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Wednesday, March 30, 2011
birthday dress by Miss Courtney & Sassy Stiches
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Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
My Maiden Voyage to CVS
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Didn't save as much as I had originally planned, but didn't do too bad considering I had no Extra Care Bucks to roll over into this purchase.
1st check-out: Teva pads- $9.95- $2.50 coupon= $7.49/ $8.09 with tax. Got back $9.99 in Extra Care Bucks = this item was basically free with 'benefits'!
2nd check-out:
Irish Spring body wash: $2.99-50cent coupon- $2.45- Extra Care Bucks: $2.25
Irish Spring deodorant: $2.99-$1.00 coupon = $1.99- Extra care bucks: $2.25
Oral B toothbrushes- 2 for $4.50-75 cent coupon= $3.75
-$9.99 e.c.b= $1.31
ecb received from this check-out; $4.50
To total: I spent $9.40, and with the $4.50 ecb received for next purchase = total cost: $4.90
I have realized the key to this is buying things that you get the most E.C.B. for and have coupons for. I still left CVS with a feeling of elation because essentially, I saved a wad of cash, and 2: I did the multiple checkout thing with no problem, except that I think I stressed out the clerk a bit :)
on another note: I went to Walgreens on Monday, where they had a BOGO sale on Right Guard deodorant. I also had 2 BOGO coupons. SO: four full size deodorants were absolutely, 100% FREE! woo hoo!
Kudos to my friend, Callie, for showing me the beauty of CVS!
I <3 CVS!
Monday, March 14, 2011
chillin with big sis
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Friday, March 11, 2011
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Zoomorphic Letter Creation
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Monday, March 7, 2011
she's on the move
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Sunday, March 6, 2011
i am not sure who the butcher and the candlestick maker are, but I found the (bread) baker!
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Friday, March 4, 2011
Clippin Q's
Ok so my first trip to the store to save money with q's didn't go so well. For one, I had 3 kids with me and trying to think when two of em are fighting and one fussin', well... forget about it! Plus I was a little confused at how the whole double coupon, etc. worked.
So, i am making another go at it today. I shall hit walmart with my Publix ad in hand, checking prices, as well as a handful of coupons for both stores, and plan to swing by Walgreens to pick up a coupon book. I have also stocked my Reader with the RSS feeds of a handful of coupon sites.
AND the piece de resistance... I just signed up for an Extreme Couponing class in a few weeks. 2 hours of my time and I hope to leave with lots of understanding of how to save money with coupons. Spring Break from Kennesaw State next week = less school work due right away, so hopefully i can use homework time to focus on this and attempt to make a go at it.
Wish me luck!
So, i am making another go at it today. I shall hit walmart with my Publix ad in hand, checking prices, as well as a handful of coupons for both stores, and plan to swing by Walgreens to pick up a coupon book. I have also stocked my Reader with the RSS feeds of a handful of coupon sites.
AND the piece de resistance... I just signed up for an Extreme Couponing class in a few weeks. 2 hours of my time and I hope to leave with lots of understanding of how to save money with coupons. Spring Break from Kennesaw State next week = less school work due right away, so hopefully i can use homework time to focus on this and attempt to make a go at it.
Wish me luck!
Thursday, March 3, 2011
growing growing
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Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Miss Diana, you'd be proud!
Yes I will have to share this on Miss Diana Darcey's FB page, as sitting here printing and cutting coupons, I am brought back to the room in her house with filing cabinets FULL of coupons! I have wanted to get into this for some time now, but my organizational skills have been lacking with getting around to it. I figure if I devote at least one day of "homework time" a week to attempting to find coupons for the stuff on my shopping list that I will make a dent in what we spend in groceries each week. (How do moms of boys do it? Geez these girls eat a lot!)
I will also attempt to keep track of how much I spend each week on here. I am excited about this because maybe I found out a method to the madness, of only searching for things that I know we will use. There are SOOO many coupon websites out there! Redplum, cellfire, southernsavers... I should link them all here, I know, as any good blogger will do, but I have 10 minutes until the kids get off of the bus and I want to go searching for more money savers!
HEY MUST BE THE MONEY!!!!!
I will also attempt to keep track of how much I spend each week on here. I am excited about this because maybe I found out a method to the madness, of only searching for things that I know we will use. There are SOOO many coupon websites out there! Redplum, cellfire, southernsavers... I should link them all here, I know, as any good blogger will do, but I have 10 minutes until the kids get off of the bus and I want to go searching for more money savers!
HEY MUST BE THE MONEY!!!!!
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
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