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SavingsAngel.com ™ - cut your Grocery Bill in HALF through Enlightened Shopping! ™

SavingsAngel.com ™ - cut your Grocery Bill in HALF through Enlightened Shopping! ™

I'm using Savings Angel to make my grocery lists lately!

I have a food budget of $600 per month. The food budget includes things like toilet paper and shampoo and toothpastes... not only food.

BUT in the past - I've really not stuck to my budget much. I'd go do my once a month shopping - and spend my allowance... then by week 3... we were running to the store for this or that... and by week 4 we were eating hotdogs and mac-n-cheese every day waiting desperately for that once a month grocery shopping day again!!

Now - I go to Savings Angel web-site and check out what's on sale at my favorite local store (Fareway), and Hy-Vee and Walmart... BECAUSE Fareway will match all their prices.

I chose those 3 stores... and make a list. What Savings Angel does is tell me what's on sale, and tell me where to find coupons - either on-line, or in my file folder full of coupons from the Sunday paper. I click on what I want... then go to another page and click on how MANY I want and put them in order by aisle. i don't HAVE to put them in order - but I like it that way... I like it that I have that option.

THEN it tell me what I will pay, and what I would pay for the item at full price.

The thing I LOVE??!!!??? I love that each week I still have food in the cupboard and I'm NEVER making runs to the store with the credit card so we have something to eat. I get CASH out every other week... (if I get it every week... it's an odd number and my ATM machine will only give me 20's. LOL That's why)... so I go every other week - get $300... this week I'll spend $100 probably. Woo Hoo!!! That leaves $200 for next week. That's wonderful!! Sometimes I do a run to COSTCO - because i like buying something in bulk with THEIR coupons... like hand soap. or those clorox chemicl wipes. Baby wipes... COSTCO cleans up on baby wipes... Press'n seal stuff from Glad... I get that at COSTCO too... but anyway...

If you look at my link above you'll see that I have coupons for REAL stuff. I'm not buying JUNK just because it's on sale and I have a coupon - or if it IS junk... like the blue bunny ice cream - we are getting 1... for Sunday. I'm getting apples, cabbage, tuna - lots of it - tuna helper, lunch meat, mac and cheese, bleach, frozen veggies (lots of them), banquet meals (because I like them for myself for potion control), and cereal. We have visitors coming who like cereal. So I'm stocking up on cereal while it's on sale and with coupons - instead of waiting for the week that they come and paying $2.99 a box for it. THEN - this leaves me more money for meat - that is outrageous right now. pft... who wants to pay $3/# for hamburger? That's cRAZY! but I can now because I'm saving so much on the other stuff. No more hot dogs for 7 days in a row at the end of every month. :giggle:

Savings Angel has a deal where you can try it for a few days to see if it indeed will help you save money. I like that - you can see if the stores around you are on the list. I know some moms who play the coupon game - but the stores where you can do that are more than an hour away for me. Not a savings for me to drive there every week to get groceries.

I hope you can glean something from this information! It's really been a great help to me and my family.

The other day on Rush...

http://www.groupon.com/r/uu14089214

I was listening to the Rush Limbaugh show in the car the other day.  There was a guest host on -- I don't remember his name.

BUT - he was talking about our economy.   Very interesting... he brought up Groupon.  Actually what he was saying about Groupon reminded me of Scentsy - so I really was listening.  Groupon is a company that has an electronic coupon.  You can have them e-mailed to you... they are usually for your community.  It's a good deal - usually 50% off or more, and it's only good if a certain amount of people click on it to buy.  If you click on it to buy - and there are not enough people who join you - then the deal is off... but if you really LOVE the deal, and you click on it to buy, and you tell ALL YOUR FRIENDS... because you love the deal so much, that everyone else buys it too - then it's on. Ü


It's a form of free advertising for the company offering the coupon. It's FREE for the company offering the deal to be a Groupon offering.  Groupon pays for having the web-site, probably... The company actually gives half of the profits from the "deal" to groupon - that's how Mr. Groupon Man makes money.  Companies are LINING up to be one of the ones to offer a coupon.  There are more companies then days of the week this is working so well.

