Banker Gurl's More Bang For Your Buck!

I haven't cashed in my Discover Rewards for awhile. I checked my balance and had $188.00 available! So I used $45 to get a $50 CVS giftcard. I think I will see if DH wants to pick something for himself for some of the rest of the balance.

Also got my free Olympic Tshirt from Coke. I just entered my points a few days ago....That was fast!

I added a new catagory to my blog today. "Cleaning/Purging/Organizing"

Lately I have been spending a lot of time at a friends house that runs a very small daycare from home. The house is crazyness. Every inch is packed with toys, clothes, craft/art supplies and misc everything. It drives me NUTS when I am there cause I just want to organize the crap out of it....it's near hoarders status (without the dirtyness of it). So it has really got it in my head about organizing and having too much stuff. I normally do pretty good with purging things as I like to constantly be weeding out for the rummage sale and throw things away pretty quickly once their worth is gone. But I could always do better and have been feeling overwhelmed with the amount of stuff in our house lately. So I am going to try to go room by room, drawer by drawer, closet by closet to get rid of things, rediscover the forgotten, and organize and clean my home!

I actually tried to start this a few weeks ago, but I already know it's going to be a very long process as I want to do it right and completely. So I started with one of the fullest places in the house...My closet. I took all of my tank tops out of my closet and tried on every single one....then a few weeks later I did this with my nice shirts. Very exhausting!! Once I had gone through them all I folded them all neatly and put them back in color coded rows (DORK ALERT!). I already have a whole shelf cleared off just from doing those.

Here is what I ended up with so far
-------------Keep---Sell------------------------------
Tanktops------96-----12-------------------------------
Shirts--------61-----23-------------------------------
Totals-----157-----35--------------------------

Sick how much clothes I have...and that doesn't count the T-shirts, long sleeves, cardigans, hoodies, sweaters, or any of my hanging clothes..etc
So that is where I am at. Already have 35 items to get rid of at the next rummage sale.

Next I am going to tackle my shorts since it is hot as heck here and I need to see what I have to wear!

Got lots of great deals at Staples today! Some things to keep and some to sell. ALLLL of this for only $2.56 OOP!!!!



RoseArt Crayons 24pk (Limit 2)
Regular Price $1.00
-.99 Sale Price (With $5 Minimum Purchase)
Final Price .01!! (Marked .50 each for rummage sale)
*ETA - Sold 2 for .50 each at 8/24/12 rummage sale

Staples Washable School Glue (Limit 2)
Regular Price .75
-.74 Sale Price (With $5 Minimum Purchase)
Finale Price .01!! (Marked .25 each for rummage sale)
*ETA - Sold both for .25 each at 9/7/12 rummage sale = .48 profit

Bic Roundstick Pens 8ct (Limit 2)
Regular Price $1.99
-$1.98 Sale Price (With $5 Minimum Purchase)
Finale Price .01!!(Marked $1.00 each for rummage sale)
*ETA - Sold 2 for $1.00 each at 8/24/12 rummage sale

Scotch Super Glue (Limit 1)
Regular Price $4.29
-$1.30 Sale Price
-$2.99 Easy Rebate
Final Price - FREE!! (Marked $2.00 for rummage sale)
*ETA - Sold for $2.00 at 9/4/14 rummage sale
Profit = $2.00

Sharpie Markers 5pk (Limit 4)
Regular Price $4.79
-$3.79 Sale Price
Final Price $1.00!! (Marked $3.00 each rummage sale)
*ETA - Sold 2 for $3.00 each at 8/24/12 rummage sale
*ETA - Sold 2 for $3.00 each at 9/7/12 rummage sale = $8.00 profit

Staples 2013 Desktop Calenders (Limit 2)
Regular Price $4.99
-$4.99 Easy Rebate
Final Price-FREE!!(Marked $2.00 each for rummage sale)
*ETA - Sold 2 for $2.50 each at 9/7/12 rummage sale = $5.00 profit

PaperMate Mechanical Pencils 5pk (Bought 4)
Regular Price $3.49
-$3.24 Sale Price
Final Price .25!! (Marked $1.50 each for rummage sale)
*ETA - Sold 2 for $1.50 each at 8/24/12 rummage sale
*ETA - Sold 2 for $1.50 each at 9/7/12 rummage sale = $5.00 profit

Staples Multipurpose Paper 500ct (Limit 2)
Regular Price $6.99
-$6.74 Easy Rebate
Final Price .25!!

