From one of my regular blogs that I read....
This is for a $15 rebate for purchasing Frito Lays and Pepsi
http://www.stretchingabuckblog.com/2009/01/pepsifrito-lay-rebate.html
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Do you want more coupons?
http://www.moneysavingmom.com/money_saving_mom/2009/01/free-10-coupon-booklet-from-eat-better-america.html
Read the above link about how to get $10 dollars worth of coupons.....
Read the above link about how to get $10 dollars worth of coupons.....
Bath and Body Works
Great sale at Bath and Body Works and White Barn Candle....
I stopped into Bath and Body works on Sunday while my daughters were shopping in Claire's. I don't know about you but Claire's drive me nuts. The aisles are too small. I find myself knocking something over with my big purse that is of course full of coupons! :) And their are soooo many preteen and teens that I begin to really feel my age! :)
Anyways, while I was in White Barn (Bath and Body Work and White Barn are connected to each other in our mall) I came across their holiday merchandise. They have marked down a lot of their items to 75% off. I found some really cute holiday scented car air freshners. They were originally $5.00 and rang up for $1.25. I bought 10 of them for teacher gifts for next year!
I went back to the mall today, because I had forgotten to bring my coupon for a free signature item with any purchase. I only spent $1.25 for some really cute lotion to give as a gift for some soon to be invited birthday party. I will put this in our present closet. I know that many of you are not surprised, but when I find really good deals on clearance that I know would be great for gifts I buy it and put it in our present closet. If you don't have space in your closet, I recommend a rubbermaid tote or something like that. Having 2 preteen daughters, I know that one of them will be invited to something that we would want to bring a gift. It is nice being able to go to our stash and find something really cute and fun that we got a great deal on!!!
Well, with the future gift that I purchased I was able to get some of my favorite liquid body wash in my favorite scent of Japenese Cherry Blossom.
If you didn't receive this coupon in the mail, check out the following link for some printable coupons that you can use at Bath and Body works!
Happy Shopping!!!
http://www.wowprintablecoupons.com/
I stopped into Bath and Body works on Sunday while my daughters were shopping in Claire's. I don't know about you but Claire's drive me nuts. The aisles are too small. I find myself knocking something over with my big purse that is of course full of coupons! :) And their are soooo many preteen and teens that I begin to really feel my age! :)
Anyways, while I was in White Barn (Bath and Body Work and White Barn are connected to each other in our mall) I came across their holiday merchandise. They have marked down a lot of their items to 75% off. I found some really cute holiday scented car air freshners. They were originally $5.00 and rang up for $1.25. I bought 10 of them for teacher gifts for next year!
I went back to the mall today, because I had forgotten to bring my coupon for a free signature item with any purchase. I only spent $1.25 for some really cute lotion to give as a gift for some soon to be invited birthday party. I will put this in our present closet. I know that many of you are not surprised, but when I find really good deals on clearance that I know would be great for gifts I buy it and put it in our present closet. If you don't have space in your closet, I recommend a rubbermaid tote or something like that. Having 2 preteen daughters, I know that one of them will be invited to something that we would want to bring a gift. It is nice being able to go to our stash and find something really cute and fun that we got a great deal on!!!
Well, with the future gift that I purchased I was able to get some of my favorite liquid body wash in my favorite scent of Japenese Cherry Blossom.
If you didn't receive this coupon in the mail, check out the following link for some printable coupons that you can use at Bath and Body works!
Happy Shopping!!!
http://www.wowprintablecoupons.com/
Meijer shop 1/14/09 (Spent 108 and Saved 100)
Wow! I don't recall saving this much in coupons before. My cashier at Meijer (one of my favorites) was sooooo cute as she kept entering each of my coupons. She said to me, "You did good." Of course, I didn't correct being that I am an English teacher. I know that sometimes we come across not so nice cashiers as we hand over our coupons. I have heard some interesting stories from friends. One story I heard is that the cashier said "You know you use too many coupons." Is there really such a thing as using too many coupons?
Anyways, my favorite cashier was so sweet as she entered each coupon. She said, "Now hunny make sure that I get each one and let me know if it doesn't ring up correctly." Now that is a great cashier. After she entered all of my coupons, I ended up knocking $32.80 off my bill!!! The lady behind me in line just smiled!!!
Some of my friends have adopted my ways and won't pay full price ever again for groceries. Everything that I bought today was on sale. I find myself wanting to stop people who are shopping and tell them that they can save soooo much and buy sooooo much more for their family. I haven't been so bold to go up to total strangers but I do bore and irritate some of my friends as I my holler my savings stories. I want everyone to be able to save this much!!!
What can you do with your weekly grocery savings? I have some friends that are saving for trips, paying off bills, or just using the extra savings to get by from week to week. If you want some extra help, suggestions, or ideas let me know. I am no expert, but I am finding out a lot of the ins and outs of this coupon world!!
