My brother in law went home! Whoot! Everytime it snows, he is here. It appeared he was going to stay here again until we were at Cracker Barrel. He was suggesting that we go see a movie. I kept knocking it down because I am trying to save money. We are only going to the movies about every other week, and we also catch other movies on ch131.com...um btw Black Swan is still up on there. Awesome movie! Anyway, I refused to see a movie, and he made the decision by the end of eating that he was going home. I would also like to add that I really didn't want to go to Cracker Barrel, but Jack has asked me for the past 3 days. I gave in. I admit it. I wish I wouldn't have. Everyone that we dealt with was crabby. Our waitress was not friendly at all. The hostess had someone ask her what name she called, and instead of just telling the person what name she said politely, she proceeded to a-nun-ci-ate the word ve-ry we-l-l. I want to smack the shit out of people like that. She was not being very clear, and I can understand the little old man's confusion.
A dog peed on my couch when when we got home. I yelled and said, "Get in the cage." Kasey (girl) and Roscoe both ran into one. Maverick just hid. I would have to say that Roscoe was the guilty party because he has not budged from the cage....even when I told him he could get out.
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Snow...again..
BUT I get to STAY HOME! Whoot! It is my weekend off!
After preparing all week for my RVP to arrive, he didn't even fucking come to my store. Oh well, at least my store looks good.
I went to work this morning, did a planogram, and left at 2:30. Ahhhh...I love short days. I stayed late a few days this week, and I am now reaping the rewards.
After preparing all week for my RVP to arrive, he didn't even fucking come to my store. Oh well, at least my store looks good.
I went to work this morning, did a planogram, and left at 2:30. Ahhhh...I love short days. I stayed late a few days this week, and I am now reaping the rewards.
Monday, January 17, 2011
Guys, I had to go buy some pants today. Umm for those of you who don't have thighs that rub together let me explain that when your thighs rub together the fabric gets thinner and thinner until it disappears. Yeah, well that is what has happened to every pair of pants that I own. Since the fabric disappeared, I had to use safety pins to pin the fabric together. That is a fantastic fix until the safety pin bends. That is right! I was in a store and that is what happened. Imagine my surprise! I, all of the sudden, had a safety pin sticking me in the leg. I know the people in the store were all wondering why I was walking funny and ocassionally grunting out of pain. I tried to casually grabbed a couple of shirts and slowly walked err shuffled to the dressing room to fix the problem. Thankfully it didn't happen again.
I did find 2 pair of pants and a pair of shoes today. That is definitely the most money I have spent in a while, and it took a lot to convince myself to buy them. I hate shopping for clothes. Those dressing room mirrors are not friendly.
I did find 2 pair of pants and a pair of shoes today. That is definitely the most money I have spent in a while, and it took a lot to convince myself to buy them. I hate shopping for clothes. Those dressing room mirrors are not friendly.
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Cheyenne's Post or anyone else who is curious about the couponing world.
Your best friends are the couponing sites
southernsavers.com
faithfulprovisions.com
There are a lot. You just have to find the ones that you like. You can always ask me for Rite Aid good deals-I ALWAYS know the good ones there!
I use Southern Savers quite a bit. She (Jenny) puts little nuts next to the really good deals. She also tells you how many inserts should be in the paper that week.
Every week I buy 4 newspapers (at Kroger they are .99). I know it sounds crazy. When there is something that you really want, you always want more than one.
After you buy your newspapers, you want to cut EVERY coupon out not just the ones you think you might want. You always want the chance to give or donate to someone else. Then organize them however you can remember. I put like items together. When I first started, I had a box with all my "like" items paper clipped together. Now I have 2 binders(food/other stuff) with plastic baseball card sheets ( I got a box of 100 at Great Escape in Madison for 20 bucks). Each coupon has its own slot. After you get weeks and weeks of coupons, you have a huge stock pile.
Your goal is to match your coupons with sale items. If it is on sale and you have a coupon, that almore always makes it an awesome deal. For example...this week at Kroger
Jose Ole Appetizer are 2.99 there was a 1.00 off coupon the freezer door at the store. If you were to buy 10 of the Mega deal events this week, you would get the appetizers for 2.49-1.00 coupon for 1.49
I always carry my food coupon binder in Kroger with me because they often have unadvertised deals or clearanced out items that I have coupons for. Did I mention Kroger doubles coupons? It depends on the Kroger, but I know that most will double at least up to a .50 coupon.
The drugstores all have some kind of cash back coupons. I will of course give you the Rite Aid scenarios because that is what I know best.
