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Monday, May 20th, 2013
Some of you have wondered where I get my printable coupons. Here are the main coupon sites that I use: Coupons.com, Coupon Network, Smart Source, Red Plum and Saving Star. Manufacturer websites and Facebook pages are another great source.
Favorite buys:
* Finish dishwashing detergent for $0.75/box
* Free Philadelphia cream cheese
* Oreos for $0.75/pack
* Breakstone’s sour cream for $0.69
* Planters peanut butter for $0.75 each
Total Spent: $99.52
Total Saved with Coupons: $77.49
Total Saved with Sales: $84.26
Total Saved: $161.75
CVS: $0 (gift card)
Saved with Coupons: $32.00
Saved with Sales: $23.92
Also purchased a small 4×6 photo book that is not pictured.
This week I again used a gift card that we had earned through our credit card rewards program to pay for my purchase which was $2.11. (And no, we have never carried a credit card balance. We pay them off in full every month.)
I was super excited to get Finish dishwasher detergent for just $0.75 each after coupons/sales! I had gotten a bunch free about 2 1/2 years ago but was starting to get low again. I missed a really good deal back when we were gone for 6 weeks in Jan./Feb. and was starting to think I would just have to resign myself to paying $1.50/$2.00 a box for it. While that is still a good deal it isn’t what I was hoping for and I knew that I often can do much better. So when I saw this deal I jumped on it. I had 8 coupons from the coupon inserts I typically get (we get a subscription and I often get 3 inserts from family/friends.) Then another 4 coupons came from a sweet lady on a couponer group that I’m part of. She wouldn’t let me give her anything in return and happily sent me the other 4 that I needed.
The photo book is just a really cheap 20 page book that holds one 4×6 picture on each page. I got it for a project that I’m making for 4 yr. old. If he loves it, you’ll see a post about it in a couple of weeks.
Bought:
- Photo book $1.99
- 8 Finish Dishwashing detergents $4.00 each
Coupons Used:
- Eight $1.25 Finish coupons from Sunday newspaper coupon inserts
- $6/$30 CVS coupon received via email
- $16 in Extra Bucks (CVS coupons that print at register for purchasing specific items)
Got Back:
- $10.00 Extra Bucks coupon for purchasing the Finish (can be used on next purchase of any item)
Rite Aid: $1.32
Saved with Coupons: $12.00
Saved with Sales: $9.53
As much as I try to avoid processed foods and pretty much never buy store-bought cookies, I cave when it comes to Oreos. They just can’t be matched with anything homemade. And they.are.so.good! So, when I saw that I could get them for $0.75 this week I happily bought them. I have a couple of cheesecakes that call for Oreo crusts so things are looking bright for enjoying cheesecakes in the near future.
We don’t buy lots of chips either and I got these because I thought they were supposed to be free. They ended up costing me $0.32 which is a good enough deal it was worth buying them. I’m not crazy about the Hot Sauce flavor but the husband will love them and it will be a nice addition to his packed lunches.
Bought:
- Herr’s Potato Chips $3.32
- 4 Oreos $2.50
Coupons Used:
- Four $1.00 Oreo printable coupons
- $8.00 in UPRewards (Rite Aid coupon that print at register for purchasing specific items)
Got Back:
- $3.00 UPReward coupon for purchasing the Herr’s (can be used on next purchase of any item)
- $3.00 UPReward coupon for purchasing the Oreos (can be used on next purchase of any item)
Giant: $14.07
Saved with Coupons: $33.49
Saved with Sales: $50.81
Scored BIG at Giant this week! I got $84.30 worth of groceries for just $14.07.
The Belvita, Oscar Mayer, Breakstones and Philadelphia Cream Cheese were part of the buy 10 get $10 off promotion. When I was at the store I suddenly remembered that I had FREE product coupons for both the Belvita and the Oscar Mayer from past Facebook promotions that they did so I used them to make money on those two items! The Belvita also had a peelie coupon on it for a free yogurt so the Liberte was free too.
The Philadelphia cream cheese was free after sales thanks to coupons from Kraft First Taste. And because my total was over $25 originally, I was able to use the in-ad coupons and get the bacon for $1.99 and the carrots for $0.79. (To use those coupons you had to purchase at least $25 worth of items.)
The Planters peanut butter ($0.75 each) and Sour Cream ($0.69 each) were amazing prices thanks to the buy 10 get $10 off deal. And I used a coupon from the Natural Organic Spring Savings Coupon booklet (found in Giant) to save $1 on the Nature’s Promise ketchup making it only $0.99. Not a bad price for organic ketchup!
