Summer shopping deals

Good morning, 

The week just flew by here and I don’t have many shopping deals to share but here are my best ones, and really my only ones because I just don’t shop much.  

At CVS- with sales and CVS coupons and extracarebucks and manufacturer coupons,  

all this came to about $23 and I got CVS bucks back for the next week.  

At Dollar General,  all of this was $11, using nothing but their digital coupons.  





My daughter has a side business where she decorates and sells these beautiful Yeti-type tumblers.  

She uses permanent inks and glitters and a rotisserie type turner and the tumbler has to rotate and cure for 24 hours.  I’m not really sure of the details but she is selling them faster than she makes them.  








So when I was in Walmart and saw these TAL tumblers,  which I knew were excellent quality, on clearance for $2, I texted her about them and she wanted some.  


I kept the short tumblers and some of the wine tumblers for my grands to use here.  They have about all graduated from sippy cups and  these insulated cups are so nice.  

I apologize that all of these sales are in the past and no longer available but I do want to encourage you to look online and find out the best sales at the local stores you can shop at. 

CVS shopping takes a lot of planning. 

Dollar General is easy,  you just need a digital account with them. 

And if you shop at Walmart, find out where their clearance aisle is and check it whenever you go there.  

Happy shopping everyone ❤️

My next post will be about what we’ve been eating and how we are doing it differently than ever before and really liking it.  

On to a few home spruce ups.......

I’ll show the shopping deals soon but now, I want to show a sewing job I just finished today. 

We bought a 6 foot long foldable bench at Aldi earlier this summer and it’s very practical for the our grands to sit on but it sure wasn’t pretty.  

I decided to try sewing a slipcover/dust-ruffle to cover it.  

I didn’t find much help on Pinterest so I just jumped in anyway. 

I ordered 5 yards of black and white buffalo check fabric on EBay.  It was described as tablecloth fabric and I was very happy with it when it arrived.  

It’s polyester so it doesn’t wrinkle and should be sturdy.  

Below is the bench without a cover. 

I just measured the bench and cut a piece for the top, then cut 2 long pieces for the sides and pinned them on, and 2 shorter pieces for the ends.  

Then I just sewed it all together and finished the seams so it will hold up to laundering.  

I don’t think Ducky likes it but that’s OK.  He won’t be sitting on it.  

I also added ties on the inside to each corner and middle of the cover are tied to the legs.  

The table runner is just the scrap of leftover but I do plan to hem it for a proper runner. 

I like the black and white checks so much, I may order more and sew up a new curtain for the window by the front door. What do you think? 

In the kitchen,  I cleaned out every cabinet and tried to clear as much surface as I could.  

The biggest change is the upright freezer was moved to the garage and our fridge moved back to the built in spot it was supposed to be in.  

The coffee bar moved into the breakfast nook.  

The kitchen seems a lot less crowded to me now.  




It’s hard to photograph and I didn’t take before photos but I spent 2 days cleaning out and organizing our pantry.  

Below is the view top to bottom.  




Above is the top half of the pantry and below is the bottom half.  

My favorite change is I switched out plastic storage baskets for Longaberger baskets.  I already owned several Longabergers and then I bought a bunch more  of them at a bargain yard sale in June.  

The crocks hold potatoes and onions. 

The plastic tubs hold things bought in bulk and things like extra bags of flour, rice, etc; 

These changes have made cooking much easier too as I know exactly what we have on hand and where everything is.  

I’ve got more sprucing up in other rooms to do and I’ll post progress when I get to it.