Hy-Vee Exclusive Catalina Offers 9/5 - 10/2 2011

Hy-Vee Exclusive Catalina Offers 9/5 - 10/2 2011





Gerber® Graduates®
Buy 3 Gerber Graduates Fruit & Veggie Melts; get $1.00 off your next shopping order.

Carnation Breakfast
Buy 3 Carnation Breakfast Essentials Powder or Ready-To-Drink 4-Packs; get $1.50 off your next shopping order.

AXE® Deodorant
Buy 2 AXE® Deodorant; get $2.00 off your next shopping order.

Dole Jarred Fruit
Buy 4 Dole Jarred Fruit; get $0.50 off your next shopping order.

Jell-O Ready to Eat
Buy 3 Jell-O Ready to Eat Any Size Any Variety; get $2.00 off your next shopping order.

Pup-Peroni® Dog Snacks
Buy 2 Pup-Peroni® Dog Snacks 4.8-5.6oz; get $1.00 off your next shopping order.

Classico®
Buy 4 Classico® Any Size Any Variety; get $1.00 off your next shopping order.

Swanson® Canned Poultry
Buy 3 Swanson® Canned Poultry; get $1.00 off your next shopping order.

Kotex® Products
Buy 2 Kotex® Products (excluding U by KOTEX*); get $2.00 off your next shopping order.

Pedialyte
Buy 2 Pedialyte Any Size Any Variety; get $1.50 off your next shopping order.

Dole Frozen Fruit
Buy 3 Dole Frozen Fruit; get $0.50 off your next shopping order.

Yoplait® Cups
Buy 20 Yoplait® Cups 4oz or 6oz; get $2.00 off your next shopping order.

Hamburger Helper® Home-Cooked Skillet Meals
Buy 3 Hamburger Helper® Home-Cooked Skillet Meals; get $1.00 off next Hamburger, Chicken or Tuna.

V8® Vegetable Juice
Buy 2 V8® Vegetable Juice 46oz+; get $1.00 off your next shopping order.

Gerber® Juice 4-packs
Buy 3 Gerber® Juice 4-packs or 32oz bottles; get $1.00 off your next shopping order.

Gerber® DHA & Probiotic or Grain & Fruit Cereals
Buy 2 Participating dry Gerber® DHA & Probiotic or Grain & Fruit Cereals; get $0.75 off your next shopping order.

V8 V-Fusion®
Buy 2 V8 V-Fusion® 6 Pack Cans; get $1.50 off your next shopping order.

Catalina National Offers: August 8 - November 13, 2011

Perrier Sparkling (8/8/11 - 9/4/11)

Buy 4-5 participating products, get .75 off next shopping order ~ or ~
Buy 6-7 participating products, and $1.00 off next shopping order ~ or ~
Buy 8 or more participating products, and get $1.50 off next shopping order.

Alpo Singles (8/8/11 - 9/4/11)

Buy 6-9 participating products, get $1.00 off next shopping order ~ or ~
Buy 10-14 participating products, get $1.50 off next shopping order ~ or ~
Buy 15 or more participating products, and get $2.00 off next shopping order.

Kleenex Hand Towel (8/8/11 - 9/4/11)

Buy 1 participating products; get $1.00 off next shopping order ~ or ~
Buy 2 participating products; get $1.50 off next shopping order ~or~
Buy 3 or more of participating products; get $2.00 off next shopping order.

Pup-Peroni (8/8/11 - 9/4/11)

Buy 2 participating products, get $1.00 off next shopping order ~ or ~
Buy 3 or more participating products, and get $2.00 off next shopping order.

Acqua Panna (8/8/11 - 9/4/11)

Buy 2 participating products, get .50 off your next shopping order ~ or ~
Buy 3 participating products, get .75 off your next shopping order ~ or ~
Buy 4 or more participating products, and get $1.00 off your next purchase.

Jell-O (9/5/11 - 10/2/11)

Buy 3 participating products, get $2.00 off next shopping order ~ or ~
Buy 4 participating products, get $3.00 off next shopping order ~ or ~
Buy 5 or more participating products, and get $4.00 off next shopping order.

General Mills Skillet Helpers (9/5/11 - 10/2/11)

Buy 3 participating products, get $2.00 off next shopping order ~ or ~
Buy 4 participating products, get $3.00 off next shopping order ~ or ~
Buy 5 or more participating products, and get $4.00 off next shopping order.

