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I plan on having a great 2009! I hope you'll continue to grow with me as we strive to live frugally and naturally, blessing others in the process!
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Thursday, January 1, 2009
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Bless Back Project
On Sunday November 30th at church, envelopes were distributed to different individuals and families at random. Taking an envelope was voluntary.
Inside the envelopes was money of different amounts. The rules were simple.
1. You can't give the money back.
2. You can't spend it on yourself.
3. You have to bless someone else.
4. You have to tell us what you did with the money.
My husband & I took an envelope. When we got it, I knew exactly what I wanted to do: use coupons & register rewards to see how far I could multiply it! My husband had been thinking the same thing, so off I went!
I took the $20 I received, and early in the week, I went to Walgreens. I took advantage of the Reach deal & got 2 packages of dental floss for $6.30, and I earned a $6 register reward.
This past Friday, I went to Shaws & got a ton of baking mixes & frostings for $9.52. I also got 4 cans of cream of coconut for $3. You can read the full story on that here. Not the healthiest choice, but that's a serious amount of baking, and nothing says Christmas like baking!
I also used the money to purchase a stamp. I'll use that to mail in a rebate for free Smart Start. Actually, that one was a moneymaker because I had a dollar off coupon. I also got 2 Russell Stover Private Reserve Luminary Boxes that are free after rebate. I fronted the initial money for those 3 things since I'll get it back in a rebate in several weeks. And no need for a stamp for the Russell Stovers because I can do that rebate on-line.
I brought the following to the local food pantry today:
6 tubs of frosting
7 Cookie Mixes
3 boxes of Bisquick
1 cake mix
1 supreme brownie mix
3 cans Goya Cream of Coconut
1 box Smart Start cereal
2 boxes Russell Stovers candy
(My son wanted to help organize!)
I forgot to ask if they take dental floss! If not, I'll give it to the women's shelter the next time I go.
So here's what I spent so far:
$6.30: Walgreens
$.42: stamp
$12.52: Shaws
minus $1 coupon for cereal
Total: $18.24
So I still have $1.76 in cash & $6 in a register reward to spend at Walgreens!
On that same Sunday, November 30th, our church collected its annual offering that goes to a project called "One Day to Feed the World". We are annually challenged to consider giving one day's income to feed the hungry of the world. The program has corporate sponsorship, so our gifts are multiplied by up to 4 times!
So our choice to use the money to donate goods to the food pantry felt even more appropriate.
I'll let you know later what I spend those last few dollars on!
Inside the envelopes was money of different amounts. The rules were simple.
1. You can't give the money back.
2. You can't spend it on yourself.
3. You have to bless someone else.
4. You have to tell us what you did with the money.
My husband & I took an envelope. When we got it, I knew exactly what I wanted to do: use coupons & register rewards to see how far I could multiply it! My husband had been thinking the same thing, so off I went!
I took the $20 I received, and early in the week, I went to Walgreens. I took advantage of the Reach deal & got 2 packages of dental floss for $6.30, and I earned a $6 register reward.
This past Friday, I went to Shaws & got a ton of baking mixes & frostings for $9.52. I also got 4 cans of cream of coconut for $3. You can read the full story on that here. Not the healthiest choice, but that's a serious amount of baking, and nothing says Christmas like baking!
I also used the money to purchase a stamp. I'll use that to mail in a rebate for free Smart Start. Actually, that one was a moneymaker because I had a dollar off coupon. I also got 2 Russell Stover Private Reserve Luminary Boxes that are free after rebate. I fronted the initial money for those 3 things since I'll get it back in a rebate in several weeks. And no need for a stamp for the Russell Stovers because I can do that rebate on-line.
I brought the following to the local food pantry today:
6 tubs of frosting
7 Cookie Mixes
3 boxes of Bisquick
1 cake mix
1 supreme brownie mix
3 cans Goya Cream of Coconut
1 box Smart Start cereal
2 boxes Russell Stovers candy
(My son wanted to help organize!)
I forgot to ask if they take dental floss! If not, I'll give it to the women's shelter the next time I go.
So here's what I spent so far:
$6.30: Walgreens
$.42: stamp
$12.52: Shaws
minus $1 coupon for cereal
Total: $18.24
So I still have $1.76 in cash & $6 in a register reward to spend at Walgreens!
On that same Sunday, November 30th, our church collected its annual offering that goes to a project called "One Day to Feed the World". We are annually challenged to consider giving one day's income to feed the hungry of the world. The program has corporate sponsorship, so our gifts are multiplied by up to 4 times!
So our choice to use the money to donate goods to the food pantry felt even more appropriate.
I'll let you know later what I spend those last few dollars on!
Saturday, November 22, 2008
My Donations to a Battered Women's Shelter
This week has been crazy, full of writing deadline and a cranky 15-month-old who may be getting some teeth. So I'm totally behind on blogging and reading my blog roll.
But I wanted to share with you a picture and a list of all the stuff I donated to a women's shelter yesterday.
2 Children's Dimetapp
1 Children's Advil
2 Citreshine hair care products
1 charles Worthington Dream hair conditioer
2 L'oreal Pro-Calcium lotions
1 L'oreal Revitalift cream
1 St. Ives Body Wash
2 blood sugar monitors
3 boxes Benefiber drink mix
1 Chloraseptic max spray
2 bottles Excedrin
2 Orajel cold sore brushes
1 box Sucrets herbal
1 bag CVS cough drops
1 box Alka-Seltzer Cold Plus
1 box Zucol cold care
1 box Comtrex Cold & Cough
1 bottle Simply Saline Mist
1 bottle Theraflu Warming Relief
Everything above, I got for free, and some things I was paid to take, with one exception: the CVS cough drops. We had those here, so I decided we didn't need them.
It felt great to be able to share my free finds with those who really need them!
But I wanted to share with you a picture and a list of all the stuff I donated to a women's shelter yesterday.
2 Children's Dimetapp
1 Children's Advil
2 Citreshine hair care products
1 charles Worthington Dream hair conditioer
2 L'oreal Pro-Calcium lotions
1 L'oreal Revitalift cream
1 St. Ives Body Wash
2 blood sugar monitors
3 boxes Benefiber drink mix
1 Chloraseptic max spray
2 bottles Excedrin
2 Orajel cold sore brushes
1 box Sucrets herbal
1 bag CVS cough drops
1 box Alka-Seltzer Cold Plus
1 box Zucol cold care
1 box Comtrex Cold & Cough
1 bottle Simply Saline Mist
1 bottle Theraflu Warming Relief
Everything above, I got for free, and some things I was paid to take, with one exception: the CVS cough drops. We had those here, so I decided we didn't need them.
It felt great to be able to share my free finds with those who really need them!
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