Mail Call

Here is a picture of the things I have gotten free in the mail over the past two weeks.  I got a full bottle of pantene shampoo, excedrin migraine, react 5 gum, sample of puffs, sample of aveeno shampoo and condition, uni-ball ink pen, 2 purex 3 in 1 laundry sheets, benefiber sample, glade warmer and refill, and a sample of kashi cereal.


I use ourcouponhome.com to find where to go online to register for free samples.   This really is a great way to try products and gave you money.  Normally every time you get a free sample you will also get a coupon for that item.  For example, I got a $2 coupon for Pantene with the free bottle.  I used this at CVS this week and got another free bottle with the coupon because they had it on sale.

You can sign up to get a free sample of coffee here:

Bulletin Board

Here is a picture of the first bulletin board I created. I'm pretty happy with it since it's my first time putting one together. I had no idea it would take so much work for one bulletin board though. On the leaves are haikus that my third grade reading group wrote and on the apples are couplets they wrote. I'm pretty proud of them as you can tell.

Recent Deals

I haven't had time to do much shopping lately but was able to go to a few stores over Easter break.

My CVS Trip on 4/5
1 Pantene Conditioner: $2.99 - $2 Q(coupon) = .99
1 Colgate Enamel toothpaste: $2.99 - $1 Q = $1.99
1 Tampax Pearl 40 count: $7.99 - $2 Q
1 Tampax Pearl 20 count: Free with BOGO Q
Excedrin Migraine 24 ct: FREE with Q

Also used 4/20 Q
Total after coupons: 6.32
I also got back 5 ECB and another 4/20 Q

For those of you who don't know what ECB's are they are coupons for dollars you can spend on any purchase at CVS. So for this trip after I spend my ECB's it would be like only paying $1.32 for all of that stuff.

My Food Lion Trip 4/6 (Picture below)
5 boxes of snuggle dryer sheets =2.99 each,- 5 $3 Q's, = All 5 FREE
KoolAid Fun Fizzes- $2 - $1 Q = $1
Stouffers Toasted Sub - FREE with Q
Vitamin Water = FREE with Q
Food Lion Cinanmon Toasted Cereal = FREE reward on my MVP

Final total: $1.81

I'd be happy to answer any questions you have about getting deals like these. I am planing on teaching a coupon workshop in May.

Bucket List

First of all, I'd like to wish everyone a very Happy Easter. I just got back from my lunch at my aunts and I am going to my grandmas later. We had a great church service today. The main message was that their is HOPE because the tomb is empty!

I am beginning to recover after the break up with Lewis. I have realized that this is a chance to do things that I want to do for me. So I am putting together a list of things I want to do before I start my career.

Here's my bucket list so far:

1. Go an girl's trip. Hopefully me and some friends will take a trip this Summer to the beach or Washington D.C.
2. Play golf. I love putt, putt so why wouldn't I love golf. I might really stink at it but I want to play even just one game.
3. Kill something. Yes that sounds a little harsh but I want to kill a deer, dove or turkey. I chickened out the past two years at shooting a deer so I want to get over that.
4. Gain some weight. Yeah I know that's silly to put on a bucket list and most of you are probably saying "I would love to have that problem." But I'm tired of being so little and would love to put on a few extra pounds and actually look my age.
5. Plan a party. No, not a drinking/crazy party. I'd love to have a pool party at my house with some sort of theme and invite all my friends. I love to decorate so I would love to find cute things for a themed party.
6. Have my OWN garden. I want my own garden where I do all the work from planting to harvesting to cooking the vegetables.
7. Get back into playing piano. I have took at least 6 years of lessons and haven't played much at all since I've been in college. I'd love to start taking some more lessons and get back into playing.
8. Start a class. I had my own bible study in high school at my church. I'd love to do this again when I get out of college.
9. Try anything new. I want to experience everything I possibly can so I want to make it a point to try new sports or hobbies.

Feeling better

I'm slowly getting over the terrible cold I had. I ate more today than I have in a while so hopefully that will make me feel better. I worked out today for an hour and that felt great. I didn't want to quit but I knew I had a lot of work to catch up on (which I should be doing now). I heard a new song on the radio that made me feel better to. Here is the first part of it:

"Wrong baby wrong baby wrong
It ain’t the end of the world
Don’t you worry pretty girl
Cause now that he’s gone baby gone baby gone
You got nothing to lose
Count the minutes if you want to
It won’t be long baby long baby long
‘Til you find somebody new

Come on now
Everyone falls down
Everyone crawls now and then
Then they get up again
You cry if you want to
That’s what we all do
But if you think you’ll never move on you’re wrong baby"

So if anyone else is having a hard time with anything in life then first of all PRAY about it and then find a song that makes you happy and set it on repeat!

God Bless!

Spring

Spring is finally here and I'm so glad. I was getting real tired of seeing it snow. But with the warmth of Spring disappointment was also brought in. My boyfriend and I broke up earlier this week so I have been really down. I ended up getting sick on Wednesday and can't get rid of this awful cold. So since I'm stuck at home trying to get to feeling better so I finally have time to update my blog.

This week is triple coupon week at Harris Teeter. I got $25 dollars of groceries for .33 cent the first day and got a $1.50 coupon back for my next order. The next day I got another $25 dollars of groceries for .25 cents. Thats been about the only nice thing about this week.

Several people have asked me holding a coupon workshop so I will probably have one in May. Let me know what kind of questions you have so I can prepare.

The song "I breathe in, I breathe out" explains how I feel right now. There is nothing worse than loving someone who doesn't love you back, especially when you truly believe that ya'll were meant to be. But I know God has been watching over me this week and I'm so thankful for that.

Jeremiah 29:11 - For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

Winter Weather

This Winter has already brought so much snow. I am interning at Blowing Rock Elementary and on my 4th week now. They have only been there for5 or 6 full school days so far due to snow and ice. I have gone home every weekend but I will probably have to stay up here this weekend because they are calling for another big snow.