Harris Teeter Super Doubles

I was finally feeling good enough to go early to Harris Teeter this morning and shop their Super Double sale (all manufacturer coupons $2 and under doubled)

Here's what I bought:

With coupons, and some online coupons loaded to my loyalty card, I got McCormick grill spices for free, McCormick cinnamon for free, Febreeze car vent for free, Dawn dish soap free, box of Triscuits free, and Glade air freshener free. I got the shaving cream for $1 each after coupon. Dog treats were $1.35 each after coupon.

The green giant canned veggies were buy 2 get 3 free and so was the Ragu pasta sauce. Ore-ida potatoes were buy 1 get 1 free.

I had to get some other things that weren't on sale but we needed for dinners and other things.

Overall I spent $45.81 and saved $57.75, over 50% savings!

12 Weeks

I promise this is going to be more than a pregnancy blog. I just haven't done anything crafty recently or made any new foods, I'm just starting to finally get over morning sickness!

How far along? 12 weeks

Total weight gain/loss: +4 at my appointment yesterday

Maternity clothes?. Bought my first shirt a couple weeks ago, don't really need it yet but it will be fun to see it fill out throughout the weeks.

Stretch marks? Nope

Sleep: Good!

Best moment this week: Got to hear the heartbeat for the first time in almost 6 weeks yesterday. The stinker was hiding low and to the left so it took the doctor a little bit to find it.

Miss Anything? Lunch meat! I hate heated up lunch meat so a cold piece of ham sounds so good right now.

Movement: Nothing yet, still have some time until that happens

Food cravings:  Tacos! I could eat tacos every day.

Anything making you queasy or sick:  Nothing too much right now.

Have you started to show yet: Maybe a little but I'm still not quite convinced it's baby yet.

Gender: Don't know yet, we might get to find out the beginning of december.

Labor Signs: Nope

Belly Button in or out? In

Wedding rings on or off? On

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy.

Size of Baby: According to my pregnancy app baby is the size of a plum (2.1 inches) and weighs .49 ounces.

Looking forward to: Finding out what we're having!

Coming soon....

That's right! We're having a baby :) Estimated due date is May 6th, 2013 and we are so excited!

9 week survey:

How far along? 9 weeks

Total weight gain/loss: +2-3, depends on my morning sickness

Maternity clothes?. Nothing yet, hopefully not for a while!

Stretch marks? Nope

Sleep: Good most days, some days not so good.

Best moment this week: Being able to share our news on Facebook so everyone officially knows! I was tired of keeping it a secret :)

Miss Anything? Lunch meat! I hate heated up lunch meat so a cold piece of ham sounds so good right now.

Movement: Nothing yet, still have some time until that happens

Food cravings:  Not really cravings, just seeing commercials for certain foods or seeing them in the store make me want them.

Anything making you queasy or sick:  The smell of garlic powder almost made me sick, can't use that anymore. And some foods make me sick one day and are fine the next.

Have you started to show yet: Nope

Gender: Won't know for a while!

Labor Signs: Nope

Belly Button in or out? In

Wedding rings on or off? On

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy as long as I'm not feeling nauseous 

Size of Baby: According to my pregnancy app baby is the size of a green olive (.9 inches) and weighs about .07 ounces.

Looking forward to: Finding out what we're having!

Halloween Crafting

Yes, yes, I know it's been too long since I've posted. Shame on me.

Now that we're over that we can move on to my recent craft!

Kristine and I got together when she had a day off work and we did our Halloween crafts together, it was grand!

I was inspired by a pin on Pinterest and the fact that it called for scrap pieces of wood and we have plenty of those laying around our yard since Adam's building our new barn.

I got 3 skinny pieces of wood and a larger one for the bottom. I grabbed some halloween colors of paint and started.

I painted the smaller pieces orange, green, and white- for a pumpkin, frankenstein, and ghost.

Pumpkin, Frankenstein, and Ghost!

I had Adam screw them onto the  base and I plan on painting "Happy Halloween" in front of the monsters.

Kristine made her own craft also!

It was a good time :)

Buffalo Chicken Fingers

3 posts in one week! I'm on a roll! Woo!

I've been trying to find some new recipes to try since we're both trying to eat a little healthier and I was getting tired of grilled chicken.

Thanks to the lovely world of Pinterest I found this great recipe for Buffalo Chicken Fingers.

Here's what you need:
Chicken breasts cut into finger strip size pieces
1/4 cup flour
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup bread crumbs
2 egg whites
1 tablespoon water

In a bag mix together the flour, 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder, 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper, and 1/4 teaspoon salt

On a plate mix the breadcrumbs, 1/2 teaspoon garlic power, 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper, and 1/4 teaspoon salt

In a bowl mix the egg whites with the tablespoon of water.

Take the chicken pieces and put them in the flour mixture bag

Sorry for the terrible quality, I was trying to take pictures with messy hands

Shake off the excess then put them in the egg bowl

Shake of the excess egg and roll it around in the breadcrumb mixture

Then place all the pieces on a cookie sheet sprayed with non-stick spray

Cook at 400 for 8 minutes then flip over and cook another 8 minutes.

They were amazingly delicious! They had a little kick to them and were perfect dipped in ranch or bbq sauce. I will definitely be making these again.

Target Savings

I rarely go shopping for anything besides clothes and little things at Target but occasionally they have some great deals you can get using coupons!

You are able to combine and regular manufacturer coupon and a Target coupon towards one item (you can get Target coupons from their website or sometimes they have them in Sunday inserts).

There were some good deals this week on a few things I've been wanting to try and I knew we could use around the house so I went to get them.

I got 2 Glade oil diffusers, 2 Glade air sprays, 1 Scrubbing Bubbles Kitchen cleaner, 2 Bic razors, 1 Scotch Tape, and 1 Papermate pens package.

All the Glade products were free after coupons, Bic razors were free, Papermate pens were free, Scotch tape was .50, and the Scrubbing Bubbles was $1.89- that should have only been .89 but there was a mess-up on my part with the coupons I was using and they deleted a $1 coupon I had towards it and I didn't figure it out until I got home, oh well.

I paid $4 for all of that and saved around $25. Crazy to think you would spend close to $30 without coupons if you bought all of that! Why would you not use coupons?!?!

Harris Teeter Super Doubles Trip

I got my coupons prepared and went to Harris Teeter this morning to hit up their Super Double coupon sale they have going on this week.

This is what I got:

Sorry its so dark! The light is broken in our kitchen.

I spent $16.82 and saved $61.58!

Breakdown:

• Ziploc bags on sale for $1.49 each, I had a $1 off 2 coupon which doubled to $2 making each box $.49
• Honey Nut and Frosted Cheerios were 2 for $5, I had a $1 off 2 coupons which doubled to $2 making each box $1.50
• Frosted Flakes were on sale for $1.99, I had a $.70 coupon which doubled to $1.40 making each box $.59
• Dr. Pepper 10 was on sale for $1.19, I had a $1 off 2 coupon which doubled to $2 making each 2 liter $.19
• Tampax were on sale for $4.49 each, I had a $2 off 1 coupon which doubled to $4 making each box $.49, I also had an e-vic coupon loaded to my card which took an extra $2 off the Tampax making all of them free!
• Schick Shave Gel was on sale for $2.49, I had a $1 off 1 coupon which doubled to $2 making each $.49
• Finish dishwasher tabs were on sale for $2.89, I had a $1 off 1 coupon which doubled to $2 making it $.89
• The water was on sale for $2.50

I'm hoping to make a few more trips this week with whatever other coupons I can scrounge up and get some more great deals before the shelves are cleared out!