Spending as of 1/5
Posted 01-05-2009 at 08:25:21 PM by thriftycj
1/2/09--
Spent about $80 on essential oils. I have lots of allergy/sinus issues in addition to migraine problems. A friend recommended Young Living Oils, but I found a couple other vendors that are much more economical. I'll be submitting these expenses to my FSA plan.
1/3/09--
$25.00-- 30 Newspapers + tax
Walmart-- $63.43
$3.00 Clearance extension cords (2)
$2.50 Switches for Xmas tree (2)
$1.50 2 prs. clearance xmas socks
$4.85 5 pkgs. vaccum bags (hard to find)
$12.75 6 sets LED lights
$2.50 Oven Mitt w/snowflake cookie cutter
$3.00 3 candles for living room
$0.70 Clearanced xmas stamper
$8.91 3 bags 7-lb. Pine kitty litter
$3.20 fiber optic xmas tree for sister
$9.00 Gift wrap tote (soo worth the money)
$6.00 Wreath holder (going back)
I'm switching out my xmas lights in my house to LED and figured now was the best time to do it. Plus, I've been looking for a snowflake cookie cutter. LOL
1/4--
Walgreens-- $22.47:
9.96 4 LED Lights
10.00 2 Benefiber stick packs
28.90 10 misc. Garnier items
had 2 $2/1 for benefiber, 10 $1/1 for garnier. For some reason, only took off ESQ for 7 of the Garnier items (14.00). Plus, I earned a $5 RR.
CVS-- 4 trips (2 cards, one mine, one my sister's)
Trip 1 OOP under $2. Purchases included:
2 Throat pops (BOGO q)
4 Stayfree pads (2 BOGO q's)
1 bandaids (i forgot about printable even had it!) (earned $10 for J&J deal)
2 kotex bonus packs ($1/1 for each, earned $4 ECB)
10 L'Oreal clearanced makeup items ($2/1 for each)
5 cans libby's pumpkin, clearanced to $0.49 (I use this in homemade cat food)
2 clearanced Olay definity mousse @ 5.00 each ($3/1 for each)
1 Garnier styler ($1/1, earned $2 ECB)
Will send in for $15 Olay gift card.
Trip 2:
2 Olay definity clearanced mousse cleansers. $3/1 for each, got for my sister to do rebate.
Trip 3:
3 Stayfree (used 2 bogo q's by mistake)
4 Kotex (earned $8 ECB)
1 Bandaids
OOP = 0. Cashier dropped a stayfree (I had 4), but q went through anyway, but then ECB didn't print.
Trip 4 $0.79 OOP:
2 Stayfree (used bogo q, got the $10 ECB)
1 garnier styler ($1/1, earned $2 ECB)
10 L'Oreal clearanced items ($2/1 for each)
5 cans libby's pumpkin @ $0.49 each.
1/5--
CVS-- $0.00 OOP
2 CVS Gummy B12 vitamins (BOGO), $7.99, spent $8.00 ECB
Costco-- 49.76 OOP
12.39 Case of San Pellegrino sparkling H2O
4.39 18 ct. organic eggs
3.79 1 lb. organic spinach
2.49 1 gallon skim milk
5.49 vine ripened tomatoes
4.99 large clamshell of sugar pears
13.59 Sinus rinse
I'll be submitting the sinus rinse to my medical flexible spending account. Plus, I'll get a free neti pot with the sinus rinse and it appears i can get either a $3 or $6 MIR (It was a twin pack, so not sure if I get credit for one or two).
Costco trips always kill me, but the produce items were all good deals, and I splurged on the bottled water. They ended up being only $1 each for large bottles, so it was also a good deal. I'll probably take at least a month to drink them all. Produce and milk should last me close to 2 weeks, and I've got meat in stockpile.
I'm budgeting $50/month for HBA... which I will come nowhere near. I'm thinking of doing CVS gift cards and just spending those down rather than paying cash each time or using my debit card. Though, the debit card is handy because I can then track it easily using mint.com.
