My Walgreen's and CVS Deals for today!

I know, I know-- I have not shopped in awhile!! I have been so busy, that I haven't even went deal shopping (that much) the passed week! What was I thinking?! lol.

Well, today I got a few things that I needed and some things for free/cheap!

First off, my CVS transaction:

(1) Package of Huggies Diapers. On sale for 8.99 (didn't have my coupon with me! Argh! but needed these right away.)

As many know, we usually use cloth diapers, but because our drain in our basement is being fiesty again, we can only do so many loads of washes a week. :(

(2) Loreal Excellence hair color

(2) Hawaiian Tropic Dark Tanning Lotions (on sale for 8.49 ea. Got them for $1.49 ea)

Subtotal: $46.95

Subotal after coupons: $25.95

Total OOP (out of pocket) after using previous ECB's: $10.16

Total ECB's earned: $10.00

Total after oop and ECB's earned: 16¢

Savings: $46.79 Percentage Saved: 99.6 %

Wooo!!

My next transaction was at Walgreen's:

(2) Rave hairsprays (I needed those. no coupons, but were on sale BOGO 1/2 off)

(5) Cutter Bug repellant

(2) Ecotrin pain medicine

Also got a 20 oz. Mt. Dew cuz I'm addicted. :-(

Subtotal: $22.22

Total after coupons and tax: $7.01

Total RR's earned: $4.00

Total after OOP and RR's: $3.01

Savings: $19.21 Percentage Saved: 86.45 %

Not too shabby, when everything I got was stuff I needed or FREE if it was something I didn't need!

Hair Color for FREE!

CVS has Clairol Natural Instincts Hair Color on sale for $3.99, if you use the $4 off 1 coupon from the 4/19/09 (I believe) ad, then it's FREE. You MUST use it today though, because that coupon expires today!!!

Today is Sunday- Don't forget your newspapers!!!

For all the newbies- don't forget to buy your Sunday paper today!!! The more freebies/deals you want- the more papers you should buy! I generally buy about 4-5 every Sunday!
There are some great freebies this week, so go atleast buy 1 !!

HUGE savings at Old Navy!

Ok, so there's a website HERE where you can go to do a coupon hunt for some major savings at Old Navy this week! Here's the deal- we have NO idea when the website will update, so that you can search for your coupons- BUT it WILL be today! The coupons will go extremely fast, because they are as large as $75 off $100 !! Yes, that's right!!

I'm not sure if the coupon is printable, or what-- I'm new to this- but apparently this website does this once a week! Be sure to check out the site, and refresh it as often as possible, to see if the site was updated yet, and get your coupons!! If you find the big ones, let us know where they are!! GOOD LUCK everyone!!!

Thanks Tiffany!!

New Background and some new additions!

I just changed the background- I hope everyone likes it! I LOVED what I used to have, but I think it was getting to be a bit too much! The site was starting to look a bit crowded maybe?
Anyways, there are also some new links on the top left for people who are just getting into coupons, or shopping at walgreens and cvs!

Let me know how you guys like it?!

Free Hawaiian Tropic SunCare Sample & other Free Samples!

I know, I know- It's supposed to be "Freebie Friday," but it's like Freebies are coming early this week!!


Check this out for a free sample of Hawaiian Tropic SunCare!

Also, click Here for more free samples that you can get! Including lotions, feminine products, and more!

Usually when I get the freebies from Walmart, they also send a good coupon too!!

Free Ice Cream at Walmart, May 30th!

Well, the Pizza Hut freebie didn't pan out (no pun intended) for me, did it work for you guys?! Maybe it's a west coast thing!

Anyways, here's a freebie that seems to be at most Wallie-Worlds!!

On May 30th, from 11 am-4pm Walmart will be giving out free ice cream to everyone who comes in. You will have your choice of: Dibs Snack Bags, Blue Bunny Aspen frozen yogurt granola bars, and Ben &Jerry's flipped out cups.

To see if your Walmart is participating, click HERE and put in your zip code!

Yummy! Freebies are awesome, but when it's ice cream- it's even BETTER! :-D

Wednesday May 27th, 2 FREE Stuffed Pizza Rolls!

