$25 Kroger Gift Card Giveaway! (CLOSED)

Who doesn't love a free gift card to Kroger?  I sure do!!!! And MyBlogSpak.com has given me one for myself and one to give to a lucky reader of mine!!!

Right now, form July 31 to August 17 you can save on tons of brands across more than 100 categories from General Mills, PepsiCo, Unilever, Heinz, Mars, Wrigley and Kimberly Clark.  This is their Big Cart Buster Savings Event!!!!

Some of the participating products are, Honey Nut Cheerios, Yoplait , Pillsbury Pepsi, Doritos, Gatorade, Smart Ones, Ore-Ida, Cottonelle, Viva, Breyer´s Ice Cream, Axe , Snickers, Pedigree and Orbit.

I don't know about you, but with Will starting Kindergarten this year, I will be in need of a few boxes of cereal and after school snacks.  The Cart Buster Savings Event is the perfect time for me to go and stock up.  I will be using the sales and my coupons to get the most out of my $25 Kroger Gift Card.

To help you get some of the best deals, you can follow the Cartbuster "Deal of the Day" beginning August 3rd and running through August 16th. Download exclusive offers, on more of your favorite brands, directly to your shopper card, by visiting www.cartbuster.com, beginning Wednesday, August 3rd.

Look for big savings storewide at all of the Kroger Family of Stores, which includes Kroger, Ralphs, King Scoopers, City Market, Dillons, Smith´s, Fry´s, QFC, Baker´s, Owen´s, Jay C Food Stores, Hilander, Gerbes, Food4Less, Fred Meyer, Pay Less Supermarkets and Scott´s food & Pharmacy.

Unfortunately, the Fred Meyer and Food4Less stores will not be offering the downloadable exclusive offers.

Now for the Giveaway!

You must do the Mandatory Entry or all other entries will be voided!  Please put your email address in each comment or I will have no way of letting you know if you win!

Mandatory Entry***Closed***

Tell me one of the items you would plan to buy for an after school snack for your kids or yourself!

Extra Entries

1. Be a follower of my blog! (3 extra entries)

2.  Follow me on twitter and tweet about this giveaway (Can be done once a day). Leave the URL of your tweet in the comments!

     RT #WIN a $25 Kroger Gift Card @savingmomsanity from #MyBlogSpark Ends 8/20 http://tinyurl.com/3uetl4g



3.  Tell me the best deal you have ever got at Kroger!

4.  Blog about this giveaway, or add it to a giveaway linky and tell me the URL in a comment! (3 extra entries per URL!)

That's it! Easy right?  Ok the giveaway will end on August 20th at 11:59 pm.  The winner will be chosen by random.org and have 48 hours to get back with me after the winning email has been sent or another winner will be chosen.  Good Luck!

A Much Better Experience!

As you can tell, I have been having a busy week last week.  This week is no exception.  With last minute preparations for Will's first every year of school and everything else going on in my life, I have not had much time to blog. 

Last week Will had a dentist appointment.  He has been to many dentists in the last two years about some cavities on the outside of his teeth.  Some dentists say they can't do anything and send us to another.  Other dentist say they would have to put him to sleep and don't do that in their office and send u to another.  The cycle continued for a while.  The last time he visited one of the refered dentist he had a bad experience.  They where far from child friendly, and even told him if he cried they would make Mommy leave him by himself in the room!  Yea, that's what every 4 year old wants to hear.  So of course he cried louder and harder.  They couldn't even get close to him.  I ran out of there so fast I had Will in his car seat and pulling out the driveway and the door to the office hadn't even close all the way yet.

This time I took him to a new place.  I had seen the advertisements and a good friend of mine takes her girls there.  I decided to give it a try.  The place is called Kool Smiles.  They are very kid friendly and are the only dentist who took x-rays and said they could help with his teeth.  They said that all he needed was caps on them.  CAPS!!!! Why couldn't the other dentist do that????? And they didn't even have to put him to sleep!!!! A huge plus!!!


So we talked it over and decided to put the caps with the white on the front, since they would be on teeth in the front of his mouth.  We got Will to try the gas and he did good.  They still had to put the blanket on him, but he started out laughing and then cried and finally ended the appointment laughing again.  Poor baby went through a lot, but came out a champ.  He told them thank you for fixing his teeth and all.  They couldn't believe how happy he was.


I cried during his appointment more than he did.  He yelled "I want to go home!" a lot, but didn't cry as much as I thought he would.  He didn't eat for a day and a half after the appointment though.  He was tired and hurt a little.  The Tylenol helped though.  He was also so scared they would fall out if he ate and he would have to go back to have them put back in.  Finlay hunger got the best of him and now he is eating like the growing boy he is!  Wow, can that kid eat!


He goes back for a check up and some fillings in his back teeth next month.  Poor baby has no chance with mommy and daddy both having bad teeth:(


I am still asking for prayers that his Medicaid get renewed.  Hubby makes $7.50 too much a month and they can turn us down or let us pass for another year.  Ultimately it is up to his Medicaid worker that has his case at this point.  Prayers are greatly appreciated!!! Thank You!!!!!!! 