Really Useful Boxes (Bought 4)
Regular Price $1.00
-.75 Sale Price
Final Price .25!!

HP Photo Paper 50 sheets (Limit 4)
Regular Price $9.99
-.50 Sale Price
-$8.99 Easy Rebate
Final Price .50!! (Marked $5.00 for rummage sale)
*ETA - Sold 4 for $5.00 each at 9/7/12 rummage sale = $18.00 profit


I also had a $5 coupon off a purchase of $30 or more, so after all of the rebates (which I already did online) I only spent $2.56 and got $112.71 worth of merchandise!!!! One of my best shopping trips yet!!

The only things I am keeping is the printer paper and the really useful boxes. I also splurged and bought myself a cute notebook that was on clearance for $1.00.

I haven't entered my coke rewards points online in a long time. I finally got around to entering them today and have 117 pts to spend. I also had a promo code and got a free Coca-Cola Olympic Games T-shirt. I didn't realize before that I could also enter the codes from Powerades, and we drink those a lot, so I will have to start entering those codes as well. If I'm gonna drink the stuff regardless I might as well get a little something back!

If you have coke points you want to enter for free or reduced products go to mycokerewards.com.

I am way behind on my Target/Menards/CVS posts since we had those vacations. Trying to get caught up.
Last week I had a coupon from Target for FREE Dozen Eggs...so I redeemed that.

Today I had a coupon for FREE Liter of Pepsi product and also a coupon for $2.00 off a $5.00 purchase of any Up and Up products.

So I got a 2 liter of Mt Dew, a box of 100 sandwich bags, and a box of 40 gallon storage bags, all for $5.50!

They recently remodeled my local Target and now have a lot more produce and groceries. Hopefully they keep sending out these great "FREE" coupons!

Regular Savings:
Bingo Money $5620
Home Maintanence ING $3430
Mortgage Payoff Account (cash) $130
Cushion $2270
HSA $8400
New Patio Door(cash) $370
September 2012 $1810
Emergency Fund $3025
New Car $5010 - Complete
Vacation - $2830 - Complete
Anniversary Cruise $870 - Complete
Total Regular Savings = $33,765.00

Retirement Savings:
Retirement Hold Account $1735
Roth IRA $5600
Rollover IRA $890
401K $19,000
403B $13,800 (est)
Total Retirement Savings = $41,025.00

Total Savings = $74,790.00
Up $2,050 from last month!! Pretty amazing considering we went on a 7 day cruise and a 4 day vacation to Nevada! YEAH!

OK please weigh in and let me know what you think.

We have met all of our goals for the year (see left side of screen). It shows the cushion still not met, but I put $10 a week towards that and only have about $40 left, so it will be met very soon.

So my question is now that we have met all of the goals for the year...Should we:

A) Set some new/additional goals
-Beefing up the EF
-Beefing up the new car fund
-Saving for specific home improvements (We NEED a new patio door, new garage door...we WANT to put in a sprinkler system...and our AC is on the fritz)

or

B) Since we've met all the goals for the year, put all extra funds to the mortgage, and use the existing savings for the above projects as needed. Then make new savings goals for 2013 and start saving again then.

The reason I want to even look at option B is because as many of you may know....there is ALWAYS something to save for! And now seemed like a good time to break from savings and make a dent in the mortgage since we surpassed the $20K challenge and are nearly to $25K (not counting retirement or our HSA).

Please let me know any thoughts you have as any extra input or suggestions would be appreciated.
Thank you!

Current Balance $24,785.00
+$12.30 Interest
+$17.70 Even Out Amount
New Balance $24,815.00

Bingo Money (cash) $1620.00
ING $21,850.00 ($4000.00 Bingo Money)
Mortgage Payoff $130.00
Home Improvements(cash)$345.00
HSBC $870.00
Total = $24,815.00

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

Well a week after we got back from the cruise we flew to Wendover, Nevada to go on a casino getaway with my aunt and uncle. Everyone did great on the slots. We had this great win of $1,071.30!! My husband also did really well on roulette and we ended up coming home up $1200! The money we took with was the money for May's mortgage payment that we didn't have to pay since we refinanced...so it was all extra money. So I saved $500 for this next weekend when FIL is in town, and have $2200 for savings!! I put $1400 in the EF to meet that goal for the year and the other $800 into Home Improvements as we are planning on getting a sprinkler system put in soon.



