Oh My! I just found this awesome site! Ana White! Check it out!

Ana White is an amazing Designer! Most of these pieces will cost you half the amounts if you went in a bought them! Check it out!

I am so making these chairs for the kids.. Abby's will have flowers and ponies all over it and Logan's will have.. you know what.. Lightning McQueen! Red and race cars!

I think I may use this in my soon to be mud room.. It will be perfect!

Paired with This!

Now I may head off to Home Depot and just buy some stuff, set it in the garage with directions and tell Jason to get to work this weekend.. what do you think?

Coupon Fraud, Just because you can do it doesn't make it right!

I was going to wait till tomorrow, but the kids are asleep, the hubby is asleep, and the dogs and cat are actually behaving, it's a rare opportunity of peace here in the Ruczynski household.

I am a member of a group on Facebook, a coupon swapping group. It's awesome, helpful, and a group of awesome women. But either from ignorance of desperation, it happened. I got a fraudulent coupon! The thing is I didn't even look close enough to see that it happened! Someone, and I don't even know for sure who it was, had printed me off Enfagrow coupons 2 of them.. I just know that I had $20 worth of Enfagrow checks, and 2 $5 off Enfagrow coupons. I went to Walmart with a plan. I matched Meijer's ad for prices with the 1 Enfagrow (lowered the price by a dollar, and $4/10 Beech Nut 3rd foods for Abby and I also price matched 2 Tubs of enfamil. My plan was to buy 2 Tubs of Enfagrow. Didn't happen. As I was going through the Tobacco Aisle check out (easiest when you have coupons, the Managers are right there and they usually get called) the Manager and I were checking off my coupons when she noticed it. My Enfagrow coupons, they were the same. All the numbers, letters, everything. I had been Frauded, I almost frauded them! I explained myself, and luckily this Manager has seen me there before and I am always honest and thankful for the help and time I take, she understood. I got lucky! It is an arrestable offense! I am just hoping that now they are not "watching" me closer. I didn't mean to do it and I corrected it as soon as I realized what had happened. But still, I felt embarrassed, guilty, and upset.

So, Today I am talking about this. Coupon Fraud is the same as theft. If you copy, change, or alter the coupon in any way, shape, or form, you are essentially stealing from the store. If you get caught, not only are you chancing charges being filed, you are also taking a chance on your luck to be able to use coupons at that store again. If to many people commit coupon fraud, eventually the stores are going to get stricter and stricter on their coupon policies, making it more and more difficult to save money. When you pass on copied or altered coupons, you can hurt someone else's chances of being able to coupon properly.

While I am extremely grateful for these wonderful ladies in the group I am in, I was also disappointed that this could happen. I am hoping that it is just plain ignorance that allowed this to happen . In the mean time, I will be double and triple checking any coupons that I receive!

Link of all you Mom to be's!

This is a helpful link for all you Mom-to-Be's out there. There are so many of you I know of! Congrats! Maybe us moms can comment on what we found extremely helpful for the first year!

http://assets.babycenter.com/ims/Content/baby_registry_product_checklist.pdf

I know that I couldn't live with out my Jumperoo made by Fisher Price! Once the kids turned about 4 months old, it was the thing to have. They like the excersaucers also, but you will love the jumperoos! When they are fussy, put them in and let them fuss, hyper? they jump around and scream with Joy! I don't have many door jams to hang a jumper, and they scare me anyway, but these jumperoos are mobile and safe!

For diaper rash creams, desitn is great, but Boudreaux's Butt Paste  is the best yet! It still smells a bit, but it dosen't seem to sting as does the desitin. For my Breast Pump, I much loved my Medela Pump in Style. It worked well, stayed steady, and replacement parts were very reasonable! I just recently sold it, but, if in a few years, Jason and I are blessed with another baby, we definatly plan on investing in another, hopefully the Freestyle which actually allows you to walk around!

Anyway, I hope this is helpful to you Moms-to-Be!

Turn To Spartan, Neiman's Matchups and Ideas

Thanks to Stephanie Wilds and this lovely storm we are currently having, my day has opened up wide and clear! Well, not so clear, but nothing going on, that's for sure! Stephanie Wilds had sent me a message Via Facebook (what an awesome site!) that she has found a ton of luck with Turn to Spartan.com in order to get some decent deals at Neimans on the Spartan products! I finally had a chance to check this out and figured I would share some of my findings with you for this week.

