Welcome!

Welcome to my new blog, The Penny-Saving Pupil!

If you know me, you are probably aware of my recent endeavors couponing and sweepstaking, so you can skip this next paragraph.

My name is Jessi, and I live and go to college in Southern Illinois. I am currently a 25 year old senior in Linguistics, working to start as a Graduate Student in Sociology next fall. My wife and I share an apartment with our beautiful cat Miyuki (mee-you-key) and our little Shih-Poo puppy, Sebastian. We live on a very limited budget, mostly supplied by my student loans. I have to use these college refunds to pay for everything from rent to food to gas and everything in-between! Needless to say, I have to do an awful lot with an awful little, so this blog is all about how I do it.

I'm going to be giving you tips on everything I can think of: how I manage time for college and home, how to coupon (somewhat) effectively when you just don't have time to do it, why and how you should be entering sweepstakes, and even reviews on what I have won or bought on a budget! Be sure to follow along to learn about all my whirlwind ventures!

First Win!

Hello all,

Last Tuesday, I got my first surprise in the mail! Yay!

It was a small box, and upon opening it, I found a letter congratulating me for winning the Teen.com sweepstakes. Under the letter was a Garnier Fructis bag, and inside was this!

I won a 8.5oz bottle of Garnier Fructis' Daily Care Silky Secret Leave-In. It's a conditioner and detangler with grapefruit antioxidants and natural proteins. The bottle I won is for normal hair, which scared me a little bit.

I've always had frizzy hair, as long as I can remember. It's dry and wispy, and in the fall and winter my hair stands up on end with static. I shock myself with my own head. It's also fairly fried due to my addiction to crazy hair colors and cuts. My wife's hair, on the other hand, is limp and somewhat greasy. There was no way, in either of our minds, that this product would work for both of us.

Shocker: It did. It's fabulous. My hair has been sleek and smooth, and that's a feat. My wife's hair looks shiny and healthy, and so does mine! Our hair has been equally soft and touchable.

I even missed a shower and sprayed it on before I left to try to make myself presentable. Hey, I'm in college, give me a break. I brushed it in and hoped for the best, and I actually received compliments all day!

Not only does this product work extraordinarily well, but it smells sooooo good! It has a light, fruity scent. I was complimented several times on my "new perfume," which of course I wasn't wearing. Everyone likes the smell of it. It makes me remember other times in my life, good times. It's hard to describe the actual scent, but it smells awesome.

If you are interested in this product, or more by Garnier Fructis, visit their website at http://www.garnier.com/fructis/. To buy this product, check out Walgreens, Walmart, or any retailer near you that sells Garnier products.

I haven't been compensated by anyone for this review. I won the product by entering into a sweepstakes, and was randomly selected.

Enter into some yourself, you never know what you may win!

Good Luck!

Jessi, the Penny-saving Pupil