Lives Lived Frugaly: February 2011

MyPoints Deal

If you do MyPoints there is a deal for 50% of at Barnes and Noble. Might be worth looking into if you had some books you wanted to purchase. + you will get 80 points as well for ordering.

Cents'Able Shoppin has a new address and its great. You can even click next to the item you want and print your shopping list. Its great because it includes the price you will pay before your coupon and the price after. There are some really great things at Fry's this week so make sure to check her out! She is also doing a coupon class tomorrow.

http://www.thecentsableshoppin.com/

Essential Oils

I am so excited for the "breathe" mixture of essential oils I ordered today. I usually use my Eucalyptus oil which I love too but this mixture will be even better for the respiratory stuff my kids have been getting the past few months. If you are interested on getting started on essential oils I know a great gal that can order them for you. She doesn't charge shipping if you pick it up. Essential oils have been such a great thing for our family. I highly recommend them!

Its been like Christmas!

Its been like Christmas this week here. I got in both my orders. One of the HP ink deal I blogged about. They are great. I also got my soap.com order. I was able to get some more pro-biotics that my son is out off and stocked up on my mascara. It was such a great deal I could pass it up. Love it!

Great learning tools!

File Folder games are wonderful. I have a good friend who got me started on these. My 2yr old loves them. He is always asking for "games". The best part is they are pretty cheap to make and great learning tools. If you bought the really great ink deal I posted a little bit ago it makes these even better. There are so many websites out there with different ideas but I wanted to make some more for my kids and came across these sites today. http://confessionsofahomeschooler.blogspot.com/2010/06/2010-file-folder-games.html.

http://www.filefolderfun.com/Pages/PreschoolColors/BeautifulBees.html

Getting Started

Getting healthy is on our list for 2011. We were sick so many times in 2010 and its just rediculous and shouldnt be that way. So of course this means I have been searching for good deals on healthy products. Just a few things I have found so far:

1. - If you have bountiful baskets in your area it is a great deal and healthier than whats in the store. The bread baskets are also better and about the same price you would pay in the store.

2. - If you are interested in essential oils (I absolutely LOVE mine) there are so many things you can do with them. They are great to use for cleaning by adding a few drops to water. And so much healthier! There are also other things you can use for cleaning like vinegar and water. So much cheaper than buying cleaner and so much healtier.

3. - If you do swagbucks you can redeem for a $5.00 gift card to Amazon. Save your gift cards to buy some of the healthy things you want for your family. They occasionally have great deals on different healthy items.

4. - I love this blog. http://enlightenedhomemaker.blogspot.com/ . She has most of the information you will need to get started. Thanks so much to my sis-in-law to referring me to this site. This lady is amazing. She even makes her own cheese! She has been healing her son of Autism through natural remedies. Just amazing. There is a lot of information here so just take is slow by making a few changes at a time otherwise it can be overwhelming.

Opinion Outpost

Opinion outpost is one of my favorite survey sites. I do surveys on occasion and earn extra cash. This is one of the sites that I seem to earn the most money from. Click Here if you are interested in signing up.

If you are interested in doing surveys for cash I suggest signing up for a separate email account just for your surveys. You get sent survey invites to your inbox and if you are registered with multiple sites your inbox gets pretty full.