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Payday for me! Paycheck was sweet with OT! Just a normal deposit for now, but glad to have a little extra cushion in the checking account.

Current Balance $23,930.00
+$85.00 to Retirement Hold Account
New Balance $24,015.00

Bingo Money (cash) $1620.00
ING $19,670.00 ($4000.00 Bingo Money)
Home Improvements(cash)$1350.00
HSBC $1375.00
Total = $24,015.00

Bingo Money
Tips total - $2006.61
Wage total - $3617.32
Total Bingo Money - $5623.93

Threw $20 in the EF, just because.

Current Balance $23,910.00
+$20.00 to EF
New Balance $23,930.00

Bingo Money (cash) $1620.00
ING $19,585.00 ($4000.00 Bingo Money)
Home Improvements(cash)$1350.00
HSBC $1375.00
Total = $23,930.00

Bingo Money
Tips total - $2006.61
Wage total - $3617.32
Total Bingo Money - $5623.93

I won the Biggest Loser today! YEAH! I won $40. Normally I would post how I was doing on here, but I didn't do good at all....and neither did anyone else that was doing it. We all had a rough time...I think it is that transition from warm weather time to indoor cuddling time and no one had any ambition. I know I sure didn't! But I did end up winning, so that was awesome. I am going to add the $40 to the mortgage payment for December 2012. I also have a ton of change I need to get cashed in to add to the mortgage payment.
Today is the day I get to see my paystub, but I don't get my paycheck till Friday. I have been working my booty off with OT and my paycheck was $360.00 more then usual! WHOOHOO! I already have 5 hrs of OT in this week too. It can be exausting, but really trying to keep it up as that can help make huge dents in the mortgage and help me from having to take out of savings for the holidays.

Current Balance $24,115.00
-$240.00 to Roth IRA
+$19.47 ING Interest
+$15.53 ING Even Out Amount
New Balance $23,910.00

Bingo Money (cash) $1620.00
ING $19,565.00 ($4000.00 Bingo Money)
Home Improvements(cash)$1350.00
HSBC $1375.00
Total = $23,910.00

Bingo Money
Tips total - $2006.61
Wage total - $3617.32
Total Bingo Money - $5623.93

10/9/12 Brunos Pizza - Free Calzone $6.99
10/9/12 Brunos Pizza - Free Pop $2.29
10/16/12 Pita Pit - BOGO Free Pita $6.79
10/24/12 Gloria Jeans - BOGO Free Drink $5.09
10/27/12 Bonanza - Discount on meal $3.00
10/27/12 Cold Stone Creamery - Discount on 2 $3.34
10/30/12 Brunos Pizza - Free Med Pizza $10.99
11/2/12 Bonanza - Discount on meal $3.00
11/2/12 Bowling - BOGO Free Game of Bowling $4.50
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Total Saved $45.99

November 2012 Savings Update

Regular Savings:
Bingo Money $5660
Home Maintanence ING $3455
Cushion $2460
HSA $6395
New Patio Door(cash) $1350
September 2012 $430
Emergency Fund $1630
New Car $5030 - Complete
Vacation - $3010 - Complete
Anniversary Cruise $1375 - Complete
Total Regular Savings = $30,795.00

Retirement Savings:
Retirement Hold Account $2080
Roth IRA $6205
Rollover IRA $890
401K $21,985
403B $17,800 (est)
Total Retirement Savings = $48,960.00

Total Savings - $79,755.00

Closing in on $50K for retirement savings, and nearly to $80K for the total savings.

Well just shut the door and turned out the porch light. Ran out of candy at 391 trick or treaters! Next year I need to remember to check my blog to see how many kids we get cause every year we get more then the last and run out. NUTS!!

A loooooong time ago I posted about how I had made a coupon box for my work. I took a notecard box and put all my coupons in there, then I cut up a cardboard cereal box and made little cardboard dividers for Baby, Food, Medicine, Misc, Personal Products and Pets. I filed the coupons by catagory and then by expiration date. I keep the box on my desk and asked others to bring in coupons they won't use, and to take any coupons they would like. I love it, I get tons of coupons, and since I use coupons a lot this was working great. But I noticed that not took many of my coworkers were using it, only maybe 2 or 3 regularily. So I tried something different, I made an Excel Spreadsheet of all of the coupons, listing them in the same catagories as above. Then I made a seperate column for the expiration date and the quantity I have of each coupon. I emailed this out to my coworkers and they loved it! I gave one coworker 19 coupons today, and another told me I saved her at least $15 when she went shopping yesterday! YEAH! So happy to share my love of coupons!

