Well, I know it's not rummage sale season, but a local school in the area was having a fundraiser type rummage. All the families could have a space and bring things. I spent $10.45 and I did GREAT!
* Brand New Go Diego Go Art Set, $1.50, will use for my son's birthday next month. Here is a photo! I am so happy it was brand new!!! http://www.amazon.com/Elmers-Diego-All-In-One/dp/B001CTEXPG
* Spider Man folding kids camping chair. $3.00, in great shape and still had the carry bag! You can see a photo of it here http://www.amazon.com/Marvel-Spiderman-Folding-Chair-Convenient/dp/B001UFT7OY
* I SPY card game, 10 cents. All the cards were there!! Now, I just have to find the directions on the 'net!
* Spider Man Book, 10 cents
* 2 Scooby Doo DVD movies, $1.00 each
* 3 VHS Magic School Bus Movies, .75 cents each
* Pair of Jammies, $1.00
* Brand New Disney Princess Bath Set had 2 shower gels and a soap .50 cents
Total: $10.45
Also, my husband got something totally different...but cool...a local doctor office was getting rid of their furniture because they were remodeling. There was nothing wrong with the stuff, but they had it out by there dumpsters. My husband picked up a laid back type chair. The kind they use in doctors offices to take blood or have someone rest. It's burgendy and a nice quality leather. What are we going to do with it?? Not sure..Maybe sell it in the rummage. Maybe keep it ( because eventually my husband wants a "man cave" and he thinks that would be something fun to have in there). I started looking around the web..here is a photo of a similar chair. www.bed-mattress-pillow.com/clasiipcperz.html The chair in the photo is $1,100! WHOA!
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Friday, February 12, 2010
IHOP Free Pancake Day!
About National Pancake Day
February 23, 2010
Join IHOP and celebrate National Pancake Day on Tuesday, February 23rd from 7am to 10pm. We will give you a short stack ( 3 ) of our famous buttermilk pancakes. All we ask of you is that you make a small donation to the Children's Miracle Network. For more information, go to http://www.ihoppancakeday.com/
New Free Red Box Code!
Remember the great Red Box codes...well, here is a new one! I don't know it's experation date. Use code 2DGTAL22 to get a one night movie rental for free!!!
Great Small Shopping Trip and other frugal notes.
I wanted to use up my Freebie Coupons, so I ran and picked up just a few things.
Target:
They had the Quaker Deal where you buy 5 Quaker Products and get a $5.00 gift card. I wanted to pick up the Quaker Express Cups that are included in the deal. Those are $1.02 and so you spend $5.10 and get $5.00 gift card back. Well, they didn't have the right flavor, Brown Sugar. So, I went to customer service, I asked if there was any way they would honor the deal with the other flavor. I know that the advertisment said no rain checks. The customer service rep said that they can't give me the $5.00 Gift Card but she would give me $5.00 off instant coupon. So, I walked out with 5 oatmeal cups for .10 cents!! Target is not a store I typically use due to customer no-service, but I have to say the woman was very nice and customer friendly! WAY TO GO TARGET!!!
The I went to Frank's County Market. I had signed up for their frequent shopper card. They sent me a coupon for a free milk. I also had my Free Oreo Coupon from the Facebook Promo. I found bananas .19 cents a pound. I bought a few pounds and will make banana chips with them. So, OOP was $1.32.
Then my husband stopped at Sentry on the way home from his errands. Sentry had butter .99 a pound, 5 pound bag of potatoes .99 cents and chicken breast $1.49 a pound. My price break on chicken breast is $1.50 a pound so we stocked up and bought $8.00 in chicken. :) Total OOP: $12.39.
That will have to keep us going again, along with my stockpile, because we are almost done paying my dental bill and putting away more money into savings. :)
For the Dave Ramsey Baby Steps, we are almost complete with Step 3!!! We did our taxes last night and we will be paying a small amount on State, but getting some money back on Federal, so that will go into our savings and give us our 3 months expenses!!