Current Balance $22,585.00
+$2,200.00 Casino Win
New Balance $24,785.00

Bingo Money (cash) $1620.00
ING $21,820.00 ($4000.00 Bingo Money)
Mortgage Payoff $130.00
Home Improvements(cash)$345.00
HSBC $870.00
Total = $24,785.00

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

July 2012 Mortgage Payment

Balance $126,550.00
+$290.01 Interest
+$319.07 Escrow
-$1537.95 Regular Payment
-$321.13 Principle Payment($30 change)
New Balance $125,300.00

Current Balance $21,850.00
-$112.00 to ING ROTH
+$2.00 Even Out Amount
+$845.00 Money we brought back from cruise
New Balance $22,585.00

Bingo Money (cash) $1620.00
ING $19,620.00 ($4000.00 Bingo Money)
Mortgage Payoff $130.00
Home Improvements(cash)$345.00
HSBC $870.00
Total = $22,585.00

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

We are back from our cruise and had a great time! I will try to get a few pics up and get back into the grind soon!

Went for a walk with DH yesterday and found a storage shelf on the curb for giveaway! I have been wanting one of these for some time to store some of our food and drink surplus.
So I moved all of the rummage sale pop and juice in there. Moved all our Powerades (bought on super sale for .68 each!) cause they were stuck in every cupboard in the kitchen. Also had a surplus of mandarin oranges and Ragu Marinara Sauce that I moved in there. On the top I have the extra dish soap. Now I have more room in our regular cupboards to keep everything nice and organized and not too crowded. Also still have tons of room on the my new shelves for stocking up on super deals!

Palmolive Dishsoap 10oz
Regular Price $1.99
-$1.00 Sale Price
-.50 Mfr Coupon
Final Price .49!!

Special K and Nutrigrain Products
Buy 3 at sale price of $2.49, get free box of Rice Krispy Bars
Regular Price $13.17($4.39 each)
-$5.70 Sale Price($1.90 each)
Final Price $7.47 ($2.49 each)
Plus $3.59 Rice Krispy Bars - FREE!!
Took the Special K and Nutrigrain bars to work and marked the Rice Krispy Bars .50 each for the rummage sale.
*ETA - Sold 1 Rice Krispy for .50 at 8/24/12 rummage sale...my little nephew ate one too..lol
*ETA - Sold 6 for .50 each at 9/7/12 rummage sale = $3.50 profit for the box

Applebees giftcards $25.00
Bought 2 to get a $5.00 EB
DH and I both play softball in the summer and our teams go to Applebees a lot after the games, so this was a good deal for us to get a $5.00 EB!

There were a few other things that looked like good sales, so I might go back again later this week.

Kotex Natural Balance Pantiliners 16ct .99
-$1.00 Target coupon I got in a coupon book in the mail
Final Price = Free!
Marked this for $1.00 for the rummage sale.
*ETA - Sold for $1.00 at 9/7/12 rummage sale = $1.00 profit

Current Balance $23,765.00
+$85.00 to retirement hold account
-$2000.00 Cruise Spending Money
New Balance $21,850.00

Bingo Money (cash) $1620.00
ING $19,730.00 ($4000.00 Bingo Money)
Mortgage Payoff $130.00
Home Improvements(cash)$345.00
HSBC $25.00
Total = $21,850.00

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

Crest ProHealth Mouthwash 1 Liter
Regular Price $7.39
-$1.40 Sale Price
-$.25 Mfr Coupon
Price $5.74
Received $5.00 EB
Final Price = .74!!(Marked $3.00 for the rummage sale)
*ETA - Sold for $3.00 at 8/24/12 rummage sale

Crest ProHealth Mouthwash 1 Liter
Regular Price $7.39
-$1.40 Sale Price
Price $5.99
Received $5.00 EB
Final Price = .99!!(Marked $3.00 for the rummage sale)
*ETA - Sold for $1.50 at 8/24/12 rummage sale

Speedstick Deoderant
Regular Price $3.19
-$.20 Sale Price
Price $2.99
Received $2.00 EB
Final Price = .99!!

