365 Day Challenge 1-8 May 12-19, 2010

Here are my first 8 pictures!

Post It Note Tuesday

Week of May 9, 2010- May 15, 2010

 Well I did not do great this week as a total, but I did get some good deals!  I got Zyrtec for $7.99 at CVS!  It's regularly $22.99!  I also got Huggie's diapers for $3.49 at CVS.  They are regularly 11.99!  I got Sudden Salad for .45 (regularly 2.25) and Idahoan Potatoes for .24 (regularly 1.19) at BiLo!  Here is the breakdown for the week:

Total Before Sales and Coupons: $250.85

Total Spent: $166.85  (67%)

Total SAVED: $84.00 (33%)

Here is the breakdown at each store:

BiLo

Total Before Sales and Coupons: $135.95

Total Spent: $91.13 (67%)

Total Saved: $44.82 (33%)

CVS

Total Before Sales and Coupons: $51.96

Total Spent: $32.46 (62%)

Total Saved: $19.50 (38%)

Food Lion

Total Before Sales and Coupons: $62.94

Total Spent: $43.26 (69%)

Total Saved: $19.68 (31%)

My 365 Day Challenge!!!

     Every day I sit in awe at how much my children have grown.  My sister just had a baby a few weeks ago.  Looking at him makes me realize how much children grow in just one year!  My youngest is just 16 months old!  He seems so..... much older than my sister's newborn!  To think that her baby will be that big in just a little over a year is CRAZY!  So thinking all of this has led me to a 365 day challenge!  I am challenging myself to take at least one picture of my son every day for the next year!  I can't stop him from growing, so I guess I will just have to record it somehow.  Each Wednesday I plan to post the previous week's pictures!  Plan on seeing 7 new pictures next week! :)

Post It Note Tuesday

Week of May 2, 2010- May 8, 2010

Total Before Sales and Coupons: $213.83

Total Spent: $109.48  (51%)

Total SAVED: $104.35 (49%)

Here is the breakdown at each store:

BiLo

Total Before Sales and Coupons: $63.57

Total Spent: $30.01 (%)

Total Saved: $33.56 (%)

CVS

Total Before Sales and Coupons: $150.26

Total Spent: $79.47 (53%)

Total Saved: $70.79 (47%)

Etsy.com

I just added a link to my store on Etsy.com!   I hope some of you will take a look at it!  Please help me out and direct your friends to it if you think they may find something they like!  The web address is itshollyshobby.etsy.com.

Week of April 25 2010- May 1, 2010

Total Before Sales and Coupons: $307.32

Total Spent: $182.53  (59%)

Total SAVED: $124.79 (41%)

Here is the breakdown at each store:

BiLo

Total Before Sales and Coupons: $111.00

Total Spent: $65.41 (59%)

Total Saved: $45.59 (41%)


Food Lion

Total Before Sales and Coupons: $51.05

Total Spent: $27.85 (55%)

Total Saved: $23.20 (45%)

Rite Aid

Total Before Sales and Coupons: $78.24

Total Spent: $22.24 

-$8.00 SCR's = $14.44 (20%)

Total Saved: $56.00 (80%)

Wal-Mart

Total Before Sales and Coupons: $67.03

Total Spent: $67.03 (100%)

Total Saved: $ (0%)

Picking Strawberries and Making Jam!

The kids and I went and picked Strawberries this past Friday.  Then we made jam on Saturday!  I think they have already eaten 2 jars and its only Sunday!

Week of April 11- April 17, 2010

Total Before Sales and Coupons: $195.78
Total Spent: $102.19(52%)
Total SAVED: $93.59(48%)

Here is the breakdown at each store:
Aldi
Total $10.58

BiLo
Total Before Sales and Coupons: 63.54
Total Spent: 33.11 52%
Total Saved: 30.43 48%


CVS
Total Before Sales and Coupons: $52.42
Total Spent: $18.97 36%
Total Saved: $33.45 64%

Food Lion
Total Before Sales and Coupons: $69.24
Total Spent: $39.53 57%
Total Saved: $29.71 43%