Kotex (9/9/11 - 10/2/11)

Buy 2 participating products; get $2.00 off next shopping order ~or~
Buy 3 or more of participating products; get $3.00 off next shopping order.

Starbucks Bagged (9/12/11 - 10/2/11)

Buy 2 or more bags of Starbucks and get a PIN code to enter online and receive a $5.00 Starbucks gift card.

Kelloggs Free Milk (9/19/11 - 10/19/11)

Buy 3 or more Kellogg's Cereals 8.7 or larger; Get 1 coupon for free milk (up to value $3.60) off of your Next Shopping Order.

Kelloggs Club Crackers (10/1/11 - 10/21/11)

Buy 2 or more packages of Club Crackers and get coupon for One Free Can of Condensed Soup, valid on your next shopping order.

Kimberly Clark Depends (10/9/11 - 11/13/11)

Buy 2 Depend® Products; Get a $2.00 Coupon Off of Your NSO ~ or ~
Buy 3 Depend® Products; Get a $3.00 Coupon Off of Your NSO ~ or ~
Buy 4 or more Depend® Products; Get a $4.00 Coupon Off of Your NSO.

General Mills Nature Valley (10/3/11 - 10/30/11)

Buy 3 Nature Valley Granola Bars; Get a $1.00 Coupon Off a NSO.
Buy 4 Nature Valley Granola Bars; Get a $2.00 Coupon Off a NSO.
Buy 5 or more Nature Valley Granola Bars; Get a $3.00 Coupon Off of a NSO.

Clorox Greenworks (10/7/11 - 10/30/11)

Buy 2 participating products, and get $1.00 off your next shopping order ~ or ~
Buy 3 participating products, and get $1.50 off your next shopping order ~ or ~
Buy 4 or more participating products, and get $3.00 off your next shopping order.

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Corporate Coupon Policy

Price Matching Policy

Hy-Vee Coupon Policy

Hy-Vee is happy to redeem your coupons. The following rules apply when accepting vendor coupons clipped from newspapers or magazines, received by mail, or obtained legitimately from the internet:

The coupon must be legible.
The coupon should have a scannable bar code (UPC) and a remittable manufacturer’s address.
Coupons must have an expiration date and must be used within the stated time frame. Expired coupons will not be accepted.
Only one vendor coupon per item will be accepted. However, a customer may use a vendor coupon in combination with a Hy-Vee coupon on the same item.
Coupon values that exceed the price of the item will not be accepted.
Soft drink container caps will be accepted.

Due to increased fraud, the following two additional rules apply to internet coupons:

Vendor coupons that involve any kind of free product will not be accepted, including “buy one, get one free” offers.
A Store Director has authority to set monetary limitations (for example, $2.50 per coupon) for the acceptance of internet coupons at the Store Director’s store.

"Upcycling"the stuff you Already Have!

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

What fun ideas, I think i will have to see is the library has this book!

Hy-Vee 3day sale 8-31 / 9-06

Weekly Ad:

Duncan Hines Cake Mix, Brownies or Frosting $0.99 (6-05 S Duncan Hines products buy any 2 and get a FREE Duncan Hines Cake or Brownie Mix (max value $2.50))

Capri Sun or Kool-Aid Jammers $1.99

Pepsi Products 12 Pack Cans or 6 Pack Bottles 4/ $8.00 $2.00 (07-17 S Pepsi Diet 12 pack 12 pack $0.75/1)

KC Masterpiece Barbecue Sauce $0.99 ( 08-21 S $0.50/1)

Doritos or Ruffles $1.88 $1.88

Keebler, Sunshine or Famous Amos Cookies or Crackers 50% off
($1.00/2 – Keebler Toasted Crackers– (snackpicks.com) )

Maruchan Ramen Noodles 6/ $1.00 $0.17

Amana 100% Natural Boneless Bacon Wrapped Sirloin Fillets $1.99

Hy-Vee 100% Natural Value Pack Split Chicken Breast 89¢ lb.

Johnsonville Bratwurst or Italian Sausage $3.49 ($0.55/1 – Johnsonville Italian Sausage – (johnsonville.com))

Bunny-Luv Organic California Carrots $0.88

California Columbine Red Seedless Grapes 99¢ lb.

