Penny For My Thoughts

Cheap school supplies

hedy — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:05:13 +0000

Yes, I know school just ended, but Staples has started their back to school sales already-starting tomorrow (July 12) theyll have $.01 copy paper (and who can’t use that-kds or no kids?) and $.01 Pencils. They also have some good bogos on things like colored pencils andmarkers (great if you have two kids or nephews to buy them for). Check it out. Also, the flyer online boasts a $5 off of $20 coupon-so it may be worth picking up a Sunday paper.

Awesome Orlando Coupons!

hedy — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:07:15 +0000

I’ll save the “sorry I haven’t updated” blather, and get to the point. I’m heading back to Orlando at the end of this month, and am going to be hitting Universal Orlando later this month (as I got a free ticket there during a super bowl ad, and thus a discount on my hotel).

Anyway, poking around the useful Mousesavers (which I mentioned in my How to Save Money on a Disney Vacation post), I found two awesome resources for free, printable coupons which can save you money, and are places where you actually want to shop/eat/play at. They are Orlando Coupons and Iride trolley coupons.

Prescription Transfer coupons…

hedy — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:47:44 +0000

So, as part of my new job, I can refill my maintenance prescriptions at a retail pharmacy (at my old job, there was mandatory mail order). As a result, I have been playing the prescription transfer with Rite Aid, CVS (my pharmacy of choice!), and Shaws. I hadn’t seen a sign about Walgreens accepting transfer coupons, so when a new Walgreens opened near me, I called to see if they accepted them. The person working there informed me “It’s not legal to use prescription transfer coupons in Massachusetts.” Um, right, that’s why Rite Aid has then in their circular every fliping week. At present, I’ve been favoring Shaws promotion of getting a $25 gift card from their mall when you fill 10 prescriptions.

All of this considered, you can see why I was amused when a new CVS sent me a promo flyer (a coupon for free Coke at a CVS is pretty exciting when you’re me), including a $25 transfer coupon. LOL.

Free Ice Cream at Friendly’s Today, June 6!

hedy — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 15:43:31 +0000

Free ice cream at Friendly’s today, for those of you who live near one. It’s from 12-5pm. I’m particularly excited as I do not live near enough to a Ben and Jerry’s shop to participate in free cone day.

Sorry for my absence

hedy — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:35:07 +0000

So sorry I’ve been so absent-my long, drawn out saga of getting a new laptop has cut into my blogging time. However, I logged into my car lon account the other day, and found that my baance is $850-under $1,000. woot!

Sales Tax increase in MA

hedy — Thu, 21 May 2009 23:37:10 +0000

For those of you outside of the New England area, you might not have heard about Massachusetts increasing its sales tax from 5% to 6.25%. As I work in the human services industry, I see the sales tax increase as being a necessary evil-the programs that would have been cut would have been an utter disaster. Massachusetts’ sales tax has been at 5% as long as I can remember-and its MUCH cheaper than the sales tax in, say, New York or Chicago. Of course, as my mother pointed out, this is worth it IF the money actually goes to such programs (I think Newsies put it best with “How about a crooked politician/hey stupid that ain’t news no more.”) Of course, then I got to thinking-I’m not crazy about sales taxes due to their regressive nature (wow, I did learn something in that Econ for Dummies course I took in college). So the irony of this increase is that it disproportionally affects some of the same classes of people who are helped by it.

Penny for my Thoughts Review: Sandra’s Money Saving Meals

hedy — Mon, 18 May 2009 03:07:25 +0000

Possible subtitles for this post were Epic!Fail and yes, it is possible for something to both suck and blow. I love Food Network, but am ambivalent on Sandra. One thing that’s always goaded me about her is how she’s all “America’s Second Harvest-I teach people nutritional skills!” then turns around and makes a meal with an ungodly amount of fat and sodium. Anyway, I was curious to see her new show, Sandra’s Money Saving Meals. There’s 30 minutes of my life I’ll never get back. Not only were her tips asinine (buy day old bread! Buy store brand biscuits!), but her meal ideas were junky and uninspired. In short, I commend Food Network for trying to stick with the times, but I don’t recommend the show.

New Great Weekends with Samantha Brown…thoughts

hedy — Sun, 10 May 2009 15:30:04 +0000

Given that I am a vacation freak, you’re probably not terribly shocked to learn I’m a bag Samantha Brown fan (when I was in Disney World in 07, she had just finished filming there-the manager at the Boardwalk was saying that she always stays there and she really is that nice. Ergo, I was thrilled to see that a new season started last night. It seems that Samantha Brown is now trying to do budget weekends. While not as LOL worthy as Rachel Ray’s $40 travels (*love Food Network, hate Rachel Ray), it still seems a little lacking. Sam was discussing her good hotel deal in Philly, but didn’t really give any context as to how to get a good deal-I presume this is due to Expedia’s new, and painfully obvious sponsorship of the show. I don’t blame them-airtime doesn’t grow on trees, but enough is enough. The ideas weren’t horrible, but it seemed to lack a little on method for options on saving money.

Congrats!

hedy — Wed, 06 May 2009 23:33:04 +0000

Congratulations are in order to Danielle, who won the Amazon.com gift certificate!

There will be no networth post this month due to computer issues.

Happy Blogiversary, Penny for my Thoughts-Contest a $15 Amazon gift certificate-win!

hedy — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:18:35 +0000

I have now been blogging for one year-I can’t believe it. I talked about starting a personal finance blog since I started reading pf blogs in late ‘06. I must express my gratitude for Tricia,whom I knew from Sunshine Rewards, but is a new media powerhouse of her own accord. I also thank my fellow Chattywomen, as well as all the pf bloggers who came before me who I learned from throughout the past year.

Anyway, now that the accolades are over, we can get on with the party! Woohoo! I’m giving away a $15 Amazon gift certificate!

How to enter-between now and next Tuesday, May 5 (Cinco de Mayo!) at 5pm EST, you can enter in the following ways

Leave a comment (with e-mail, please-one per person) telling me one entry of mine you liked over the past year-that’s it!

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