Shell's Blog

I'm Baaaack!

2011-06-03T09:17:00.000-07:00

Okay, now that I have a new home to live in with lots and LOTS of projects to do with a new budget, I'm going to be starting up my couponing again and take pictures of stuff I'm doing around the house and any crafty projects I get inspired to do, etc...etc... Anyway, I'm so excited because I've found a blog specific to my area for frugal living and coupon.

Wish me luck!

First REAL Attempt

2010-05-03T18:40:00.000-07:00

Okay, so I've done a blanket (sort of) and a hat, but this time I've been testing my TRUE crocheting ablilities. This is just the top, I still have the bottoms and the hat to do.

FREE Nabisco Cookies with purchase of one Nabisco Cookies package and one Gallon of Milk! TODAY ONLY!!!!

2010-04-05T02:25:00.000-07:00

I missed this last month and was totally bummed, but got my coupon this morning. All you have to do is become a fan of Nabisco Cookies HERE on facebook then go to the Cookies & Milk tab to redeem your coupon. They only do this on the 5th of every month I believe, so don't forget to do it TODAY, April, 5th.

Get Cheez-It's for $0.50 at Walgreens next week!

2010-03-26T07:34:00.000-07:00

*** This coupon will not work for the cheezits on sale because the ones on sale are too small for the coupon, however, Walgreens has a coupon in their new coupon booklets (they'll either have them displayed or you can just ask for one, they're free) for the larger box of cheezits that you can pair with this one to still get a pretty decent deal.***

Snackpicks.com has a new coupon out for $1/2 Cheez-it's, you have to click HERE to get it. I'm not going to lie, this coupon is a pain to get, but worth it as ~~Cheez-it's are on sale at Walgreens next week for. $1 a piece!~~ The best part of all is that there is no limit to how many of these coupons you can print, so stock up for your food storage! Here is how you get the coupon, click on the link above that says "HERE" and click on get coupon on the right of the screan where the picture of the cheez-its is. If your computer is like mine, it gives you a message about allowing pop-up blockers. Go ahead and temporarilly allow pop-ups from that site. Try clicking on it again, if it doesn't work, you will need to hold the ctrl button down as you click on it, try it a couple of times if it doesn't work the first time. After that, you will need to register for the site, it's pretty painless, then it will bring you to the printing screan for the coupon. Again, if your computer is like mine, it will give you a message about enabeling cookies. Here is how to do that. Go to your "Tools" option, select Internet Options, click on the privacy tab, then where it has the scroll bar for your security setting, scroll it all the way down until it says something like "allow all cookies." After that, you should be able to print as many coupons as you like. Don't forget to reset your privacy settings back to the way they were after you print. Complicated? Yeah, I thought so too!

Print Your $3 off 1 Huggies Coupons NOW!

2010-03-19T09:20:00.000-07:00

There's another new Huggies printable. Don't wait to print it, these are sure to run out! Find and print it HERE.

Right At Home Coupon Offers

2010-03-19T09:15:00.000-07:00

These coupons are available at Right At Home's website. Here is the list:

Save $0.55 on any Drano product

Save $3.00 on one Glade Scent and Spray Automatic Freshener Starter Kit

Save $0.55 on one new Nature's Source Natural Laundry Stain Remover

Save 1.00 on any Windex product

Save $2.50 on one Windex Outdoor All-In-One Starter Kit

Next Week CVS Cheap Pampers Deal!

2010-03-17T04:32:00.000-07:00

Special thanks to Deal Seeking Mom for sharing this one.
Next week, CVS is having a smokin' Pampers Diapers Deal.
Each jumbo pack is on sale for $8.97 (limit 2).
In addition to the sale price, you earn $3 in Register Rewards (a coupon that prints out that you use like cash on your next purchase.
So that's $5.97 each, if you're like me and have received the $2.00 off pampers coupons in the mail or in the newspaper you can use one of those to make it just $3.97 total for Pampers Jumbo pack of diapers. Confused?
Leave a comment and I'll help!

