Preparedness Pantry

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Lots of good stuff on there that everyone should check out :)

$1.50 for 7500 sheets of paper!!!

 

I just found this deal tonight and couldn’t pass it up.  We’re running low on paper for our printer so I had to jump on this.  Through Office Max you can order (or go to the store and buy) 3 packs of 2,500 sheets of white copy paper for $16.99 each.  You’ll get the same amount back on a Max Perks card (which you can obtain for a simple business (if you sell on Ebay, use that as your business!)  You’ll still have to pay tax on it but if you order online, you can get a free shipping code for orders over 50 by doing a simple search on swagbucks.com and THEN use the website ebates.com to purchase the paper through and you’ll end up earning 3% back on your entire purchase making it $1.50 for the paper.  If you’re new to ebates, you’ll receive the $5 sign up bonus and this could actually MAKE you money.  Can’t wait to get my paper :)

10/14/09 Haul

 

 

So I started off the week telling my husband that I wasn’t going to do grocery shopping at all… lol… yeah right!  This deal came up and I just couldn’t pass it up!!!!!  I got everything here:

for $5.98!!!  It actually could have been lower had I used another computer to print off more $1 off coupons instead of the 40 cent ones I had but hey, I’m not complaining.  I am tempted to go back tonight but I doubt I’ll have time.  Tonight I’m making my last wedding cake of the year!!!  It’s going to be a beautiful 3 tier fall leaves marble cake (chocolate frosting).  Last night I also talked with the Wilton Instructor at Hobby Lobby and she wants to put my county fair cake on display at the store!!!  I’m excited to get it out of my basement and where people can see it. 

Mr. Pumpkinhead

We made pumpkins today using spare parts from Mr. Potato Head.  It’s nice because we can change them up whenever we want from now till Halloween and they look SO cute sitting on the porch.

Shopping Trip 10/6/2009

 

I was hoping to stay away from all stores this week (after splurging this past weekend at the mall – blech!) But I realized I had to go use up one of my WIC checks so I might as well take advantage of some deals, right?  I hit up Walgreens, Festival Foods & Kohl’s.  At Walgreens I got 50 pictures for $5… this included a few for my daycare parents, some for my husband to put on his toolbox at work, some for my parents and of course, some for myself.  I also got 2 packs of Trident layers gum (new) for $FREE!!!  lol… I got 2 boxes of Jello for 25 cents each and a few other great deals. 

At Festival I used up my WIC check.  Yes, we qualify for WIC, just barely.  I take advantage of it because of all the milk.  We go through a lot of milk in this house and it is a tremendous help to have WIC.  I do not look forward to the day when we don’t qualify (which will most likely be very soon).  While at the store I also brought lots of coupons… we got a bunch of cereals for $1.68 a piece (Fruity Pebbles & Honeycombs – hubby’s fave), pasta sauces for $0.89, bananas for $0.19 lb., etc. 

So for all of the “groceries” yesterday, I spent a total of $26.36 which was well under our norm of $50 a week and still under my predicted $30 for the week. 

Then came Kohl’s.  I was a bit worried about going there for a purse.  Kohl’s does run good deals but they are a bit higher priced than I normally like to spend.  I really needed a purse.  My little purse just isn’t doing it for me anymore and I need more room.  I finally found one and of course, there was no tag on it.  Nothing.  Not even a barcode or anything.  There were no others like it (and yes, I found it on the clearance rack).  So I went to checkout and they had to try to find a matching one… they found a similar one (with a different strap) and took the price off of there which was $10.40 on sale.  Regular price was $52.  Then came my mom’s handy dandy percentage off coupon for 30% off!  So it ended up being $7.64.  I saved $44.72!!!

I started keeping track of what I spend and what I save September 27, 2009 (this includes EVERYTHING – eating out, gas, groceries, etc.) and so far, I’ve spent $475.37 which seems like a lot but I have saved $364.16!!!  That’s 77% savings!!!  Alright, I am done… lol…