living simply and embracing imperfection
…s ago Walgreens started popping up on every corner, but I never even went inside any of the stores. I had no reason to, or so I thought.
Then I read Money Saving Mom’s blog and found posts titled “Walgreens 101″ and “Rite Aid 101″ (CVS, too, but we don’t have those stores here). She wrote that these stores had programs that I could take advantage of in order to get things like deodorant or toothpaste for…
The other day I found a package of Martha Stewart chalkboard labels that I had bought more than a month ago with a 40%-off coupon for about $3.50. I don’t know why I hadn’t used them yet, but it probably had something to do with the fact that I didn’t know where I wanted to use them when I bought them and had forgotten about them in the meantime.
Then I walked by these jars…
There were lots of good deals I could’ve bought at Rite Aid this week and I did plan on going back to use another $3 off $15 coupon but never had the time. I’m OK, though, with the deal I ended up with: 2 Kashi cereals, BOGO @ $4.99 -FREE Kashi cereal coupon from vocalpoint= 0 2 Sure deodorants, BOGO @ $2.99 -$1.50/1 (men) & $1/1 = .49 Acnomel acne treatment, $6.99 ($6 SCR) Dentyne cup, $2.50 -$1.50/1 = $1 -$3/$15 RA coupo…
…h heads, BOGO @ $8.99 = $8.99/2- $5/$25 Rite Aid coupon (printed from computer)= $25.34- $25 Rite Aid gift card (here’s the deal I did to get this)= .34 oop (out of pocket) and will get $11 SCR!
AND, from 9/13 to 10/17 Rite Aid is running a Fall Gift of Savings Program: buy $100 during the period and get a $20 gift certificate (you can also buy less and get smaller certificates). And this is BEFORE coupons and any rebates, so youR…
…on easy?
How to Make and Preserve Roasted Tomato Sauce
1. You’ll want to start with however many pans will fit in your oven if you’ve got a lot of tomatoes. For me, that is one large roaster and two 13×9 pans. Of course you can just do one, but since I’ve usually have a ton, I’ve never actually used only one pan. Pour a couple of tablespoons of olive oil into each pan.
2. Cut the tomatoes…
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