Pizza Hut is giving out 2 FREE stuffed pizza rolls to every customer TODAY only. No purchase necessary, one offer per person!

Be sure to ALWAYS call your local Pizza Hut to see if they are participating!

Thanks Money Saving Mom!

My CVS trip today!

So I checked the CVS deals for this week (which I will post tomorrow) and didn't realize there were some deals that were special for the weekend only. So unfortunately I didn't get those to you in time, unless you message me very soon!

So here are the deals I got today:

(1) Playtex Sport Tampons, 18 ct- originally $5.29, I got them FREE.

(2) Band-Aid packs- originally $4.19 ea, I got them FREE.

(2) Speed Stick Deodorants- originally $3.99 ea, I got them FREE.

(1) Colgate toothpaste- originally $3.89, I got it FREE.

Subtotal: $24.94

Total OOP after coupons, and sales: $16.77

Total ECB's earned: $17.00

Total after OOP and ECB's: OVERAGE of 23¢ !! not bad!!

Savings: $24.94 Percentage: 100%

Free Sample of Gillette Deodorant!

Go HERE to sign up for a free Gillette deodorant sample to be mailed to you!

Thanks Money Saving Mom!

Walgreen's Deals for this week!

Dial Body Wash (travel size near front registers) 99¢
Use $1 off 1 coupon here
Free after coupon

Dial Soap 2 for $3
Use 55¢ off 1 coupon here
95¢ each after coupon

Hawaiian Tropic Sun Products on sale BOGO Free
Buy 2 and use two $2 off one coupon here
As low as $4.49 for two after coupons

Buy 1 Colgate Wave Total Toothpaste at $2.49, Get $1.50 Register Rewards
Use $1 off coupon here
Total OOP: $1.49
RR's earned: $1.50
Free after coupon and Register Reward

Buy 1 Posture D Calcium at $8.99, Get $8.99 Register Rewards
Total OOP: $8.99
RR's earned: $9.00
Free after Register Rewards

Buy 1 Speed Stick or Lady Speed Stick deodorant at $1.99, Get $1 Register Reward
Total OOP: $1.99
RR's earned: $1
$0.99 after Register Reward

Buy 1 Bayer Quick release Crystals at $2.49, Get $2.49 Register Rewards
Total OOP: $2.49
RR's earned: $2.50
Free after Register Rewards.


If you're new to Walgreen's, check out my Walgreen's 101 lesson on the left side bar at the top of the page! Don't forget, each printable coupon can usually be printed twice- giving you more freebies! If you're buying something that will get you RR's, don't buy more than 1 of each item on each transaction!!! (Unless it calls for you to buy 2 or so, to get the RR's!) It will only print a RR for the first item!

Woo! Sorry I haven't updated everyday like I normally do! This weekend flew by, and it was very busy!!

I have alot of deals/freebies that I need to show off!!

Walmart:

(5) Frank's Redhot Sauce: 86¢ everyday price. I got them for an overage of 14¢ each. So I got "paid" 70¢ to buy these. Stores won't normally hand you the change, so we got a drink.

(4) Packs of Bar-S Hotdogs- FREE. I thought they would be 5¢ per pack, but the price was 50¢ ea, not 55¢ before my coupons!

Subtotal- $6.30

Total after coupons- FREE.

Savings- $6.30 Percent: 100%

My next transactions were at Walgreen's:

Similac formula- original price $23.99

Edge shave gel

(4) Jars baby food (fillers)- 79¢ ea.

Subtotal: $29.14

Used RR's that I had earned, to pay for everything, plus a similac coupon...soo..

Total OOP (out of pocket): $1.80

RR's earned: $1

Total: 80¢

Total Savings: $28.34 Percent: 97 %

BUT- I can only "count my savings" once. So I always count my register rewards on the order in which I earned them. This is just to show off the things I spend my RR's on! I know I can't count my savings twice!!

(2) Edge shave gels

(1) Right Guard Deodorant (wrang up wrong)

(1) Right Guard Deodorant (wrang up right)

Subtotal: $12.96

Total OOP after coupons: $8.96

Total RR's earned: $12.00

Total after OOP and RR's: OVERAGE of $3.04

Total Savings: $12.96 (plus overage) Percentage: 100%

And of course I had to show off my little man!! Look at what Everett did when we were getting ready to leave the house the other day:

Poor thing was sooo tired!!