HOT Oscar Mayer Printable Coupon!!!

2010-03-15T12:22:00.000-07:00

Click HERE to get your coupon (remember, you can print two per computer). Thanks to thekrazycoupon.com for this deal. Here's what you can do with it:

At Safeway, Albertsons & Kroger Affiliate Stores:

**For those without a Kroger, Fry's and Smith's are affiliates and it should work there too I think**

Buy Oscar Mayer Bacon between 2/22 – 3/21 and save up to $3.00

**Excludes Turkey Bacon.

Buy 2, Receive a $1.00 Catalina ($0.50 savings per item)
Buy 3, Receive a $2.00 Catalina ($0.67 savings per item)
Buy 4 (or more), Receive a $3.00 Catalina ($0.75 savings per item)
**FYI, for those who don't know what a Catalina coupon is, it's a coupon that prints with your receipt after your transaction to go towards another purchase**

My Kroger List

2010-03-15T05:49:00.000-07:00

I got a little help on my list from Stockpiling Mom's blog. Check it out for a more complete list, but make sure and compare it with your add if you're in Johnson City, as a couple of items are slightly different in price and some are just different, not many though. Anyway, this is what I'll be getting that's on sale this week.

Kroger has a mega sale going on where you'll get $4 off instantly if you buy 8 of a certain item, so I'm going to post the price after the instant savings and just put a x8 if it's an item you need to get 8 of, or pair with other items that work with the sale (i.e. 4 cans of diced tomatoes and 4 dial bars of soap would work together, basically any item that has a x8 by it you can use any other x8 item to get your 8 total, but you need to have 8 either way to get the discount.....leave me a comment if that doesn't make sense.

Strawberries - on sale 2/$4 (last week it was 2/$5 if you need a reference point)

Delmonte Diced Tomatoes x8 = .49 each

Bumble Bee Tuna x8 = .49 each

Deer Park Water x 8 = 2.99
- 1.00 off coupon I got in the mail from Kroger

Dial Bar Soap x8 = 2.80 - 1.00 off printable coupon (I've searched and the coupon I have isn't available anymore) = 1.80 each

Hillshire Farm Deli Select Lunch Meat = 1.00 - .35 off 3/14 redplum coupon (doubled it's .70 off) = .30!

Kroger Hamburger Buns = 1.00

Heafty One Zip Bags = 2/$3 use $1 off 2 coupon (printable coupon not avail. anymore) = 1.00 each

Mott's Apple Juice x8 = .99

Irish Spring Soap x8 = 1.00 - .50 off 3/14 Smart Source Coupon (you can find the smart source coupons in the Jonesborough Herald Tribune, it's a weekly paper and comes out every Tuesday, not sure if you can find it at a jonesborough store or not, but if you do, let me know!) .50 off doubled is 1.00 off which makes it free!

There you have it. I'll update you with any other finds and let you know if I was able to get everything on my list or not.

Free Post Raisin Bran Cereal at KMART!

2010-03-02T13:27:00.000-08:00

*****UPDATE*****I FORGOT TO ADD THE LINK TO THE WORD "HERE." IT'S THERE NOW.

KMART has select Post Cereals on sale for 4/$7 this week. You DO NOT have to purchase 4 to get the low $1.75 price. If you click HERE you can print a $2 off Raisin Bran coupon (it's at the bottom of the page). All you have to do is sign up for their free newsletter and they e-mail you the coupon instantly. It only lets you print one, but if you're fortunate like I am and have more than one computer you can print off another. So it's free after the coupon! You will have to make sure an get a smaller filler item because it creates an overage, I just bought a small package of m&m's and paid like .50 for Two Boxes of Raisin Brand and a small package of peanut m&m's! Don't miss this deal!

Coupon Experience #1!

2010-03-02T07:24:00.000-08:00

This was my first "real" attempt at using coupons, could've done better, but definitely could've done worse too!!!!!!! Here are the stats.

