The Fedex man thinks I'm nuts

Yes, he does. You see he delivered a package to my house on Wednesday and I started screaming and hollering like I had won the lottery or something. Actually, it was

$500 dollars in Shell Gas Cards!!!!

Yes, you read that right. Now let me take a step back and tell you about it. Have you ever seen those pop ups that say you can win a free $500.00 gas card? Weeeeelllll.....I'm sure not all of them are legit, but Carrie at Money Saving Methods has found some that are. She the master at getting free money I'm telling you. I used her step by step instructions, spent about 65.00 OOP and 8 weeks later here came my gas cards in the mail.

It was such great timing for us. Many of you probably know that Chris is not working right now. Between the oilfield being slow and it being the holidays it's not the greatest time to look for work. Thank God for emergency funds.

Anyhoo, I started screaming and Chris thinks I'm nuts, but I'm now $500 dollars richer! Perfect timing with the price of gas going down ~ I can really make these babies stretch.

I'll be back later with a picture for you. I need to get dressed first don't ya think? ~ lol!

What's up!!?!!

Just popping in to say Hi!!

All is well in the Faulk household ~ kids are growing right along with my stockpile :)

Just wanted to throw a few things out there for you.

First off ~ I'll be teaching an online coupon class on two different sites starting on Nov 2nd. You can log on, read and send me any questions you have. Check it out HERE starting in Nov. New topics will be posted every Sun, Tues and Thurs evenings until I run out of things to talk about ~ hehe!

Second off~ If you haven't visited Carrie's blog Money Saving Methods it's a MUST DO!! I read about her $500 Gas Cards and have been hooked ever since. She thoroughly details all the great online money making offers that I would never EVER have the guts to do. With her help (and pictures of proof!) I launched my very first offer back in Sept. I spent $78.00 OOP and I'm happy to report that my $500 Gas Cards are now showing ready to ship. By this time next month I'll be posting a pic for ya'll!!

It's really a great deal to check out and I didn't want to miss informing anyone (you know all two of ya'll that still subscribe to my now dormant blog).

I'll be back next month sometime with PICTURES of those beautiful cards!!!

ahhhh...I do miss ya'll

Hi all!

I'm just sneaking in (not back ~ sorry!) I thought I'd take Ginger's advice and just pop in to let ya'll know how we're doing.

Life is crazy but that's normal here. For those of you who didn't know we live in South La. right in the heart of Cajun Country. It's fabulous ~ except for hurricane season. It makes me wish we lived at Disney World instead - hehehe.

Gustav was rough weather wise, but I was so calm the entire time. The eye passed right over us, but our home sustained no damage Thank God. We lost electricity for about 3 hours. that's much better than the rest of the family that was staying with us. Three days. My house was full and busting at the seams. All I can say is thank you Slemco for finally turning it back on. ~ Family's great but hey ~ it was THREE days!!! :)

Ike, well, that's another story. Those outer bands in the north quadrant made me want to put some of that great night time Robi I picked up at WAGS to good use :) Ike gave us some roof damage, but all is well.

Thank you to everyone who emailed me to check on us and for those of you who said you were praying! As I said I do miss blogging and perhaps I'll pop back in again from time to time.

**For those of you looking for the magazine fundraiser link I said I'd post ~
HERE it is.

Type in NOAH Band, Lafayette, La

next page click on Band

Student name ~ Cade Faulk

**If you're looking for the ALL YOU script you'll find it under Beauty and Fashion.

Thanks for all your support for the homeschool band!! ~ hope to see some of you on Thursday at the coupon class :)

It's been fun but it's time to go

Well the title really says it all. I started this hobby back in March and it's been a blast, but it's time for my blogging to come to an end. It's come to a bitter-sweet ending for me.

Hubby and I have discussed this at length and we feel it's best for some things to be let go. I love my blog and I love the outlet it gives me. I love how I'm able to help others, but it's gotten to be too time consuming to continue.

When I started this whole adventure I didn't mean for it to get so big. I'm not willing to take it to the next level I guess you could say. I appreciate everyone who's been by and faithful to read. There are many other blogs that I would recommend stalking. Check out the links on the side bar.

If you live in the Acadiana area you can still look me up on Acadiana Moms.com and I will still be offering my coupon class in Sept.

Thanks again for all the love and all the new friends I've made!!

Be Blessed and Happy Shopping!!

Wal Mart is FABULOUS!!

