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I have accepted a position at my kids school teaching 3 year olds in the preschool! I am very excited about this new position and I have a million ideas floating around in my head about all the stuff I want to do with my class!
It’s no secret that teachers spend A LOT of their own personal money on supplies for their classroom. The school I am teaching at has expanded it’s preschool program for this year, so this is the first year we have had a 3 year old class. That means lots of new supplies were needed and although the school has done a great job supplying my room, I want to be able to pick up things when I spot a good deal and start building my own preschool teaching collection. I have been prayerful about spending personal funds and trying to remind myself that I’m suppose to be bringing a paycheck home, not spending it all on “cute” supplies!
God is so faithful! A few weeks ago I received a letter in the mail from Chase bank with a special offer. I have a checking account with Washington Mutual, which has now become Chase bank. This is not our primary checking account, in fact it is an account I haven’t touched in quite awhile and there is a very low balance in the account. The offer from Chase stated that they would deposit $125.00 into my account if I used my debit card in 5 transactions in the next 60 days. The $125 of FREE money caught my attention but I wanted to see what the “catch” was! I read the letter several times and all of the fine print. There was no minimum amount for the debit card purchases, I just have to make 5 separate transactions within 60 days and I have to leave the account open for the next 6 months. No problem there, I can do that and $125 would buy some awesome things for my room!
I headed down to my local Chase branch to sign up for the offer and get a debit card (I said I didn’t use the account very often, I didn’t even have a debit card)! They were happy to assist me and my new debit card arrived in the mail within the week! I have one more transaction to make using my card and then I should receive my “free” money!
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I made a large purchase at Publix this weekend that I split into 2 transactions to make filing for the 2 different rebates a bit easier! I went $20 over our $50 weekly budget, but I will be earning $20 back in rebates!
My first transaction was to qualify for the Kellogg’s/Dell Rebate “Fuel for School.” To qualify for the rebate you had to purchase 10 kellogg’s products to receive a $10 rebate check and a $70 coupon code from Dell. I don’t plan on buying a Dell anytime soon, so I won’t be using the Dell coupon code, but I will gladly take the $10 rebate check and the 10 boxes of Kellogg’s products for .60! Here’s the breakdown of my transaction:
- 2 Frosted Flakes BOGOF, less $1 coupon = $1.50 each
- 2 Corn Pops BOGOF, less $1 coupon = $1.49 each
- 6 Boxes of Pop Tarts BOGOF, less 3 $1 coupons = .70 each
Transaction #1 Details:
Total Purchased $30.70
Total Spent $10.60
Total Saved $20.10
Total Rebate Submitted $10.00
My second transaction was a lot bigger to qualify for a $10 Publix gift card. The requirements were to buy a minimum of $50 worth of purchases from Publix, including 4 different participating KRAFT products in a single transaction. The rebate form did not state if the $50 spent at Publix was before or after coupons, so to play it safe I made sure my total was above $50 after coupons. I’ve highlighted my qualifying KRAFT purchases at the bottom of the breakdown, I actually purchased 5 items instead of 4 and spent a total of $8 on those 5 items, earning myself a $10 Publix giftcard!
Here’s the breakdown:
- 3 Louana Veg oil BOGOF = $1.70 each
- Publix sour cream = .89
- 2 Milk $4.50
- Sun Maid Raisins (part of “buy theirs get ours free”) = $3.69
- Publix Raisins (part of “buy theirs get ours free”) = FREE
- 2 Fruity Cheerios BOGOF, less $1 coupon = $1.50 each
- Ritz Crackers BOGOF = $1.75
- Tostitos Chips BOGOF = $3
- 2 Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks, less .50 coupon, doubled = .80 each
- Mandarin Oranges (no coupon, but needed for dinner this week) = $1.15
- 3 Mueller Pastas BOGOF, less $1 coupon = .31 each
- Green Onions $.50
- Spring Mix Salad $2
- Cranberry Sauce (needed for cobbler this week) = $1.45
- 5 lb. Potatoes $3.99
- Red Onion $.68
- 5 lbs. Red potatoes $3.99
- Grapes $3.92
- Pecans $3.49
- Strawberries 32 oz. $4.99
- Publix lemon/lime 2 liter $.50
- Eastern Peaches $1.94
- Publix 6pk water (this weeks penny item) .01
- Cascade Rinse, less $2.39 coupon (my coupon was for a “free” bottle, but I didn’t catch that the coupon only rang up at $2.39 until I got home) = $1.10
- Oscar Mayer Bacon $3
- 2 Kraft Velveeta Mac & Cheese BOGOF, less $1.50 coupon = .25 each
- 2 Kraft Deluxe Mac & Cheese BOGOF = $1 each
- Kraft Mircale Whip BOGOF = $2.50
- Kraft Honey BBQ BOGOF, less peelie on box of mac & cheese for a free bottle = FREE
- Used $5/$30 purchase at Publix coupon
Transaction #2
Total Purchased $103.21
Total Spent $60.61
Total Saved $42.60
Total Rebate Submitted $10
