Deals that don't count... Dec 29th, 30th & Dec 31st...

I bought 5 boxes of Kids cold Medicine for $ 10.00 and got a $ 20.00 catalina back! This picture doesn't show everything I got for free using it. There were 4 more bags of candy that were not pictured. So, for $ 10.00 out of pocket, I got: 5 boxes of childrens cold medicine, 4 boxes of Mrs Fields chocolates, 2 boxes Russel Stover chocolates, 6 bags of candy, 3 boxes of popcorn, 6 candels, 6 boxes of Chocolate covered macadamia nuts & 5 bath soaps... not too bad! I saved
$ 134.13 just on the 29th!

I used coupons for the candels and the bath buddies. Those were free!

I got all of this for $ 3.00 including tax! 3 bottles of Rolaids, 7 packages of batteries, 2 packs of rubberbands, 3 packs of dental floss, 2 wet wipes, 4 bottles of lotion, 9 bars of soap, 4 trial sized Downy fabric softners & 6 trial sized tide detergents!

Jan 7th deals...

Today's purchases cost a lot more, but the deals were incredible! Diapers for $ 1.34-3.33, wipes for $ 2.60, water for $ 2.50 ect... it was fabulous! I was tickled to get: 15 packs of diapers/pull ups (2 being huge packages), 10 packages of 232 count wipes, 3 cases of water, 3 huge packages of toilet paper, 15 boxes of fruit snacks, 2 toaster strudles, 9 boxes of prilosec, 5 tubs of frosting & 6 yogurts. These were things I needed too, and normally almost always spend full price on, so I was thrilled to save so much! The Prilosec alone would have cost me over $ 90.00 and that was the sale price!)
Total Spent= $ 143.88
Total Savings= $ 371.39

Jan 6th deals...

I went out to K-mart with my girlfriends and bought a few more things. I needed some body wash, more mouth wash, and drinks for Tristin's lunch, the shaving gel was free. (not great, but not everything is free!)
Total Spent= $ 7.56
Total Savings= $13.78

We also went to Target afterwards and their Christmas was 90% off. I bought 7 really cute boxes, 18 gift bags, a pack of napkins, a dress for Grace for $ 3.24 and a sweater for Daisy for
$ 3.24.
Total spent= $10.47
Total Savings= $ 49.16

Jan 6th deals...

Thank you Heather for e mailing the coupon! I was able to get FREE Ben & Jerry's ice cream today from Walgreens. I had 2 $ 3.00 off coupons and they were on sale for $ 3.00 each!

Lunch was free today too, thanks to my Mc Donalds gift cert. from Chelsea. Plus I got 2 free papers!

Total spent= .36

Total Savings= $ 10.12

More Jan 5th deals...

I had to stop in again to get my last 2 boxes of FREE foil!
Total Spent = .10
Total Savings= $ 3.40


We bought 4 movies and a sucker at Blockbuster using our gift cert. from my brother Caleb.
Total Spent= $ 1.72
Savings= $ 25.00

Jan. 5th deals...

This was my 1st first trip to Walgreen's today. I got 2 free boxes of foil, dish soap for.59 each & after the mail in rebate for the electrasol, I will have made money off them.
Total spent= $ 2.60
Savings= $ 5.96

My second trip to Walgreen's got me 4 boxes of Flinstone vitamins for $ 1.50 each (I couldn't find the other 1.00 off coupon, but I had 4 M. coupons and $1.50 was fine by me!)

Total Spent $ 17.20 (recieved$ 10.00 RR)

Savings= $ 20.00

My second transaction in this trip included 2 packages of pull ups, 4 boxes of foil and 1 bottle of dish soap.

Total Spent= $ 1.31 (Used $ 10.00 RR on this transaction)

Savings= $ 17.65

I scored at Wal Mart today!!! I found a TON of my Gillette Fusion gift sets!!! I was thrilled. My deals include: 8 boxes of Gillette Fusion gift sets, 5 lip gloss gift sets, 1 Cars gift set, 1 box of candy, 8 Christmas bags, 1 Jumbo box of diapers.

Total Spent= $ 10.52 (I used my coupons & $ 20.50 of my Mastercard gift cert.)

Savings= $ 127.00

K-Mart is doubling coupons again this week so my deals included: 8 bottles of Pace Picante Salsa, 4 boxes of Juicy Juice, 4 tubes of Shrek toothpast, 3 bags of cough drops, 1 bottle of Gillette shaving gel, 2 bottles of Act mouthwash, 1 Colgate 360 tooth brush & 3 pack of Kleenex.

Total Spent $ 11.66

Savings= $ 61.34

Plus, I got 3 free newspapers.

Today I Spent= $ 46.11

Today's saving total= $ 263.35

Jan 3rd deal...

We went roller skating with my brother Eli & Cindy on Saturday! So fun.
Total = 29.50 (Used a Mastercard gift card) = FREE
Savings= $ 29.50

Jan 3rd deal...

I'm friends with the manager at the Shell station down the street. She's letting me pick up any left over coupon inserts on Saturday night. I got 4 ! Better than nothing!
Savings= $ 4.00

Jan 2nd deal...

I recieved a gift card to Pottery Bard for Christmas this year, so I ended up spending .14 cents for a table runner, place mat, a stapler, a storage box and a orange bathroom container. ( I know this one doesn't really count because I used a gift card, but oh, well) My total would have been over $ 100.00!

Savings= $ 100.00

Jan 1st deal...

After X mas, I was trying to find these gift sets EVERYWHERE!!! Ladies were getting them for
$ 1.00 and I was SO jealous, well, I found 1, so I'm happy! There were normally $ 10.00!
I spent= $ 1.06
Savings= $ 9.00

Bathroom picture...

Like I said, you can wrap boxes and use them for cute storage totes. I don't have my labels on these ones yet, but it's just to show another organizing option. When ever I have my cleaning/organizing class, I always show the ladies this, and they LOVE it! No more spending $12.99 at Ross for a super cute one, make your own!

Pantry pictures and my Inventory lists...

I am almost done with my inventory list. Yes, I have taken note of almost every item in my house (only food & usable items. No furniture or clothes, that's boring insurance stuff...) It has taken awhile, and then compiling the lists into catagories and then marking each item, but in my brain, it has been well worth it and now I know what I actually have tucked behind the 80 boxes of pasta salad, and what I really need to focus on collecting. I have a: Freezer inventory, health & beauty inventory, cleaning supply inventory, food inventory, office supply inventory, kitchen inventory, outside shed inventory & our lovely food storage inventory. It has been fun!

A peek in the pantry...

I LOVE my little hide-a-way pantry that's tucked away from everything else. Of course we have to keep a lock on it because we have about a 1000 pounds of suger behind this door and the kids go wild when the door is open. But I've been able to tuck things away in here quite nicely.

I LOVE my peg board on the back of the door for so many reasons. It utilizes the space perfectly, I can see what I have, and when I'm feeling like my weird self, I just like to stand and stare at it for awhile. I wish I could put about 50 more of them up, but hey, space is limited!

I do LOVE to organize, and I'm huge on , shelving units, racks, and my favorite, wrapping empty diaper boxes with super cute paper, putting a label on the front, and using it for storage.

A new year, a new blog...

I always said I could write a book about all my incredible deals, so I decided to keep record of all my insanily cheap shopping trips, and record my million dollar savings with pictures and journal entries. This is just for me to keep track of one of my wild addictions, plus all these years, I've wondered, how much I've actually saved, and, it's so beautiful to see pictures of all my loot! At the end of the year, I'll make a book out of this blog, and then I can stop saying, "I could write a book about all my deals..."