http://www.imommies.com/financial-resources/saving/the-target-weekly-041909-042509.htm
If you like to shop at Target, check out the imommies blog. I receive email updates from her every time she post something new to her blog.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Restaurant.com Gift Certificates on sale
Restaurant.com is a great website for gettting reduced gift certificates that you can give or use for yourself. Unfortunately, there aren't any restaurants here in B town but if you travel to the burbs or possibly Peoria you can get 60% off.
We gave a bunch of these to my dad and stepmom for Christmas at various restaurants in Florida. They loved trying out new places that they might not have gone to before.
I recommend that you go through ebates first and get 15% cash back. I checked and right now in Peoria they have a Cheddar's gift certificates for $10 on sale for $3. If you enter the discount code (see the imommies link below) you will get an additional 60% off this price therefore $1.20 for a $10 gift certificate. Now you will also get 15% cash back from ebates as well!!!
http://www.imommies.com/financial-resources/saving/restaurantcom-60-discount-15-dale-thomas-gift-card-through-042609.htm
ENJOY!!!
We gave a bunch of these to my dad and stepmom for Christmas at various restaurants in Florida. They loved trying out new places that they might not have gone to before.
I recommend that you go through ebates first and get 15% cash back. I checked and right now in Peoria they have a Cheddar's gift certificates for $10 on sale for $3. If you enter the discount code (see the imommies link below) you will get an additional 60% off this price therefore $1.20 for a $10 gift certificate. Now you will also get 15% cash back from ebates as well!!!
http://www.imommies.com/financial-resources/saving/restaurantcom-60-discount-15-dale-thomas-gift-card-through-042609.htm
ENJOY!!!
Earth Day Deals
http://becentsable.blogspot.com/2009/04/earth-day-freebies.html
http://www.imommies.com/financial-resources/saving/happy-earth-day-09-saving-the-green.htm
http://katycouponers.blogspot.com/2009/04/earth-day-freebies.html
These are from some of my favorite bloggers that I receive automated emails from....
Enjoy!!
http://www.imommies.com/financial-resources/saving/happy-earth-day-09-saving-the-green.htm
http://katycouponers.blogspot.com/2009/04/earth-day-freebies.html
These are from some of my favorite bloggers that I receive automated emails from....
Enjoy!!
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
March Savings....
My organization in March was not as organized as I have been in previous months. March and April was a VERY busy time for my family. My daughters are now involved in 2 afterschool sports activities and my husband and I were training for a 1/2 Marathon. March and April consisted of a lot of time running for us as well as running our kids to their different activities.
My monthly spending for groceries this month was $464.50.
I saved with coupons and shopping the sales $296.00.
Since March was a 5 week month, my weekly budget equaled $92.90.
This month I had 2 shops at Sam's Club one for 60 and one for 80. This is also included in my monthly budget.
If I had paid full price for all of items and didn't use coupons, I would have spent $760 on groceries this month.
Do you still think clipping coupons isn't worth the time and/or the trouble?
My monthly spending for groceries this month was $464.50.
I saved with coupons and shopping the sales $296.00.
Since March was a 5 week month, my weekly budget equaled $92.90.
This month I had 2 shops at Sam's Club one for 60 and one for 80. This is also included in my monthly budget.
If I had paid full price for all of items and didn't use coupons, I would have spent $760 on groceries this month.
Do you still think clipping coupons isn't worth the time and/or the trouble?
Coupon Class
Coupon Class
Well, today I had a coupon class afterschool. It was great to see so many of my colleagues want to save money!!As I have said before, I just hate to see people spend too much at the grocery store. There have been many times that I have been in line behind someone who has spent hundreds of dollars on groceries and they have so little to show for it. I want to pull them aside and share all of my secrets!!
I also have a hard time spending a lot of money on food that ends up in 2 places on our hips, butt, or thighs :) or in the toilet!!! Don't get me wrong, I believe in feeding my family quality fresh and healthy food but if I can find it on sale and then use a coupon it puts a lot more money into our family budget.
