OUT for Some Bargains

After being housebound due to this awful bug - we finally went up to the BOAT! Yeah!! And I went to my favorite healthfood store & bought some supplements and things for my throat.  Things were on sale, so I stocked up - And there were lots of SAMPLES!! I like going to that store because of the generous samples, even if one does have to spend $. With all my freebies and a few purchases, I am really all set for skin cream for a while...I do manage to save A LOT here without too much skimping on my skin.

Then I went to the Dollar Tree and I did splurge on some lovely sequined headbands - at $1 each I couldn't resist! They have some really good deals on hairgoods at the dollar stores.  DO NOT buy anything for full price at the drugstore for $5-6!! And some vitamins, and hand sanitizer for my husband - and some deodorant for me - and baby wipes refills - and other practical stuff. (Check out the vitamins at even the dollar stores - the ones I have been buying were made by Bayer - looks like a test brand or something like it...One of the variations the heart stuff - compares with Cholest-Off which costs $10-15....Read the ingredient descriptions.)

But we will have to rein in even those little splurges, it seems - alas! I am looking for freebies to give to folks for Xmas!  Already signed up a fellow we know for a free boating subscription.  (Well, it would cost $20 + in real $.)

I am also in the middle of doing my own TAXES  - finally - to meet the 10/15 deadline for the REFUND. (Not that it goes in our pockets, only back to the gov't for our tax bills!) Last year my husband insisted we go to HR Block and they don't do much better a job than I can do myself with a J.K. Lasser Tax book (I got a used one on Amazon.) I am not brilliant, but our finances are not all that complex, either....And HR Block cost $200 or more!  It was so much that my husband didn't have him file the Calif. tax forms, which I did myself! (Once you do the Fed form, the state stuff is EZ.)

The good news is that we have all become more cost-conscious - even my hubby! I am used to being on a money diet - but he is just getting used to it. 

Hey - no comments for a while.  Any of you out there?  Hope my travails haven't been too off-putting.  I have never claimed to be a pennypinching saint! Only an ordinary human who has lots of experience in it!  How ARE YOU?

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Getting Out There

Finally got to spend some $ - bargains all!

Don't worry, I'm always reading you. I think you have the finest posts on here!

I agree with Rockcandy248, you definately do have one of the finest blogs on here. I'm a daily reader, always anxious to see what bargains you've found, as I'm also a bargain hunter, and the thrill is definately in the 'hunt and capture' of a great deal or freebie. I love hearing about your boat and where you go and what you do when you and hubby are on it. It sounds so relaxing to be out on the boat. I'm in Louisiana, so hearing about your area is always interesting to me. Never fear, I'm always here. I'm just quiet, not much of a 'commenter'. Keep your posts coming!

Thanks! Was wondering if I was too much of a downer....hard times...

too bad we can't stretch that money diet into a bigger budget!

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