What to get the Med Student in your life for Christmas

Finding perfect gift for Medical Student in your life is not an easy task.   Instead of a generic gift, I got the low down on what they actually use on a scary normal basis.  And their tastes are expensive!  Because its all last minute, I haven't found many stellar deals that I'd normally buy but considering these products don't go Super Sale anyways these are pretty decent last minute prices.

If you get to Rite Aid today there is a 2 for $3 sale on Red Bull.

And starting Sunday their will be a BO50 sale with $1 UP reward on Emergen C.  No coupons but for another time you can request a free sample at http://www.emergenc.com/

If you head to CVS tommorrow, they have a 2 pk of Five Hour Energy on sale for 2 for $8.  I personally cringe at $2 a small bottle being a good deal but if you still have your ECB's from Black Friday not a bad way to burn them.  It makes me super glad I got those free samples in the mail from my earlier post.

I put the Subway card because of their hectic schedules and lack of access to balanced meals.. SUBWAY is the easiest thing for them to pick up and a way to ensure they eat something somewhat healthy.  And I got a great gift card deal from Saveology a few months back.

I personally am going to add Eye Drops to my list because of all the eye strain from computers and studying.  And if you still have your Health Savings Account balance its great way to burn those funds before you lose them.

How I'm using my Stock Pile for Gifts (Tween's, Teens and Gals)

Look at what I got suckered into buying recently !! Trust me everything is super tiny and they get away with charging $19!!!!! This is why I think Sephora is genius and I try to stay away at all costs.

Anyways, lesson learned.  My mistake inspired me with great Stockpile Gift Idea!!  If you browse stores right now, a lot of the beauty sections are advertising as a free gift for their expensive beauty stuff CHEAP CHEAP free clutches and tote bags.  OR you see all these gift sets that are marked up because they put them in cheap cosmetic bags or boxes with NICE bows.  It really gave me an idea this year to do them myself because I got lots of extra stuff in my stock pile and its super easy to make.  

Clutch Full of Beauty Essentials 

What you'll need:

Beauty related things

Clutch/ Mini Purse/Cosmetic Bag

Bow (this is why I save all my nice bows from gift sets)

To make this look nicer you can get an even fancier bow and put a cute gift tag with thoughtful note

For the Tween: 

 Sample of Fragrance in those little glass vials {FREE}

Lip Gloss (easier because you don't have to worry about picking shades) {FREE}

Revlon Nail Boards {FREE}

Cover Girl Blush {FREE}

Cover Girl Concealer (this is only because I have tons and I know their skin color) {FREE}

Cheap Clutch (mini Purse) {Valentines Clearance from Target Dollar section $.25}

Retail Worth $15

My Cost $.25 !!!!!! 

For the Teen 

You can add like Breath stuff and Advil for PMS and even Tampons.  What I love about this gift is you can really just add about anything.  I'm focusing more on my freebies from couponing.

For the Adult 

This is more tricky because some ladies only do name brand stuff. For makeup it really depends on the personality.  But who doesn't need aspirin, panty hose, breath strips, nail clippers, nail polish to play with and chapstick?  And who doesn't have lame company holiday party coming up that will require extra tiny things?

End of November Financials

Previous observation is canceled out too much stress and poor eating leads to freaking COLD and near mental breakdown!! Fortunately, I have Flex Spending and a huge stock pile of cold medication. I hate this recession, I really do companies just put too much stress on workers.  Now I really need another vacation! 

            Money to be sent to Online Savings account        $     893.16  

Total Saved toward Goal $  9,379.66   

Actually this is super exciting, if I weren't just completely beat up and exhausted.. I'd be jumping up and down.  It means that even though I have 2 more paychecks left, I only need 1 more to meet my goal.  And I have just enough for a vacation.  Assuming Christmas gifting doesn't completely ruin it for me.  It means that I'm almost there and I've finally almost completed a substantial goal I set for myself.  It means all the sacrifices will have been worth it!!!

Mid November Financials

I figured something out, when I'm super stressed and working like a dog.  I just have no energy to shop or look for deals.. and I just stop buying.  I just want to go home and be a couch potato and then go to sleep. Granted.. I eat a lot of cereal/oatmeal, ramen, junk food and smoke way too much.  It's interesting because I didn't really even stop to think that I was using my stockpile. I have a feeling this is going to come back to bite me because I really didn't do any prep for the holidays.  We'll see.

I finally got off my ass and got back some money makers, have been on my to do list for ages.

      

Total to be sent to my high yield Online Savings account: $1480.54

Total Saved toward goal: $ 8,486.50

End of October Financial Results

Total to be sent to my Online Savings account  $  565.07 

Total Saved toward goal:  $  7,005.96

Just been super swamped and busy, I finally got down to my numbers from vacation.  Notice there were no Money Makers this period, too busy at work and catching up with errands.  I've also gotten much more slacker like, I think it's the post vaca mindset.  No one said being responsible is easy.  

Target Sweater Deal

Starting today they have the plain Vnecks and Turtlenecks for $8.99

If you were to print the below sweater coupon for an additional $4 off , you can score a sweater for $4.99.  Great deal for yourself or as a gift.

Depending on your store, you may have an even better clearance selection to choose from!!

Outback Steakhouse Gift Card Deal

This is a great deal an opportunity to save almost 20% at Outback Steakhouse.  You can even create custom gift cards! Regular shipping is $1.95.  The downside is the $20 bonus gift card you have to use by feb 10.

McDonalds Deal!!!!!!!!!!

OMG is all I have to say, MCDonalds is my favorite food of all time!! But it's super expensive, it's gotten ridiculous.  So this deal is the most awesome ever!! They never expire so you can take your time even.  You can give these away  as gifts if you can bare to part with it lol what teen doesn't eat at McD's.  Basically you get a book of vouchers kinda like coupons in a way, and inside will be 5 for Big Macs and another 5 for Large fries!  Making it $1.30 each + tax!!  It's a lot cheaper than even than BOFO coupons that occasionally come out .

Here's my link to the deal:  https://share.livingsocial.com/deals/190802?ref=conf-jp&rpi=38417644