Food 4 Less deals this week! If you didn't make it to get the sales with coupons last week, you have another chance with some sales going on at Food 4 Less. If you don't want to drive all the way to their store, take the ad into Walmart to get the price match.
Food 4 Less buy 10, save $5 sale (prices reflect sale when buying 10 mix and match selected items)
Final price is when coupon from coupons.com is used with the sale! Many items on sale have coupons! This rarely happens like this, so take advantage while you can! Prices good til July 4th.
*Capri Sun 10 pack $1.48, 98 cents per box with $1 off 2 coupon
*Kraft BBQ sauce 48 cents, $1 off 2 coupon will make you 2 cents
*Kraft salad dressing $1.48, 98 cents with $1 off 2 coupon
*Kraft shredded cheese $1.98, $1.73 with 50 cents off 2 coupon
*Kraft American singles $1.98, $1.73 with 50 cents off 2 coupon
Other good sales there: Small avocados 6 for 99 cents, 6 lbs watermelon for 99 cents
You can print 2 of each coupon and all the coupons cover 2 items, so you can buy 4 off each of the above 5 items giving you 20 items. Your grocery bill would be $10.78!!
Winco sales as of 6-27-13: Broccoli crowns 78 cents/lb, 5 lb potatoes 88 cents, 2 lb carrots 88 cents, red grapes 98 cents/lb, Maya's tortillas still 88 cents/12 pack, Pepsi 18 packs still $2.98, Viva Cottage Cheese $1.68, if your family eats hot dogs they are 58 cents and they have turkey franks for 78 cents. Whole turkeys 88 cents/lb if you need some cheap meat. I was in today and since I had my 5 year old with me who wanted everything, I bought a few extra items on my list but still spent only about $34.
Upcoming Vegas area events:
*Michael's Arts and Crafts Kids Club, 4th of July Hat, Saturday June 29th every half hour 10 am-noon, $2
*Junior Naturalist Day at Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve, 350 E. Galleria, Saturday June 29th 7-9 am, register online cityofhenderson.com/parks free for ages 6-12. This is a neat place!
*Station Casinos 4th of July Fireworks Blast, July 4th 9:00 pm, per their website, the fireworks are going off at Green Valley Ranch and Red Rock Resort (Aliante is no longer with Station, so they aren't doing a show)
*Summerlin Council Patriotic Parade, July 4, 9 am, parade route on Hills Center Drive, starting at Hillpointe and heading south to Trailwood Dr
*Fremont Street Experience, free concert with Three Days Grace, July 4 9:00 pm, 3rd Street Stage
***Fourth of July event update: I heard about a NW Las Vegas fireworks display going on in the Providence Master planned community (Hualapi/215 area) Knickerbocker Park 10695 Dorrell Lane 6-9:45 pm on July 4. Music, food trucks, games. Fireworks will commence at 9:15 pm.
I hope everyone has a fun and safe 4th of July!
Thursday, June 27, 2013
Monday, June 24, 2013
This week's savings jackpots!
I'm just about at full speed now, so last week I was able to start our summer schedule of activities with the kiddos!
Austin loves art and I had considered signing him up for an art camp that would have cost $90 for three half days. Instead, I spent $20 to sign him up for 10 Michael's Passport to Imagination classes. I am taking him and his cousin on Mondays and Fridays. They started this week and had a great time!
We used our Summer Y pass to go to the waterpark 3 times this week.
We went to the Natural History Museum with some friends and used a coupon to get a discount. The kids had a really fun tim!
We cooked most meals at home and brought snacks and drinks with us on the go. I brought Golden Spoon yogurt home one night as a treat on their 2 for 1 day. Austin wanted the same flavor as me, so I got a larger size and took my half in the lid and gave him the bowl. They had a new flavor this week, banana. NW locals, if you text "spoon" to 90210 you will get the text alerts for the 2 for 1 days (usually Saturday) and also any other specials. You can also like them on FB to get news on specials and new flavors. We really love this place!
I went to a Relief Society BBQ one night, so Ryan got McDonald's for he and Austin.
I made 12 handmade cards of 3 different designs this week. I will be using my spare time over summer to make all the cards I'll need for the year.
I made no butter banana bread and applesauce cookies. I took some of the cookies over to our friends who we had dinner with one night.
Ryan's parents watched the kids so we could go to the Temple this week.
Took Austin to a free Lowe's Kids Clinic. He had a great time and can now do most of the hammering himself!
Ryan finished with all the tiling on the master bath and the walls adjacent to the tile were textured and primed. He will be painting and grouting this week!