The soups are not something that I would typically buy as I don’t like to use pre-packaged foods. But I had 10 coupons from Smiley 360 which made them free so I decided to get them and use them in my husband’s lunch for those days when life is busy and I don’t have time to pack him sandwiches. If he’s not crazy about them then I’ll donate the soups to our local food bank.
Bought:
- 8 Planters peanut butter $2.00 each
- Belvita breakfast biscuits $2.99
- Nature’s Promise organic ketchup $1.99
- Giant baby carrots 1 lb. $1.00
- Oscar Mayer lunch meat $3.50
- Giant bacon $2.99
- 6 Breakstone’s sour cream 16 oz. $1.69 each
- 4 Philadelphia cream cheese $1.99
- Liberte yogurt $0.99
- 10 Campbell’s Go Soup $2.00 each
Coupons Used:
- Belvita Free Product coupon from manufacturer Facebook promo ($2.99)
- $1.00 Nature’s Promise coupon from booklet found in store
- $0.21 Giant baby carrots coupon (could use if you bought $25 worth of groceries)
- Oscar Mayer Free Product coupon from manufacturer Facebook promo ($3.50)
- $1.00 Giant bacon coupon (could use if you bought $25 worth of groceries)
- Four $1.00 Philadelphia cream cheese coupons from Kraft First Taste
- $0.99 Liberte coupon (found on Belvita box- could use to get any yogurt free if you bought Belvita biscuits)
- Ten $2.00 Campbell’s Go coupons from Smiley 360
Aldi: $22.88
I forgot my shopping list and couldn’t remember what all I had on it and ended up buying several things I didn’t really need. Not the worst thing ever since it stuff that we will use eventually, but I would have preferred not to lay out the money right now. Oh well…it’s better than being out of something and needing to run to the store when I don’t have time!
The one thing I want to note is that the one package of tortillas was free. One of the packages of tortillas that I purchased the other week had a weird greasy looking spot on the tortillas. Since Aldi has a money back guarantee on their products they gave me a free package when I returned the old one. I want to say that I buy stuff from Aldi all the time and love their store. I think this is only the 2nd time that I’ve ever had a problem with anything I bought there.
Bought:
- Saltines $0.99
- Parsley $0.99
- Canola Oil $2.69
- Parmesan Cheese $2.39
- 2 Black Beans $0.59
- Tomato Paste $0.39
- Pure Vanilla $1.99
- Corn Chips $0.99
- 2 Chocolate Chips $1.79 each
- 2 Brown Sugar $1.29 each
- Bananas $0.44/lb.
- 3 Tortillas $0.99 each
Walmart: $0.74
If you read my Weekly Spending post last week you’ll remember that I got a $10 Walmart gift card from Smiley 360 to purchase a product that they wanted me to review and that there was extra money left over. Well, I used that extra money to buy this flour. I love Gold Medal flour and can tell a difference when I don’t use it. I really love their unbleached flour. The less processed my food is, the better in my opinion.
Bought:
- 2 Gold Medal Unbleached Flour $2.14 each
Misc.: $60.51
The picture you see above was mushrooms and lettuce from our local farmer’s market. The plants were a hot pepper plant, 2 zucchini plants and a 6 pack of zinnias that I bought at a local greenhouse. I know, zinnias aren’t a grocery item but they were only $1.50 and I didn’t feel like trying to deal with putting it in a separate budget category. I’m having fun trying to grow more of my own things this year. We’ll see how it goes!
The money you see listed above was for a lot of different things.
* $7.73 was for printing paper. I’ll get $7.29 back in Staples easy rebates, so it is almost free. You might wonder why I put this under grocery. I figure with all the coupons that I print at least occasionally I should put the cost of paper and ink in my grocery costs.
* $20.00 was cash for milk from a local dairy and produce from our local farmer’s market
* $30.14 was for a Rite Aid gift card that I bought online for 6% off the actual dollar value. It’s not a lot of savings but every little bit helps and it was an easy way to save a couple of dollars.
* $2.64 was for heirloom, organic spinach seeds. I’m still trying to decide if I should go ahead and plant them now or wait until fall.
Wednesday, May 15th, 2013
Some of you have wondered where I get my printable coupons. Here are the main coupon sites that I use: Coupons.com, Coupon Network, Smart Source, Red Plum and Saving Star. Manufacturer websites and Facebook pages are another great source.