Here he is at Tiff's house, eating treats! He's such a big boy now!!!

Walmart- 5¢ Bar-S Hot Dogs!

Walmart has the small size package of Bar-S Hot dogs for 55 ¢ ea, and with the printable coupon found here:

http://print.coupons.com/couponweb/Offers.aspx?pid=13927&zid=ym31&nid=10&bid=alk0523070530dwskm15816114

for $1 off of 2, you can get them for 5¢ each!

Remember, most coupons can print twice per computer! So make sure you print 2, and you can get 4 packs of hot dogs for a total of 20¢ !!

Sorry it took me awhile to get my recent deals posted!! I've been balancing shopping, blogging, and LOTS of time with my lil man!

So first off, here is the first transaction I got at Walgreen's the other day:

(2) Colgate Visible White toothpaste

Total OOP- I don't have my receipt but I want to say $5.00 for both?

Total RR's received- $5.00 (again, going off memory. I know whatever the purchase price was, is the same amount I got back in Register Rewards!)

Total after RR's: FREE.

My next transaction was at Meijer!

(1) Bag Dog Food- 4.89

(4) Country crock butters

(3) Grill Mates spices

(3) Sweet Baby Ray's BarBQ sauce - FREE

(2) A1 steak sauce - FREE

(8) packs Knorr Rice- On sale for $1, Got them for 25¢ ea.

(2) 4-pack Angel Soft toilet paper - original price-1.32 ea. Got them for 32¢ ea.

(3) Aunt Millie's Hot dog buns (to go along w/all of those 25¢ hot dogs!) Got them for 49¢ ea.

(1) Bagelfuls

(1) Kraft Dressing (as if I didn't get enough free ones!) - FREE

(1) 4 pk Activia yogurt - On sale for $2, got it for 50¢ (forgot to redeem the coupon, so taking it in tomorrow for my money back!)

(8) Ragu Pasta sauce jars - 4 of them were FREE, the other 4 were 50¢ ea

(2) Crystal Light packs - 88¢ ea.

(2) Crystal Light "Skin Essentials" packs - FREE

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Subtotal not including sales: $85.58

Subtotal Including Sales: $70.26

Total OOP after Sales, Coupons, and Tax: $13.00

Total Savings Of: $72.58

Percentage Saved: 84.8 % !!

Coupon For FREE Oscar Meyer Beef hot dogs!

Check out this link:

http://kraft.promotions.com/ombeeffranks/front.do

To get a coupon delivered to you for a free pack of Oscar Meyer Beef Franks! Go quickly, because they run out fast!!


Thanks to Money Saving Mom for this! You can check out her site, her banner is on the left of this page!

More Freebies, and an Edit from yesterday's post!

Have you checked out all the other recent freebies yet?

EDIT: For the country crock spread at Meijer, you also need to print a coupon on http://www.meijermealbox.com/ and use that along with the coupon(s) for it from the paper!!

Ok, now on to more freebies and deals!!

WALGREENS:

For this week only:

BIC Soleil Disposable Razors on sale for $4.99
Use $3/1 coupon from 5/17 paper
Total: $1.99 after coupon

REGISTER REWARDS at Walgreens:

Buy 1 Right Guard Professional Strength at $4.99, Get $5 Register Rewards
Use $1/1 Right Guard coupon from 4/19 newspaper
Total OOP: $3.99
RR that you get back (for next purchase) $5.00
Total: Free, plus $1 overage.


Buy 1 Colgate Visible White toothpaste at $4.99 Get $4.99 Register Rewards
Use $1/1 coupon found here:
http://www.colgate.com/app/Colgate/US/Corp/SpecialOffers.cvsp?Section=OurCompany
Total OOP: $3.99
RR that you get back: $4.99
Total:Free plus $1 overage.

