Monday, December 31, 2007

95% OFF - I love this!!

I very recently (a couple days ago) discovered a wonderful blog - Centsible Shopper, http://centsibleshopper.blogspot.com/. Thanks to her postings, Centsible Shopper: Walgreens clearance deals and Centsible Shopper: Walgreens Deals: December 30 to January 5, this evening I purchased $74.70 in product for an end cost of $0.42. Yes, that's 42 CENTS!!

Here's how I did it:
Product Reg. Price Sale Price Mfg. Coupon
Easy Saver Rebates Paid
Rx Essentials
$14.99 $14.99 $5.00 $3.00 $14.99 -$8.00
Rx Essentials – BOGOF $14.99 $0.00 $5.00 $3.00 $0.00 -$8.00
Post-It Products (6 items) -had 3 coupons, each $3/2
$18.24 $18.24 $9.00
$0.00 $0.00 $9.24
L'Oreal Couleur Experte Hair Color $18.99 $8.49 $0.00 $3.00 $0.00 $5.49
Garnier Nutrisse Multi-Lights Highlighting Kit $7.49 $3.19 $0.00 $1.50 $0.00 $1.69
TOTALS
$74.70 $44.91 $16.00 $10.50 $14.99 $0.42

I subscribed for a few months to a website that would put together weekly lists of Walgreens' specials, what coupons were out there, what rebates you could combine, etc. I never got this sort of value out of it. The difference? Centsible Shopper listed only the exceptional deals, including links to printable coupons (as opposed to noting a coupon in the Sunday newspaper 2 months ago that I might or might not have) and links to active rebates.

THANK YOU, CENTSIBLE!!

Thursday, December 27, 2007

Why My Blog Is Titled "Discursiveness"

My email account randomly offered "Discursive" as the word of the day recently, and I felt I'd found MY word. I have a tendency to switch from subject to subject - in thought, writing, and speaking. I've often described it as babbling, stream of consciousness, rambling - these never felt quite right, though.

babble, intransitive verb
1 a
: to talk enthusiastically or excessively b: to utter meaningless or unintelligible sounds
I'm enthusiastic, even excessive - but never meaningless or unintelligible.

Ramble,intransitive verb
1 a: to move aimlessly from place to place b: to explore idly
2: to talk or write in a desultory or long-winded wandering fashion
Rarely aimless or desultory - long-winded, I'll admit! :)
So, the following definition resonated with me:
Discursive, adjective
1 a: moving from topic to topic without order
b: proceeding coherently from topic to topic
2: marked by analytical reasoning
3: of or relating to discourse <discursive practices>
dis·cur·sive·ly adverb
dis·cur·sive·ness noun
Yes! That's it! So, welcome to my Discursive Stream of Consciousness.