I'm Sew Excited!

No, I didn't spell that incorrectly. That's right, I got my sewing machine! My goal was $200, but my mom alerted me of a deal that ended Monday at Target. This Brother XL3750 sewing machine was on price cut for $99.99. It had all the features I wanted and seemed to be a pretty good machine. So, I bought it. I haven't used it yet, but I'm crossing my fingers that it won't break on me and it'll be a good machine for a while. I'm so happy!

Now my next goal is to get a Kitchenaid Stand Mixer. Oh yeah, that's right - the mother of all Stand-mixers. Isn't she beautiful? I'm either going to get the Artisan or a higher model. My goal will be to save up $300. I'll keep my eye out for a deal though! I'll keep you updated on my $ making progress in posts and in the top right hand box on my blog.

I'm starting with $106.13. That's $11.13 left over from my paypal account (from e-baying) after buying the sewing machine and $95 left over from the $125 I made from the focus group. So, that's only $193.87 to go and 35% of my goal!

Are you saving for anything? Do you have any more ideas on how to make money????

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Drugstore Sunday!

The drugstore sales started today and I made my rounds this week to CVS and Walgreens. Here's how I did:

I did my Walgreens shopping in two transactions.

Transaction #1:

Gillette Embrace Razor on sale for - $8.99

-used 2.00 coupon from 2/1 insert

Total OOP: $7.53

Register Rewards Received: $6.00

Total Spent: $1.53 - 83% Savings

Transaction #2:

Windex on sale - $2.50

Windex Wipes on sale - $2.50

Schick Quattro for Women on sale - $4.99

2 Scrubbing Bubbles Wipes on sale - $2.50 each

Thermacare Heat Wrap on sale - $2.49

Snapple - $1.19

2 Reusable bags on sale - 2/$1

Coupons used:

-$1.00 Windex

-$3.00/2 Scrubbing Bubbles

-$1.50 Windex Wipes

-$0.50 Snapple (peelie from package at Kroger)

-$2.00 Schick Quattro from Walgreens EasySaver Catalog (found in store)

-$2.00 Schick Quattro from past insert

-$6.00 Register Rewards used from transaction #1

Total OOP: $4.80

Total Spent: $10.80 (66% Savings!)

Here are my CVS Deals:

2 Pamper's Easy-ups - $12.49 (on sale $9.99 each)

Madagascar 2 - $24.99 (on sale $19.99)

Dawn dishsoap - $1.99 (on sale $0.99)

Coupons /Deals used:

-$2.00 off Easy-ups

-$2.00 off Easy-ups

-$15.00 off Madagascar when you buy $20 worth of specified products

Subtotal: $21.96 plus tax

ECB's Used: $7.49

Total OOP: $15.58

Total Spent: $23.07 (49% Savings)

Kroger Shopping 1/26

This was my second trip to Kroger since I have been shopping strategically and super-couponing. I found most of my sales/deals for Kroger this week from Southern Saver's blog. If you look at the sales and pair them with coupons, you can use those items plus what you already have in your house to plan your meals for the week.

Hint: Southern Saver's tells you what coupons to pair with the sales!

Here is how I did this week:

Value of Goods: $104.58

Coupons Used: $27.88 ($10 of this was from using the current mega sale deal twice-buy 10 items on the list and get $5 off)

Kroger Savings: $26.79 (amount saved from sale prices)

Spent: $44.40 OOP or 58% Savings

Leave me a comment and let me know how you did! Also, check out The New Frugal Mom's blog. She does a "Let's Go Krogering" post every week. She posts her deals and others post theirs. It's amazing!