So - today's deal for me - Smokey Row Coffee... $15 worth for $7.  How very cool is THAT?  That's more than 50% off.  Ü  I like those sort of deals.  I'm getting one for my dear husband's birthday - so don't tell him.  LOL

Ok - so - the government didn't stimulate this Mr. Groupon man to do this.  He didn't stimulate any of the companies who are lining up to be a part of this to be a part of it.  The government didn't stimulate me to want to buy a gift for my dear husband's birthday either.  Free enterprise - that's what works.  If the government would stay out of the economy - we'd probably make a very quick recovery.  Speaking of which - I did very well with Scentsy this year.  Well I did well for me... some Independent Consultants got $1,000,000 in commission this year... I believe they did VERY well this year.  Who's having a bad economy? 

OH - the kicker???  Google offered Mr. Groupon man $6,000,000,000,000 (is that billion?) for the company... AND HE TURNED THEM DOWN!!  Wowza... (perhaps Mr. Groupon man isn't all that smart) OR he's making a TON of money and all them zero's really don't have the same effect on his as they do on me.

Neat thing that groupon is...  are you a Grouponite? Groupie?  Grouper?  (I'm not sure what we are called).

p.s  Apparently Mr. Groupon Man is Mr. Andrew Mason - he tweets.  

Ron Paul Responds to TSA: Introduces 'American Traveler Dignity Act'

Wow -- this Ron Paul man really seems to have his head on straight!

Scentsy College Warmers!!!

You can go to this site and VOTE for your college to be release next... if your college has already been selected... you can see who is "winning" in sales. TOO FUN!!

Just a Reminder

Shelly (Dauchenbach) Braley's baby passed away on the 6th of October... this video was posted on facebook today - I hope if you watch it, you will remember to lift Shelly and her family up to the throne of grace today.

Make photo slide shows at www.OneTrueMedia.com

Now - go hug your babies!

Sabra the Baby Giraffe Birth

WOW -- How cool is THAT? Thank you Des Moines Blank Zoo for sharing this.

Just the Facts

I just heard some facts about Scentsy that I'd like to share with you.

I was not a consultant last year at this time... so this is all new to me. But I learned something new last night that astounds me... I want to share it with the world -- but for now I'll just share it with my blogging friends.

"Normally" October is 30% higher in sales then September. People are getting ready for Christmas...

"Normally" November is 80% higher in sales then October. :Thud: (that's me hitting the floor in a dead faint).

So - I can't say... "you will make this much, I promise".

But I will say -- if you need extra spending money in December... now would be a good time to start selling Scentsy.

Let's just say... you sign up now... October. You get your kit -- you are READY to have parties... as soon as it comes... In fact you can sign up -- and start booking parties before the kit comes... then you'll hit the ground running. Have a few parties in October... get a check in November... LET'S JUST SAY... you sold $1000 all together in October... 25% commission. That's a $250 check in November.

Now -- If November is statistically 80% higher then October... your $1000 will turn into what? (grab your calculator)... that's right... $1800 in sales.

$1800 in sales in November would be a $450 check in December. You would get paid on the 10th... Friday... that leaves 15 days to spend that money for Christmas.

Does your mind work logically like that, like mine does?

Map out your plan... work hard and get good results.

Obviously -- if you sell less.. you make less... But in my experience -- Scentsy is NOT overly saturated in my area, is it in yours... I still have people saying to me, "Oh -- I've been looking for some Scentsy." I can tell you, "Scentsy is easy to sell." which it is -- but it's not all easy work. If you want to do anything well -- it's work. But the rewards can be fabulous!!

Give me a call if you have questions... or fb me... or text me... 644.745.9265

or go to my web-site... the FAQ is very helpful there, and that is where you would go to join. https://jenniferjohnston.scentsy.us/Join

$99 to sign up... (plus tax and shipping - for me it was $115)

So - are you thinking -- how long before I earn that back? What would I need to sell in order to earn that back? Your first $999 you earn 20% commission... So you would need to have one $500 party at 20% commission to earn back your $99. After that -- it's all gravy. Yes? Your start up kit comes with everything you need to have a home party. Catalogs, order forms, party tester scents, a warmer, bar of wax... everything you need... plus a few extras.