Today was a great run to Wal Mart. I found some great deals on the clearance rack. Here's the details:

3 Malt O Meal Cereals @ 1.00 each
20 Old El Paso Seasonings @ .57 each
2 Muir Glen Soups @ 1.00 each

Total $15.40

- (10) Old ElPaso 1.00/2
- (2) Muir Glen 1.00/1
- (3) Malt O Meal 1.00/1

Total OOP $1.88

I don't like them but it was so cheap!!

So most of you know how much I dislike WAGS. There is just no love there ~ lol!

But I had read about the Preparation H deal on MSM and I wanted to buy the Jello, so I ran in real quick. Here's what I got:

2 Preparation H @ 3.99 each

3 popcorn @ .19 each

3 Jello @ .39 each

1 Wheat Thin @ 2.50

Total $12.22

- (2) 2.00 ESR Preparation H

- (2) 2.00 IP Qs Prep H

- Free Wheat Thins WYB 3

Total OOP $2.45

Shot in the dark

Ok - so I know it's a shot in the dark but here it goes....

I know that there are alot of home school mommies who read my blog.

I'm IDSO a

Horizons 4th grade Math Teachers Guide
(preferably one where the price won't rip out my eyeballs!)

If you have one for sale please - please contact me! Thanks

carliefaulk@cox.net

I stold this I'm telling you!!

Tuesday when I went to WalMart I was talking with a supervisor and a man walked up with this really nice bike. He said they bike guy was clearancing them and was selling it for $15.00!! What??? Tell me there are some more please!! He said yep - in the Garden Section.

Well off to the Garden section we go! I got back there and none of the bikes were marked. You could tell some of them had been there for awhile because the tags were faded. I've never been one to be deterred so I went and found someone to scan them for me. That someone turned out to be the Co-Manager. She was really nice. I told her what I had heard from the man up front. she said Ok - I'll sell you these for 15.00 each. Sweet!!

I picked up a great Men's Schwinn bike for only $15.00! The chain was broken, but my hubby is Mr. Fix-It so it wasn't a problem. I'm happy and so is he :)


**On a side note right after she told me this the bike guy came of lunch. He said I needed to run with it because he never would have priced it for $15.00 - he was going to mark it $75.00! Show me to the nearest check out please!!!

CVS Run

As depressing as CVS was this week I still went an picked up a few things.

Contour Monitor 19.99
Colgate 3.49
Batteries @ 1.45 each
Aquify 2.99
Banana Boat Spray 8.49

Total $37.86

- 5/15 (given to me by a friend from a home mailer ~ thanks Nicole!!)
- 19.99 Monitor Q
- 1.00 Colgate CRT
- 2.99 Free Aquify CRT

- 7.00 Banana Boat Coupon (mailed to me from complimenting them!)

Total $2.53 (with tax!)

Made 10.00 back in ECBs!

What to do with all those monitors??

So it's almost fall right? Well in CVS terms it's called monitor season. For some reason all the diabetes monitors start going on sale this time of year. There good prices and usually they are free after ECBs. Which is great for those of us building up our ECBs to buy Christmas presents.

There are two problems with these sales though.

The first problem is - what do you do with them? It's just plain wasteful to throw them away in my opinion. Someone out there needs them trust me!

So this is what I suggest - DONATE THEM!!!!

Here are places I have personally donated to in the past:

Free clinics
Health clinics
Nursing Homes
The local Diabetes Foundation
Missinonaries (they take them over seas)

So don't throw them away!!!! Put them to good use ~ plus some places will give you a receipt so you can use it as a tax deduction (just a thought for those of you who itemize.)

Second problem - monitor season makes managers and cashiers antsy and suspicious. Not all manager and cashiers though, but many. They don't understand why we're buying them and it's understandable.

I had a conversation with my local DM and this was one of the subjects that came up. He was wondering what we do with them. Mine personally go to someone my MIL knows who takes them to Mexico for a clinic there.

The reason it makes managers suspicious also is returns. I don't know how many times I have to say it but IF YOU MAKE MONEY ON IT DON'T RETURN IT!!!!

It's cheating the system. It makes bad relationships between you and the managers. It makes the rest of us couponers look bad. It's unethical.....there are just so many reasons the list could go on and on. For a more detailed answer on CVS Returns check out this.

Bottom line - you got it for free and they paid you for it. Don't return it please. Donate it.