My first dumpster dive...

Not too much this week.  I swung by Walgreen's again to repeat the Crest mouthwash (I almost typed Crisco mouthwash... can you imagine? eww) and Mitchum deoderant.   I also grabbed a few new freebies at Target.
I discovered a new area of town this weekend.  I wound up working until really late on Friday so one of my cohorts and I went to grab dinner while we waited for the computer system to finish updating.  If we didn't get the information entered, eight new associates wouldn't get a paycheck next week!  Anyway, she took me to this huge area where there was a mall (including a JC Penney!) (omg!), all kinds of restaurants, all kinds of other stores, another CVS I didn't know about and ..... a KMart!!! Really excited about that one, did you know that Kmart doubles coupons every day?  It's been years since I lived near a KMart.  I'm going to have to do some research and figure out their system.
After dinner, we went back to the office and yay! the computer had finished it's job so I was able to key in the times for the associates that were in orientation that day so they get paid on Thursday.

Saturday, I went back to explore some more and do my shopping.  Here are the fruits of my labor -

Target - Spent $10.08 on $45.38 worth of product for 78% savings

This is Target.
On Target's website you can get coupons for $1 off an Up & Up Cleaning product.
The toilet brush is $1.19 so 19 cents after coupon.  The scrubbing sponges are 99 cents so FREE after Q.
You can also get, on Target's website a coupon for $1 off any Up & Up pain reliever product.
The 24 (I think it's 24 count) Ibuprofen is 99 cents so is FREE after Q.

The Hershey's was a repeat from last week.  A couple of weeks ago, there was a $2 off Hershey's Simple Pleasures in the paper.  Target also has a $1 off this product Q on their website.  Stack the two and it's FREE!
The Dr Scholl's products were a killer deal.  This link takes you to a $3 off mannyQ.  Stack it with the $2 off Target Q from their website and you have $5 off a Dr Scholl's for Her product.  The insoles were $7.99 so about $3 after stack, the gel arch supports were $5.49 so 49 cents after stack.
The soup is still on sale for $1.44 so were 44 cents each after Qs.  I also found some more cans with the peelie $1 off Q on them, you may be able to find some in your store.

The Airwick was still on clearance for $4.24 and I had another $2 off one mannyQ.  I redeemed another 500 kicks from my Shopkick phone ap for another $2 Target mobile giftcard that I intended to use on this to make it 24 cents.
I made a mistake though.  Here is what I learned:
If you get a mobile giftcard from Shopkick, delete it from your screen right after you use it.  I didn't last week.  When I got the one yesterday, I couldn't tell which was which.  To prevent a snafu at the register, I deleted the one I *thought* was the old, used one.  So I lost 500 kicks, a $2 mobile giftcard and it cost me an extra $2 at the register.  Dagnabbit.

 This is Walgreen's.
I did repeats of the Crest and Mitchum from last week on Saturday.  Crest was 49 cents after Register Reward and mannyQ, Mitchum was 25 cents each after Register Reward and mannyQ.

The Barilla was on sale for $1.99 and I found 2 more $1 off one Qs so I couldn't pass that up.

The Sharpie was 25 cents.  I got it because I needed a filler to even out my item/coupon ratio.

As of today, Walgreen's has Dawn on sale for 99 cents.  I had two 75 cents off one and two 50 cents off one Qs.  Total for this transaction was $1.50 (plus tax).

All Walgreen's trips cost $6.68 for $32.50 worth of product for a 79% savings.

I also stopped by Dollar Tree again.  I had three more of the coupons for $1 off two True Lemon, making these 50 cents each.
Still have two more, so getting more next weekend.  These are pretty good, and nice to keep in my Bottomless-Bag-O-Crap that I carry around.  Plus, they are compact enough that I can slip one in my wallet for when I don't want to carry the BBoC around (i.e. 90% of the time).

Oh....
I suppose you want to know about the dumpster dive.
Well, it wasn't so much a dumpster dive as a Recycling Bin Romp.  The other day, I saw that someone in the apartments where I live had discarded several newspapers in the recycling bin.  My curiosity kicked in and I started to root around.  I found about a dozen coupon inserts from the past month, completely untouched and begging to be used.
And that's how I got the Mitchum, the Crest, the True Lemon, the Barilla, some of the Dawn, the Hershey's and the Airwick.
I think it was worth it!

Til next time...

