Staples 3/28 $1 Deals

Staples has some pretty good $1 deal this week. There is a limit of 2 per customer.

-Westcott 7″ Straight Handle Scissors
-Staples Comfort Stick Ballpoint pens, 12pk
-Staples Hype Highlighters, 6pk
-Staples Black & White Composition Books, 100 sheets
-Staples Poly Notebook, 200 sheets
-HammerMill CopyPlus Copy Paper 500 sheet ream (after EasyRebate)
-HP Everyday 4″x6″ Photo Paper 100pk (after EasyRebate)

Thanks, Savings and Stewardship!

Coupon Codes

This Weeks Top Five Coupon Codes – Columbia Sportwear, Joann Fabrics, Coldwater Creek, Ulta and Home Depot

Every week we share the top 5 coupon codes picked out by the Himalayan haggling he-man of bargains, Coupon Sherpa. We hope they help save you money.

Trying to raise healthier kids? Here are 11 tips from Coupon Sherpa.

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Sweepstakes

Here is a list of sweepstakes for those of you that like to enter them. (-: Good luck!!

What’s your favorite Easter candy? Bunny, jelly beans, peeps or creme eggs? Short survey – chance at cash. (Mine is definitely creme eggs!! Specifically Cadbury creme eggs. I have one every Easter. Usually I have already bought some by now, but I am trying to cut back this year. (-: YUMMY!!)

Mega Jackpot – You could win $500/week for the rest of your life!

Prize America’s $25,000 Makeover Package Get a $25000 Dollar Fitness Package.

Complete a short survey for a chance to Win $1,500 Cash!

Wall Street Survivor – Trade Virtual Stocks & win Cash! Over $10,000 in cash & prizes every month. Play for Free! (That sounds like fun!)

Kmart 3/28 Budget Saving Deals

Thanks so much to The Coupon Crate for this week’s budget saving Kmart deals! If you are new to couponing, make sure to check out my couponing for beginners post here.

Snuggle Fabric Softener 64 oz 2/$5
$3/1 – 3/28  RP
Final price Free to $.50

Renuzit Adjustables 2 Pack $1.89
$.55/1 – 3/7  RP
Final price $1.34

Renuzit Crystal Elements $5.49
BIGI – 2/14  RP
Final price $2.75 each for 2

Post Raisin Bran Cereal $1.75
$1/2 – 2/28  SS2X
Final price $1.25 each for 2

Quaker Chewy Granola Bars 2/$4
$.75/2 – 2/14  RP
Final price $1.63 each for 2

To see the rest of the deals, The Coupon Crate came up with, click here.

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Family Update

As you guys can probably tell, since I am posting again . . . things are settling down around here. Today actually went so smoothly. It was incredible. We went and bought a new appliance this morning and it was installed by noon. My dad and brother-in-law came over and helped my hubby dam up the areas where the water was flowing in which really reduced our losses.

The person that had built our retaining wall already has started fixing it. He did a great job before, and I would actually highly recommend him. His group worked so hard, were very fair, and did great work!  Last night was just crazy weather, and the retaining wall wasn’t the only damage we sustained.

We had someone come over this afternoon to look at the damaged roof and the fixes that need to be made to the driveway. So everything seems to be getting fixed smoothly.

Thank God for an emergency fund.

I would really encourage all of you to have an emergency fund of at least 6 months in the bank. This has bailed us out so many times. It is great to not have to go into debt every time there is an emergency. You can start small. Even $1,000 in the bank can be helpful. Not having debt and having an emergency fund is really important to us, and just gives us a sense of peace. By choosing to not always buy everything as soon as we want it, but waiting, praying and thinking about purchases is so much better than buying and getting into debt! Hopefully we will be able to pay off our house as well in the next few years and have no debt. That is my hope anyways. (-:

For those of you that are interested in saving money, paying off debts and setting up a budget, I highly recommend Dave Ramsey’s site. It has some really useful tools on there including an “instant budget” and much more.