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The Cha-Ching Challenge

October 3rd, 2009 By Kaley
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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: $73.19

CVS: Saved $59.67.

Let’s just get one more look at my $.22 shopping trip. Sigh.

I also scored some business cards with our logo on them for $6.48 plus shipping. Typically they would have cost around $20.

TOTAL SAVINGS:$73.19

TOTAL SAVINGS THIS YEAR: $3297.64

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!

The Cha-Ching Challenge Highlight: Couponing to Disney

October 1st, 2009 By Kaley
This post may contain affiliate links, which means I will make a small commission if you click and make a purchase.

Welcome to the weekly

Cha-Ching Challenge Highlight!

I am pleased to announce our
Cha-Ching Challenge Highlight Winner.

This week’s highlight is Couponing to Disney!

Kristin writes:

My goal is to save enough money by bargain shopping to take my family to Disney again…I decided to challenge myself to see if I can save approximately $2200 in 51 weeks for our vacation. This blog chronicles my efforts as well as teaches you how I am doing it. You can choose to save your money for Disney, other vacations, other pleasures or anything in the world. The resources are out there. You just have to know how to apply them to your life.

She is well on her way. Check out her post sharing how she paid only $37.91 for $144.11 worth of groceries at Publix last week! Watch out, Mickey, here they come!

While you are there, check out how she adds deposits to their Disney fund. I love all of her creative ways of keeping the fund flowing!

Would you like to join us in next week’s Cha-Ching Challenge?

Simply come back on Saturday and join the Cha-Ching Challenge by adding a link to your post sharing your great deals for the week!

The Cha-Ching Challenge

September 26th, 2009 By Kaley
This post may contain affiliate links, which means I will make a small commission if you click and make a purchase.

Welcome to the weekly Cha-Ching Challenge!

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: $50.49

I saved $30.49 buying diapers and a few other things during my great Rite Aid shopping trip this week. Plus I will receive $10 back in Single Check Rebates.
I shopped at Aldi, and saved around $10.

Savings from ‘Free Money’: $27.00

Wes and I have made around $2.00 since the last time I reported about YouData–are you all checking your accounts?
Used this coupon to receive a $25 Rite Aid gift card for transferring a prescription.

Savings from cutting costs: $20.00

Last night we had some free family fun that I think counts in the cutting costs area. We took the boys to the park right around the corner, climbed all over the playground and then played a ‘highly competitive’ game of kickball. Then we grabbed some ice cream from the Giant (on sale for only $1.88) and took it over to a friend’s house for a yummy end to the evening. Fun times.

TOTAL SAVINGS:$97.49

TOTAL SAVINGS THIS YEAR: $3224.45

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!

The Cha-Ching Challenge Highlight: Super Saving in the NW

September 24th, 2009 By Kaley
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Welcome to the weekly

Cha-Ching Challenge Highlight!

I am pleased to announce our
Cha-Ching Challenge Highlight Winner.

This week’s highlight is Super Saving in the NW!

Kelly is a stay-at-home Mom with a husband (whom she calls gorgeous!) and four year old son.

She writes:

This blog is the first EVER for me so please be patient while I learn as much as I can as I go along. I hope to join the ranks of deal hunters out there, while sharing a little about my life along the way.

You would never guess that she is new to this whole thing when you check out her post sharing how she paid only $14.02 for $113.38 worth of items at Walgreens last week! Not only that, but she scored 22 Ghirardelli chocolate bars for less than a buck! If that’s not sweet, I don’t know what is!

Would you like to join us in next week’s Cha-Ching Challenge?

Simply come back on Saturday and join the Cha-Ching Challenge by adding a link to your post sharing your great deals for the week!

The Cha-Ching Challenge

September 19th, 2009 By Kaley
This post may contain affiliate links, which means I will make a small commission if you click and make a purchase.

Welcome to the weekly Cha-Ching Challenge!

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: $43.70

Giant: Saved $24.70
Walmart: Saved $17.00
I am currently sipping a French Vanilla Coffee from Dunkin Donuts that I scored this morning for FREE with a coupon that came in the mail. Life is good.