Another car repair...blah! I had to have my catalic (sp) convertor replaced. My car is 10 years old and has 152K miles on it, so I guess it was time to replace that. My car could barely get up to speed in a 40mph zone. So the money stinks, but I am glad my car is back to being a safe vehicle! I think I am going to start a seperate EF, one for short term, one for long term. Otherwise it seems I will never get anywhere on that EF. It is my achilles!

Current Balance $24,580.00
-$1000.00 Car Repair and Overspending
+$85.00 to Retirement Hold Account
+$100.00 To EF
+$100.00 to Sept 2013 Savings
+$250.00 Cross Country Money to Home Improvements
New Balance $24,115.00

Bingo Money (cash) $1620.00
ING $19,770.00 ($4000.00 Bingo Money)
Home Improvements(cash)$1350.00
HSBC $1375.00
Total = $24,115.00

Bingo Money
Tips total - $2006.61
Wage total - $3617.32
Total Bingo Money - $5623.93

10/9/12 Brunos Pizza - Free Calzone $6.99
10/9/12 Brunos Pizza - Free Pop $2.29
10/16/12 Pita Pit - BOGO Free Pita $6.79
10/24/12 Gloria Jeans - BOGO Free Drink $5.09
10/27/12 Bonanza - Discount on meal $3.00
10/27/12 Cold Stone Creamery - Discount on 2 $3.34
10/30/12 Brunos Pizza - Free Med Pizza $10.99
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Total Saved $38.49

Thanks to "Money Maker" for irritating me enough to get me to clean the toilet! Much appreciated! I finished cleaning the bathroom, cleaning the shower, floor, mirror and toilet. All the drawers and cabinets were already finished. So now I am done with the bedroom and the bathroom in my Cleaning/Purging/Organizing Quest! I am also happy to report I have been staying on top of the bedroom, cleaning it each weekend so I don't have to start this all over as soon as I'm done...lol. Next up is the hall closet, which is where we store our extra toiletries, towels and linens.

The free item in this weeks grocery add was Old Orchard Juice. I was able to get my hands on 20 coupons! I gave some to my Dad and bro and kept the rest. Ended up with 13 bottles of FREE juice!



Then on to CVS which was awesome this week!

Tampax Radiant 32ct
Regular Price $8.49
-$1.00 Sale Price
-$1.00 CVS Coupon
-$3.00 Mfr Coupon
*Received $2.00 EB
Final Price $1.49! (Just .05 per tampon!)

Always/Tampax Radiant Trial Sets (Bought 3)
Regular Price $1.99
-$2.00 Always Radiant Mfr Coupon
Final Price .01 Money Maker per box!
(Marked for $1.25 each for rummage sale)
*ETA - Sold 1 for $1.25 at 8/23/13 rummage sale

Dawn Olay Hand Renewal (Bought 4)
Regular Price $1.99
-$1.00 Sale Price
-.75 Mfr Coupon on each
Final Price .24 each!

Revlon Nail Clipper (Bought 3, that was all they had)
Regular Price $3.19 each
*Receive $7.00 EB for every 2 you buy
Final Price .31 Money Maker for each clipper!!
(Marked for $1.50 each for rummage sale)
*ETA - Sold 2 for $1.50 each at 9/5/13 rummage sale
*ETA - Sold 1 for $1.50 at 3/17/14 rummage sale
=$5.43 Profit on clippers!

Revlon 24 Compact Emory Boards (Bought 15)
Regular Price $3.59 each
*Receive $7.00 EB for every 2 you buy
Final Price .09 each! (Free CVS GC)
(Marked for $1.50 each for rummage sale)
*ETA - Sold 4 on FB for $1.00 each on 11/8/15
*ETA - Sold 1 for $1.50 at 5/5/17 rummage sale
*ETA - Sold 1 for $1.00 on FB on 7/30/18
*ETA - Sold 1 for $1.00 on FB on 2/23/20

When I was checking out I had 2 more items that totaled $9.78 pre-tax, and I used $3.75 worth of coupons on the items. I ended up deciding not to get them, so the cashier deleted them from the transaction, but never took off the coupons, so I still got $3.75 off my total for items I didn't purchase. I also used a $10 off $50 purchase coupon from CVS....so I came out WAY ahead on actual out of pocket cost today.

