Let me start by saying that I am 100% against Victoria's Secret and their new underwear/bra line for middle school aged girls. They call it "Bright Young Things" It will include lace panties, thongs and printed sayings such as "Feeling Lucky?" and "call me" Again, it's aimed at middle school aged girls which would be ages 11-14. This is disturbing and disgusting to me on so many levels.
I learned about this through facebook. Several of my friends have been posting about it and posting letters and posts from parents to Victoria's Secret. I'm glad those parents wrote those letters. I agree with what they are saying. After reading all these posts and after much thought, some other things started bothering me.
Victoria's secret is a huge company. They don't just think up a clothing line for no reason. They do their research. Most companies of this size come up with these ideas based on demand and need for a product. They wouldn't waste their time on a line of clothing that would NOT sell. They want their line ot be a success. They spend a lot of time finding out what's going to work and what won't. Their goal is to make money. What/where do you think they got the idea that this line would sell?
Victoria's secret is not the only ones to blame here. There is a reason they have come to the conclusion that there is a market for thongs that say "call me" on them for middle school aged kids.
I have a 5 (almost 6) year old daughter and a 16 year old son. I am well aware of what kids are wearing today. To school and everywhere else. I see it every day and so many times I have been disturbed by it. I have been vocal about taking a firm stand against this when it comes to choosing my daughters clothing, now and in the future. A lot of parents dress their daughters in dresses and skirts and send them to school. I won't and don't. In fact my daughter doesn't even own a dress. When kids are at school they do things like go out on the playground. I have been witness on way too may occasions where a little girl hangs upside down on the monkey bars and her skirt falls over her head and exposes her crotch to all of her classmates. I find this to be inappropriate. I was at my daughters school once and a young girl with a FULL LENGTH dress on was laying on the sidewalk drawing with chalk. She rolled over and lifted her legs in the air and exposed her crotch to everyone who could see. I have seen younger girls, babies even that are dressed so cute in their little dresses and when they bend over or they are crawling around, everything that shouldn't be exposed is. I don't want anyone seeing those parts of my daughter so I choose to dress her in pants and shorts. The way (most) people dress their daughters is disturbing to me.
I have taken this same stand on bikinis. I have seen babies, toddlers and elementary school aged girls wearing bikinis. I won't allow my daughter to wear a bikini. I find it 100% revolting and wrong. A lot of people see it as cute. I see nothing cute about it. What I find most disturbing is that it's seen as cute when they are young but when they start to develop, it's seen as revealing too much. Parents allow their daughters to weat bikinis from birth and then when they get to a certain age, those same parents say it's not appropriate. They say it's too revealing, suddenly they see it as exposing too much skin.
I have to talk about cheerleading too. I hope my daughter never wants to be a cheerleader because until she gets older, the answer will be "NO WAY!" Even when she is older, I am going to have serious issues if she wants to partake in cheerleading. I'm not at all sure why cheerleading even exists. I find it odd that females jumping around in short skirts, shouting, waving pompoms and jumping in the air is somehow a way of cheering on the football team. That however isn't my point here. The point is that we have these young girls dressed in skirts that clearly show way too much and if that wasn't bad enough, they jump in the air doing splits and exposing their crotches. They do this on display for a crowd of people. Seriously, i thinks it's creepy. Take a moment to think about how cheerleaders are viewed by men and young boys/men. They are seen flat out as sexual objects. The outfits alone are seen as sexual and it's well known that men have sexual fantasies about cheerleaders.
A few years ago my son's school had an end of the year pool party. The girls had to wear t-shirts over their bathing suits because they "showed too much" yet that Friday night at the local football game, 13 year old girls wear in their short skirts, wearing make-up looking like women, looking like one of the top fantasies and sexual desires of men and boys around the world, jumping up in the air and bending over showing their crotches as butt cheeks and that is accepted. That is seen as fine. Let me assure you that there is plenty of males in the crowd watching your daughter do that split and they are thinking "I'm feeling lucky" and "I should call her" and they don't have to be wearing a lace thong with the writing on it.
A sexy nurses costume is almost the same outfit as a cheerleaders. I am pretty sure if you 5 or 11 year old wanted to dress up as a sexy nurse, your answer would be "NO" but the cheerleader outfit is fine.
I have also been witness to young girls of all ages wearing clothes that are too tight or too revealing. From jeans to shirts and everything in between. These girls are dressed more like women than girls.