Buy 1 Bayer Quick release Crystals at $2.49 Get $2.49 Register Rewards
Total OOP: $2.49
RR that you get back: $2.49
Total: Free


To learn much more about Walgreens, and how the Register Rewards can work for you- check out Money Saving Mom's blog here:
http://www.moneysavingmom.com/money_saving_mom/2008/01/walgreens-101.html

Food for thought: I have never been one to shop at Walgreens at all, until recently. The way RR's helps me is that I can buy things out of pocket, get Register Rewards, and use those for formula.
So you can look at it 2 ways: I'm buying the stuff, and getting my formula for free.... OR I'm buying my formula (which I would anyways!) and getting all of the stuff for free!
The way I see it: I'm going to spend money out of pocket each week anyways for formula. Why not spend the money out of pocket for things that will give me register rewards, then turn around and use the RR's on formula!?

Really check it out, it could save you loads of money!!

FREEBIES-- GET YOUR FREEBIES!

Did you check out the post about Dry Idea Deodorant money makers yet?

Well, I have some more freebies and cheap deals for you at:


Meijer:

Ball Park Frank hotdogs- on sale 4/$5
Use $1 off 2 coupon from 5/17 newspaper
Price: 75 cents ea.

Eckrich Hot dogs- on sale 4/$5
Use $1 off 2 coupon from 5/17 newspaper
Price: 75 cents ea.

Country Crock Spread- on sale 2/$3
Use $0.35 off 1 coupon (which doubles at Meijer) from 5/17 newspaper
Price: 30 cents ea.

Kraft Salad Dressing -16 oz- $1.58 everyday price.
Use $1 off 1 coupon (printable from www.coupons.com )
Use $1 off 1 coupon (Printable from www.meijermealbox.com )
Price: Free, plus possible overage.

Knorr Rice and Pasta packs- on sale 5/$5
Use TWO $0.75 off 2 coupons from 5/17 newspaper
Use $1 off 4 coupon (printable from www.meijermealbox.com )
Price: 25 cents ea.

Ragu Pasta Sauce- on sale 4/$5
Use $0.60 off 2 coupon from 5/17 newspaper (Which meijer brings it up to $1)
Use $1 off 2 coupon (printable from www.meijermealbox.com )
Price: 25 cents ea.

I'll have a few more later!

Money making Deodorant!

Ok, you know how a few days ago I told everyone to print off the Dry Idea Deodorant coupons? I hope you did! If not, check here: http://print.coupons.com/couponweb/Offers.aspx?pid=13927&zid=ym31&nid=10&bid=alk0519080511bzsjp5525016

At CVS if you buy:

2 Dry Idea deodorants at $2.50 each, you will get $2 ECB's. (Limit 3)
Use 2 of the $2 off 1 coupons.
You will pay $1 oop, and get $2 ECB's
Which means the deodorants are free, plus $1 overage!!


For those that don't know, CVS has an "Extra Care Bucks" card. It's completely free, just ask for one! For certain things you buy, you get a print out on your receipt for money to be used on your next order. Make sure you always have them scan your CVS card!
Once you have a few "ECB's" saved up- you can use them to buy things that will get you more ECB's... meaning that after a couple visits, you will hardly ever have to come out of pocket, except for taxes!

To learn more about it, check out this "CVS 101" and learn how you can always walk out of CVS with stuff, for pennies, literally!
http://www.moneysavingmom.com/money_saving_mom/2008/03/cvs-101.html

This week's Meal Plan:

My meal Plan for the week

Breakfast: Cereals, Fruit, and egg sandwiches.

Snacks: Chex Mix, Animal crackers, Teddy Grahams, Strawberries, Yogurt, etc.

Lunches: Jose Ole frozen items, PB sandwiches, leftovers, etc.

Dinner:

Sunday- Italian Chicken with Stuffing, and Green Beans.

Monday- Stuffed Green Peppers, Garlic bread.

Tuesday- Stirfry Chicken with white or brown Rice.

Wednesday- Chili Spaghetti with cheese. (It's an Ohio thing)

Thursday- Light BLT dip sandwiches, assorted fresh fruit.

Friday- My Spanish Rice, Fiesta Corn, Refried Beans.

Saturday- Cheesy Grilled Chicken with vegetables.

Grocery List For The Week:
BaconGoldstar ChiliCream Cheese2 tomatoes

Recipe of the Day-

This is not exactly a budget-friendly recipe, usually- but it's very delicious!!

