Today is day 8 of my silly little experiment- and so far it seems to be working! The past 6 nights when I put Jonathan to bed, I've been telling Jonathan he can sleep in if he wants to. (Obviously it's more for my benefit than his!) And he slept in each day till at least 8 am! (This is a boy who LOVES to wake up at 6-7 am.) Last night was day 7, and I forgot about my experiment. I had Nathan take him up to bed, so he wasn't told he could sleep in. And he didn't. So, I told him tonight he could sleep in tomorrow. I am hoping he does, because I love to sleep in, and those days (besides this last week) have been very few and far between! :)
(And I know this is a silly thing to track... but I am SOOO not a morning person, so anything helps!)
Friday, April 30, 2010
Friday, April 2, 2010
Couponing
So I have been very serious about couponing since the middle of February. I can't believe I haven't done it earlier! (Well besides the fact that I didn't know how, till I read a few blogs.) I have been able to save a LOAD of money in just the month and a half I've been doing it. From what I've learned, its all about "stockpiling" the stuff you know you will need and have to buy anyways, but doing it when there are sales, coupons and/or catalinas available to save the most amount of money.
A few weeks ago, I bought enough cereal for my family to last awhile (months!), and bought some for my sister, brother and parents too! I think the total I ended up buying was 70 boxes, and got them all for $4 (cost of buying coupons on ebay) -.05 cents. How did I do that you ask? I used A LOT of coupons, combined with doubles (at Albertsons), and a catalina to boot! I spent 3.95 for the first transaction (5 boxes of cereal per transaction), then got a $4 catalina back, which I just kept rolling till I got the amount of cereal I wanted, and ended up with a $4 catalina back to spend on something else I needed (hence the -.05 I wrote earlier. I ended up with .05 cents more than I spent!)
Another sale I just did was at walgreens. I would never ever buy dove products without coupons or a sale- the brand is just too expensive. But this last week the store had a GREAT sale. Buy shampoo or conditioner for $4, then get $4 back to spend on your next shopping trip! So basically the shampoo/conditioner is free! Plus, if you have coupons and use them, your spending less out of pocket! (I paid $2-2.75 for the shampoo and conditioner I got, and received $4 back on each. The only difficulty with the sale is that you have to have the ability/time/patience to do a bunch of transactions. After I realized how much I'm saving, I definitely have the patience to get back in line for more transactions! Oh and the body wash was 2/$12 and when you spend 12 dollars you get $4 back, so with coupons it makes for a great deal. I'll write down all that I bought at Walgreens, and you tell me if it was a great deal or not! (I don't think I bought one item without a coupon!)
2 dove shampoos
2 dove conditioners
4 dove body wash
1 deodorant
24 pack of bottled water
After all coupons and adding back the catalinas that I received I spent a total of: $2.83. For all of it!
So now I will stop bragging (haha) and just let you know, from time to time I will mention a few things I saved on, and I hope I can show you how easy it is to save money, especially where you might not think you can! (Geesh I sure sound like I'm selling something huh?) Anyways, now its getting late, and I need to sleep! Tomorrow Jonathan and I are going to a birthday party for a friend of ours (Isaac, he's turning 2!). Today Jonathan and I bought him some hot wheel cars, Jonathan picked them out. But even though I explained (over and over!) that these were for another boy, he still bawled when I started wrapping them tonight. I am sure that Jonathan will be glad to "help" his little friend play with the cars at the party! Ok, now I'm really stopping. And hoping to get to bed before midnight for once! :)
A few weeks ago, I bought enough cereal for my family to last awhile (months!), and bought some for my sister, brother and parents too! I think the total I ended up buying was 70 boxes, and got them all for $4 (cost of buying coupons on ebay) -.05 cents. How did I do that you ask? I used A LOT of coupons, combined with doubles (at Albertsons), and a catalina to boot! I spent 3.95 for the first transaction (5 boxes of cereal per transaction), then got a $4 catalina back, which I just kept rolling till I got the amount of cereal I wanted, and ended up with a $4 catalina back to spend on something else I needed (hence the -.05 I wrote earlier. I ended up with .05 cents more than I spent!)
Another sale I just did was at walgreens. I would never ever buy dove products without coupons or a sale- the brand is just too expensive. But this last week the store had a GREAT sale. Buy shampoo or conditioner for $4, then get $4 back to spend on your next shopping trip! So basically the shampoo/conditioner is free! Plus, if you have coupons and use them, your spending less out of pocket! (I paid $2-2.75 for the shampoo and conditioner I got, and received $4 back on each. The only difficulty with the sale is that you have to have the ability/time/patience to do a bunch of transactions. After I realized how much I'm saving, I definitely have the patience to get back in line for more transactions! Oh and the body wash was 2/$12 and when you spend 12 dollars you get $4 back, so with coupons it makes for a great deal. I'll write down all that I bought at Walgreens, and you tell me if it was a great deal or not! (I don't think I bought one item without a coupon!)
2 dove shampoos
2 dove conditioners
4 dove body wash
1 deodorant
24 pack of bottled water
After all coupons and adding back the catalinas that I received I spent a total of: $2.83. For all of it!
So now I will stop bragging (haha) and just let you know, from time to time I will mention a few things I saved on, and I hope I can show you how easy it is to save money, especially where you might not think you can! (Geesh I sure sound like I'm selling something huh?) Anyways, now its getting late, and I need to sleep! Tomorrow Jonathan and I are going to a birthday party for a friend of ours (Isaac, he's turning 2!). Today Jonathan and I bought him some hot wheel cars, Jonathan picked them out. But even though I explained (over and over!) that these were for another boy, he still bawled when I started wrapping them tonight. I am sure that Jonathan will be glad to "help" his little friend play with the cars at the party! Ok, now I'm really stopping. And hoping to get to bed before midnight for once! :)
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