Giveaways

Check out the beautiful quilt these ladies are giving away!

Enter to win this quilt at: http://mariemadelinestudio.typepad.com/mariemadeline_studio/2009/07/the-happy-scrappy-quilt-giveaway.html For other freebies, samples, and giveaways, check out Meg's money saving site at: http://supersouthernsavings.blogspot.com/

Coupons

I never really considered myself a coupon-clipping kind of gal. However, in light of my desire to trim a few extra dollars off our grocery bill I decided to give it a try. In my spare time I’ve taken to scouring the internet in search of printable coupons for some of our regularly purchased items. Today I bought some groceries at Target instead of Walmart or Meijer. My savings are as follows: Ghiradelli Chocolate Chips - $2.99 + $0.75 off coupon = 2.24 10 oz Kashi cereal - $3.74 + buy one 10 oz cereal get 16 oz ($3.84) free = $3.74 + $1.00 off any Kashi cereal = 2 boxes of cereal for $2.74 Kashi 8-pouch hot cereal - $2.89 + $0.50 off coupon = $2.39

= $7.37 ($13.46 - $6.09 = $7.37) I was pretty impressed. It took me a grand total of ten minutes to find the coupons online that I was looking for and it saved me $6. Thank you, Target!

So if any of you out there are trying to save a buck, start surfing the ‘Net and give it a shot! Anybody have any good money-saving or budget-cutting tips to share?