Money Saving Challenge - week 8 in review

This past week wasn't very good for me as far as saving money.  The kids were off school for February recess, we went and visited relatives out of town, and I've been sick, all of which made my regular penny pinching take a back seat (and explains why I haven't updated the blog in a week!).  Here are a couple of things I did, though, to help me with my money-saving goal:

• I received a coupon for a free tub of Land O'Lakes butter with olive oil via snail mail, from a previous mail-in rebate.
• We took the kids bowling because we had a coupon that got us each a free game.
• With the exception of picking up 4 bottles of Tabasco sauce for free after sale and coupons at Tops, I "shopped" from my stockpile.
• We turned the heat off in the house while we were out of town.
• This didn't save me money, but I wanted to give my husband credit for this: while we were out of town, he ran to the store to get some snacks. My coupon binder was in the car and he checked it before he made any purchases!  There were no coupons for what he ended up buying, but I was so proud of him for making the effort. :-)

Now that we're back home and the kids will be back to their regular school schedule (and hopefully I'll be feeling better soon), I'm going to really strive to do more this week to save money.

If you have any great money-saving tips, I'd love to read about them.  Just leave me a comment below!