Howdy! Today was BUSY, BUSY, BUSY. I had to work all day and shuffle kids to and fro in between! Although hectic, it was a productive day and everyone seemed happy. After cleaning my second house, I decided to make a quick stop at kings to pick up some "freebies". These are items I DO NOT PAY ANY MONEY FOR. If It is free I will buy it. If it is an item we do not use, I donate it! Below is a picture if all my freebies:
(8) 3 musketeers candy bars
(4) M&M candies
(4) Reach flossers
(4) Reach toothbrushes
(5) Colgate toothpastes (some not pictured, Luke was building a tower!)
(2) 4 regular rolls Angel Soft bath Tissue
(1) Nestle butterscoth morsels
(1) Men's speadstick deodorant
(1) Beach Nut Fruit snacks
All of this cost me nothing! I had coupons that either matched or exceeded the price of the items.
Yesterday I mentioned I would teach you a little something about stockpiling. I stockpile items that are either free or at the rock bottom price I will pay for an item. Today I added more laundry detergent to my stockpile. I prefer Tide, BUT, I will not pay $8.99 for a bottle of tide when I can get another brand for under $2. Wisk detergent was featured this week on sale at King Soopers. Three weeks ago when I price matched Wisk, it was being sold for around $6/bottle. This week it was on sale for $3.49!! even better, I had a handful of $2 off coupons.
That is (5) 32 load bottles of Wisk. I have more coupons, but decided on 5 today. All in all the detergent cost me $7.50...that is less than one bottle of tide costs!
I also bought (2) smart waters sale priced at .49 to get to my 20 items for the mega event!
The cashier rang up an item twice, which messed up my WHOLE order. Thankfully, customer service refunded me the amount with no questions asked!
TOTAL SPENT AT STORE (approx since my receipt was off): $9
We were kindly invited over to a friends house for supper. It was a PLEASANT evening spent with friends in their air conditioned house :) I brought a pasta salad that I whipped up using pasta from my stockpile!
DINNER WITH FRIENDS: $0
TOTAL SPENT DAY 9: $9 (-$1 rollover, Total rollover $22.98)
TIP: ALWAYS check your receipt when you leave the store for errors, it could save you some moola!!
DAY 10:
I put $15 of gas in my van using our rollover. I still had a half tank of gas, but wanted to stay ahead of the game since I hate when I get down to E! I have been DILIGENT in making sure that if I drive anywhere, I am killing as many birds as I can with my one stone. I cleaned a house on the opposite side of town from where we live and made sure that I brought the library books with me to return, and went to the bank near where I was. USUALLY I would pay no attention and make 3 DIFFERENT trips. I'll tell you, when you are living on $8/day, you think a LOT more about what the most economical way to do something is.
My whole $8, was spent today on produce. I weighed out everything and made sure to buy whatever was on sale. All in all we were able to get some bananas, celery, apples, grapes, and a pepper.
TOTAL SPENT: $7.93!!
TOTAL SPENT DAY 10: $22.93( TOTAL rollover after deduction: $8.05)
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