Crest Whitening Toothpaste 6.4oz
Regular Price $3.29
-$1.30 Sale Price
-$1.00 Mfr Coupon
Final price = .99 (Marked $1.50 for rummage sale)
*ETA - Sold for $1.50 at 9/7/12 rummage sale = .51 profit

Oral B Complete Scope Scented Toothbrush with free sample size Crest Toothpaste attached
Regular Price $3.79
-$1.02 Sale Price
-$1.00 Mfr Coupon
Price $1.77
Received $2.00 EB
Final Price +.23 Money Maker!! (Marked $1.50 for rummage sale)
*ETA - Sold for $1.50 at 8/24/12 rummage sale

Oral B Complete "Action" Electric Toothbrush
Regular Price $9.89
-$3.90 Sale Price
Price $5.99
Received $5.00 EB
Final Price = .99!! (Marked $5.00 for rummage sale)
*ETA - Sold for $5.00 at 8/24/12 rummage sale

Tampax Radiant 16ct
Regular Price $5.49
-$1.50 Sale Price
-$1.00 Mfr Coupon
Price $2.99
Received $1.00 EB
Final Price = $1.99!

---I also got several coupons in this box including a $2.00 off Tampaz Radiant which I will use on this same deal later this week on DHs card and get the box for .99!!

I decided not to keep the menards rebates in my savings total anymore since I will want to use those as they come in. Also the ING balance was off by $90 somehow, so I made the correction to that.

Current Balance $23,700.00
-$25.00 Menards Rebate
+$90.00 Correct ING Balance
New Balance $23,765.00

Bingo Money (cash) $1620.00
ING $19,645.00 ($4000.00 Bingo Money)
Mortgage Payoff $130.00
Home Improvements(cash)$345.00
HSBC $2,025.00
Total = $23,765.00

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

Vaseline Hand Lotion - Limit of 5
Regular Price $5.00
Rebate $5.00
Final Price - FREE
(Marked for $2.00 each for the rummage sale)
*ETA - Sold 1 for $2.00 each at 9/7/12 rummage sale
*ETA - Sold 2 for $2.00 each at 8/23/13 rummage sale
*ETA - Sold 2 for $2.00 each at 9/5/13 rummage sale
=$10.00 profit on the lotions!!

3pk Microfiber Cleaning Towel - Limit 4
Regular Price $2.49
Rebate $2.49
Final Price - FREE
*Marked for $2.00 each for the rummage sale
*ETA - Sold 4 for $2.00 each at 8/24/12 rummage sale
=$8.00 profit on the towels!!

Mini Storage Bins - Limit 10
Regular Price $.50
Rebate $.50
Final Price - FREE
*ETA - Sold as a pack of 10 for $4.00 at our 6/23/12 rummage sale
=$4.00 profit on the bins!!

9' Magnetic Torpedo Level - Limit 2
Regular Price $2.89
Rebate $2.89
Final Price - FREE
*Marked for $2.00 for the rummage sale
*ETA - Sold for $2.00 each at 9/7/12 rummage sale
=$4.00 profit on the levels!!

Menards T-shirts and Hats - Limit 4
Regular Price $6.99
Rebate $6.99
Final Price - FREE
*Got 3 shirts and 1 hat and will keep these

Roll-A-Bag Deluxe - No limit (I bought 4)
Sale Price $3.49
Rebate $3.00
Final Price .49
*Marked for $3.00 for the rummage sale
*ETA - Sold 4 for $3.00 each at 9/7/12 rummage sale
=$10.04 profit on the Roll-A-Bags

*ETA - I have now sold everything on this page, and made a profit of $36.04!!

June 2012 Mortgage Payment

Balance $127,750.00
+$292.76 Interest
+$319.07 Escrow
-$1537.95 Regular Payment
-$273.88 Principle Payment($150 change, $15 recycling)
New Balance $126,550.00

We didn't have to pay the mortgage in April or May due to the refinance. April's $1500 I put in savings for a new car. May's $1500 I have saved for a trip we are taking at the end of June, and anything we bring back from that $1500 will go into the EF.

I am thinking for the summer we will just be paying an extra $100 to principle, plus any change we have. Money is just too tight in the summer to put too much extra to the house. Glad to be going back down again!

We had our rummage sale last weekend...but unfortunatley it rained most of the weekend. We made $130 on misc stuff. Didn't do any snacks since it was raining. But got rid of some of our stuff and some of the items I bought to make a profit.