I hope that my friends are enjoying their coupon adventure. For those of you that are new to couponing, take it slow. Try the free blogs for awhile and start matching your coupons to items on sale. Or sign up for a month for a dollar with the grocery game and start slowly. I would recommend saving your coupons for a couple of weeks or even a month in order to get the best savings.
I have about a year under my belt from serious couponing but I still know that I can learn sooooo much more.
I will continue to share my findings with you and help you with this coupon adventure. Every little bit you save will continue to grow and you will get to the amount of savings that I am finding during my grocery visits and maybe even more. If you do, make sure you share your tricks with me and our readers.
Please feel free to comment on the blog if you have questions or drop me an email at the link on the side of my blog.For those of you that are new when time allows try exploring some of my postings on the blog and learn some of the tricks that I have learned over the past year.
Happy Couponing!!!
Well, today I had a coupon class afterschool. It was great to see so many of my colleagues want to save money!!As I have said before, I just hate to see people spend too much at the grocery store. There have been many times that I have been in line behind someone who has spent hundreds of dollars on groceries and they have so little to show for it. I want to pull them aside and share all of my secrets!!
I also have a hard time spending a lot of money on food that ends up in 2 places on our hips, butt, or thighs :) or in the toilet!!! Don't get me wrong, I believe in feeding my family quality fresh and healthy food but if I can find it on sale and then use a coupon it puts a lot more money into our family budget.
I hope that my friends are enjoying their coupon adventure. For those of you that are new to couponing, take it slow. Try the free blogs for awhile and start matching your coupons to items on sale. Or sign up for a month for a dollar with the grocery game and start slowly. I would recommend saving your coupons for a couple of weeks or even a month in order to get the best savings.
I have about a year under my belt from serious couponing but I still know that I can learn sooooo much more.
I will continue to share my findings with you and help you with this coupon adventure. Every little bit you save will continue to grow and you will get to the amount of savings that I am finding during my grocery visits and maybe even more. If you do, make sure you share your tricks with me and our readers.
Please feel free to comment on the blog if you have questions or drop me an email at the link on the side of my blog.For those of you that are new when time allows try exploring some of my postings on the blog and learn some of the tricks that I have learned over the past year.
Happy Couponing!!!
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Dinner and a movie....
Our family is spending spring break at home this year and we felt like we wanted a treat that was cost effective. I being the coupon lady has made this happen. We are having bacon wrapped filet mingon from a local butcher. I had a coupon for 4.99 each. I got 4 beautiful pieces of filet for 22.00 with tax. They would have cost $32.00!
Dinner is covered with salad for $1.00 and garlic bread which was also on sale!! A steak dinner for 4 for only $25.00. Much better price than it would be in a restaurant.
Now for the movie, we have a netflix account but didn't have any family movies on hand. My husband and I are hooked on the series 24 and have been watching it from the beginning on DVD.
So, I went to one of the blogs I follow and got a coupon code for redbox movies. I have done this before and just seem to forget to use their system. I had a coupon for a free rental and then we bought an additional one. We were able to rent 2 movies for 1.00!!! Redbox is a dvd kiosk that is in a lot of grocery stores. I went to the one that is outside of our Walgreens. I recommend signing up through redbox online first. I think it makes it easier and faster when you checkout from the kiosk. Ours was outside and let me tell you with the way the wind has been blowing lately, I wanted back in the truck as fast as possible! Make sure that when you begin to select your movie that you enter that you have a promo code. They will still ask for your visa card to ensure that you return the movie, but if you use one of the codes from the ladies at becentsable you are set for a free rental.
http://www.becentsable.net/2009/03/march-madness-final.html
Dinner is covered with salad for $1.00 and garlic bread which was also on sale!! A steak dinner for 4 for only $25.00. Much better price than it would be in a restaurant.
Now for the movie, we have a netflix account but didn't have any family movies on hand. My husband and I are hooked on the series 24 and have been watching it from the beginning on DVD.