I went through clothes and toys no longer used/needed to send to donation. I inventoried the donations in case I need to itemize them for taxes. When I did, I found some items that I can repurpose instead of buying. I wanted to get a bin for the kid's bathroom and an under-the-sink storage for mine. I found a basket and old shoe rack no longer used in a closet so these will work for what I need. I will have Ryan trim the shoe rack a little shorter so it fits under our sink.
We had a little scare with the baby over the weekend. I was getting a few things at Dollar Tree, they have those smaller carts with the heavy metal posts on the front. The baby was sitting in the seat of the cart and Austin stepped up on the front of the cart and it flipped over to the ground in a split second. The baby hit her head on the floor and had a huge bump. The cart landed on Austin's legs, but he was fine. I'm so grateful for the shoppers who heard the crash and came to help us. One brought a bag of frozen vegetables to ice Amilia's head while I calmed her down. We left the store and headed straight to the ER, where she was checked out and got a CAT scan of the brain. Everything was normal (thank God).
Austin loves art and I had considered signing him up for an art camp that would have cost $90 for three half days. Instead, I spent $20 to sign him up for 10 Michael's Passport to Imagination classes. I am taking him and his cousin on Mondays and Fridays. They started this week and had a great time!
We used our Summer Y pass to go to the waterpark 3 times this week.
We went to the Natural History Museum with some friends and used a coupon to get a discount. The kids had a really fun tim!
We cooked most meals at home and brought snacks and drinks with us on the go. I brought Golden Spoon yogurt home one night as a treat on their 2 for 1 day. Austin wanted the same flavor as me, so I got a larger size and took my half in the lid and gave him the bowl. They had a new flavor this week, banana. NW locals, if you text "spoon" to 90210 you will get the text alerts for the 2 for 1 days (usually Saturday) and also any other specials. You can also like them on FB to get news on specials and new flavors. We really love this place!
I went to a Relief Society BBQ one night, so Ryan got McDonald's for he and Austin.
I made 12 handmade cards of 3 different designs this week. I will be using my spare time over summer to make all the cards I'll need for the year.
I made no butter banana bread and applesauce cookies. I took some of the cookies over to our friends who we had dinner with one night.
Ryan's parents watched the kids so we could go to the Temple this week.
Took Austin to a free Lowe's Kids Clinic. He had a great time and can now do most of the hammering himself!
Ryan finished with all the tiling on the master bath and the walls adjacent to the tile were textured and primed. He will be painting and grouting this week!
I went through clothes and toys no longer used/needed to send to donation. I inventoried the donations in case I need to itemize them for taxes. When I did, I found some items that I can repurpose instead of buying. I wanted to get a bin for the kid's bathroom and an under-the-sink storage for mine. I found a basket and old shoe rack no longer used in a closet so these will work for what I need. I will have Ryan trim the shoe rack a little shorter so it fits under our sink.
We had a little scare with the baby over the weekend. I was getting a few things at Dollar Tree, they have those smaller carts with the heavy metal posts on the front. The baby was sitting in the seat of the cart and Austin stepped up on the front of the cart and it flipped over to the ground in a split second. The baby hit her head on the floor and had a huge bump. The cart landed on Austin's legs, but he was fine. I'm so grateful for the shoppers who heard the crash and came to help us. One brought a bag of frozen vegetables to ice Amilia's head while I calmed her down. We left the store and headed straight to the ER, where she was checked out and got a CAT scan of the brain. Everything was normal (thank God).
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Extreme Vegas grocery deals and events this week! June 19-25
This week's grocery ads are in and new coupons are up on coupons.com! If you don't go to this site, I highly recommend it, there is also an app available to view coupons on your phone and then email the ones you clip to print on your computer. You can print each coupon twice. Another good coupon source is through grocerysmarts.com using the code g89clf for the Las Vegas area.
***Winco deals as of today, June 19: There are several sales that when added to the coupons.com coupon will give you extreme low prices!!
*Kraft BBQ sauce 68 cents each, $1 off 2 coupon, final price 18 cents!!
*Dole canned pineapple 68 cents a can, 75 cents of 2 coupon, final price 30 cents!!
*Koolaid Koolbursts 10 pack $1.78 each, $1 off 2 coupon, final price $1.38!!
Other good prices now at Winco: celery bunch 98 cents, 5 lb potatoes 88 cents, broccoli crown 88 cents/lb, Maya's tortillas 12 packs 88 cents, Fuji apples 78 cents/lb, Red Del apples 88 cents/lb, 18 pack Pepsi/Diet Pepsi cans $2.98.