So even if you wanted to use your November check to pay off the kit... or get a return on your money... you would STILL have a December check to use for Christmas gifts... or food... or gas. Ü

Personally? My goal -- it's to reach my Dave Ramsey baby step #3. $10,000 dollars in savings. Just a few months ago I thought... Well -- that will take me 3 years to reach that goal... bit by bit. BUT... after learning what I learned last night. I may be able to cut that time frame in half! Can you believe that? That sounds too good to be true. But numbers don't lie... do they? We'll see. I'll let you know in December. °Ü°

Love & Respect

Dr. Emerson Eggerichs - Love and Respect - 01 Found at abmp3 search engine

I need to hear this again - so I'm assuming someone else might too.

Subscribers

Thank you to my 5 subscribers.

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I appreciate you -- if you are a subscriber -- e-mail me your address and I'll send you some SCENTSY love.

Print Friendly

I've added a new button to my blog.

It's a Print Friendly Button.

Cool huh?

NOW -- if I ever post a recipe for granola or the directions on how to make a hotdog pillow case or post the cutest picture EVER of my almost 5 year old son Wayne... then you can hit that button and print only the post and not my entire blog and then some. (Don't you hate that!?)

Thanks to Print Friendly for the button and the great simple instructions -- so YOU TOO can have a cute little button.

So -- ta tah for now. I'll be back in September... hope you enjoy your summer! We are already enjoying our! oh and... HAPPY PRINTING!

Family Closet

Well -- now -- that's probably not exactly what you are thinking... I'm pretty sure.

I bet my family DOES have things hidden in a closet -- but what about a FAMILY CLOSET at my house -- where the whole family has their stuff in ONE PLACE!!

My on-line friend Ginger has a family closet at her place and I was just drooling reading about it on her blog. Isn't that the coolest idea or WHAT? (I'm assuming you clicked on the link and read her post).

I want one.

Do you?

Where would you put one?  My laundry room is upstairs -- our folded laundry sits in the hallway and it's annoying, until it gets pulled too and fro so much that it ends up back in the dirty clothes -- and I know it's not dirty because it's still partially folded... but alas... after sitting in a basket with dirty underware -- it now does not smell spring clean.  :gag:  So I must re-wash it... or the wearer of said stinky still folded clothes would highly offend people that day.

We've got the room... I've got a guest bedroom--- and a classroom and a den that I could somehow blend together.  I EVEN have a girls room right across from teh laundry room that I could use and I could put the girls in the guest bedroom.  Hmm...  thinking... thinking...  The guests could sleep somewhere else.  The classroom maybe, and then, then... we could put all the books in the den.  I'd have to prune a few books... WAIT A MINUTE... I could put some books in the FAMILY CLOSET... books on one side... the clothes on the other side of the room.  Oh my word... I'm getting all excited!! 

I LOVE this idea Ginger --- you know what else?  I love sharers... Ginger is a sharer... I've asked someone to teach me to make home made noodles... it's never happened... and here Ginger shares her pictures of her Family Closet -- and I didn't even have to ask. 

What a gal!  Ü

SUMMER OFF

The last several years we've followed a schedule where I would school for 3 months, then take one month off.  Usually we'd take August, December and April off.  Ended up about the same amount of time off -- just not all at once.

Well -- this school year (at the beginning) we decided to do a "normal" schedule.  I threw my dobuts to the wind about my kids forgetting every thing they ever learned (then we'd have to start all over in Kindgergarten in the fall), and are jumping into this new adventure feet first.

You  know what?  I'm so excited for June to be here I can hardly believe it.  We followed our local school districts schedule (loosely), and here we are -- at the end of our school year.  Woo Hoo!!!  We are in the middle of Math books - at the end of History books - and behind in spelling books probably... but we are calling it quits anyway.  That's what happens when you have weird schedules you end up with weird quitting spots.  But -- I'm the boss... and when it's time to quit -- we are quitting.

