Id like to start by appoligizing for how all over the place this blog is going to be.
January is almost over and I can honestly say I have so far suceeded in my goal of not shopping as much. Even Jake said something the other night. Normally I was going to Kohls atleast once a week. Just to look and check out the clearence. Sometimes Id even go to multiple Kohls. And I always ended up buying something or mutliple somethings. Well my scratch off (if you have a kohls card you get them every month with either 15, 20 or 30 percent off your purchase) came and of course we had 30 percent off. I didn't go at all during the 2 weeks it was good for. In fact I didn't go to kohls since Christmas until yesterday. Thats a month! For me thats huge. And the only reason I went yesterday was to return something we got online that got delivered twice. It had been sitting on our steps since Christmas. So I returned that and then got a book and 1 bra (which was needed). The Eric Carle books are the $5 books right now at Kohls. Hardback, which usually cost over $20. We have them all but they are books I use when teaching and Brenden can only see them with me. But latley Brendens became obsessed with Brown Bear Brown Bear so I wanted an extra for him to be able to look at by himself. So I got that and a $12 bra. I didn't even look at anything else!
So Id say Ive done pretty good so far!
On another note, I made a small trip to Publix today. Only spent $15 and include a few things that we wanted for Super Bowl but they were on sale this week.
But one good deal to tell you about is popcorn. The Jolly Time popcorn (I belive 4 microwave packs in box) is on sale for $1.00. A few weeks ago (again not sure exactly when) there was a .50 off coupon in the paper's coupon inserts. This doubles to $1 so it ends up free! I had 3 of them. But to make it even better, on the box is an offer for a free subscription to Weight Watchers Magazine. (Jolly Pop is a product indorsed by WW). All you have to do is fill it out and send in 2 or 3 proofs of purchase (cant remember exactly). But since I bought 3 Im good. I was so glad for this because we use to get the Magazine( actually from a free offer off this exact type of popcorn) but it had expired and now that Im back on WW Id love to get the magazine again! So overall I got 3 boxes of popcorn and 1 year subscription to WW Magazine for FREE! :)
Another thing to share is ShopRunner is offering a year membership for only $1. It's normally $79 a year. It basically gives you free 2 day shipping to hundreds of stores online. Toys R Us and Babies R Us are part of it. Many stores offer cheaper products online but once you pay shipping its not worth it. With this your shipping is free. And fast. There's also a few other perks and 'members only' items. If your interested check it out.
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https://www.shoprunner.com/one-dollar-offer?subid=60255&sid=&utm_source=Affiliate
Its totally legite and I know many people who have it. I figured since our Amazon Prime membership was about to expire so we wouldnt have free shipping with that any more Id give this a try. And for a $1 what am I loosing? I will have to remember to cancel after a year because it will automatically renew and charge you $79 if you do not.
We also booked a trip to Disney World for the end of Febuary! We are really excited! My parents came up with the idea and invited us, but I was incharge of planning. We are staying at one of the Value Resorts on Disney property (All Star Music) since we wanted 2 rooms and ours being a suite. It was still pretty costly just because its Disney but much cheaper than the nicer resorts they have. I figure it has everything we need as far as space and heated pools and a playgroud. Still on Disney property so the parks are just a bus ride away. So it will work for us :) Maybe next time we can save up to stay in one of the nicer resorts. This trip was very last minute but we are still excited and it will be fun! So my point, if anyone has ANY advice/tips about going to Disney with a toddler Id greatly appreciate them! Jake and I have been a few years ago so we generally know what's there and our way around. But of course then we wernt checking out the hottest kids activities.
We've also devolped a budget chart that we are going to start writing down EVERYTHING we spend into differnt catagories and and at the end of the month see exactly where our money goes. We are going to start Feb 1. Il make an entry in the next day or 2 of exactly what I did and show you.
I'm off tonight to actually join a discussion/lecture with Maci Bookout from Teen Mom. I was invited to listen and share about being a parent and completing college at the same time. I'm not going to lie Im pretty excited to meet her :) The show is so stupid and totally dramatized for the camera but I still watch it....
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