Walgreens and Target

If you are out and about today, stop by your Walgreens! My Walgreens had gift wrap for 25 cents a roll and gift tag stickers for 10 cents a pack! I stocked up! I got 8 rolls! So, now I am set for next Christmas ( and maybe the christmas after that!). I also picked up the 4 rebate items from the Walgreens Monthly book, which totaled $30.

Also, Target Christmas clearance has gone to 75% off. I picked up gifts for next year, teacher gifts and easter basket stuffers. I am now all set for Easter Baskets!

Between the 2 stores I spent $100 ( including the $30 in rebate items), but I got my fathers Birthday and Christmas gifts, 15 rolls of gift wrap (some for birthdays and other events, not just Christmas), my FIL's Christmas gifts for next year, and tons of other stuff!

I have spent a lot, so now, it's time to slow down for the new year!

Did the test drive today....

I went in and did the test drive today. I should expect my $50 gift card in 6 to 8 weeks!
I also picked up my 2 free video rentals. One is a 5 day rental and one is an overnight rental which we will watch tonight. So, 2 free movies and a $50 day!

:)

Went out and grocery shopped...

I needed to get some shopping done..

Aldi's $61.03
Logli's $190.35 before coupons, $104.31 after coupons.

So, I spent $165.34, If I don't do another big shopping trip for 4 weeks, it comes to $41.34 for each week. :)

I am not going to post photos, because I have put most of it away, but some of my best buys were Holiday/Christmas items that were clearanced. Such as Holiday Toliet Paper, Paper Towels, Holday packaged Cream Cheese, Holiday Packaged Crackers, Holiday Packaged Oatmeal, etc. Since they were 30% off plus I used my double coupons, I got several items for next to nothing. :)

Sample of Coffee

Here is a link to a Don Francisco's Coffee Sample.

COFFEE SAMPLE LINK

Do you want $50.00?

Dodge Ram has a test drive offer going on!
Dodge Test Drive


Follow the directions and get a $50.00 prepaid VISA gift card! Ends Feb. 2,2009.

I am going tomorrow!!

:) I am excited! $50 in free Groceries!

NEW SWAGBUCK CODE

New swag buck code...you need to add it to your swagcode box...not the search box.

TOOLBARWIN expires 12/28

Ziploc BOGO coupon

You can print a BOGO IP coupon for Ziploc:
http://ziploc.com/coupon/2008-12/

They have these at Super Walmart.

Did you go after Christmas Shopping?

I did venture out, and it was busy! I didn't buy much, but I did get a birthday gift for my son and a gift for my father. I bought 7 rolls of gift wrap. One roll is gold with white swirls, I will use it for wedding gift wrap. One is bright plain blue. I will use it for birthdays for men. One is red with sparkling circles. I will use it for birthdays, valentines day, etc. The rest were Christmas wrap so I am set for next year. I picked up 6 boxes of LED string lights. I used my Rebate Credits from Menards, so I didn't spend anything there. I also picked up some food items, marshmellows, cookie mixes, frosting, nuts and crackers. They also had lots of camping gear on clearance at Target, so I get a few more things for our camping trips. Target also had 4 pks of batteries for 50 cents a package. I bought 4 packages. Altogher I spent a tad over $58.00. I went to 6 stores. I didn't feel I did too bad but wished prices were better. :) I wish I could have found more gift sets. I know the TV stations are saying that the prices are slashed, but I haven't found that. It's about the same prices as I found last year.

Also, it's friday! So, DH got paid. I wrote out payments to our monthly credit cards, they are paid in full again. Put another $140 into savings and $400 on the big credit card. I want to send that out, but I need to wait for the new mailing address since we did a balance transfer. :) One more step to being debt free!!!!!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

I just wanted to stop by my blog today and say Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

May your 2009 be happy, frugal and fun! Do you have goals for 2009? I try to make goals every year ( not new year resolutions). So, this year my goals are
1. Pay off our family Van ( Oct. 2009)
2. Pay off Large Credit card ( the one that is in the ticker at the bottom of the screen.
3. I also want to step up my cooking, refunding and recycling this year. Recycling doesn't just mean Cans and Bottles. I am talking about reusing instead of buying new. Borrowing instead of buying. AND, Use hand me downs and freecycle to keep my spending at a minimum.
4. Keep my $250 a month for my Large Shopping trips and $50 a month for my small runs!

I hope your Christmas was Merry and your New Year looks bright!

Freebie Monday..

I spent money over the weekend, not a frugal weekend at all. So, I have to watch my spending now this week!

Today has been a good day!
Redbox code for today is EC22KP.
You can rent a video for free using that code, just make sure you bring the movie back before 9pm tomorrow. My kids are watching Wall-E right now.

Also, my kids used their last Halloween Trick or Treat McDonald's Coupons. So, they got a treat!

And, a co worker gave me some hand me down clothes! YEAH!!! So, I have to go through them tonight and decide what I want to keep!