I went to Rite Aid this evening for a little money making venture. I paid $27.97 for everything, but I will be getting back several rebates. $3.00-Kotex, $2.00-Tylenol, $2.49-Colgate, $2.00-Glade, $1.00-Rubbermaid, $25.00-Johnson&Johnson (Zyrtec). Plus they have a special program for Zyrtec where I’ll also be getting a $10.00 RiteAid giftcard! So it looks like I [...]
Entries from August 2009
August 28, 2009
Walgreens Shopping
Not a bad trip to Walgreens this evening. I got all of this for net price of $6.52. Yes, Virginia, coupons DO save you money. That’s under .30 per item.
August 28, 2009
My lucky streak
I’ve been on a lucky streak here at the Creek! Here are a few of my most recent giveaway wins:
From Jamie at I Am A Money Magnet, one of my favorite bargain shopping blogs, a Yoplait giftset.
From Melissa The Consumer Queen and Ford, a beautiful Ford Cares Breast Cancer Awareness Scarf.
From Things Moms Like and Cozi, [...]
August 19, 2009
Today’s shopping deals
Today I went to Target, CVS, and Walgreens. Check out my deals…
First stop Target…
Cereal cups $1.00 each – used (2) $1.00 off any General Mills cereal Target printables = FREE cereal
Dove Ultimate Visibly Smooth$3.29 each - used (2) $1.00 off any Dove deodorant Target printables along with (2) $2.00 off Dove Visibly Smooth manufacturer’s coupons = .29 deodorant (I [...]
August 19, 2009
Fired To Hired
Yesterday I received a giveaway prize that I won on Twitter from Tory Johnson. It’s a FLIP video camera. I’m really excited about the opportunity to start vlogging in addition to my blogging! Tory is a workplace contributer on my favorite morning news show, Good Morning America. She recently published Fired To Hired – Bouncing Back [...]
August 17, 2009
CVS shopping!
I had a good shop at CVS this evening. One store. One card. One transaction.
(8) Sobe Life Water on sale Buy 1 Get 1 FREE (1.59 each)
(4) Purex 3-in-1 sheets 20-count (that’s 80 loads of laundry) on sale Buy 1 Get 1 FREE (8.99 each)
(2) Notebook filler paper (.99 each)
(2) Papermate Ink Pens 10-count (.99 each)
(1) [...]
August 17, 2009
Mailbox Jackpot
Wow! Lots of loot in my mailbox today. First was a box from My Blog Spark and Kristi at Texas Couponers Anonymous. I won a Honey Kix giveaway pack that consisted of a cereal keeper, a honey jar, a cool cereal-to-go container that holds cereal and milk, a bowl, and a coupon for a FREE [...]
August 17, 2009
Grocery Night
It was grocery night at my house. It’s been quite a while since I’ve done some major shopping. The refrigerator and freezer were both pretty bare. You can get a good price on Smithfield bacon this week at Food Lion. The regular price is $4.99 for a one pound pack, but this week it’s buy [...]
August 16, 2009
The Frugal Fashionista Hobo
While we were on vacation we shopped at several outlet malls and I couldn’t help but adore all the beautiful handbags. Sure, I went in the Kate Spade, Dooney & Bourke, Cole Haan, Donald Pliner, and Coach stores to look, but there’s no way I’m spending that much on a purse. I’ve been admiring the Big Buddha [...]
August 16, 2009
Home Sweet Home
We arrived back home from vacation early this afternoon. Tomorrow we are back to the real world of work! This will be my last week of full-time work as I am cutting back to just working part-time when classes resume next week. I will really need to step up my frugal game to keep our finances in order! We had [...]