Now to the Meijer shop...
Lots of goodies this week....84 items (my cart was overflowing!!!)
Some of the items I bought were 2 packages of vitamins, 4 of the energy efficient light bulbs, airborne, 8 fruit snack and gushers (my daughters' love them), 5 chex mix, 3 hamburger helper, 4 frozen veggies, grapes, 1 pizza, 1 milk, 24 eggs, 2 pkgs. ground turkey, lunchmeat turkey, 2 orange juice, grands bisquits, pancake mix, syrup, 4 pkgs. fiber one bars, 4 pkgs. nature valley granola bars, 3 creme of chicken soup, paper towels, 16 yoplait yogurts, 2 avocados, coffee, fantastic, bathroom cleaner, fabric softener, garlic toast, and 3 packages of danactive.
Yes, some of these are excessive...For example there is no way my children will eat 8 boxes of fruit snacks and/or gushers. Let me correct myself, I am sure that they could eat all 8 boxes but it would not be allowed by their mean mom. If you remember reading on my previous posts, you buy as many items as you can when an item is at its cheapest price. When an item is at that price you then apply your coupon and save the most. For example the fruit snacks were originally $2.84. They were on sale for 1.50 each and I had a coupon for .50/2. Since Meijer will double 2 like coupons, I was able to get 1.00 off of 2. So they were a 1.00 a piece. This saved me 1.84 off of the original price!!!
Another recommendation I have mentioned before is to get an extra paper. For awhile, I would make a conscious effort to pick one up every Sunday. I was already getting one delivered so this would get me 2. Some of the great coupons savings ladies that are out there buy a lot more than this to get their savings. There is one lady who spends only $800 a year on groceries!!! For me, I only get 2 papers since Meijer will only double 2 like coupons. I don't have the time to make 2 trips to the store a week in order to maximize the savings. I recommend getting your nearest major city newspaper. I now receive the Chicago Tribune. It is delivered so if I don't make it out of the house to pick up an extra paper I am set. It cost about $1.25 a week to get the Sunday paper. This is .25 cents more than it does to buy a paper at our store. By having it delivered, you don't have to drive; therefore saving gas money and also I am finding better coupons in the Tribune that we don't have in our local paper. For example today, Powerade was on sale at Kroger for .88 cents. I had a coupon that was only in the Tribune's coupon circular for $1.00 off. I was able to get 1 powerade for FREE!!!
Well back to my savings...
I spent 108.00 (I had a merchandise credit for 5.86)
Saved over $66.74 for buying items on sale
Coupons saved me 32.80
Total savings $99.54
YIPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anyways, my favorite cashier was so sweet as she entered each coupon. She said, "Now hunny make sure that I get each one and let me know if it doesn't ring up correctly." Now that is a great cashier. After she entered all of my coupons, I ended up knocking $32.80 off my bill!!! The lady behind me in line just smiled!!!
Some of my friends have adopted my ways and won't pay full price ever again for groceries. Everything that I bought today was on sale. I find myself wanting to stop people who are shopping and tell them that they can save soooo much and buy sooooo much more for their family. I haven't been so bold to go up to total strangers but I do bore and irritate some of my friends as I my holler my savings stories. I want everyone to be able to save this much!!!
What can you do with your weekly grocery savings? I have some friends that are saving for trips, paying off bills, or just using the extra savings to get by from week to week. If you want some extra help, suggestions, or ideas let me know. I am no expert, but I am finding out a lot of the ins and outs of this coupon world!!
Now to the Meijer shop...
Lots of goodies this week....84 items (my cart was overflowing!!!)
Some of the items I bought were 2 packages of vitamins, 4 of the energy efficient light bulbs, airborne, 8 fruit snack and gushers (my daughters' love them), 5 chex mix, 3 hamburger helper, 4 frozen veggies, grapes, 1 pizza, 1 milk, 24 eggs, 2 pkgs. ground turkey, lunchmeat turkey, 2 orange juice, grands bisquits, pancake mix, syrup, 4 pkgs. fiber one bars, 4 pkgs. nature valley granola bars, 3 creme of chicken soup, paper towels, 16 yoplait yogurts, 2 avocados, coffee, fantastic, bathroom cleaner, fabric softener, garlic toast, and 3 packages of danactive.
Yes, some of these are excessive...For example there is no way my children will eat 8 boxes of fruit snacks and/or gushers. Let me correct myself, I am sure that they could eat all 8 boxes but it would not be allowed by their mean mom. If you remember reading on my previous posts, you buy as many items as you can when an item is at its cheapest price. When an item is at that price you then apply your coupon and save the most. For example the fruit snacks were originally $2.84. They were on sale for 1.50 each and I had a coupon for .50/2. Since Meijer will double 2 like coupons, I was able to get 1.00 off of 2. So they were a 1.00 a piece. This saved me 1.84 off of the original price!!!
