Normally I do not post much about my crafty shenanigans or couponing adventures, but instead follow fellow mommy bloggers that do. However, today I had an amazing couponing experience that I just have to share. This weekend while cleaning out my bathroom closet I realized that my “stash” was running low. My stash usually consists of about 5 shampoos, 5 conditioners, a crap-load of body washes and hair styling products. It needed to be replenished- it was looking bare in there.

So, Sunday’s newspaper came and I clipped my coupons like usual and added them to my other ones. Pulled out all my personal hygiene coupons that I had and went to the CVS flyer. It took me 10 minutes to match up some coupons with some items that were already on sale there. Today, I took that ad and those coupons to try and make the “Magic” happen.

I purchased:

1 family size Tresseme Shampoo

1 family size Tresseme Conditioner

1 Tresseme Dry Shampoo

1 Dove Shampoo

1 Dove Conditioner

1 Dove Extreme Hold Hairspray

1 Dove Extreme Hold Hairspray (Travel Size)

1 Dove Deodorant

1 Degree Men Deodorant

1 Clear Hair Therapy Shampoo/Conditioner 2-in-1 for Men

1 bottle of Pepsi Max

Total was $1.51       Tax was $2.14   Total $3.65     Saved over $48

It gets even better- I got back $5 in Extra Care Bucks which meant they PAID ME $1.35 to walk in and walk out with all that stuff! Needless to say, that I was very happy with today’s purchase considering it literally took 10 minutes of my time (that I did while waiting for my Sunday Weight Watcher Meeting to begin).

Stay at home moms don’t make a salary, even though we have the hardest and most important job out there. For me, couponing, scoring deals, making homemade gifts is my way of helping out the household financially. Plus, its actually fun!  So here it is- Lesson of the Day: It pays to be a Stay at Home Mom: LITERALLY!!!