I Found A Store That Pays Me $1.00 For Every Item I Buy!

Would you like to shop at such a store? You probably already do! Do you have a 99 Cent Store in your neighborhood?

The 99cent chef buys all his ingredients from the 99 Cent Store and shares his cheap recipes on his blog: http://the99centchef.blogspot.com

No he doesn't just buy things like stale cookies, chips and brand X things. He buys healthy, fresh things like red, yellow and green peppers and teaches us how to grill them. He video blogs recipes for yummy, healthy dishes like carne asada tacos, homemade guacomole, and pico de gallo, and pecan crusted fish on a bed of fresh spinach with strawberry vinegrette! The 99 cent chef's blog is well worth your time check it out!

Have you heard about the man who lost 250 pounds in 18 months on the 99 Cent Diet? http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/dollar-store-diet-man-shops-99-cent-store-19372275

Guess where he shopped? He had only a limited budget and wanted to lose weight so a friend suggested the 99 Cent Store. He checked it out and bought things like, oatmeal, raisins, nuts, bananas, apples, oranges, bell peppers, spinach, tuna fish, eggs, blueberries, raspberries, strawberries and m&m's (for cheating) all healthy foods costing no more than 99 cents! His 99 Cent Diet is his secret for healthy affordable weight loss!

He walks daily for his exercise saying: "The earth is my treadmill and it's free."

I love the 99 Cent Store! And I've the discovered the secret of saving/earning money by shopping there. For every item I purchase for 99 cents I earn $1.00 and sometimes more. At another store the same item would cost me $1.00 more and (sometimes even more).

For example, yesterday I bought a package of 3 romaine lettuce hearts for 99cents. At Trader Joe's the same item would cost me $2.99. So I earned $1.99 just from buying my fresh lettuce there. I made a Chinese Salad with this lettuce and with dressing made from the oriental flavor Top Ramen (@5/ 99 cents) and Lee's Soy Sauce (all bought at the 99 Cent Store;) Everyone raved about how delicious it was!

99 Cent Deals: Asparagus Cantelope Bell Peppers Red/Yellow?Green Peppers @2/99 cents Brocolli Tomatoes Carrots Celery Bag of brown onions Del Monte Ketchup Farmer John's Pork Sausage Links Liverwurst 1 lb C&H Brown Sugar 1 lb C&H Powdered Sugar Top Ramen (Nissan) Oriental Flavor 5/$1.00,Lee's Soy Sauce Yellow Potatoes 3 lb bag Cambells Mushroom Soup Campbells Cream of Chicken Soup Spagettio's Hormel Ham (big thick piece) Tortino Pizza Rolls...

Paper/Plastic Savings Paper Towels I buy the "Big Quality" 150 sheets (great for napkins they're already cut!) Foil Plastic Wrap Wax Paper 15 count Freezer Gallon Zip Baggies 10 Quart Freezer Zip Baggies 50 Baggies with ties Kleenex 175 count

***Warning you can become obcessed with the 99 Cent Store savings/earnings.

One older lady was in line in front of me with $50.00 worth of items. She offered to let me go first but I thanked her and told her I wasn't in a hurry.

As I walked to my car I noticed she owned a big new commercial sized van and when she opened her door it was packed to the ceiling with 99 cent past purchases! She only had a small space for her basket full of new purchases!

A scary thought passed my mind: "There but for the grace of God go I." So I made a mental note to only buy things I'll immediately need and use!

A wise man once told me if you see something on sale (you don't need) and don't buy it = 100% savings.