Great Shopping Day!

First thing this morning I went to Winn Dixie for MEAT! It's usually where I purchase meat, but I got a fantastic deal! Originally totaled at $64.99, but I only paid $38.22!

THEN, I went to CVS and scanned my card, and it gave me $3 in ECB's for the summer, and a $2/2 coupon for O.B. Tampons, so I ran home to get the $1/1 O.B. coupon from the SmartSource 8/21, and they were on sale, AND I already had $2 ECB from Milk earlier in the week! SO I got 4 boxes of 40ct O.B., and I found a diaper genie refill on clearance for $2.70!!! Total OOP was $13.04, originally $37.24!

I have a really friendly mechanic at Ross' Auto in Lakeland, Florida, Joe, who will do an oil change for me if I purchase the supplies. So I go to AutoZone, where I have a membership card that earns money for spending. I'm not sure of the specifics, but if you don't have one, you should. I got the oil filter, air filter and oil for $12.72! AND I have a rebate!

All in all, it was a great shopping day. I also went to Target, but no noteworthy deals. Yesterday I did a majority of my shopping at Walmart, which I won't do again, because this particular location has angered me for the last time. Poor customer service and ignorance aren't a good combination.

Deal for $2 free @ CVS

So all you have to do is go to this website, scroll down and take the pledge. If you don't already have a CVS car, you can sign up for one online! $2 for pledging to NOT WASTE MONEY! Who wouldn't want to do that?! When I submitted my pledge, there had only been 5400 people do the pledge, they are giving it away to  500,000. Click here to earn $2 for free.

My CVS & WAGS trip 9/25/11

So I shopped at CVS with the intent to only buy milk. I had $2 in ECB's from last trip, my total after ECB's was $5.59, but I've now got $2 in ECB's for next trip! Making my milk $1.79 a gallon! I wish gas was that cheap!

At Walgreens, I had to do 10 transactions. I came to the store with $3 in RR's. I got $148 dollars worth of merchandise for $47.97! I only paid 33%!

it's missing a few items that I put into a donation box for the womens shelter. I try to get things that are under $1, and donate when I can, the items that I think they might need.

Anyway. I'm new to blogging. But I have a lot of ideas, so if you bare with me, one day the training wheels might come off and produce a stellar blog.

Yours Truly,
Miss Money

Modern Day Hippie

Charlie and I were in the mood for something sweet to satisfy our taste buds, so I decided to make chocolate chip cookies. I love baking, but sometimes it's tedious to stand there while each batch cooks, cools, switch, repeat. I have been contemplating and researching homemade laundry soap. It has 3 ingredients (4 if you include the water), and I've accumulated said ingredients, so I made a decision to make it while making cookies. Please don't be alarmed, there was no contamination during this process. The laundry soap was easy enough to make, though I would like to try making it with essential oil next time for fragrance. It is required to sit for 24 hours, so now I'm waiting, and should results be good, I'll be back with directions, pictures and my opinion.

Going to eat some cookies now :)

Introduction

So here is my attempt at blogging. I'm Miss Money, and this will be a blog about my life in general. Whatever I'm feeling, or doing, an update into important things in my life, and anything else I might want to include. I'm a mother to Charles Avery, who we call Charlie. He is 13 months old, and he is the light of my life! He's a pure joy! I'm in the researching phases of a couple of life altering projects including the "zero waste" lifestyle, MAJOR gardening (mostly to produce edibles), and changing my relationship with food and my body. If nothing else, this blog will serve only to hold me accountable. I know I'm a strong woman, but sometimes I lack the strength mentally to hold my end of the bargain, so perhaps with a public (though not incredibly advertised) forum like this, I will be able to gain some will-power!
 I'm keeping this short, because, like I said before, I'm still researching right now, and it, as well as budgeting and planning financially, is quite time consuming. There is a light at the end of the tunnel though, because I know that my payback will be tremendous in various ways. I know the garden is happening, it's just a matter of what to grow, when to plant, where to plant it, which takes research, time and planning. However I will reap benefits like spending more time outside, encouraging bees to pollinate, attracting other insects to return to this area, it's all around great of the ecosystem, the produce I grow will be free of pesticides, the flavor will be better, I will compost, and have you ever heard of agriculture therapy?
This altered my world completely! I don't know how extreme I will go, but every little bit from everyone helps. Everyone should AT LEAST take recycling seriously. If you live in Lakeland, Florida you pay for recycling services monthly on your electric bill regardless of whether or not you want to, so you might as well do it or you're wasting money. Either way, you're ruining the Earth, might as well TRY to keep it in the best state that we possibly can. Try. Please.
Anyway, I'm done for now, because I hear the Charlie woke up from his nap.
Adios.