Money making month.

So the end of September is here and I wanted to share a few ways I made some extra $$ this month. First I did a few rebates from Walgreens. I earned $15.39 in rebates this month and all 3 things I earned rebates on I also used coupons and sale prices to purchase them for nearly nothing (under $5.00!). So I earned $10.00 for shopping at Walgreens this month. I also received a $20.00 rebate from Miller beer (or hubby did anyway:) and I got my $10.00 from Kelloggs too. I also sold 3 books on Amazon that were just sitting around here anyway. That earned me $12.60. So for just paying a little more attention to rebates and selling some items I don't need, I earned about $57.00. That's almost 1/2 a tank of gas!! haha

Oh and I almost forgot-I used ebates twice this month and earned 8.00 on items we would have just bought online anyway. If you are interested in earning money thru ebates, click here And I did tons of paid emails and surveys-so those added up too.

I guess I am just earning money differently and little bits all add up. Stay tuned for more ways to save and in the end earn!

FREE Breakfast!

IKEA is serving free breakfast ($1.99 value) at all store locations on September 19-21, 2008. Check out all they have on sale too! Maybe I'll see you there! More details here (see bottom of the page).

I went to CVS today!

and didn't spend any money.....how is that possible you ask? Coupons and ECB's and gift cards.
I got 1 Purex detergent 2.99
1 Garnier Mouse 4.29
1 Garnier Shine control 6.29
1 Garnier face wash 5.99
Total 19.26

Coupons 1.00 each of the garnier products, 1.00 off purex, 2/10 CVS Coupon, 2.00 ECB, 3.00 ECB, and 5.99 ECB

total 2.57 plus .43 tax for a total of 3.00 which I put on my gift card and I got 6.00 ECBs for next time for a net gain of 3.00!!

Freebies

Get Goody hair bands FREE here

And free baby shampoo here

and some potatoes (who doesn't love those!) here

and a free planet heros dvd here

AND THE WINNER IS....

I wish the graphics had copied over as well. This program will generate a random number between two numbers of your choice.

Enter a lower limit: 1
Enter an upper limit: 23


Random Number: 5
Congratulations to: http://www.blogger.com/profile/01173110701115258907 I will be contacting you so I can mail these out today. Thanks to all who entered!!!

Get ye to Walgreens!

This coupon is good on Friday 9/13 and Saturday 9/14. Go here to get it!!
As always, remember that this coupon can only be used on purchases over $40--after manufacturer's coupons. And since last time there was some trouble, I just say to play it safe and make sure your purchase equals $40 after all coupons, including Walgreen's coupons.

I'm going to buy diapers, body wash for men (rebate and coupon in easy saver booklet at stores), the Rocking Horse (also a rebate item), Dove chocolates and an ink cartridge refill for my printer.

More coupon codes

Here is another site to check for codes when shopping online here . I used this today and saved 20%!

COUPON GIVEAWAY!

Hey everyone! I have a surplus of coupons and am giving away over $100.00 in coupons this week to 1 lucky winner. All that is required is that you leave a comment here with your favorite saving site. Be sure to include your email so I can contact you. Just a note: all of these coupons came from the last 2 weeks of inserts, and also include the highly coveted $10.00 rebate from Kellogg's. Why don't I want that one? Well I already participated once and would feel guilty doing it twice.....I guess I believe in the one per household rule. Contest ends on Friday September 12th at 10:00 am. I will draw a winner from random number generator and email the winner on Friday! Good Luck!!

Freebies for today!

Dove Sample (New)

Receive a free sample of Dove here
Click on "Free Sample" on the top right of screen

SweatBlock Antiperspirant
Receive a free sample, this is a new link although you may have to wait awhile for this one to come in the mail.

More deoderant
Degree
Receive a free Sample Of Degree Mens Absolute Protection Deodorant here

Redness Relief
Receive a free sample Of Eucerin Redness Relief!
here

CVS today

Well I escaped the house with no kids - not even the baby! I made the most of my short time....I bought 2 cover girl lipsticks, 3 cans of pringles, claritan, a slip and slide and 2 Colgate toothpastes all for only 10.17 Plus I transferred hubby's prescription and got a 25.00 gift card.

Here's the breakdown:
2 cover girl lipsticks, 9.99 each
3 cans of pringles .88 each
claritan 8.99
a slip and slide 2.99 on clearance orginally 19.99!!
2 Colgate toothpastes 2.99 each

Total before sales and coupons 53.16
Cover girl is B1G1 free and I had a coupon for B1G1 from this Sundays paper so both were free, .30 of the Pringles, 3.00 off the claritan, and 1.00 +.75 off the toothpastes.
Used 5.00 ECB's and spent 10.16 plus I have 5 more ECB's to use later the month.

So far my Summer spending is 92.10 and my savings are 165.10! I am still in shock at how easy these savings have been to attain, and the surplus we have here is so handy. I have in the container now 8 bottles of shampoo, 3 tubes of toothpaste, gobs of razors and shaving cream, 3 deoderants, and various other things I can't remember. All of us love having the container here and not running to the store when we are out of a personal product. The kids like picking out their stuff from it too! Even hubby likes is liking it! To take advantage of these savings yourself visit here

Have a good week!