We have the Wellness + card. Our card gives you all the sale prices and 10% off Rite Aid brand products. It is also on a points system, so the more money you spend the more you save. 10% off shopping pass for ever 125 points you get (a point for every dollar and 25 points for every prescription). When you get 500 points you get 10% off for an entire year and at 1000 you get 20% off for a whole year<--employee discount.
Up rewards print on the bottom of the receipt when you purchase an item that should receive one (just look at the ad). They are just like cash. There are a few items (beer, tobacco, prescriptions) that you can not use them on.
You want to do the same thing at drugstores. Match sale items and coupons BUT most drugstores have coupons in their papers or separate booklets for coupons. Ours are normally in our weekly ad. You can stack these. Store+Manufacturer coupon
Example Last week
Aveeno was regular price, but if you spent $25 dollars on Aveeno products you got a $10 up reward. There was a Rite Aid coupon in the ad. So say you purchase 5 $5 dollar Aveeno products. There was a $1.00 off coupons in our ad, so use 5 $1.00 off coupons. Then there was a $2.00 manufacturer coupon in the paper that week, so use 5 $2.00 coupons
"25" dollars
-5 store coupon
-10 manufacturer
"10.00+some tax"
Receive a $10 plus up for purchasing the items. They practically begged you to buy them! :)
This week my favorite deal is
2 Charmin (6.97)
1 Bounty (6.97)
2 Tide (5.97)
Used
2--.25 cents off both Charmin
2--1.00 off Tide
1--.25 off Bounty
and my $10 plus up from previous transaction
Total was: 22.21
Received another $10 plus up for purchasing $30 in the specified products again.
These are all items that I have to have, and I got them much cheaper than I would have had I just bought them when I absolutely needed them. Your goal is to stock up when the items are cheap, so that you don't have to buy them when you are totally out. That is when you are forced to pay the full price. YUCK!
While I know that you wouldn't have any plus ups starting out, they are really quick and easy to get. There is always a ton of items in the ad that have plus ups, and it is almost always something that you need.
southernsavers.com
faithfulprovisions.com
There are a lot. You just have to find the ones that you like. You can always ask me for Rite Aid good deals-I ALWAYS know the good ones there!
I use Southern Savers quite a bit. She (Jenny) puts little nuts next to the really good deals. She also tells you how many inserts should be in the paper that week.
Every week I buy 4 newspapers (at Kroger they are .99). I know it sounds crazy. When there is something that you really want, you always want more than one.
After you buy your newspapers, you want to cut EVERY coupon out not just the ones you think you might want. You always want the chance to give or donate to someone else. Then organize them however you can remember. I put like items together. When I first started, I had a box with all my "like" items paper clipped together. Now I have 2 binders(food/other stuff) with plastic baseball card sheets ( I got a box of 100 at Great Escape in Madison for 20 bucks). Each coupon has its own slot. After you get weeks and weeks of coupons, you have a huge stock pile.
Your goal is to match your coupons with sale items. If it is on sale and you have a coupon, that almore always makes it an awesome deal. For example...this week at Kroger
Jose Ole Appetizer are 2.99 there was a 1.00 off coupon the freezer door at the store. If you were to buy 10 of the Mega deal events this week, you would get the appetizers for 2.49-1.00 coupon for 1.49
I always carry my food coupon binder in Kroger with me because they often have unadvertised deals or clearanced out items that I have coupons for. Did I mention Kroger doubles coupons? It depends on the Kroger, but I know that most will double at least up to a .50 coupon.
The drugstores all have some kind of cash back coupons. I will of course give you the Rite Aid scenarios because that is what I know best.
We have the Wellness + card. Our card gives you all the sale prices and 10% off Rite Aid brand products. It is also on a points system, so the more money you spend the more you save. 10% off shopping pass for ever 125 points you get (a point for every dollar and 25 points for every prescription). When you get 500 points you get 10% off for an entire year and at 1000 you get 20% off for a whole year<--employee discount.
Up rewards print on the bottom of the receipt when you purchase an item that should receive one (just look at the ad). They are just like cash. There are a few items (beer, tobacco, prescriptions) that you can not use them on.