1 Four PackYoplait Fiber One Yogurt
2 Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls
2 Pillsbury Savory Bites
2 Pillsbury Toaster Strudel Pastries
4 Canned Hunt's Spaghetti Sauce
1 Box of Lucky Charms
2 Betty Crocker Fruit Snack boxes
1 Betty Crocker Cake Mix
1 Betty Crocker Chocolate Frosting
2 Betty Crocker Brownie Mixes
1 Betty Crocker Cookie Mix
1 Betty Crocker Warm Delights
1 Betty Crocker Pouch Potatoes
3 Betty Crocker Hamburger/Tuna Helper Meals
2 Regular Chex Mix Bags
1 Turtle Chocolate Chex Mix Bag
5 Fiber One Chewy Bars
4 Nature Valley Granola Bars
Total Items = 36= $1.03 per item
Total Spent = $37.26
Total Saved = $65.70
Without coupons and Kroger card it would have been $97.96
Not too shabby eh? :)

Coupon Deal

2010-02-23T10:25:00.000-08:00

I found a sweet coupon deal all by myself without the help of other blogs. :) It's only good for my area, but I was still proud none-the-less. If you have a Whites IGA near you, they are having a sale on Purex Liquid Laundry detergent for $1.99. If you have coupons from your paper this weekend there's a BOGO (buy one get one free) coupon for Purex Laundry Detergent in the Red Plum insert, so you get them for $1.00 a piece! Now that's a good buy! I'm not a huge fan of Whites or of the Green cleaning supplies, but hey, cheap is cheap. :)

30 Day Shred

2009-12-30T11:06:00.000-08:00

I'm planning on starting Jillian's 30 day shred again starting January 1st and will keep a log of how I'm doing here on my blog. If anyone else wants to do it, you can get the dvd at Walmart for $9, all you need are some small hand weights and a floor mat if you're doing it on a hard surface, if you're on carpet then you don't need one. Leave comments on my blog and let me know how you're doing! Good luck to anyone else who is trying this!

-Shelly-

CHEAP DIAPERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-11-09T05:00:00.000-08:00

Okay, so I kind of gave up on the whole "Coupon Shelly" thing for the moment, but I just happened to be looking at blog links of my friends (Thanks Melissa) and I found this REALLY SUPER EASY way to get Huggies Diapers for $3.92 per pack of jumbo diapers. How?! You might ask, just as I did! Well, here is how, courtesy of $30 Weekly Grocery Challenge

Deal Idea:
Go to http://www.diapers.com
Huggies Snug & Dry Extra Large Case (150 diapers) Size 4 $39.99
Huggies Snug & Dry Jumbo Pack (31 diapers) Size 4 $9.99
Pampers Travel Wipes, $1.99 (needed an item to get my total up to $49 to get free shipping and use $10 off code)
Total: $51.97
Use $1.50 E-Coupon for Huggies (just click on the e-coupon box)
Use code 30DX7021 to get $10 off $50 purchase for new customers
Pay: $40.47
Print your confirmation receipt and print this rebate form and mail it off for $14.97 rebate back.
Final Cost: $25.55
This breaks down to about $3.92 per pack of jumbo diapers.

Amazing huh?! Leave a comment and let me know if you did it. I just did it today, so I'll let you know if for whatever reason it didn't work out. Share the news!

-Shelly-

My two favorite (cooking) recipes for the moment.

2009-10-09T09:19:00.000-07:00

I just thought I would share my two recipes that I've made lately that are my absolute favorite! Feel free to e-mail me with any questions you have about them (Shelly_Welly_Belly@yahoo.com). p.s. I'm going back to school for real this time in January! Yay! (only part time, so don't worry!) :)

Sweet Russian Cabbage Soup

PREP TIME: 10 Min
COOK TIME: 1 Hr
READY IN 1 Hr 10 Min

INGREDIENTS

1 1/2 pounds ground lean beef
1 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes
1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
4 cubes beef bouillon
2 medium carrots, shredded
1 onion, chopped
2 tablespoons white vinegar (I use 1/4 of a cup instead for a little extra "bite")
1/2 cup white sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
2 quarts water, divided
3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1 head cabbage, cored and cut into wedges

DIRECTIONS
Crumble the ground beef into a large pot. Add the diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, beef bouillon cubes, carrots, onion, vinegar, sugar, salt and pepper. Pour in 1 quart of water, and bring to a boil. Stir to break up the beef while heating. Once the soup comes to a boil, cover and simmer for 30 minutes over low heat.
Pour in another quart of water, and return to a slow boil. Add garlic and cabbage. Simmer for 25 minutes, until cabbage is tender. Ladle into soup bowls to serve.

