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Deals for the Week 9/29/08
September 29, 2008, 7:12 pm
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Two places have Tide on sale for $10 this week…target and Meijer, even though it’s been on sale for this price at Walmart for about a month already now. Oh well better late than never…. So let’s bring on the deals

Meijer

First let me say that meijer now offers cupons online for most of the things that are on sale this week you can browse their mealbox and cupons here.

Jennie-O Turkey $3.99/lb

Soft Philadelphia cream cheese 3/$5

Swanson canned broth 3/$2**-$.40/4 coupon in this weeks ads -$.40 coupon doubling=$1.84/4

Old Folks sausage $1.89 **-$.35 off coupon from this weeks ads-$.35 coupon doubling=$1.19 (That’s not bad if your still eating pork)

Colgate toothpaste $1.77 -$.75 off coupon from this weeks ads-.25 coupon doubling=$.77 (WOW!)

Kleenex Viva paper towels $1.99-.50 coupon from ad two weeks ago-.50 coupon doubling=$1.99 not really a deal in my eyes but at least you get to use the coupon.

Breyer’s Ice cream 2/$5

Kraft Salad Dressing 3/$5

Betty Crocker’s Helper’s 5/$5

Kmart

Tide and Scott rolls 2/$5

Kroger

Pillsbury dinner rolls 10/$10, the crecent and cinnamon rolls are $1.79



Debt Free
September 5, 2008, 1:24 pm
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I am on a quest to get organized and doing so has birthed many things. First a budget, then a meal plan, and now the desire to get EVERYTHING ready the night before. In the next couple of posts I will go through the ups and downs of each and my own personal experiences.

The Budget

Last August, I had the opportunity to sit in a financial seminar with Joe Sangl. Changed my life and the way I budget totally. We use an excel spreadsheet to budget out our entire paycheck to the very last penny. The formula is Income- Outgo= Exactly Zero. Did I mention that this has changed my life? You can find tips to financial freedom , debt pay off graphs, budget spreadsheet downloads here. Joe’s website is chocked full of DEBT FREE soultions. Can you say DEBT FREE!!! Check him out. It’ll bless you. I has definetly blessed me.

P.S. If his crusade comes to your town. You want check it out!



April 21, 2008, 11:00 pm
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Those blessed by the LORD will inherit the land, but those cursed by him will die.The steps of the godly are directed by the LORD. He delights in every detail of their lives.Though, they stumble, they will not fall, for the LORD holds them by the hand. Once I was young, and now I am old. Yet I have never seen the godly forsaken nor seen their children begging for bread. (Psalms 37:21-25 NLT)

I listen to KLOVE every time I get into the car. last week they had their spring pledge drive and they came up short. Saturday, during prayer God showed our pastor that we were going to be streched and streching came swiftly….Sunday proved to be a trying day for us. In addition, to that everyone I know has been tested financially. I spent a good majority of my day thinking to day how I and everyone I cared about was going to make it in an economy which seems to be against us ( and not just us as African Americans but everyone economy knows no color). I began to think of how “I” could do it and God spoke so clearly. ” I have never seen the righteous forsaken nor his seed begging for bread.”

So I want to encourage those who feel just like me….

GOD. has. got. it.  We just need to remain righteous because as long as we stay that way  he will delight in every detail of our lives and as we stumble we won’t fall. He loves us too much to let us suffer but in order to have increase we have got to be stretched.

Thank you Lord for allowing us to be stretched. For preparing us for all of the blessings and needs that you promised us according to your riches in Christ Jesus. When we feel our faith slipping allow us to replay the tape of our lives and realize that you are there at the beginning, the middle, and the end. You haven’t left us before and It’s not your intention to leave us now. Fill us with your peace that surpasses all understanding as we lay this issue and everything else on you. Amen.



Ways to spend my money
April 9, 2008, 5:36 pm
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Since we (Otis and I) are waiting on my economic stimulus money, I thought I would make a list of the things that I would like to do with that money that we probably aren’t going to do…

1. Buy an entire Vera Bradley bag collection

2. Buy a $50 I tunes card

3. Finish buying the entire Gilmore Girls collection. 153 episodes who can pass that up?

4. Buy a pair of Jimmy Choo’s

5. Spend a weekend in Vegas with husband

6. Spend a weekend in Martha’s Vineyard with my husband

7. Buy a killer Brownie from Dorothy Lane. They are so good.

I have run out of Ideas….isn’t that funny…..

TTFN