So, I went to one of the blogs I follow and got a coupon code for redbox movies. I have done this before and just seem to forget to use their system. I had a coupon for a free rental and then we bought an additional one. We were able to rent 2 movies for 1.00!!! Redbox is a dvd kiosk that is in a lot of grocery stores. I went to the one that is outside of our Walgreens. I recommend signing up through redbox online first. I think it makes it easier and faster when you checkout from the kiosk. Ours was outside and let me tell you with the way the wind has been blowing lately, I wanted back in the truck as fast as possible! Make sure that when you begin to select your movie that you enter that you have a promo code. They will still ask for your visa card to ensure that you return the movie, but if you use one of the codes from the ladies at becentsable you are set for a free rental.
http://www.becentsable.net/2009/03/march-madness-final.html
Kroger savings 3/24/09 (Spent 72 and Saved 113)
What another great shop! It seems like sometimes there are banner sales and savings and other times that the sales are pitiful!!
I have noticed that I have been able to save more lately and I really feel that it is due to sticking to the grocery game list, deciding what we already have that can be eaten, subscribing to 2 newspapers, and (trying to) sticking to a budget.
Kroger is having a mega sale where when you buy 10 of their participating items you get $5 off. I bought 20 of these items and saved $10.
I have taken a little bit of extra time to go to http://mommysnacks.blogspot.com/2008/07/snack-time-welcome.html. There are many times that she has additional deals with printable coupons or coupons in the circulars.
When I shop at Kroger, I take the time to check out 3 sites to link electronic coupons to my Kroger card. The coupon comes off automatically and it will show on your receipt under the item that the coupon is applied to. The nice thing about the ecoupons is that you can add manufacturer coupons to lower the price of the sale item as well.
For example, Fruit snacks were on sale for 1.99 each. They were also part of the mega sale so they were 1.49 each. I had a coupon for .50 cents off from the SS 3/8 which is doubled by our Kroger. So I got them for a dollar off which is .49 cents. I also had an electronic coupon for .75 cents off of 2. So I got my both of my fruit snacks (I had 2 manufacturer coupons) for .12 cents each!!!
As I said there are 3 sites for electronic/ecoupons.
http://www.cellfire.com/
http://www.softcoin.com/Sites/PG_eSAVER/Page/HomePage/
http://shortcuts.com/
My total savings is as follows:
Manufacturer coupons $36.49
Bonus coupon savings $5.50
Kroger Plus Savings $70.77
Total savings 61% = 112.76
Can you say yippeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have noticed that I have been able to save more lately and I really feel that it is due to sticking to the grocery game list, deciding what we already have that can be eaten, subscribing to 2 newspapers, and (trying to) sticking to a budget.
Kroger is having a mega sale where when you buy 10 of their participating items you get $5 off. I bought 20 of these items and saved $10.
I have taken a little bit of extra time to go to http://mommysnacks.blogspot.com/2008/07/snack-time-welcome.html. There are many times that she has additional deals with printable coupons or coupons in the circulars.
When I shop at Kroger, I take the time to check out 3 sites to link electronic coupons to my Kroger card. The coupon comes off automatically and it will show on your receipt under the item that the coupon is applied to. The nice thing about the ecoupons is that you can add manufacturer coupons to lower the price of the sale item as well.
For example, Fruit snacks were on sale for 1.99 each. They were also part of the mega sale so they were 1.49 each. I had a coupon for .50 cents off from the SS 3/8 which is doubled by our Kroger. So I got them for a dollar off which is .49 cents. I also had an electronic coupon for .75 cents off of 2. So I got my both of my fruit snacks (I had 2 manufacturer coupons) for .12 cents each!!!
As I said there are 3 sites for electronic/ecoupons.
http://www.cellfire.com/
http://www.softcoin.com/Sites/PG_eSAVER/Page/HomePage/
http://shortcuts.com/
My total savings is as follows:
Manufacturer coupons $36.49
Bonus coupon savings $5.50
Kroger Plus Savings $70.77
Total savings 61% = 112.76
Can you say yippeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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