Lost Receipts Make My Day!

Good day fellow savers! I finally found a reciept that I have wracked my brain trying to find for weeks now. This was my pride and joy, my best saving at Publix to date! OK, alright, this isn't Extreme Couponing amazing BUT for anyone who shops at Publix Supermarket knows getting an almost $50 savings on your grocery purchase is AMAZING!

Which is what I did, my savings was $49.28 and I am so proud of myself. My mom didn't believe me but here it is. This was just when my girlfriend was laid off, we received food stamps, also known as EBT.

This purchase was plenty of buy 1 get 1 free (bogos) deals. I bough a few bogo pastas with bogo pasta sauces, some bogo sodas, meats on amazing sales, chicken discount, and lots of other yummy goodies. I don't know about you but food tastes better when you make it with lots of love and get it an amazing deal.

I have tried my darnedest to try to beat my record for savings, but alas I have not. Doesn't mean I will stop trying, just means I haven't met the right deals as of yet. I still hunt, I still coupon, I still feverishly coupon hunt online for those deals that will make my day, my week and even my year.

Happy savings everyone,
Mel

Saving by Switching Cable Providers and a bonus $200 Visa Gift Card

Hello fellow money savers. This weekend I received a letter in the mail from a competitor cable provider, AT&T. Currently, I have Comcast and pay way too much for cable and internet. There is no reason I should be paying $165 for internet and cable.

I grabbed the letter, called the number provided and asked how much my bill would be if I had the same options I have now. Basically, it will come out to about $50 a month cheaper and I will be receiving a $200 Visa gift card that I can use on whatever I'd like. Can you guess what I will be using my gift card on? That's right folks, Halloween Horror Nights!

There goes $200 towards my big goal of saving $500 for my trip to Orlando, FL to have the living crapatosis scared out of me at Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights.

Moral of the story is that I will be saving $50 a month on cable and internet by simply shopping around for better prices. And I get a nice little bonus of $200 to spend as I please in a few weeks. I hope this gives you an idea on how to save some money on your end.

Happy Savings,
Melissa

Saving on Birthday Presents and Cat Food

You're birthday only comes once a year and I believe it should be celebrated with gifts and cake. My friend's birthday is coming up and I wanted to get her a little something to let her know how special she is to me. Of course, I wanted to do this on a budget. I purchased gift wrapping paper, a candle set and a Bar sign that's a wine bottle holder all for $7.60.

Kohl's send a coupon the mail once a month. The coupons range from 15%, 20% or 30%. This month I only got a 20% coupon, that is what I used for this transaction. Every few weeks Kohl's offers $10 Kohl's when you make a purchase of $50 or more. Plus I received a $10 off savings pass in the mail which I used for this purchase. The purchase came up to $7.60 with a $96.80 savings.

That was my best purchase of the day. I still got a little savings at Target for cat food and birthday card. My total savings at Target was $1.50.

My total savings for the day was $98.30. That made me so happy! Hope this is inspirational and you get your happy savings behind in gear to get you an almost $100 savings for a day of shopping.

Happy Savings,
Melissa