Liberal, Kansas and the Ikea 6

So... I'm moved.  Sorta.  My family is still in Arizona for a bit, well until I find housing etc here.  It's been a rough month and what I know now is that I am never moving again.  This is it.  I'm done.  Fini.  Though I've always wanted to see Maine....
lol

My dad in Payson, Arizona

The trip across the country was interesting.  We spent the first night with my dad in northern Arizona where there are trees!  He spends his summers up north fishing and I can see why he likes the area, it's quite beautiful and was a pleasant surprise because when I think of Arizona, I think of hot dirt.

From there we drove to Liberal, Kansas where we spent two days because I got sick.  I got no pictures of Liberal, however it was kind a neat town.  They have statues of Dorothy and others from the Wizard of Oz all over town.  The even have a Wizard of Oz museum, which I didn't see either.

After two days in Liberal, I felt a little better and did a little couponing at Walgreens.  I got the free Lanacane First Aid spray and the free Carmex Healing Lotion. No photos, sorry.

After we left Liberal we headed to Des Moines, Iowa where we intended on finding a motel.  However, apparently Des Moines hides itself from the freeway, because we passed it without knowing it and wound up at a Motel 6 outside of town.  This was the weirdest Motel 6 I have ever been in.  I think they arranged for Ikea to decorate it.  It was all press-board furniture and fake wood flooring that was slick as oil when your feet are wet.  Couple that with napkin size towels, low-flow shower heads and sheets that felt like burlap.  A good time was not had by all.  btw, I heard the other day that Ikea is planning on opening up hotels.  No, really.

The last day we drove from the Ikea 6  to Milwaukee.  I am usually quite the planner, but somewhere I failed to find out that the state fair was in town and all the hotel rooms were full.  We finally got a room in.... Oak Creek, the day after the shooting at the Sikh temple.  Just for the record... Oak Creek is a beautiful town with loads of terrific and peaceful looking neighborhoods.  Such a shame.

I wound up finding a room to rent temporarily in Waukesha.  The Taj Mahal it aint but it'll do until I find a home for us.  So now that I'm settled-ish, I began couponing again.  This was my first big coupon trip weekend since I moved, although I had gotten a few things here and there including my freebies in Kansas (which I repeated in Illinois). 

 First stop was Target.  I pretty much had a day to burn on Saturday so I was in no rush.  It's a little unsettling how friendly everyone is here! lol I was moseying through Target just looking at stuff and was asked a zillion times if I needed help.  Impressed!

I got the light bulbs for $1.19 after stacking a manufacturer coupon and a Target coupon.  I had a $1 Q for the Barilla, a 35 cent Q for the soap and I forget the coupon I used for the Miracle Whip but it was $1.39 each after sale and Qs.

The Hershey's was free with a stack of a mannyQ and a Target Q.

The Nivea was 84 cents after stacking a $2 mannyQ with a $2 Target Q. 

The Dr Pepper was $2.16 each with another manny/Target Q stack.

 These two photos are from my Walgreen's trip. 

I saw the ad for this week a few days ago and even though the water was supposed to be $1.99 starting today, I bought 4 yesterday because I haven't been able to trust the pricing 100% locally.  They were still on sale and I got them for $2.49 each.  2 for me, 2 for work.
The Visine was on sale Buy One @$4.98 get one Free.  I also had two $2 off one mannyQs, so I got them for basically 49 cents each.

The Crest mouthwash was on sale through yesterday for $3.99.  When you buy it, you get a $3 register reward.  I also used a 50 cent mannyQ from a couple weeks ago so this mouthwash cost me 49 cents.

The Mitchum was on sale through yesterday for 2 for $6.  When you buy two you get a $4 register reward making them 2/$2.  I had and used a $1.50 off two coupon and got these for 25 cents each.



 Starting today, Chex Mix, Gardettos and Bugles are 3/$3 at Wags.  There are also 60 and 50 cent coupons floating around out there (I think it's coupons.com that has the 50 cent).  Also, if you buy three, you get a $1 register reward.  So that makes them 50 cents for 3 with three of those 50 cent coupons.  I was able to do this deal first thing this morning to pick up three bags for work.  When I went back to get three more for home... there was a snafu.  The register reward didn't print.  Apparantly, the deal is supposed to start tomorrow, not today.  I'm debating whether or not to call their corporate office and complain.
I didn't get a photo of the Chex Mix before I dropped it off at the office.  And I'm just too lazy to dig the three I bought for home out of the drawer and take a picture.
I also bought 2 more 24 packs of water today because they were (surprise!) on sale for $1.99 which is just too awesome to pass up.