Dole All Natural Salad Blends 2/ $3.00 $1.50

Earthbound Farms Earthbound Farm Organic Romaine Hearts 2/ $5.00 $2.50

Fresh Cilantro 2/ $1.00 $0.50

Ripe'n Ready California Nectarines 99¢ lb.


Online Ad:

McCormick Taco Seasoning $0.58
Orville Redenbacher's Popcorn $1.77
Bartlett Pears 98¢ lb.
Wholly Guacamole Dip $2.99 (08-28 S Wholly Guacamale $0.50/1) or( go here at Wholly Guacamole Facebook page for a $1/1

Hy-Vee 1day Sale 9-01

Bakery Fresh Hamburger or Hot Dog Buns $0.99
Midwest Country Fare Laundry Detergent $1.48
Midwest Country Fare Peanut Butter $0.99
Hy-Vee Butter $1.99
80% Lean Fresh Ground Beef $1.79 lb.
Dole Iceberg Lettuce $0.69

Mercy Medical Center's Stork Affair

This is a free event for young mothers, expecting mothers or those mothers that just have had a baby, The Stork Affair at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines is filled with vendors (aka Coupons), great information for parent and child, for more information go here to learn about all that is offered. 

School Supplies Stock up list

I love knowing when things are a good deal, keep this list handy!

Back to School sales run from mid-July to early September. Keep an eye out for these items on clearance once school is in session!

$0.10 or under

• Pencil cap erasers
• 2 pocket portfolios
• Rulers

$0.25 and under

• Tape, clear regular
• Composition notebooks
• Pens, pencils
• Crayons, 24 pk
• Pencil sharpener, manual
• Compass tool
• Index cards, 3×5
• Paper clips
• Rubber bands
• Spiral notebook, 1 subject
• Glue, liquid school or stick

$0.50 and under

• White correction liquid
• Permanent marker, 2 pack
• Highlighters, 2 pk+
• Scissors, child size
• Pencil pouch
• Filler notebook paper, 150 sheet+
• Sticky note pad

$1.00 and under

• Markers, 10 pack
• Colored pencils, 12 pack
• Scissors, full size
• Binder, 1 inch
• Mini stapler
• Copy/ printer paper, ream (after rebate)

Thanks krazycouponlady.com for the info!

HY-VEE 8-24/ 8-30 deals plus 3 day sale(25th, 26th, 27th)

Colorado Peaches $0.99 lb.
Hy-Vee Garden Salad or Cole Slaw Mix $1.00
California Midnight Beauty Black Seedless Grapes 1.48lb.
Green Bell Peppers 2/ $1.00 =$0.50
Monterey Hy-Vee homegrown Monterey Whole White Mushrooms 10/ $10.00=$1.00

Hy-Vee Sliced Bacon $2.49
John Morrell Meat Franks $0.68
Pringles Potato Crisps 2/ $3.00
Kraft Salad Dressing 10/ $10.00 $1.00
Planters Peanut Butter $1.48 (use 08-21 S $0.75/1 =$0.73)
Right Guard Sport or Soft & Dri Antiperspirant or Deodorant 1.8 - 3 oz. $1.00

Online deals:

WhoNu? Cookies $2.49
Anderson Erickson Sour Cream $0.95
Pillsbury Biscuits or Rolls 5/ $5.00 =$1.00 (use 08-07 GM $0.50/2= $.75)
Fresh Eggplant $1.28 $1.28
Sweet Yellow Bell Peppers 10/ $10.00 $1.00

Reminder about the 3 day sale deals:

Hy-Vee Split Top Bread $0.99
7-Up Products 2 Liter Bottles $0.69
Hy-Vee Natural Spring or Purified Drinking Water 4/ $10.00= $2.50
Hunt's Snack Pack Pudding 5/ $4.00 =$0.80 (08-07 S $.45/3) =$.65
Keebler Club or Town House Crackers $1.77
Fresh Chicken Leg Quarters 39¢ lb.
Charmin Bathroom Tissue $3.99
Propel Fitness Water 710 ml. $0.33 each

Staying Healthy with your pet

Barbie, our family dog

We all want to live healthy, this is why we I want to introduce a health and wellness label to our blog, I am always looking for ways to save money, being healthy is one way to save money, fewer trips to the dr's office, fewer prescriptions, the list could go on and on... So here is a fun way to save money and live longer through owning a pet:

I personally believe that, if you want to live a healthier life you will want to own a pet, we all know that pets can lower your stress level, and in turn lower your blood pressure but there are so much more, read Web MD's slide show to show you other benefits to your health of having a pet.

