Redoing Lanie's Headboard and Nightstand

I posted a few weeks ago that I loved Annie Sloan paint. Still do! I got a hand me down nightstand and it was horrible. Coats of nasty silver, red and black paint that had dried in gross runs. I needed a nightstand for Lanie's new room so I took this on as a redo. I painted Lanie's headboard last month, it was actually the headboard from Addison's crib that cracked. The company sent me a new headboard for the crib and I decided to still use the cracked one, now that's it's painted you can't even tell!

I used Annie Sloan Napoleonic Blue. It took 2 coats of paint and one coat of wax. Love it!

 

Lanie's room is going to be a nautical theme. There will be salmon accents and the hardware on furniture will be oil rubbed bronze. The duvet is from Pottery Barn Teen:

 

 

I wanted the rest of her furniture to be mostly white so I decided to try some distressing on her nightstand. Next up is her dresser that I found on craigslist. Using Annie Sloan Napoleonic Blue first and then Annie Sloan Pure White

 

Before:

Ew!

 

During Blue Coat:

 

I had to do 2 full coats of white, and 3 coats on some portions:

Not the best picture, but between white coats

 

 

I let the white paint dry over night and then put a layer

of wax over it. I then sanded certain spots until I was happy

 

 

 

All I need now is something to put in the cubby.

 

Getting back into couponing-CVS Deals

Back when I was pregnant with Addison, in 2010, I started "CVS'ing". I got really good at it and had a stockpile of deodorant, shampoo, conditioner, soap etc. Well after she was born I stopped because life with 2 kids was much different than life with 1. After 3 years I'm back to it! I follow Southern Savers and her blog lists 'scenarios' for the best deals. The deals run from Sunday-Saturday and you can plan your trips before you go.

I went Saturday because I had all the coupons and I wanted to jump in. The first trip is never the greatest because you don't have any ECB (Extra Care Bucks) to apply to your first transaction. But you have to start somewhere.

Trip #1: I did 2 Transactions

Transaction 1 :
Pantene Shampoo $3.50
Pantene Conditioner $3.50
Edge Shave Gel $3.49
Edge Shave Gel $3.59

Total $14.08

Coupons used:
Edge b1g1 free:  -$3.50
Pantene $2.00 of 2 : -$2.00
CVS Coupon From Coupon Center at store , same day -$1.50

Earned $2 ECB from buying 1 Edge product and $1 ECB from buying two Pantene products

Total $7.08 plus tax and $4.00 ECB for next purchase

Transaction 2:

3 Colgate total mouthwash @ $5.79 each

Total: $17.37

Coupons used:
25% off total (printed at register, got lucky)
$3.00 ECB
$1.10 off one Colgate mouthwash (times 3)

Earned $5 ECB from buying $10 in Colgate products

Total: $6.72 plus tax and $5 ECB for next purchase

Week one recap, The above for $13.80 with $5.00 in ECB for next week

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Week #2

This week was better, since I had $5 ECB to start with. I modified the transactions from Southern Savers because I had a coupon from the CVS store printer that turned to be better for me. I'm going to try and go on Sundays because if you wait, the store may run out of stock. I was lucky yesterday when I started.
I had 3 transactions today

Transaction #1

Colgate Toothpaste (x2) $5.98
Bengay $4.49

Total $10.47

Coupons Used:

Colgate toothpaste -$1.00
Bengay -$2.00
$5 ECB from last trip

Earned $4 ECB from Colgate and $2 ECB from Bengay

Total: $2.47 plus tax and $4 ECB

Transaction #2:

CVS Probiotic 15ct $9.99

Coupons used:
$6.00 ECB

Earned $9.99 ECB

Total: $3.99 plus tax and earned $9.99 ECB

Transaction #3:

Huggies Slip on Diapers $9.49
(2) Nivea Body Lotions $12.00

Coupons used:
ECB -$9.99
Nivea lotion -$2.00
Nivea lotion -$2.00
Hand lotion coupon printed at CVS center -$2.00
Huggies CVS Coupon -$3.00
Huggies Manuf Coupon -$2.00

Earned $3 ECB From Nivea purchase

Total $.50 plus tax and $3.00 ECB

                                                      Trip #2 Total Spent $6.96 and $3 ECB for next trip



Do any of you "CVS" ? I want to start stockpiling again. Especially for when we are in our new house! I also made a BI-LO trip today and for the first time, I saved more than I spent on groceries! I will make a post on that at some point. As mentioned before, i'll go to CVS every Sunday if possible. I hope this helps someone out there that's looking to save!