I didn’t do as much shopping this week which was fine with me- sometimes it’s good to have a break! I was happy to make $4.88 on my purchases though even though I didn’t buy that much.
Favorite buys:
* Free Beechnut Fruites
* Moneymaking Calcium
* Sausage for $1.50/lb.
* Moneymaking Eucerin
Total Spent: $14.36
Total Saved with Coupons: $41.26
Total Saved with Sales: $13.83
Total Saved: $55.09
CVS: $0 (gift card)
Saved with Coupons: $19.96
I have a gift card that I earned through our credit card rewards program that I used to pay for this purchase which was $0.90.
I bought this Eucerin primarily because it was a moneymaker of $2.04. I’ve tried Eucerin lotion in the past and haven’t really liked it. Any local friends use it? I’d be happy to give it to you. Seriously! If not, it will either get donated or I might try to yardsale it for $0.25.
Bought:
Coupons Used:
- Four $3.00 Eucerin printable coupons
- $7.96 in Extra Bucks (CVS coupons that print at register for purchasing specific items)
Got Back:
- $10.00 Extra Bucks coupon for purchasing the Eucerin (can be used on next purchase of any item)
- $2.00 Extra Bucks coupon for scanning my Green Bag Tag (can be used on next purchase of any item)
- CVS ended their Green Bag Tag program but gave all customers who scanned their tag a $2.00 Extra Bucks coupon
Rite Aid: $5.66
Saved with Coupons: $6.55
Saved with Sales: $9.35
No, I don’t normally buy Nursery water but since I had UPRewards that needed to be used and since I could make $0.33 on it I figured why not? We’ll either drink it or use it to water our plants.
I made $2.00 on the calcium which I was happy about. I try to take calcium supplements regularly, although I’ve never tried the Sundown brand. I can’t imagine it is that much different than any other brand though.
Bought:
- 2 Sundown Calcium $8.99 total (on sale Buy One, Get One Free)
- 2 Nursery Water $1.61 each
Coupons Used:
- $0.55/2 Nursery Water printable coupon
- $1.00 Sundown printable coupon
- $5.00 in UPRewards (Rite Aid coupon that print at register for purchasing specific items)
Got Back:
- $3.00 UPReward coupon for purchasing the Nursery Water (can be used on next purchase of any item)
- Two $5.00 UPReward coupons for purchasing the Sundown (can be used on next purchase of any item)
Giant: $8.70
Saved with Coupons: $12.75
Saved with Sales: $4.48
We went to Maryland to surprise my mom and grandma for Mother’s Day. (That was really fun by the way and we successfully surprised them too!) I wasn’t planning to do any grocery shopping while we were there but my mom had to work several hours Sat. morning and so I ran to Martins to take advantage of their awesome double coupons. Martins in MD is the same thing as Giant here in PA. The great thing about them is that they double all coupons up to $1.00. So in other words, if a coupon is $0.99 it will double to $1.98! I always like to try to take advantage of that when I’m there.
I really wasn’t sure what deals I would find but I dug through my grocery coupons and found all the $0.75 and just looked for deals. I didn’t have the children with me so it was a lot of fun. I ended up with some awesome deals.
The Beech-nut products were either free or moneymakers of $0.25. The Crisco Olive Oil spray was just a good price and I was needing more so this was perfect. The sausage was a great buy at $1.49/lb. after coupons/sales. The ketchup was supposed to be a good deal…unfortunately they missed ringing up my $1 coupon and I didn’t notice until I was home. Hate when that happens!
Bought:
- Crisco Spray $2.29
- 4 Beech-nut Fruities $0.99 each
- Beech-nut Yogurt Blend $1.25
- Nature’s Promise Organic Ketchup $1.99
- 4 Johnsonville Sausage (various kinds) $2.99 each
Coupons Used:
- $0.75 Crisco printable coupon (doubled to $1.50)
- Two $0.50 Beechnut printable coupons (doubled to $1.00 each)
- Three $0.75 Beechnut printable coupons (doubled to $1.25 each)
- Four $0.75 Johnsonville coupons from various magazines (doubled to $1.50)
Walmart: $0 (gift card)
Saved with Coupons: $2.00
Smiley 360 sent me a $10 Walmart gift card to cover the cost of Oxi-Clean so that I can do a product review for them. I used it to cover the cost of my purchase which was $6.46.
The Vlasic relish was free after a coupon and the Earthbound organic carrots were just $0.93/lb. after a coupon.