I love Stuff you should know, how stuff works podcast, if you like podcasts this should be on your list to listen to. Stuff You Should Know, How Stuff Works did a podcast on Can owning a pet help you live longer, you can read the findings here, or find the podcast on Itunes.

Unwanted Prescription take away program

Do you have old prescriptions left in your _____ (fill in Blank, Kitchen, Bath room, bedroom,) just taking up valuable stock pilie space? I thought so, I do to. Don't throw them away let the nice people working with IPA (Iowa Pharmacy Association) dispose of them properly! Go here for a list of places you can drop them off at. Too learn more about this service or if you have questions go to the Iowa Pharmacy Association's website

If you live here in Iowa Falls, Gary at your local Iowa Falls Hy-Vee pharmacy can help you dispose of you unwanted prescriptions. This is a free service, and a very handy service, as you don't want your kiddo's or your pets to get into your old, unwanted, or expired prescriptions.

Hy-Vee 3day sale 8-25 / 8-26 / 8-27

Seedless Watermelon $3.68
7-Up Products 2 Liter Bottles $0.69
Hunt's Snack Pack Pudding 5/ $4.00
Hy-Vee Natural Spring or Purified Drinking Water 4/ $10.00
Hy-Vee Split Top Bread $0.99
Fresh Chicken Leg Quarters 39¢ lb
Right Guard Sport or Soft & Dri Antiperspirant or Deodorant 5/ $5.00
Charmin Bathroom Tissue $3.99

Free Grandparents Day Greeting Card

Papersnaps.com is offering a FREE Grandparents Day Greeting Card with the code GDAY11. Shipping is also FREE. This offer is available to the US, for a limited time.

Florida’s Natural Instant Win Game

Alright, so what can you win?! A super awesome and super rare coupon valid for $1/1 59oz or larger Carton of Florida’s Natural Orange Juice! Yay! And or even better, win FREE juice for a year! Just hop on over to the
Florida’s Natural Facebook page, click on the “Instant Win” tab and choose a tree to shake. You can play 3 times per day. Good Luck!

Sweepstakes of the Day - Club Tyson's Back 2 School Prizewheel

Play the Back 2 School Prizewheel on the Club Tyson Facebook page for your chance to win a HP Mini Netbook. You could instantly win lots of other prizes. I won a pencil sharpener and eraser the first time I played. You can enter daily through September 15, 2011. Good luck and be sure to let me know if you win!

Homemade Carpet Steamer Shampoo

Homemade Carpet Steamer Shampoo

3/4 cup very hot Water
1/2 cup White Vinegar*
1 Tablespoon liquid Castille Soap (available at most health food stores)
30 drops Thyme Essential Oil (also available at health food stores)- this provides antibacterial properties and a very refreshing scent


Pour all ingredients into a container with a pour spout (or you can use a funnel) and blend well. Add the formula to the appropriate compartment on your steam cleaner and clean your carpet according to the manufacturers directions.

*Vinegar can sometimes slightly bleach dark-colored carpets. Test this formula on an inconspicuous area first.

thanks, http://cuttingcouponsinkc.blogspot.com/

Mark Your Calendar for a Day Out With Thomas

Have you heard the news? Thomas the Train is currently touring the nation and he will be in Iowa a month from today for a Day Out with Thomas! You can catch the The Leader of the Track Tour 2011 at Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad & Museum September 17, 18, 23, 24 & 25.

A Day Out with Thomas includes a 25 minute ride with a full size Thomas the Tank Engine, meeting Sir Topham Hatt plus storytelling, live music, building with Mega Bloks and much more!

My son is toddler and is huge Thomas the Train fan. I know he would love the train ride with Thomas! We tried to go last year but my son was sick, and it was to cold out. If we go this year I hope that we have nice weather. He would be so excited!

To find out more information about the event and to reserve your tickets head over here for a Day Out With Thomas 2011.