Another recommendation I have mentioned before is to get an extra paper. For awhile, I would make a conscious effort to pick one up every Sunday. I was already getting one delivered so this would get me 2. Some of the great coupons savings ladies that are out there buy a lot more than this to get their savings. There is one lady who spends only $800 a year on groceries!!! For me, I only get 2 papers since Meijer will only double 2 like coupons. I don't have the time to make 2 trips to the store a week in order to maximize the savings. I recommend getting your nearest major city newspaper. I now receive the Chicago Tribune. It is delivered so if I don't make it out of the house to pick up an extra paper I am set. It cost about $1.25 a week to get the Sunday paper. This is .25 cents more than it does to buy a paper at our store. By having it delivered, you don't have to drive; therefore saving gas money and also I am finding better coupons in the Tribune that we don't have in our local paper. For example today, Powerade was on sale at Kroger for .88 cents. I had a coupon that was only in the Tribune's coupon circular for $1.00 off. I was able to get 1 powerade for FREE!!!
Well back to my savings...
I spent 108.00 (I had a merchandise credit for 5.86)
Saved over $66.74 for buying items on sale
Coupons saved me 32.80
Total savings $99.54
YIPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kroger shop 1/14/09 (Spent 27 and Saved 24)
I am now remembering why I love Kroger! I hadn't bought anything from Kroger in a very long time because there were usually only 2-3 items during their sale that we would use and to make an extra trip for those few items wasn't worth it in my opinion. Lately, the sales have been good. What I like about Kroger is that it seems like I have a great percentage of savings when I shop there. I don't buy as much as I do at Meijer, but it does help...
Today, I purchased 26 items...
I bought 7 Lean Cuisines
9 Easy Mac cups (these are great for snacks for my kids)
5 lb bag of grapefruit
2 packages of coffee filters
1 powerade (FREE!!!)
3 Suave deoderants
1 softsoap liquid soap
1 pkg. jello refrigerated pudding
1 container of sour creme
Total coupon savings $6.50
Savings for items on sale and using Kroger card $17.67
Total savings $24.16 = 47% savings
Today, I purchased 26 items...
I bought 7 Lean Cuisines
9 Easy Mac cups (these are great for snacks for my kids)
5 lb bag of grapefruit
2 packages of coffee filters
1 powerade (FREE!!!)
3 Suave deoderants
1 softsoap liquid soap
1 pkg. jello refrigerated pudding
1 container of sour creme
Total coupon savings $6.50
Savings for items on sale and using Kroger card $17.67
Total savings $24.16 = 47% savings
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Meijer shop 1/10 (Spent 73 saved 32)
Today's shop was accomplished with the help of my dear husband. He did such a great job helping me keep to my list. He had never accompanied me on one of my grocery visits since we are now coupon and sale conscious. He asked lots of questions and saw how it all works.
Spent 73 (before tax)
Meijer coupons -2.00
Items on sale -20.99
Coupons -9.30
Total savings $32.29
My kids still love when I come home from the grocery store. One of the pluses from shopping from my grocery game list is I am always bringing home different and new items. There are the regular items that are always on our list like yogurt, milk, cheese, etc. but with the grocery game you buy the items that are on sale at their lowest price and then add your coupons to this price to get the items for even cheaper. They love the new treats and snacks that come home with each shop!
I am bringing new items into our house that I never bought before because they were too expensive. I am buying more brand name items than ever before. As I have mentioned before, in our past shopping experiences I almost always bought the store generic or items at Aldi. I still get a few items at Aldi cheaper than the grocery store, but I am very rarely buying the store generic because it is more expensive than the name brand item when it is on sale with a coupon.
Just a small example, today we bought some cough medicine. We don't need it right now, but figuring it is cold season and we live in Central Illinois someone in my home will need some. Well, Robettusin (sp?) was on sale for $4.00 (usually $5.68) and I had a $1.00 off coupon. So the cough medicine was $3.00. Now, it is important to still check the shelf for like products to see if you can still get an item for cheaper. Again, in the past I would have usually bought the generic. Well the generic cough medicine was $3.89. So the Robettusin was .89 cents less then the store generic!!!
Every little bit helps!!!
Combined with my shop at Kroger this week our weekly grocery bill was $130. We saved $89.
This weekly amount is a little high for me, but I did get my dear husband some of his favorite skin care products that weren't on sale (Neutrogena and Nivea never go on sale when I have a coupon!) but I did apply coupons. This was about $18 dollars of my budget.
