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Keeping our family happy and healthy with the help of Walgreens

March 3, 2013

When you’re sick, it’s all about convenience and when you’re well, it’s all about fitting things into your busy schedule. Either way, re-filling a prescription can be a huge hassle if you call your doctor directly and try to arrange it that way. That’s the way I used to go about it but now there’s a Walgreens mobile app for tablets and smartphones can do all of that! There’s many other amazing features like the ability to scan other prescriptions and even order photo prints with images stored on your device!

Keeping the family #happyhealthy Walgreens App - http://www.behindthestudio.com

Upon hearing of this new way to order a re-fill, I decided to download and try the new Walgreens mobile app on my iPad. As soon as I launched it, it greeted me with it’s easy to use re-fill screen. I was really pleased to find out that refilling took all of 10 seconds within the app by simply scanning the barcode on the bottle. So easy!! See how simple it was to do it here.

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I decided to go all out and broke out my keys to find my balance rewards membership number, so I could attach it to my account. It was nice to get this all done at night in my jammies with my iPad, because I planned to pick this up after bringing JP to school the next day.

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While I love having him with me, a simple trip to the pharmacy can be difficult, especially when trying to tiptoe past all this easter candy! I figured it would just be easier (and quicker!) to do this alone.

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Simple, no fuss & no muss! I was happy to be able to get what I needed quickly and leave to get on with my day.

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Taking our money lesson one step further

March 1, 2013

Since I last spoke about teaching JP about hard earned dollars and cents, lets just say that I needed something a little more concrete to work with. Because lets face it, the durability of construction paper pennies can only go so far! They got torn & they got wet, but the lesson behind it all was still very do-able to me. For us, I think the exercise of it all will help in teaching him something, so I’m gonna try to make this the best I can for him!

I decided to visit the craft store, and make some bottle cap magnets to use as our home’s currency. In the interest of keeping it simple for now, all caps are worth one penny. Eventually, I’d like to take it a step further and make denominations of 5 and 10, but he’s barely 4 right now – so I need to keep it simple to maintain his attention.

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“You want an ice cream sandwich? That will be two pennies, please..”

He knows it will cost him… My job is to teach him to hang on to the precious bottle caps, and exchange them for the things he personally likes and wants. He’s not very good at keeping up with them yet, which is why I decided that magnets on the back of them would be best, and proudly display them on the fridge for him to count out when cashing them in for something.

I was deeply inspired by this article that was brought to my attention by Genworth Financial to attempt this project with my JP. Learning to be financially responsible at an early age is so important to his success in life one day. It’s super important for me that he learns the value of a dollar at his age now, because adulthood is the wrong time to learn that life lesson. I am the voice of experience on this one, but that’s a whole other post for a whole other time.

It’s such an important time for us women to take control of our children’s outlook on money. My goal is to raise a child who not only understands how hard it is to work for said dollars, but spends them wisely.

Information for this post is sourced from Genworth Financial in partnership with the SheHeard Influencer Network. All opinions are 100% my own.

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How we like to enjoy a mid-week breakfast with savings from Safeway Stores

February 20, 2013

Did you know that National Breakfast Week is coming? Yes – on the week of March 4 through 8, Kelloggs will be creating awareness on the importance of breakfast in our diets. It’s always been my favorite meal of the day for so many reasons. From fresh, tangy orange juice to warm, buttery toast and strong black coffee – all my favorites! So when I learned that our local Tom Thumb was having a sale on my favorite breakfast items, I had to go and see what it was all about.

Yogurts, juices, fruit, cereal and milk seem to be the big staples in my house because we consume them for both breakfast, lunch and snack time in between dinner. It always helps when I can take advantage of a sale and stock up.

This morning, we enjoyed a special breakfast together with all our favorite goodies before I sent him off to school for the day.. We started the day with Silk and OJ, and JP enjoyed his Lucky Charms while I prepared us a couple of breakfast burritos.

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I love that we were able to take advantage of this sale that’s going on at Tom Thumb and other Safeway affiliate stores because we really do enjoy breakfast foods! These breakfast burritos are surprisingly easy to make, even if you only have 5 minutes. Add in some yummy, aromatic coffee that I make with the push of a button, and it’s quite possibly the most perfect breakfast ever.

Breakfast savings with Safeway Stores - http://www.behindthestudio.com