You want to do the same thing at drugstores. Match sale items and coupons BUT most drugstores have coupons in their papers or separate booklets for coupons. Ours are normally in our weekly ad. You can stack these. Store+Manufacturer coupon
Example Last week
Aveeno was regular price, but if you spent $25 dollars on Aveeno products you got a $10 up reward. There was a Rite Aid coupon in the ad. So say you purchase 5 $5 dollar Aveeno products. There was a $1.00 off coupons in our ad, so use 5 $1.00 off coupons. Then there was a $2.00 manufacturer coupon in the paper that week, so use 5 $2.00 coupons
"25" dollars
-5 store coupon
-10 manufacturer
"10.00+some tax"
Receive a $10 plus up for purchasing the items. They practically begged you to buy them! :)
This week my favorite deal is
2 Charmin (6.97)
1 Bounty (6.97)
2 Tide (5.97)
Used
2--.25 cents off both Charmin
2--1.00 off Tide
1--.25 off Bounty
and my $10 plus up from previous transaction
Total was: 22.21
Received another $10 plus up for purchasing $30 in the specified products again.
These are all items that I have to have, and I got them much cheaper than I would have had I just bought them when I absolutely needed them. Your goal is to stock up when the items are cheap, so that you don't have to buy them when you are totally out. That is when you are forced to pay the full price. YUCK!
While I know that you wouldn't have any plus ups starting out, they are really quick and easy to get. There is always a ton of items in the ad that have plus ups, and it is almost always something that you need.
Just incase you missed my good deal...
Free? What did I get you asked?
2 12 roll Charmin
1 8 roll bounty
2 Tide 50 oz
3 Dayquil
...4 Nyquil
Dog Ornament
13 Christmas Light sets
1 Angel Decoration
1 Lays Stax
1 TGIF Potato Skin chips
2 4 roll toliet paper
2 Facial Tissue
I have just been trying to get my store ready for this Regional Vice President to visit. Geez. What a pain in my ass. I will be so glad when he is gone. My DM came in the other day (I am sure flipping out about his "appearance" to the RVP), and he gave me a list of things he thought the RVP would look at. I have all but two things done, so I will be glad when I finish it tomorrow. He should be in town on Tuesday and Wednesday, so those two days we will be twiddling our thumbs because apparently they think that we don't do anything in our stores at all during the day. All work should be halted on those days. At least that is the way that they have always wanted it to be. I can remember people being criticized for working on a planogram on days that bigwigs were in town. Such a waste! Luckily, I don't have any planos to be done, so there will be no temptation. This week also gave me the excuse to only work days. YAY! I usually work one night just to "work my night," but this week if someone is coming into town, I want to be there. The only day I could close would be Thursday. Uh no! I am off this weekend, and I sure as hell am not going to close the night before my weekend starts. I haven't even had a weekend off in like a month. People's stupid vacations.
2 12 roll Charmin
1 8 roll bounty
2 Tide 50 oz
3 Dayquil
...4 Nyquil
Dog Ornament
13 Christmas Light sets
1 Angel Decoration
1 Lays Stax
1 TGIF Potato Skin chips
2 4 roll toliet paper
2 Facial Tissue
I have just been trying to get my store ready for this Regional Vice President to visit. Geez. What a pain in my ass. I will be so glad when he is gone. My DM came in the other day (I am sure flipping out about his "appearance" to the RVP), and he gave me a list of things he thought the RVP would look at. I have all but two things done, so I will be glad when I finish it tomorrow. He should be in town on Tuesday and Wednesday, so those two days we will be twiddling our thumbs because apparently they think that we don't do anything in our stores at all during the day. All work should be halted on those days. At least that is the way that they have always wanted it to be. I can remember people being criticized for working on a planogram on days that bigwigs were in town. Such a waste! Luckily, I don't have any planos to be done, so there will be no temptation. This week also gave me the excuse to only work days. YAY! I usually work one night just to "work my night," but this week if someone is coming into town, I want to be there. The only day I could close would be Thursday. Uh no! I am off this weekend, and I sure as hell am not going to close the night before my weekend starts. I haven't even had a weekend off in like a month. People's stupid vacations.
Misty's comment on my previous blog made me laugh hard. I know ya'll want to know the answer. Yes, it is true. Jack and Jill. Believe it or not, they were both named after people and "Jack and Jill" was not intended. Well, at least that is what my MIL tells me. I secretly wonder if she did it on purpose. She is the kind of person that would think that was cute (not intended to sound mean). Anyway, Jack is named after his dad, and Jill is named after some celebrity that Mo thought was pretty. I could swear she said Jillian O'Hara, but I have never been able to find her on IMDB.
Today I found out that my sister in law is putting Woogs in daycare. We will see how long that lasts.
Today I found out that my sister in law is putting Woogs in daycare. We will see how long that lasts.
If ya'll don't follow this blog, you should! There are several secrets this week that remind me of some of you. I wonder if ya'll can guess which ones!
http://www.postsecret.com/2011/01/sunday-secrets_16.html
http://www.postsecret.com/2011/01/sunday-secrets_16.html
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