I'm having an algae explosion in my fish tank. All I want is one of those tiny, simple snails that goldfish do not find interesting or delicious.
Petland refused to sell me one. The little guys were all over the tanks. But they were like "what those stupid things? you don't want that."
Um yes, I do. They tried to sell me a big mystery snail for $3.95. Um no. Goldfish eat their eyes off and they die horrible deaths. Not on my watch.
My hubby thinks it's ironic that no one wants to give us or sell us a snail, considering our last tank was riddled with them. They do a great job on the algae. I'll guess try another store this weekend.
***Why am I broke? Oh, it's Feb.***
This has been a huge money out week. We paid homeowners insurance, car note, $300 deposit for kid 1's 2011-2012 preschool tuition, credit card bills, regular preschool tuition, 529 plan debits, electric bill. The list goes on.
I had to take money out of savings to cover it all. It's always depressing, but it's always the same this time of year. You'd think I would expect it by now. From January 1 to the end of February is always tough, because we have so many big bills due.
Then, like magic, we manage to tread water and then get ahead again come March.
*** Coupon experiment***
In coupon news, I did take mjrube's advice and bought the Renpure Organix shampoo at Walgreens. They are having an unadvertised BOGO sale, plus each item has a hang tag saying "Try Me Free" for a rebate of the total purchase price.
So, fingers crossed. I paid $6.99 retail price for one, got one free, and sent in the rebate card for the $6.99. We'll see if it works. I'm skeptical, but a lot of the coupon sites swear by this kind of thing.
I just hope it's accepted. It would officially be my first free shampoo!!
I am finally getting the hang of it. I only look at couponmom.com. The funny thing is now that I have been doing this for a while, I can spot the errors. Like coupon values they forgot to double, ergo a better deal than the site leads you to believe. And, I'm finally starting to catch deals.
I.e. Target has a $2 off store coupon, plus there is a $2 manf. coupon in the 2.6 Sunday insert for any Garnier face product. I smell something for maybe cheap or free. I plan to check it out this week.
***Couponing for a cause***
Now that I am getting the hang of getting things for free with sales/coupons, I printed out a list of wants and needs for the two main family shelters here. I put them in my purse. If I find a great deal, I will put it in a box to donate to the family shelter.
The idea of homeless babies and toddlers drives me crazy. It may not be much, but I will do as much as I can.
Brother, can you spare a snail?
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I hope you get what you're wanting for your fish tank.
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http://pediasure.com/pediasure-rebate
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Best of luck with all your couponing.
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www dot greataquarium dot com
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I stopped into Walgreen's (Al Green's at our house) to use my Register rewards today on greeting cards and got the free hand sanitizer. We've got friends with a son on chemo, and we don't use hand sanitizer, but I bet they'd like it.
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It said mail within 4 weeks of purchase. I bought it on Thanksgiving or black friday and Just made the mail in time limit. So I just passed my 6 week processing period. Or was it 8-10. Humm either way my rebate should be here soon.
That rebate is going to be my first snowflake into my Mortgage Emergency Fund.