Tampax(1) $1.49
Always/Tampax Set(3) +.03 Money Maker
Dawn(4) .96
Revlon Nail Clipper(3) +.93 Money Maker
Revlon Emory Boards(15) $1.35
Coupons for items not purchased +$3.75
$10.00 off $50.00 Purchase Coupon +$10.00
Total = $10.91 Profit on transaction!!!!!
Plus if I sell the Tampax kits and Revlon items I will make another $30.75!!! SCORE!

I definitely want to try to get more of the Revlon items. I will go in later this week and get a rain check since they didn't have many in store.

Dan's Supermarket

Suave Lotion on sale for $1.99
-$2.00 Mfr coupon
Final Price - Free!!
*ETA - I had planned on keeping this lotion, but I ended up selling it on 3/17/14 to a coworker for $2.50 = $2.50 Profit!


Target

El Moterey Frozen Burritos (Bought 14)
$1.19 each
-$1.19 Mfr coupon (Had 14 coupons)
Final Price - 14 Free Burritos!

November 2012 Mortgage Payment

Balance $119,995.00
+$274.99 Interest
+$319.07 Escrow
-$1537.95 Regular Payment
-$401.11 Principle Payment
New Balance $118,650.00

Whoo hoo! I used enough coupons to make my money back on the coupon book! Still have TONS to use and most are good until 6/30/13. I also went through the book and took out the ones I was sure I wouldn't use. I gave some coupons for Platos Closet and Once Upon a Child to coworkers, and gave my bro a coupon for a free fish for his aquarium.

10/9/12 Brunos Pizza - Free Calzone $6.99
10/9/12 Brunos Pizza - Free Pop $2.29
10/16/12 Pita Pit - BOGO Free Pita $6.79
10/24/12 Gloria Jeans - BOGO Free Drink $5.09
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Total Saved $21.16

Lots of good deals and freebies at CVS this week! My Mom is out of town so I got to use my card, DH's card, Mom's card and her bf's card...so got to do a few deals 4 times.
I missed 2 deals cause they were sold out, they had a free pumpkin carving tool and also a good deal on Glade items, but I was too slow.

I am doing another CVS Challenge to see how much I can get for a $50 CVS giftcard that I got for free from my Discover Rewards. Got a good start with all these deals.


Here is the breakdown of my loot:

Di-Gel Antacid 12oz (Bought 4)
Regular Price $8.29 each
-$3.29 Sale Price
-$2.00 Mfr Coupon
*Recieved $3.00 EB
Final Price - 4 bottles FREE!
(Marked $4.00 (?) each for rummage sale)
*ETA - These did not sell before they got close to expiration so I donated them to friends and family

St Joseph Aspirin 120 tablets (Bought 4)
Regular Price $6.49 each
-$1.49 Sale Price
-$2.25 Mfr Coupon
*Received $3.00 EB
Final Price =.25 profit per box, $1.00 profit on 4 bottles!
(Marked $3.00 each for rummage sale)
*ETA - Sold 1 for $3.00 at 8/23/13 rummage sale
*ETA - Sold 1 for $3.00 at 9/5/13 rummage sale
*ETA - Sold 2 for $3.00 each on 3/17/14 to coworker
=$10.00 Profit!!

American Greeting Cards (Bought 12)
Regular Price .99 each
*Sale - Buy 3, get $3.00 EB
Final Price = .03 profit for every 3 purchased
.12 profit on 12 cards!

Xtra Laundry Detergent 48oz bottle (Bought 6)
Regular Price $2.67 each
-$1.20 Sale Price
-$3.00 CVS Coupon off $15.00 Purchase
Final Price .97 each!!

Gain 9oz Dishsoap
Regular Price $1.67
-.68 Sale Price
-.25 Mfr Coupon
Final Price .76

Covergirl Lashblast Mascara
Regular Price $8.89
-.89 Sale Price
-$2.00 Mfr Coupon
*Received $2.00 EB
Final Price $4.00 - Free on CVS GC
Had to get this to use the coupon below for the eyeshadow.
(Marked for $4.00 for rummage sale)
*ETA - Sold for $4.00 at 6/15/13 rummage sale
Profit = $4.00

Covergirl Eye-Enhancers Eyeshadow
Regular Price $3.99
-$3.25 Mfr Coupon(Buy mascara get eyeshadow free, up to $3.25)
Final Price .74! - Free on CVS GC
(Marked for $3.00 for rummage sale)
*ETA - Sold for $2.50 on FB on 9/27/14
Profit = $2.50

Zantac 150mg, 24 tablets
Regular Price $10.49
-$1.50 Sale Price
-$5.00 Mfr Coupon
-$2.00 CVS Coupon machine
*Received $2.00 EB
Final Price - Free!!
(Marked $6.00 for rummage sale)
*ETA - Sold for $6.00 at 8/23/13 rummage sale

Tampax Radiant 32ct Tampons
Regular Price $8.49
-$1.50 Sale Price
-$3.00 Mfr Coupon
*Received $2.00 EB
Final price $1.99!!
(Got lots of great coupons again from this box!)

