Visit coupons.com and print the $3 off 2 Right Guard deodorants. Print as many as you can (2 per computer). Then visit your local Walgreens stores. They are on sale buy one at $2.99 and get one free. Stack with the coupon and they are FREE. You do have to pay the sales tax so it ends up being about 36 cents.
Have fun with this one.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Week of August 15th deals
Some great deals worth mentioning this week:
KROGER-
- Toaster Struedals for $1 using the buy 8 sale get $4 off plus the 50cent coupon on coupons.com
- Snack Packs for 70 cents each after 10/$10 sale and coupons from Sunday paper
- Fischers lunch meat for 20 cents after 10/10 sale and coupons from Sunday paper
- Smart Balance for 49 cents after buy 8 sale and coupon from Sunday paper
- Jell-O sugar free pudding for $1.30 after buy 8 sale and coupon from Sunday paper
- Fischers bologna for 20 cents after 10/$10 sale and coupon from Sunday paper
- Pilsbury items 60-80 cents each after by 8 sale and coupons from coupons.com
- Chex Mix & Gardettos for 49 cents after buy 8 sale and coupons from coupons.com
- Bumble Bee chicken salad lunch kits for 49 cents after buy 8 sale
- Betty Crocker potatoes for 39 cents each after by 8 sale and kroger coupons mailed to me
- All the yogurts were 79 cents each after by 8 sale and coupons from coupons.com
This trip I spent $44.60 and saved $67!! Before the sales and coupons, the total was up over $100. After my Kroger card and misc coupons, it went down to $44.60!!!
If you clip the Sunday paper coupons regularly, there were also some great deals at CVS using the BOGO for Head & Shoulders and Herbal Essances. See the Moneysavingmom blog for details.
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Kroger deals Week from 8/4-8/8/2010
Savings of over 75%! Spent $29.64. Saved over $97!!Visit http://www.coupons.com/ and http://www.smartsource.com/
Print the following coupons as many times on as many computers as you can
- 50 cent off 2 bettery crocker fruit shapes
- 75 cent off Fiber One cereals
- 50 cent off Fiber One protien bars
- $1 off Nature Valley Nut Clusters
- $1 off 2 GM cereals
- 50 cent off cheerios
Requires 2 times through the line. First time get 4 of the Fiber One cereals and stack with 4 75cent coupons from the websites. Get a $4 off coupon to use on your next transaction.
Second time through the line: buy everything else
Fruit snacks = 99cent after sale and coupon
Honey Nut Cheerioes = $1.07 after sale and coupon
Nature Valley Nut Clusters = 99 cent after sale and coupon
Cinnamon toast crunch = $1.64 after sale and coupon
Fiber One bars = 87 cent a box after sale and coupon
Monday, August 2, 2010
Deal of the week:
Rite-Aid:
1st check out- 3pack Venus disposible razors stacked with $2 coupon from 8/1 paper insert. Receive $4 in UP+
2nd check out - go do it again
3rd check out- 2 Disney gummy Cars vitamins BOGO free & stack with 2 $1 coupons from 8/1 paper. Plus 2 Nature's Bounty vitamins BOGO stacked with 2 $1 coupons from 8/1 paper. Use both of the $4 from the previous purchase.
Total spent: $16 (over $47 worth of products for only $16) Over 70% saving
Other great deals:
BOGO vitamins stacked with the $1-$3 off coupons from today's paper.
CVS & Walgreens were pretty boring for me this week. My normal routine for diapers doesn't work when we are working on potty training and Alex spends most of his day in big boy pants.
Meijer also lacked the normal excitment. No 10/$10 this week.
Haven't looked at the Kroger ad yet.
1st check out- 3pack Venus disposible razors stacked with $2 coupon from 8/1 paper insert. Receive $4 in UP+
2nd check out - go do it again
3rd check out- 2 Disney gummy Cars vitamins BOGO free & stack with 2 $1 coupons from 8/1 paper. Plus 2 Nature's Bounty vitamins BOGO stacked with 2 $1 coupons from 8/1 paper. Use both of the $4 from the previous purchase.
Total spent: $16 (over $47 worth of products for only $16) Over 70% saving
Other great deals:
BOGO vitamins stacked with the $1-$3 off coupons from today's paper.
