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: $143.80
- Rite Aid: I did this moneymaking deal at Rite Aid, plus I got most of the free after rebate items. Saved $80.89.
- Target:I didn’t get a chance to post about my savings at Target last week. I got all of these free items and a few more great deals. Saved $40.58.
- Giant: Saved$20.33.
- Walgreens: Did this gum deal at Walgreens. Saved $2.
Savings from ‘Free Money’: $15.00
- Over the past few weeks, I have received some sort of freebie in the mail almost every single day. Whether it be a free cereal sample, a lip gloss sample, a free magazine subscription, or a free Playtex sample, over time these things begin to make a dent in our budget. Not to mention, going to my mailbox is a highlight of my day! (By the way, you can check out my latest freebies posts here.)
Savings from cutting costs: $500
- Our four year old, Griffin is so ready for school. But when we made the move to Pennsylvania, we left behind free pre-school in New York. We weren’t quite ready to jump into a school bill, so we opted to try out some good ol’ home schoolin’. I’m having some fun returning to my teaching roots and watching Griffin learn exciting new things. I think that’s what you call priceless.
TOTAL SAVINGS:$658.80
TOTAL SAVINGS THIS YEAR: $3956.44
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!
Education is priceless, for sure, but it’s also well worth the money. If home-schooling suits you and your child, then enjoy. But if your hesitation to send him to preschool is financial, or primarily so, I would think again about where to make a few cuts. School is great, and preschool is a magical experience for kids. I think it’s a privilege to allow kids those first baby steps towards individuality, towards independence, towards — and this is huge — making their own friends and solving their own problems. Preschool is a good place to start this.
Is preschool about skills? To me, a 20yr teacher, the answer is, sort of. It’s really about stepping tentatively and then boldly into the world, with a safety net right there. Talk about priceless!
Anna,
I understand where you are coming from. I in no way intended to sound as though I was celebrating saving money at my son’s expense.
The reality is that after a year and a half of dealing with unemployment, we simply could not take on an additional expense that could be met creatively through homeschooling. It would not have been wise.
As a former teacher, I am a big fan of school too! I can’t wait for Griffin to experience it. He is such a social kid and really excels when around his peers. I know he will love it.
But for now, I am treasuring this time with him at home. It’s a joy and privilege to teach him. Not only that, but I am confident that we are doing a great job of preparing him to step boldly into the world. (If you knew him, I’m sure you would agree!)
Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
Absolutely! The Cha-Ching Challenge is an opportunity for everyone to share their savings! And I’m not opposed to highlighting a blog more than once if I think they deserve it. =)
Hey Kaley~ I know I’ve already been a highlighted blog. Just wanted to continue posting savings to encourage others. I love sharing savings! =) Is that okay?