There is a coupon for $1 off 2 Capri Sun 10 packs and the boxes are $1.98 at Winco right now, so after the coupon, it's still a decent deal if you want to stock up on drinks for car trips or other summer activities.
I purchased 4 off all the coupon items from above which included 8 boxes of juice pouches, plus a case of diet Pepsi and some produce and other items on my list and spent $34.
Smith's sales this week: green grapes 99 cents/lb, lettuce 99 cents/head, Buy 4/Save $4 mix and match sale includes select Doritos/Lays chips $1.99, Pirate's Booty $1.49, Hillshire smoked sausage $1.99, and Philly cream cheese 99 cents (with $1 off 2 coupon from coupons.com, final price 49 cents!)
There are also special going on "buy 10, get 5 free items", the ad doesn't list all items, but essentially final cost is 67 cents per item, some include Hunts tomato/pasta sauce, Hunts snack pack puddings. The store usually has a list at the entrance of all the items included in the special, so this week, a trip to Smith's is definately on the agenda!
Fresh and Easy: red and green grapes 88 cents/lb, 2 day sale Sat/Sun Doritos XXL chips $1.88, DiGiorno frozen pizzas $3.99, Coke 2 liters 88 cents. In-ad coupon $6 off $30 purchase (F&E sells Burt's Bees products which is what I use for the kids, so I get a bottle or two of it to bump my purchase price so I can spend enough to use the coupon). This Friday, Sunshine salad mix is free with coupon from their weekly email. Sign up at freshandeasy.com, they also have a great shopping rewards program, you can print your rewards as you earn them as opposed to other grocery rewards that only come quarterly.
Las Vegas area family events this week:
*Free Movie in the Park, Madagascar 3, Centennial Hills amphitheatre, Friday June 21, 7:30 pm LV ward 6 website
*Lowe's Build and Grow "Monsters University Chest", Saturday, June 22nd 10 am free Register online/print waiver here
*Michael's Arts and Crafts Kids Club, Silly Shells project, Saturday June 22nd every half hour 10 am-noon, $2
*Monster's University comes out in theatres this Friday! AMC theatres offers $6 tickets to all movies before noon.
***Winco deals as of today, June 19: There are several sales that when added to the coupons.com coupon will give you extreme low prices!!
*Kraft BBQ sauce 68 cents each, $1 off 2 coupon, final price 18 cents!!
*Dole canned pineapple 68 cents a can, 75 cents of 2 coupon, final price 30 cents!!
*Koolaid Koolbursts 10 pack $1.78 each, $1 off 2 coupon, final price $1.38!!
Other good prices now at Winco: celery bunch 98 cents, 5 lb potatoes 88 cents, broccoli crown 88 cents/lb, Maya's tortillas 12 packs 88 cents, Fuji apples 78 cents/lb, Red Del apples 88 cents/lb, 18 pack Pepsi/Diet Pepsi cans $2.98.
There is a coupon for $1 off 2 Capri Sun 10 packs and the boxes are $1.98 at Winco right now, so after the coupon, it's still a decent deal if you want to stock up on drinks for car trips or other summer activities.
I purchased 4 off all the coupon items from above which included 8 boxes of juice pouches, plus a case of diet Pepsi and some produce and other items on my list and spent $34.
Smith's sales this week: green grapes 99 cents/lb, lettuce 99 cents/head, Buy 4/Save $4 mix and match sale includes select Doritos/Lays chips $1.99, Pirate's Booty $1.49, Hillshire smoked sausage $1.99, and Philly cream cheese 99 cents (with $1 off 2 coupon from coupons.com, final price 49 cents!)
There are also special going on "buy 10, get 5 free items", the ad doesn't list all items, but essentially final cost is 67 cents per item, some include Hunts tomato/pasta sauce, Hunts snack pack puddings. The store usually has a list at the entrance of all the items included in the special, so this week, a trip to Smith's is definately on the agenda!
Fresh and Easy: red and green grapes 88 cents/lb, 2 day sale Sat/Sun Doritos XXL chips $1.88, DiGiorno frozen pizzas $3.99, Coke 2 liters 88 cents. In-ad coupon $6 off $30 purchase (F&E sells Burt's Bees products which is what I use for the kids, so I get a bottle or two of it to bump my purchase price so I can spend enough to use the coupon). This Friday, Sunshine salad mix is free with coupon from their weekly email. Sign up at freshandeasy.com, they also have a great shopping rewards program, you can print your rewards as you earn them as opposed to other grocery rewards that only come quarterly.
