My husband has passed away. He is at peace now, but he and our children will be learning to live without his daily presence. Please send good thoughts and prayers our way.
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Friday, September 19, 2014
IN REMEMBRANCE OF OUR BELOVED TOMMY G CARDELL
My husband has passed away. He is at peace now, but he and our children will be learning to live without his daily presence. Please send good thoughts and prayers our way.
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Sunday, January 12, 2014
Southern Living Magazine Year's Subscription for only $5!
Thank you to Coupon Divas I found this awesome deal on one of my favorite magazines, Southern Living.... Only $5!!! This offer is only good through the end of this month, so be sure to get your subscription!
As a side note, you can also simply get 2 issues for FREE by going to Southern Living's website where a pop-up should appear offering you 2 free issues. You can cancel after your 2nd issue arrives if you decide you don't want to pay the $19.95 yearly subscription.
So 2 FREE issues or 13 issues for $5...you choose! And thank you again Coupon Divas!
As a side note, you can also simply get 2 issues for FREE by going to Southern Living's website where a pop-up should appear offering you 2 free issues. You can cancel after your 2nd issue arrives if you decide you don't want to pay the $19.95 yearly subscription.
So 2 FREE issues or 13 issues for $5...you choose! And thank you again Coupon Divas!
Do You Want a 1 Year's Subscription to Woman's Day and Good Housekeeping for FREE?
For 2014, one of my main Goals (no "resolutions" here) is to coupon more and SAVE MONEY! Well, I've started couponing and got some great deals already in the first 2 weeks of 2014. My husband is so proud of me and is even excited to be doing what he can to save money, looking for coupon offers and great deals, too. One of the great deals I got was to buy Finish Dishwasher Detergent, a box of 32 gelpacs, in a Buy One Get One Free deal. They were regularly $7.98 at my local Bi-Lo, but at B1G1F they came down to $3.99 a box. Add a $2.15 coupon to that and I got a box for $1.84! A $7.98 box for $1.84!!! And because I actually had 2 of those coupons, I bought 2 boxes for that awesome price. I was so pleased, because while I have not ever paid $7.98 for a box of that detergent, I have paid over $5 for it on sale.
Along with other great deals I received, there was an inadvertent one. I bought Aquafresh Extreme Clean toothpaste, regularly $3.69 but on sale for $2.99. I used a $1 coupon to get that toothpaste for $1.99. That was a good deal in itself. However, when I got home I noticed that I was charged FULL PRICE for the toothpaste! So I went back to the store. And here is where I encourage you to KNOW YOUR STORE'S POLICY on mis-scanned items! For our Bi-Lo in Metter, Georgia, they give you the difference back on the mis-scanned item PLUS you get one of that item FREE! Did you get that? Because the item did not scan at the correct price, I got another of the same item FREE! Now some stores simply give you the entire price back for the item you paid for (making the item you bought Free), but some will give you the difference of the mis-scanned price and the sale price it should have been and give you another of the same item Free. Find out what your store's policy is. Realize that there is a National policy, and possibly International (for example, I know Australia has one), set in place for all stores as far as mis-scanned items. I'd be interested to hear in the Comments below what your store's policy is and where you are located.
So my original question was "Do you want a 1 year's subscription to Woman's Day and Good Housekeeping for FREE?" Well, in my quest to save, I was looking for an "All You" magazine subscription for the cheapest I could find it. ( "All You" has a lot of coupons in it.) I discovered RecycleBank. Someone was able to get a subscription to "All You" absolutely FREE after earning points. Don't worry. Earning points is EASY there! Well, there was not an "All You" paper subscription available at this time (though there is a digital version available if you want that). Even though I didn't find what I went there searching for, I did find another GREAT DEAL! I had just last week been eyeing a 2-magazine subscription offer for 1 year's subscription to "Woman's Day" and 1 year's subscription to "Good Housekeeping" all for $10. Well, RecycleBank had this same offer for 240 points! I easily earned 240 points and ordered my 2-magazine subscription! And I learned more about recycling, pollution, and other interesting facts while earning! So be sure to check out RecycleBank! Sign up by clicking on my link and you'll help me earn 25 points! Then get your own link to Refer A Friend (or you can refer through Facebook) and earn points, too! Thank you so much for helping me to earn points! :)
That's all I have for you right now. I hope I helped you get something for Free or at least gave you ideas of ways to save in 2014!
Now I'm off to buy a Sunday paper or two for more great coupon offers! How about you? Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
Along with other great deals I received, there was an inadvertent one. I bought Aquafresh Extreme Clean toothpaste, regularly $3.69 but on sale for $2.99. I used a $1 coupon to get that toothpaste for $1.99. That was a good deal in itself. However, when I got home I noticed that I was charged FULL PRICE for the toothpaste! So I went back to the store. And here is where I encourage you to KNOW YOUR STORE'S POLICY on mis-scanned items! For our Bi-Lo in Metter, Georgia, they give you the difference back on the mis-scanned item PLUS you get one of that item FREE! Did you get that? Because the item did not scan at the correct price, I got another of the same item FREE! Now some stores simply give you the entire price back for the item you paid for (making the item you bought Free), but some will give you the difference of the mis-scanned price and the sale price it should have been and give you another of the same item Free. Find out what your store's policy is. Realize that there is a National policy, and possibly International (for example, I know Australia has one), set in place for all stores as far as mis-scanned items. I'd be interested to hear in the Comments below what your store's policy is and where you are located.
