Going Green!

So today is Earth day, atleast for another hour, and I've done my part on being green.

It was another beautiful day today.

I've been trying to save money in different ways. And I have been thinking about doing this for awhile. But after reading this from The Grocery cart Challenge blog, I decided to hang my clothes out to dry. I have a really lousy dryer. It takes at least 2, but mostly 3 cycles to dry a load. And I am quite pleased with the results of hanging my clothes out. What takes at least 2.5-3.5 hours to dry in my dryer took 45 minutes to dry in the sun. Now I didn't have most of my laundry line directly in the sun, but it still took a shorter amount of time and I was able to get a lot of laundry done. It's kind of relaxing too.




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Tonight I went to Walgreens to get a few things and I did SUPER!



2 distilled waters on sale for $.69 each
Raisins on sale for $1.99
4 Nature Valley Bars 2/$4.00
*I used 4 coupons .50, .50, .50 and .40
* making it 4/$6.10 or $1.53 each
4 Oscar Mayer Bacon on sale for 2/ $4.00
4 cans of Pringles 2/$ 3.00
*I used 2 coupons $1.00 each
*making it 4/$4.00 or $1.00 each
A digital timer for $4.00

Then I used a coupon for a FREE Walgreen bag and 15% off my entire order and 20% off Walgreen brands.

Then I used $18 in Register Reciepts

My total came to $3.18
*in which I used my gift card, that I received from the rebates I did last month, to pay.

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As my 6 year old son, Mason would say, "BOOYAH!"







Then we went to Pizza Hut.
Even homeschoolers can participate in their Book it! program.

Each month if the kids read x amount of books or if x amount of books are read to them then they receive a FREE personal pan pizza EACH month.
So we ordered 4 personal pan pizzas and we all drank water. (I have to say I'm impressed that the water tasted good- I'll have to remember that from now on.)
We used 3 Book it! coupons
So I just paid $4.14 for mine.
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But our adventure didn't end there. Next we went to CVS.
This could have been another really sweet transaction if I had it together. It was still good, but it could have been better.
I'm not sure I can even explain all of this without my notes.

First transaction:
3 Tressesme items on sale 3 / $10 then you get $5.00 ECB back.
***I used 3 coupons making it 3/$7
***I used one previous ECB for $4.99
paid $2.47 received $5.00 ECB



Second transaction:

3 Aveeno products each on sale
Aveeno cleanser $7.00
Aveeno Skin relief lotion $6.00
Aveeno moisturerizer $7.00
***Deal is buy $25 and get $10 ECB. However dummy me, thought it was $20. So I need to go buy 1 more to get my $10 back. Thank goodness by using the CVS card it keeps track of what I have purchased.
***I used 3 coupons $1, $2, $2
***Then I used the $5 ECB I just earned in transaction 1 and a previous $5 ECB.
paid $1.01



Third transaction: I got nervous with so many people in line I didn't think what I should pay for next. (I will be more prepared next time!)

1 Crest toothpaste $2.88 received $2.00 ECB
1 Oral-B floss $2.88 received $2.00 ECB
1 Edge shaving gel $2.89 received $2.89 ECB
1 Bayer 4 ct. $2.00 received $2.00 ECB
1 Gas-X thin strips 18 ct $5.79 used $1.00 coupon
1 Glide tooth floss 2-pack (our favorite) $7.49 received $2.00 ECB
1 Benefiber (can be snuck into cooking) $9.29 used $2.00 coupon
1 Gas-x (URG! in the wrong place I thought it was $5) $12.49 used $1.00 coupon
***buy $20 worth Benefiber/Gas-x/Maalox receive $10 ECB
***Used previous ECB worth $7.98
total $37.08



Fourth Transaction:
Cheerios
Lucky Charms 2/$6
Fiber One Carmel delight
Fiber One Honey cluster cereal 2/ $6
***used 2 coupons $1.00 each making it 4/ $10 or $2.50 each and received $4.00 ECB
2 Loreal eye shadow (B1G1) $7.99
***used 2 coupons for $2.00 each making it 2 for $5.99
***used the Benefiber ECB worth $10
***used the Edge ECB worth $2.89
Total came to $2.03



All together the total was $42.59 .

***I used a gift card so OOP was $32.22 and I still have $12 in ECBs.
***I'll return that Gas-X and get the $5 one and that should give me back $7.00

***So it is LIKE getting all this stuff for $13.22

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But the best part of all this is I met a new friend at CVS. :) Go read her entry on her blog here , it's about me. :)
I was slightly frazzled as always with 3 kiddos running around and trying to think hard on how to do the CVS transactions. Please read her blog, it's cute.

Jessie- It was really nice to meet you too and I wish I could have chatted with you more- (I'm interested in if you like how you keep your coupons.)

I probably found her blog through Money Saving Mom. I do remember seeing Vanderbilt in her blog name (Vanderbilt Wife) so I thought she must live close by. I remember thinking I could probaly get some good tips on the local stuff from her. It was pretty funny to run into her. (And Jessie- you are a celebrity in my book.)

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UGH!- Greg's home and I haven't done the dishes.....gotta run!