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i have a weakness

...for clearance. especially Target clearance. well, any clearance section anywhere grabs my eye. you never know what kind of bargains/crafts/household items/pet stuff/stocking stuffers/birthday presents/decorations/etc you'll find.

here is the pic of what I nabbed today at Target:

the breakdown:
* 1 hanging closet 10-shelf shoe organizer reg price: 14.99 clearanced: 3.74
* 2 Johnson and Johnson First Aid To Go! kits: 1.00 each ($3/2 IP coupon) =$1.00 PROFIT
* 1 ultra downy travel size reg price: $1.00 clearanced: .84 ($1/1 coupon) =.16 PROFIT
* 1 ACE Cold compress reg. price: 1.00 ($1/1 coupon) = FREE

* 1 Tide travel size reg price: .99 ($1/1 coupon) = .01 PROFIT
* 2 sets of four metal napkin rings reg price: 9.99 ea clearanced: 2.98 ea x2 = 5.96

* 1 four sided nail buffer board reg price: $1.00

* 1 liquid car freshner reg price: 2.79 clearanced: $1.38

* 1 bag of Valentine's Hershey's kisses with caramel (mmm!) reg price: 2.39 clearanced: $1.28

* 3 packs of two fabric napkins reg price: 5.99 clearanced: $1.48 ea x3= $4.44

* 1 oversized, super absorbent kitchen towel reg price: 3.99 clearanced: .98

* 1 wood stand-up sign that says 'Home' reg price: 14.99 clearanced: $3.74





Total before coupons and sales: $83.09
Total after: $20.52

I am extremely satisfied with this trip. I am switching M. and I over to fabric napkins and so it was nice to find these neutral, really nice napkins for such a great price. I got 6 in case we have dinner company and want a matching set. And, my shoes are everywhere in my closet! I already have one of those stand alone cubicle like shoe organizers and one of these hanging ones (they hang from the closet rod) so hopefully this second one helps clear the clutter!

a love for little plastic boxes.

I've had a love for all things plastic and organizational almost my entire life. Just ask my parents. I had an 'A-ha!' moment when my cupboards were running amuck with kool-aid packets. (anyone that was couponing last summer with the AllYou magazine and the buy any 3 Kraft products get another free coupon know what I am talking about).

So I took all these:

And made it look like this:

This plastic tub has a snap on lid. I purchased it at Walmart for $1.27. It works perfectly! Keeping all the packets in one spot. I even have another one for my taco/fajita seasoning packets.

-M.

in spirit of Valentine's Day weekend.

a coupon to give to your Honey:

-M. xoxo

clearance.

I stopped by OfficeMax after work today to browse their filing cabinet selection/prices and came across LOTS and LOTS of clearance. Ranging from pens to highlighters to computers bags to portfolios to planners! So if you're needing office supplies you might want to check out the clearance at OfficeMax :)

make it a date.

If you're wanting a break from cooking and have a little extra room in the budget think about printing off THIS coupon!

It's a Buy One Get One Free (BOGOF) on entrees at TGI Fridays!

Coupons like this prove that you can be frugal but still enjoy yourself!

(offer not valid on Valentine's day)

FREE movie rental!

Here is the code for today's free movie rental at any Redbox location:
25CH63
The code works only for today Monday February 9th

When you select a movie and add it to your cart at the bottom of the screen there will be a tab saying 'add promo code' hit that tab and then enter the code and you're good to go!
The code gives you ONE NIGHT free rental. If you keep the movie another night you'll be charged a $1 then on out.

Enjoy!

a great find!

this evening I took a quick pit stop to browse the shelves at Ross. I was actually looking for two little sitting chairs for our spare room and thought I would check there before looking at Ikea but no such luck on the chairs. but i came across these fabulous metal bowls:

each bowl has FRUIT labeled on them. they are metal enamel bowls and look rustic; like something my memaw(translation for you yankees:grandmother) would have in her fridge. they were marked regular price for $1.49 each! I snatched up three. One for bananas, one for apples, and one for oranges or whatever other fruit I happen to pick up.

they work great in the fridge to help draw your eye right to the healthy treat!

retro

hmmm...no expiration date! :)

inspiration

a little multi-tasking.

Tonight as I had dinner baking in the oven I decided to do a little pantry inventory... I've been couponing and stock-piling since about August/September so I am slowly but surely amassing bigger quantities of items than I used to keep in the house. M. and I live in a townhouse and I've had to become creative with storage. But I am lucky that we have this little 'pantry' in the dining room. It doesn't have all our food (there are other cupboards with more stockpile) but this is one of the areas I keep the majority of our food. Its gotten a bit disorganized. Take a peak:

After school and/or work and then a trip to the grocery store I don't always have the resolve to put everything away in the most organized of manners...

I also wanted to fill out my pantry list to help me realize what I have at home. This will help me in a couple of ways. I'll stop buying cans of french style green beans (somehow I have ended up with SEVEN! and only two cans of corn!) and it will also refresh my memory when making a meal plan to use the items we have at home because what's the point of getting the good deals if we don't ever use them?!

After taking the items out and filling out the list it looked like this:

(it's still somewhat an organized chaos lol)

Here is the pantry list I use:


and here is a close up for you fabulous folks:

I found this printable at http://organizedhome.com/



They also have a freezer list and meal plan calendars! All are FREE printables!
I keep the list in my meal plan/recipe/kitchen binder that I'll show at a later time.

-M.