I also got this giant bottle of Purrell from Macs hardware.

Purrell Hand Sanitizer 20oz bottle
Regular Price $5.49
-$4.50 Sale Price
-$1.00 Mfr Coupon
Final Price - FREE!
(Marked $3.50 for rummage sale)
*ETA - Sold for $2.00 at 8/23/13 rummage sale, I had it marked for $3.50 originally but I marked it down because it was near it's expiration date.

There is a new P&G Rebate available. When you purchase $50 worth of select P&G products you can mail in for a $15 rebate. The $50 purchase is BEFORE coupons, so this can be a great deal!
The participating brands include: Aussie, Clairol, CoverGirl, Crest 3D Whitestrips, Head & Shoulders, Herbal Essences, Ivory, Olay, Pantene, Puffs, Safeguard, Secret & Venus.
Here is the link for the rebate form:
http://www.olay.com/en-US/Images/offers/Rebate%20Form.pdf

I haven't purchased my items yet, but I printed out the form, filled it out, and put it in my coupon holder so it is ready to go when I do!

It's getting towards the end of the year, so have started thinking about savings and mortgage goals for next year. We did awesome on savings goals this year, met every goal by August! As for the mortgage we did not meet our goal of getting to $110K, this was due to refinancing, so the mortgage went up with closing costs, and also we didn't have to make any payment to the mortgage for 2 months.
I haven't worked out the exact numbers for next years savings yet, but I do know I want to get the mortgage under $100K. One of my steps to help achieve that is to make a goal of putting our entire tax refund towards the house. Every year we always put the tax refund in savings (usually about $1500), but I think savings is good enough this year that we could put it towards the house. That would feel soooo good!

I went to Target and the TP I got at CVS was $18.99 per pack! At CVS after EB and coupons it was only $3.07 per pack! Wow what a huge savings! So I went back and got some more on DH's card. I was going to get all of the same things as I did on Sunday on my card, but they were out of the Revlon beauty tools that I wanted, and I found a better deal on the Tampax, so I did this instead.

Charmin UltraSoft TP - 16 Double Rolls(Bought 3 packs)
Regular Price $15.99 per pack
-$6.00 Sale Price each
-.25 Mfr coupon (3 = .75 off)
-$10.00 off $50 purchase (I am taking this coupon of the TP, cause I wouldn't have used the coupon without purchasing the TP)
*Received $10.00 EB for spending $30 on select P&G
Final Price for 48 double rolls (96 regular rolls) = $9.22 ($3.07 per pack) or just .19 per double roll (.10 per reg roll)

Skintimate Shave Gel
Regular Price $3.99
*Received $2.00 EB
Final Price $1.99

Tampax Radiant 32ct
Regular Price $8.49
-$1.50 Sale Price each
-$2.00 Mfr Coupon
*Received $2.00 EB
Final Price $2.99 (.09 per tampon)
**If you get Tampax Radiant, make sure you get the boxed marked with "Coupons Inside". They have great coupons in theses! The smaller boxes have $2.00 off coupons, and the big boxes have $3.00 off coupons!**

Since I couldn't get the Revlon tools, I needed some filler items to get to the $50 purchase so I could use my $10 off coupon. So I got some Bowl Appetit meals that I use at work for lunch. They are really nice to keep in my desk since I don't have to keep in the fridge and all you have to do is add water. Great for a quick lunch in the winter. (These are not pictured cause they are already in my drawer at work).

Bowl Appetite Meals (Bought 8)
Regular Price $2.19
-$1.19 Sale Price
Final Price $1.00 each

Simply Asian Meals (Bought 2)
Regular Price $2.37
-$1.17 Sale Price
Final Price $1.00 each

Then after work I went to our other CVS and used my Mom's card. I used one of the $3.00 off coupons I got from the Tampax I purchased earlier.

