Over at Moms By Heart they are always a buzz with great deals, free finds, and other tips in running a smooth, frugal household. Right now they are doing a Stockpile Challenge - just urging you to add to your supplies one week at a time, with just $10 at a time.
Easy enough.
I thought I would challenge myself to see what I could do with $10 today.
Here is my stash-
How it breaks down
4 Bags Halls- 18 pcs. from Dollar Tree - $1.00 off 2 bags coupon ($2.00 spent)
2 Bottles Palmolive / Dollar Tree - $.25 per bottle coupon ($1.50 spent)
3 Bottles Softsoap / Dollar Tree - - $.35 per bottle coupon ($1.95 spent)
4 Boxes Cheez-it / $1.25 ea @Stokes Assoc. Foods - $1.00 off two boxes coupon (spent $3.00)
that left me with $1.55- so I grabbed an extra candle at the dollar store that I found gave off a good amount of light and not too much scent during a recent power outage. (Some of the emergency candles we tried didn't give off very much light, so I am planning on slowly adding these to my stocks.)
(note- the MBH website doesn't buy a lot of snacky foods, but we use these snacks during football season and when my teenage boys have friends over- so I am always looking for a way to have extras on hand without breaking the bank!)
That left a grand total of $9.45 spent- (not including tax)
I look at that picture and I am amazed! Imagine every week adding a surplus like this.
What a great feeling. I love the bite size chunk this is- just enough to feel like I am doing something, but not so much I get overwhelmed.
Check out their website for more INCREDIBLE deals.
I have been couponing on and off for a few years now, but this was a nice reminder of the rewards waiting if you give it a little bit of effort. Every time I find my deals, I am glad I made the effort.
Happy clipping!
This is a great idea. Please keep the tips coming. I have said FOREVER I need to start a stock pile, or food storage. I love the break down. Who knew the Dollar Store took coupons.
ReplyDeleteI really need to get going on othis couponing....7 kids and back surgery that has left me off work for 6 monhts....how do you get a h old of all the coupons? I never can find any...HELP!!
ReplyDeleteI get my coupons from the Sunday paper- I take 2 papers (sometimes a friends drops off ehr coupons, too, it just depends on the week) and you can print a lot of coupons up from online coupon sites. Coupons.com is a great start, but if you go to the bloglinked up in this post they have a lot of coupon links there also.
ReplyDeleteCall your local paper nad get the Sunday delivery- that is the best first step!