Cafe Rio Sweet Pork Enchiladas!

Ingredients:

SAUCE: Large Pork Loin, 18 oz Coca-Cola Classic (do not use diet or generic), 1 cup sugar, (1) 7 oz can of chipotle chilies in ADOBO sauce, 1 tsp dry ground mustard (heaping), 1 tsp. minced garlic.

OTHER: Large package of flour tortillas, green salsa that has tomatillos and sarano peppers in it, and LOTS of shredded mozzarella cheeze.

Directions: PORK: Remove chilies from the can of adobo sauce. Rinse chilies with the coke to get all the sauce. Discard chilies. Also rinse can with coke to get all remaining sauce. Put all ingredients in blender. Blend, pour over pork in crock pot. Add brown sugar towards the end, a tablespoon at a time. After cooking, pull apart with forks into bite size pieces. Leave in sauce while you serve it.

ENCHILADAS: Add heaping spoonfulls of sweet pork to flour tortilla, sprinkle with generous amount of cheese. Fold tortilla burrito style. Drizzle green salsa over the top (not too much) and again sprinkle on top with generous amount of cheese. Fill caserole dish with as many enchiladas that you can and stick in the oven to broil until cheese is melted.

Introducing Coupon Shelly!

2009-09-28T05:04:00.001-07:00

Okay, so I'm just starting to get into this whole coupon business. It is VERY confusing! As I go along, I'm going to post things that I found that are helpful. For example, I keep seeing these women post things to their blogs about how they got their Walgreens purchases for free after using their "Register Rewards." I had NO idea what that meant, so I googled it and found this VERY informative description about how to save at Walgreens at about.com. So click HERE if you're interested like I was about how all these women get these super deals at Walgreens. I'll let you know how I do!

Also, here is the link for the same type of info for CVS.

Sense and Sensibility

2009-09-19T10:26:00.000-07:00

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This is my favorite Jane Austen book. It represents the incredible bond between sisters. Parts of this book remind me a little of that movie "He's Just Not That Into You." It addresses the issue of class division and is a constant reminder of how guys can be the biggest jerks, but can also have redeeming qualities at the same time. :)

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Bridget Jone's Diary: The Edge of Reason

2009-09-19T10:25:00.001-07:00

Bridget Jones's Diary and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason by Helen Fielding

My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Of course I had to read the sequal to Bridget Jone's diary. This one did not disappoint! An even funnier encounter is had between Daniel Cleaver and Mr. Darcy. The movie was funny, but had an almost completely different plot, which is okay because it's almost like getting another story out of the series!

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Mansfield Park

2009-09-19T10:23:00.001-07:00

Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Okay, I loved the drama in this book! Who says they didn't have soap operas in the late 18th century?! Albeit the incestual love story between cousins is a bit awkward at times. If you can get past that and realize that it wasn't a social taboo back then, then you'll be just fine. It was a lot longer than I expected, but didn't let me down.

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Bridget Jone's Diary

2009-09-19T10:09:00.000-07:00

Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding

My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Wow! I LOVED this book! It was required reading for Brian's Women's Studies course his last year of undergrad, so I read it for him since it was a less important class. Truly funny and revealing of female insecurities. It has a bit of vulgar humor in it....okay, more than a little! I simply had to go watch the movie after reading this and I was not let down. If you have already seen the movie and not read the book, I still recommend your read the book as the plot has a few little interesting twists in it that the movie does not have.

