econofood ad 4/22-4/28

Heres a few great deals this week to check out. Did you get your 8 weeks of savings coupons in the mail? They feature weekly deals.

Gatorade is only $.78 each this week hot deal get them while they last
Our family olive oil sale $4.29 print $2 coupon FP- $2.29
Our family Potato chips are BOGO free on sale print $1/2 final price $1.75 for 2

For earth day they have alot of organic food items on sale with coupons some great deals

Nash brothers organic apple sauce on sale $1.99 with $1 coupon FP $.99
Natural granola Sale $3.49  with $2 coupon FP $1.49
FREEBIE! Nash brothers organic popcorn on sale $1.99 print $2 off makes it FREE

links used:  Econofoods weekly AD

Our family brand coupons

Nash bros coupons


Be sure to check out ad for any other sales these are just a few highlights
thanks for stopping by melissa

Mother's Day Giveaway Santa Margherita

Here is an exciting giveaway i would like to tell you about from Santa Margherita Wines. They have a fabulous new sparkling rose wine being released in May and to celebrate they are giving away an exciting trip to Las Vegas.

Every mom deserves a little relaxation, and what could be more relaxing than a weekend getaway? Just in time for Mother's Day weekend. In honor of the introduction of the refreshing new Santa Margherita Sparkling Rosè, Santa Margherita is hosting a fantastic Facebook contest.



 If lounging at a beautiful hotel in an exciting city, sipping on the new Santa Margherita Sparkling Rosè sounds up your alley, point your kids (or yourselves!) in the direction of Facebook! By simply telling Santa Margherita why their mom deserves a getaway, they'll be entering you for the chance to win a Las Vegas Mother's Day Weekend for two, including airfare, two nights at the Monte Carlo Resort & Casino and a memorable Mother's Day Brunch featuring HGTV star and entertaining expert Monica Pedersen. Other great prizes include bottles of wine, boxes of chocolates and copies of Monica Pedersen's new book, "Make it Beautiful." Encourage your kids to enter or log on to Facebook to enter on behalf of your own mother!

"Disclosure: I was entered for a chance to win a Santa Margherita prize package in exchange for this post.  No monetary exchange took place."

FREEBIES! alert

Here are some links for some freebies i have come across today it was a good internet day! Little one took a nice long nap!

First up head over to Eucerin facebook page Take the good skin pledge

From walmart print out certificate to bring to eye center to receive Free sample kit

Free sample of depends sent quickly and discreetly go here

Split end treatment sample Walmart samples watch short video and answer quick question to get this sample

P&G saver club

P&G is offering some great coupons and samples once a quarter in jan,april,july and oct.  

You will need to register for account but these are some good sample and high value coupons so worth the effort.

Sign up to receive your coupons and samples.

Your free P&G Everyday Solutions membership includes access to:

• Promotions
• Tips & Advice
• Product News

• Shopper Card Coupons
• Home-Delivered Coupons

Registration site here   i heard a tip that if there are only a few sample available you can wait a few weeks some times more are added but remember you can only request samples/coupons once a quarter.

What deals did you get? post in comment!

Cash wise Ad review 4/8-4/14

Ok this is my first time doing the cash wise ad trying to get a few more local ads dont see the store you shop at? Leave comment and i will try to get more stores :)

Cash wise Coupon link  and Local Ad

Pepsi 24 packs 2/$11.98 with in ad coupon
Free 1/2 gallon kemps milk with $30 purchase
BOGO free on bellatoria pizza
BOGO free food club waffles
BOGO free old orchard juice

There are more in ad coupons check out complete ad for all deals

Econofoods AD review 4/8-4/14

Here is my AD review for this week at Econofoods check link for full ad.

Print local Our family coupons here

Here are some note worthy deals remember to check whole ad for other prices.

Big one this week is all Kellogg's cereal,poptarts and snack bars are 40% off! That alone is a good deal you can add on any coupons that you may have had clipped or check out kelloggs web site for some good printables . Also while they last when you buy 2 products the store has some cute reusable bags for free.  Another great tip check the boxes for in store peel-able coupons for some double up deals.

