As I was going through my stuff last week, I realized that I’m going to have plenty of stuff to pack more than 6 boxes! The exception to that would be that I didn’t get washcloths this year and I really want every box to have one with it’s bar of soap and I’m short on toothbrushes if I’m going to do more than 6 boxes. I just happened to stop in the Dollar Tree yesterday for newspapers and found out they were having a Customer Appreciation 10% off sale. So I figured it would be the best time to grab those last few items.
I also got three 2pks of washcloths. So thanks to the 105 off sale, these items were only $.90 each. $4.50 for it all.
So for this lot of stuff, I spent $6.45. Add that to the $12.43 I’ve already spent and my total is $18.88. My budget is $60 for 6 boxes ($10 per box) but each box requires a $7 shipping donation. So shipping takes up $42 of my budget. Which means I only have $18 to spend on items for 6 boxes. BUT I’m going to pack at least EIGHT and possibly NINE boxes this year – for only $.88 over budget for 6! Of course, each additional box requires another $7 donation. But at a goal of $10 total per box – 9 boxes would cost me $90 but thanks to couponing and smart shopping all year long, I will be sending 9 boxes for just $81.88 – more than $8 under the $10/per box goal! $63 of that is strictly shipping costs. (And if anyone wants to help with that, I’d be happy to let you since I’m taking on a couple unplanned boxes and an additional $21 in shipping!)
I hope you’ll consider couponing to OCC next year! Stay tuned for ways you can still help this year! Collection week is in less than a month!
Last year my boxes ended up in Uganda. I can’t WAIT to see where they end up this year!
I think it’s great that you couponed for such a worthy cause!
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Thank you! It really is a lot of fun!