$5.15 Misc Science supplies from DHs classroom
$17.00 Clothes a coworker didn't want to store/mark
$8.50 Clothes my step-mom didn't want to store/mark
$7.50 Clothes my Mom's friend didn't want to store/mark

Free items from CVS
Excedrin (5) sold for $1.00 each = $5.00 profit
Flossers (2) sold for $1.00 each = $2.00 profit
Irish Spring Deoderant $1.50 = $1.50 profit
Sample Size Scope .50 = .50 profit

Discounted Items from CVS
Suave Bodywash (3) - I paid .80 each
Sold for $1.50 each = $2.10 profit

Glade Sense and Spray - I paid .67
Sold for $4.00 = $3.33 profit

Gillette Shave Gel (2) - I paid .37 each
Sold for $1.00 each = $1.26 profit

Gillette Shave Gel - I made +.63 by purchasing this
Sold for $1.00 = $1.63 profit

Old Spice Body Wash - I paid $1.25
Sold for $2.50 = $1.25 profit

Discounted Items from Target
File Folders (6) - I paid .30 each
Sold for $1.00 each = $4.20 profit

Marker Boards (4) - I paid .30 each
Sold for $1.00 each = $2.10 profit

Dictionary - I paid .30
Sold for $1.00 = .70 profit

Flash cards (2) - I paid .30
Sold for $1.00 = $1.40 profit

Free Items from Menards
Citronella Candle $3.00 = $3.00 profit
Vaseline Lotion $2.00 = $2.00 profit

Disounted Items from Menards

Strap Wrench (2) - I paid .99
Sold for $5.00 each = $8.02 profit

Utility Knife - I paid .99
Sold for $4.00 = $3.01 profit

Pry Bar - I paid .49
Sold for $3.00 = $2.51

The discounted and free items I have been picking up are paying off!

DH took me out to some rummage sales this morning. I think we did awesome....here is our haul! All of this for only $15.05!



Found some things to resell for a profit:
3 John Grisham Books for .50 each
(Marked $1.00 each for our sale)
*ETA - Sold 3 for $1.00 each at 9/7/12 rummage sale = $1.50 profit

2 Childrens Books for .10 each
(Marked .75 and .50 for our sale)
*ETA - Sold both for .75 and .50 at 9/7/12 rummage sale = $1.05 profit

5 Childrens Books for .05 each
(Marked .25 to .50 each for our sale)
*ETA - Sold 1 for .25 at 9/7/12 rummage sale = .20 profit
*ETA - Sold 2 for .25 each at 9/5/13 rummage sale = .40 profit

Brand new Narnia book that has all 6 books in it .50(Marked $5.00 for our sale)
*ETA - Sold for $5.00 at 9/7/12 rummage sale = $4.50 profit

7 John Grisham/Stephen King Books $1 total, .14 each
(Marked $1.00 each for 6 and .75 for 1 for our sale)
*ETA - Sold Stephen King book for .75 at 8/24/12 rummage sale
*ETA - Sold 3 for $1.00 each at 9/7/12 rummage sale = $2.57 profit
*ETA - Sold 2 for $1.00 each at 8/23/13 rummage sale = $1.72 profit

6 Lint Rollers for $2.00 total, .34 each
(Marked $1.00 each for our sale)
*ETA - Sold 5 for $1.00 each at 9/7/12 rummage sale = $3.30 profit
*ETA - Sold 1 for $1.00 at 9/5/13 rummage sale - .66 profit

Shower Caddy - In the free box!
(Marked $1.00 for our sale)
*ETA - Sold for $1.00 at 9/7/12 rummage sale = $1.00 profit

Volleyball Knee Pads - In the free box!
(Marked $1.00 = $1.00 profit)
*Gave these to my Mom, she uses them when she does roofing.

And some things to keep!
Old Navy Hooded Top .25
Argyle Top .25
Navy Fall Jacket .25
Brand new undies with tag still on .10
2 Cookies .25
2 books for me .50 each
Dale Earnhardt Winter Hat .50
Dale Earnhardt Toy Car $1.00
Dale Earnhardt Uniform Nascar Jacket $5.00 (This was marked $10, but I talked her down to $5.00!)

Total spent $15.05! Lots of great deals!

DH looked up the Dale Earnhardt jacket online and we could not find it for less then $100! So he is pumped with his find. We will get it dry cleaned and then put it in his sports room.

