Coupons on school supplies are pretty much a rarity so I was excited to spot one on B2P pens from Pilot.

I was also pretty psyched because the gel pen is made out of recycled water bottles. (B2P = bottle to pen.) It's part of Pilot's line of BeGreen products, which are manufactured from recycled products.

Congratulations to Amy P., the winner of The Dollar Diet's contest to win a recycled juice pouch purse.

My daughter and I made several of these earlier in the month in response to a birthday invite she had received. With no cash to spend, we crafted a super cool handbag made from empty juice pouches we had set aside. If you missed seeing our final product, you can check it out here.

Amy chose to have her bag finished with decorative fringe so I'll be getting that out to her during the first week of March.

Congrats, Amy. And thanks to everyone who entered.

Just a reminder to enter The Dollar Diet's contest to give away a nifty handbag made from recycled juice pouches. We made our first bag out of desperation when my daughter was invited to a birthday party during our month of no-spending.

You have a chance to win another one of our juice pouch creations by leaving a comment on the original post here. Deadline to enter is noon Saturday, Feb. 19.
 

Just a couple of days in to The Dollar Diet challenge, my 12-year-old came home from school giddy with excitement over the birthday party she had been invited to attend.
Her joy was my panic.