Are you tired of "deal" posts yet?

Ok, I PROMISE I will blog about something other than coupons and deals, soon! ha ha But in the mean time, here is a run down on some more cheap stuff. Check out information for Target and Walmart here and information for Drug Store deals here. Whoo hoo - get out there and shop ladies!  ~Miss E

More deals!

Sooo, I figured I may start a little weekly coupon write up. But, it will only be on great school supply deals. Seeing as how blogs and coupons are two of my favorite things....why not combine them to meet the needs of my teacher friends? Sounds like a good post to me! :)  Here is what I've found for the week of July 10th-16th. Head on out and score some good deals!

Office Max

*Please note: to receive the penny deals below, you must spend $5 in other merchandise

Basic Pencil Sharpener (Sun - Wed only)

1 cent

Limit 5

Schoolio 2-Pocket Folders (Sun - Wed only)

1 cent

Limit 5

Boise X-9 8.5x11 Paper, 500-Sheet Ream

You pay $5.99 and get $5.98 in MaxPerks = 

1 cent

If you are not signed up for MaxPerks, no worries! You can sign up here: Office MaxPerks. 

Sharpie Black Fine-Point Permanent Markers, 12-Pack

$1 (with in store coupon)

Limit 1

Paper Mate Clearpoint 0.5mm, 0.7mm or 0.9mm Mechanical Pencil Starter Set

$1 (with in store coupon)

Limit 3

OfficeMax 1-Subject Poly-Cover Notebooks, 100 Sheets

$1 (with in store coupon)

Limit 2

Schoolio 1" or 1.5" Poly Binders

$1 (with in store coupon)

Limit 3

Purchase any 2 Scotch or Post-it brand products and receive a FREE tote

(with in store coupon)

Here is my loot!  I bought 5 folders (blue things in background-ha), 5 pencil sharpeners, 12 pack sharpie markers, 1 spiral notebook, 2 scotch packing tape, and scored my FREE scotch tote (red apple bag). Total cost was $7.19 - tax and all! I thought I did pretty good. And...although they do not honor manufacture coupons, the cashier took the $1 off q I had for scotch packing tape anyways. I included those printables in my last blog: here.  I sooo wish we had a Staples!  Oh well.

Some of you may want to visit CVS, too. Below, I have listed some of their good back to school deals. If anyone runs across something I've left out, let me know please. Or - share with me YOUR good steals finds.  Happy bargain shopping!  ~Miss E

CVS

Expo Dry Erase markers 4 ct.

$1.99 (with extra care card)

Caliber 1-subject notebook 70-80 sheets, pen/ink eraser, pencil sharpener or ruler

3/$1 (with extra care card)

My 1st giveaway winner!!

Congratulations! This is a woman after my own heart...a diet coke every morning! That is certainly a necessity for me too. :)  Miss Terrell, if you'll email me your address by Monday (9 pm) I'll get your Teacher Survival Kit right in the mail. Thank you to everyone who participated and to all of my blog followers.  

~Miss E

HELP me, please!

I need some help! I'm over my blog design and am wanting something more personalized and professional. All of the places I've checked with either cost a fortune or have an extremely long waiting period!  :( Who wants to wait 3-4 months or have to take out a small loan to pay for a cute blog? BOO, not me....I'm wanting something presh and in a reasonable time period. So I was thinking...who better to ask than my bloggy friends! Any ideas? Help is wanted.  Thanks everyone!  ~Miss E

Giveaways galore

Ok folks, aside from mine...there are gobs of giveaways!  Holy smokes....and what teacher doesn't love a good freebie!?  Yay.  Hurry up and enter! :)

Karen at A little kinder told me so if having her first giveaway.  You can win a customized tote bag, $10 Target gift card, and a $10 Sonic gift card!  Um...yes please!

Education Journey is celebrating 150 followers!! The 1st place winner will receive a $25 gift certificate to Lakeshore Learning, 2nd place winner will receive a $10 gift certificate to Teachers Pay Teachers, and the 3rd place winner will receive any 3 items from her TpT store!  

And, last but not least...head over to Teaching Mrs. Lazenby for 10 chances to enter a $15 Target giftcard giveaway!  Whoo hoo....Fingers crossed that I win ONE of these awesome deals. Good luck everyone.  

~Miss E

Bulletin Boards!

Hey, Hey!  Sunny Days in Second Grade is hosting a bulletin board linky party!  And seeing as how I love these so much, I thought I would join in on the fun. Here are a few of my favorite bulletin boards. Last year, I decided to make a "scene" outside of my classroom door.  While this was a big task at first, changing it throughout the year became something I looked forward to.  Here are a few of my scenes:

This was done in October. Students made crows to go around our scare crow!  Sorry it's so blurry, the picture was taken with my phone. 

Here is our November/Thanksgiving scene.  My students' family project for that month was to decorate a turkey feather. When feathers were turned in, they were added to our class turkey and placed in the hall.  Super cute!!

Will you BEE our Valentine? Students made bees to place on our scene for February.  (another phone picture - eek!)

This bulletin board is always a favorite.  I never know what to put up at the beginning of the year because I am without student work. So I always do something similar to this....Under Construction or Under KIDstruction. I just add a note saying, "Caution! Student work coming soon!" This lets parents know that their child's work will be displayed and to look for it when roaming the halls!

And last but not least, I'm pretty sure this board says it all about Kindergarten.  Truly....it is a hoot! Students make these art projects in the fall.  We stuff paper bags with newspaper and fold the top to make a triangle (this is where the beak and eyes are placed). Students then glue the wings on the back and we display them for all to see!  

Hurry over and link up. I'm so excited to steal get new bulletin board ideas.  Happy decorating! 

~Miss E

I'm grateful...therefore, a giveaway!

Whoo hoo....I have finally made it to 100+ followers. I'm so excited.  Thank you!  I just love sharing with other teachers and discussing what is going on in my classroom.  It has only taken me a 6 months to get here!  ha ;-) I contribute that to my lack of blogging.  I promise to do better. Anyways...with this goal, comes a giveaway! I have put together a little basket of teaching goodies (aka Teacher Survival Kit) that I will ship to ONE lucky winner.  In this kit, you'll receive: magnetic numbers, writing utensils, customized note cards, designer post its, scotch tape, gum, band aids, finger nail polish, advil (ha!) and other fun things to stash in your desk! ;-)  

You have 2 chances to enter:  

1. Make sure you are a follower of Eberhart's Explorers AND post a comment about your fav. teacher survival must have. 

2. Blog about this give away and leave a comment with a link to your blog. 

Winners will be selected randomly! Deadline to enter is Saturday, July 9th 12:00 p.m. I'm looking forward to reading your teacher must haves!  Thank you to everyone.  :)  ~Miss E