Hey everyone... sorry I haven't had much posted since last week. I'll try to post a couple this week about some great vacationing tips with baby!
We're out of town this week celebrating the holiday and my birthday! Happy 26th to me?... no, it just means I'm getting older.
Since we're out of town though, I'm lacking options and times to get online and post, however I do have one recommendation for all of the traveling mommies out there.
The First Years makes a line of baby feeding products called 'Take n' Toss'. These things are great! I picked up a pack of bowls and a pack of silverware to take away with us for the week. You can wash and reuse them a few times, or you can recycle them and go! Any that I use in our room I'm washing and reusing but when I go out I just use it and recycle it, or leave it at the restaurant. (I recommend telling the waitress it's recyclable though so they dispose of it correctly.) It has saved so much room when traveling, and moving around for the day. These are a definite must for me now. You can get an entire set of The First Years Take And Toss 28-Piece Travel Set including bowls, silverware, and cups for under $15 at Kohls.
Another recommendation, 'Foogo' by Thermos. It's their line of baby food containers. I pop it in the refrigerator with her yogurt about a half hour before leaving and then stick it in the diaper bag heading out the door. It keeps food cold for hours so I don't have to worry about feeding my little girl things I typically wouldn't. She gets her yogurt and homemade baby food everywhere we go!
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Monday, June 25, 2012
Please Spread the Word!
For those of you checking in on the blog... please spread the word! I have some great useful tips, advice, and deals to share with everyone and I'd love to have some more readers like you to share, comment, and give me some ideas of what they would like to see!
Thanks!
Ashley
Thanks!
Ashley
For the money savvy Mommies
So I posted last week about this new Safeway coupon program that's all online. Here's my verdict after my first use...
MUST USE!
This is incredible. You register online with your Safeway shopping card, and you get special deals just for you that other people may or may not receive, on top of their normal store sales and online coupons.
You flip through each section and click on what you want to purchase, and it has your savings right there. Then it automatically saves it to your grocery list where you can add additional things and print it out to take in the store. You get deals on your most frequently purchased products that you purchase when you scan your Safeway card, and you still get to stack their online coupons on top of it right on to the card so no clipping.
But to save more, you can still clip and stack your paper/internet coupons on top of that to save even more. I came out with Oikos Greek Yogurt for $.30 a container, a FREE carton of eggs, milk for only $1.30, CPK frozen pizzas for $3.30 a piece, Pampers Cruisers for $5 off, and so much more. I wound up with over a weeks worth of food at about $140 and only spent $80 coming out of the store.
Now I'm sure those that REALLY coupon can do much better then me, but for spending 10 minutes on Safeway's site to build my list, and another 10 minutes checking Coupons.com and CouponNetwork, I feel like I really made out, and it's so easy.
If anyone shops at Safeway, I HIGHLY recommend using their new "Just For U" Program!
MUST USE!
This is incredible. You register online with your Safeway shopping card, and you get special deals just for you that other people may or may not receive, on top of their normal store sales and online coupons.
You flip through each section and click on what you want to purchase, and it has your savings right there. Then it automatically saves it to your grocery list where you can add additional things and print it out to take in the store. You get deals on your most frequently purchased products that you purchase when you scan your Safeway card, and you still get to stack their online coupons on top of it right on to the card so no clipping.
But to save more, you can still clip and stack your paper/internet coupons on top of that to save even more. I came out with Oikos Greek Yogurt for $.30 a container, a FREE carton of eggs, milk for only $1.30, CPK frozen pizzas for $3.30 a piece, Pampers Cruisers for $5 off, and so much more. I wound up with over a weeks worth of food at about $140 and only spent $80 coming out of the store.
Now I'm sure those that REALLY coupon can do much better then me, but for spending 10 minutes on Safeway's site to build my list, and another 10 minutes checking Coupons.com and CouponNetwork, I feel like I really made out, and it's so easy.
If anyone shops at Safeway, I HIGHLY recommend using their new "Just For U" Program!
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Pregnancy and Morning Sickness...
Now, it's been almost a year since I've been pregnant, and, probably a year and a half since I've experienced morning sickness... However, I'm catching something now that left me ill today, and a time tested trick to helping nausea when I was pregnant came in use.
For those pregnant mommies or mommy-to-be's... Ginger drops and saltines are amazing! Today I pulled out some of my old ginger hard candies that I had from when I was pregnant and they still work, so it's not just for the pregnant woman!
If you suffer from true morning sickness in the early hours of the day, the best solution I found out, and many others confirmed, was to keep a box of saltines next to your bed and eat a few before you even take a step out of bed. It helps settle your stomach before you get moving and the nauseousness sets in.
When you start feeling sick later in the day, ginger hard candy drops, or chewy gummy candies are amazing. You can usually buy them in baby stores in the mommy care section or specialty stores with holistic vitamins / medicines. I believe I've also seen them in the form of lollipops too. They're great to pop in your purse and use when needed. And as I've tested today, they work for nauseousness in general, not just during pregnancy!
For those pregnant mommies or mommy-to-be's... Ginger drops and saltines are amazing! Today I pulled out some of my old ginger hard candies that I had from when I was pregnant and they still work, so it's not just for the pregnant woman!
If you suffer from true morning sickness in the early hours of the day, the best solution I found out, and many others confirmed, was to keep a box of saltines next to your bed and eat a few before you even take a step out of bed. It helps settle your stomach before you get moving and the nauseousness sets in.
When you start feeling sick later in the day, ginger hard candy drops, or chewy gummy candies are amazing. You can usually buy them in baby stores in the mommy care section or specialty stores with holistic vitamins / medicines. I believe I've also seen them in the form of lollipops too. They're great to pop in your purse and use when needed. And as I've tested today, they work for nauseousness in general, not just during pregnancy!
Friday, June 22, 2012
Safeway Deals!
So if anyone has signed up and used Safeway's new "Just For U" couponing program, please comment on this post and let me know what you think.
I'm registering today and I'm going to use it on my weekend shopping trip... but I'm trying to figure out if it's truly going to make couponing easier like they're leading on.
I'll do a follow-up post after figuring out this program and let everyone know what I think!
I'm registering today and I'm going to use it on my weekend shopping trip... but I'm trying to figure out if it's truly going to make couponing easier like they're leading on.
I'll do a follow-up post after figuring out this program and let everyone know what I think!
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