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Cha-Ching challenge

Welcome to the weekly Cha-Ching Challenge!

Did you find a HOT deal this week that you just want to share?  You’ve come to the right place!  Every week I post the Cha-Ching Challenge, sharing my savings for the week.    Add a link to your post detailing your savings for the week OR your favorite deal of the week. I’ll choose one participating blog to highlight next week right here on Cha-Ching on a Shoestring.

Add your links to Mr. Linky at any time.  In order to be considered for the Cha-Ching Challenge Highlight, just be sure to add your link no later than Tuesday at midnight EST.

Check out my savings for the week below:

Savings from coupons and store sales: $98.33

Last Week:

  • Rite Aid: I made a killer Rite Aid run and scored 3 packages of Huggies diapers, 2 packages of Huggies Pull-Ups, and 2 bags of Doritos for FREE after Single Check Rebate and coupons.  Total cost would have been $37.43.
  • ALDI: Spent $26.91. Saved $5.oo.
  • Staples: Got two packs of paper which was free after rebate.  Saved $7.97.

This week:

  • ALDI: Spent $58.19.  Saved $20.
  • Walmart: Spent $3.36.  Saved $1.

Savings from great deals: $23

  • Before going on vacation with my family, I scouted out a great deal from Restaurant.com.  We bought a $25 gift certificate for only $2 for a great little restaurant near our campsite.  This deal is still good TODAY only.  Go here for more details.

Savings from cutting costs: $200

  • As I mentioned above, my family opted to go camping for our family vacation this year.  This is definitely a change for us.  We LOVE family vacation and have splurged in year’s past by going to the beach or nice hotels.  The past couple of years have been a little different since money is tight for many of us.  So we opted for camping to save some cash.  Vacation with my family is always fun and memorable and it really doesn’t matter where we are.  (Although we all agreed that camping may not happen again for us.  We don’t do torrential rain.)

I have to share one fun tid-bit from our family vacation, however.  My nephews, niece, sister, brother, and his girlfriend worked very hard to learn the dance moves to Thriller before vacation and then wowed us with a show.  My sister caught it on video.  You can watch it here.  I’ll admit, I wanted to join in!

TOTAL SAVINGS:$321.33

TOTAL SAVINGS THIS YEAR: $2691.19

Click below to check out my favorite find of the week:


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HOW DID YOU DO? Did you find any great deals? Leave a linky and let us know!  Be sure to link directly to your weekly savings or great deal post.

Feel free to copy and paste the button above into your post and link back here so that others can join in the fun!

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