Sometimes you win and sometimes you don't

For me it was a don't kind of week. Because I was out of town I was really thrown off with my couponing and my schedule all together. I went to RiteAid to get the fusion razor deal....except that deal was the week before and I missed it because I was out of town.....that was Duh moment #1
Duh moment #2 : I bought the Olay quench free at CVS via extra bucks. I had the receipt just in time for the Olay free rebate. So that was Friday well Saturday DH spilled coffee in the car and grabbed that receipt to mop it up not looking at what it was. Then he threw it away with the napkins. I found out Sunday night when I started looking for it and asking him. It was really my own fault, but I guess that means no money maker for me. My mom recently bought some Olay quench so she's looking for her receipt, but if she finds it I'll send it in under her name and address so she gets the money back....because well she spent the money not me. Unless she has 2 receipts :) then I'm golden!

Duh moment # 3 I took the previous weeks grocery ad to the store.

So you win some you lose some. Normally I do all my couponing on Sundays but we had a going away party for a couple we're friends with moving to Tempe, AZ. So looks like we'll be using some frequent flyer miles to visit them out there probably end of Dec or Jan 11 depending on her work schedule(she's a contract nurse). She's been working out there for a few weeks and they deliver tons of coupon booklets free to her house! She brought them all home in her suitcase for me. Now that's friendship! Her husband was in Maine for work for 2 weeks(he's a bridge inspector) so he brought me tons of coupons and some pretty great outdoor pictures. I've never gone to Maine-I think I'll put that on our list for US vacation spots. I think it would be beautiful in the fall with all the colors.

Tonight I will coupon, go through clean out all my old ads, coupons, flyers, rebates, and make the lists for this week. And I need to Meal plan. We're going out Thursday (DH's team placed second in their bowling league so there is a dinner and he won $50). I'm pretty excited about that. Because when we get surprise wins like that we either put it towards fun money or into savings towards vacations. It's like an unexpected bonus :)