CVS & Walgreens were pretty boring for me this week. My normal routine for diapers doesn't work when we are working on potty training and Alex spends most of his day in big boy pants.
Meijer also lacked the normal excitment. No 10/$10 this week.
Haven't looked at the Kroger ad yet.
Monday, January 11, 2010
1.11.10 @ Meijer = $2.90
http://www.coupons.com/ & http://www.smartsaver.com/ have multiple coupons for 50cent off the items that Meijer has in their 10/$10 sale. They will double 2 of the same coupon so you can get 2 of each of these for FREE!
http://www.meijermealbox.com/ has special meijer coupons that you can use on top of the manufacturer coupons. The Chex Mix is actually a money making deal. They are on sale for 97 cents. There are 50 cent coupons that double on the websites I mentioned. Then there is a $1 off 2 on the mealbox specials. Print all three and you'll actually make $1.06 on your transaction.
The carrots were $1 (no coupon...)
The Old El Paso were $1.75 at regular price minus a 50 cent (doubled) making them 75 cent each.
The yogurt has 40cent (doubled) off 6. And there is a mealbox coupon for $1 off 4. They are on sale for 10/$4. I paid 40 cents for 6 cups of yogurt.
Everything else was FREE.
$1 minus a 50cent coupon(doubled).
I did some other deals too, but didn't picture them.
- Mealbox coupons for Prego sauce that's on sale.
- Fiber One deal that's only in online ad: buy any 4 fiber one boxes and get $2 off instantly. There are meal box coupson & 50 cent (doubled to $1) on the web. If you enjoy the Fiber One (2 WW point) bars, this is a great way to get them for around $1.25 a box.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Meijer deals I would encourage you to recreate!
Hormel pre-cooked meals:
- Print 2 $1.50 off from coupons.com
- Then go to the Meijer Meal box at Meijer.com and print the $1 off 2.
- Print 2 $1.50 off from coupons.com
- Then go to the Meijer Meal box at Meijer.com and print the $1 off 2.
Regularly $5.99 BUT $1.99 after coupons!
DiGorno Frozen Pizzas:
- Print 2 $1.50 off coupons from coupons.com
- They are on sale at Meijer for $4.95
Regularly $5.95 BUT $3.45 after sale and coupons
Bumble Bee Tuna pouches:
- Print 2 $1.00 off coupons from smartsource.com
- They are only .49 each after coupon.
I mixed with some Miracle Whip and dill relish and made a 1 point scoop for sandwiches this week. YUM!
McCormick Spices:
Various McCormick Spices and Rubs are on sale for $1.99 at Meijer this week.
- Print 2 of the $1 off coupons from coupons.com
Get the McCormick bread crumbs for meat for the best deal. These are usually $3.99, but are one sale for $1.99. Combine with coupon, you'll only pay .99!!!
Classico Pasta Sauce:
On sale 2/$4
Combine with Meijer Mealbox $1 off 1 and they are only $1.50 each. Not bad for the premo pasta sauce!
This week's Meijer Deals
Here's what I got at Meijer this week:
96 pack Luvs Diapers box
2 pouches Bumblebee tuna
2 cartons Progresso Chicken Stock
2 cartons Swanson Chicken Stock
3 6 packs of Musselman's applesauce
2 Steam fresh veggie bags
1 McCormick Italian Herb crumbs
4 Hormel pre-cooked meals
2 Classico pasta sauces
2 Digorno frozen pizzas
1 Can't Believe butter spray
1 pack American cheese singles (16 pack)
Total Spent: $45.00
[Total Before sales & Coupons: $95.00]
(Total Savings: $40.00)
96 pack Luvs Diapers box
2 pouches Bumblebee tuna
2 cartons Progresso Chicken Stock
2 cartons Swanson Chicken Stock
3 6 packs of Musselman's applesauce
2 Steam fresh veggie bags
1 McCormick Italian Herb crumbs
4 Hormel pre-cooked meals
2 Classico pasta sauces
2 Digorno frozen pizzas
1 Can't Believe butter spray
1 pack American cheese singles (16 pack)
Total Spent: $45.00
[Total Before sales & Coupons: $95.00]
(Total Savings: $40.00)
Thursday, October 15, 2009
I get it honest, I guess....
