Wednesday, January 30, 2008

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Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Shopping for those great deals!

Well, I did my weekly shopping trip and found a lot of GREAT deals! Here is my breakdown for this week of the best deals:

1. Belk's Department Store: Purchased youth size t-shirts and polo style shirts for $1.99 each!

2. JC Penny's Department Store: Purchased several Dickies brand Winter coats for Tim, Dylan, & Shane for $9.98 each! They were originally priced at $100.00!

3. Walgreens: Purchased: Fructis Shampoo $3.99-$3.99 Easy Saver Rebate= FREE
Softsoap Spa Radiant Body Wash $4.49-$4.49 Easy Saver Rebate= FREE
Mennen Speed Stick 24/7 Deodorant $3.99-$3.99 Easy Saver Rebate= FREE
Natural Chapstick Lip Balm $2.00 (SALE) - $2.00 Reward Coupon = FREE

4. Rite Aid Pharmacy: Purchased:
Fructis Shine Burst Shampoo $2.99-$2.99 Online Rebate= FREE
French Yellow Mustard $0.88 (SALE) - $0.50 manf. coupon = $0.33

5. CVS Pharmacy (Louisville): Purchased:

Transaction 1: Purchased 2 Wet Swifters & 2 Dry Swifters @ $5.99 each
Minus: 2.00 Manf. Coupons

Purchased 1 Arm & Hammer Toothpaste@ $1.99
Minus: $0.75 Manf. Coupon
Got Back $1.00 ECB

Purchased 1 Gillette Fusion Manuel Razor @8.99
Got Back $6.00 ECB's

Purchased $20 of Advil/Robtusm: 2 of each
Minus: 2/$3 manf. coupons
2/$2 manf. coupons
Got Back $10.00 ECB's

Purchased $25 of Huggies Products to include: 2 Jumbo Pull-ups, 3 Huggies
Bath & Body Wash
Minus: 2/$2 manf. coupons
3/$1.25 manf. coupons
Got Back $5.00 ECB's

TOTALS= $81.67 before coupons
Minus $15 CVS coupon off $75 purchase
Minus $4.00 CVS Coupon (non prescription coupon)
Minus $20.50 Manuf. Coupons
Minus $24.00 Current ECB's (saved from other purchases)
OOP'S (out of pocket) Amount$22.17 plus tax
RECEIVED $22.00 ECB's (extra bucks) for my next purchase!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Transaction 2: Purchased1 Stayfree Clean Ultra Thin 10-12 ct @$3.29
Got Back $3.29 ECB's

Purchased 4 Garnier Nutrioniste Products @ $5.99 each
Minus 4/$1 Manuf coupons
Got Back $14.00 ECB's

Purchased 4 Garnier Shampoos 2/$10.00
Minus 4/$1 Manuf Coupons
Got Back $10.00 ECB's

Purchased 2 Johnsons Cotton Swab Q-tips @ 2.49 each
Minus $0.30 Manuf Coupon
Got Back $4.00 ECB's

TOTAL Before Coupons: $52.23
Minus CVS $10 off $50 purchase
Minus CVS $4 off (incentive coupon for signing up on e-mail)
Minus Manuf Coupons: $8.30
Minus Current ECB's from purchase 1: $22.00
OOPS Amount: $7.93 plus tax
Got Back $31.29 ECB's for next purchase!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Transaction 3: Purchased $20 in Pepsi Products
Got Back $10 ECB's

TOTAL Before Coupons: $20.00
Minus CVS $4/$20 purchase
Minus Current ECB's from purchase 2: $16.00
OOPS Amount: $0.00 plus the tax
Got Back $10.00 ECB's for next purchase: still have other $15.29 ECBS=$25.29
current ECB's for next purchase!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

KROGER: I found Tom's Maine Toothpaste at CLOSEOUT PRICE of $1.99 usually $4.99! I stocked up!

Would love to hear what great deals you found this week!




Monday, January 28, 2008

Intro

I'm Jennifer, wife to Tim and mother to four precious boys: Dylan, Shane, Jesse, and Wyatt. We live in rural Central Kentucky on a small 25 acre farm. Our animals include: two Great Pyrenees Dogs- Mandy & Jake, three horses- Magic (actually my mothers horse, shes a Curly Mustang), Blaze, and Carey, five cats, and about 15 chickens. We would love to add a Dexter cow in the upcoming years for milk. However, right now we have our hands full with the animals we have.

We have been homeschooling for six years. We use different approaches for each of our children. We love the Classical method for educating Dylan. He loves to read and is a self-teacher. We use the Veritas Press books for him. Our second son, Shane, has Tourettes Syndrom and Sensory Integration Disorder. We have found that the Bob Jones DVD Program works best for him. Jesse will begin K next year and we will probably use a mixture. This is the beauty in homeschooling!

I'm currently learning about homesteading. We have just started making our homeade bread with our Bosch Mixer & Nutrilmill. Our goals for the upcoming year are getting a whole house water purification system and expanding our garden & canning in 2008!