A Girls GOTTA have MAD MONEY!

For all the ladies that are always on the look out for a great deal, I stumbled across one this week and thought I would pass it on.  I am always looking for a bargain, a good deal, a steal or the purchase that I just can't say no to. I like to say that I am resourceful with my money and not uptight with it.  A little frugal if you wanna call it that, but that's a good word for me.

Being a stay at home mom is not only new to me, but it is also a new JOB for me as well.  I want to stay home, and I am discovering that with a little budgeting, and making better choices for my family, I just may be able to make this new job work out for everyone.

Ok, here is the BIG DEAL of the week:

If you are not familiar with the chain CVS.. well, get yourself familiar with them.  Have you ever noticed the coupon that comes in the mail, or the one that is attached to the receipt at CVS?  It says, "receive a $25.00 CVS gift card with a new, or transferred RX."  Now come on, all of us moms out there have at least one prescription floating around in our medicine cabinets that has a refill or two left on them right?  Well, it's probably the cough medicine, or an allergy medicine that you know you will fill anyway with the upcoming flu and allergy season upon us.  So.......fill it, if your insurance is like mine, if it is generic it is probably cheaper, or  at the most, you may have to pay $5.00 for it.  But, remember, you were going to fill it anyway for the upcoming winter season right? So, you already had that in your families health budget......So in short, you walk away with $25.00 extra on a CVS gift card!!!!!

Now, if you are not following me, let me break it down....being a stay at home mom also means that my "MAD" money is funny these days.....I have to account for a budget remember.....but, I consider this, ALL MINE BABY!  So from that, let me continue...So, I take the $25.00 gift card and after checking their Ad, I notice that some face stuff that I want to try is on sale, (you know, the stuff that we need for those wrinkles that we don't have) Well, it is on sale for $13.99 but if I buy it, the computer will generate a $7.00 off next purchase coupon at the register. So, that is what I did.  The computer also generated a coupon for a free beauty charm, cause you know us GIRLS!  WE LOVE TO BE REWARDED WITH CHARMS AND TRINKETS ANY DAY OF THE YEAR, AND ESPECIALLY FREE ONES.

So after paying for the "face stuff"  and receiving my coupon for my charm.  I go back and purchase the $8.99 hand lotion that the dr. said my son should use.  Oh, and the dr. had given me a $1.00 off coupon in his office.  So the clerk rings up the $8.99 lotion, she deducts the $7.00 in store coupon from my previous purchase and then deducts the $1.00 off manufacturer coupon leaving a balance of .99 cents plus tax.So, for $1.07 I walked out of there with my hand  lotion in hand!  No pun intended!  But don't forget, I GOT A FREE BEAUTY CHARM TOOOOOOO!

Isn't that a great moment of shopping?  I love those kinds of trips.. Also, don't forget that you have to have a CVS card to scan at the register to keep track of your savings and spending.  Like the Kroger ones we have

Hope you enjoyed the BIG DEAL OF THE WEEK!   Please respond if you have a great story on savings that you would like to share!

Thanx for listening,
ATexasBroussard