*BLT Dip with toast squares*

What you need:
1 cup mayonnaise1 cup sour cream1 lb. bacon2 medium tomatoes
Cook the bacon until it's crispy, drain. Dice your tomatoes, leaving out most of the seeds.Combine sour cream, mayonnaise, bacon and tomatoes, mix well. Serve with toast squares. We had this at a party recently, and it was amazing!!! Great for summer get togethers!

Addition to the last post-

I always forget to add my totals from everything today, here goes...

Total OOP: (out of pocket): $31.38

Total Savings: $73.81

Total RR, and OYNO "cash" coupons: $9

OOP minus RR and OYNO: $22.38

Not too shabby if I may say so myself!

Week-end Deals, Freebies, and Money Makers!

Since the sales and ads end today, I had to do my week's end shopping! It's a little bit easier to get it all done in one day, instead of a few evenings during the week, BUT by the time I get to Walgreen, or CVS- the freebie items are usually GONE. So from now on, I will be doing my CVS and Walgreens shopping early in the week to get my money makers, and freebies!!

I started today off at Walgreens-

Roots of Nature Hair Strengthening Moisturizer- On sale for $6.00.

Used a $1 coupon. Paid $5.38 oop, and got back $6 RR.

For those that are unfamiliar with Walgreens: For certain items you buy, you get a print out called Register Rewards. It's like cash that can be used on your next purchase at Walgreens. So sometimes you may come out of pocket to buy something, but you will get "paid" a RR for the same amount of money, or even more. So 'technically' I got 'paid' 62 cents to buy this item.

Then I headed off to Target where I was expecting lots of great deals! Some things were just not what I liked, so I didn't waste my money. Other items were out, or weren't on the same sale as posted.I can't seem to find my receipt, so I may be off by a few pennies? I got:

(2) Velveeta Shells and Cheese: on sale for $1.67 each. Got them for 67 cents each.

(2) Coppertone Sunscreens: FREE.

My next savings spot was Kroger! This one was a good deal!!

(6) Kraft BarBQ sauce. (3 Honey, 3 Original) Notice they are 55% bigger than normal, so I got even more for free! Woo! haha.

For every 3-6 that you buy, you get a different amount back in coupons. Because I bought 6 BarBQ sauces, I got a $3 oyno (on your next order) coupon.

I paid oop: 48 cents.

I received: $3 oyno coupon. So these are money makers!

Now for my big order!! MEIJER! Meijer had some amazing deals this week!! I seem to have gotten alot there recently!

Bananas were on sale for 27 cents a pound!! So these were: $1.92

Now, we won't eat all these very quickly, so most of them will be put in the baby food grinder, and frozen for Everett.

(4) Softsoap Handsoaps: Originally $1.47. On sale for 99 cents. After coupons, 1 was 19 cents. The other 3 were 29 cents each.

(2) Skintimate Shaving Gels: 59 cents ea.

More Mayo!

(3) Kraft Mayo: Originally $3.85 ea. On sale for $2 ea. I got them FREE.

(3) Kraft Miracle Whips: FREE.

(2) Kraft Bagelfuls: $1 ea

(3) Jose Ole Taquitos & Empanadas: Originally 4.99 ea. Got them for: $1.88 ea. (w/out coupons! These were on a great sale!)

(2) Kashi Frozen Waffles: 89 cents ea.

(1) Jose Ole Beef Taquitos: $2.49

(2) Oscar Meyer Hot Dogs: 25 cents ea.

(5) Hunts Ketchup- Originally $1.49 ea. Got them for: 56 cents ea.

(4) Kraft Dressings: FREE. (Actually got PAID 92 cents for one of them. Cashier literally handed me 92 cents for that order.)

EDITED to add: I also bought a gallon of milk!

The following is for my Meijer Transaction Only:

Subtotals including original prices: $86.99

Subtotal including sale prices: $55.60

Total after coupons, and tax: $24.18

Total Savings of: $62.81

What to do with all my freebies!

So I've been asked by numerous people, "What do you do with ALL that stuff?" Or, "Why did you get 4 tubs of mayo? Do you NEED all of that?"