HY-VEE 8-17 / 8-22 deals

Don't forget the 2 day sale too!


California Jumbo Princess Seedless Green Grapes, price per lb. $0.99

Fresh Cilantro 2/ $1.00

California Black Diamond Plums 99¢ lb.

Hy-Vee Frozen Vegetables $0.69

Hi-C Juice Drink or Minute Maid Coolers $1.77

Budget Saver Pops $2.19

Hy-Vee 100% Natural Value Pack Fresh Split Chicken Breast 88¢ lb.

Hy-Vee 100% Natural Whole Fryers 99¢

Pillsbury Frosting 12 - 16 oz. $1.68 ($0.40 06-12 RP) = $1.28

Girly hair bows

I have been on a mission to keep my little toddler's growing hair under control,  not having a budget for hair accessories, I thought, a bit of ribbon and embellishments would be enough for cute hair bows so I made my own!

hair accessories are so easy to make, and there are a ton of tutorials out there, watch some videos on youtube, and search for ways to make home made hair bows, I just thought I would post an introduction to hair bows. you can save a ton of money on hair accessories if you make your own.


Here are some great youtube clips on how to make hair clips, what would I do with out you tube?

Ribbon roses, are so beautiful, go here for the video

What you need are

Hair clips, and barrettes you can find them at Hobby Lobby in the jewlery section,( use a 40% off coupon if they are not on sale for 50% off)

Ribbon, I like all sizes and colors find what will work out best for your style.

Embellishments, my favorite are the plastic gems you find in the scrapbook section and in the jewelry section, also buttons work well too.

a hot glue gun and glue

needle and thread


I like to cover my clips with ribbon before I glue on the bow, or the embellishment but what ever works is going to look just fine.

you can see that some of the clips just have gems on them, all I did was cover my clip with ribbon, hot glue the gems on that was it! so simple and cute!

Have fun they really are a fun project to do during nap time or watching Rella (Cinderella) with your daughter for the 20th time this month!

Homemade baking mix (jiffy Mix, bisquick)

photo credit

Do you go through a tom of baking mix at your house? I thought so, I will admit I love pancakes! So instead of waiting another two months to get our baking mix on sale (I am all out of baking mix.)  instead of having my family deprived of pancakes I would make a batch or two of  home made baking mix at a fraction of the cost. Since a 5 lb bag of Flour was on sale a couple weeks ago for .99 I stocked up, and now I hope I got enough until November when flour will go on sale again.

Go here for more information on the recipe

Ingredients

• 6 cups All-purpose Flour
• 3 Tablespoons Baking Powder
• 1 Tablespoon Baking Soda
• 3 Tablespoons Sugar
• 1 Tablespoon Salt

• Preparation Instructions

  1. Sift all your dry ingredients into a mixer bowl. note: Add 2 Table spoons of vegetable oil to every 2 cup mix when using the mix.
  I like to keep this in a large tupperware container in the fridge. Use it just like you would Bisqui … your favorite baking mix!
  
  I used a 21 cup Rubber Maid air tight canister, and doubled the recipe.
  
  Go here for Jiffy  recipes to use with your baking mix (my favorite resource)
  Go here for bisquick recipes to use with your baking mix
  
  
  

Millionaire Muffin MIx

go here for photo credit

Tired of buying expensive muffin mix when you really want real blue berry muffins instead of that other stuff that is on the shelf that is over price? Look no further! I just made a muffin mix that you store in ziplock bags, when you want to make muffins all you have to do is add the wet ingredients and your favorite add ins, like apple sauce, blue berries, chocolate chips, and strawberries

The Mix will make about 10 bags/batches of mix About 12 muffins each, use  quart ziplock bags to store them individualy, or use an air tight canister to store mix
Go here for more information

Ingredients

• FOR THE MUFFIN MIX:
• 20 cups Flour
• 2-½ cups Sugar
• ¾ cups Baking Powder
• 1-½ Tablespoon Salt
• 
  
• TO BAKE ONE BATCH OF MUFFINS:
• 2 cups (Generous Cups) Muffin Mix
• 1 cup Milk
• 1 whole Egg
• ⅓ cups Oil
• 1 cup Flavor Add-in, Such As Mini Chocolate Chips Or Blueberries

• Preparation Instructions

  Whisk together in a VERY large bowl the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Portion this into 10 Ziploc baggies, a generous 2 cups into each bag. Put the bags into your pantry or freezer.
  When you are ready to bake a batch of muffins, take out one bag of mix. Add in the milk, egg, and oil. Also mix in the flavor add-ins, such as mini chocolate chips or blueberries. Spoon into 12 greased muffin cups.
  Bake at 400ºF for 18 minutes.
  
