Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Great Deals at Target!


Target has some good deals going on right now!! 

I love soup, so this was a great find for me!! $0.55 is a great deal anyway, plus this coupon brings your total down to $0.35 each when you buy 5!  How awesome is that?!


With the cooking holidays on our doorstep, you can never have too much butter.  Besides, you can freeze what you don't need right now so go stock up on this deal.  Target has their 1lb stick regularly priced at $0.84, with the coupon you get them $0.51 each when you buy 3!! 


Around my house, someone is always in pain... it could be handy to have these in your stockpile!! I know this coupon is on my printer and my Target list for tonight!

Vanity Fair Napkins


Starting 11/20 Walgreen's will have their Vanity Fair Napkins, 100ct on sale for Buy 1 Get 1 free!!  They are listed at $2.99, and you can get them as low as $0.95 each when you buy 2!! 
Stock up for the holidays everyone :)

Rubbermaid Reveal Mop @ Target!!



How about this scenario guys!! A manufacturer's AND a Target coupon!  They are listed at a sale price of $24.99 through 11/19.  Use both coupons and get this one for $16.99!  

I am excited about this one... I will never have to buy another set of refills for my febreeze mop again!! :)  Nor will I have to buy refill cleaning solution!! This is exciting!

Dove Men+ Care Deoderant


If you are a frequent Walgreen's shopper like I am, this one is a DEAL!  You have to register, but then you get a coupon that will in turn make your product FREE!! 
On sale 12/4 for $3.99 
Use $1/1 and get a $3.99 Reg Rewards
Final Cost: FREE
STOCK UP!

$2 off Afrin Nasal Spray :)

I don't know about you guys, but I have been feeling a bit under the weather lately... Sinuses... UGH

If you get them at Walmart your final price will be $2.52!!  They are listed at regular price for $4.52... Get them while they are hot and clear up that nose :)



Disappointment turned around!

I was perusing Pinterest yesterday and came across a blog with an awesome (and simple) way to transfer letters printed from a printer onto painted wood.  I did not have any success with this method despite multiple attempts :(  Here is the link if you would like to try this for yourself.  Please, if you do, let me know how it goes... I would  still love to have success!!

Once I realized this was NOT going to work for me, I decided I would try something different, and a little less awesome :(  Sad evening....  Anywho... I still used the same idea, and mirror printed letters, I just traced the letters onto the wood and painted them.  While this sounds easy, it was actually pretty difficult.

I got to use some of my wood from that Home Depot gold mine I found about a month ago!

That made me happy!  I knew I wanted a vintage look so I painted the wood black first.  I diluted my paint down quite a bit for the entire project FYI...  Once that dried, I painted over it with a dark brown which actually brought back the grainy texture of the wood! :)  Next, I painted a small area of the front a light, off white color so my red lettering would pop.  The off-white color was diluted down with more water than paint.  I had to actually use a dry sponge brush to move it around after I applied it.... use your own technique for different looks!


I let the paint set for a while while I printed out the lettering I wanted.  ***Remember when you print the letters to make them mirror images if you are going to try the original project idea!***  If you are doing it my way, either way works.  Since I already printed mine out backwards I just went with it.  I laid the paper flat onto my wood, and went over the lines HARD with my pen.  I learned quickly that I needed to do it to the point that my pen went through the paper and marked on the wood. (Just the indention was too hard to see)  I then mixed up the color paint I wanted and began to paint my outlines.  Voila!

Now I have something else to display in the new house!! Fingers crossed... we will be owners in A MONTH!!!  EEEEKKKKK

I'm Excited!! (again)

I have been finding all sorts of new decorations for my house... some are even useful!! I recently stumbled upon a 25% off your entire purchase coupon for Michael's.  When I got there, to my wonderful surprise, their Christmas decor was on 40% off!! I got 65% off my newest Christmas decorations!!!



The top one I bought in pieces... I had to assemble them.  Aaaand, the sleigh I got at Target in the dollar spot for $2.50 one day.  Overall, I think the sleigh and the decor to go inside it cost me about $4.50.  

Then my Santa countdown was a steal!! It was listed at $14.99 and I paid just over $5 for him!!  Just goes to show that finding good deals pays off!! Jarrod will attest to the these days :)

Now, speaking of saving money... I got a delightful free gift yesterday!  We recently moved into a new warehouse at work, and when we got there this gem was left behind by the previous owners!

I knew I wanted it, so when Keith (my boss) decided he was going to throw it out, I snatched it up!  Now, I had no clue what I wanted to do with it, all I knew was that I couldn't pass up bringing it home.  Now accepting ideas, by the way!   Ah, the small things :)