I Need Guest Post and a New Blog List!

As you know we will be adding a new baby to the mix in September. As if that weren't stressful enough, we have also been looking for a new home(TO BUY!!!).We haven't found anything yet, but we continue to look. All of these events are going to be happening at the beginning of the new school year for my 6 year old.

I will need to focus most of my attention on my family during that time, but I don't want to leave my readers with the same post for weeks to months.

So here is what I need:

*Guest post about anything even loosely related to the theme of this blog.You do not need to have a blog to send in a guest post.

Some ideas:

-recipes(with pictures please!)
-inexpensive activities for families/ kids
- gardening post
- DIY post
- money saving tips
-personal stories
-success stories
- anything else you would like to share(somewhat related to this blog's theme)!


*In addition, I would love to introduce some new blogs to my readers to peruse while I am "away". If you have or know of a great blog please share. I will compile a post with all the new blogs(and brief descriptions) so everyone can visit them at their leisure. Any type of blog that you love is welcome, as long as it is relatively family friendly. This means you wouldn't be embarrassed looking at it in front of you parents or your children and nothing illegal is promoted.

You can send your post ideas and blog suggestions to me at savingsmakescents @ gmail . com (remove the spaces). I would like to have all finished post and suggestions by August 15th so I have some time to organize.

Thanks so much for your help!
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CVS the Next Few Weeks...

If you want to pick up some school supplies and preserve your summer memories for FREE you will defiantly want to hit CVS these next few weeks!

This week 7/05-7/11 you can still pick up free(after ecbs) Caliber or CVS brand Pencils 10 pk or Double Blade Pencil Sharpener limit 3 per card(See details here)

Next week 7/12-7/18 you can get FREE(after ecbs):

Sunday, Monday, Tuesday only Sale(get rain checks if they are out and you get there by Tuesday):
-1 subject notebooks(limit 2)
-wood or plastic rulers (limit 2)
-school glue (limit 2)
-scissors (limit 2)
-pens (limit 3)

All week

-6X8 hard covered photo book (limit 1)

See full details here


The following week 7/19-7/25 FREE school supplies

Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday only:

-filler paper (limit 2)
-memo books (limit 2)
-more pencils (limit 2)
-more pens (limit 2)
-1in vinyl binders (limit 2)

all week

- photo dvd (limit 1 or 5, not clear yet)
- cheap backpacks(after $5 ecb, limit 2)

See the full details here


If you haven't started CVSing now is a great time to do so! There are other freebies each week, but I wanted to point out the school deals so you would know if a good deal at another store could be beat by freebies at CVS. Need more than the limit? Ask a friend or family member who doesn't need these items to let you borrow their CVS card.



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Get a Free Ziploc Gift Pack from Right @ Home

The first 10,00o people to sign up here will receive a free gift pack of Ziploc items including:


"one full pack of Ziploc® Brand Sandwich Bags and one small Ziploc® Fresh Shield® Twist 'n Loc® Container"

Hurry because these go quick!

Gift packs will be mailed by September 15, 2009

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Meijer an CVS 7/07

Meijer

2.28 lbs green grapes 2.01(.88/lb)
1.56 lbs red grapes 1.37 (.88/lb)
1.48 lbs apricots 1.47 (.99/lb)
10 pints blueberries 9.90 (.99 a pint)
4 lbs strawberries 3.96 (.99/lb, unadvertised?)
1 cucumber .33
1 bunch green onions .34
4 bags meijer pretzels 4.00 (1.00 each)
4 bottles meijer chocolate syrup 4.00 (1.00 each)
3 boxes meijer ice cream cones 3.00 (1.00 each)
-11th free promo 1.00= .66 each
1.18 lbs roma tomatoes 1.52 (1.29/lb)
4.87 lbs cherries 8.13 (1.67/lb)
2 special k blueberry cereals 5.00 (2.50 each)
-2 1.00 printables= 1.50
2 special k chocolatey pretzel bars 5.00(2.50 each)
-2 .75 printables = 1.50
2 dannon light and fit 32oz tubs 4.00
-2 store promos free dannon light and fit wyb 2 special k= free
marked down sweet corn 1.19

also used $3 catalina

total was 43.22
saved 71.22, 7.00 in coupons


CVS

3 boxes post trail mix crunch cereal 10.00 (3.33 each)
-3 2.00 printables (print limit is 3)= 1.33 each
1 cvs pantiliner .89

used 4.00 ecb

total was .93 (.04 tax) on gift card no out of pocket
saved 15.40, 10 in coupons
got back $5 for buying 3 post cereal, .99 ecb for buying cvs pantiliners


Totals for the week:
Spent $65.84
Saved $236.21, $145.24 in coupons

Totals for the month of July:
Spent $77.75
Saved$294.26 ,$182.13 in coupons


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CVS 7/06

You've got these arranged all wrong, mom!

2 bottles of dawn 2.00 (1.00 each)
-1 .25 and 1 .50(home mailer) coupon= .63 each
1 febreze fabric spray 5.00
-.50 coupon(home mailer)= 4.50
1 febreze air effects 3.00
-b1 fabric spray get air effects for free= free
2 febreze noticeables 13.00 (6.50 each)
-2 4.00 coupons= 2.50 each
2 schick intuition refills 10.99 (bogo sale)= 5.50 each

also used 20 ecbs

total was 2.62(.88 tax) on gift card no out of pocket
saved 53.60, 32.25 in coupons
got back $10 ecb for buying $20 in febreze, $ ecb for buying 2 dawn, and $4 ecb for my quarterly spending

The razor refills are for my mom. Her birthday is tomorrow and she loves that razor, and being the crazy person she is she has actually paid fool price for them! Too bad I didn't have any coupons to use on them, but she is worth it:) The picture is a bit fuzzy because I had to take it fast, before the little guy ran off with the products, lol.



Totals for the week:
Spent $22.62
Saved $149.59, $128.24 in coupons

Totals for the month of July:
Spent $34.53
Saved$207.64 ,$165.13 in coupons
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Kmart Super Doubles 7/06

Some locations, including mine are accepting up to 75 coupons! Make sure you call and confirm at your location, not all are allowing the higher limit. Thanks to the anon. reader who shared this info with me! I used a $5/$50 coupon that printed yesterday(More printed today too). The items with an * are part of the buy $50 worth get $14 oyno deal.



4 listerine mouthwashes 15.96 (3.99 each)
-4 2.00 printables(select zipcodes)=free
4 starbucks frappichinos 8.00(2.00 each)
-4 1.00 coupons= free
2 tubes aveeno 6.38 (3.19 each)
-2 2.00 printables= free
*3 dove ultimate deodorant 11.97 (3.99 each)
-3 2.00 printables=free
*4 axe shampoos 19.96 (4.99 each)
-4 2.00 printables= .99 each
*2 packs pull ups 19.98 (9.99 each)
-2 2.00 coupons = 5.99 each

total was 13.53 (2.59 tax)
saved 71.31 in coupons

got back a $14 gift card because my catalina came out blank

net cost of this trip= -.47!

My store's customer service was wonderful. Those poor ladies were dealing with malfunctioning computers at every register they went to but they were still very calm and helpful. About half of what I went in for was sold out, but I was told a truck would be in later this week. Hopefully everything I missed today will be in then:)


Totals for the week:
Spent $22.62
Saved $95.99, $95.99 in coupons

Totals for the month of July:
Spent $34.53
Saved$154.04 ,$132.88 in coupons



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