Regular Savings:
Bingo Money $5620
Home Maintanence ING $2625
Mortgage Payoff Account (cash) $130
Cushion $2230
HSA $8020
New Patio Door(cash) $370
September 2012 $1765
Emergency Fund $1430
New Car $5000 - Complete
Vacation - $2825 - Complete
Anniversary Cruise $2025 - Complete
Total Regular Savings = $32,040.00

Retirement Savings:
Retirement Hold Account $1810
Roth IRA $5300
Rollover IRA $890
401K $19,000
403B $13,700 (est)
Total Retirement Savings = $40,700.00

Total Savings = $72,740.00 Passed the $70K mark and up $3,450 from last month!!

Well this will probably be the last update going up in awhile. During the summer DH makes much less ($1800 a month less!) so we will not be making deposits into savings unless it is unexpected monies (BD money, rummage sale, recycling etc). We just try to make it through without taking too much out of savings and planning ahead as best we can. I have to take $2K out of savings in the next week or two for our spending money for our anniversary cruise.

We did meet the goal for the Sept 2012 savings!

Current Balance $23,145.00
+$140.00 to Sept 2012 Savings
+$250.00 to Home Improvements
+$130.00 Rummage Sale Money to EF
+$11.95 ING Interest
+$23.05 ING Even Out Amount
New Balance $23,700.00

Bingo Money (cash) $1620.00
ING $19,555.00 ($4000.00 Bingo Money)
Mortgage Payoff $130.00
Home Improvements(cash)$370.00
HSBC $2,025.00
Total = $23,700.00

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

Super Clean Car Wash $4.49 - Limit 2
Free after Mail in Rebate
*ETA - Sold 1 for $3.00 at 8/23/13 rummage sale

Love, Peace, and the Planet Hair Products $9.00 - Limit 10
Free after Mail in Rebate
*ETA - Sold 1 for $3.00 at 8/24/12 rummage sale
*ETA - Sold 9 for $3.00 at 9/7/12 rummage sale
Profit of $30.00 on the Hair Products!!


Marked everything for $3.00 each and already put away for the next rummage sale in August.

Also got an extra 11% rebate, I have 4 receipts to send in for this, just on this purchase I will get $10.89.

So if I sell them all that would be $36.00 plus the $10.89 rebate, so that would be a profit of $46.89!

Took DH to the mall to get his haircut today. While I was waiting for him to get done I was browsing around Claires and found some great clearance deals.

All of their clearance with a starting price of $10 or less was buy 10 for $10.
So I bought:
5 Pearl/Flower headband - Regular Price $9.50 each
3 Pink Feather Earrings - Regular Price $9.50 each
1 White Father Earrings - Regular Price $8.50 each
1 Black Father Earrings - Regular Price $10.00 each
Total regular price = $94.50
My price = $1.00 each, $10.00 Total
Marked each for $2.00
*ETA - Sold 1 headband (profit $1.00), 1 pink earring (profit $1.00), 1 black earring (profit $1.00) and 1 white earring (profit $1.00) for $2.00 each at 8/24/12 rummage sale
*ETA - Sold 4 headbands (profit $4.00), 2 pink earrings for $2.00 each (profit $2.00) at 9/7/12 rummage sale



I don't think these will be hard to sell especially since they still have their price tags on, but I could always put them in gifts if I couldn't sell them.


I also got a bunch of bellybutton rings on clearance.
2 5pk of Colored Gems - Regular Price $20.00
-Clearance to $5.00
2 5pk of Roses - Regular Price $16.00 each
-Clearance to $4.00
2 Dangly Stars - Regular Price $14.00
-Clearance to $3.50
4 Butterfly - Regular Price $10.00
Clearance to $1.00!!

Regular Price for 10 bellybuttons rings = $140.00
My price $30.00
*ETA - Sold a dangly star pack for $5.00 (profit $1.50) and a 5pk of gems for $7.00 (profit $2.00) at 8/24/12 rummage sale.
*ETA - Sold 2 butterfly packs for $3.00 (profit $4.00) each at the 9/7/12 rummage sale.
*ETA - Sold 1 butterfly pack for $4.00 (profit $3.00) and 1 5pk Roses for $8.00 (profit $4.00) at the 8/23/13 rummage sale
*ETA - Sold 1 butterfly pack for $4.00 on FB on 9/27/14
- I had pulled out several packs to give as a present to my SIL, but then she ended up being preggers so no longer a practical gift, so I put them back in the rummage sale now. Just 1 Butterfly pack left to sell and I will have sold everything on this page, other then 3 packs for naval rings that I kept for myself.
*Profit as of 8/23/13 on this page is $24.50!!
*ETA - I have now sold everything on this page and made a profit of $27.50!!!!

