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Saving Money in the New Year

Saving Money in the New Year - With the new year upon us, I am giving more and more thought to ways that I can build my savings in the new year. Most of us make a resolution every New Year's to save more, well, this year I actually want to save more. I am trying to come up with ideas that I will actually do to save.
I think the most important thing to do to keep my motivated to savings it to have a goal that I am saving for. I'm not sure yet if I want a certain dollar amount goal, or a "I want to buy that and it's $X" kinda of goal. I am trying to decide what will be more motivating for me. The key to savings is to find what works for you and do it your way.
To keep me even more motivated I will be postig my progress here for you all to see! Yikes! I am hoping that this in itself is enough to keep me motivated.
I hope to have the details worked out soon, I have to talk a few things over with hubby, as I will need his support to accomplish my goals.
So what works for you? Do you have any saving goals?

New Blinkies In Stores This Week!

I just got a reminder from a friend of mine that works for Smartsource, that Smartsource is releasing new coupons this week! So depending on the person who updates your blinkie machines you should see new coupons in stores this week!

Free $10 From Coinstar

Now through Dec 7th Coinstar is giving away an additional $10 holiday bonus when you cash in $40 in coins for a gift card. This is a great way to stretch your holiday cash if you will shopping at any of their featured stores.

Cheap Pork Chops For Dinner

We are eating out of the freezer and pantry this week, because I didn't make it to the store last week with the holidays. Remember when I bought 30 lbs of bone in pork chops at $.99 at Albertson's a few weeks back. Well, I brought it home and deboned it and put it in the freezer in 2 lb packages.

So tonight we are having Oven-Fried Pork Chops, Scalloped Potatoes, and Corn
Pork Chops = $1.98
Scalloped Potatoes = FREE
Frozen Corn = FREE
butter, milk, pepper, egg, and bread crumbs (for Pork Chops) = $.75 or so

TOTAL = $2.73

Tackle It Tuesday!

What's on your Tackle It List?

Well, among other things on my Tackle It list today is to get all of the lights on my Christmas tree so the kids can decorate it tonight after dinner.

BEFORE

AFTER

Nevermind, that my tree is pre-lite. It just didn't come with enough lights, and I really like the pearl lights that I add, I admit that during the day they don't do wonders for my tree, but I am very much a tree light snob and refuse to leave them off!

Oh, and did you notice that it looks like my tree is going through my ceiling? Well, it kinda is. You see last year, I purchased my beautiful 9' pre-lite Christmas tree that retailed for $600 for $200 during Black Friday and at that time I had 12' ceilings. This year is another story. My new home only has 8' ceilings so my poor hubby had to do some tuggin and pushin to get my tree up this year, I just could bring myself to purchase another one. I plan on making a very large bow for the top of my tree so hopefully it won't be that noticable.

Now, I need to go work on the rest of my Tackle It Tuesday list: wash the sink of dishes, turn over the laundry, make my bed (shh don't tell hubby, I don't make it as soon as I get out of it), sweep the floors, and wrap some gifts before it is timet o pick up the kids from school.

My New Free Knives!

Last night while shopping at Sam's with my hubby, an announcement comes on over the intercom about a display giving away free knives. While my hubby generally would not evey think twice, he could tell I wanted to check it out. So we quickly grabbed the things we had come after and a few others and then headed to the display. The guy doing the demo was trying to sell me a wonder knif that will never have to be sharpened again ect. ect. I listened to his 2 1/2 minute spill (yes, this guy was quick) and then got my two free knives and left.

Do I feel bad about getting the two free knives and not purchasing the other one? Not at all, I listened open mindedly to his spill, and he had the opportunity to convince me his product was worth the price, but in the end, I just couldn't justify spending $40 on a knife I didn't need, even if he was throwing in an addditional $200 worth of product.

I need ORDER!

With the new year upon us, I am really starting to take a look at my blog and I think it needs a bit more consistancy. So, through out this month, I wil be working on different features I want to offer to my readers. I thought I would make a set schedule of a few things that I want to share weekly and then continue to post great deals and ideas as I come across them.

So far this is kinda what I have in mind:

• Money Making Mondays: I will post about something I do that earns my family a little extra income or feature a site with money making ideas
• Grocery Deals - The highlights of the grocery sales
• Giveaway Roundup
• Freebies
• Saving and Budgeting ideas

I am also hoping to start doing a few reviews to share with you.
I think these changes will benefit us all. I will have a routine, in addition to my regular post that I should be able to keep up with, and you will know when you can visit to find the information that you are looking for.