The 3 deals i saw were $1 off milk when you buy 2 kellogg cereals, Free M&M's when you buy 2 rice kripspies and harder to find (check shelves in front of meat dept.) was save $3 off milk when you buy 3 cereals (kemps on sale for $2.99 makes it free!)

Our family products:

Fabric softner sale $3.99/$1.50 coupon FP= $2.49

Detergent 100oz SAle $4.99/$2 coupon FP= $2.99

Dryer sheets 80count sale $1.99/$1 coupon FP= $.99 !!

Power aid in store 10 for $10 there is also in ad store/ad coupon for 5 free when you buy 10 FP= 15 for $10

There are plenty of deals this week check out page 6 of the AD for a friday only deals and there is also a local meat sale thurs-sat. 

Additional coupon sources- Smart source  and Magnify the savings and coupons .com

Econofoods coupon match ups

Here are some coupon matchup for this week at Econofoods check out ad link for full ad.

First up are the store brand Our family sales they have 2 great sites to print coupons from
our family coupons
Magnify savings

Powder or brown sugar sale 2/$3 coupon for.60/1 use 2 coupons price paid for 2/ $1.80
Cookies sale 2 for $3 coupon $1/2 final price 2/$2
Our family diapers 27-36 count $4.99 with $1 coupon
Yogurt 32oz sale $1.99/$1 coupon final price $.99
ice cream pail 128oz $5.99/$1 price $4.99
Crinkle cut fries 5lb bag sale $3.99/$1 final price $2.99
storage bags sale 1.69/.70 final price $1

These are just some of the highlights there are 36 Store brand coupons availble to print all on sale items!

Here are some sales with either clippable coupons from this week or printable

Nabisco snack crackers Sale 2 for $4 many coupons available this week smart source clip $1/2 Ritz cracker fulls or print from shop at home $1/any 2 final price 2/$3  keep in mind you need to be a shop at home member to print not a member? free and easy to do and you earn cash back from online purchases Click here

All betty crocker baking is on sale for different price like 2/$4 or 2/$5 if you buy any 5 sale there is a $1 off in ad coupon in addition you can use any clipped coupons from previous weeks to double up for more saving.

Vlasic pickles sale 2/$5 use .75/1 in smart source if you get 2 final price 2$/3.50

Uncle ben rice sale 2/$4 Red plum coupon $1/2 final price 2/$3 and in addition there is a catalina deal that prints at register for money off next trip if you buy so many sorry i forgot the details i thought i snapped a pic dont quote me lol but i think it was $1 off when you buy 5

Additional local deals! do you have your litchfield dragon saver card? it will get you an additional $5 off any $50 purchase 2 times a month they are sold by high school band members
also store give out coupons on Monday and Tuesdays (while they last) for $2 off a $10 purchase good for Thursday of that week that's a total of $7 extra off.

Hope this was helpful it is my first ad match up i should get better as i get practice! Thanks for reading and keep an eye out hopefully this weekend as i start to publish my tips on how to save $$ in a non double coupon area! I save an average of $30-$40 a week without doubling coupons.

Walmart deals week of 4/1-4/7

Here are a few coupon deals worth mentioning for walmart this week. Just keep in mind some prices may vary from each market.

Allegra 6 count $6.97

Hot coupon from this Sunday Smart Source $7/1 exp 4/8
This deal makes it FREE Also on same page was $2/1 childrens allegra
or if you didn't get flyer you can print a $2 off here Smart source

BOGO on head and shoulders from this sunday P&G flyer
local walmart price $4.97

Mio lemonade sample

Check out this great freebie while supplies last! in hot demand so you may need to refresh page a few time

Head over to Mio facebook watering hole to request sample of the new lemonade or blueberry lemonade before they hit stores!

going to the library

A new thing we have been doing lately is heading to the library every few weeks. Our local library has a toddler story and activity time on Friday's where they can sing songs read a book and some weeks have a craft time.  I think its pretty cool. As much as i love to bring my son out for these activities and as much as he does enjoy them for us it is almost always stressful and more work that most parents. Having a son with autism and sensory issues has its ups and downs. He wont generally sit still for to long he always want to be moving and wants to be up close and personal with every kid and play with them but most kids his age don't really want this level of intensity or to play cooperatively. I know what you may be thinking don't autistic kids not socialize? And yes this is the case for most but every kid is different. My son in particular had alot of speech delays and while he tends to shy away from adults and hates being touched he is the extreme opposite with kids he seems to have a need to please them and also be very intense and up close almost to excitable.