Target:
They had the Quaker Deal where you buy 5 Quaker Products and get a $5.00 gift card. I wanted to pick up the Quaker Express Cups that are included in the deal. Those are $1.02 and so you spend $5.10 and get $5.00 gift card back. Well, they didn't have the right flavor, Brown Sugar. So, I went to customer service, I asked if there was any way they would honor the deal with the other flavor. I know that the advertisment said no rain checks. The customer service rep said that they can't give me the $5.00 Gift Card but she would give me $5.00 off instant coupon. So, I walked out with 5 oatmeal cups for .10 cents!! Target is not a store I typically use due to customer no-service, but I have to say the woman was very nice and customer friendly! WAY TO GO TARGET!!!
The I went to Frank's County Market. I had signed up for their frequent shopper card. They sent me a coupon for a free milk. I also had my Free Oreo Coupon from the Facebook Promo. I found bananas .19 cents a pound. I bought a few pounds and will make banana chips with them. So, OOP was $1.32.
Then my husband stopped at Sentry on the way home from his errands. Sentry had butter .99 a pound, 5 pound bag of potatoes .99 cents and chicken breast $1.49 a pound. My price break on chicken breast is $1.50 a pound so we stocked up and bought $8.00 in chicken. :) Total OOP: $12.39.
That will have to keep us going again, along with my stockpile, because we are almost done paying my dental bill and putting away more money into savings. :)
For the Dave Ramsey Baby Steps, we are almost complete with Step 3!!! We did our taxes last night and we will be paying a small amount on State, but getting some money back on Federal, so that will go into our savings and give us our 3 months expenses!!
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Hurry! Kraft First Taste!!
Hurry over to Kraft First Taste!! They have a first taste trial of Oreo Cakesters!!! New to First Taste? Follow this LINK to learn more!! If you aren't a member and are interested, leave me an email and I will invite you! My email is frugalmommie22@Hotmail.com
Monday, February 8, 2010
Walgreens trip!
Transaction One:
1 bottle of medicine $9.99
1 bottle of Men's Dove Body Wash $5.00 - 1.50 coupon ( home mailer)
1 small car for my son who was a good boy at the doctors office!
Total with Tax:$17.69
After coupons: 9.19 and got a $6.00 RR back
Transaction Two:
5 Mennan Deo. On sale for $1.00 had .50 cents off coupons for each ( Sunday Paper coupons)
1 package of Toilet Paper, on sale $3.99, had a $1.00 off coupon ( Sunday Paper)
3 Bottles of Soda ( YES SODA!) On sale for $1.33, had $1.00 off coupons ( from Recycle Bank Coupons)
1 Bottle of Dish Washing Liquid, IVC .99 and I had a .30 off coupon (Sunday paper)
1 Bottle of Gilette Body Wash, $3.33
1 Gilette Deo., On sale for $3.99, had a coupon for free Gilette Body wash with the purchase of the Deo., Also had a $1.50 RR.
Total with Tax: $23.48
After Coupons and RR from Transaction 1: $6.35 and I got a $1.50 RR back from the deoderant
Transaction 3 and 4:
1 bottle of Dove Men's Body Wash, $1.50 coupon
Total after coupons: $4.82 each and I got 2 $6.00 RR's for next time.
So, Total OOP is $25.18, I got $19.50 in RR's ( Used one in Transaction 2 so I have a balance of $13.50 in RR's). Also, $10.00 was my son's medicine so that wasn't in the grocery budget, that was in the medical budget. :)
Burt's Bees Toothpaste Sample!
This will probably go quickly as most Burt's Bees samples do!! Follow this LINK to get to the sample page!!
Living off my stockpile...and other ramblings....
If you have followed my blog, you may have noticed I haven't had a big shopping trip in awhile. When I describe "big", I mean a trip where I take a Saturday and spend most of the day going and doing about 5 weeks worth of groceries. My last couple large trips was about Christmas time for $34.00 and one is January for $30.00. I have made A LOT of little trips, all under $15.00 to get loss leaders and perishable items, but not a big trip.