Las Vegas area family events this week:
*Free Movie in the Park, Madagascar 3, Centennial Hills amphitheatre, Friday June 21, 7:30 pm LV ward 6 website
*Lowe's Build and Grow "Monsters University Chest", Saturday, June 22nd 10 am free Register online/print waiver here
*Michael's Arts and Crafts Kids Club, Silly Shells project, Saturday June 22nd every half hour 10 am-noon, $2
*Monster's University comes out in theatres this Friday! AMC theatres offers $6 tickets to all movies before noon.
Sunday, June 16, 2013
No butter, low sugar baking tips and recipes
I'm trying to watch it with the fats as my liver adjusts to life without a gallbladder. I'm feeling pretty good and hoping this surgery was the right decision. My sister brought over some huge mouth watering chocolate chunk cookies. I ate one and a few hours later, it went right through me in the wrong way (if you catch my drift). So in addition to my applesauce chocolate chip cookies, I have two great variations of popular baked goods.
**Tips for lighter baking:
1. Replace butter and oils in recipes with equal measurement of applesauce or greek yogurt. I prefer applesauce because it is a long term pantry storage item, less expensive, and adds sweetness to your recipe that allows you to cut sugar without losing flavor.
2. Whatever the sugar content of the original recipe is, you can cut it in half and still have good taste.
3. Experiment with other spices like cinnamon to enhance flavor.
4. Use egg whites or if a recipe calls for 2 eggs, use one whole and the egg white equivalent of the other.
5. Substitute all or half of the flour for whole wheat flour.
The following recipes have already applied the above suggestions.
**Tips for lighter baking:
1. Replace butter and oils in recipes with equal measurement of applesauce or greek yogurt. I prefer applesauce because it is a long term pantry storage item, less expensive, and adds sweetness to your recipe that allows you to cut sugar without losing flavor.
2. Whatever the sugar content of the original recipe is, you can cut it in half and still have good taste.
3. Experiment with other spices like cinnamon to enhance flavor.
4. Use egg whites or if a recipe calls for 2 eggs, use one whole and the egg white equivalent of the other.
5. Substitute all or half of the flour for whole wheat flour.
The following recipes have already applied the above suggestions.
Viva Mom's No Butter Banana Bread
The foundation for this recipe dates back to the 1960s. It was my Grandma Jean's. By cutting out a stick of butter, 1/2 of the sugar and using skim milk instead of evaporated milk, this bread packs about 140 calories per slice. I also added a sprinkle of cinnamon to the batter. A slice of this bread with some Smart Balance light spread is divine!
Ingredients:
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup natural applesauce
2 eggs
1/2 cup skim milk
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
3 medium sized ripe bananas mashed
1 1/4 cup all purpose flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
Preheat oven to 350, mix ingredients in order, pour in sprayed large loaf pan, bake 50 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean from the middle. Cool 5 minutes in pan before turning over on rack. You can also add some chopped walnuts or chocolate chips if you enjoy that in your bread.
Banana Oat Breakfast Muffins
Found this recipe on Pinterest. It called for way too much sugar, so I used less. It also called for greek yogurt. I used a regular light yogurt (strawberry flavored) to add more flavor and moisture to the muffins. The recipe yields a dozen, so you can double it if you want more. I put these in sandwich bags in the freezer and pull them out to thaw in the morning or microwave 15-20 secs for breakfasts on the go.
Ingredients:
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup yogurt of choice
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
2 medium sized ripe bananas mashed
2 1/2 cups oats
Preheat oven to 400, spray muffin pan or line with liners. Mix ingredients in order. There are two options here depending on your preferences of texture. You can blend everything in a processor so the oats are smooth or you can stir everything so that the oats stay whole. I like to hand mix and have the hearty texture of the oats in my muffins. Bake 15 minutes and allow to completely cool before removing from the tin.
Stay tuned for more light baking recipes and if you come across one you love, please share!!
Applesauce Chocolate Chip Cookies
I love homemade cookies. I can easily eat 4-5 without a second thought. So can my boys! I have been creating variations of cookie recipes for awhile now, and they are my common go-to these days as I need to really be careful with the butters and oils that I eat.
Now when you exclude butter from your cookies, they are going to puff up and be very "cakey". However, I think they are more filling that way and my cookie monster still loves them. At 89 calories each, you really can't go wrong. If you want a buttery tasting, flat, moist cookie, well sorry that doesn't exist without adding butter. I also suggest if you are storing these cookies for more than 2 days (is that even possible?) that you freeze them.