So back to our trip to the library. He had a good time running around while kids sang and kinda listen to the story and glued a feather and 1 goggle eye on the paper before wanting to give up. So we went to get our books. He loves Clifford books and was happy to pick out 2 to bring home.  He was chasing another little boy around the book case i wanted to go home but i have to set a timer so he knows it is time. We had a small melt down when it was time to go he doesn't understand why the other boy wouldn't play too. All and all not to bad of a trip perhaps next time i will have to make up a picture book to read before hand on what we will do at library so he isn't too out of control and not as many tears.

New life to my blog

Well it has been 3 long months since i have even looked at my blog! I will say i have often thought of it and have wanted to but life just got the better of me and with the holiday stresses i honestly did not have the time or patients. In addition to thanksgiving,xmas, and new years it is also my sons birthday. One more thing to add to list of fun activities that will stress my son out but the family expects and also doesn't understand why the chaos upsets him or why he scream that someone cut his cake and everyone laughs that he cries when they sing happy birthday. (he hates singing if i hadn't mentioned before)  We got thru it all pretty much in one piece only took a few weeks to get back to normal routines.  Then i just wanted to rest for the rest of winter i was kinda in a funk my self after it all. But know I'm back! i have a few reviews coming up soon and hope to focus a little more attention on couponing post since i get a few free hours a week as son is in preschool!   Thanks for anyone who has stuck around love you all  Mel

Great coupon savings Econofood match up

Today's shopping trip was one of my better savings days. Now I'm not a super extreme couponer like in the TV show because realistically i buy an actual weeks worth of groceries not 100 of the same thing and no store in my area doubles coupons. So I'm an everyday shopper that keeps an eye out for good deals and stocks up when i can but i don't over do it. Now you may also see that there are no "meals" here because i only buy meat every few months during the meat sales and most frozen food during a frozen sale too so from week to week i usually just need normal things like sides,produce,milk, eggs, bread ect.

This weeks break down: Total before coupons $85.00 Total paid $50.00 money saved $35.00

I did all my shopping at my local Econofoods.

Some of the highlights: 2- 8ct pepcid ac tablets only .38 each there was an awesome coupon in this weeks paper for $4 off any size i clipped 2 of them.

  This week all these items are on sale and there is an in ad coupon for save $5 when you buy 10 participating smuckers brand items it works out to .50 off per item i got 4 boxes of HJ potatoes,$.99 each 1 box of HJ pancakes $1.49,1 condensed milk $1.49,1 crisco oil $2.99,Folgers coffee $4.49,smuckers caramel topping $1.49, Brownie mix $1.49. I also had from coupon flyer $1 off the Folgers coffee, printed from online .55 off milk and 2 $1 off 2 HJ products  Hungry jack potatoes both scalloped and instant mashed were .50 per box, Eagle brand sweet condensed milk 1.00 and Folgers coffee 3.50.

Chex cereal 3 boxes only $4 after in ad coupon of buy 2 get one free and clipped coupon of $1 off 3 boxes

Our family in ad coupon for save $3 of 10 participating items including many Thanksgiving items like stuffing,gravy,cranberry sauce and much more very easy to find 10 items most will cost between .70-1.00 after coupon.

And last was 2 bags of salad, croutons,cucumber,carrots,tomatoes,dressing all for $8 you buy 2 salads and you get dressing,carrots,tomatoes and cucumber free, you can print and online coupon for .50 off your free dressing and .50 off croutons.