The reason is we are trying to put our money toward some medical bills and pay them off, which means I have to live off our stock pile. We have been creative in our menu and have been eating meatless dishes about 3 times a week. We have been eating alot of soup because I have alot in stockpile and it warms the family up on these cold days. We are eating down our bags of veggies that I picked up. Also, eating fruit or oatmeal most mornings.
I had planned on going shopping this weekend, but a small medical emergency made a change in my plans. So, hubby and I said we will continue to live off the stock pile for 2 more weeks and see if we can stretch our stockpile to that point. My freezer is about 1/2 empty (we typically don't have it get that empty). We know when we see another meat deal, we will have to stock pile meat.
Since the economy is still struggling, I was thinking about all the things I do to make ends meet. I want to add more tips or things I do to be and stay frugal. This will kinda give me a jump start to my frugal journey. I admit paying off the credit cards and cars has caused me to kinda relax a little bit!
So, for starters, I am not going shopping for another 2 weeks, making the stockpile stretch. ( except for Loss leaders). Every morning, I bring tea or hot cocoa with me to work. I don't buy it at the gas station or the coffee shops. I have been going back to the library to get books or buying them from the sale flyers from my kids school or using paperbackswap. I have Valentines that I bought last year really cheap and will use those, free pencils and free coupons for the kids for Valentines Day. We keep our wood burning stove going to add heat to the house with free wood that was offered to us. It has REALLY kept our utilites low this year. Also, we have cooked on the top of the wood stove. We have made soup, hot dogs, and bread rolls on the stove. This saves us from heating up the kitchen stove. We have been looking for free events to do with the children. We have come up with a free day at the Circus, and a free day at the zoo. :) We will pack snacks for those to keep the costs low. I WANT TO PAY OFF THE DENTAL BILL!!!
In the days to come I will try to think about other ways I save, I will keep adding to the tips or ideas. This blog has always been just a think tank for me and a place to post freebies and deals. So, maybe I can help someone else.
Do you have a tip to being frugal? Post it in my comments sections.
The reason is we are trying to put our money toward some medical bills and pay them off, which means I have to live off our stock pile. We have been creative in our menu and have been eating meatless dishes about 3 times a week. We have been eating alot of soup because I have alot in stockpile and it warms the family up on these cold days. We are eating down our bags of veggies that I picked up. Also, eating fruit or oatmeal most mornings.
I had planned on going shopping this weekend, but a small medical emergency made a change in my plans. So, hubby and I said we will continue to live off the stock pile for 2 more weeks and see if we can stretch our stockpile to that point. My freezer is about 1/2 empty (we typically don't have it get that empty). We know when we see another meat deal, we will have to stock pile meat.
Since the economy is still struggling, I was thinking about all the things I do to make ends meet. I want to add more tips or things I do to be and stay frugal. This will kinda give me a jump start to my frugal journey. I admit paying off the credit cards and cars has caused me to kinda relax a little bit!
So, for starters, I am not going shopping for another 2 weeks, making the stockpile stretch. ( except for Loss leaders). Every morning, I bring tea or hot cocoa with me to work. I don't buy it at the gas station or the coffee shops. I have been going back to the library to get books or buying them from the sale flyers from my kids school or using paperbackswap. I have Valentines that I bought last year really cheap and will use those, free pencils and free coupons for the kids for Valentines Day. We keep our wood burning stove going to add heat to the house with free wood that was offered to us. It has REALLY kept our utilites low this year. Also, we have cooked on the top of the wood stove. We have made soup, hot dogs, and bread rolls on the stove. This saves us from heating up the kitchen stove. We have been looking for free events to do with the children. We have come up with a free day at the Circus, and a free day at the zoo. :) We will pack snacks for those to keep the costs low. I WANT TO PAY OFF THE DENTAL BILL!!!
In the days to come I will try to think about other ways I save, I will keep adding to the tips or ideas. This blog has always been just a think tank for me and a place to post freebies and deals. So, maybe I can help someone else.
Do you have a tip to being frugal? Post it in my comments sections.
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Denny's SuperBowl Ad
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