It’s time to crack open all of those dollar off coupons you can find. I didn’t get a paper this week so I don’t know what coupons are out there.

Bounty paper towels are on sale for 99 cents and I have a 1.00 off coupons from a home mailer.
Halls cough drops are on sale for 99 cents and there are 50 cents off coupons from last week’s paper
Bic Soleil Razors are on sale for 4.99 there is a coupon for 2.00 off from an older paper and you can get 2.00 scr
Dove Ultimate Duo is on sale for 3.00 and there is a coupon for 1.00 of a dove product out there somewhere and you get 2.00 scr back therefore it is free

If you want to see someone who has already done this look at Justine’s Grocery Brags

She also has shopped this week at CVS, Walgreens, and Shaws. Check it out.
You can also use these guys for great deals
CVS – Cents able Momma
CVS – Common Sense with Money
Walgreens – Mommy Snacks
Rite Aid – Southern Savers
SafeWay – Super Coupon Girl
Rite Aid – Super Coupon Girl

And if that isn’t enough saving advice check out a much more detailed list of bloggers posting savings here:
Be Centsable

Happy Saving!

I had to post my posts in a specific order today because I wanted this one to be at the top of Friday’s posts. This is a very important topic to me and I want to be an example and make sure everyone sees this post. First Off, I am participating in The Parent Blogger’s Network’s weekly Blog Blast. This week the Blog Blast is about helping others:

Dear Bloggers -
Whether it’s writing down goals in our personal journal
or proclaiming them publicly on our blog, most of us resolve to make changes as
the new year rolls around – better organization, healthier living, smaller
pants.But what about resolving to do something for someone else? Whether it’s
helping your neighbor whose husband is deployed, volunteering at your local
nursing home, or together with your kids donating some outgrown toys to a local
church, making a difference in someone else’s life can be just as satisfying as
changing your own – if not more so.

So tell us how you and your
family already help others, or how you plan to add that to your list for 2009.

This week, we’ve teamed up with The Quaker Oats Company to spread
the word about the Start with Substance campaign to donate up to one million
bowls of oatmeal to those in need.From January 12 through February 28, for every
UPC from a Quaker Oatmeal hot cereal product families enter at www.startwithsubstance.com, Quaker
will donate one bowl of oatmeal to Share Our Strength, a childhood hunger
organization. You’ll need to be a Facebook member to participate.Families
helping families – now that’ll make you feel as warm inside as a bowl of
oatmeal.
What can you
win?We’ve got two $250 VISA gift cards to award at random!We’re looking forward
to your posts!
Best,Kristen & Julie

I find it absolutely wonderful and invite you to share how you are going to give this year.

What am I doing this year? I am doing a LOT. One of the moms in my MOMS club had a birthday party for her son and instead of bringing gifts we all made party gift bags to give to the food bank. These bags contained various items required to throw a party for children’s parents who can’t afford party favors, cake mix, bowls and plates, juice, decorations. It was a lot of fun to put this together.

I am also giving the food bank things that I can get for free or nearly for free. I’m going to be collecting things all year round and give whenever I have a couple bags full of food. I also participate in all of the service projects that my MOMS club does for the organizations around the area. We help moms in need. If we hear about someone that needs something we try to fill that need. We make birthday cakes for each other and we make meals when someone has a baby. You know, helping others doesn’t always mean you need to give money. Sometimes just taking the time to show someone you care is the biggest way to help.

One other thing I am trying to get involved in is