RITE AID

My new obsession is Rite Aid. My friend Kate got me into couponing April 2009. She started to show me the ropes at Walgreens. I quickly got hooked. Then i was frustrated because i don't have one close by so i have to travel 20 minutes to get to one and they stopped having great deals to make it worth my gas money. Plus i had to still pay for tax for my free items. And there was a frustration with items matching the amount of coupons i had. Annoying. So back in June Kate introduced me to Rite Aid. This is a wonderful store! Who would of thought, right! I have been wanting to make a post of my transactions for a week to show you why i love it. Well i have been really busy lately so have not had the motivation to do so, until now. Check out the pic, how much do you think this all was?... I bet you will never guess! After coupons and Rebates I will MAKE, yes i said MAKE $5.37 including tax, now do you see why i LOVE Rite Aid! Items pictured: 4 Coppertone Nutrishield Sunblock, 2 pkgs. bic mechanical pencils, 4 pkgs. sharipie markers, 1 Rite Aid sunblock, 2 renuitz air freshing crystals, 2 Shick titanium razors, 4 Glade candles with glass holders, 1 pkg of pencils.

OUR TRIP DOWN SOUTH

Last week we went on a trip down south. I know what you are thinking, how do they have money to take a trip like this!? Well we don't. HAHAH... but we are done with school next November and want to start planning for what comes next. North Carolina has interested Jaron and I for some time. We looked at this area back when Jaron was graduating from BYU-Idaho, however, it did not feel right. So now three years later, we are once again interested in North Carolina.

Our trip was wonderful. The kids did awesome traveling thanks to our new van. The DVD player was a huge plus. We spent one night in Greensboro, NC. Did not like the area at all. The next morning we went to Burlington, NC. LOVED LOVED it. It was beautiful, homes nice and reasonably priced, and they had a really fun city park.We spent the day at the park riding the rides and having a picnic. It was a blast, only down side was that there was no Rite Aid. If you know me, you know my big obsession lately is Rite Aid! After Burlington, we drove to Apex/Carey NC. This area was again very beautiful. The temple was in Apex. And there was a Walgreen's, and Rite Aid across the street from each other. They also had Harris Teeter, Food Lion and Whole Foods which have awesome deals with triple coupons! We spent the night in Cary and went to church in the morning. We loved the ward. It was a little overwhelming though. Four wards shared the same building. That afternoon we drove to Virginia Beach to have some family fun. We stayed three nights at the Crown Plaza. We bid on the room and won it at $52/night. We got there and they had us down for a double bed room, we asked for a king bed and they upgraded us to a VIP Executive Suite! We were ecstatic. Lily loved having her own pull out bed. The beach was hot and sandy. We were glad that we don't live by sand. Connor ate the sand. Lily screamed when the water came up and got into her water pit that daddy made her. Jaron and I enjoyed watching the dolphins that came to play. It was a great sight to see the dolphins so close and so many! They did jumps, and would chase after the boats that went past! It was such a fun trip, lily says she wants to go on another trip, we laughed and said that we weren't that rich! So overall, we think the trip was worth while. We know locations that we are interested in and have a better outlook for the area!