Pillsbury Sweet Rolls Giveaway....Ends March 20th! GIVEAWAY CLOSED

To start the week off right, take time out to create a sweet Sunday morning moment with your family with Pillsbury Orange Sweet Rolls.

Pillsbury Orange Sweet Rolls are warm, fresh, and ready to serve in just minutes. With an ooey-gooey texture and a delicious orange icing, Orange Sweet Rolls have a mouth watering aroma that is sure to bring your family together like no other breakfast! Packed with the love and flavor of a treat made from scratch, but without the time and cleanup, Orange Sweet Rolls are the perfect addition to your family’s Sunday morning traditions.

Now we love us some Pillsbury Orange and Cinnamon Rolls in this family!
True.

And we really enjoyed the Free Sweet Rolls last Sunday morning for breakfast that MyBlogSpark and Pillsbury sent us. Oh, they also sent a cool Photo Album too.

But I won't be posting a photo of my warm and fuzzy 'family moment' from that day.
You see, while we do have fun family moments, my kids don't photograph well.
Let me rephrase that....
My kids won't behave for photos.

They LOVED the Pillsbury rolls but here is what happens when I ask them to let me take their pictures....

And this....

and even this....

So you'll just have to trust me that we had our 'own kind' of family bonding over Pillsbury Sweet Rolls.

MyBlogSpark and Pillsbury provided me with an additional Pillsbury Orange Sweet Rolls gift pack that includes a VIP coupon for Pillsbury Orange Sweet Rolls as well as a photo album to help keep your family’s sweet Sunday morning memories close at hand to give away to one of my readers.

If you would like to win this prize pack just leave a comment that contains a favorite memory of Sunday morning breakfasts from your childhood along with your email address.

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This Giveaway ends on March 20th(Saturday) at 12 am(midnight) Eastern Daylight Savings Time.
I'll post the winners name on Sunday March 21st and contact them via email. If they fail to respond within 48 hours, a new winner will be selected.
Good Luck!

***Disclaimer***This Giveaway was sponsored by Pillsbury and MyBlogSpark. I was supplied with product and encouraged to blog about the product and offered an identical product to give away to someone in my readership.  The opinion of the product expressed here is my own and I was not paid for endorsing this product.

Sluggy

Expiring RRs So It was Off to WAGS this Week

I had Register Rewards expiring on Wednesday so I stopped into WAGS to see about rolling them.
I wandered up and down the aisles and not much interested me that would have let me roll the RRs.
Hubby drinks instant coffee on occasion and we had less than half a jar left and NONE in the stockpile.  The Maxwell House was part of a Nabisco/Kraft Deal ($5RR WYB $20) plus I had some decent cookie Qs.  I had wanted to get some Nut*rition nuts(lurv the cashew/almond/macadamia combo!)but they were wiped out.....as usual! ugh

I finally settled on the following....

1 x Glade Sense & Spray=$5.99
3 x Dental Floss/Toothbrush/Pocket Packs=$9.00
4 x assorted Nabisco Cookies on sale($2.50)=$10.00 *need these like a hole in my head!*
3 x Maxwell House Instant Coffee on sale($3.99)=$11.97 
SubTotal....$36.96

Coupons Used
1 x $4/1 Glade Sense & Spray ManuQ=$4.00
1 x $2/1 Glade Sense & Spray WAGS booklet Q=$2.00
3 x $1/1 assorted Floss/Toothbrush/Pocket Packs ManuQs=$3.00
1 x $5.01/3 WAGS flyer Q=$5.01
1 x $1/2 Nabisco Cookies Home Mailer Q=$1.00
1 x $1/1 Oreo Cakesters IPQ=$1.00
1 x FREE Cookies Home Mailer Q=$2.50
Coupon Total....$18.51

RRs Used
$4 P&G
$4 P&G
$2 Goody?
RR Total....$10.00

$36.96-$28.51=$8.45+$.32tax=$8.77 OOP
Received $5RR for buying $20 or more of Nabisco/Kraft items(4 cookies/3 coffee).

So I rolled it a bit.  The Sense & Spray was free(plus 1¢ overage) and after coupons, the 3 dental items were a total of .99¢ for all. 

Between the WAGS here being wiped out of all the good deals by 1am(they are a 24/7 store)on Sunday morning, the 'deals' there usually not being something I want/need and the RRs expiring every 2 weeks(or less sometimes), I won't be shedding a tear when I have used this last $5 one up.

I don't know......
I seem to be doing my Ray Charles impersonation and singing, "The thrill is gone!" lately.  ;-)

Sluggy

Another Fine Giveaway at MARILYN'S MONEY

My Buddy MARILYN over at Marilyn's Money is having another Giveaway!

Go on over and check it out HERE.  Tell her I sent ya...

Have a great Friday everyone!!

Sluggy

My Week at Rite-Aid.....5 Trips Doing the P&G Single Check Rebate

Ok....I just don't have the umph to break this down into the Five, Count 'Em Five trips it took me to buy all this stuff.
So I am just listing it all together.  I broke the trips down so that I can submit various receipts and complete the P&G SCR #18(Purchase $30 in selected P&G items/Get a $10 Rite-Aid Gift Card) twice...once for BIL's account and once for my account.

More later on the other sundry SCRs it all qualifed for....

Here's the big honking picture of the goodies.....