Keep in mind that underwear and bras are worn under clothing where it cannot be seen. Dresses, skirts, bikinis, too tight or too revealing clothes, clothes that make your daughter look like a woman and cheerleading outfits are worn over the undergarments and they are for everyone to see. So as I see it, a lot of you will allow your daughters to prance around in these clothing items and you don't see anything wrong with it but find it disturbing that Victoria's Secret would come out with the "Bright Young Things" line. Again I ask where do you think Victoria's Secret got the idea that this line of clothes would sell? Again let me state that I am against the production and sale of thongs and bras that are lace and say things like "Call Me" and "Feeling Lucky?"
Now correct me if I am wrong here but until these girls are 18, isn't it the parents responsibility to say what their daughter can and cannot wear? Even if these girls go out and buy these panties and bras, it's our responsibility as parents to know what they are wearing and allow them to wear it or not. I wouldn't buy these underwear for my daughter and if i found them in her drawer, I'd throw them out.
At first I had no intention on even commenting on any of this other than to say I didn't agree with Victoria's Secret. But I kept reading all the posts and it occurred to me that several of you that were posting, are also the ones who let their daughters wear bikinis and or have daughters that are cheerleaders and I found it strange that you are so outraged with VS. Victoria's Secret didn't just pull this idea out of their ass. They see what girls are wearing, they know what parents are buying for their daughters and they know what age those girls are. If you are willing to sexual your Daughter, don't be surprised when a company decides to profit from that.
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Monday, February 4, 2013
$318 Worth of Groceries for $123
THE BREAKDOWN
Meal Deal:
Buy (2) Digiorno pizzas for $13.98
Get the following free:
Bread sticks
TGI Fridays snacks
Drive Thru sandwiches
Used: Buy 2 Digiorno pizzas get 1 FREE coupon $7 value
Marcal Toilet paper on sale $4.99 each
Used: (2) $1 off Marcal
Makes them $3.99 each
Yogurts 4 for $5
Used: (2) 50 cents off (2) yogurts doubles to $1 off
Makes them 75 cents each
Dawn on sale $2.99
Used: 50 cents off Dawn doubles to $1 off
Makes it $1.99 (more than I usually pay but I needed it
Soup on clearance 74 cents
Pie crust on sale $1.50
Clear wrap $1.37
Cream cheese on sale $1.50 each
Retail subtotal: $74.52
Final Total: $38.15
Food Lion
Unilever promotion: Buy $30 worth of participating products and get $10 off instantly at register
I will break this down further after totals.
Dove bar soap on sale $6.99 each
Used (2) $4 off dove bar soap
Makes them $2.99 each
Dove body wash on sale $4.26 each
Used (2) $2 off body wash
Makes them $2.26 each
Dove shampoo on sale 2 for $3
Used $1.50 off conditioner when you buy shampoo
Wishbone salad dressing on sale 2 for $5
Used (2) 70 cents off wishbone
Makes them $1.80 each (more than I usually spend but I needed it and it qualified me for promotion)
Johnsonville sausage on sale $2.99 each
Used (2) $1 off 2 johnsonville
and food lion $2 off $10 in meat dept
Makes them $2 each
Brown rice on sale 77 cents
Used food lion (in store kiosk) 75 cents any food lion rice
Makes it 2 cents
you read that right 2 cents
Food Lion ice cream on sale $2.59
Used food lion (kiosk) 75 cents off any food lion ice cream
Makes it $1.84
Ball Park hot dogs on sale 2 for $5
Used Food lion (kiosk) $1 off 2 hot dogs
Makes them $2 each
Food lion coffee on sale $2.59
Used food lion (kiosk) $1 off any food lion coffee
Makes it $1.59
Hot dog buns on sale 2 for $4
Oranges on sale $2.99
Retail Subtotal: $70.26
Final Total: $34.74
Unilever promotion break down
Retail before sales and coupons for the above: $42.48
Sale Price total: $33.56 (gets me above $30 to qualify for $10 off)
Total after $10 off promotion deduction: $23.56
Total after the $14.90 in coupons that I used: $8.66 (that is less than the $8.99 retail price of 1 pack of bar soap)
Savings: $33.82
Tomorrow is the last day of this sale and I am going back to do it again with different products lol
Nothing to brag about here except the pretzels. I needed the pecans and caramel for a pie my husband is begging me to make. I also needed the gatorade.
The pecans were on sale for $6.98 ($1 off retail price)
The pretzels were B1G1 @ $2.58
Makes them $1.49 each
Used (2) 50 cent off 1 which doubles to $1 off 1
Makes them 49 cents each
My total was $23.62 for 5 items...compared to the other stores, this is not good lol
Walgreens
This is a complicated transaction with many coupons, sales, register rewards and balance reward points. I am not going to write it all out. I usually do smaller transactions so I call roll over my register rewards and balance points. I did not do that this time. I made 2 transactions the above pic shows both combined. Because I didn't make smaller transactions, I spent more out of pocket than I would have liked to but I will not be going to town enough times this week to do enough of them so I had to make this work.