I am trying to keep our grocery bill at $100 a week. However, I am looking for ways to lower this even more. I have been reading a lot of coupon blogs that I follow and I might be ready to add an additional step to our coupon journey. It is amazing how some families are saving soooo much more than I am. The key is finding something that doesn't take too much time out of my busy life. Currently, I am spending about an hour a week to match coupons, print my list, and look for additional bargains. Getting paid $89 for an hour's worth of work isn't too bad!!
We all have busy lives and it is very important to me that this coupon journey allows me time for my family, my work, and some leisure time.
Keep following me on my savings adventure! I hope that my adventure saves you and your family time and MONEY!!!
Spent 73 (before tax)
Meijer coupons -2.00
Items on sale -20.99
Coupons -9.30
Total savings $32.29
My kids still love when I come home from the grocery store. One of the pluses from shopping from my grocery game list is I am always bringing home different and new items. There are the regular items that are always on our list like yogurt, milk, cheese, etc. but with the grocery game you buy the items that are on sale at their lowest price and then add your coupons to this price to get the items for even cheaper. They love the new treats and snacks that come home with each shop!
I am bringing new items into our house that I never bought before because they were too expensive. I am buying more brand name items than ever before. As I have mentioned before, in our past shopping experiences I almost always bought the store generic or items at Aldi. I still get a few items at Aldi cheaper than the grocery store, but I am very rarely buying the store generic because it is more expensive than the name brand item when it is on sale with a coupon.
Just a small example, today we bought some cough medicine. We don't need it right now, but figuring it is cold season and we live in Central Illinois someone in my home will need some. Well, Robettusin (sp?) was on sale for $4.00 (usually $5.68) and I had a $1.00 off coupon. So the cough medicine was $3.00. Now, it is important to still check the shelf for like products to see if you can still get an item for cheaper. Again, in the past I would have usually bought the generic. Well the generic cough medicine was $3.89. So the Robettusin was .89 cents less then the store generic!!!
Every little bit helps!!!
Combined with my shop at Kroger this week our weekly grocery bill was $130. We saved $89.
This weekly amount is a little high for me, but I did get my dear husband some of his favorite skin care products that weren't on sale (Neutrogena and Nivea never go on sale when I have a coupon!) but I did apply coupons. This was about $18 dollars of my budget.
I am trying to keep our grocery bill at $100 a week. However, I am looking for ways to lower this even more. I have been reading a lot of coupon blogs that I follow and I might be ready to add an additional step to our coupon journey. It is amazing how some families are saving soooo much more than I am. The key is finding something that doesn't take too much time out of my busy life. Currently, I am spending about an hour a week to match coupons, print my list, and look for additional bargains. Getting paid $89 for an hour's worth of work isn't too bad!!
We all have busy lives and it is very important to me that this coupon journey allows me time for my family, my work, and some leisure time.
Keep following me on my savings adventure! I hope that my adventure saves you and your family time and MONEY!!!
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Kroger shop on 1/7 (Spent 57 and Saved 57)
Well, this week Kroger had a decent sale!!! I had written in a previous post that it had been so long since I had been to Kroger that I was unable to find my card. During that last visit, I got a new card and took the time on Tuesday to load some electronic coupons to my card. In one of my earlier posts, I shared that there are 2 companies that allow you to load electronic coupons to your card. These electronic coupons act like real coupons. The plus is that you don't have to have them in hand.
Another benefit is that these coupons can be "stacked". This means that you can use the ecoupon as well as a manufacture's coupon. Our Kroger doubles coupons upto .50 cents. You can get great deals this way. For example, Crest was on sale for 2.50. I had an ecoupon loaded on my card for Crest for -1.50. I also had a manufacturer coupon for .50 cents. Since Kroger doubles coupons. I got my toothpaste for FREE!!!
The 2 sites that have ecoupons are:
1. http://shortcuts.com/
2. http://www.softcoin.com/Sites/PG_eSAVER/Page/HomePage/
Here are the fruits of my labor....
1. Coupon savings $19.15
2. Bonus coupon savings (3 coupons) $3.80
3. Kroger Savings (items on sale) $33.72
4. Total Savings!!!! 56.67 = 50% savings!!!
Another benefit is that these coupons can be "stacked". This means that you can use the ecoupon as well as a manufacture's coupon. Our Kroger doubles coupons upto .50 cents. You can get great deals this way. For example, Crest was on sale for 2.50. I had an ecoupon loaded on my card for Crest for -1.50. I also had a manufacturer coupon for .50 cents. Since Kroger doubles coupons. I got my toothpaste for FREE!!!
The 2 sites that have ecoupons are:
1. http://shortcuts.com/
2. http://www.softcoin.com/Sites/PG_eSAVER/Page/HomePage/
Here are the fruits of my labor....
1. Coupon savings $19.15
2. Bonus coupon savings (3 coupons) $3.80
3. Kroger Savings (items on sale) $33.72
4. Total Savings!!!! 56.67 = 50% savings!!!
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