Let it be known that I am vehemently against bottled water, but sometimes you don't have the facilities necessary to fill a reusable bottle every day and that is where I am at right now.  When I have a real home, I wont buy this stuff anymore.

CVS stinks this week.  No freebies.  Not any really great sales.
The ZzzQuil was a last week sale of $4.99 and I had a $3 mannyQ sent to me from the manufacturer plus last week they had a buy one get $2 extracare bux so I got it for FREE. I haven't needed any help sleeping lately (knock on wood) but when our store opens I will be overnight for a year so....
The Olay was a necessity buy and I paid $2.98 after using a $1 mannyQ.  This really shows you just why to stock up when there are great sales.  Ordinarily there is no way I would have paid this much for this.  But thanks to Hugh Midity, I have been fielding calls from major oil companies wanting to install an oil derrick on my face.
btw... I am currently prepping a post on that formidable foe, Hugh Midity.  Coming soon!

 This was my Pick n Save trip.  I can't find out if Pick n Save is owned by Kroger for sure or not, but I will say a lot of the sales seem to be the same as those I find for Kroger.
I have been hanging on to some $1 off the Campbell's coupons for a while just chomping at the bit for a sale.  Well, they were on sale for 3 for $5 ($1.66 each) so I got six of them for 66 cents each.
The frosting flavor thing was free as a prize from Pick n Save's monopoly game thingy.  My daughter has been wanting to try these.
The Club crackers were $1.49 each after sale and $1 off 2 mannyQ.  Cookies were also $1.49 after sale and mannyQ.

This was my Walmart trip.
I got the shirt for work, from blue to green! 
Stayfree were free after ad-matching to CVS and using the $2 coupon from a couple weeks ago.  Hormel meals were between $1 and $1.50 after an assortment of Qs.  I ad-matched the soup to the Pick n Save price to get three more for 66 cents each.  Tyson meat was $1.50 after Q.  Chapstick was 48 cents each after the $1 off 2 coupon from last week.  (interesting coupon.  it was for Chapstick or Preparation H.  one coupon had the potential to cover either end.  ba-da-dum)
Irritating.... I had to buy BBQ sauce.  Why is that irritating?  Because in my stockpile... in Arizona... sit 37 bottles of BBQ sauce from my free Koolaid when you buy Kraft bbq sauce days.  :-/

Anywho... in all I spent $99.85 and saved $110.05 for a 62% savings.  Not too shabby.

til next time....
which should be soon...
Hugh Midity
dun dun dunnnnn

With regards to the people of the
Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin

Goodbye, Yuma

I was treated to this scene the other day.  I'm very glad this is my parting shot of Yuma.  I will really miss the friends I have made here and this photo instantly makes me think of the ones I am leaving in a very good way.

This will be my last post from the state of Arizona.  I did make a couple last couponing trips.  I got Ragu at CVS.  It is 3 for $5 and if you buy $10 worth of a few items, of which the Ragu is one, you get $3 Extrabux back.  I bought 6, used 2 50 cents off 2 coupons and wound up paying $1 for each jar.

Staples has these packs of pencils for 25 cents each.  In Sunday's paper there were coupons for $1 off 2 Bic Stationery products.  they can also be printed at bricks.coupons.com .

Take that coupon to Staples, grab 4 packs of pencils and all you'll pay is the tax which for me was 9 cents on each transaction.  I think the coupon is one per customer so my daughter did one transaction.  The cashier allowed the people behind me to use three coupons in one transaction, though.

Walgreen's has Kellogg's and a couple other items for 4 for $10.  I used the 70 cents off one coupon from about a month ago.  When you buy 4, you get a Register Reward for $3

Between coupons and Register Rewards I paid $1.05 a box for these.

I was in the process of removing this mani when I remembered to take a pic.

I picked up one of the new Wet & Wild crackles, in turquoise of course (lol) at Walmart.  I wanted to see if I could make my gemstone thing work.