Total before sales, coupons, register rewards and balance points: $140.16
Final total: $36.70
Savings of: $103.46
Renu on sale $7.99 with $5 ECB back
Used: $2 off renu
Makes it $5.99 with $5 ECB back
Rapid sleep on sale $1.99 with $1.99 ECB back (FREE)
Used: $6 ECB from last week
Paid: $2.65
Got back $7.99 ECB
(earned $1 ECB with my green bag tag)
PROFIT of: $5.34
Retail Total for all above purchases: approx $318
Final Total: $123
Savings: approx $195
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
This Weeks Food Lion Deals and Food Lions Newer Perks
Food Lion
Retail: $65.21
Paid: $41.78
Retail: $65.21
Paid: $41.78
I saved $11.13 just in store sales and I used $12.80 in coupons.
Food Lion is really steeping up their game in prices, sales, promotions and in store coupons. Instead of my usual price break down of each item, I'd rather tell you more about Food Lion cause I know some of my friends don't shop there much.
The past few weeks, FL was running there store brand promotion. They do this ALL the time. You buy their brand (food lion or my essentials) of participating items and save a certain dollar amount for a certain number of items bought. Sometimes you save instantly which means the price comes off at the register. sometimes you get a catalina coupon (comes out with receipt) The promotion usually runs for a couple of weeks at a time. This past sale was for a catalina coupon. The savings look like this:
Buy 4 Save $1
Buy 6 Save $1.50
Buy 8 Save $2
Buy 10 Save $2.50
Buy 20 Save $5
Buy 40 Save $10
Last week I earned a $3.25 off coupon for my purchases.
FL also prints out catalina coupons, quite frequently for money off your next shopping order. That same week I got a $3.50 off a purchase of $35.00 or more.
FL also gives great online coupons (register/sign up on food lions website) This week I got and used a $1 off 3 cans of hunts tomatoes (on sale $1 each)
I also got and used a $2 off produce purchase of $7 or more
FL also has a in store kiosk now. I love this kiosk lol It prints food lion specific coupons for that day only and manufacturers coupons with future expiration dates. It is a sheet or more of coupons plus extras like recipes. They are different every day. My 2 faves are $1 off FL butter (1lb) and $1 off FL peanut butter. REGULAR price of butter is $2.47 so $1.47 for a lb of butter is awesome. The peanut butter is $8.48 for 4 lb container making it $7.48 and that is just awesome too. Today I also got and used a $1 off FL brand frozen potatoes (fries) Regular price is $1.99 per bag. Again, 99 cents for a bag of fries or tater tots is pretty damn good. I also got and used a 50 cent off 3 celeste pizzas on sale for 99 cents each. My son loves these (one of his unhealthy treats lol)
Today I ended up using $12.25 cents in JUST Food Lion coupons and a 55 cent manufacturer coupon. I saved a total of $23.93 in store sales and coupons! I'm loving Food Lion!!
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Saturday, April 21, 2012
CVS Deals 4/16
Transaction #1
Act on sale $3.99 with $1 ECB back
Retail: $13.58
Sale price: $12.48
Used $1 ECB from prior trip
and $1 off Act coupon
Paid: $11.32
Got back: $9.49
Transaction #2
Lysol no touch soap dispenser on sale $6.99
Colgate on sale $2.99 with $2 ECB back
Tums freshers on sale $2.99
Hersheys on sale $1.19
Retail: $26.94
Sale price: $24.14
Used:
(2) $3 off Lysol no touch coupons
(2) $1 off colgate coupons
$1.50 off tums coupon
$9.49 ECB from transaction #1
Paid: $6.78
Got back $4 ECB
** the only reason I bought the hersheys was because I got a 50 cent off coupon from the CVS in store kiosk and then I FORGOT to use it *GASP* oh the horror. Makes me so damn mad when I do that and I seem to do it all the time**
Total for both trips:
Retail: $40.52
Sale price: $36.62
Paid: $18.10
Got back $4 ECB
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$103.84 Worth Of Stuff At Walgreens For $26.78 And 99 Cents Back!