This summer I'm going to work at selling Scentsy.  (Meet me at booth #20 at the West side of the Knoxville Square!) The kids are going to work at getting a tan in the pool.  My husband is going to work at Pella Corporation.  So -- we'll be busy... just not doing school.  A trip to Colorado is planned -- we will be reuniting with my Dad's family.  Leah, Jini, Ron and Gene and kids and grand kids and maybe a few other stragglers here and there.  Who knows?  Neighborhood Bible Time will be squeezed in.  Junior Camp.  Our kids birthdays start in June -- the 1st of June actually.  The pool is cleaned and ready to go. (many thanks to Dan for that!) And we'll finish up with our church's Family Camp in September and be ready to tackle another school year. 

Now -- I need to make next fall's school schedule -- I can hardly wait.  My left eye is twitching I'm so excited.  But let's not hurry summer!  I want to cherish it.

I usually take a hiatus from electronic entertainment... but I'll need to computer for Scentsy ordering -- so I'll just skip the "official" boycott, and just be on here a bit less.  Who has time for TV and FB when I could be floating on a raft?  I'm not getting skin cancer -- in fact I'm soaking up some vitamin D... I've read a paper once that says people who use sun block actually get cancer at a more frequent rate.  LOL  I'm carrying that article in my back pocket this summer!! (I think it is all about skin types anyway).  We all gotta die of something... so I'm choosing skin cancer... everyone know tan fat looks better than white fat anyway -- that's a fact!

Hope you all have a HAPPY SUMMER!!!  

I plan on it!

I'll be back in the fall with pictures.  (you know me)

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This is Just a Test

At our house -- the man of the house is the movie man... so I'm thinking the reason so many movies fail this test is BECAUSE -- the movies are designed for the customer.  



BUT -- they may have a point... interesting... what do you think?  Is this because they industry is listening to what the market wants?  or are they developing the market by their own likes or dislikes... and the men are just stumbling along blindling following WHAT.EV.AH...

 Great find Abraham Piper -- you can go to his blog to see what he and his readers this of this test.

Tis a Bird Day

Let's play I Spy.

I spy something small and yellow and chirpy.


Can you see them?

BIRDS.  

Pretty birds.

There were a whole FLOCK of them... I think I counted 8 at once.

The birds were eating the left over seeds from last years wild flowers.  I know they look like weeds... but really -- they are pretty weeds flowers!   Ü

Isn't God's creation wonderful?

Thank You God for the pretty birds you sent for me to enjoy!

The Next Four Years

Do you know what you will be doing in four years? (the Lord willing)



Well -- I do.  ACTUALLY I know what TORI will be doing in 4 years... because I said so...

Think I'm crazy?  No -- just a planning freak gone wild.  For those of us who LOVE to plan and make charts and organize and think and drool over home school stuff... you know who you are... The four year high school planning stage is HEAVEN (said in a high sing song voice!)  Woo hoo...

I was trying to spread my enthusiasm around a bit last night... and people quicly fled the room... I found myself sitting at the dining room table all by myself... leafing through the Scope and Sequence book from Landmark Freedom Baptist Curriculum... turning the pages... thinking, "what if".  "If only".  "My kid will be so smart when they are done with this four year plan." sort of thoughts...  She will KNOW all about the North American Continent before European colonization... and isolationism versus diffusionism.  "The Fish I didn't Catch" will be read and comprehended and vocabulary from that story used.  Binomials and Tinomials will be talked about (hopefully with her dad... think he remembers that stuff?)   After four years Tori will have learned about Hygiene... there is a class for everything -- in case I forgot to teach her about footcare, or deodorant.  And shop... need I say more? 

I bet since I'm typing about TORI's life you think I'm typing about shopping.  NO -- I did not mistype... I said SHOP...  electricity, plumbing, machine shop and carpentry sort of Shopping.  It's an elective... I let her elect.  Well -- the more I thought about it -- the more I liked her choice.  She is a first born driven sort of gal... and in week one of SHOP she has to choose a project to do from one of the four areas...  Well -- I need a new deck.  I'll give her an A+ in shop if she builds me a deck (that will work).  It can't cause me to break my leg every time I use it...  I'm so excited!! 


