Author Archives: The Jewish Lady

Help Diaper Babies in Need on #GivingTuesday

Unbelievable statistic: 5.3 million babies in America don’t have enough diapers. As moms, we may complain about the endless diaper changes and the high cost of buying them, but imagine not having access to a necessary item every little one must have.

This #GivingTuesday, you can help. Mom It Forward recently partnered with The Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) to help combat diaper need with diaper drive events across the country. Check out this post for 3 easy ways you can help combat this sad situation.

Every baby deserves a good start in life. Something as simple as an adequate supply of diapers can make a huge difference in their health and wellbeing. Surely, we can pull together as a community of moms and make it happen!

Pregnancy Survival Kit Giveaway

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Creating a new life is a magical experience…too bad there are so many uncomfortable symptoms that go along with it! If you’re a mama-to-be, you may be dealing with swollen ankles, piercing headaches, endless nausea, lower back pain, incessant heartburn, and digestive troubles. (It certainly was that way for me!) All of these products, what I like to call my Pregnancy Survival Kit, will help:

Traditional Medicinals Organic Tea
Healthy Mama Tame the Flame Heartburn Relief
Premama Vanilla Caramel Digestive Aid Chews
Healthy Mama Shake that Ache Pain Relief

Enter to win by 12/30 and it could be yours!

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Which pregnancy symptom bothers—or bothered, if you’re not currently Prego—you the most? (I had so many, it’s hard to choose, but the 24/7 nausea was almost unbearable!)

Super Savings Saturday – Black Friday Edition

Welcome to another edition of Super Savings Saturday!

It was my biggest freebie event of the entire year, Black Friday, or I should say Black Thursday, since I did all of my shopping on the holiday. After scouring the ads and making extremely detailed lists, I was ready to jump into the Coupon Olympics.

By 6:00AM, I was up, tired but excited. I put on my most comfortable clothes and sneakers, stopped at Cumberland Farms for a free coffee, and headed to the drugstores.

In my area, CVS and Rite Aid are directly across the street from each other and open an hour apart. I went to CVS first and was the second customer inside. I picked up every item that was free after rebate, separated them into multiple transactions and rolled as I went. All told, everything on this list cost me $5.00 out of pocket and the $4.00 ECB I started with.

CVS:

1 Schick Xtreme 3 Razor, sale price $5.99. I used a 2.00 manufacturer’s coupon. Total: $3.99 plus $5.00 ECB!

2 7-Up sodas, sale price $1.00. I used a 1.00 manufacturer’s coupon. Total: $1.00 plus $2.00 ECB!

1 CVS panty liner, sale price $0.99. Total: $0.99 plus $0.99 ECB!

2 Aquafina Sparkling Water, sale price $1.00. Total: $2.00 plus $2.00 ECB!

1 Trolli candy, sale price $2.00. Total: $2.00 plus $2.00 ECB!

1 Starburst, sale price $1.00. Total: $1.00 plus $1.00 ECB!

2 M&M’s, sale price $0.77. I used a BOGO coupon. Total: $0.77 plus $0.77 ECB!

1 Stylessentials Leggings, sale price $5.00. Total: $5.00 plus $5.00 ECB!

1 Physicians Formula Organic Wear mascara, sale price $9.00. Total: $9.00 plus $9.00 ECB!

2 Torq3 razor, sale price $5.00. Total: $10.00 plus $10.00 ECB!

1 CVS AA batteries, sale price $4.39. Total: $4.39 plus $4.39 ECB!

1 CVS Nicotine Gum, sale price $4.99. Total: $4.99 plus $4.99 ECB!

1 CVS Pain Relief Gel caps, sale price $3.99. Total: $3.99 plus $3.99 ECB!

1 CVS Cleansing Cloths, sale price $0.99. Total: $0.99 plus $0.99 ECB!

1 Glade air freshener, sale price $0.99. Total: $0.99 plus $0.99 ECB!

1 GUM toothbrush, sale price $2.00, Total: $2.00 plus $2.00 ECB!

2 Green Giant veggies, sale price $0.99. Total: $1.98 plus $2.00 ECB!

2 Ocean Spray PACT drinks, sale price $1.50. Total: $3.00 plus $3.00 ECB!

Rite Aid:

Compared to CVS, it was small potatoes. After Walgreens acquired them, the deals really started to diminish and the 2016 ad was nothing like 2015! Even so, there were a few goodies totally free after rebate.

2 Colgate toothbrushes, sale price $4.00. I used 2 $0.50 manufacturer’s coupons stacked with 2 $2.50 in-ad coupons. Total: $2.00 plus $8.00 Plenti Points!

2 GE light bulbs, sale price $4.00. I used 2 $2.00 manufacturer’s coupons. Total: $4.00 plus $8.00 Plenti Points!

2 Crest mouthwashes, sale price $5.00. I used 2 $1.00 manufacturer’s coupons. Total: $8.00 plus $8.00 Plenti Points!

2 Conair hair brushes, sale price $3.00. Total: $6.00 plus $6.00 Plenti Points!

2 Rite Aid gift tapes, sale price $2.00/2. Total: $4.00 plus $4.00 Plenti Points!

3 Kleenex, sale price $1.00. I used a $0.75/3 manufacturer’s coupon. Total: $2.25 plus $2.00 Plenti Points.

2 Phillips earbuds, sale price $6.00. Total: $12.00 plus $12.00 Plenti Points.

Unlike CVS, you can’t roll transactions the same day. My total out of pocket would’ve been high except I had a $25.00 gift card that I’d been saving. Had I been spending strictly cash, I would’ve bought less.

I finished by 10:30, went home and watched the parade as I cooked. We enjoyed a wonderful feast! In the evening, I had planned to do some mall shopping but I was so tired and it was lightly snowing, so I skipped it. All in all, it was hectic but fun and definitely worth the effort.

Did you participate in Black Friday? Why or why not?

World’s Newest Jewish Community in Madagascar

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Madagascar, a tiny island off the coast of Africa, is home to the world’s newest Jewish community.

Those of us who are history buffs will recall the numerous proposals to make Madagascar a Jewish homeland before the creation of modern Israel. Instead of forcibly relocating or willingly enticing Jews, this group of pioneers are all converts. How’s that for unexpected!

I’m curious to see how ritual life will develop in an isolated country where no one’s ever been exposed to any of the Jewish traditions, holidays, customs, and foods that the rest of us consider second nature. At the very least, it’s an interesting sociological experiment and if the community actually thrives and grows, how amazing would that be! I say the more the merrier and wish them all the best.