How Much Can I Save in a Year? July Link-Up!

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 Well my savings kinda took a nosedive this month due to us traveling over half of it.  My best savings were at Target, by far! However, I also go in some great internet deals at Shutterfly thanks to some great coupons from registering at various places and target.com thanks to their great daily deals!

July Savings 

$61.01

2011 Total Savings

$534.72

Best of Savings

Free or Almost Free Items this month with coupons:

-2 packs of Sharpie Markers (Free)

-Scotch tape (Free)

-McDonald's medium smoothie (Free)

-Pack of Fischers Hot Dogs (Free)

-2 packs of pens ($.02 each)

-Infant jeans from Target ($0.50)

A Little Savings Tidbit

-I was so excited to find these jeans at Target on clearance and be able to use a coupon from their website! The coupon was for $2 off any infant or child's jeans...which means I got these for $0.50! Because you can print two of each of their coupons I had an extra and was able to give it to a girl I know that I ran into there in the baby section, which allowed her to get in on the same deal! Even if Adeline skips over 24 months, which I know happens sometimes, what a great piece of clothing to donate!

-I also recently "Liked" Money Saving Mom and Coupon Divas on Facebook to make the deal finding even easier! I know, I know...come into the 21st century, right?! I follow Money Saving Mom religiously as one of my favorite savings blogs, but by liking these websites on Facebook, I am able to find the deals a little more quickly and as they are posted.  Just works for me. :) (And of course, I already "Like" Thankfully Thrifty for awesome quick deal updates!)

  

Now it's your turn! Grab the button and link up below with a deals post of your own.  Whether its an update on your savings so far this year or just a great trip you had with great savings! Anything goes! Also, make sure to go check out Thankfully Thrifty to see how Ashleigh's savings are going so far this year!