cool whips, and 1 pound cake. I even had enough coupons to do that deal TWICE :) Fun! The picture shows what I took home for $12 and I saved $32!



I was able to get several things for FREE, and that was too much fun! Walgreens, CVS, and Mail-in-Rebates = FREE!