Viva Mom's Applesauce Chocolate Chip Cookies
Now when you exclude butter from your cookies, they are going to puff up and be very "cakey". However, I think they are more filling that way and my cookie monster still loves them. At 89 calories each, you really can't go wrong. If you want a buttery tasting, flat, moist cookie, well sorry that doesn't exist without adding butter. I also suggest if you are storing these cookies for more than 2 days (is that even possible?) that you freeze them.
Viva Mom's Applesauce Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients:
1 cup natural, unsweetened applesauce
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 tsp baking soda
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 cup chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 375, mix applesauce with sugars, add soda/eggs/vanilla. Add flours and mix til smooth. Stir in chips. Use ice cream scoop to measure 30 evenly sized mounds on sprayed cookie sheets. Bake about 12-15 min until golden brown.
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 tsp baking soda
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 cup chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 375, mix applesauce with sugars, add soda/eggs/vanilla. Add flours and mix til smooth. Stir in chips. Use ice cream scoop to measure 30 evenly sized mounds on sprayed cookie sheets. Bake about 12-15 min until golden brown.
Savings for the past two weeks!
My surgery went well!! The first few days were hard, but each day I got a little stronger and I'm just about back to myself with the exception of pain from my main incision when I sneeze or laugh too hard (which was plenty with time spent with mom and sister this week). My mom helped with the kids which was awesome and allowed me the energy to work on some of my summer to-do's.
Here's how I saved and got myself organized the past two weeks:
-Made a double batch of laundry soap (theprudenthomemaker.com) and was able to use my Kitchen Aid grater attachment for the first time. The shaft got stuck in the housing and caused severe damage so I am now waiting on replacement parts from the warranty.
-Made a batch of dishwasher detergent. This time I'm keeping the Epsom Salt separate and just gonna sprinkle a little with the soap in the dispenser because it was causing the powder to harden
-Did my eyebrow/face waxing
-Ryan worked on the master bath tile the past two weekends, it's turned out to be a big job cutting everything to fit around our custom fixtures, fingers crossed it will be done in 2 more weeks
-I cleaned out the mess on my desk and organized my craft items and finally organized what I want to keep in the tote that I got last Christmas. I put together my order of what I was running low on and what I absolutely wanted to get from Stampin Up. My friend is a demonstrator and gives me her discounts/free items and she's moving next month, so I was able to get 20% off my order and $40 in free product.
-I worked on some cards and paper crafts this week both at home and at my friend's house. I also went to a new card club with another Stampin Up demonstrator that I connected with to get my craft on after my friend moves.
-Made granola bars and expirimented with a new banana bread recipe, see my recipe post with some great no butter, low sugar recipes
-Was too tired to make baby food (imagin that), so walked my hubby through the steps so we had enough on hand
-Did a stockup trip at Costco and bought food storage buckets at Winco (lowest prices on food grade buckets/gamma lids I've found so far). I went through my whole pantry, put items in order of expiration, pulled out items that needed to be used soon. Winco sells the smaller 2 gallon buckets which are perfect size for my small family. I got a 5 gallon for my flour.
-We have not eaten out for dinner the past two weeks. Our church family blessed us with dinners the first three days after my surgery. We cooked while my mom was here, one night got a take and bake pizza at Costco on sale for $5.99 which fed us dinner and lunch the next day. My mom also treated us to ice cream and lunch at Burger King.
-Ryan and I went out on a date while mom watched the kids and got to use my free Fill-A-Seat membership to see Seth Grabel, a magician seen on America's Got Talent. It's playing at the theatre inside the Clarion by the Convention Center (just behind the Riviera). I recognized the place and after some research, learned it used to be the Greek Isles and before that it was the Debbie Reynolds!! When I was in HS and we came to Vegas for vacation, we walked all the way from MGM Grand to the Debbie Reynolds so my mom could go to her museum!! I don't know what it was prior to Debbie owning it, so if any other Vegas history buffs know, I would be very interested!
-We also took advantage of free babysitting another night to see Man of Steel with Costco movie tickets. There are too many good movies that are worth seeing in the theatre to miss out on!
Here's how I saved and got myself organized the past two weeks:
-Made a double batch of laundry soap (theprudenthomemaker.com) and was able to use my Kitchen Aid grater attachment for the first time. The shaft got stuck in the housing and caused severe damage so I am now waiting on replacement parts from the warranty.