4 x NyQuil on sale($4.99)=$19.96
2 x Always wellness discount($3.59)=$7.18
2 x Metamucil fiber pills on sale($9.99)=$19.98
1 x Gillette Shave Gel w/wellness discount=$4.31
1 x Gillette Shave Gel w/wellness discount=$4.04
1 x Oral B Toothbrush on sale=$2.74
1 x Crest Toothpaste on sale=$2.74
2 x Puffs Tissues w/wellness discount($2.24)=$4.48
2 x Almay Eye Shadow on BOGO sale=$7.49
2 x Luden's Cough Drops on sale($.99)=$1.98
2 x Ricola Cough Drops on sale ($.99)=$1.98
2 x Trident Layers Gum on BOGO sale=$1.49
4 x Cover Girl Face products on BOGO sale($7.49)=$14.98
4 x Cover Girl Face products on BOGO sale($9.39)=$18.78
SubTotal.....$112.13

Coupons Used
5 x $5 off $20 Purchase=$25.00
4 x $1.50/1 NyQuil ManuQ=$6.00
1 x $1/1 any OTC pain meds over $2.99 Wellness CRT Q=$1.00
1 x $1/1 Always ManuQ=$1.00
2 x $3/1 Metamucil ManuQ=$6.00
2 x $1/1 Gillette Shave Gel ManuQ=$2.00
2 x $1/1 any shave product over $1.99 Wellness IPQ=$2.00
1 x $1/1 Oral B Toothbrush ManuQ=$1.00
1 x $1/1 Crest Toothpaste ManuQ=$1.00
2 x Puffs Tissues FREE WYB 2 Nyquil ManuQ=$4.48
2 x $2/1 Almay product ManuQ=$4.00
1 x $1/2 Luden's Cough Drops ManuQ=$1.00
2 x $.25/1 Luden's Cough Drops GOL Q=$.50
1 x $1/2 Ricola Cough Drops ManuQ=$1.00
2 x $.75/1 Trident Layers Gum ManuQ=$1.50
2 x Cover Girl Face products BOGO ManuQ=$14.98
2 x Cover Girl Face products BOGO ManuQ=$18.78
Coupon Total....$90.24

$112.13-$90.24=$21.89 OOP

The $21.89 OOP was put on 2 different Gift Cards that were free from previous rebates, so ZERO OOP.
The first 7 line items qualified for the SCR #18(P&G)so that's 2 $10 Gift Cards.
The other cash SCRs qualifed for in these transactions....
#7 Almay--$5.00
#13 Metamucil--$5.00 x 2=$10.00
#19 Nyquil--$2.00 x 2=$4.00
#39 Oral B/Crest--$1.00 x 2=$2.00
#51 Always--$1.00 x 2=$2.00
TOTAL....$23 in cash & $20 in gift cards.

Even if you didn't have any gift cards to put your OOP on, you would get back $1.11 MORE in cash rebates than you would have paid for it all.  Plus the $20 in gift cards.

Not too shabby, huh?
And then my John Frieda Qs showed up in the mail on Thursday so I've got 2 days left to get in on the John Frieda products SCRs(#41 & #4).

Next week will be working on the J&J SCR #24 with a side of Veet #42 thrown in since I haven't done that one yet.  Then I am done for the month at Rite-Aid.
I need a little time off from Rite-Aid....

Rite-Aid running total so far for this rebate period---
Total OOP...$2.34

SCRs.....$32.00/Prevacid Rebate...$24.99 gives us.....
Total Cash Rebates....$56.99
Total Gift Cards.....$20.00

Sluggy

Teenage Fatigue

I generally am a pretty happy person.  Well, maybe not but I can usually keep my disatisfactions to myself.
But I've been having a really rough patch lately.

Have I mentioned I have 3 teenagers?

Since the oldest #1 son is off living the high life at college I can't complain too much about him, as I'm not dealing with him on a day-to-day basis.

It's the other two alien life forms living in my house.
Yes, I called my beloved children aliens....deal with it!

Because afterall, that's what teens are....aliens.
The hormones have overtaken their brains and bodies, turning them into people I don't know anymore.
And most days, that means people I would really rather NOT know!

And it's just to the point where I can't even say a word to them without being demeaned in some way....either with a look, a sarcastic tone, a negative put down.
I've.
Had.
IT!

It's parent abuse.
It's got me depressed.
And I just want to run away.

I find myself thinking as I'm doing a chore around here, why the hell do I even bother?
Doing their laundry.....why do I bother since they'll just dump it on the floor.
Cooking meals....half the time they say they don't want to eat since it's something they suddenly don't like.
Cleaning up after THEIR dogs.....it's easier just to do it because I am tired of fighting with them to do their chores.
Why do I go through all the hassle and trouble to coupon and shop strategically so I can get the things they want and not go broke in the process?
What does it get me?   A snarl, an eye rolling, a put down.

Yes, they KNOW everything and I'm just a pitiful old stupid woman who's ready to be wheeled to the nursing home.

When school lets out in the afternoon, I spend the rest of the day/evening avoiding my own children.  

Yah, I know this phase will pass but please, can it pass a little faster?
I just don't get why mothers have nervous breakdowns when they become empty-nesters!
I'll be the mom throwing a block party the day the last kid pulls out of the driveway headed for college.

Ok, I'm done with my depressing babbling for now.
Time to go get a spoon and seek out my only true friends, Ben & Jerry.....

Sluggy