May 27

Thanks to dontfretthesweat.com I printed a wealth of $3.00 off two deodorant coupons. Combined with my Big Box discount card I got 10 deodorants for 45 cents each.  The two nail glues were free after $2.00 off Kiss product coupons available at Coupons.com.

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I am the coupon queen!

May 27

I “friended” Fig Newtons and Wheat Thins, then was able to print off $1.00 coupons. Since CVS had small boxes on sale for $1.00 I got two boxes of each free!

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Mar 31
My Walmart Trip 3/19 Posted by samaree

Or, as Michael says, “ripping off Walmart!” No, not really. Everything is legit, but the price I pay at the end seems like a steal.

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Mar 29
My Goodwill Trip 3/28 Posted by samaree

Since Goodwill has lost their minds and started pricing items higher than I can buy something new, I don’t shop there very often. But I had a coupon for $5 off of $10 and no plans after the delivery of my new kitchen pantry cabinet was canceled.

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Michael told me there was a really nice dresser sitting next to the dumpster. He didn’t think we needed it, as we already have a nice, tall dresser in the bedroom.

I took Bijou out for a potty break and walked over to check out the dresser. It was a beautiful vintage pine dresser, dovetail construction, and built in tracks for the drawers to slide on. It even had the matching mirror! It was covered in 6 inches of snow, but I could tell it was in nice condition.

I knew Michael didn’t really want to carry the dresser in, but I had to have it. I started grabbing the drawers and bringing them into the heated hallway. It took five trips for the drawers and the mirrors. When Michael asked me what I was doing, he came outside to help. We carried the dresser upstairs. Well, he probably carried 75% of the weight, but whatever.

We left the pieces to dry overnight. This is what it looks like now:

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So much better than the $20 Kmart TV stand we had before.

It also made our living room more organized. Michael put all our VHS and DVDs in the drawers.

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This makes three dumpster salvaged pieces in our home – the other two are a nightstand I use as an endtable and a papasan chair in the bedroom for a kitty bed.

If I had bought this in a thrift store, it would have cost somewhere between $60 and $120. Not too bad for a few minutes of work.

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