Dollar General

The Dollar General is now offering Store Coupons. I have not used any yet, but I assume you can combined those with manufacturer coupons like you can at the drugstores.  Thanks to Money Saving Madness you can see what the coupon sheet looks like before heading to your store to find it. The sheet is only a sample not to print as far as I know.

Dollar General Sample Coupon Sheet

Considering a Name Change

Please help me decide.  I think this poll is more enjoyable and easier to understand. Then you never know with me and my spinning brain.

Link to Poll

Thank you to everyone that voted on the blog preference. I may keep both for awhile until I can work out some of the kinks with WP and figure out how to add buttons so I can keep my signature link at Hot Coupon World.

New Posts Soon

Tomorrow I will be back in the saddle. I didn't do any shopping so no deals to share and this past weekend I was preparing to go out of town and went out of town. Today, I'm exhausted.  The driving wasn't bad as I anticipated, 3.5hrs, but I didn't sleep well the night before I left or the night in the hotel.  Totally worth it to finally meet Linda after becoming online friends, best friends, starting 4yrs ago.

I didn't do a fabulous job of saving, but I'll share what I did save on the hotel and the bargains I found shopping in Florence, KY.

I do want to share the Meijer ad and deals today by Nickels-n-Dimes. I think my foggy brain can handle that much. lol  Also only a little snippet of Giant Eagle's Ad was shared yesterday so no worries there in getting a head start of what coupons are needed.  I will share that link today too and then the scenarios will come tomorrow to get you ready for Thursday-Wednesday.

Have a beautiful day!

*Update, it seems more than a snippet is now posted for GE. :)

Blog Questions for You

Update: I've decided to try my hand at creating poll to make it easy for you to share your opinion. The first one is done and then I will add more if this works out well. I'm leaving my questions up below as a guideline for me or if you'd rather share that way. Thank you!

First Poll Here

First, I want to thank everyone that is a follower or checks out my blog behind the scenes. It makes my day knowing when I've helped you and your families.  Now, I would like to ask if you could help me make my blog better.  I have a few questions, but please if you think of anything else please share.

Giant Eagle Listings:

Do you prefer me to only publish the Scenario post once even though I make updates to it ?

Do you prefer I republish the Scenario post, so it goes to the top of the blog and into your inbox, when I make updates?

Do you prefer the math shown for all coupons for that one item?

Do you prefer just the one most likely available for that one item?

General Blog Appearance:

Is the theme background distracting?

Do you prefer a pale color background or white?

Is the font too small?

Is the font too large?

Easy to navigate to your interests or hard to navigate?

Would ads bother you? Not likely? Likely? Totally?

Topics you like best now?

Topics for the future?

I'd so appreciate any and all opinions. I am considering a different location with a slightly different layout. I'm hoping for better features and less trouble with the format.
You may have notice weird spacing and font sizes too.  Honestly, this is not my intentional doing. lol  It looks completely sane, well for me, in the creating section and  then Wham, it goes kaplooey once it posts, Come On! lol

Christmas at Drugstore.com

Who would have thought to find a toy for Christmas at drugstore.com and at a great deal at that. Not me! That's just what happened though and I'm so excited to share! LOL  

I was slightly stressed about on what should I spend another $10  to get the free shipping. If I just purchased the Marshmallow Shooter I'd have to spend another $5-$6 on shipping.  I don't think so, but what oh what to buy, that was the big question.   

Also looming was getting it ordered tonight and at a decent hour. My husband requested I do so even though I had 2 days left according to their shipping calendar.  Due to being a world renowned procrastinator heaped with a side of indecisiveness, my old self would have waited and would not have been submissive to his wish. Gasp! 20 yrs later and I think I'm getting the hang of it even if it seems like a small step. lol  

Enough with our relationship and my attempt to heed that Biblical principle, onto the deal! Which, by the way, I like to think God rewarded me rather quickly with this idea for the "filler" and my order was placed by 9pm. 

Marshmallow Shooter   $14.99= One very happy daughter

Olay Quench 20oz        $11.99

Shipping                       FREE

Total                          $26.98 OOP

Olay Rebate              - $11.99

ShopAtHome 8%        -$ 2.16

Drugstore $               -$ 1.35

New Total                   $11.48 ! = One Very Happy Me 

 

photo credit: drugstore.com

Snowman Cake

Just thought I'd share the cake my daughter made.  She used the can buttercream icing which is a challenge to pipe, but I think it turned out quite cute. The snowman she used her marshmallow fondant recipe .  She wasn't thrilled with the finished project, but it was just for us and it was very good.