  Other tips: instead of using milk use 6 oz. of sour cream or yogurt (your muffins will be a bit more moist) I like using lemon yogurt when making Blue berry or strawberry muffins, it adds a bit of citrus flavor to the muffin. If you use Apple sauce for your add in, ommit the oil, or only use 1 Table spoon of oil if you need the oil to help your muffins not stick to your pan! 
  

Awesome 2 day sale at Hy-Vee

Hy-Vee is having a 2 Day sale this week, Thursday and Friday,  go here to see the rest of the 2 day sale If you have a Hy-Vee fundraiser coupon book, the coupon for .50/1 Hy-Vee cereal would make it only .50!

Welcome

Hello, If you have seen our article in the Iowa Falls Times Citizen, and are wondering how to save some money with grocery shopping, then you came to the right spot for deals in the Iowa Falls area. Our blog shows you ways to save you money, deals that we think are worthy to take advantage of, and of course coupons! This is a fairly new blog that two stay at home mom's have started we hope to share the skills and talents of saving money on your grocery bill one post at a time. Our favorite thing to write about is how to simply save money if you coupon or not go Here to see our post's on how to save money

If you like our blog we would love to have you as a follower, (a way to get emails when we post so you know when we have updated our blog) Or just leave a comment if you have questions or something you have been wanting to know! We hope that this will be a great resource for the community to share their deals they came across.

Hy-vee 8-10/8-16

Ripe'n Ready Nectarines $.97 lb
Green peppers $.50 each
red peppers $.77 each
Yoplait Multipack yogurt $2 (lots of coupons out there)
Huggies little swimmers $8.98
Barilla Pasta 12 - 16 oz. select varieties $1.18(coupon valid on Piccolini variety only if included 06-26 S $0.55/1 = $0.63


Save $5 with in ad coupon when you buy any 10 participating Box Top of Education products in a single shopping visit.
:GM cereals, Green Giant Vegetables, Betty Crocker fruit snacks, Crescents, and others... gohere for coupons to ad to this deal

Online Deals:
Mangos $.69 each
Yellow Onions $.88 lb
luigi's Italian Ice $2 (coupon out there somewhere, if you find it let me know!)

2 Day Sale (8-11 8-12)
Green Seedless Grapes $.88 lb
Aim or Pepsodent Toothpaste $.88 each

FREE Gooseberry Patch Fall Favorites Cookbook!

This is a great way to get some wonderful Fall recipes, I love Gooseberry Patch cookbooks, look for them at Hobby Lobby.  FREE Gooseberry Patch Fall Favorites Cookbook fill out the short form. Allow 4 weeks for delivery and enjoy!

Thanks, Mommy Savers

Homemade Febreeze

Homemade Febreeze

1/8 cup Liquid Fabric Softener
2 Tablespoons Baking Soda
Hot Tap Water to fill 32oz. Spray Bottle to the top (I used an emtpy Febreeze bottle.)

Add all ingredients to the spray bottle & shake. Now spray away all of those stinky odors!

FREE Sandwich Keeper with purchase of 2 Welch’s Products

Right now you can receive a FREE sandwich keeper when you buy any 2 Welch’s jams, jellies, spreads or preserves!  All you need to do is mail in the completed FORM along with your purchase receipts.
Offer is valid on purchases made thru 9/30/2011.  Requests must be received by 10/15/2011.  While supplies last.

Thank You krazycouponlady.com

Tax Free Weekend

Click here for a pdf of all the things that are included in the tax free weekend some things might surprise you, like a Bridal Dress, what? cheek it out and stock up on the essentials like socks, underwear, pj's belts, shoes and jeans.  Go Here for some great money saving tips when buying clothes, you will be glad you did

Does Any one know if School Supplies like markers, crayons, and so on also tax free? if that's the case do lab tops count? we could use a "cheep" one..