I have been busy with more savings. The amount of ways to save amazes me!
On Saturday the girls and I stopped at some tag sales on the way home from the Kids Fair. The girls LOVE tag sales because they can find items that they can buy with the loose change they have for funds. They bought a Barbie bed, a play horse, a bubble gum machine (still in the box) and a change purse, for a grand total of $1.75. The most exciting find of the day was a fairy costume for $2. It had $39 marked on the package. Alyssa had asked to be a fairy for Halloween this year. Though the costume itself wouldn't fit her the wings would work and the price couldn't be beat. It wasn't new so how does this figure into our savings totals? I am stumped about used items and time trades for items or services. They save money for sure but I haven't figured out how to calculate used items for the purpose of this challenge.
Savings: Toys and Costume Parts = ?
Last night I was able to order winter boots for my oldest daughter. As I haven't been able to get the kids to stop growing winter outdoor clothing is a big cost item every year, winter outdoor clothing. We have a clothing give away weekly at Community Bible Chapel in Brattleboro which has been a great help to us over the years. All the clothing there is free and in good condition. Unfortunately, as the kids get older it is harder to find clothing for them this way. Our oldest daughter passes clothes down which helps with our younger daughter but we don't have a hand me down source for her. JC Penney has free shipping on shoes purchased online through December (no coupon code needed). They currently have two coupon codes available for $10 off the purchase of $10 online. The codes are GO4TEN and LIZ4YOU. One code can be used per order. If you shop through Ebates you can get 3% of your purchase back. Just type JC Penney in the search after joining the site and click on the link. The boots we bought were originally $50.00. They were on sale for $34.99. The $10 off coupon code made them $24.99. with no shipping charge due to the free shipping special.
Savings: Boots = $25.01 + Ebates = $.75 = $25.76
I did our grocery shopping for this week. I have been stocking up so didn't do much but veggies and milk. I bought things on sale as I didn't have coupons for these items.
Grocery Savings $17.02
My husband bought gas using the discount from our Fuel Advantage savings from grocery shopping the last few weeks as well.
Gas Savings: $4.00
Savings From This Post: $46.78
Total Savings: $429.77
Outstanding!
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