-Made a batch of dishwasher detergent. This time I'm keeping the Epsom Salt separate and just gonna sprinkle a little with the soap in the dispenser because it was causing the powder to harden
-Did my eyebrow/face waxing
-Ryan worked on the master bath tile the past two weekends, it's turned out to be a big job cutting everything to fit around our custom fixtures, fingers crossed it will be done in 2 more weeks
-I cleaned out the mess on my desk and organized my craft items and finally organized what I want to keep in the tote that I got last Christmas. I put together my order of what I was running low on and what I absolutely wanted to get from Stampin Up. My friend is a demonstrator and gives me her discounts/free items and she's moving next month, so I was able to get 20% off my order and $40 in free product.
-I worked on some cards and paper crafts this week both at home and at my friend's house. I also went to a new card club with another Stampin Up demonstrator that I connected with to get my craft on after my friend moves.
-Made granola bars and expirimented with a new banana bread recipe, see my recipe post with some great no butter, low sugar recipes
-Was too tired to make baby food (imagin that), so walked my hubby through the steps so we had enough on hand
-Did a stockup trip at Costco and bought food storage buckets at Winco (lowest prices on food grade buckets/gamma lids I've found so far). I went through my whole pantry, put items in order of expiration, pulled out items that needed to be used soon. Winco sells the smaller 2 gallon buckets which are perfect size for my small family. I got a 5 gallon for my flour.
-We have not eaten out for dinner the past two weeks. Our church family blessed us with dinners the first three days after my surgery. We cooked while my mom was here, one night got a take and bake pizza at Costco on sale for $5.99 which fed us dinner and lunch the next day. My mom also treated us to ice cream and lunch at Burger King.
-Ryan and I went out on a date while mom watched the kids and got to use my free Fill-A-Seat membership to see Seth Grabel, a magician seen on America's Got Talent. It's playing at the theatre inside the Clarion by the Convention Center (just behind the Riviera). I recognized the place and after some research, learned it used to be the Greek Isles and before that it was the Debbie Reynolds!! When I was in HS and we came to Vegas for vacation, we walked all the way from MGM Grand to the Debbie Reynolds so my mom could go to her museum!! I don't know what it was prior to Debbie owning it, so if any other Vegas history buffs know, I would be very interested!
-We also took advantage of free babysitting another night to see Man of Steel with Costco movie tickets. There are too many good movies that are worth seeing in the theatre to miss out on!
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Super Summer Fun Guide!
Summer break is here! I've compiled a collection of my favorite family activities around town. Click on the title to link to the website for additional information. This is definitely a post to bookmark for those "What are we going to do today?" moments.
1. YMCA Sizzlin Summer Pass - 4 months access to waterparks, fitness rooms and classes, and day care while you workout for $199 for the whole family! The waterparks charge $5 per person without a membership. Our favorite waterpark location is at the Durango Hills YMCA at 3521 N Durango Dr.
2. Michaels Passport to Imagination - Every summer, Michaels Arts and Crafts offers arts and crafts classes for kids inspired by countries around the world. This year they are offering it Mon, Wed, and Fri 10 am-noon for $2 per class. Pre-registration is required and can be done at your nearest Michael's store.
3. Artful Potter - Free paint time with purchase of pottery piece Mondays 5-8 pm and Fridays 6-10 pm. They offer a "Paint Me a Story" class for kids 3-5, Tues 4 pm and Thurs 10:30 am. Children hear a story and paint a piece of pottery. $15, pre-registration is required and can be done over the phone.
2351 N Rainbow Ste 102 (Rainbow/Smoke Ranch) 638-1775
4. Lowe's Build and Grow Clinics - Free kids clinics on select Saturdays and Sundays. Create and account and register online at your nearest Lowe's.
5. Springs Preserve - There is always something new at the Springs Preserve 333 S Valley View. We have a family membership, it's the best deal in town for $60 a year. Regular local admission is $10 for adults, $5 kids, under 5 free. Thursday mornings they have a farmers market 10 am-1 pm and toddler time from 11-11:30 am schedule here
6. Centennial Hills Library - If you don't live in the NW, you can use this link to other library locations in Clark County. The library district is sponsoring a Club Read program for kids birth-11. Every 5 books read or read to give you a book buck for purchasing used books, 20 books earns a prize (varies by age). Sign up at the Children's desk. Storytime schedule at Centennial Hills: Mondays 10:30 am 0-5 yrs, Tuesdays 10:30, 11:30, 1:30 18-36 months, Wednesdays 10:30, 11:30, 1:30 3-5 yrs, Thursdays 10:30, 1:30 0-18 months, Wednesdays 4:30 programs for K-5 kids, Saturdays 3:00 Family storytime. Get a storytime pass at the Children's Desk 30 min prior to start time.
