I've been sending for free samples lately, and some of them are starting to come in the mail. Good times. It really is fun to check the mail and see what has come. I got some free dishwasher detergent, and we used it yesterday. Good stuff, and you can't beat the price! I figure it saved us about .20 for both of them. I've found that we really need to use very little in the dishwasher. I used to fill the cup, just because it seemed like the thing to do. Now I use a couple of teaspoonsfull, at the most.

I got a free "Chew-Lotta" dog bone yesterday in the mail. The dog is happily munching on that. I'm not going to count the cost of that in with the challenge, because I wouldn't have normally bought it.

I'm off to find out what coupons I can dig up to use at the grocery store. Not something I would normally do lately, but the $20 challenge has inspired me to add to the total.