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Happy Halloween Weekend Everyone!

I love love LOVE halloween and I am a bit bummed out I'll be missing out on Monday but it's ok.

Tim and I will have 3 years together on Halloween so to celebrate us and my admissions to RCC, I decided to give my "culinary" skills a try..

I made him a red velvet pumpkin shape cake with recess pieces. I had some left over so i made some ghost shape cupcakes for my family and I.

I hope he likes it!

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It is officially October!

October means Halloween! which means really awesome swapbot swaps!

So I did (almost) all my Halloween shopping tonight at the Dollar Store. I swear, I could spend hours and almost all my money there...

 I really love Halloween, ok? I need to pick up more candy but I’ll wait until they come on sale. Going to start making my Halloween cards and working on a whimsey jar swap.

October also means Tim’s and I’s 3 year anniversary ON HALLOWEEN! Too bad it’ll be on a Monday and we both have evening classes. Later today, since its already 2am, we are going to the L.A Zoo, that is if everything goes as planned in the morning and everyone is on time. I have to go observe Mandrills for 2 hours for my antro lab class.

So as far as freebies and couponing goes, I haven't posted much of them on this blog since I want to keep it more of a penpal/swapbot kinda snail mail blog instead of a coupon savings blog. However, I have received a lot of stuff this past week...

I’ve received something everyday this week. It’s been nice

- Cotton Work textile samples and measuring tape + coupon

-2 Free Suave products. About a month ago I took a survey/quiz thing on the Suave website and won 2 Suave styling products so today I redeemed my coupons and got hairspray and dry shampoo.

-Cerra affirmation cards.  I dont know if I posted this one already but I received it a while ago. Each affirmation card has a different scent. I haven’t opened them…anyone want one? 

-Yogi Tea samples + $1.00 off any two Yogi teas coupon

-John Frieda shampoo, conditioner & hair serum samples

-Splenda Essential samples + $1.00 off coupon

-“The Caffeine Made Me Do It” bumper sticker

-2012 Barack Obama bumper sticker

-Icy Hot Naturals sample +$1.00 off coupon

I'll continue posting my received free samples and deals on my Tumblr

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I finally got my drivers license..CELEBRATION! It only took me 6 years but I finally did it.  It was hardly a "driving test" because i literally just had to go around the block. No parking or even changing lanes, it was way too easy.

Anyways, now that I have that out of the way. I need to concentrate on how to pay for insurance and gas and since it's more than impossible to find a job right now, I think I am going to start selling my artwork. Maybe I'll start painting today..but first, time to organize my mail. I am about to break into my 4th storage box...

The 3 photo albums are filled with postcards,

I have also started a new shop on etsy. I'll be selling recycled envelopes, paper goods and upcycled items. It'll also be the shop where I would sell my artwork eventually.

Manitas De Gato

I have been in such a good mood lately. It's finally fall! a.k.a BEST TIME OF THE YEAR! October and November are my favorite months. I can't wait for Halloween! It doesnt matter that I will have to miss the actual night due to school,I am still partaking in the awesome Halloween craft activities and stuff. Also, Halloween marks Tim and I's 3 year anniversary. Crazy.

So since it's a new season, why not start a new project? My very good friend Britty has started "Love Yourself October". It's a creative way to appreciate and love yourself more because as she mentions in her blog, everyone is pretty awesome! I think this is a great way to welcome the change of weather and the holidays :)

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It's September!
There is so much to look forward to this month, starting with the Los Angeles County Fair this weekend...which is conveniently 5 minutes away from my house. Hopefully I'll be able to pick up some freebies.

Some of the latest mail freebies:

-U by Kotex pad and tampons +  $1.00 off coupon

-Classic Pectin sample

-Lactaid Fast Act dietary supplements (4 capsules) + $1.00 off coupon

-Ebony Mag which brought a booklet of coupons inside!

-Peta stickers. This one was two separate freebies. One was a booklet with the I am not a nugget stickers and the others came in a packet of information about peta stuff…I just wanted the stickers.

August Mail 

Sent:

Postcards: 17

Letters: 17

Packages: 4

Total:  38

Received:

Postcards: 11

Letters: 9

Packages: 9

Total:  29

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Summer is over (even if the weather says otherwise) and I am back to school. Since I already graduated, I am just taking fun classes to kill time before I get my other stuff in order.

I am taking Screen Printing which I have been wanting to take since I started college! I bought my screen today and made my first print (which I'll post tomorrow because I am too tired). It's going to be so much fun. We will be printing on textiles too! I am also taking Graphic Design which I have always been somewhat interested in so I am dabbling my feet in it and see if I like it. I enjoyed Digital Imaging in high school so we'll see. And lastly, I am taking Anthropology Lab which is one of the last classes I need to be able to transfer but it's only once a week so that's not so bad.

I spent this past weekend catching up on mail, family reunion and being lazy. Too lazy to even go to the post office so my stack of outgoing mail is pretty big. I love when my bag is filled with mail. I love dropping it all in the mail box and then peaking in at it and seeing it all in the drop basket....all colorful and cute. I bet the post office people are used to it now.lol

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Today's blog is all about savings and free stuff!

Lets start with the free stuff:

-Fiber Choice Weight Management sample and $2.00 off coupon for any FiberChoice  product

-Harley Davidson sticker

-Tokidoki stickers! I had to send a self addressed envelope to receive them so technically they were $.88 but still! They arrived within a week, probably because they’re in LA.

I found all these freebies through http://www.freestufftimes.com/

Now to the savings...

CVS Purchase:

Moisturizing Body Wash -regular price $2.27

Chapstick - $0.80 (clearance item)

Sally Hanson Nail Polish - $0.80 (clearance item)

Subtotal: 3.87 

-$3.00 (I had another free moisturizing body wash coupon found at http://www.facebook.com/MinuteClinic and it rang up to -$3.00 instead of -$2.27 so I wasnt complaining ;) )

So Grand total was: $.87 + $.7 tax = $.94

and on top of all that I received a $4.00 off coupon of $20 or more purchase!

Next..

Walmart Purchase:

Johnson & Johnson First Aid  - $0.97 x 2 

Carefree pantie liners - $0.94 x 2

Benadryl Itch Relief Stick - $2.28 x 3

Oral-B Floss - $0.93

Sub Total - $11.59

-$.50 off x 2 for the CareFree liners

-$2.00 off x 3 for the Benadryl

-$1.50 off for the First Aid Kit

-$0.75 off the Oral-B Floss

Grand Total of $2.34 +$.90 tax = $3.24

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Spent the entire weekend up in Big Bear camping with the family and Tim. Camping is fun but I really missed my bed and I was anxious to get back home to check the mail!

Baking while camping..(and my brother setting up his telescope for the meteor shower)

Big Bear Lake

So today I have spent the day relaxing and doing the snail mail thing. Guess where I got this inspiration from? lol. I can't stop laughing at it!

In other news, the samples are coming in!

-Eucerin sample of face lotion and body lotion with 2 coupons ($1.00 off any 1 Eucerin product and $3.00 off on any 2 Eucerin products) 

-Carefree pantie liner sample with a $.50 off coupon on any carefree product