First, our linen closet is no longer a linen closet! It is now overflowing with toiletries we got for free, or for pennies. Cleaning supplies, deodorants, toothpaste, shaving gel, face wash, lotions, razors, you name it! I wont NEED to buy toiletries for quite some time! If I can get them free, or for a few pennies- why not get them now, rather than waiting until we need it and spending $2-$10 on each item?

As far as the grocery items- our pantry is literally overflowing with canned goods, cereals, snacks, and lots of other things! We currently have nowhere else to put our grocery items, so we're going to try to buy/goodwill/freecycle a large cabinet to store the extra items.

Why do I have numerous amounts of the same item you ask? It was free, cheap, or it was even an item that had an overage. You're right, I don't need 4 tubs of Miracle Whip, or mayo... (I'm getting quite a few more tomorrow too!) but they were free, and I can donate them!!

Recently I have gotten cat food, and cat treats for free... I don't have a cat, so I take these items to the local animal shelter/rescue.
Lots of the canned goods, etc I can keep for awhile, or donate to a local shelter or organization that is in need.
I don't need umpteen boxes of feminine pads, so I plan to donate some to a women's shelter.

So not only am I saving my family lots of money, but I am/will be donating, and helping others out as well.

If you have any local organizations that you like to donate to,or that you know could use some help, feel free to leave it in my comments!!

One more thing-

One more thing, sometimes cashiers or even managers will treat you like crap since you have coupons. It's quite frustrating.

Recently, Tiff had a bad experience at Target (where we've had issues before) and I suggest going to this link:

http://www.dealseekingmom.com/target-corporate-coupon-policy/

and printing off their coupon policy from CORPORATE. Show it to them if they give you issues. We work hard to clip our coupons, and search for good deals. They put their coupons out there, they should accept them with no problems!! but alas, they are not always so nice.

Coupons, links for printables, and more!

This post is mainly for Jess, but most certainly for anyone just getting into coupons!!
I'm on my lunch break, so I don't have alot of time, but will try to get alot of things on here as fast as possible!!

First off, go here:

http://print.coupons.com/couponweb/Offers.aspx?pid=13927&zid=ym31&nid=10&bid=alk0515080549gljkl295010

and print off the Evercare lint roller coupon, and the Dry Idea deodorant coupon! The evercare lint roller can be found at walmart (and a few other stores) in the trial size area by the pharmacy for 99 cents- making them FREE after the coupon. You can print 2 for each coupon. The Dry Idea deodorant should be on sale at CVS this coming week, plus you'll get ECB's for it, meaning- you get "paid" to buy it. (I can go into further explanation of this later)

Then check out this link to a blog I follow, for certain sales, printable coupons, etc. You can trust this blog, it's where I go to find all of my printables, etc. She explains which store has what on sale, and which coupon to use, to get it free- or almost free!! This particular link is for her blog about deals and freebies at Target this week. Some of them you would have had to bought past sunday papers, for the coupons. But some have printables!

http://www.moneysavingmom.com/money_saving_mom/2009/05/target-deals-and-freebies-for-this-week.html

There are PLENTY of KRAFT coupons out right now! Nice ones! If you find them (you can find them using the blog above) print them out! Like I said, most coupons can be printed atleast 2 times each.

Here is a link to her blog about the places you should be able to go for KRAFT coupons. ALSO, you may be prompted to download an application so you can print coupons, it's perfectly normal. You would need to do that, in order to ever print coupons on your computer.

http://www.moneysavingmom.com/money_saving_mom/2009/05/because-i-just-know-you-need-some-more-kraft-coupons.html

The Kraft BarBQ sauce should be on sale at Kroger this week (atleast until tomorrow!!) for $1.08 each. On the above link, you should be able to go to numerous websites to print off $1 coupons for the sauce... making it nearly free. PLUS- if you buy atleast 4 BarBQ sauces at Kroger, it will print off more coupons for your next visit to Kroger, making these BarBQ sauces money makers!!!

One last 'lesson' for today, lol. Lets say Target has a coupon on their website (to be used at their store only) for $1 off Kraft Dressing. Lets also say you have a manufacturers coupon for $1 off Kraft Dressing. Because the one coupon is Target's, you can use BOTH coupons for the same SINGLE item.