Today I was reminded about where I get this love for coupons. I went up to the farm to meet my mom and spend the day with her. We had decided to visit one of the local gambling boats that she frequents. She has a 3 star card which gets her free rooms from time to time AND they send her coupons for free gambling money. Do you see the irony in that? The FREE stuff has hooked her. In her rush to get out the door and meet me, she up and left the $10 coupon that was good only for today at home. That about killed her. It was $10. Not $100. Just $10. But the thought of not having it just about sent her into a frenzie.
When I was younger, my sister ran a newspaper route. On Sunday's all she had to do to get her money back from the newspaper was remove and return the front page. The rest was theirs to dispose of. Well, they would dispose of them straight to my mother's living room floor. Mom would get around 30-50 papers each Sunday. She would remove the coupon circulars and pile the coupons up all around the living room. I would often times help her clip and sort her piles of "money." I know, I know!! For those of you how are as frugal as me, I can see the drool coming off your lips!
She had a show box (which soon became two shoeboxes) that she would keep in her trunk. She was always armed and ready to respond to any deal anywhere! Sometimes she would literaly clear the shelf at the store and have to ask the stock boy to go find more. I remember going with her because her shopping trips often took 2 grocery carts. She would fill the car with food and groceries and her bill would always be less than $20.00! Sometimes it would come to a $0 balance. We had a formal dining room adjacent to our eat-in kitchen. It was always stocked with all kinds of crackers, cookies, soup cans, snacks, cake mixes, cleaning products or whatever she could find for free or cheap.
So, as my mom lamented on the way to the boat, I just smiled. My mother's love for the boat is a running joke in our family. We tease her and tell her, "Mom, you spent all those years clipping coupons and getting free groceries and now you're spending it at the boat. I guess it's a good thing you did that so now you have your gambling money to blow every now and then."
Well momma, thanks for instilling in me a love for getting something for nothing, an appreciation for the value of a hard-earned dollar, and the ability to know how to work the system! I truly do get it honest, I guess.
When I was younger, my sister ran a newspaper route. On Sunday's all she had to do to get her money back from the newspaper was remove and return the front page. The rest was theirs to dispose of. Well, they would dispose of them straight to my mother's living room floor. Mom would get around 30-50 papers each Sunday. She would remove the coupon circulars and pile the coupons up all around the living room. I would often times help her clip and sort her piles of "money." I know, I know!! For those of you how are as frugal as me, I can see the drool coming off your lips!
She had a show box (which soon became two shoeboxes) that she would keep in her trunk. She was always armed and ready to respond to any deal anywhere! Sometimes she would literaly clear the shelf at the store and have to ask the stock boy to go find more. I remember going with her because her shopping trips often took 2 grocery carts. She would fill the car with food and groceries and her bill would always be less than $20.00! Sometimes it would come to a $0 balance. We had a formal dining room adjacent to our eat-in kitchen. It was always stocked with all kinds of crackers, cookies, soup cans, snacks, cake mixes, cleaning products or whatever she could find for free or cheap.
So, as my mom lamented on the way to the boat, I just smiled. My mother's love for the boat is a running joke in our family. We tease her and tell her, "Mom, you spent all those years clipping coupons and getting free groceries and now you're spending it at the boat. I guess it's a good thing you did that so now you have your gambling money to blow every now and then."
Well momma, thanks for instilling in me a love for getting something for nothing, an appreciation for the value of a hard-earned dollar, and the ability to know how to work the system! I truly do get it honest, I guess.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Answering a common question people have to this coupon thing:
I had my first comment last night! I'm thrilled. I don't know who it was or how they found the website, but I'm glad they did. They posed a question that is actually very common so I thought I would answer it for all to hear!
Question: "So do you just buy what's on sale and then plan a menu for the week based on what was on sale or do you make your list of what you need and then go find where that stuff is sold at the best deal? Does my question make sense?"
Answer: Yes, your questions makes sense! And my answer will be a little bit of both...
