Ant & Grasshopper

So last night I was reading a couple chapters in my new study bible that I got for Christmas (above photo, from walmart), it was Proverbs 5 & 6. It mentioned the old fable of the Ant & The Grasshopper. I remember hearing it has a kid. I guess I felt as though I could relate & apply this to my current situation (most people probably can). I guess I'm feeling nervous and some worry since in less than a week I have my first exam (keep in mind class begins the coming Monday, first test a few days later). I know I "should" feel some confidence, after all at this stage I should know all the content but truth be told I think it would take years of experience for me to truly know 99% of the nursing content. So I'm wondering if I should do some drastic, or attempt it- to help increase my focus & time on studies & reduce distractions. I'm thinking of unplugging my TV with maybe the exception of Sunday evenings or weekends. I have several TV shows that I enjoy watching usually some kind of reality documentary types (like Alaska:the last frontier & One Born Every Minute). I'd love some feedback from my blog readers on this idea or any suggestion on what I should/shouldn't do. I keep telling myself the next 4 months maybe hard but it will be either lead to me graduation or me wasting 4 months and doing all over again (which would domino effect my life drastically!).

Am I the Ant or the Grasshopper?

(What do I need to do to be successful this term?)

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  Macy's has been have some good clearance sales & today only an extra 25% off (many sweaters under $20)- shop if you can! Update: I spent $110 on 2 jeans (hydraulic), 2 sweaters, 1 dress, 1 undies- saved about $238 (also got free ship since over $99 & a $10 off coupon code of retailmenot.com for a purchase of $75).



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  Just a heads up there are going to be a bunch of coupons in the Sunday paper!

CVS 2/2/09

Bought:

4- Campbell's Cream of Mushroom soup 50 cents ea

2- Glade scented oil refills $2.50 ea

1- Palmolive 77 cents

2- Glade candles $2.50 ea

Coupons used:

1- 25 cents off Palmolive

1- 30 cents of 4 Campbell's soups

1- $1.50 off 2 Glade candles(?)

1- $1 off 2 glade refills

ECBs used:

1-$3

1-$6

Total Remaining After Coupons/ECBs--------------------84 cents

ECBs got back:

$5

Plus Received 6 CVS printed coupons

I wanted to get the KY Yours And Mine but they were out. Gonna check another CVS WED, if no luck gonna call my usual CVS to inquire when they'll get any and/or if I can get raincheck for $10ECB deal. Not sure if they are on top of it since I'm in Florida and they have the "test" ad w/o the deal listed but In the coupon booklet in the Sunday paper it mentioned the deal!

Walmart 2/2/09

So I went to Walmart and bought a bunch of stuff. Here are a few items I thought were awesome deals:

1- Lysol Neutra Air Starter Kit $6.00 (sale)

3- Endusts $2.63 ea

4-Temptations Cat treats $1.74 ea

coupons:

2- BOGO Temptations cat treats (expiring this week)

1-$5 off Lysol N.A. starter kit

3- $2 off any Endust Product (expiring this week)

Total (before tax)------------------------$20.85

Total After Coupons (before tax)---------$6.37

AWESOME!!!!!!

All in all i had about $115 worth of stuff but after all my coupons it got knocked down to $85

My coupon organizer

This is my new coupon box, i used to used those coupon organizer plastic thingys but my coupons starting overflowing out of it. So a couple weeks ago I found this box at a new Staples. This is an amazing box because it has track system in it, so if you have one coupon you can have it tight or have 1000 you adjust it so they all stay neatly in their files. The cards came separate. Cost about $20 or so.
I only have 6 months worth of files because I ran out of cards. The blue ones are months, the yellow are non-food, the orange are food/edible items.
This is the same kind of box that Walgreens (at least the one i worked at) used to organize their weekly ad tags. The only place I've seen them is at Staples and they come in 3 different sizes, mine is 4 x 6.

Freebie and Printable Coupons

- Free Ocean Spray Juice Here (thanks moneysavingmom!)
- New Printable Coupons Here (thanks Southern Savers!)

I enjoyed this post, one of my favorite bloggers (msm or moneysavingmom), it's about how she takes 1 day makes up a bunch of stuff to freeze and eat later. Stuff that most of us spend $$ buying ready made in the store or already frozen. Why not save some dough and make it too?!?
(I believe this is a 5 part post, check'em all out!)
Pobably going to do a little shopping tomorrow, so look out for some posts...