Weekend fun...

Here are Tom's and my accomplishments this weekend.

I got all 12 of these boxes of cereal for 74 cents each at Albies! Each box was $2.07. If you bought 5 boxes you'd get $5 off. I had six $1 off coupons. So the math looks like this: $24.84 minus 10 = $14.84 minus $6 = $8.84 divided by 12 = 74 cents a box. Woo hooo!


Possibly even more impressive than that was Tom's first Sprint Triathlon on Saturday. He swam 350 meters, biked 12 miles and ran for 6.1 miles. He did it in about an hour and 15 minutes. He hasn't gotten his official time yet, but it is pretty dang close to 1:15. The first picture is of Tom and his buddy Pat re-living the details of the race. The second shot is just a couple of minutes after Tom finished. Pat had finished a few minutes before Tom.
I had gone over to the rec center to try to see Tom during the race. About two minutes after I got there I heard the announcement that #1611 had finished and I knew that was Tom's #. I ran over there but had missed the finish line photo. I was pretty glad to have gotten there in time though! Double - nay, triple woo hoo! for Tom!

Tons of giveaways to enter...

This is a link to a blog page that lists lots and lots of giveaway drawings.
http://islandlife808.com/islandreview/hotlinks/hot-links-of-the-week-17/

They do it every Wednesday if that is the sort of thing you are interested in.

Coupon...

If you are a DISH Network customer you can print this coupon twice to get rebates for two pay per view movies.
http://www.dishnetwork.com/freemovie/

Freebies & coupons

There are a lot of free items and great coupons floating around out there right now. Here are a few...

Here is a printable coupon for Bath & Body works to take $10 off any Patricia Wexler M.D. Dermatology purchase through 4/5. There are several on sale right now for $10, making them FREE with the coupon - selection includes Acnescription Exfoliating Acne Cleanser, Universal Anti-Aging Cleanser and Dual Action foaming Cleanser. http://f.chtah.com/i/34/528207786/20090309_coupon9134.html

Free sample of Betty Crocker Warm Delights Minis: http://f.chtah.com/i/34/528207786/20090309_coupon9134.html

This is a blog that has giveaways every day, you just leave a comment to enter a giveaway. http://www.giveawaytoday.blogspot.com

Here is a coupon for Baskin-Robbins - buy one Sundae get one free: http://www.baskinrobbins.com/coupon/20090328BOGOSundae.html

Here is a free Arby's Roastburger with the purchase of a drink. This one expires March 14th. http://www.arbys.com/arbyscoupon/?cid=bn_yahoo300x250030509

Here is another blog that lists lots of freebies and giveaways: http://freebies4mom.blogspot.com

Have fun!

Nannerl's Minuet

Boo to the snow!

Here is my view today. I'm so sick of the snow! Last week we had temps in the mid sixties and got some yardwork done. Today we are cranking up the heat and hunkering down once again. Come on Mother Nature, warm us up - I know you can do it!

Finally!

For those of you with pets, I found a cool little item at Target today. It is the Pledge Fabric Sweeper for Pet Hair. It has little brushes underneath a containter and the brushes have bristles that are lying in opposite directions. Somehow, when you rub it back and forth on fabric, it picks up the hairs and deposits them into the container which is clear so that you can see how much hair is in there. I've tried other methods of removing hair - I do not want to have one of those houses where you don't want to sit down on the furniture because there is pet hair on it. Anyway, this really did work on the couch upholstery.