I think it was a better effect than the gold crackle over blue.  This will by my last manicure for a bit, I had to cut all my nails because they are breaking while I am packing.   :(

On the upside, I tried these new things by Revlon called Crazy Shine.  They are pretty awesome and will indeed give you a "Crazy Shine" on your nails should you need/want some laquer-free time.  Here's a link, check them out
http://www.amazon.com/Revlon-Crazy-Shine-to-Go/dp/B007823TH4/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1343691629&sr=8-6&keywords=revlon+crazy+shine

I originally had purchased the large one, but when the dogs ate it (well, chewed up into a million microscopic pieces anyway)  I picked up the smaller ones and actually like them a lot better because they are a bit easier to manipulate.

And to round out this post, here's a few pix of my fur kids.

Thumper and Printz.  The best of friends.  Printz used to be smaller than Thump until a couple weeks ago.

I found them napping like this.  Thump only opened his eyes when he heard the camera.

This is Christian's cat Simon.  He always naps in these goofy positions.  Here he is in the top of the cat post, on his back, legs sticking straight out off the top.

 And here he is about an hour later, sleeping on the desk chair, stretched out, head lolling over the edge.

Goofy cat!

 Christian took this one when we were out the other day.  All the dogs.  Knik in the window, I'm glad I got her at least partially shaved down before this photo.  Sparky and Pilot with Thumper on top in the chair.  Pilot and Sparky sit together a lot they don't let Thump sit with them often.  They must have felt bad for him since his mommy was was out shopping.  lol

Notice the little hole in the arm of the chair.  lol


Just a couple of days 'til I leave.
Nervous as heck.

Til next time...

Coupon Shopping with Mom

So my time here in Yuma is coming to a close.  This time next week, I will be staging the boxes, suitcases, etc that I will be loading in the car next Friday morning.  I am super nervous about this move.  Primarily, it is that I have no place to stay yet when I get there, I am worried about something going wrong along the way, I don't want to be by myself, without my family, without my pets, etc.  For those of you reading this, please do me a favor...
Please think of me, please send me some positive thoughts as I make this journey.  I'd appreciate it and I'll do the same for you if you ever need it, okay?

My mom came for a couple days and went coupon shopping with me.  I got her CVS card set up on the CVS Beauty Club and showed her how to scan her card multiple times to get all the coupons at the Red Machine.  I found out, well I knew but finally tried it, that you can print your CVS Red Machine coupons at home on your computer so KEWL!  No more after work trips only to scan my card now!

This was my mother's coupon purchases.  I did Harbor Freight for the first time.  I had seen their Free Item coupons in their ads but I had never taken them up on it before.  This time I saw that there was a free flashlight to be had and I want one for my trip so off we went.  Mom got a flag (on sale for $6) and a free flashlight and the Candy was all from Walgreen's.  Milky Ways were 9 cents with the coupon from coupons.com.

This is my Walgreen's purchase from that day.  The tuna is on sale for 79 cents with an in-ad coupon.  I almost bought the 88 cent tuna last week at CVS so I'm glad I saw this sale on iheartwags.com and waited.
I had $1 off Wonderful pistachio coupons so with their sale these were $1.99 each.  The Right Guard were all free with $1 off coupons from coupons.com and Register Rewards.  ZzzQuil was $1.99 after Register Reward and coupon.  Milky Ways (16 of them) were 9 cents each with $1/2 coupon from coupons.com (wish I'd have waited for CVS this week as they are 2/$1).  The body wash I have been waiting for a sale, I love the scent and didn't have a coupon.  The Coke were 3/$10.  My receipts disappeared somewhere, I think my son threw them away, but I spent about $22 for all of this.

This was my first (yeah "first") trip to CVS.  Starbuck's Refreshers are FREE this week after ECB.  The Crest cost me 24 cents each after ECB and coupons.  The Revlon was 99 cents after ECB and coupon.

This is my purchases from Harbor Freight.  My daughter did the first transaction and bought the screwdrivers and safety glasses.  Total cost?  86 cents.  We used a coupon they have in their ad for the screwdrivers for free and one for the glasses for 79 cents.
I bought the electrical tape and flashlight.  Flashlight was free with coupon and I used a 20% off any regularly priced item on the electrical tape.  My total was 44 cents.
Altogether, all of this was $1.30 which is less than the glasses are regularly!

I went to CVS 3 times this week.  The Milky Way coupon kept resetting, so I kept printing out more.  It was 75 cents off 2 instead of a dollar but still a great deal.  Also, the Red Machine gods are bestowing their love upon us this week in the form of multiple $1 off 2 Mars candy bar coupons making them FREE!

