Savings, Weekly Free Movie Rental, and a funny from the Princess

I am back in VA and had get back into the savings swing of things! I headed to Walgreens on Saturday to get last weeks deals.




The total worth of these products is a little over $67. Once the rebates come back, I will have paid only $1.92.

And the new deals came out on Sunday. I headed back today. This is over $80 worth of stuff and I paid $8 for it all. You might ask why I need 12 packs of pens. Well, in this very moment, I don't, but they were FREE! They were on sale 2/$1.00. I had 6 coupons for $1.00 off of 2. They were FREE! That is part of the beauty of using coupons. When something is on sale for a fraction of the normal cost (or FREE, or they PAY YOU TO BUY IT), get a bunch. Then, a month later, or 2 months later, or 6 months later when you need it and it's not on sale, then you already have it. It is essentially stockpiling. Oh, and you can give it away! There are lots of people who can't afford ANY of this!



FREE WEEKLY MOVIE RENTAL! Yes, you can get a free movie rental a week. Have you seen those big red boxes outside of McDonald's or in Walmart or Kmart? They actually rent movies. You can rent new releases and some old favorites from these boxes for $1 a night. I sure wish I had thought of it!!! Well, I got a tip that you can get a code for a Free Rental every Monday. You just need to visit Red Box and join the SMS Network. Every Monday, you will receive a text message to your cell phone that has a code for a free rental every Monday. This past week, I also got one on Wednesday as well. Now, when you go to the Red Box, don't be a dork like me and pay for your rental thinking that you will get to enter the coupon code at the end of the transaction! On the bottom left-hand corner of the touch screen, you will see a button that says something like "Rent with a promo coupon." Touch that button FIRST! Fortunately, I only paid a dollar for the rental, and after I saved so much a Walgreens on the way, it shouldn't really matter, but it still HURTS!!! Oh the pains of being a coupon NEWBIE!

Now for the funny from the Princess. Last week when we were at my dad's house, she called to me from upstairs in her bed. I went up and she said, "Mom, I can't handle this lamp. Would you please cut it off? The light is so bright it makes me blond." I giggled and giggled, or should I say laughed and laughed!

Happy Savings!