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Eva

2009-09-19T10:08:00.000-07:00

Eva by Peter Dickinson

My rating: 3 of 5 stars
And interesting read. Brian had this one on the shelf from when he was in middle school I think. It's an interesting twist on the evolution theory of humans starting out as apes. A girl gets into a car accident in a futuristic world where wildlife and plant life are going extinct and they take her brain and put it into an ape's body. Like I said, interesting.

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The Doctor's Wife

2009-09-19T10:03:00.000-07:00

The Doctor's Wife by Elizabeth Brundage

My rating: 1 of 5 stars
Well, titles can be decieving, I thought since I was a future doctor's wife that I would enjoy this book. Don't get me wrong, it's an interesting story, but unless you're an extreme pro-choice feminist that thinks that affairs are okay as long as you're "in love" with the guy, then I say don't even bother with this book. Oh yeah, and if this were a movie it'd be rated R for explicit sexual content and the use of the "F word" over 300 times in this book.

The Virginian

2009-09-19T09:45:00.000-07:00

I'm going to start reviewing the books I read on this blog. I'm always looking for a good new read, so if you have one that you think I'd like, let me know! Here is my first review:

The Virginian by Owen Wister

My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I read this one for josh's book club. I love the story, it's a classic and it's in the time period of the california gold rush. And of course as 99.9% of the books I read must have, it has a love story in it as well.

My Boopy

2009-06-03T07:28:00.000-07:00

I was thinking about my favorite LITTLE sis Sharice today...maybe it was because of the bejeweled post I put up. :) This is how I'll always think of her, her little baby Kael reminds me so much of her when she was little, he has the same little round face and smile. It's so hard to remember that she's only a year younger than me, I keep thinking that she stays 18 as I keep going up in the 20's, I can't believe she's almost 24!

She really was such a beautiful bride! Can't wait to see you again Froggy and get another "happy hour" smoothy. :)

Hopelessly addicted.

2009-06-02T08:57:00.000-07:00

I'm hopelessly addicted to bejeweled on facebook. If any one of my family memebers (specifically Brian or Sharice) beat my score, I have to play until I beat them! It's terrible!

Glenn Beck

2009-06-02T08:52:00.000-07:00

I don't like to blog about anything political...that's Brian's job...:) but for Brian's birthday/father's day present we are going to Richmond, Virginia to go see Glenn Beck's live comedy tour! I can't wait! Mostly because we've been going crazy trying to find enough time in the day for Brian to study for Step 1. We both definately need this break, it sure is a welcomed one!

In case anyone was wondering....

2009-06-02T08:48:00.000-07:00

In case anyone was wondering, this is the website where I got my cute templates at for my blog and my family blog. It's my new favorite site!

Totally bummed!

2009-06-02T08:42:00.000-07:00

I wonder if anyone else is totally bummed about Jon and Kate as I am! I know that from the few posts I've done it seems like all I'm going to talk about is t.v. and movies, but that's just where I'm at right now. :) I always liked the show because their sextuplets are only a year or so older than Ben and I look to their show to see what next to expect from Ben. The show is so depressing right now, I hope the best for them that everything works out!

New Moon

2009-06-01T20:38:00.000-07:00

Okay, so this is going to be the first of what I'm sure will be MANY posts about the Twilight series, sorry if you're not a fan. :( I got super excited today when I went to log into my yahoo mail and found the "teaser trailor" to New Moon (The second Twilight movie). The link is on the left side of my blog under my favorite links. Come on, now I know I'm not the only one that goes GAGA over Jacob in this book (especially YOU Jocelyn)!

Hurray, I've started my own personal blog!

2009-06-01T20:03:00.001-07:00

Brian started his own blog a few weeks ago so I decided I need my own. I wanted something to express myself with, talk about my latest obsessions, and to vent to all the other moms that go crazy like me out there. As I embark on this new adventure in blog world I hope that I don't offend anyone, but if I do, then all you have to do is refuse to read my blog anymore! ;) Happy reading!
-Shelly-

p.s. This is seriously my favorite picture of myself ever!