Saturday's Giveaways!

Here are a few more giveaways I entered this week.  I know it's not many, but as I'm sure you can tell with my lack of posting this week, I have been busy!


Mom Daughter Style is giving away Pambra's Oringinal Bra Liners to (2) winners-Ends 8/14

Mom Daughter Style is giving away Prefense Hand Sanitizer-Ends 8/14

Kiddies Corner Deals is giving away a $100 Visa Gift Cad from www.fritolay.com -Ends 8/8

Kiddies Corner Deals is giving away a pair of Umi Shoes from www.umishoes.com -Ends 8/11

Kiddies Corner Deals is giving away a top form www.downeastbasics.com -Ends 8/14

Family Friendly Frugality is giving away Oreo Ultimate Icing and Hershey S'mores Dessert Icing Pack-Ends 8/7

Surviving A Teacher's Salary is giving away a Teacher's Helper Tote from The Unusual Basket-Ends 8/19

Wordless Wednesday

Saturday's Giveaways!

Here are some of the great giveaways I have been entering this week.  Keep in mind that each one has a mandatory entry, but none are that you have to be a follower or a blogger to win!  I try to never put up a giveaway that you have to follow or be a blogger to enter and win!!!  So hop on over and start entering and making my chance of winning go down;)


Leslie Loves Veggies is giving away a $24.99 Piggy Paint Gift Set of Winner's Choice-Ends 7/26


Leslie Loves Veggies is giving away a Remington Smooth & Silky Rechargeable Wet/Dry Shaver-Ends 7/29


Leslie Loves Veggies is giving away The Orighinal Bra Liner to (3) Winners-Ends 8/2


Shining 2 Save is giving away a $25 Walmart Gift Card-Ends 7/30


Shining 2 Save is giving away $50 worth of Smart & Sexy products-Ends 7/27


LambAround is giving away a 16x20 Photo Canvas from UPrinting-Ends 8/1

Our Kids Mom is giving away a Balloon Time Helium Balloon Kit-Ends 7/25



Our Kids Mom is giving away a bad weather prepardness kit from Radio Shack-Ends 7/26

Our Kids Mom is giving away a Cars 2 Tokyo Spinout Track Set-Ends 7/31

Will would LOVE to have this!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Don't forget to let me know if you are winning so we can do the happy dance together!!!!

What??? A Breastfeeding Doll You Say!!!

Have you herd of this breastfeeding doll?  My local news put up a link to it on facebook and I just had to know if anyone else has seen this. 

I mean really...I have seen the barbie that is a mommy and the baby doll that you feed and she poops, but this is just crazy! 

I support breastfeeding moms all over the world.  I was one to at one time, but this just doesn't sit well with me.  I don't think a little girl should have a doll that breastfeeds off of her!!!!

This doll comes with a halter top that has two flower petals where the child's nipples would be.  When the doll is close to the flower petals it starts to simulate the act of breastfeeding.

This doll is expected to hit U.S. stores soon.  It has already become a hit in Europe.  This doll is made in Spain by Berjuan Toys and cost about $90.

I don't think this helps to support moms who breastfeed.  Instead I see a more negative response to breastfeeding.  For as long as people have been on the earth women have been breastfeeding their children.  What makes this toy manufacture think that this doll will help our young girls make the decision to breastfeed their children one day? 

I am so happy I don't have a little girl who will be exposed to this toy, but at the same time I wonder if the commercials for it will effect all children, boys or girls.  What's next?  That is what I'm most afraid of!

What do you think about this doll?  Will you get one for your little girl or will you band it form your home too?

Thankful Thursday

Do you ever stop and wonder at how we became so dependent on technology.  I don't mean computers and such.  I mean things like electric washing machines and dish washers. 


I love to read and some of my most favorite books take place in a different time period.  Mostly in the time when settlers where first coming to America and a little later.   In those days they had no electricity or motor vehicles.  They had hand made candles and mules pulling waggons. 


This is the time period I think I would have been able to live in the most.  Hard work was something everyone did to survive.  Children respected their parents and did what they where told.  You never herd them say they where bord.  Most of all, they ate around a table as a family.  They said grace and read from the Bible every night as a family!  Life was hard, but did we trade a hard life with lots of love, faith, and good values for an easy life with a lot of other problems?  Just think how much life is different for us now than it was for the settlers.


The thing I am most thankful for that has changed is bathrooms.  I love having an indoor bathroom with running water and electricity.  I couldn't imagine using an outhouse.  And to think that outhouses are not that old.  You can still find some in a few places.  Yes, even here in modern day America.  I'm not afraid of making my own soap and taking baths in rivers or tubs filled with water you heated on the stove, but please don't ask me to use an outhouse toilet!  I would if I had to, but it defiantly wouldn't be my first choice. 

 I would like to thank whoever invented the indoor bathroom!  God has blessed us with this one convenience that I would struggle with giving up.  How blessed we are in our everyday life.  Look around you and imagine the what modern day conveniences we have now that you can't see yourself living without.  Thank the Good Lord for them and then hop on over and join us at Spiritually Unequal Marriage with Lynn who is hosting this months Thankful Thursdays!