Welcome viewers of Fox & Friends! I am so glad you stopped by the blog!
My name is Kristin Cooper and I am mother to 2 children, Emily and Jacob. We are also expecting baby #3 next year. School supply lists are getting longer and longer and our budgets aren’t getting any bigger. In July I posted Emily’s 1st grade school supply list to find out if it was average length or if it was excessive. It sparked a VERY interesting discussion and it turns out that everyone’s list is getting a lot longer.
But since I am a bargain hunter, I was able to get all the items on the list for about 60% less than retail price. I requested the back to school list in June and shopped for it throughout the summer. I got free paper towels at Target, free baby wipes at Rite Aid, and a 1c pack of copy paper at Staples (they are repeating that deal this week!). (Note these aren’t necessarily pictured in the paper. Emily had started school on Wednesday and I had already turned in her supplies. What you see pictured is extra items that I had in my stockpile.)
I encourage you to take a moment and look around the blog. I call the blog Couponing to Disney because we use all the extra money we save from using coupons, rebates, etc to pay for our yearly trip to Disney World. We saved $3200 for our May 2010 trip and not one dime came out of my husband’s paycheck. If you are interested in learning about all the features on the blog, you can read this article.
Thanks again for stopping by! If you have any questions at all, please leave a comment below or feel free to email me directly.
If you are looking for back to school deals, you can view the deals at the office supply stores here.
Note to my readers: This post will be a sticky at the top of the blog. Please scroll past it for new deal posts.
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I really enjoy your blog and use it to find all my great deals. Thanks!
Angela
Yay! How exciting :) Congrats on all you great success and new addition.
Totally off the subject but your hair looks super cute in the photo! :)
I just saw you!!!!!!
You did so awesome!!! Gretchen tried to drag you in to a political debate and you answered wonderfully. Darn straight they would take that money from the libraries and the arts. You are my hero. Thank you for all that you do.
We just booked our 2011 trip to Disney yesterday. We are doing your plan exactly and so far not one dime has come out of DH’s paycheck. We got a $250 Visa gift card for referring someone to build with our builder.
I was really impressed by the way she handled the political question. She would lose some of her effectiveness if she had allowed herself to be pulled into the political debate. I am so proud of her responses and glad that I have been able to benefit from her knowledge.
Great job an Fox this morning! When they said “blogger” i just HAD to look you up! What an awesome site!
They must have started before 7:50, I missed you!!! I am hoping that they put you up on their website, but so far nothing. I am so bummed!!!
Aw, man! I missed this! I’m sure you did a fabulous job though! Yay for TV appearances!
It was great! You go, girl! What you’re doing is meeting such a need, and you’re getting so much national publicity. Thanks for all you’re doing to help the rest of us budget!
Here is a link to the video from Fox: http://video.foxnews.com/v/4312986/avoid-back-to-school-blues/
Thanks for the link!!!
Kristen your are the best!!!
We love you
Thanks for the link too. I missed it.
Way 2go Kristen!!
Kristin- You did fabulous. I wish you could’ve had more air time, but you answered so poignantly and eloquently! I am so happy to know you through this blog. Thanks for all the encouragement! We are preparing for our disney trip and so far we have saved on our disney trip over $500! Thanks for all your hardwork!!!!! Blessings!!!!!
Great job Kristen!!!
We don’t have cable (plus I didn’t know about this until after the fact), but I will definitely check you out on their website. Wow, you are really making the rounds! Congrats! And your hair looks great. :-)
We are so proud of you! You did an excellent job with the interview!
You have saved my family soooo much money! My kiddos aren’t even school aged yet, but I’ve already started a school supply closet. It’s never too early to stock up!
Watched your segment online… you did great :-) And I have to say that I have saved sooooo much money from reading your blog. Your blog takes deal hunting to a whole new level.
Wow awesome job girl!!! Congrats!
I wanted to let you know I saw you on tv today. How exciting for you!!! I would have missed because I’m normally at work. But I was at the doctor’s office and they had their tv on. Glad I was able to catch you on there today.
yay! you did a wonderful job. i looked for a link this morning. glad to see they put it up later on. :)
you did a great job! I hate how they try to politicize everything….glad you didn’t take the bait!
Great job!!! :)
Just watched the video and you were great. I bet your family is so proud of you.