Valentine's Cards

I got this idea for Valentines Day cards from Impress Your Kids.  It was a fun and easy way to make Valentines (and MUCH cheaper than getting them at the store).  I also was able to print off some Chuck E. Cheese Valentines "cards" to paste inside these Valentines.  They have cute little sayings and they have a coupon for free tokens attached.  You can print them out here.  This is how we did the cards:

First, you cut a heart out of whatever paper you would like.  If you fold the paper in half and cut a half heart it is much easier!

Then we glued the Chuck E. Cheese coupon inside the heart.  But you could write your own saying or decorate it however you would like.

Then we folded it.  First, turn it upside down:

Then fold the two sides in:

Then fold the "bottom" up:

Then fold the "top" down and seal it with a sticker:

And there you have it!  :)  Cute little cards for Valentines Day.  We will probably put Sweetheart lollipops with them (they are $2.39 at Albertson's and there is a $1/1 coupon, so with a doubler they ended up being $0.39!).

Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Pie

Pie Ingredients:

• 1 graham cracker pie crust 
• 8 oz. softened cream cheese
• 14 oz. can sweetened condensed milk
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1 cup mini chocolate chips
• 1 tsp. flour

Chocolate Glaze:

• 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips
• 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream

1.  Preheat oven to 350*.  Beat cream cheese until fluffy.  Gradually beat in sweetened condensed milk until smooth.

2.  Add egg and vanilla; mix well.  Toss chips with flour; stir into cheese mixture (flour keeps them from settling at the bottom of the pie).  Pour into pie crust.

3.  Bake 40 minutes or until center springs back when lightly touched.  Cool and top with glaze*.  Chill for several hours.

*Chocolate Glaze:  In a small saucepan, over low heat, melt 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips with 1/4 cup whipping cream, stirring constantly until thickened and smooth.  Immediately spread over pie.

Recipe from The Finer Things In Life

Bragging Moment....:)

SO, just a little bragging moment here....

I have spent $8.91 this month so far in Diapers/Wipes.  With this $8.91 I have gotten:

-2 Jumbo Pack Huggies Diapers
-1 Big Pack Huggies Diapers (140-ct box)
-3 tubs of Huggies Wipes (the 72-ct tubs)
-1 box Pampers Wipes refills (720-ct)

SWEET!!!  I seriously am wondering why I EVER used to pay full price for diapers!  Here I thought having a baby would be expensive BECAUSE of the diapers....Proved myself wrong!!  :)

GROUPON: Organic, Fair Trade Coffee only $5 a pound

Today's groupon deal is pretty sweet!  Especially since I was just looking for another deal on coffee (we go through so much it is crazy!).  The deal is three 3-pound Organic, Fair Trade Coffee from Camano Island Coffee for $45 (reg. $98)!  They ship it to you for free over 3 months (3 pounds a month).  That is $5 a pound!  Starbucks is on sale this week at Safeway for $5.99 for 12oz.  If you don't see it as the main deal, look to the right on the page and it should be there.

AND if you do it through Swagbucks, you will earn 315 swagbucks (a $5 Amazon gift card is 450 swagbucks)!!  Just sign up here and you will find the "Daily Deals" under the "Earn" tab on the top of their homepage.  Find this deal and click from Swagbucks to Groupon to earn the bucks.

Another Example of CHEAP Amazon Diapers!

I think I might have a slight addiction to buying diapers.  Of course, if I am getting them for basically free, is this such a bad thing?  I don't really know....I guess I can always give them away if for some reason I don't need all of them.  :)

Anyhow, I went to Amazon tonight to see if I would be able to use another 20% off code.  I had heard that you might be only able to use one in the "expiration period" (like right now they are green postcards that expire on 2/28, but after that they will look different and expire on a different date).  Well, needless to say, it worked!  :)

Here is how I got a big box of diapers for $0.46!

1.  Go to Amazon Mom. If you have not signed up yet, you can do so for FREE here and you will get free shipping plus 15% off of diapers/wipes.

2.  Choose the diapers you would like.  I bought the Huggies Snug and Dry Size 4, 140 count.  They are originally $41.69, but were on sale for $33.59.

3.  Then I chose the 6 month Subscribe and Save.  This gives me a 30% discount of $10.08.

4.  Then I used the Amazon 20% Off Diapers code found in Parents or Parenting the Early Years (go here to enter to win a 2 year subscription!)

5.  This brought it down to $16.79.  I had some leftover credit from the Living Social deal ($10 for $20 at Amazon.com).  This brought my total down to $5.46 after tax.

6.  Then I used one of my Swagbucks gift cards of $5 (more FREE money!) and that made my total $0.46!!

First Delivery Summary

Amazon Prime Member

Items: $33.59 Shipping & Handling: $0.00 Promotion Applied -$6.72 Subscription Discount -$10.08 Total Before Tax: $16.79 Estimated Tax: $1.46 Total: $18.25 Gift Certificate/Card: -$17.79 Order Total: $0.46

$17.79 in gift account balance was applied to the Amazon.com parts of your order. How are gift certificates/cards, gift cards, and promotional claim codes applied?

Pampers 720-ct Wipes $11.51 SHIPPED!!!

You can get a 720-ct box of Pampers baby wipes shipped to you for $11.51 (before tax-which was $1 here)!  If you have not registered for Amazon Mom, you will need to do that to make this work.  It is free and you can do so here.  This is how you do this deal:

1.  Go here to view the wipes.

2.  DO NOT ADD TO CART.  Instead, you will want to choose "Subscribe and Save."  I always choose the 6 month choice because this gives me more time to go and cancel the subscription, which I do after the item has shipped.  Subscribe and save, combined with Amazon Mom, automatically give you 30% off the wipes.

3.  At the checkout, enter the code MOMWIPES.  This will take an additional $1.92 off.

Since you signed up for Amazon Mom you will get free shipping, so your total will be $11.51 before tax or $0.016 a wipe.  Costco, I believe, is $0.028 a wipe.  So, this is half the cost of Costco wipes!

AND if you have any Swagbucks gift cards, you could get these for FREE!  Learn more about Swagbucks here.

Thanks Coupon Connections NW!

Tiny Prints Valentines Cards

Through tonight, use code LUV99 to send a personalized card from Tiny Prints to those you love for only $1.43 ($0.99 per card and $0.44 shipping).  You could also get them shipped to you for free!  I sent cards to the parents and grandparents on both my side and my husbands side from the kiddos.  You can personalize them with pictures and what the card reads.  This is a pretty great deal for personalized greeting cards!!  But the code is only good through tonight if you would like to do it!