This is how I do it. I look at the ads each week and make a list of the "deals". Then I make my rounds shopping from the list to pick up the great deals at 1-5 different stores. I've done this for long enough that I have a very well stocked pantry. As far as dinner menu's go, I like to be creative. I just take a look in the pantry and piece together a meal. I know what basics to have in the pantry (ie, chicken stock, beans, rice, spices, oils, lean meats, canned/frozen veggies, cream soups, cheeses, whole grain pastas, potato spuds, etc...). Give me a well stocked pantry and I can create a delicious and healthy meal (most of the time). I learned to do that by following recipes for several years and just paying attention as I put things together from the recipe book. So to answer your question, I plan my menu around what's in the pantry. I keep the pantry well stock inexpensively by watching the deals each week and frequenting the coupon websites & using the Sunday paper inserts.
I try to keep a good stock of items we need on a regular basis (ie garbage bags, cleaning products, paper towels, toilet paper, etc). I keep the mindset that it's better to buy it when it's cheap and save it than to go buy it at full price when you need it. So I guess you would say I pretty much buy on a "what's on sale" basis instead of a "we need it now" basis. Sometimes however, this process doesn't work and I have to go to the store to get things I need and must have now. In this case, I always go online and try to find the store where I can get the best deal.
But for the most part, my shopping is based upon purchasing what I can get cheap or almost free with the weekly sales and coupons.
Question: "So do you just buy what's on sale and then plan a menu for the week based on what was on sale or do you make your list of what you need and then go find where that stuff is sold at the best deal? Does my question make sense?"
Answer: Yes, your questions makes sense! And my answer will be a little bit of both...
This is how I do it. I look at the ads each week and make a list of the "deals". Then I make my rounds shopping from the list to pick up the great deals at 1-5 different stores. I've done this for long enough that I have a very well stocked pantry. As far as dinner menu's go, I like to be creative. I just take a look in the pantry and piece together a meal. I know what basics to have in the pantry (ie, chicken stock, beans, rice, spices, oils, lean meats, canned/frozen veggies, cream soups, cheeses, whole grain pastas, potato spuds, etc...). Give me a well stocked pantry and I can create a delicious and healthy meal (most of the time). I learned to do that by following recipes for several years and just paying attention as I put things together from the recipe book. So to answer your question, I plan my menu around what's in the pantry. I keep the pantry well stock inexpensively by watching the deals each week and frequenting the coupon websites & using the Sunday paper inserts.
I try to keep a good stock of items we need on a regular basis (ie garbage bags, cleaning products, paper towels, toilet paper, etc). I keep the mindset that it's better to buy it when it's cheap and save it than to go buy it at full price when you need it. So I guess you would say I pretty much buy on a "what's on sale" basis instead of a "we need it now" basis. Sometimes however, this process doesn't work and I have to go to the store to get things I need and must have now. In this case, I always go online and try to find the store where I can get the best deal.
But for the most part, my shopping is based upon purchasing what I can get cheap or almost free with the weekly sales and coupons.
Monday, October 12, 2009
Funny Meijer Story and Reason for this Blog
So Alex and I went to Meijer this morning armed with my coupons and grocery list from this week's online ad. We went about gathering everything that was on the list I had made. This is quite a job in multi-tasking for a coupon conquering mother with a 22 month old boy in the cart who likes to climb and grab anything within his reach. We got up to the register with our stack of coupons and gave them to the cashier. She smiled sweetly asking if I found everything okay and started scanning my items. I could see her eyeing my well-organized coupon box sitting in the cart out of arms reach from Alex. She politely asks, "Where do you find all those coupons?" I laughed a little in light of my addiction to coupons and replied, "Well, from the Sunday paper, various magazines, but mostly online." She wasn't quite sure what to think about that. She continued to scan the items on the belt, then began the coupons. After my bill went from over $55 to $23, she quickly responded, "Wow, I've always wanted to start doing something like that, but I just don't even know where to start." I walked off pondering this conversation.
So is this coupon craze something that is unique to me and a select few frugal moms out there? Is this a life skill that few people really know how to do? Do I have something that other people would like to learn? This is the inspiration for beginning this blog. If there are people out there who want to learn this process, I will do my best to show you how I consistently save over 50% a week on groceries. So, bookmark this site and enjoy the journey with me.
So is this coupon craze something that is unique to me and a select few frugal moms out there? Is this a life skill that few people really know how to do? Do I have something that other people would like to learn? This is the inspiration for beginning this blog. If there are people out there who want to learn this process, I will do my best to show you how I consistently save over 50% a week on groceries. So, bookmark this site and enjoy the journey with me.
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