Similasan nasal allergy relief drops on sale $6 with $6 RR back
Pepsi next on sale 99 cents with 99 cents RR back
Retail: $10.05
Sale price: $7.46
Used $1.50 off Similasan coupon
Paid: $5.96
Got back $6.99 RR
Profit $1.04
Transaction #1
Nasal Ease allergy reliever on sale $9 with $9 RR back
Goody ouchless hair bands on sale $1.99 with $1 RR back
Retail: $16.72
Sale price: $11.73
Used $6.99 RR from Transaction #1
Paid: $4.74
Got back: $10 RR
Profit $5.26
Transaction #3
Olives on sale 99 cents each with in-ad coupon
Mac and cheese on sale B1G1 @ $1.79 with in-ad coupon
Raisins on sale $1.99 with in-ad coupon
Pepsi next on sale 99 cents with 99 cents RR back
Pants on clearance $1.74
Foil on sale 99 cents each with in-ad coupon
Hunts tomato sauce on sale 3/$1 with in-ad coupon
Egg gum on clearance 12 cents each
Cookies and cream bunny on clearance 18 cents each
Peeps on clearance 44 cents
Lg. bunnies with filling 32 cents each
Retail: $43.31
sale price: $18.37
Used $10RR from Transaction #2
Paid: $8.37
Got back 99 cents RR
My original plan was to buy more of the 2 allergy meds with RR's back. I would have rolled over my RR's and did a few more smaller transactions to buy the stuff that didn't have RR's back. BUT they were out of stock by Tues. so I had to do this larger transaction in order to get the things I wanted that were on sale.
Transaction # 4 and 5
Transaction #4
Similasan allergy relief on sale $6 with $6 RR back
Pants on clearance $1.74
Retail: $15.50
Sale price: $8.26
Used $1.50 off Similasan coupon and 99 cents RR from transaction #3
Paid $5.77
Got back $6 RR
Profit 23 cents
** when I went back this time, they had 1 Similasan back in stock**
Transaction #5
Foil on sale 99 cents with in-ad coupon
Pants on clearance $1.74 each
Pepsi next on sale 99 cents with 99 cents RR back **NOT SHOWN**
Retail: $18.26
Sale price: $7.94
Used $6 RR from transaction #4
Paid: $1.94
Got back 99 cents RR
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Saturday, April 7, 2012
Bi-Lo Trip $161.95 worth of groceries for $81.35 Saved more than I spent!!
Bi-Lo is by far my favorite store for deals, promotions and their coupon policy.
Total before sales and coupons was $161.95
Total out of pocket $81.35
Total saved $83.96
Total Bi-Lo advertised savings $58.41
Total savings in coupons $25.55
Some of the deals:
Southern Home (SH, Bi-Lo store brand) Chicken Nuggets B1G1 @ $8.99
Kosher salt on sale 89 cents used bi-lo e-coupon 50 cents off makes it 39 cents. reg. $1.19
Pam cooking spray on sale $2.50 Bi-lo e-coupon 51 cents off makes it $1.99 also have mail in rebate for the full amount paid so in the end, it's FREE reg. $3.29
Smart Balance cooking spray on sale $2.50 used 75 cent off coupon making it $1.75 reg. price $2.95
Hefty Cups on sale B1G1 @ $3.18 making them $1.59 each
Almond breeze almond milk $3.18 used 55 cents off coupon (doubles to $1.10 thanks to bi-lo's coupon policy which doubles up to 60 cent off coupons) Making it $2.08
Silk almond milk on sale $3.00 used $1 off coupon makes it $2 reg. $3.19
Spinach on sale $1.97 each. reg. $2.79 each.
Dole frozen fruit on sale B1G1 @ $5.99 makes $2.99 each used $1 off 2 coupon makes them $2.49 each
Planters peanut butter on sale $2.50 each used (4) $1 off coupons makes $1.50 each plus *fuel perks promotion: buy 4 participating products and get 20 cents off per gallon*
Weber chicago steak seasoning on sale $2 used 75 cent off coupon makes it $1.25 reg. $2.89
Got2b hair gel on sale B1G1 @ 5.99 makes them $2.99 each used (4) $3 off coupons makes all 4 FREE
Vlasic relish on sale B1G1 @ $1.89 makes them 94 cents each used (2) 75 cent off coupons makes them 19 cents each.
Voskos greek yogurt B1G1 @ $1.49 makes them 74 cents each used (2) $1 off 3 coupons makes them 41 cents each. reg.
Dixie crystals sugar 4lb. on sale $2.89 used $1 off coupon makes it $1.89 reg. $3.19
Southern Home brown rice on sale 4 for $3 makes them 75 cents each reg. 97 cents each
croutons B1G1 @ $1.50 makes them 75 cents each
Ingles Trip! $190.50 worth of groceries for $115.22
Some of the great deals were:
Head and shoulders $4.48 each but I had a coupon for B1G1 making them $2.24 each
The frozen veggies were $1 each. I bought 20 bags. $20. I had 10 coupons for $1 off 2 So $10 off 20 makes it 20 bags of frozen veggies for $10 or 50 cents each.
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