At CVS I got this:
(2) Tide w/bleach 4.97 - 1.00/2 MQ
(2) Crest Multi 2.49 - (2) 1.00 MQ
(2) Colgate Advanced 2.99 - (2) 1.50 MQ (these were in the Past Months ALL YOU Mag)
(1) Children's Advil 5.79 - 1.00 IP here
(1) Covergirl Foundation - 8.99
(1) Covergirl Powder - 7.99 (used the BOGO coupon, but beware the cashier takes off the most expensive one because the register takes off the lower priced one. I paid $1for this because my cashier took 7.99 off and the register took 7.99 off. Or you can buy two of the same priced items.)
(1) Folgers twin pack 3.99 - not giving the ECB's so cashier price adjusted to 3.99
(2) Welchs Fruit Juice single serve 1.49
(1) Extreme Energy - 4.99 (not sure what I'm going to do with this, but it was FREE after ECB's)
Total before ECB'S and MQ (after BOGO)= $46.15

I used (2) $4/20 since my total was over $40 then I used the following ECB's
1.00, 2.00, 5.00, & 9.99 This brought my total to $7.69 I think this was pretty good! It is more than I usually spend at CVS though.
I got back the following ECB's:
$1 for Welchs
$5.79 for Advil (monthly deal looks as if I can get another)
$3 for Crest (1.50 ea)
$4.99 for Extreme Energy
$4 for Colgate (2 ea)
Total = $18.78 (so I made .79)

Walgreens Breakdown




I did three separate transaction so I could get the $5 for each Kellogg's deal.

#1
(4) Frosted Flakes 2.50 ea - (2) $1/2 MQ
Total = $8 got back $5 RR

#2
(4) Special K snack bars 2.50 ea - (1) BOGO + (2) 1.00 MQ (these were sent from Vocalpoint)
(1) 3pk Puffs 2.49 - $1 MQ
Total = 7.16 got back $5 RR

#3
(1) 3pk Puffs 2.49 - $1 MQ
(5) Pop Tarts 2.00 ea - (2) $1/2
(1) Glade Candle 1.99 - $1 MQ (Rebate item)
Used $3 RR
Total = 7.79 got back $5 RR

So Total spent was $22.95 with $15 back in RR, I will be using these tomorrow when I go in.
I am planning on doing this tomorrow.

(4) Jif PB sale price 3/$5 with 7-day coupon - (4) .55 MQ making these $1.12ea
(5) Lady's Speedstick 1.99ea - (5) .75 MQ making these 1.24ea
(3) 3pk Irish Spring 1.99ea - (3) .30 MQ making these 1.69ea

My total should be around $15.75 so I will use my $15 RR so my total OOP will be around $1.85 and I will get back $10 RR for buying 8 items pictured on page 16.

Finally after a very long time Meijer has updated their mealbox coupons!
I have not had a chance to really compare them to this weeks ad, but there are a lot of new ones that are very different form the previous ones.
They did however keep a few of thier old standbys like thier pasta sauce and fresh mushrooms. I hope they keep this up. I guess time will tell.

If you haven't picked up your new ALL YOU magazine make sure you get one. (Magazine pictured is July Edition) This month is as good as last months if not better. On page 159 Kraft has come out with some awesome coupons, for a total of five. They all require you to purchase (3) Kraft, Nabisco or Oscar Mayer products, but then you will get an item FREE. Combine these with some of the regular store deals and these could work out to be some really great coupons, enough that I may just go grab another magazine.
These magazines are only available at Wal-Mart and they sell for $1.77 which is the same price for home delivery. If you go to the ALL YOU website you can sign up for two free issues.

So if you haven't read a lot of my post or don't know me personally, then you may not know that I home school. I have home schooled my children for the past six years. We did not start off home schooling, but decided to home school after attending a local (South Bend)curriculum fair. We have had some great times and some very rough times, but I would never change a thing and have never regretted home schooling the kids.
Anyway, I usually try to have all of the curriculum or at least 80% of it bought by now. Unfortunately this year I missed my favorite curriculum fair and didn't really buy much at the one in Ft. Wayne.
I also have been torn with what curriculum to buy. Spencer will be in the 9th grade this year and I really wanted him to do American History. Morgan used Sonlight's core 100 last year which is American History and considered 9th grade, but Sonlight is way too much reading for him so I have been trying to decide between The Teaching Company's American History and Notgrass' American History. Both seem great and I have not heard much about either. Then when it comes to science I also have two curriculum's that I have been looking at, Apologia and Rainbow Science. I am convinced Spencer would do better with Rainbow, but it is very pricey.

Sorry to go on and on, but if anyone that reads my blog could give some feedback if you've used any of these curriculum's I would greatly appreciate it. I only have four weeks and I need to have something!

After taking this picture I realized I forgot to put the two pledge in. So you have to imagine it. For all of this I only spent $8.80 OOP!!! I also received the $2 off your next order for buying the Pledge. I really wanted to buy the Windex again, but I was in a hurry and tried to only get the 10 items needed for the Mega Deal. I will try to go again before Thursday to use the rest of my Huggies, Advil and Warm Delights coupons. These items end up free or close to free so I am trying to get as many as I have coupons for.

Okay so I only have these two pictures of his Civil War Uniform, plus the one of him in it. He did three projects this year. He received a Champion in his grade level for sewing. Then he received the Reserve Champion for the division. Very good for his first time sewing.
The other projects he took were Microwave cooking and Crafts. He received reserve champion for Microwave Cooking and a blue for Crafts.

He had a great year and hopefully he will not want to sew again. I really did not have fun helping him with this. Hopefully he will be able to wear this at the Fall Fest when the reenactors host a dance.

I thought I would post Morgan's projects first then I will post Spencer's.



This is her cake. She is in the Intermediate category. She placed with a blue ribbon.
It is black and red and has red dots on the sides. The scroll and hat are made from sugar molds.



These are Honey Crusted Wheat Rolls. She placed with a blue ribbon on these. I am actually amazed, because they were over cooked.



These pictures are of her dress. She earned a blue ribbon on this as well. This was her first time to sew. She chose a hard pattern for her first time, but she did very good with it.







She did take more projects, for a total of seven. I will post the rest at a later date.