How to ship hair spray

So, earlier this week I scored the deal of the year on hair spray. I found 28 bottles of Big Sexy Hair Spray and Play Harder hair spray and Root Pump marked down to $1 a bottle at Wal-Mart. Renewing my couponing addiction now takes me to Wal-Mart on a more regular basis, which is how I ended up there. 

I bought every can on that shelf at that price, and right now I have the lowest price on E-Bay for both products. Even with offering it below anyone else I am still making between $4 and $6 a can after shipping and fees. 

Now, shipping pressurized cans of hair spray is not something I had ever done before. I knew it was considered dangerous, but I didn't know the rules or how to do it. I did a lot of research, I called Fedex, UPS and USPS repeatedly, and here is how to do it:

You can ship with any service offered through USPS. I chose First Class because the bottles are 10 ounces each and it is ok to ship up to 16 ounces using this service. The service is far cheaper than any other, so I use it. 

Each can must be sealed in a plastic bag. I used the thick tyvek ones, but ziplock style are also ok. Each can must have a layer of absorbent material around it. I wrapped each can in its sealed bag, and then created a cardboard box in a triangle shape to surround it. I filled the spaces between can and box with shredded paper (I use shredded paper for all kinds of things, I should write a post about it!). I then put the box inside another large tyvek bag and taped it around so it fit snugly. I taped on my shipping label (I print from my computer to simplify my life), and then I marked each package Ground Shipping Only and ORM-D with a triangle around it written in magic marker. That is it. Simple. Just not easy to find this information anywhere. The last rule is that the packages must be handed to a live person at the Post Office. The UPS store I normally frequent is not licensed to handle ORM-D shipping. 

It took me four hours to get that information. I hope you use it well!!

SHRINK rebate app referral code

Using this code will get you 1000 Shrink points which is equal to $1:

GKZKSM

Walgreens Deal - Campbell's Soup and Life Cereal and Puffs tissues

You can go to Walgreen's today and do this deal:

Buy 5 Campbell's soups.

Use a .40 off printable coupon here:

http://www.coupons.com/coupons/?pid=15493&nid=10&zid=yn07&plid=ESCRSS3024&crid=GN201211-n3&varb=473&cid=19251025&afsrc=1

Buy a Puffs tissue box for .99.

Use the .35 off coupon found in the link above.


Pay $4.19 or $3.55 if you leave off the tissues.

Get a $2 catalina back at the register.


Use that Catalina to buy Life cereal for $1.99 (you might need a cheap filler item to get over the $2 to use the Catalina coupon).

Submit the Life receipt to the Checkout51 app and get $1 back via rebate.

SRP customer? Get two free LED light bulbs!

 Go here and take a simple 5 minute survey. They will mail your new LEDs to your service address and they do ask for your account number, so have it ready!

savewithsrp.com/getfreeleds

4.9% Interest Savings Account - Brinks

I finally found a savings account that pays more than what the regular banks are currently offering.

Brinks prepaid card has a separate savings account attached to it that pays 4.9% interest on balances up to up to $5000. If you put $5000 in there, it pays you $250 a year approximately. Not bad and much better than what most of the normal savings accounts are paying right now.

To get started order a card here:

https://www.brinksprepaidmastercard.com/

Use my referral code:

4117730626

Using my code gets each of us $20 deposited to our accounts after a $40 deposit. Go have all of your friends do it with your referral code after you get your card and keep passing along the good will!!

Activating the savings account portion of the card requires a $500 direct deposit or a $500 government deposit. I am using a portion of my tax return to activate mine.

But what if I am totally, completely broke??

So this post is for people who have literally just enough money for food, and that is all.

Everyone says you need to save money, you need a retirement, you need health insurance, and on and on, but when it comes down to it, all you have is enough for the food you eat, and the gas to get back and forth to work, if you even have a car.

The stark reality in America today, is that any of us can find ourselves unemployed at anytime. What about that? What can someone do if they literally fight for every dollar and have nothing to show for it at the end of the day? What if they really have nothing to put on the table?

So, tonight I went to Wal-Mart and Frys. I bought the following groceries:

1 tomato
1 onion
1 carrot
1 banana
1 apple
1 package of bacon
1 Glade warmer (I used a .50 printable coupon)
 two Twix King Size bars (I used a $1 off 2 printable coupon)

I paid  $5.75 total for everything

I signed up yesterday for both the Mobi and Ibotta apps.

I will get back the following:

.25 rebate for the banana at Ibotta
.30 rebate for the banana at Mobisave
$2 bonus rebate for turning in two rebates at Ibotta
.30 rebate for the onion on Ibotta
.25 rebate for the carrot at Ibotta
.25 rebate for the tomato at Ibotta
.30 rebate for the apple on Mobisave
$1 rebate for the Glad plugin warmer (I used a printable coupon for .50 off the $1.38 price at Wal-Mart)

I will get back $4.65 via rebate for all of my purchases tonight.

My total cost for all of this after everything is $1.10.

I take any rebate checks I get and I place them in a savings account that earns 4.9% interest.

Where is there an account that pays that much you ask?

The one I am using is a Brinks account. It is a attached to one of those pay as you go credit cards. You have to deposit $500 from either direct deposit or a government entity to open the savings account. I am depositing $500 of my tax return to get the saving account activated.

The good thing about it is the money is only available via the card. If you are serious you can freeze that card in a block of ice so you can't use it unless you truly have an emergency and truly plan ahead.

If you sign up using my referral code and order a card (for free) and deposit $40 to it, we each get $20. Not a bad start to a lifetime of frugal habits and a savings plan that is actually something almost anyone can do, and not a bad place to start.

Here is my code:   4117730626

Anyone really can save, if they really want to (and I am learning this now, imagine if I knew all of this at age 20!).

Philosophy Purity deal!

Go to Philosophy.com

Add this product to your cart:

http://www.philosophy.com/lip-shine/00501598,en_US,pd.html

Add that promo code purity (all small letters) at checkout.

You will get a melon daiquiri lip shine, a full size purity cleanser, and three free samples for just over $11 shipped. The purity is free with any purchase, so if you had something else you wanted, this will work with that as well.