My sisters, my mom, and myself will be celebrating a Clairol "House Party". I signed up for this via www.houseparty.com. House party is a website that helps big brand manufacturers promote their products. Most of the time it is a new product, sometimes it's just a normal product, and they're trying to beef up the business which is the case with Clairol. The purpose of this house party was/is to give ourselves make overs with new hair color. Yesterday I received my "party pack" which included 7 coupons for 1 box of free hair color, 8 venus breeze razors, 7 samples of shampoo/conditioner, 7 aussie brand hair sprays, 7 scope mouth washes, 7 crest toothpastes, and some booklets to place is good quality clear party bags. The goodie bags will be given out at the actual party, but the coupons are to be passed out before hand so we're able to make sure nobody has an alergic reaction to the product.
Now, the great thing about this is my mom and sisters are brand loyal, their toothpaste/razors/mouth wash are NOT the brands I was given to add to their bags. So, I'll get to keep those items.. Of course, when their favorite brands go on sale I do pick up enough for their household, so it evens out. I was just thinking about how I would manage with my last bic soliel razor from a few years back(when they first came out, and there was a free coupon for them. Yes, that long ago.). I've not been couponing regularly due to my living arrangements, and leaving the state, so I did not stockpile any new razors. Now, I have 8 of them, these will last long enough to stockpile more free razors, whenever that may be.
I now have all the razors/toothpaste/mouthwash/hair spray I need to last me the rest of the year should a free deal decide not to come around, and I also get my hair colored for free. On top of all of this, if we upload before and after pictures to a special website we're entering for a chance to win a trip down the red carpet in NYC, as well as American Express gift certificates. Who wouldn't love that?
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Monday, April 13, 2009
Stretching my Drinking Dollar
Because I'm frugal, and I've started back on my coupon kick I have been testing some things out. My kids drink Hawaiian punch like it's going out of style. We don't do the soda thing(unless mommy has a coupon to make it 30 cents or less per 2ltr bottle, then I try to rarely use it for the kids) so outside of fruit juice, water, and tea that's what they get. Well, they never have coupons, so I'm spending $2 per gallon. NOT cool in my frugal little world. But, I noticed they now have the "singles" version for $1 a box. Now, the box has 8 little packets that each make 16-20oz, depending on your water bottle size, and how sweet you like it. Quick calculations proved 1 box equal 1 gallon, or 128oz(the size of the container they sell ready made).
Right there I could save money by purchasing the powder form and making ours from the packets as needed. They're charging me $1 for their water. My water at home is much cheaper so I'll use that, thanks. When I really thought about it, my light bulb came on. Why not save the container to refill with the packets. When I started the first time I only put 6 packets in as we cut ours with water anyway. It was still too sweet, so the next time my children and I became taste testers. We tried after 3 packs and it was a little bitter. But, we put the 4th package in and it was perfect for us. So, now we've gone from $2/gl to $0.50/gl, a 75% saving. I went ahead and purchased 2 additional bottles, so we can have backup made should the need arise. Not to mention the singles only come in blue, purple, and the orginal red. I happen to like the guyava flavor, so this was sort of my fairwell to it for the time being.
Our local Food Lion currently has coupons for $1 off the purchase of store sugar when you buy 5 packages of kool-aid. Kool-aid is on sale 10/$1, and the 5lb bag of sugar is on sale for $1.50. So, for $1 you get a bag of sugar and 5 packs of kool aid, a pretty good deal for the sugar alone. The orange and lemon flavors add good orange/lemon flavor to some dishes, so I will use them for that. I also read about using the lemon for cleaning, I don't remember exactly what it was, but I will go find it. Then, of course you can use it to add color to home made play-doh which my children will love. All the rest will get donated, and I'll be stocked on sugar for a year.
Right there I could save money by purchasing the powder form and making ours from the packets as needed. They're charging me $1 for their water. My water at home is much cheaper so I'll use that, thanks. When I really thought about it, my light bulb came on. Why not save the container to refill with the packets. When I started the first time I only put 6 packets in as we cut ours with water anyway. It was still too sweet, so the next time my children and I became taste testers. We tried after 3 packs and it was a little bitter. But, we put the 4th package in and it was perfect for us. So, now we've gone from $2/gl to $0.50/gl, a 75% saving. I went ahead and purchased 2 additional bottles, so we can have backup made should the need arise. Not to mention the singles only come in blue, purple, and the orginal red. I happen to like the guyava flavor, so this was sort of my fairwell to it for the time being.
Our local Food Lion currently has coupons for $1 off the purchase of store sugar when you buy 5 packages of kool-aid. Kool-aid is on sale 10/$1, and the 5lb bag of sugar is on sale for $1.50. So, for $1 you get a bag of sugar and 5 packs of kool aid, a pretty good deal for the sugar alone. The orange and lemon flavors add good orange/lemon flavor to some dishes, so I will use them for that. I also read about using the lemon for cleaning, I don't remember exactly what it was, but I will go find it. Then, of course you can use it to add color to home made play-doh which my children will love. All the rest will get donated, and I'll be stocked on sugar for a year.
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