My freezer is full of candy.  I know my kids though, they will get sick of them and there will be a ton left that they wind up moving to Wisconsin.  Which since they will (hopefully) be there right before Halloween, could come in handy. 

Arizona drinks are $1 for 2 this week.

One of my CVS trips missed its' photo op.  :(

 These two photos are from Walmart.

There is a coupon for these Dial SpeedFoam body washes on target.com for $1 off.
Oddly, they are on clearance at Walmart right now for $1.50.  Strange, because they are fairly new.  With my $1 off coupon, I paid 50 cents each.

The Stayfree were free after ad-matching Walgreen's $1.99 and the $2 coupon from the paper a couple weeks ago.

My cosmetics Department Manager got more of my Almay in so I picked up 12 more.  I told him I was wiping him out again and he said "I don't care.  I have 18 more coming!"  LOLOL
With my $1 off coupons they were 14 cents each.

I also got a coupon from ecotools.com for $1 off any product.  If you go to their website and sign up for their newletter/club thing they will email you a coupon within about 24 hours.  Three of us did this and I was able to print the coupons twice each.  The eco-tools bath poufs are 87 cents each so that made all six of them 13 cent moneymakers!!
This entire transaction was 61 cents!!!

Next up is my absolute favorite of the week, though.  I am super stoked about this one!!!

I found some great coupons at target.com this week!  First, they have Buy One Get One Free coupons for Glade twin pack oil warmer refills.  Stacking this with my BOGO manufacturer coupons netted me 2 free twin packs in each of three Target trips this week.

The Covergirl eyeshadow was a great deal also.  The blue one was on clearance for  $2.18 so with one of my $2 off coupons I paid 18 cents for it.

 The other two Covergirl were I think 64 cents after using a $2 off 2 mobile Target coupon and a $3 off 2 manufacturer's coupon.

For those of you that don't know, you can get Target coupons sent to you via text on your smartphone.  Just text OFFERS to 827438 and they will begin sending you the text at a time of your choosing.  Occasionally, there are other offers as well.  This week you could text "dragon", "honey" or "teamusa" to the same number to get Pepsi or Coke and other coupons.  The cashier just scans the bar code on your phone.

I also found, on target.com , $1 off Papermate pen coupons.  These are on sale for $1 this week so FREE!!!

I also found an ap for my phone this week called Shopkick.  There are several stores on Shopkick and Target is one of them.  If you turn on the ap in some of these stores you can earn points.  You can also earn points for scanning certain items in the stores.  "What's the point?" you may be asking.

Well, the really awesome part is that Shopkick also has coupons for some of these stores, of which Target is one.  The Market Pantry Strawberries up there... I used a $1.50 off coupon from Shopkick on those.  Just like the Target mobile coupons, the cashier just scans the barcode from Shopkick off of your phone.  But that's not even the best part.  Those points I was talking about... you can trade them in for gift cards!  In two trips to Target I had over 500 points.  They weren't hard to get and didn't take much time and those 500 points are worth $2.  Which doesn't sound like a lot but money is money, right?
You can even donate your Shopkicks points, which are called "kicks" by the way, to charities like Feeding America.

That wraps up this week.  I'm not doing a lot next week except some Olay that's on sale.

Til next time...

We tried to fry an egg on the sidewalk.  It didn't "fry" so much as "congeal".

Free toy!!! ..... sorta

 This was our main shopping yesterday.  This is Albertson's.  No big deals, just some sales.  The GoGurt was on clearance though for $2 and I had $1 coupons off two making them $1.50.  I don't normally buy these but my son likes them so if I find a good deal, they're a nice thing to get.

This is my Walmart trip.  The Top Ramen were ad-matched to Food City at 6 for $1.  Barilla were 50 to 73 cents each after ad matching Family Dollar and coupons.  Glade Expressions were all free.  Silk was $1.20 after coupon.   Glade oil warmers were 38 cents each after the $1 coupons that were in last Sunday's paper.

 The Renuzit were 75 cents each with my Buy One Get One coupon and they were on clearance for $1.50 each.  The Ocean Spray fruit snacks were $1.50 after coupons.

All this was $60.28 and saved $33.22!

Missing from the photo is the 5 quart moror oil.  It was still in the car.

