All You magazine giveaways

Click on the title above to enter the All You magazine giveaways.

5 readers will win a Eureka Envirovac
8 readers will win a month supply pf SoyJoys and a Soy Joy yoga mat
12 readers will win a pedometer from Sportline

No purchase necessary!

Firehouse Subs Deal

Get a medium drink and chips for free with a purchase of a sub. All you have to do is sign up for the newsletter. They will then email you a coupon.

CVS Preview for 4/5/09

For all of you CVS fans, here is a preview for next weeks sale.

Easter Baskets on sale for 1.99/1.99 extra bucks= FREE
Easter Grass on sale for .79/.79 extra bucks = FREE
12 pack coke products 3/11.00- 3.00 extra bucks = 3/8.00

Edy's ice cream BOGO
Olay skincare on sale- Spend 25.00 get 10,00 extra bucks
Cover Girl- Spend 20.00 get 10.00 extra bucks
Pantene Nature Fusion shampoo or conditioner 3.99/1.00 extra buck = 2.99
Colgate Max White 2.99/2,00 extra bucks = .99

BABY SALE-
Spend 25.00 get 10.00 extra bucks

Johnson products(shampoo, wash, powder) 3.00
Huggies big bags of wipes 5.00 (If you have any of the old huggies 5.00 coupons this would make them free)


Skinmate shave cream 3.49/3.49 extra bucks = FREE

Buy $20.00 worth of proctor & gamble products get FREE twin pack of crest plus scope toothpaste

Hope this helps you plan the week ahead!

Angie

Publix- Catfood

If you need cat food and are not picky about the brand, here is a link for a 2.00 coupon on The Goodlife recipe for cats. It is BOGO at Publix and with 2 coupons, it will be almost free. (4.49 a bag, BOGO (2) 2.00 coupons = .25 per bag. Check your coupons from several weeks ago, you may have a $3.00 coupon per bag and if so, you will make money on this deal. Even if you don't have a cat, you could buy the food and donate it to your local humane society. Click on title for link to coupon.

Walgreens to Cancel Easy Savers Program

Click on the link below to read details about Walgreens canceling thier Easy Saver Program.

http://www.dealseekingmom.com/walgreens-to-cancel-easysaver-rebates-program/

Free Shampoo

Here is a link to Harper's Bazaar offer for free shampoo. It is a full size bottle and you do not have to opt in for anything!

http://www.harpersbazaar.com/sweepstakes/6741

Our path to living on a budget....

Over the years I have put our family on a budget. We would stick with it for a couple of weeks and then something would come up and it seemed it would always fall by the way-side. If we didn't have the cash we would put it on the credit card. Things really changed for us after the crazy hurricane season that Florida had in 2004. We had 3 hurricanes within a short period of time. We were totaled during the first one and had to rebuild our home. We lived in a camper for a few weeks then in my in-laws brand new home behind us. We were blessed in that the insurance company was so good to us. 6 months later we were credit card debt free in that we were able to save enough during the renovations that we paid it off. Then over the next few years we slowly let it creep back up. Not even sure how it happened. It was not a big amount but enough that it bothered me. Last summer we decided that we wanted to set up a real budget. We knew that my husband was facing taking a pay-cut (we both are in education) and we needed to work around that. Well the panic in me set in. I was trying to figure out how we were going to survive. I started praying and one day I felt really at peace. I sat down with pencil, paper and went to figuring. When I was finished, I realized everything was paid and there was some left over. I told my husband, HOW?? Then I thought about it and wondered why I was surprised? I prayed and GOD answered. I told my best friend, it was nothing but a GOD thing. I can honestly say that since May of 2008 we have sincerely stuck to our budget. I have had several friends and family asked me how to do it. Stay tuned over the next couple of weeks as I share daily tips on how to budget and stick with it.

Family Vacation

This summer my husband, our 12 year old son and myself will head Out West for the ultimate family vacation. We will try and hit as many National Parks as we can. We invite you to take the journey with us by following our blog. See the ticker at the bottom of the page to ride along as we prepare for the trip. We will be traveling in a Nissan Altima and staying with friends/family, KOA campgrounds and various hotels. We will be traveling on budget and will be looking for various ways to have fun and save money at the same time. If you have any suggestions, please share. Stay tuned as I blog updates for the path we plan to travel.

$5 CVS challenge

Thanks to Kingdom First Mom for the $5 CVS challenge. I hope to start posting my own results soon. I am a "Baby" blogger and it is taking me awhile to learn all the ins and outs.

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