diapers

Got $20  off for spending over $100 ($104.36) on 4 packs of diapers.

meh madness

Having not followed college basketball this year lead to my feeling meh regarding filling out a bracket. Thought UD would give OSU a challenge and maybe win, but gave that nod to my alma mater, though I figured OSU wouldn't make it passed the second round.

Last week Target had a coupon for $15 off if you buy $40 of their brand of Health/Beauty. After seeing their diapers had the PEE STRIP indicator like Pampers, we bought a box of 116ct sz 1. I think they were listed as $17.49-ish but with coupon, I have no idea.

Supposedly, it's now Spring. Should be up to 60 degree tomorrow before getting back into 30s on the weekend.

2 months

D is 2 months old today. She's busting out of the NB diapers that J stocked up on a week or so ago( 3- 36ct for $7.50 a bag).

Went to Build a Bear following a trip through the carwash. Carwash was busy, so I'm going to be busy tonight. Almost seems like Spring is trying to emerge from the long bleak Winter.

Spoke with my dad today. Seems he's been falling down a bit of late. He's under the impression his condition can be fixed through changes in medication, but there's only so much steroids can do. Once he's wheelchair bound, who knows how much longer he'll be around. Keeping up the battle against his disease hinges upon his being able to walk in some capacity, regardless of cane or walker.

Seven weeks, an update

D had an ultrasound of her hips last week, and everything seemed to be normal. Studies indicate breech babies have a tendency to have hip issues, so that's one worry less to have.

Since going to Target in January a few times for $24.99 88ct boxes of Pampers NB with the three $3 off coupons, I have since bought an 88ct box of NB Pampers at Kroger for $24.99 since Kroger had a $1.50 ecoupon, and J has gone to Big Lots and bought 4 36ct NB and 2 40ct size 1 Pampers for $7.50/bag.

D has yet to out grow NB size, so we'll probably get another bag or two at Big Lots, but thus far we've spent $134.96 for 576 Pampers diapers for an average cost of .23 a diaper. Pampers are so expensive compared to Luvs, but Luvs doesn't make a NB size readily available while J wants nothing to do with store label diapers.

Old Navy and other places

Ran some errands this afternoon.

1. Went to Sam's. Got gas for $2.96/gallon while other places went to $3.35. 
2. While inside Sam's bought stuff on our list. Saw they had four $25 giftcards for Logan's Steakhouse selling $79.99, but the location we frequent wasn't listed. Saw they had microwave popcorn at a decent price with an additional $1.50 off if bought before 26th. When I did self checkout, the item didn't show up as advertised, so I left annoyed. Probably will return popcorn and find out if the Logan's we frequent accepts the Sam's giftcards.
3. PetSmart had fish food stocked fine. The fish on sale were only a few cents off normal so nothing grand there like the sale before Christmas. Upon checkout, none of the lanes/aisles had a clerk for a few minutes. Was annoyed.
4. Target had no little girls clothes in size small. They had the baby supplies I needed (bought another 88ct box of Pampers for $24.99 since I had another $3 off coupon.). Check out was crazy except for the 10 items and less register, so I was happy I had a mere three items to purchase.
5. J had some Old Navy tights she wanted returned and B needed long sleeve shirts. Got decent service finding the shirts, but I had no idea they were CHEAPER than the advertised $4, so I had to buy oddball stuff at the checklane to get above the $25 threshold to use a $10 superbucks coupon. Annoying that I bought a $1.25 RING POP to get over $24.99, but it will be used soon enough.

diapers, the cost of babies

So far, I have bought 2 88 ct boxes of Pampers NB. Bought both boxes at Target for $24.99, but had a $3 manufacturer's coupon each time, so now down the price to $.25 / diaper.

We got three 20 ct bags of NB Pampers while at the hospital. D used a single bag during our stay, so we came home with 40.

Looking forward to D having a bigger bladder and stomach so she doesn't need changed as often.

Current investment in diapers: $43.98, and D has been home a week.