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DAY 5: I want some FREE stuff!

Back in October of last year, 2013, we adopted a a dog from a rescue shelter. He is half poodle and half cocker spaniel (between the vet, the shelter and ourselves) that is our best guess. We named him Chop. Rather my son, Leo named him Chop. He was found with 2 other dogs wandering in a field next to the shelter. I call him my scaredy-cat, bird-dog. He doesn't like crowds, he doesn't like dark men, deep voices and he doesn't like to go for walks(scaredy cat) But he loves to perch on the back of the couch and the top of the recliner(bird-dog) He is very loveable and sweet and I have been able to train him. He is my shadow and follows me everywhere, he loves to ride in the car too. The reason I am talking about my fur baby is because I did not stock up on his food and treats for No Spend February. I meant to, just didn't make it.
Luckily I still had $13 on my Walmart gift card. But before I went to Wally-world I decided to check out CouponMom.com and see if they had any free-bees. I use this free web site at least twice a week. There were 6 items that I could get free or make money on. Walmart is one of the only places that I know that will credit the difference. For example, today I had a $1 off coupon for Wet N Wild makeup. I purchased a nail polish for $.93 cents. Hence a credit of $.7 cents. That's right Walmart paid me seven cents to get Wet N Wild nail polish. Crazy, huh? Three of the six free items that I wanted to get were out of stock. Which means other coupon crazies like me, cleared the shelf. I will probably try again in a few days since the store is so close to me. So my total was $12.10 including 6 cans of wet dog food. After coupons $5.97. So I still have $6.00 on my Walmart gift card. Yeay!
So it has been another no-spend day since gift cards do not come out of our monthly budget, I don't count them. I am really looking forward to Friday (payday) so I can spend my allotted $25 on groceries. The question is: can I spend only $25 and get what I need for the week??? We shall see....

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Steph Plumb said…
Love it!! Didn't know that about Wal Mart...cool!
February 5, 2014 at 10:12 PM
Jennifer Juanitas said…
There was a really great money maker for feminine pads. If they had them in stock I would have made over $2.00 each. The coupon was $5.00 but it was totally out of stock and today was the last day for the coupon. I tell Annie that it's like a scavenger hunt to see what we can get for free or make money. It's my new hobby :-)
February 5, 2014 at 10:25 PM
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