Tampax Radiant 32ct
Regular Price $8.49
-$1.50 Sale Price
-$3.00 Mfr Coupon
*Received $2.00 EB
Final Price $1.99 (.06 per tampon)

So now I have another $3.00 coupon to use next time they are on sale. I also have 2 coupons to use on those Tampax trial packs, so I can get 2 free. I will wait and get those on Sunday in case I can use another $10.00 off a $50.00 purchase coupon.



Then I went to Menards and got a few FREE items:

All Purpose Paint Brushes (2)
*ETA - Sold 2 for $2.50 each at 8/23/13 rummage sale
Profit = $5.00

Safety Glasses (2)
*ETA - Sold 2 for $2.00 at 9/4/14 rummage sale
Profit = $4.00

Safey Box Cutters (6)
*ETA - Sold 1 for $1.00 at 6/15/13 rummage sale
*ETA - Sold 4 for $1.00 each at 9/5/13 rummage sale
*ETA - Sold 1 for $1.00 at 9/4/14 rummage sale
Profit = $6.00


All of these items will go in the rummage sale. Not sure what I am marking them yet though, need to research. I never have to pay anything OOP when I go to Menards, I just keep using my rebates, then get more items that have rebates, then use those rebates to get more items that have rebates....and keeps going in a loop so I never actually have to pay anything other then the first time.

We are in OE at my work for health insurance. I am enrolling in the same benefits as last year and my deductible and premium are both staying the same, so that is good, no increase!
DH and I both got a $25.00 per month ($600.00 per year between the 2 of us) credit for meeting metabolic testing criteria. We also each got $25.00 per month ($600.00 per year between the 2 of us) for being non-smokers. So that is $1200 per year I am saving on insurance premiums just for being healthy!
So my monthly insurance premium is $50. Whoo hoo!
My employer gives a yearly contribution of $600 to our HSA. I look forward to seeing that hefty boost each year, and this year it is increasing to $800! So that is like a $200 increase in my pay! Just had to share as that news made my day!

Current Balance $24,330.00
+$250.00 Cross Country Money to Home Improvements
New Balance $24,580.00

Bingo Money (cash) $1620.00
ING $20,485.00 ($4000.00 Bingo Money)
Home Improvements(cash)$1100.00
HSBC $1375.00
Total = $24,580.00

Bingo Money
Tips total - $2006.61
Wage total - $3617.32
Total Bingo Money - $5623.93

If I use one more coupon I should be able to already make back the money I spent on the booklet. I am also going through and taking out the coupons I know I won't use so I can see if my friends or coworkers can use them.

10/9/12 Brunos Pizza - Free Calzone $6.99
10/9/12 Brunos Pizza - Free Pop $2.29
10/16/12 Pita Pit - BOGO Free Pita $6.79
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Total Saved $16.07

Here is my cupboard....sooo much stuff! Awwww! And I swear I don't even buy any of this kind of stuff. I get a lot from free samples and also my Aunt is a beautician and gets a lot of free samples that she gives to me.

Before:


After:


Toss
-One Minute Manicure (Old and not good anymore)

Donate
-Pair of glasses (Have 2, so don't need these)

Sell
-Peppermint Bath Foamy

Keep
-8 Sprays
-2 Pairs of Glasses
-21 Lotions (mostly mini lotions)
-38 Nail Polishes
-4 Razor Heads
-7 Headbands
-4 Travel/Cosmetic Bags
-Numerous Shampoo/Hair Product Samples
-Hair gel, Mousse, Leave in Conditioner, Bathbeads, Biore Cleansing Strips, etc.

Cleaned out the 2 cupboards in the bathroom.
First cupboard is medicine cabinet and DH's stuff.
Before:

After:


Toss
-Vitamins (expired)
-Medications (expired)
-Condensed several like items (bandaids, cough drops etc) so was able to throw away several boxes/bags.

Donate
-Prilosec to a coworker (we don't use this)
-Pepto to a coworker (we don't use this)

Sell
-(2) Theraflu packs, marked for $1.00 each

Keep
-12 Tubes Toothpaste
-9 Toothbrushes
-2 Lint Rollers
-Numerous medications, bandaids, cold/flu relief products and sports injury products
-3 Shave Foam
-2 Razors
-10 Razor Refills
-2 Hair Products
-3 After Shave
-Numerous colognes

I refilled my work medications from the bottles in the cupboard. I also found 3 hand sanitizers which I took to work to use at my desk.