Also budgeting $100/month for pet stuff. I'll share my homemade cat food recipe another time!
Spent about $80 on essential oils. I have lots of allergy/sinus issues in addition to migraine problems. A friend recommended Young Living Oils, but I found a couple other vendors that are much more economical. I'll be submitting these expenses to my FSA plan.
1/3/09--
$25.00-- 30 Newspapers + tax
Walmart-- $63.43
$3.00 Clearance extension cords (2)
$2.50 Switches for Xmas tree (2)
$1.50 2 prs. clearance xmas socks
$4.85 5 pkgs. vaccum bags (hard to find)
$12.75 6 sets LED lights
$2.50 Oven Mitt w/snowflake cookie cutter
$3.00 3 candles for living room
$0.70 Clearanced xmas stamper
$8.91 3 bags 7-lb. Pine kitty litter
$3.20 fiber optic xmas tree for sister
$9.00 Gift wrap tote (soo worth the money)
$6.00 Wreath holder (going back)
I'm switching out my xmas lights in my house to LED and figured now was the best time to do it. Plus, I've been looking for a snowflake cookie cutter. LOL
1/4--
Walgreens-- $22.47:
9.96 4 LED Lights
10.00 2 Benefiber stick packs
28.90 10 misc. Garnier items
had 2 $2/1 for benefiber, 10 $1/1 for garnier. For some reason, only took off ESQ for 7 of the Garnier items (14.00). Plus, I earned a $5 RR.
CVS-- 4 trips (2 cards, one mine, one my sister's)
Trip 1 OOP under $2. Purchases included:
2 Throat pops (BOGO q)
4 Stayfree pads (2 BOGO q's)
1 bandaids (i forgot about printable even had it!) (earned $10 for J&J deal)
2 kotex bonus packs ($1/1 for each, earned $4 ECB)
10 L'Oreal clearanced makeup items ($2/1 for each)
5 cans libby's pumpkin, clearanced to $0.49 (I use this in homemade cat food)
2 clearanced Olay definity mousse @ 5.00 each ($3/1 for each)
1 Garnier styler ($1/1, earned $2 ECB)
Will send in for $15 Olay gift card.
Trip 2:
2 Olay definity clearanced mousse cleansers. $3/1 for each, got for my sister to do rebate.
Trip 3:
3 Stayfree (used 2 bogo q's by mistake)
4 Kotex (earned $8 ECB)
1 Bandaids
OOP = 0. Cashier dropped a stayfree (I had 4), but q went through anyway, but then ECB didn't print.
Trip 4 $0.79 OOP:
2 Stayfree (used bogo q, got the $10 ECB)
1 garnier styler ($1/1, earned $2 ECB)
10 L'Oreal clearanced items ($2/1 for each)
5 cans libby's pumpkin @ $0.49 each.
1/5--
CVS-- $0.00 OOP
2 CVS Gummy B12 vitamins (BOGO), $7.99, spent $8.00 ECB
Costco-- 49.76 OOP
12.39 Case of San Pellegrino sparkling H2O
4.39 18 ct. organic eggs
3.79 1 lb. organic spinach
2.49 1 gallon skim milk
5.49 vine ripened tomatoes
4.99 large clamshell of sugar pears
13.59 Sinus rinse
I'll be submitting the sinus rinse to my medical flexible spending account. Plus, I'll get a free neti pot with the sinus rinse and it appears i can get either a $3 or $6 MIR (It was a twin pack, so not sure if I get credit for one or two).
Costco trips always kill me, but the produce items were all good deals, and I splurged on the bottled water. They ended up being only $1 each for large bottles, so it was also a good deal. I'll probably take at least a month to drink them all. Produce and milk should last me close to 2 weeks, and I've got meat in stockpile.
I'm budgeting $50/month for HBA... which I will come nowhere near. I'm thinking of doing CVS gift cards and just spending those down rather than paying cash each time or using my debit card. Though, the debit card is handy because I can then track it easily using mint.com.
Also budgeting $100/month for pet stuff. I'll share my homemade cat food recipe another time!
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