Get Up Early Challenge: Day 13 (I woke up before my alarm again!) and more...

Here's What's New Get Up Early Challenge: Day 13 (I woke up before my alarm again!) 500 Things Decluttering Challenge: I decluttered 25 things from my closet today! Gretchen's $4.81 CVS Shopping Trip :: Get Up Early Challenge: Day 13 (I woke up before my alarm again!) It's Day 13 of the Get Up Early Challenge and I went to bed later than I had planned on last night… But I still woke up *before* my alarm clock this morning!!! I think that means my body is acclimating back to this Get Up Early thing?!?!? I'm finishing up reading the beautiful story of Joseph in my She Reads Truth study today and meditating on the fact that Christ offers us forgiveness not condemnation. Such a beautiful reminder! I'll be hopping on Periscope between 7:45 and 8 a.m. to share some Morning Motivation encouragement and to some thoughts and insights from Rest Assured. I'd love for you to join me or watch the replay (just download the app and search for @MoneySavingMom). Are you joining me for the Get Up Early Challenge? If so, leave a comment on this post to let me know how you did with your wake-up goal this morning. We're in this together… And if you didn't hit your goal, that's okay! Give yourself grace, don't beat yourself up, and know that you can try again tomorrow! P.S. Read more about the Get Up Early Challenge here. Need some help and inspiration to use your mornings well? Download Day 1 of Make Over Your Mornings for free (scroll to the bottom of this page to sign up for it!) :: 500 Things Decluttering Challenge: I decluttered 25 things from my closet today! We spent this afternoon pretending like we were trying out for American Ninja Warrior (see a picture here)! In the same spirit, I did a ninja-like decluttering of my closet for the 500 Things Decluttering Challenge today. All in all, I got rid of 25 things (which was today's goal). I had a little trouble hitting that goal, but I decided that single socks that were missing a partner could count, too. Today's total: 25 items decluttered Total for the entire challenge: 488 items so far! I'm keeping a running total of all my items decluttered during this challenge as I thought it would be fun to not only do Daily Totals but also Overall Totals. How many items did YOU declutter today?? Leave a comment and let us know.  P.S. You can read more about the Decluttering Course I'm going through here. If you'd like to join me in going through it in January and get the videos, information, and printables every day, you can go here to purchase and get it for just $5.99 right now! :: Gretchen's $4.81 CVS Shopping Trip CVS Shopping Trip Transaction #1 2 Scope Mouthwash - $4.49 each (Buy 1, Get $4 ECBs) Used 2 $0.75/1 printable 2 Colgate Toothpaste - $3.49 each (Buy 1, Get $2.50 ECBs) Used 2 $0.75/1 coupon from the 1/17 SmartSource insert Used $10 ECBs from previous shopping trip Total after coupons and ECBs: $3.56, Received $13 ECBs Transaction #2 2 boxes Cheerios - $1.88 each Used $1/2 CVS coupon from in-store machine And used $1/2 printable 1 Oral B Toothbrushes - $4.99 (Buy 1, Get $5 ECBs) Used $0.50/1 printable  Used $5 ECBs from Transaction #1 Total after coupons and ECBs: $1.25, Received $5 ECBs Total for both transaction before sales, coupons and ECBs: $30.13 Total for both transactions after sales, coupons and ECBs: $4.81, PLUS $13 ECBs leftover You received this email because you are registered on www.moneysavingmom.com with the email address panatllc1.kate@blogger.com. If you believe this has been sent to you in error, you can easily unsubscribe here. Money Saving Mom 2020 Fieldstone Parkway, Suite 900 #313 Franklin, TN 37069 © 2008-2015 Money Saving Mom, LLC. All rights reserved.