So my original question was "Do you want a 1 year's subscription to Woman's Day and Good Housekeeping for FREE?" Well, in my quest to save, I was looking for an "All You" magazine subscription for the cheapest I could find it. ( "All You" has a lot of coupons in it.) I discovered RecycleBank. Someone was able to get a subscription to "All You" absolutely FREE after earning points. Don't worry. Earning points is EASY there! Well, there was not an "All You" paper subscription available at this time (though there is a digital version available if you want that). Even though I didn't find what I went there searching for, I did find another GREAT DEAL! I had just last week been eyeing a 2-magazine subscription offer for 1 year's subscription to "Woman's Day" and 1 year's subscription to "Good Housekeeping" all for $10. Well, RecycleBank had this same offer for 240 points! I easily earned 240 points and ordered my 2-magazine subscription! And I learned more about recycling, pollution, and other interesting facts while earning! So be sure to check out RecycleBank! Sign up by clicking on my link and you'll help me earn 25 points! Then get your own link to Refer A Friend (or you can refer through Facebook) and earn points, too! Thank you so much for helping me to earn points! :)
That's all I have for you right now. I hope I helped you get something for Free or at least gave you ideas of ways to save in 2014!
Now I'm off to buy a Sunday paper or two for more great coupon offers! How about you? Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
Friday, January 3, 2014
WATER FILTRATION
So hubby and I are talking about water filtration systems this morning. We've talked about it before last year, but we have not pursued actually obtaining one. We live in the city limits of our small town, but I am so paranoid about our city drinking water because I feel like every time we resort to drinking it, my family gets sick! Now I'm rarely sick, and after watching my youngest daughter get really sick in November, and then 3 weeks later, while she still had it, I got it, I decided that it must have something to do with our water. The situation at the time was that we decided we couldn't afford the bottled water we'd been buying for months, and that we'd just drink tap water. Family members started getting sick. We bought a Brita filter to put on our faucet to help filter the water then. My family remained sick, so I don't know if the Brita filter helped. And to be honest, I'm not sure we drank much tap water, even after the Brita filter was installed, because the idea of drinking tap water turned us off.
We went back to buying Dasani bottled water, and I encouraged each member of my family not to drink after each other. I even supplied a Sharpie permanent marker in the pen holder on our refrigerator so that everyone would remember to write their name on their bottles. You wouldn't believe the amount of half-drunk water bottles I see around our home. (Now I know who is leaving their water bottles half full!) I think not drinking after one another will go a long way in not sharing our illnesses.
Meanwhile, drinking bottled water is a habit I'm quickly tiring of, the expense, the extra garbage, the bottles in random places in my home! There has to be something better out there. So I was looking into this. A little pricey up front for my family, but considering that we calculated we spend over $1,800 in bottled water per year, spending around $400 a year for our family of 6 looks much more attractive. And I was concerned about how often the filters have to be changed in a year, because one wants to add the costs of those to the yearly cost of the system, it appears the filters are recommended to be changed after 1 year or 3,000 gallons, whichever comes first. So around $400 the first year, and then $50 the next year, that's a big savings from buying bottled water. There is only a 2 year warranty on the system. So it may be that if the system doesn't last beyond 2 years, one will be buying an entirely new set up the 3rd year. But it's still cheaper than bottled water.
So one of my New Year's Goals is to save and purchase a water filtration system for my family. What other water filtration systems are available? Do you have any recommendations? I look forward to hearing!
We went back to buying Dasani bottled water, and I encouraged each member of my family not to drink after each other. I even supplied a Sharpie permanent marker in the pen holder on our refrigerator so that everyone would remember to write their name on their bottles. You wouldn't believe the amount of half-drunk water bottles I see around our home. (Now I know who is leaving their water bottles half full!) I think not drinking after one another will go a long way in not sharing our illnesses.
Meanwhile, drinking bottled water is a habit I'm quickly tiring of, the expense, the extra garbage, the bottles in random places in my home! There has to be something better out there. So I was looking into this. A little pricey up front for my family, but considering that we calculated we spend over $1,800 in bottled water per year, spending around $400 a year for our family of 6 looks much more attractive. And I was concerned about how often the filters have to be changed in a year, because one wants to add the costs of those to the yearly cost of the system, it appears the filters are recommended to be changed after 1 year or 3,000 gallons, whichever comes first. So around $400 the first year, and then $50 the next year, that's a big savings from buying bottled water. There is only a 2 year warranty on the system. So it may be that if the system doesn't last beyond 2 years, one will be buying an entirely new set up the 3rd year. But it's still cheaper than bottled water.
So one of my New Year's Goals is to save and purchase a water filtration system for my family. What other water filtration systems are available? Do you have any recommendations? I look forward to hearing!
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