Couponing

I had this brilliant idea this morning and wonder why I hadn't thought about it before! I don't remember what I was dreaming about, but I woke up this morning with a new idea for Jayla. I know she will love it!

I've been saying for a long time now that I want/need to get into couponing because it saves so much money and we'll always have food. One of my good friends IRL has a huge stock and gets much of it for free or very cheap! So my idea that I apparently thought of in my sleep.....I'm going to teach Jayla how to coupon! The whole nine yards!

She is not very good at reading yet, so to start with she will mostly just be clipping the coupons for me. She will have a blast doing that! I can teach her how to organize them pretty easily. (This will help her with reading too!) Then once she gets that down, I'll teach her how to look through all the store ads that come in the paper. Eventually I'll have her check various web sites and blogs. I'm sure her brothers will help some too, but this is something that I can really see her loving and being very good at! She will learn how to manage finances, make menus for the week, all kinds of things!

Anyway, just wanted to share. Why didn't I think of this before, having her do it???

online shopping deals

Just a couple of new ones I discovered yesterday. I used them both with great success! Thank you, Amy (my SIL), for telling me about this first site! I got the 2nd site from one of the user comments on the first one. I'm sure there are more!

Retail Me Not
Beat My Price

Can you say SUGAR RUSH?

I just got a really great deal at Target! I've read about it on several blogs and took advantage if it myself today. The regular retail price for everything I bought would have been about $66 or so (plus tax). This week they were on sale (everything I got was on sale for a total of $59), then take off for manufacturer coupons, plus store coupons, plus money back (in the form of gift cards), my total was $11 (plus tax). Is that a deal, or what? Only 1/6 of the original price!

Now, I know this is all JUNK, but it will last a long time, and we can bring it along on our road trip. Here's a visual of what I got: (click to enlarge)This is 8 boxes of 8-ct. Rice Krispy Treats, 8 different kinds of Keebler cookies, 8 12-ct. boxes of Pop-Tarts, and I had an extra Keebler coupon so I got 2 bags of animal crackers.

Mandie, thank you for the coupons! I really do need to start getting my own. LOL!

Oh, and Jayla was with me for this experience, and usually is whenever I run errands (Wal-Mart, grocery store, etc.), so she is learning this coupon game right along with me.