Free Ice Pops (24 count) at Kmart this week.

Regular Price $2.00
$2.00 mail in rebate

I bought 3 bags and will mark them for the rummage sale.

Used my card and DHs card to get some deals twice.

My card:

Mitchum Smart Solid Clinical Performance Deoderant
Regular Price $4.99
-$3.00 Sale Price
-$1.00 mfr coupon
Final Price .99!

Snickers Bar
Regular Price $1.19
-.44 Sale Price
Price = .75
Received .75 EB
Final Price - FREE!

Depend Real Fit for Men
Regular Price $4.49
-.50 Sale Price
-$1.50 mfr coupon
Price = $2.49
Received $2.00 EB
Final Price .49! (Marked this for $2.50 for the rummage sale)
*ETA - Sold for $3.00 at 9/7/12 rummage sale - $2.51 profit

Colgate 360 Optic White Toothbrush
Regular Price $5.49
-$2.50 Sale Price
-$1.00 CVS Coupon
Price $1.99
Received $2.00 EB
Final Price +.01 - Money Maker!! (Marked for $2.00 for rummage sale)
*ETA - Sold 1 for $2.00 at 8/24/12 rummage sale
*ETA - Sold 1 for $2.00 at 9/7/12 rummage sale = Profit of $4.02!!
Then I used DHs card and got all the same deals again except for the deoderant.

Lots of great deals at Menards this last week!

2PC Grip Wrench Set - Limit of 2
Regular Price $9.98
Sale Price $6.99
Rebate $6.00
Final Price .99
*Sold both at the 5/18/12 rummage sale for $5.00 each
Profit of $8.02!!

Comfort Patches - Limit 10
Regular Price $5.00
Rebate $5.00
Final Price - FREE
*ETA - Sold 2 for $3.00 each at 9/5/13 rummage sale
*ETA - Sold 1 for $2.00 at 9/4/14 rummage sale
*ETA - 6 of these expired before they were sold so I donated them on FB.

25' Tape Measure - Limit 2
Sale Price $8.99
Rebate $8.00
Final Price - .99
*Marked for $4.00 for the rummage sale.
*ETA - Sold 2 for $4.00 each at 9/7/12 rummage sale
Profit = $6.02

12' Flat Pry Bar - Limit 2
Sale Price $2.49
Rebate $2.00
Final Price .49
*ETA - Sold 1 for $3.00 at 5/18/12 rummage sale
*ETA - Sold 1 for $3.00 at 9/7/12 rummage sale - Profit = $5.02

Folding Utility Knife - Limit 2
Sale Price $6.99
Rebate $6.00
Final Price .99
*ETA - Sold one for $4.00 at our 5/18/12 rummage sale
*ETA - Sold one for $4.00 at our 6/23/12 rummage sale
Profit = $6.02

Citronella Candles - Limit 4
Sale Price $4.99
Rebate $4.99
Final Price - FREE
*ETA - Sold 1 for $3.00 at 5/18/12 rummage sale
*ETA - Sold 1 for $3.00 at 9/7/12 rummage sale
*ETA - Sold 2 for $3.00 each at 6/15/13 rummage sale
Profit = $12.00

Bio-Degrable Lubricants - Limit 8
Sale Price $4.99
Rebate $4.00
Final Price .99
*Marked for $2.50 each for the rummage sale. I didn't sell any yet.

I already sent in all of the rebates, so now just waiting for $142 in rebates which will go into the home improvements savings jar.

If I sold everything for the price I currently have them marked I would make a profit of $64.00 on these purchases!

We had our final weigh in for the Biggest Loser and I won! I did so good this time losing 10lbs during the contest and am down 26lbs total.
I won $50 which I added to the $50 I won from a previous BL and don't know what I'm going to use it for yet.
Gotta a lot of "eating" things coming up...graduations, vacations etc..need to keep my head in the game so I don't gain back any weight and keep going in the right direction.