And Spanish I.  Some things I'm less excited about... Dan did peruse her schedule and crack open the Spanish workbook... as he was pronouncing those words, I realized I'll probably be the Spanish coach, not he.  That's too bad... just ask my dad... he was my Spanish I coach.  Well -- we are planning for Spanish in her Freshman year -- that way if it takes her four years to do... NO -- I'm kidding!!  It'll be fine...  (oh me)...

I am excited about one thing -- being from a Christian curriculum... her Spanish class goal is to be able to present the Gospel to a Spanish speaking person.  That's a lofty goal, and I pray she attains it!  And it does come with some CD's...

My one huge strangling fear was that after 4 years of high school... she would decide to go to college and then "they" would all turn to me and say, "Her transcript please," and I would be standing there -- under a really bright light -- with only my slip on... and one curler left in my hair and lipstick on my chin and me crying and saying... "Trans wha??". 

Well -- LFBC gave me a sample to follow -- and I'm all over make charts... so I sat down and did it already.  LOL  I'm such a nerd.  I'm so eXciTeD!!!  I feel like we have arrived already.  Poor Tori - for some reason -- seeing all those classes and charts and credits and grades and BLAH!  She may be a bit overwhelmed... so we'll take it one day at a time... but my parts done.  So There!  (Whew... I don't even own a slip... that was making me a bit nervous).

Here we go Tori!!!  (first lets finish this year... only 1 more day of school left... you can DO IT!) 

Wrinkled Ladies

It looks like the last time I posted it was an Anita Renfroe video -- apparently I like her sense of humor.

Well -- laugh along with me again will ya?



Oh -- the joy of being in the 40 and over club. :giggle:

Today is my Brithday -- so to celebrate... let's all laugh together

I love laughing!!  and I LOVE Big Ol' Sweet Iced Tea °Ü°

Scentsy Basket Party

I have all of my bags of Basket Party Samples out right now -- so does anyone want to be next in line to have a Basket Party for me? (It's just like a catalog party).  I'll mail them to you too, if you think you are too far away.  A basket party is a pretty cool idea, if you ask me.  You can earn the same hostess rewards as you would a home party!  You get 80+ scents in a small carry around bag... to smell while looking at the catalog.  Really -- very cool idea.  °Ü°   Easy to take out and about. 

I have several things for you to remember.  RED CANDY APPLE scent is wonderful... 10% off in April.  E-mail if you'd like a sample.

NATURES HAVEN Full size Warmer of the month for May is going to be very popular.  I have a waiting to order list going already... 10% off in May.  I'll be making samples of the scent soon.  May's scent is Clarity - it's a lemony & herby smell - very fresh... e-mail if you would like to be on the list for receive these samples.  I'll have them ready by May 1st.

Lots of options.

May is a gift giving month -- with Mother's Day and Graduations and Weddings.  Just f.y.i.  Plug in Warmers are normally allowed in dorm rooms, same wattage as a night light... what a Scentsational gift THAT would be for a new Freshman in college.  Let me know if I can help you with gift giving. 

pst... Pass this on to your dear husbands or children if you would love some Scentsy for Mother's Day -- gift wrap included.

If you are local and aren't in the party mood -- but want to stock up on Scentsy with free shipping -- I'll be making a order for myself in May.  I'm getting ready for Farmer's Market in Knoxville.  Give me a hollar and I'll add your order in with mine.  I love free shipping!!  Don't you?

~*~ Jennifer Johnston ~*~
A Independent Scentsy Consultant
641.943.2350
https://jenniferjohnston.scentsy.us/home

Nothing to Trifle With

My dd made me a trifle for my birthday -- in place of a birthday cake.
Oh my word...

It was heavenly...

So much so, that I believe I may have gained 3.5 pounds just from eating 1 helping of it.

Thank You Tori!!

This Trifle will go down in history, I believe.

It was yummilicious!

I serviced the yummilicious trifle (that cost 3.5 pounds a serving) in my Grandmother Phillips' crystal glasses.  Any of my relatives reading this blog want to expound on that a little?  I'd love to be able to share the history of such fine goblets with my children next time we use them.  I think it made the trifle taste just a tad bit yummilicious being served in real crystal.