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2-7-11

Found this penny in the front yard of the guest house today.

Pennies from Heaven.................

I find pennies.......I don't know why, but ever since I was a kid I have been finding mostly pennies on the ground on a weekly basis.  It has been a more frequent occurance, so I have decided to start logging the dates and types of coins I find so I can keep track.  So far this year alone I have found several.  One of the most significant coins I have ever found was in the most unusual place.  We were in Talula Falls, GA for a few days a number of years ago and we were leaving and heading North.  It was really early in the morning and there wasn't much traffic yet and we were getting ready to merge onto the interstate.  We saw a tiny box turtle trying to cross the interstate and I got out to move the turtle to the side of the road so it wouldn't get hit by a car.  The turtle wasn't much bigger than the palm of my hand.  I reached down to pick up the turtle and right beside the turtle was a silver dollar.  What a strange place to find a silver dollar, in the middle of the interstate while saving a turtle.  I recently heard a story about a woman who found a puppy in the woods and found a quarter at the same time.  She said she wondered if God was paying her for rescuing the puppy.  Another woman told her that if you find a coin while helping an animal, it means that animal was reincarnated and has an "Old soul".  I tried to look that up on the internet and found no information about that belief but it is weird how I found that silver dollar while helping the turtle.  I still have the silver dollar.

2-10-11

Found a dime while walking this morning

Target coupons...........

Yay, I did it again.  Getting better at this.  Target sent me a whole bunch of coupons that were easier to use.  They were for money off different things but not a specific brand.  I didn't buy anything I wouldn't normally use and I would also buy a smaller amount in order to get the item almost free.  Plus, Yoplait had sent me a coupon for a free yogurt and I got the Key Lime flavor because that is my favorite.  I saved a total of $12.28 today at Target :)

Finally saved some more.......

I have not been good about using coupons for a while.  Too much going on with our projects to look for the coupons online.  However yesterday I made some progress when I went to BJ's and Lowe's.  I saved a total of $22.49 at BJ's and $8.99 at Lowe's. 

That made me feel a whole lot better and more interested in continuing with this experiment.

Better but not great

I did a little better today using coupons at BJ's.  I could have sworn I printed out some coupons for coffee creamer but then couldn't find them in my old coupon book at the store.  Rats.  I did manage to save $10 at BJ's using mostly their coupons and then one manufacturer coupon for coffee that I had printed out.

I tried an experiment I heard about online.  Contact a company by email and tell them you like their products and would love to have some coupons.  I did this with Dole and they sent me a bunch of small coupons for their products.  None of which I use but it was still nice to get the coupons just in case.

So the bottom line is I saved $10 today and I didn't buy anything out of the ordinary.  Yay me :)