Extreme Couponing....TLC Show

I was in complete AWW last night watching this. Normally I would just skipped over this show, but this week there has been nothing on TV, so I asked hubby to turn this on. I was shocked over the size of these people's stockpiles. I mean I stockpile but nothing like what I saw last night. It could have to do with living in a Condo and not having any room to stockpile like that. When I saw the first couple and the wife's complete addiction to couponing, I really felt sad for her. She was beyond "extreme couponing", she was completely and totally obsessed with coupons and the "high" you get when you score an amazing deal. Her house was overflowing with products. She had enough toilet paper stocked up, to last her and her husband for 4 years. Seriously?? She had a year supply of pasta, but that did not stop her from getting another 250 more boxes at her next shopping trip. What bothered me about this couple or what saddened me, is that she has let couponing control her whole entire life. She admitted to cancelling dinner plans with her husband to go shopping and make sure she doesn't miss out on a deal. Her home is overflowing with products that she has no taken over the one small space in the home that her husband has as a get-away. Her poor husband just shrugged at her obsessive behavior as if it were nothing.

I watched the whole show and I was just in amazement. There are some really hardcore people out there and then there are some really WHACKO's. How I coupon in my life is NOTHING compared to how some people do it. But I am still able to stock up on items we use alot of and I am able to keep our grocery bill at a budget, well below that of a typical family of 4.

Did you watch it? What did you think?

Rite Aid Run

I had to hit Rite Aid, not for anything special, but to roll my UP Rewards. I had some that were about the expire, so rather than letting them expire and go to waste, I just rolled them into more UP's.

I also wanted to check out the Christmas Clearance.

My transaction went like this....

Excedrin Extra Strength

Excedrin Migraine

Rite Aid Light Bulbs

(2) Duracell AA Batteries

(2) Reeses Peanut Butter Cups

(2) Gilette Deodarants

(2) Packages of Pencils

Keebler Gingerbread Men Cookies (Clearance)

After my 10% Wellness Discount, $4/$20 Video Value Coupon, MQ's, and UP's...

I paid .31 Out of Pocket and got back $8 UP Rewards.

This is why I LOVE Rite Aid

Disney Store: 50% Off and FREE SHIPPING

Right now Disney Store is having a 50% Off Sale on select. Also score yourself  FREE SHIPPING. All you have to do is Buy any Disney Parks 2011 Commemorative Item and use Promo Code: 2011 and your order will ship free.

Go Here to see what they have.

Add this to your shopping bag for just $4.95 and use Promo Code: 2011 and get FREE SHIPPING on your whole purchase. WOW!! 

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Our very Happy Christmas!

I am starting to come down from the Christmas High! I am still not completely pulled together mentally (this is why I haven't posted any deals or anything in regards to couponing). It doesn't help that we were just hit with a blizzard and I have been home-bound for almost 2 days now and it is still not such a good idea to get into the car and drive to any store. I did get out before the storm hit yesterday to get some much needed milk, eggs, bread and toilet paper. LOL. This time last year I have already hit Target and Walmart with my coupon binder in hand to score some great deals, but that will have to wait this year. Even with all this bummer news, we still had an amazing Christmas. We all were very happy with what Santa had brought us.

Our Christmas starts at Grammy and Tim's house on Christmas Eve. We all get together for some very delicious food, great laughs and lots of gifts.

Then of course we head back home just in time to get ready for bed and hope that Santa brings us everything we have asked for this year.

Looks like Santa did make it to our house.

Check out what Daddy got from Santa.

We had our delicious Christmas Breakfast. Then the kids jumped right into their new toys. They decided to try on some of their Dress-up items.

Then we had to get dressed and ready to head to Nana & Pop's house for Christmas Dinner. I am a bit bummed that a setting was accidently changed on my camera and all the pictures I took there turned out way too blurry to do anything with.

Miss K and her dolly Molly

After time at Nana & Pop's we came home and the kids continued to play with all their toys and I was able to get most of the house organized.

Santa brought Molly her own bed too...and Mommy made Miss K & Molly matching pj's.

Now the kids and Daddy are getting all bundled up to go out and play in the snow. This Mommy is not at all a fan of snow...so I can get a little bit of peace and quiet.