Kemps products also on sale this week gallon milk is only $2.50

Sources to print coupons and check out the ads:

Econofood website  gives you the weekly ad and also link for our family brand coupons

Smart source  Additional coupons available

redplum  Most of the same but sometimes you find a few

Thanks for check it out hope you can save some money too!

Sick baby?

One of the big problems of having an Autistic child besides the obvious is trying to tell if they are sick or not feeling good in general. He cant tell me when he doesn't feel well and really it is just a guessing game on my end especially when there are not many outward signs. He doesn't tell me when he is hungry and would probably go all day without eating if i didn't give him food and feed him. Like wise he doesn't stop eating if he is full either unless i tell him he has had enough.

Today he woke up crying and calling out to me i rushed to get him and asked him knowing i would get no answer if he was ok.  He seems good no fever didn't seem to interested in breakfast but was able to get him to eat after awhile. Day went by with little issue and he even napped. Bed time was not so good at 11:30 pm he was still awake and ever 15 mins or so he would cry out for his mommy. So know I'm trying to figure out what is wrong. He has a slight stuffy nose but can breath and usually has worse from allergies. No fever still but I'm thinking his belly hurts i rub it and ask does it hurt and he cries no and squirms away so i suspect that yes it does i rub it gently and he says stop it. So i guess we will see DR in the morning he is finally asleep i can hope for the best as maybe a DR can tell me whats wrong but i doubt it.

Cloth Diaper Series: Washing and care

Check out privious post here:  How to begin And Options and buying

OH NO!! Washing diapers!!! Sounds scary i know but i can assure you it is not as bad as it sounds. I can honestly say (and i know its weird) that my diaper laundry is my favorite to do! Yes i know it sounds crazy but i know that many cloth diaper mommies out there agree that it feels so satisfying and you have a feeling of giving back when you wash them instead of throwing them away.  It takes me less cloth wipes to clean a mess than disposable wipes and i don't need to smell them in my garbage for week.

Which pile looks better to you?

Basic cloth instructions

*pee diapers simply put in pail or wet bag
*poop diapers shake solids into toilet and spray or rinse away excess then put in pail
* Wash diapers every 3 days or less depending on stash size to keep stains and smells at bay
* first step cold rinse cycle no detergent
*hot wash cycle with recommended amount of detergent safe for cloth if not using a cloth specific detergent then use 1/4 the the amount needed.
* Do an extra rinse to get rid of any left over detergent
*dry on low heat setting or line dry

Giveaway Feature

My new shop has been featured on 17 sirens head over to her blog for a great review and a giveaway of some awesome products. The winner will get prize package including Laundry detergent, home deodorizer and all purpose cleaner. All items are homemade and not full of harsh chemicals. Check it out and Enter the giveaway for a chance to win! All reader can use discount code: 17sirens  for free shipping on any order on my site MN momma shop 

Looking for sponsors

Hello fellow bloggers and Wahm's. Are looking to increase traffic to your blog,Facebook page, Twitter or etsy/hyena cart?  I am currently in need of some sponsors for some up coming giveaway blog hop events.  The Made with love event is a hop dedicated to hand made items and an awesome event 25 crazy days event that has so many great prizes valued at over $4000 and that does include all the blog prizes the main event has up for grabs an ipad2, mac book air, and tons of visa gift cards this event is guaranteed to have alot of participants so be sure to contact me today for a chance to sponsor and get more followers today! What i am looking for and what you get: If you sponsor a prize of under $25 you can choose 1 page to have followed during event and i will combine yours with other smaller packages.  If you sponsor $25-$49 you can have up to 3 pages to follow during event. If you sponsor $50 or more you can have as many pages to follow as you have and you will also have a pre-event spotlight article for more exposure and to give followers a chance to follow prior to event.  Besides my many followers i have an average of 2000 readers a month and I'm a member of Triberr a post multiplier, my posts are sent via twitter to over 40,000 people (not a member i can invite too).  So if this is interesting to you post a comment below or email me direct for more info: mnmommashop@gmail.com

Don't have product to sponsor but want to join hop? Be sure to say Minnesota momma sent you!