Meijer mealbox has plenty of good coupons right now, and put together with manufacturers coupons that you can print off, or get in the previous papers (make sure you buy atleast 1 paper every Sunday- when there are coupons.) then you can get item VERY cheap, or FREE.

Ok, I gotta finish up my lunchbreak, but for now-- that's what I got!! Hope this helps!! If you need any help Jess, CALL ME!! (or anyone else that I know)
I'm always down to talk coupons!! haha. I'll also be doing my last minute week-end deal shopping tomorrow if you want to join!! I'm sure I need to hit up alot of stores! (Ads end on Saturdays.)

This is an old video of Ev !

Just seeing if this will work!!

Ev and Mommy Day.

Today I missed Ev soo much! I mean, I always miss him- but today I missed him SOOOOOO much! I counted down the hours until I got off work. I left for Tiffany's to pick him up, and she called and said they were stuck in traffic! (From leaving the museum) I didn't mind at all, but was sad that I'd have to wait a little longer to see my little man!

Once Ev was home, I decided it would just be a mommy-evvie day! No tv, no internet, no couponing, no shopping! We played, cuddled, and had a good time together eating bananas and crackers! I truly enjoyed his company today, instead of getting stressed out. It's not that I don't enjoy him, or anything- don't get me wrong.... but it does get very stressful sometimes because Chad has such crazy hours, I feel like a single parent sometimes.

Once Ev fell asleep in my arms, I held him for quite awhile until we were both sweating. haha. Then I put him to bed, and started on my daily coupon routine of course! lol. I printed out numerous coupons, and even organized alot of mine from the past 2 weeks!!

I'm headed to bed now- I'm SOO tired!! Hope everyone had a good day!!

Pictures of my man!!

I miss Ev SOOOO much today!! I'm at work, while he's with Tiff and the kids headed to the museum! Oh how I wish I was there!!

Here are some recent pics of my little (little?!?!??) man!!

Ev trying to eat rice!!

Meijer Super Savings!

So today I spent FOREVER getting my coupons ready! I had to do a few seperate orders because of the way some of the coupons work, so I was stressing, trying to remember what went where! haha.
So here are my deals:

2 lbs. ground beef- originally $3.00 I got it for $1

Aunt Millies bread originally $3.19 I got it for 50 cents.

Strawberries originally $2.99 on sale for $1

(3) Kraft Dressings- FREE.

(3) Kotex pantiliners- FREE.

Herbal Essences Shampoo and Conditioner- originally $3.19 each, I got them for $1.50 each.

Softsoap handsoap- originally $1.67, I got it for 19 cents.

(3) Ritz crackers- 50 cents each.

(4) Boxes Nabisco 100 cal pack snacks- originally $2.79 each. I got them for 59 cents each.

(4) Kelloggs Cereal- originally $2.69 each. I got them for 80 cents each.

(2) Kraft Real Mayo- originally 3.85 each. I got them FREE

(2) Kraft Miracle whip- FREE

(6) Packs Oscar Meyer hot dogs- 25 cents each pack!!

Subtotal- $83.81

Total after sales, and coupons- $14.67 (Plus I got a $3 coupon for my next purchase.)

Savings- $69.14

FREE MOVIE MONDAY!

As I promised- Redbox has Free Movie Monday today! Go to any Redbox to rent a movie before midnight tonight, and enter the code: 6A43JK

Today is the last Free Movie Monday for awhile! They are going to once a month, instead of every week! Take advantage of it!!

Is anyone out there?!

No one ever comments on my blog! I feel so unloved!! Is anyone out there?! lol

Weekly Challenge to My Readers! 5/10-5/16

Each week I will try to present a new challenge for myself and the readers to do!

This week's challenge:

"No Junk food spending!"

No fastfood or eating out, unless you're using free coupons.

No vending machine candy/pops.

No buying snacks through the check out, etc.

Lets see how much you can save this week, by cutting out junk food spending! Not only will you save money, but you may even lose some weight!

Chad and I plan to save about: $20 this week alone, by following this challenge.
Chad spends about $2 in pop a day at vending machines at work.
I tend to buy pops and small snack at the dollar store near where I work.
So no more!!! Let's see how much we save!

