Brooke's General Store

The one thing that I have learned on my journey to be a more frugal shopper is to stock up when things are on sale. I am "opening up my house" to show you some things that I've gotten for cheap or free. With a little bit of preparation and a few coupons...here you go...

Last weekend, I cleared off a shelf in the backroom of our basement for items that I really didn't have a place for (all of my cabinets and drawers in the bathroom are full!) Here are some highlights:
Nursery Water: Price matched at Wal Mart and saved $1.00 total off of 5 bottles
Toilet Paper: We buy in bulk at Sam's but I got a deal on (2) 4-pks. of Angel Soft for 77 cents each
Crest: 24 Cents each
Johnson's Kids Bar Soap: FREE
Crest Mouth Wash: 2 bottles FREE
Lucky Charms (box is bigger than my head!): $1.99 each by using coupons for County Market

For all your vaginal needs (as my husband would say!)...coupons in the paper a month or so back for buy on get one free Always products. I got a hold of a few coupon booklets so I used them all!

Health Choice $0.87 each (I had a coupon)

Toaster Strudels used coupons so I stocked up

Yoplait yogurt (used coupons so I stocked up).

Milk (Sam's Club) $1.90/gallon

Pepsi products (5) 12 pks. for $10 (used Wal Greens register rewards to get cost down)

**Note: No, we do not live on milk, pop, Healthy Choice and Toaster Strudels! This is our extra refrigerator in the basement.

For any of you who think you can't get things cheap or even free...it is possible! To me, it's become a challenge to see how cheap I can get the things that we use every day. Starting March 1st, I am going to keep track of how much I save throughout the rest of the year! I will track how much I save using coupons and price matching at stores like Wal Mart and Target. Stay tuned.