100 Followers before 2011.

Hmmm....do you think we can do it? I would love to be able to have 100 followers or fans on FACEBOOK before the year ends. I currently have 14 followers on the blog and 38 fans on facebook. I still have the Tag Book Giveaway going on as well. So heres what you have to do, if you are not already a follower of my blog, please scroll down on the right sidebar of the blog and click on the follow button and start following the blog or you can check me out on FACEBOOK and become a fan. If you are already a follower/fan then you can start sharing my blog with your friends and family. You can also share my facebook fan page as well. Just go to my facebook page, click on suggest to friends under my profile picture and suggest your friends to become a fan as well.

Do you think we can do this???

Where is my Order??

I thought long and hard about whether or not to write this post. I never want to say anything negative about anyone. I believe giving people/companies the benefit of the doubt. Unfortunately I just can't keep this to myself, I believe my readers should know my personal experiences when it comes to shopping.

As most of you know Kohl's has had some AMAZING discount codes and offers this past month and I am sure most of you have purchased one thing or another from them. I know I did. I couldn't help myself when they had the Dolly & Me Holiday Dresses marked down and they released a 20% off code as well as a free shipping code. Thinking back now after going through what I have had to deal with, I wish I had passed on ordering online from Kohl's.

I placed my order on December 5th. I ordered the Dolly & Me dresses and a shirt for my son to wear on Christmas. Went through the usual online ordering process and received my order confirmation email. Personally I normally dont open the emails, I just leave them in my inbox and delete them once I get my order. Cause typically you receive an email when your order has been shipped. I checked my bank account online and the funds were on hold. So I didn't once think anything was wrong with my order. Well by mistake I deleted the email that had my order number in it. I was unable to retrieve the email or even look it up on Kohl's website cause I didn't create an account when I placed my order. I will fully admit that these two mistakes could have easily solved my problem from the beginning.

After 7 days of not receiving any email about my order being shipped, I called customer service. I explained my problem with deleting the email and not having my order number. The CS rep attempted to look up the information by my email address and my name, but told me that my order never went through. I checked my bank account and the hold was gone, and I was never charged for the order. I was a bit upset, but I just placed a second order on the phone with CS. All was good, I even got the same items a bit cheaper this time, cause the sale prices were lower.

This order was placed on December 11th.

On December 12th I got an email from Kohl's saying my order had shipped. After checking the order number and the order date on the email, this order was the FIRST order that I placed, the one that the CS said never existed. Oh really?? It was being shipped FedEx SmartPost, which means that it will be handed over to the USPS for final delivery and was to be delivered on December 17th.  I called customer service yet again and explained the problem, I asked if I could cancel the order that I placed on December 11th and they stated it was already processed and that I would have to wait to receive it and then return it for a refund. Ok fine.

On December 16th I get an email from Kohl's saying that my SECOND order was being shipped. This shipment was coming UPS and was to be delivered on December 20th.

So I waited. December 17th came and went and no package. I checked the tracking and it stated that it left the Fed Ex Warehouse on December 16th in Northborough Ma, this is just a few towns away from where I live.

December 20th. I received my SECOND order, that was placed a week after the FIRST order. Still haven't received the first order. Today is December 21st, I still haven't gotten the first order. I was charged for it, tracking is not updating, it still is only saying that it left the FedEx warehouse on December 16th.

I place a phone call (this is the 3rd one) to Kohl's to find out what is going on with my package. I am on hold for 15 minutes. Customer Service picks up the phone, I state that I am trying to find out where my order is and I get hung up on. So now I have to call back again..(4th Time). On hold yet again, explain my situation again and the customer service rep has no clue why I haven't gotten my order yet. She says she will place an email to FedEx and the USPS asking them to tell me where my package is and when to expect it to be delivered. This is after her telling me I will recieve it by Christmas. But then again she doesn't know why I haven't gotten it yet, nor does she even know where it is. So now I am supposed to wait for an email from Kohl's, once they hear back from FedEx and USPS.

I am thankful that I did receive one of the DUPLICATE orders, and that the kid's will have their clothes for Christmas Day.

I did place an email into Kohl's Corporate about how unhappy I was as a customer, but I will keep my feelings about that response to myself.

I can only hope that if anyone of you placed an order with Kohl's that you had a much easier experience than I did.