Thursday, April 26, 2012

Sample Presentations

today we spent time in class watching presentations from last year's WISE students. It was hopeful to get an idea of what it would be like and figure out what to expect. I hope I don't get too nervous during my presentation and that I have enough information to fill up the whole time. I also hope I can make interesting and fun enough to hold every one's attention. After senior trip Ill start to think about what I want to do from my presentation a little more in depth. (I'm really excited I don't have to journal over Senior trip. It will give my mind a little break! )

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

mentor meeting 11

I had a horrible day today starting with getting into a minor car accident :( Because of that me and Mr. Reising talked about it for alot of my meeting. He made me feel alot better but it still sucks that I'll have to pay for it. We disscuss my shopping trip to CVS, the new website I found (couponmom.com) and my plans to get as many free things as possible over the next few weeks.

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Presentations :o

today we received the guidelines for our final presentations. We also went over good presentation skills and things to avoid. Its going to be alot of work to put it together but hopefully it will be easy to speak about my topic because its something I'm interested in. I feel like I have alot of work to get done between now and the presentation.

Monday, April 23, 2012

extra paper?

my mom noticed that there was a news paper in our drive way yesterday (which is weird because we don't subscribe) and brought into the house thinking that my grandma had subscribed (she lives with us). Turns out it wasn't hers... so I'm not sure why it was there (maybe a sample) but the coupon insert was inside so now i have two for this week!

Sunday, April 22, 2012

Senior trip Shopping

I went on a shopping trip and used my coupons to buy all of the things I need for senior trip next weekend. (sunblock, shampoo, conditioner, toothbrush, TONS of snacks). I spent about $45 on about $85 worth of items. Almost a savings of 50% on all the things I needed. I felt short of crazy carrying my huge coupon binder around the store haha! I purchased the items in 3 transactions. In the first one I forgot to hand the coupons to the cashier and to my surprise he just handed me $2 cash instead of going back to take it off the register. I found that very weird but I appreciated it. I also picked but the paper which only had one smart source insert in it.

Saturday, April 21, 2012

busy day

extremely busy day. track meet at woodbury in the morning then class in center city Philadelphia!

Friday, April 20, 2012

mentor meeting 10

today during our meeting I showed Mr. Reising couponmom.com and told him about my plans to create care packages. While we were talking Chandler came in and thought it was a great idea. She was able to make a few calls to try to find contact information for a program that exists on base that sends care packages. She plans to get back to me next week with contact information for someone that I can contact directly.

Thursday, April 19, 2012

what to put in a care package?

i looked at a few different websites today to try to determine what items are most needed/ wanted by soldiers when they recieve care packages. www.operationshoebox.com had the best list of suggested items to put into a care package. Although I could send packages through an organization like operation shoe box, I want to try to find a local program that send packages so that they go to soldiers from Fort Dix.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

couponmom.com

why on earth am I just now finding out about this website!? couponmom.com has the weekly deals for every store I have ever heard of. It also gives you the deals that are available in your state! the lists of deals are organized in a way that is very easy to read and understand. It lists the original price, price after coupons, amount you need to buy to get the deal, which coupons to use, and the percent savings on each item. I wish I had know about this a long time ago!

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

charity?

today I tried to look up some charities that I might want to donate couponed items to. It took a little digging on google to find information for programs that help women in Burlington county. while researching that I decided that I would rather coupon for items to create care packages for soldiers. Being so close to the base and with so many of my friends having parents, brothers and friends who are over seas I think creating care packages is a good idea and its something I care about.

Monday, April 16, 2012

tax day freebies ?

While watching the new today I learned that every year on tax day some businesses offer freebies or discounts! A list of them can be found here: 6abc tax day freebies . I guess some free stuff could help relieve the tax day stress!

Sunday, April 15, 2012

3 inserts

In todays sunday paper there were 2 Smart Source inserts and 1 Red Plum. There were not as many store circulars in the paper as there normally is, only the one for CVS. Not sure why that is

Saturday, April 14, 2012

:)

spent all day in philly! spring break + senioritis = not wanting to do any work.

Friday, April 13, 2012

Thursday, April 12, 2012

of course..

my mom went grocery shopping... with out me.... and with out the coupons... great -_-

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

shop rite deals

I took a closer look at the shop rite deals today. There were only a few that are worth getting. I went through my coupons and collected ones for items that we need in the house and plan to use them to cut the cost of the grocery bill down as much as possible.

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

mall shopping :)

Today I went shopping at the mall for the first time since I went Christmas shopping ! First my friend and I went to Plato's Closet and dropped off a bag of clothes that I hoped they would buy from me. Then we went to the mall. There weren't many good sales but at the same time there weren't alot of things that I wanted to buy. I got a few things and on the way home we stopped back at Plato's closet to see what items they choose to buy from me. They purchase everything expect for 2 items. They paid me $29 for 9 items that I was going to get rid of anyway!

Monday, April 9, 2012

lack of deals

this morning started to look at the deal match ups for this week (or lack of ). Since there were no inserts this week there all the deals are using coupons from previous weeks. There are not very many deals at all. The only store that seems to have some things worth getting is shop rite so I will look into the shop rite deals further and plan my trip there this week.

Sunday, April 8, 2012

Saturday, April 7, 2012

no shopping this week

I looked at the deals for this week again since my shopping trip to walmart was a fail but since there were no other fantasic deals or anything we actually need and because I don't have time to go out today I'm going to wait until next week for another shopping trip.

Friday, April 6, 2012

major fail!

my shopping trip to walmart was a total fail:( I went late last night hoping to have a peaceful trip. First I went to pick up the allergy medicine and the whole shelf was empty. Problem is that the coupon expires on the 8th and since I won't have another chance to get to another walmart I will miss out on the deal. I wanted to get it from walmart because they pay you back for the overage which would have meant I could have made a total of $8 from buying the medicine. The shelf with the bandaids was also completely empty. Moral of the trip is to shop early in to week to make sure the selves are still stocked. I was able to get maybelline foundation regularly $8 for only $2, valasic relish for $0.50, and trial size aquafresh toothpaste for free.

Thursday, April 5, 2012

mentor meeting 9

Mr. Reising encouraged me to use the break so get some extra work down on my project. He thinks it's a great idea to try to plan an event to raise money and collect coupons to donate things to charity. He also encouraged me to look up local charities in the area to decide where I would like to donate to.

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Walmart shopping

I worked on planning a shopping trip to walmart today. I plan on buying
allegra allergy medicine
nexcare bandaids
valasic relish
maybelline foundation
The allergy medicine will be a $1 money maker! I have 8 coupons but since I can only use one per transation ill have to do 8 seperate transactions. Hopefully the cashier is nice :)

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Organization

I organized all my coupons today. I separated the 4/1 inserts by each page so that all of the same coupons were together. I also used some scrap booking pages that I got from the dollar store to create an actual coupon binder. I labeled each page with a different category (food, detergent, pets, cleaning supplies, beauty, health, and air fresheners ). As my collection grows Ill split  some of the sections into more categories (like food into frozen, fresh and boxed). Hopefully it will make things easier to find.

Monday, April 2, 2012

yayayayayayayayay!

Today Mrs. Sardo presented me with a huge bag filled with coupons from yesterday's paper! There were 9 inserts! I spent all of 3rd period organizing the circulars (which was a pain in the butt but totally worth it). Having so many inserts will allow me to plan a shopping trip on a much larger scale than I've been doing. Thanks Mrs. Sardo!

Sunday, April 1, 2012

$214 Worth

I picked up the Sunday paper on my way home from work. It included a Proctor and Gamble and a Smart Source insert.