7. Regal Summer Movie Express - Starting June 11th, $1 kids movies at Regal Village Square 9400 West Sahara Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 10 am
8. Cinemark Summer Movie Clubhouse - $1 movies, Tuesdays 10 am at Century Santa Fe Station starting June 11.
9. Gilcrease Nature Sanctuary - A variety of animals to see and interact with 8103 Racel St 9 am- 4pm daily $5 adults, $1 children
10. Flip N Out Fun Center - Located on Craig road next to the Cannery, trampolines, bounce houses, games, laser tag.
11. Santa Fe Station Bowling - Sun-Thurs 8 am-12 am, Fri-Sat 8 am-1 am
12. Discovery Children's Museum - The new children's museum opened just a few months ago! $12 admission for ages 1 and up. Summer hours: Mon-Sat 10 am-5 pm, Sun 12-5 pm. 360 Promenade Place
13. Natural History Museum - Open 9-4 daily 900 Las Vegas Blvd. Adults $10, kids 3-11 $5, print coupon on website for buy one get one free admission.
14. Mob Museum - For older kids or a fun date night! Fremont St within walking distance. $10 admission for local adults, $5 to park in the lot right next to the museum. 300 Stewart Ave 10am-7pm Sun-Thurs, 10am-8pm Fri-Sat.
15. Henderson Bird Preserve - Summer hours 6 am- noon, free admission. 350 E. Galleria Dr.
16. NW area city parks with water play areas - Free fun for the kids! Centennial Hills Park Buffalo/Elkhorn, Raptor Play Park Tropical/Durango, Nature Discovery Park NLV Aliante/Deer Springs
17. King Putt Mini Golf - 7230 W Lake Mead, also a location in Henderson. Black lighted mini golf course with cute animal obstacles. Website has $1 off coupon.
Please comment if you have any other great activities you would like to share! Have a fun and safe summer!!
11. Santa Fe Station Bowling - Sun-Thurs 8 am-12 am, Fri-Sat 8 am-1 am
12. Discovery Children's Museum - The new children's museum opened just a few months ago! $12 admission for ages 1 and up. Summer hours: Mon-Sat 10 am-5 pm, Sun 12-5 pm. 360 Promenade Place
13. Natural History Museum - Open 9-4 daily 900 Las Vegas Blvd. Adults $10, kids 3-11 $5, print coupon on website for buy one get one free admission.
14. Mob Museum - For older kids or a fun date night! Fremont St within walking distance. $10 admission for local adults, $5 to park in the lot right next to the museum. 300 Stewart Ave 10am-7pm Sun-Thurs, 10am-8pm Fri-Sat.
15. Henderson Bird Preserve - Summer hours 6 am- noon, free admission. 350 E. Galleria Dr.
16. NW area city parks with water play areas - Free fun for the kids! Centennial Hills Park Buffalo/Elkhorn, Raptor Play Park Tropical/Durango, Nature Discovery Park NLV Aliante/Deer Springs
17. King Putt Mini Golf - 7230 W Lake Mead, also a location in Henderson. Black lighted mini golf course with cute animal obstacles. Website has $1 off coupon.
We are ready for some summer fun in LV!!
Please comment if you have any other great activities you would like to share! Have a fun and safe summer!!
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Vegas grocery deals and events June 5-11
My surgery is tomorrow, so did a quick run to Winco for a few things needed for the week and spent $19.79! This included 2 18 packs of Diet Pepsi on sale fo $2.98 each (I'm down to 1 per day most of the time). Other current sales at Winco worth mentioning are the Kraft BBQ sauce 68 cents and Maya's white and whole wheat tortillas 12 pack for 88 cents! These are great, they are about 80 calories each and pretty tasty!
Fresh and Easy: In ad coupon for $6 off $30 purchase. 64 oz apple or fruit punch 2/$3, 2 day sale Saturday and Sunday: 2 liters of Pepsi products 77 cents, Lay's XXL chips $1.88
Albertsons: 3 day sale Friday-Sunday: 6 oz Blueberries 99 cents, 18 ct eggs $1.49, Farmer John sausage links 69 cents
Smith's: red grapes 99 cents/lb, pork sirloin roast 1.49/lb, Capri Suns 3/$5, all varieties of lettuce 99 cents each, peaches 99 cents/lb
Events: Saturday, June 8th 7 am, Fishing Derby at Floyd Lamb State Park. This is a free fishing day for all ages, poles and bait available while supplies last. Free entry into the park. Pancake breakfast served $5 per person.
