I am a big fan of Cherry Coke, so whenever it is on sale it’s like a little taste of Christmas.

We went to King Soopers, where they are selling 12-packs of Coke Products at 4 for $11.  This is already a pretty good deal considering it is $2.75 per 12 pack, or $0.22 a can. That’s cheaper than the off-brand soda in the machines at Wal Mart!

But, this wouldn’t be a “How We Save” post until we saved more money on top of this great sale.  On each box of Coke Products right now, The Coca Cola Company is putting $1 off 2 12-packs of Coke Products.

Since we bought 4 12-packs we were able to use two of those coupons.

So we got 4 12-packs for $9.00!  That is $0.18 a can!

An aside which is not how I am saving money so much as making it, but it has something to do with the deal above:  A co-worker and I have been selling sodas for $0.50 a piece at work in the office fridge.  We put the sodas on the shelf with a cup and ask people to pay “on their honor”.  Normally, we make between $0.11 – $0.18 (avg. $0.14) a can.  With the deal above, our profit goes from 29% to 64%! That is a great markup and means that my co-worker and I can actually pay for another 12-pack out of our profits after selling only 9 cans.  This deal may actually help us break even on our little venture.

Target sale this week (ending Saturday)

80+ Wii game titles:  buy 2 / get 1 free

http://weeklyad.target.com/target/default.aspx?action=entryflash& or see weekly ad at www.target.com

When I proposed to Melissa we knew that we wanted to have our wedding in the fall, so we sat down and did the math (best guess) about what it would cost for a wedding and how much we could afford to save each month to make it happened. The reason we are going to get married this fall and not next was because we were able to save what we thought we would need. Mel’s parents have been awesome and have offered to pay for quite a bit.  As a result, we have decided that if we have any money left over from the wedding it will start our house fund.  We are going to continue to save the amount we are currently saving, and put any money we have “left over” after our bills and expenses towards the house as well.  We will see what we actually have left over, because as we get closer we keep finding all those things we forgot about or that slipped through the cracks.  Either way, it is nice to have a little padding and to make sure that I can help Melissa have the wedding she really wants.

We hope that with whatever money is left after the wedding and whatever we end up saving between now and when our second year’s lease is up we will have enough money for a down payment on our house.  We want to be able to put at least a 15% down payment on the house so that we actually own part of our house and so we can keep the payments lower as well.

Here are a couple twitter accounts who post deals constantly!

• http://twitter.com/slickdeals_net
• http://twitter.com/MomsWhoSave
• http://twitter.com/dealnews
• http://twitter.com/amazondeals

If you know of any other twitter accounts that are good for some deals, please put them in the comments and I will add them to the list.

Updates:

• http://twitter.com/bargainjack
• http://twitter.com/shoppersshop
• http://twitter.com/gamerdeals
• http://twitter.com/amazongolddeals
• http://twitter.com/amazongames

You know all that crap you have sitting around in your closets that you almost never use?

Sell it.

Get on eBay, Craigslist, wherever and sell your stuff.  It is amazing how much money you can get for all that crap you have laying around.

My suggestion, use craigslist.  It is faster, easier and less of a pain in the butt.

Meet people in secure locations, like Starbucks, and sell them your stuff that you don’t use.

“One man’s closet full of crap is another man’s Christmas presents for the family!”