Preschool Fears

As you may know my 3 year old son has a form of Autism. I am fortunate that our school system has a fantastic early childhood program that we are a part of in addition to our regular therapy. We currently go to a toddler class one day a week and he gets to play with peers while mommies hang out in next room for some adult time. For me its tough to not be with him every moment it might only be an hour and there is a 2 way mirror so i can see him but for some reason i still worry. Keep in mind he for the most part is just fine and probably doesn't notice my absence he loves school!   So as I adjust to this new separation we look ahead to preschool.  This is gonna be a biggie for me. He will not be old enough for the "real" preschool till next fall so he will be joining the special education program to ready him for school with the hopes that he will be able to adjust to the surroundings and transition with no problems next year. For anyone who is not familiar with Autism most kids( all though not all because with Autism every kid is so different) Are very bright. This is the case with my son. He is very smart more than his age he just can't do the day to day routine tasks , moving from one activity to the next, those little life skills we all take for granted. I worry about the time apart i will be leaving alone for a few hours 2 days a week. It's almost too much for me to think about. I know know every parent goes thru this even if your child doesn't have special opportunities. I will admit that he hasn't been alone with anyone other than grandma or daddy since he was 6 months old.  So it is time to take a step from the nest and hopefully mommy will be OK  :)

Scary Wasps!

AHHH! Wasps!! For the last 3 days some how wasps have been getting into my house! I have heroically killed  killed 7 of them. I can see them flying into the attic thru a vent so I'm pretty sure there is a nest in my attic but there are no local exterminators who will come out to get rid of them so we must rid them ourselves. I wish i knew where they were coming into my main house from it is very scary to be sitting on the couch and the baby yells "mommy bug!!" And not i have to avoid it as it does that creepy swoop as it bobs the ceiling with its dangly legs eewww. Can u tell i don't like them. I will update you when and how they get gone once i can coerce my just as scared hubby to climb up to roof and check out the situation and spray the nest, fingers crossed.

Monkey monday hop

Welcome to the Monday Monkey Blog Hop hosted by

Mommy of Two Little Monkeys and Mommy Digger.

Monday Monkey GFC Blog Hop Guidelines:

• Follow the first two blogs in the Linky, these are your hosts. Be sure to leave us a comment so we can follow you back!
• Leave a linky for your Blog page so we can follow you with GFC
• While it isn’t required, it would be fantastic if you could spread the word! The more people who link up, the more followers you will get.

Feel free to grab the linky code and post it on your blog!

Bloggers i am currently accepting sponsors for the hop giveaway events! Contact me for details and check out post below for the 25 crazy days event!

Coupon Cabin 25 Crazy dayz giveaway event!

This is one of the AWESOME blog hops giveaways i am lucky to be apart of this fall!!

CouponCabin’s 25 Crazy Dayz of Giveawayz is hosted by ,Simple stacy,Makobi Scribe and Sassy Mama in LA and sponsored by CouponCabin.com, a leading online destination for coupons including coupon codes, printables, grocery coupons and more.

You won’t believe the AMAZING prizes that CouponCabin will be giving to readers who enter the giveaway:

• Grand Prize: MacBook Air (11-inch, 128GB; ARV $1,199)
• First Runner Up: iPad2 (16GB, with Wi-Fi +3G; ARV $629)
• Second Runner Up: $250 VISA Gift Card
• Other Prizes: $100 VISA Gift Cards will be given out to four (4) additional winners

And here’s the BEST part… CouponCabin will ALSO be giving away the same awesome prizes to bloggers who participate in the giveaway hop:

• The blogger who refers the most readers to the giveaway will win aMacBook Air!
• The blogger who refers the 2nd most readers to the giveaway will win an iPad2!
• The blogger who refers the 3rd most readers to the giveaway will win a $250 Visa Gift Card!

Total Value of Prizes: $4,300!!

But WAIT. There’s more. Yes, It gets EVEN BETTER!!