http://www.startingtosave.com Watch me master this "saving thing" Mon, 06 Dec 2010 02:27:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I haven't posted in practically forever, and I hope that will change in the new year, but I felt I just had to let anyone who didn't already know about these two sites: The first of these two is called Shopathome. You can go here to sign up and receive $5 ... http://www.startingtosave.com/blogging/cash-back-price-matching-great-deals-for-you/ Kellogg’s just announced a recall on some of their cereal. Check out Savings with Shellie for the details. I bought a TON of this stuff, I wonder if any of mine will end up on the list. http://www.startingtosave.com/blogging/kelloggs-recall/ Over the last few days I have been working on one of the projects I mentioned in this post. We have a playroom filled with toys. Rarely is there a time when you  enter the room and don’t trip over one of our 3 kid’s “projects” and while on penalty ... http://www.startingtosave.com/blogging/problematic-projects-no-kids-allowed-in-the-playroom-day-1/ Most of us have looked at the new Nabisco Cookies coupon and shaken our heads in disappointment.  Some have even declared that it’s not worth the ink to print it.  I almost agreed until I saw the new Albertson’s flyer. Starting Wednesday, Albertsons has the following deals: ... http://www.startingtosave.com/blogging/cookies-and-milk-and-milk-and-cookies/ I got my new kit recently, this one for got2b hair products.  Sorry for the photo quality, I’m still relegated to using my iphone camera instead of a real one these days. I have to admit I’m a little disappointed that I didn’t get ... http://www.startingtosave.com/blogging/bzz-agenthair-perks/ For the complete saga check out my previous posts here. Well it would appear I was a bit overly ambitious when I thought that I would have something worth reporting every day. The last two days dd has failed to be anything but irregular.  One day I averaged about ... http://www.startingtosave.com/blogging/toilet-training-trials-and-tribulations-day-2ish/ I just came across a giveaway for a $600 vacuum! I’ve looked at Oreck vacuums before and never been willing to pay the price tag. Ironically I ended up eventually paying close to that for my Dyson, but who can say no to a FREE vacuum? If you ... http://www.startingtosave.com/blogging/win-a-brand-new-oreck/ Today is Day 1 of my new revised approach to potty training my 3 and a half year old daughter. So far she has been pretty irregular in terms of when she actually has to go, especially with regards to bowl movements. Today I am going to get all of ... http://www.startingtosave.com/blogging/toilet-training-trials-and-tribulations/ Late last month we had an insane weather front bringing storms and hail that hasn’t been seen in this part of Colorado in over 20 years if ever. This is one of 6 shelves in my basement filled with various items (most of which I ... http://www.startingtosave.com/blogging/more-benefits-to-having-a-stockpilethey-just-keep-coming/ I’ve been struggling with getting my 3 and a half year old daughter potty trained.  I’ve had various brushes with success, some that lasted a few weeks and then the bar was raised (for me) and she fully regressed. Each time I would have to modify my strategy sometimes dramatically ... http://www.startingtosave.com/blogging/a-recent-epiphany/