This is a thank you post to HCW: My job is at risk right now (whose isn't?) so Christmas is going to have to come out of my grocery/household budget. 10 nights of spending pretty much nothing is super helpful, and I couldn't have done it without all the knowledge (and trading) from HCW!

I scored a free turkey at Randall's on Friday (They had one lonely 12 pound Jennie-O Oven Ready Tukey for 50% off because they ran out of room in their freezer cases to display them, which made the...

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I'm trying to switch from check files to a binder, and it's just not working for me.

The shopping is great - so much easier ot flip through and find what I'm looking for, but the filing takes forever - I have been working on trying to get everything in for a MONTH and it's just not happening. I got all my food Q's in and ran out of baseball card sheets - not to mention that the binder is already bulging. So, almost all my non-food Q's are still in their check file (I had one for...

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I haven't had a good CVS trip in a long time. I guess I have enough of a stockpile of HBA and OTC meds that it just wasn't worth all the time and energy. But I've been living pack-to-pack on diapers for a while now, and I'm tired of it. My 2 year old is working on potty training, but is nowhere near the panty-safe stage, so I needed pull-ups.

2 Excedrin Migraine 1.99*2 - 2*2 = -.02
2 Excedrin Express Gels 1.99*2 - 2*2 = -.02
2 Huggies pull-ups 9.99*2 - 2*2 = 15.98...

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I made a trip to WM today to use up all my Kraft frees. Ironically, I decided to buy 3 All Yous becuase I needed to buy a lot of wheat thins for my free cheese wyb nabisco crackers, so now I have 9 MORE free wybs left...

I would also like to note that I have YET to have all my coupons correctly scanned on a trip to WM - Last time the cashier shorted me $2, this time the cashier rang up my OM frees as 3.48 instead of 2.48, so I underpaid $2. I feel bad for her, she was really sweet...

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I never got around to posting yesterday's results, so I'll just put both in this post. I am really pleased with the 91% savings today - that's the best I've done on this promotion :

7/28:

1 betty crocker frosting:1.50 - .50 doubled = .50
2 BC brownie mix:4 - .50 - 1(.50 doubled) = 2.50
6 Kleenex: 9 - 8*.50-1(.50 doubled) = 6
4 windex: 7.98 - 2*.55 = 5.78
6 SW cookies: 9 - 3*$1/2 = 6
1 Hansen's Root Beer 6-pk: 2 (no Qs)...

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