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February 6, 2015

February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 6 Recap

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Hello again, savvy savers! So today I challenged you all to “Rain-Check Shop,”  to “shop” for deals, particularly weekend drugstore deals, which can be used at a later time.

So, here is what I did today:

  1. After work, I first went to my local Winn-Dixie and was able to snag rain-checks on BOGO bread, butter, cereal, pasta, juice, pork roasts, pork chops, and frozen veggie deals!
  2. I then went to Walgreens and received rain-checks on Culturelle Digestive Health Probiotic and Nutella. 
  3. At Rite Aid I was able to get rain-checks for GE CFL Light Bulbs and Softsoap Liquid Hand Soap,
  4. And at CVS, I snagged rain-checks on Nutella, Colgate, and Excederin; I also checked the CVS Coupon Machine for store coupons to tuck in my coupon binder.
  5. During March, I will be able to spend $24.00 for $78.00 worth of groceries and personal care products! 

As well today, I was also able to accomplish:

  1. I woke up at 6:25, walked my fur babies, showered, & dressed to my shoes. (Thanks, Flylady!)
  2. Worked on my daily Motivated Moms Planner.
  3. I read part of a new review book.
  4. I finished today’s Day 5 No-Spend Challenge!
  5. I enjoyed a Free Chik-fil-a- frozen latte!
  6. I cooked from my pantry, three times.
  7. I walked for three miles!
  8. I finished all of my daily blog posts on time!
  9. Read my daily devotional.
  10. I cleaned out my coupon cabinet, paper files for my ETSY business, and recycled numerous bins of random scraps of fabric around my craft room, too! 

So today I saved:

  • I was able to procure 16 new rain-checks savings $54.00 in savings for March!
  • I completed 2 surveys online via Ipsos-iSay, and earned a $1.00 towards my next Amazon gift code.
  • I eat at home three times today, saving our family $7.93. 
  • I recycled, upcycled, and composted one bins of deluge, and saved $0.25, the cost of 1 trash bag. 
  • I enjoyed a free Chik-fil-a frozen latte, for free, a savings of $2.99!
  • I received $12.99 worth of product review items, which can be placed in my home gift closet!
  • My family drank water today, and saved $0.69, the cost of a 2-liter of soda.
  • I also did not watch cable tv, and saved $3.68 by doing so.

So, overall today my family saved: $83.53

This months savings goal remaining: $502.27

 

Hopefully today’s challenge will have helped you to start thinking not just about savings during no-spend months, but for spending months, too! Until tomorrow’s challenge! 

 

Here’s to saving,

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February No-Spend Month Challenge: Day 6 (Rain-Checks)

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Hello again, savvy savers! Can you believe it, we are almost a week into this no spending challenge! Awesome stuff, huh? 

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Today I want to share with you one of my favorite ways to continue to “shop” for deals, particularly my weekend drugstore deals for my weekly scenarios, especially during my no-spend periods, and that is with rains-checks! Yes, rain-checks, a couponers great friend! 

So, here is what I do:

  1. As I live in a small town, I wait until the last day of the current sale week, or in my case, the end of the week when the hottest weekly deals, freebies, and offers are sure to be sold out during no-spend months, and then go to each store and ask for rain-checks for each and every one of the offers that I will still be able to redeem later; this means your rain-check window of opportunity is generally Friday-Saturday for drugstores, Saturday afternoons for grocery store deals which sale cycles renew on Sunday’s, and Tuesday evenings for stores that have new Wednesday sale cycles.
  2. I ask for offers where I will be able to later pair with a coupon; if your paired coupon will expire by the end of your no-spend month period, skip that deal!
  3. I then file my rain-checks by store!
  4. At the end of my no-spend challenges, I will use earned store rewards, as most will last a full month before expiration, and then will go to the stores when able, and buy goods at my convenience! 

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When requesting rain-checks I keep the following guides in mind:

  • Nationally, most grocery and market chains will offer rain-checks, without limit of goods.
  • Grocery and market chain store rain-checks will normally have only a 30-day window to redeem rain-checks; this applies to stores such as Vowell’s Fresh Market, The Fresh Market, Publix, Kroger, and Winn-Dixie.
  • Walgreens rain-checks will also have only a 30-day window to redeem rain-checks.
  • Rite Aid and CVS do not have redemption windows, and their rain-checks can be tucked into your coupon binder, for use as “filler deals” as needed!
  • Catalina Deals cannot be combined with rain-checks.
  • Sam’s Club, Target, and Walmart do not offer rain-checks! 

So today, I challenge you to look online at your local stores sales guides and weekly fliers, compile a list, and head out to your favorite stores and “rain-check shop” for March savings deals today!

Be sure to mosey on back here later today for a recap of today’s challenge! 

Here’s to saving,

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