Savings from Rebates: $5.47

At Walmart I found a Try Me Free Rebate on Gerber Graduates Smart Sips. They were $2.88.
At Giant I found a Try Me Free Rebate on Gerber Yogurt Blends. They were $2.59.

Savings from ‘Free Money’: $10.00

Got a free subscription to American Baby magazine:
Got TWO free samples of Kashi cereal in the mail this week. They have been a wonderful snack for Lincoln and a great way to keep him quiet while we were in the library the other day!

TOTAL SAVINGS:$59.17

TOTAL SAVINGS THIS YEAR: $3126.96

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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!

The Cha-Ching Challenge Highlight: Saving A Bundle

September 17th, 2009 By Kaley
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Welcome to the weekly

Cha-Ching Challenge Highlight!

I am pleased to announce our
Cha-Ching Challenge Highlight Winner.

This week’s highlight is Saving a Bundle!

Saving a Bundle is a blog dedicated to helping you save money by finding great deals, using coupons, and frugal living.

She writes:

I have always been frugal thanks to my mother and grandma. It wasn’t until I started couponing that the big savings started rolling in….Earlier this year I decided to keep track of my savings for 21 weeks. I was quite amazed at the end result, $4128.27 in savings!

Wanna see the proof? Check out her post sharing her UNBELIEVABLE savings at Kroger last week. Plus, if you take some time to look around her blog, you’ll see that she saves money like this on a regular basis…AWESOME!

Would you like to join us in next week’s Cha-Ching Challenge?

Simply come back on Saturday and join the Cha-Ching Challenge by adding a link to your post sharing your great deals for the week!

The Cha-Ching Challenge

September 12th, 2009 By Kaley
This post may contain affiliate links, which means I will make a small commission if you click and make a purchase.

Welcome to the weekly Cha-Ching Challenge!

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: $10.00

Shopped at my new ALDI for the first time and was reminded why I love that place.

Savings from ‘Free Money’: $45.00

Did I mention I (or should I say Griffin?) scored a $25 Starbucks gift card from the Huggies Rewards program? Can I got a holla?! This makes me one very happy girl.
I used my Swag Bucks to get $20 in Amazon gift cards to use towards some material for doing some school with Griffin. He’s going to love it.

Savings from cutting costs: $6

We’ve still been enjoying basil and tomatoes from our little garden (and the garden of one of our new friendly neighbors) this week! Does anyone have a good pesto recipe?

Savings from having a little FUN:: $11.56

When my family was visiting on Labor Day, we decided to head to Chick-fil-A all wearing our favorite sports team logo and score some FREE chicken sandwiches. Oh. yum. I love that we live near a Chick-fil-A now!

TOTAL SAVINGS:$72.56

TOTAL SAVINGS THIS YEAR: $3067.79 (woo hoo! we hit 3,000!)

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

Enter code NINETY through 9/13/09 at 9:09 pm PST (offer was extended!)

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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!

The Cha-Ching Challenge Highlight: My Litter of Six

September 10th, 2009 By Kaley
This post may contain affiliate links, which means I will make a small commission if you click and make a purchase.

Welcome to the weekly

Cha-Ching Challenge Highlight!

I am pleased to announce our

Cha-Ching Challenge Highlight Winner.

This week’s highlight is My Litter of Six!

Tiffany describes her litter as 1 husband, 6 kids, a labradoodle, and a cat. She writes:

“We’re just a little family of 8, playing baseball and chasing dreams!”

Besides her site (and her family!) being totally adorable, she also posted a totally great deal on the Cha-Ching Challenge. Check out her post detailing how she scored 20 boxes of cereal for FREE at Target. Sa-WEET job, Tiffany!

While you are there, you may want to enter her current giveaway. She’s giving away personalized chore charts for your kids!

Would you like to join us in next week’s Cha-Ching Challenge?

Simply come back on Saturday and join the Cha-Ching Challenge by adding a link to your post sharing your great deals for the week!