Total Savings for today:

Forget to mention my total savings for the last post!

Everything totalled together:

Subtotal: $100.12

Total: $31.56

Savings: $68.56

The week's end sales/deals!

First things first! The other day I went to Kmart, who was doing double coupons until May 9th! I bought:

(2) Right Guard deodorants: $0.49 ea.
(2) Bic Soleil 4 pk razors: $1.29 ea.

Subtotal: $15.56

Total after coupons and tax: $4.19
Savings of: $11.37


Then today I had LOTS of shopping to do this morning because all of the sales were ending today! (Well, I'm posting this at 1:45 am, so technically yesterday!)

I went to a total of 3 Targets, looking for more Chex Mix! There were none left!! Tiffany got some, so apparently I hit up the wrong Targets!! :-D

So on this trip I got:

(2) Bags of Chips Ahoy: $1 ea.
(2) Chocolate Teddy Grahams: $1 ea.
(2) Teddy Grahams Trail Mix: $1 ea.
(2) Renu eye solution: $0.52 ea.

Subtotal: $15.02

Total after coupons and tax: $6.92
Savings of: $8.10


This trip is a little bit different. Since everything I was getting was free, PLUS an overage, I had to buy something, in order to make it work. (They won't give you cash for the overage) So I bought a 20 oz. Mt Dew as well.

(4) Banana Boat sunscreens: FREE (plus $0.01 overage on each)
(9) Hershey's Bliss candy bars: FREE (plus $0.01 overage on each)
(1) 20 oz. Mt. Dew: $1.49 original price

Subtotal: $14.36

Total after coupons and overages: $1.36 (notice it's less than the Mt. Dew's original price, because of the overages.)
Savings of: $13.00

My last Target transaction! This trip I got:

(2) packs of Kotex pantiliners: $0.02 ea.

Subtotal: $2.04

Total after coupons and tax: $0.18
Savings of: $1.86

Ok, now for my Kmart transaction today!! They were still doubling coupons, so I went there for much needed dog food, and some freebies.

(4) Purina Dog Chow 4.4 lb bags: $2.79 ea.

(2) Purina Kitten Chow: FREE

(2) Goodlife Cat treats: FREE

Subtotal: $27.14

Total after coupons and tax: $12.70

Savings of: $14.44

The dog food equals $0.63 per pound. The bulk bag we used to buy at the local pet store was $0.90 per pound. We have now found that buying in bulk doesn't always mean saving money. Sometimes buying smaller items, with coupons, means big savings!!

So this was my purchase at CVS today!! CVS is a little different. For certain things purchased each week/month, you will get a print out with your receipt for "Extra Care Bucks" that can be used on your next purchase at CVS. They spend like cash, but look like receipts. If you use them wisely, you can go to CVS each week, bring home items, and never pay more than $1 oop (out of pocket) because you can always buy things that will get you ECB's, and pay for them with your old ECB's. Get it?

(3) Kellogg's Special K Cereals: $0.67 ea.

Subtotal: $10.00 (on sale!)

Total After coupons: $7.00 oop (out of pocket) I got back: $5 ECB. (Extra Care Bucks.)

Total after OOP and ECB: $2.00

Savings of: $8.00

This next purchase was from Walgreen's. Walgreen's works similar to CVS. Theirs is called "Register Rewards." They look just like the coupon print outs you get at grocery stores(Catalina coupons) but they spend like cash at Walgreen's. For certain items purchased, you get RR (Register Rewards) to print out, for your next purchase.

My transaction today:

(3) Pert Plus for Men: Dandruff Shampoo/Conditioner: $0.13 ea.

(1) Pert Plus for Men: Three in One: $0.13

Subtotal: $10.00

Total after coupons and tax: $5.21 oop. I got back: $4 RR.

Total after oop and RR: $1.21

Savings of: $8.79

My last transaction was at WalMart. Unfortunately, the one we went to didn't have alot of the things that were supposed to be on sale! This Walmart didn't even have the NEW dollar aisle that Walmarts have now!! I was very sad!

Anyways, my transaction was:

(4) Velveeta Shells and Cheese: $0.75 ea.

Subtotal: $6.00

Total after coupons: $3.00

Savings of: $3.00