 These two photos are Target.
The bread was free with a coupon found in a mailer they sent out to announce their new local Target grocery section.  Grapes were $2.34 with a HWHGN! coupon for $1 off. 

The Speed stick were on clearance for $1.50 and I had $1 coupons making them 50 cents each.

 The Jolly Ranchers were on sale for $1.50 each.  I had $1 off 2 coupons from the paper a couple weeks ago, so that made them $1 each.  Werthers were also on sale for $1.50 and I had a 75 cent coupon making them 75 cents.

Right before this transaction, I bought two Fresh Step cat litters.  Right now if you buy 2 at $10.99 each, you get a $5 gift card.  I did that then used the gift card to buy the rest of this and only paid $17 oop.

Here's my Walgreens trip.  Olay is 2/$7 again so I got the ones I couldn't a couple weeks ago.  I also had the rest of my $3 off 2 coupons making them $2 each which is a great price for these, particularly since I can't use anything else.
The Revlon is my fave topcoat.  They were Buy One Get One 50% off.  I also used the $1 coupon in the Walgreen's book as well as my $1 coupons from the paper a couple weeks ago to snag these for $2.49 each which is great since the lowest price I ever see for these is $4.99!

This is from CVS.  The Fuze were 5 for $5 and you got a $1 Extrabux.  The Arizona teas were 2/$1 and one is missing from the photo.  The weekly freebie is an Unreal candy bar.  You buy one for 75 cents and you get a 75 cent Extrabux.  Let's just say I'm glad it was free.  I got the Peanut Butter Cup one and... it wasn't Reese's that's for sure.
The Colgate is currently 2/$5 and you get $3 if you buy 2, which I did twice.  I used a 50 cent coupon so I got each of these for 50 cents each.
I now have $7.75 in Extrabux to spend next week.  I think I am buying more cereal as there is a pretty good sale going on.

I also went to Fry's yesterday.  The SD card I am using has been having problems for a while and I really should change it out, but haven't.  It ate the picture I took.
I did find some great deals.  Right now they are having another Buy 10 save $5 sale so I got more Welch's juice which should have been $1.79 - 75 cent coupon = $1.04 each but I got a huge surprise!  They were doing another "every coupon is $1" sale so the Welch's wound up being 79 cents each!!!
The only other thing I picked up worth mentioning is milk which was 3 for $5.  More to freeze!

One last TERRIFIC deal to post.

We are trying to get my car ready to go on this 2000 mile trip that I will be making alone.  We picked up spark plugs (in the Walmart photos) and oil (should have been in Walmart photos but wasn't) and we needed to get a socket for the plugs.  Well, Harbor Freight had them on sale and in their circular was a 20% off any item coupon.  Also, in their flyer was a coupon for a free toy.... see photo below....

yep, I got a brand new 25' Pittsburgh tape measure for FREEFREEFREE!!! I already used it once to measure a mirror I need to pack.  **love**
I'm easily amused, I guess!

Til next time....

Glade Moneymaker!!

 Last Sunday, there were some fabulous coupons for Glade in the coupon inserts.  The one I **love** is the $2 off any Glade expressions product.  These spray dealies are on clearance in two scents at Walmart.  The refills are $1.50 and the sprayer unit with scent can are $2.  With a $2 coupie that makes them FREEFREEFREE!!!
I got one a paper on Sunday so bought the one you see above with that coupon - a 50 cent money maker.  There was also a 55 cent off one Starkist tuna pouch and since those are $1.12 with the coupon they were 57 cents.
6 more of my Almay at 14 cents each, the $1.47 crate, and the pectin was a 3 cent money maker with a $1 coupon I found in June's Albertson's big ad.

A couple days later, my internet ordered coupon inserts arrived so I bought 4 more of each.  This transaction cost about one dollar.

At this point, I ordered 10 more of the Glade coupons.  Next post will have this week's shopping trips.

Til next time...

Lemon Lime Nails & Free Pens

I have purchased several new Sally Hansen nail colors at Walgreen's in the last couple weeks for $1 each.  This is two of them in a lemon-lime theme with limes stamped on top.

The pens were free, on sale at Staples for $1 which I ad-matched at Walmart.  There was a $2 coupon (it's gone now) at coupons.allyou.com (run by coupons.com but they have some Allyou exclusives) so that made them FREE!!

Til next time...