Scanned my card today and got a coupon for $2.00 of CVS lotion. Bought 2 lotions:

CVS Brand 3 oz lotion
Regular Price $1.49
Sale - BOGO 50% off
Total Price $2.24
-$2.00 CVS Coupon
Final Price .24 - Just .12 per bottle!
Marked these for $1.00 each for rummage sale
*ETA - Sold 1 for $1.00 on 3/17/14 to a coworker = .88 Profit!
...the 2nd tube seems to have gone missing cause I am completely out of lotion....???

I took money out of savings and transferred to checking to help cover the large principle payment we made this month. Now we should go back to our normal principle payment so shouldn't have to take anymore out.

Current Balance $24,945.00
+$100.00 to EF from Payday
+$100.00 to Sept 2013 from Payday
+$100.00 to Anniversary Cruise
+$85.00 to retirement hold account
-$1000.00 to checking
New Balance $24,330.00

Bingo Money (cash) $1620.00
ING $20,485.00 ($4000.00 Bingo Money)
Home Improvements(cash)$850.00
HSBC $1375.00
Total = $24,330.00

Bingo Money
Tips total - $2006.61
Wage total - $3617.32
Total Bingo Money - $5623.93

There is a good chance that I have not cleaned out underneath the bathroom sink since we moved in. It is not a very messy area, but needed a little sprucing up.

Toss
-Cleaning Toothbrush (already have 3)
-Brawn Cleaning Wipes (dried up)

Sell
-Charmin TP holder
-Misc feminine hygeine free samples that I won't use (put 10 in a bag and marked for .50)

Keep
-2 bottles glass cleaner
-3 bottles bathroom cleaner
-1 bottle CLR
-1 can Scrubbing Bubbles
-12 Scrubbing Bubbles Toilet Cleaning Brushes
-11 Magic Eraser Extra Power
-264 Tampons
-31 Rolls TP
-1 Scope Mouthwash
-1 Bubble Bath
-1 Softsoap Handsoap (moved this to kitchen sink)

Before:

After:

Loving the deals I got at CVS this morning!


Charmin UltraSoft TP - 16 Double Rolls(Bought 3 packs)
Regular Price $15.99 per pack
-$6.00 Sale Price each
-.25 Mfr coupon (3 = .75 off)
-$10.00 off $50 purchase (I am taking this coupon of the TP, cause I wouldn't have used the coupon without purchasing the TP)
*Received $10.00 EB for spending $30 on select P&G
Final Price for 48 double rolls (96 regular rolls) = $9.22 or just .19 per double roll (.10 per reg roll)

Skintimate Shave Gel
Regular Price $3.99
*Received $2.00 EB
Final Price $1.99

Revlon Clippers (Bought 2)
Regular Price $3.19 each
*Received $5.00 EB for purchasing 2
Final Price .69 each
(Marked for $1.50 each for rummage sale)
*ETA - Sold 1 for $1.50 at 6/15/13 rummage sale
*ETA - Sold 1 for $1.50 at 8/23/13 rummage sale
Profit = $1.62

Tampax Pearl 18ct - found bonus packs that each had 2 free tampons, so got 4 extra tampons free (Bought 2 boxes)
Regular Price $5.49 each
-$1.74 Sale Price each
-$2.50 off 2 Mfr Coupon
*Received $1.00 EB (Limit of 1 so only got one EB)
Final Price $4.00 ($2.00 per box)

This Tampax Radiant Set was the only thing I did not plan to buy today. I saw it on an endcap while I was shopping. It was $1.99 and I had a $2.00 off Tampax Radiant Product so it was Free! I had 2 of those coupons, but decided to just get one kit for now to see what was all included, it had:
1 Wristlet Carrying Bag
3 Tampax Radiant Tampons
1 Always Radiant Panty Liner
1 Always Radiant Infinity Pad
1 .50 off Tampax Radiant Coupon
1 .50 off Always Radiant Pads or Liners


Then on to the Peanut Butter! I had 8 coupons for FREE Peanut Butter from the local grocery store! So I got all 8, but we don't use a lot of pb, so will probably give some to my Mom, Dad and bro so that it doesn't expire.

Trying to keep the cleaning/purging going so started on the bathroom right away today. I cleaned out my "everyday" drawer. Tossed a few things, but mostly just organized. I also made up two baggies to sell, makeup removers for .50 and shoe cleaning wipes for .25.

Before:


After:

I finished going though my bedroom! I went through my entire closet, every dresser and every drawer. I am soooo happy to be done!

I went through 853 items of clothing and got rid of 134!! Most went into the rummage sale, but a few I tossed. I also got rid of a few books and misc items from my bedroom. Feels great to be almost 140 items lighter!

Here is a pic of my room now!