Meat Counter

• Split Chicken Breasts $0.88 a Lb

Produce

• Grapes, $0.99 a lb

Boxed Goods

• Post Cereals $1.99
• Printable coupon for $3 off 4 boxes, equals $4.96 for 4 boxes.. Deal!
• Taco Bell Dinner Kits 2/$4
• $1/2 Taco Bell Product, exp. 4-30-11  
• Total OOP 2/$3
• Taco Bell Shells and Sauce 2/$3
• $1/2 Taco Bell Product, exp. 4-30-11  
• Total OOp 2/$2
• Tomb Stone Pizza 3/$10
• $1.50/3 Printable Coupon
• Total OOp 3/$8.50
• Spartan Dressings
• BOGOF!
• General Mills Cheerios 2/$6
• $1 off 2 Printable.
• Vitamin Water
• 10/$10
• Gatoraid 2- 8 packs for $10
• Spartan Breakfast Blend Coffee $2.89
• $-1.00 Printable Spartan Coupon
• $1.89
• Viva Paper Towels $7.49
• $0.50 Printable Coupon
• International Delight $1.79
• Printable coupon for 0.55 off,
• $1.24 oop
• Milk, $2.89 a Gallon
• Spartan Biscuits 2/$1
• Coke Products 10/$10 on the 2 L
• Ballpark Hot Dogs 2/$6
• $0.55/1 Printable
• Print2, Get $1.10 off
• Keebler Townhouse Crackers 2/$5
• $1 off 2 Printable Q's

Well, That's Pretty Much it for this week.. Nothing really special, but those chicken breasts.. good deal there! And the grapes! Yum!

New Excell Document Shopping Predictor

Hey Everyone! Here Is my work in progress.. My Shopping List helper! I put in my item, the price, the amount of coupons I have, what RR is earned, and  Whala! Everything is figured out for me! my Total Out Of Pocket, My RR earned, everything. It may need some edits here and there, but let me know what you all think!

Equestrian Coupons and Deals

So for today, I thought maybe my equestrian friends would like to have some hints, tips, and savings passed there way. So here we go!
 
Here are some excellent coupons for Farnam Products.. I know one girl (Mary Miller) who could defiantly benefit with the Brite and white Shampoo! But all these coupons are a great value to help us stock our Vet boxes for spring, our bath boxes for bat season, and even get our saddles ready!

Got to Horse.com and use coupon code CTHRDW11. Get $10 off your order of $100 or more! also use coupon code for CJHSH129

Use those with  This and get your horses new weatherbeeta blankets at even more of a deal!

Prefer Valley Vet Equine? Here you Go! They have lots of decent deals, like, who uses Cortaflex? Well, if you buy 1 Gallon, you get a free quart! Or my favorite deal I saw, buy select Ariat boots, get a free gift. There was a $40 breyer horse for free!

What About State Line Tack? I signed up for Upromise, which gives me coupons, points, and money back. I can get 3% of my order back, which I can then deposit online into a college savings program for the kids..so not only do I get stuff for the horses, I also am saving, while spending money, for the kids education.  And they have a ton of stuff in their winter clearance section!

Smith Brothers, as a barrel racer, is one of my favorite sites. Here are some of the coupon sales they have going on now.. be sure to look at the clearance too!

So, My horsey friends, I didn't forget you! Here is some fun stuff to look at today while we wait for spring to finally arrive. Maybe it is here seeing as it is raining? April Showers bring May Flowers! Talk to you All soon!

Walmart's New Coupon Policy

Walmart officially released a new coupon policy yesterday! There are a few changes that are pretty fun. Please remember that this will take time for cashiers to learn, so it is best to print the policy and keep it with you if you are a regular Walmart shopper.

Two big changes:

You should now be able to use Walgreens Register Rewards (they are a "Catalina" manufacturer coupon)! This may take a while to catch on.. best bet is to print off the coupon policy and take it with you.

"Coupons may exceed the price of the item. Change may be given or applied toward the cost of the basket purchase."

One other thing to note: They state that they accept competitor coupons that have an actual price for an item. This is not a $1 off coupon, but a coupon that states that the item costs $1. We get A LOT of coupons like this in the Walgreens weekly ad. This is not technically new, just want you to understand what they mean. An example of this is the ad in the Walgreens that listed Palmolive dish detergent at $0.89, which is a deal, or  the wipes deal.



Walmart Coupon Policy
Walmart accepts the following types of coupons (see guidelines below):

• Manufacturers’ coupons Print-at-home Internet coupons Must be legible, have "Manufacturer Coupon" printed on them, have a valid remit address for the manufacturer, valid expiration date, and have a scannable bar code. Competitors’ coupons that feature a specific item for a specified price for example, $2.99 Soft drink container caps Checkout coupons (also called "Catalina's") that are printed at our competitors’ registers, have "Manufacturer Coupon" with specific requirements printed on them, a valid remit address for the manufacturer, valid expiration date, and a scannable bar code.

Walmart does not accept the following coupons:

• Print-at-home Internet coupons that require no purchase Competitors’ coupons for dollars/cents or percentage off, buy one get one free, and double- or triple-value coupons

The following are guidelines and limitations:

• Only one coupon per item is permitted. Coupons must have an expiration date and be redeemed prior to expiration. Coupons may exceed the price of the item. Change may be given or applied toward the cost of the basket purchase. Walmart only accepts coupons for merchandise that we sell. Coupons must be presented at the time of purchase. We accept the following with Customer Service Supervisor/Management approval: 40 or more coupons Any coupon over $20 or $50 or more in coupons in one transaction

**Information taken from The Coupon Swap Facebook Group and Southernsavers.com with some add in information by me, Rachar!