OMG, it's October 1st already and next month is Thanksgiving! We had an amazing September and I kind of low key love that the first two weeks in September were a bore, as far as deals go but the last two weeks, we got amazing deals.
I say this every year but start planning your Thanksgiving menu especially if you are struggling financially. Planning is another form of manifestation. Planning is documenting your thoughts and turning them into reality. When you plan, opportunities come your way.
Don't wait until the week of Thanksgiving to say that I need A thru Z for Thanksgiving dinner. Our Thanksgiving dinner doesn't have to be extravagant and we don't need 15 side dishes and 5 cakes and pies. Thanksgiving is about spending time with our family and friends. While I was in Ralphs, yesterday, I saw that they are getting ready for Thanksgiving and they were setting up for stuffing and baking cakes and pies. I was thinking about Thanksgiving and Ralphs is already getting the deals ready for us!
Go to your rebate apps and requests your funds!!!!
One of the most exciting things that happened to me in September is that I received the double Zip Code Advantage in one of my accounts twice! I wasn't lucky enough to get it a third time but I am super thankful that I got it twice. The first week, the advantage didn't work on the Yogurts and the second week, the advantage didn't work on the O Organics, although, I bought the exact same O Organics Diced Tomatoes that I bought in week #1 and it work but it didn't work the second week. Odd, but I'm not even mad because I got to use a free $6 in week #1 and week #2. I basically got $12 for free to shop at the grocery store!
Vons also gave me an extra FREE $5 digital coupon.
I have tried explaining to friends and family how I save money by couponing and using the rebate apps. It's kinda like when Benjamin Franklin said, "A penny saved is a penny earned." and I wrote about this in September but it doesn't make it less irritating fain stupidity when I explain it for the tenth time. Sometimes, you've got to die by your own sword meaning no one will help you if you are choosing not to understand.
There is no panacea to saving money, you have to sacrifice to save money. You have to have a budget, you must plan your purchases and plan for the unforeseen emergencies.
The thing I love about saving money is our ability to give back to our community, the Hidden Harvest Pancake Mix was a nice money maker and it's already been was donated to the food pantry. The ability to get paid to take a food out of the store and share it with a food pantry is a win-win for everyone! Last Wednesday, I drove past the free food distribution center and it went from like maybe 25 people out there like six months ago and now, it's like 200 or 250 people standing out there for food. It was chaos out there because people were going there by bus, car, bicycle and they had wagons, carts and strollers going to the distribution center. They were running to get to the line for the free food.
I already know that we are going to have lots of opportunities in October to grab more free food!
Another great thing about saving money is we get to try a lot new food products like the Motts Filled Bars and we loved those bars! Next time they are on a good sale, we'll know to pick up those bars!
I received $38,36 from the Facebook Settlement and $25.97 from the Walmart Weight Settlement, $68.57 from IB and $29.68 from C051,
Below are my favorite deals for the month of September:
$3.10 MM GoMacros Salted Caramel
$12 MM Remix Mocktail
$3 MM Silk Kids
$0.40 MM Motts Filled Bars
(3) $2 MM Hidden Harvest Pancake & Waffle Mix
$3 MM Tenayo Mexican-Style BBQ Sauce
$0.50 MM Barilla Tortellini
Check your J4U for $40/75. They have been putting these out for a month.
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