Fresh and Easy: In ad coupon for $6 off $30 purchase. 64 oz apple or fruit punch 2/$3, 2 day sale Saturday and Sunday: 2 liters of Pepsi products 77 cents, Lay's XXL chips $1.88
Albertsons: 3 day sale Friday-Sunday: 6 oz Blueberries 99 cents, 18 ct eggs $1.49, Farmer John sausage links 69 cents
Smith's: red grapes 99 cents/lb, pork sirloin roast 1.49/lb, Capri Suns 3/$5, all varieties of lettuce 99 cents each, peaches 99 cents/lb
Events: Saturday, June 8th 7 am, Fishing Derby at Floyd Lamb State Park. This is a free fishing day for all ages, poles and bait available while supplies last. Free entry into the park. Pancake breakfast served $5 per person.
Monday, June 3, 2013
Savings jackpots June 3
It's June!?! I am so excited for summer to start. Stay tuned for my blog entry of the top summer activities in Vegas. How did I save last week?
-I waxed my brows and facial hair
-A friend gave me some baby clothes that she wasn't needing that will be perfect Amilia this summer.
-Ryan did some work on the master bath. I finally got the extra duty pay I was waiting for so we decided to get nicer tile that will last longer. We ordered it from a small business tile company and still got a nice price.
-My birthday was June 1st!! We had a great time visiting the Mob Museum with friends and were able to get a good ticket price with the local discount. We had a full house of visitors afterward. It was so nice to have so many of my dear friends and family gather for food and fun. We hadn't done something like that in a long time, so it was great.
-I prepared all of the food for my party the night before, making most of it from scratch. I did purchase pre-made salsa at Costco because it's not much difference in price for what I would pay to make it myself. I made garlic dip for pretzel sticks, ranch dip for veggies bought at Costco, cut up fruit, made caramel puff corn and vanilla sheet cake. On the day of the party, I put 2 chicken breasts with a cup of BBQ sauce in the crockpot on low. When we got home from the museum, I shredded it and made BBQ chicken biscuit pizzas. They were very tasy!
-I was overwhelmed by unexpected, generous gifts from friends and family. Gift cards to eat out, nail salon gift certificate, my fave scents from Bath and Body Works, and money. My gram sent me the Ninja blender/processor set and it is awesome!! My in-laws got me some of the items I wanted in my Correlle dish pattern and Ryan got me the slicer/grater attachment for my Kitchenaid (no more grating soap by hand!)
-The savings I've made in my budget allowed me to also share with others for thank you gifts for the end of the year and donating money and time to a co-worker who lost her son last week. I worked at the McDonald's teacher night to raise money for his Memorial fund.
-My surgery is Thursday. After I recover, I will be in full summer saving mode!!
-I waxed my brows and facial hair
-A friend gave me some baby clothes that she wasn't needing that will be perfect Amilia this summer.
-Ryan did some work on the master bath. I finally got the extra duty pay I was waiting for so we decided to get nicer tile that will last longer. We ordered it from a small business tile company and still got a nice price.
-My birthday was June 1st!! We had a great time visiting the Mob Museum with friends and were able to get a good ticket price with the local discount. We had a full house of visitors afterward. It was so nice to have so many of my dear friends and family gather for food and fun. We hadn't done something like that in a long time, so it was great.
-I prepared all of the food for my party the night before, making most of it from scratch. I did purchase pre-made salsa at Costco because it's not much difference in price for what I would pay to make it myself. I made garlic dip for pretzel sticks, ranch dip for veggies bought at Costco, cut up fruit, made caramel puff corn and vanilla sheet cake. On the day of the party, I put 2 chicken breasts with a cup of BBQ sauce in the crockpot on low. When we got home from the museum, I shredded it and made BBQ chicken biscuit pizzas. They were very tasy!
-I was overwhelmed by unexpected, generous gifts from friends and family. Gift cards to eat out, nail salon gift certificate, my fave scents from Bath and Body Works, and money. My gram sent me the Ninja blender/processor set and it is awesome!! My in-laws got me some of the items I wanted in my Correlle dish pattern and Ryan got me the slicer/grater attachment for my Kitchenaid (no more grating soap by hand!)
-The savings I've made in my budget allowed me to also share with others for thank you gifts for the end of the year and donating money and time to a co-worker who lost her son last week. I worked at the McDonald's teacher night to raise money for his Memorial fund.
-My surgery is Thursday. After I recover, I will be in full summer saving mode!!
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