Bought:
- 2 Earthbound Farms Organic Carrots $1.12 each
- Vlassic Relish $0.98
- OxiClean $4.94
Coupons Used:
- $1/2 Earthbound printable coupon from manufacturer’s website
- $1.00 Vlassic printable coupon
Misc.: $0
Picture #1: My mother-in-law gave me a dozen eggs since their chickens are laying more than they can use right now. The ones from her are the open carton- notice that huge one lying on top! The other 3 dozen were from a local farm where I pay $1.15/doz.
Picutre #2: The snacks were all from our neighbors. One day the Mrs. knocked on our door and said someone gave them a bunch of crackers and cookies and could we use some. Of course I said yes, and this is what she gave me. 
The lettuce? It’s from our little garden! I’m so excited because I planted 6 lettuce plants several weeks ago and they are beautiful!
Picture #3: I got 2 tomato plants, 2 pepper plants, 1 dill plant and 1 basil plant all for $7.00. I’ve never planted much before because we live in the city and really don’t have much space. But this year I decided to plant some garden things in my one flowerbed and I also dug up a small plot in the back corner of our yard. I can’t wait to see how much I get from it!
Not pictured:
- some onions to plant and another 12 lettuce plants that I used grocery cash to pay for
Thursday, May 9th, 2013
Some of you have wondered where I get my printable coupons. Here are the main coupon sites that I use: Coupons.com, Coupon Network, Smart Source, Red Plum and Saving Star. Manufacturer websites and Facebook pages are another great source.
Total Spent: $49.08
Total Saved with Coupons: $13.00
Total Saved with Sales: $4.00
Total Saved: $17.00
CVS: $0 (gift card)
Saved with Coupons: $13.00
Saved with Sales: $4.00
The 5th Avenue bar and the toothbrush heads were free. We love 5th Avenues on top of my Homemade Caramel Pudding so I try to get them whenever I can for a good price. The sunglasses? Well, they were a total splurge for our 4 yr. old. He’s been begging for sunglasses for a long time and since they were only $2 after coupons/sales I decided to get them for him. His excitement and gratitude for them has been so fun to see. There definitely is something good about having to wait for something- just makes you appreciate it more.
Bought:
- 5th Avenue Bar $0.99
- Oral B $5.99
- Kid’s Sunglasses $6.99
Coupons Used:
- $1.00 Extra Bucks coupon for 5th Avenue Bar
- $3.00 Oral B coupon from Sunday newspaper coupon inserts
- $9.00 in Extra Bucks (CVS coupons that print at register for purchasing specific items)
Got Back:
- $3.00 Extra Bucks coupon for purchasing the Oral B (can be used on next purchase of any item)
- $5.00 Extra Bucks coupon for purchasing the Kid’s Sunglasses (can be used on next purchase of any item)
- $5.00 Extra Bucks coupon for purchasing $50 of Beauty items (can be used on next purchase of any item)
- as part of the ExtraCare Beauty Club- $50 was purchased over a long period of time
Aldi: $24.66
Another week of stocking up at Aldi. Just a couple of things….I got the pinto beans to make an amazingly good and simply homemade refried beans recipe. I hope to post the recipe here soon. Also, ever since we got married I pretty much always bought my spices and seasonings at a local bulk food store because I assumed it was cheaper. And it is much cheaper than a regular grocery store or Walmart. But last week I suddenly got to thinking that I should compare prices with Aldi and what do you know, but Aldi was cheaper on pretty much every single spice that I checked! So I guess I’ll get as many spices as possible there from now on.
Bought:
- 5 Spices/Herbs $0.99 each
- 2 Tortillas $0.99 each
- Spinach $1.79
- Parmesan Cheese $2.39
- 2 Tomato Paste $0.39 each
- Vanilla $1.99
- Pinto Beans 2 lbs. $1.79
- Brown Sugar 2 lb. $1.29
- Powdered Sugar 2 lb. $1.29
- Mayo $1.99
- Red Potatoes 5lb. $2.49
- Carrots 2 lb. $0.99
Sharp Shoppers: $12.42
Well, this is strange. I wassureI had taken a picture of this purchase but can’t find it anywhere.
Both vinegars were gallon jugs. I use the white vinegar for cleaning and go through it fairly fast. And buying cider vinegar in gallon size was much cheaper than otherwise so even though I don’t use it quite as fast I went ahead and got a jug of it too. The buttermilk is a new thing for me. I’m attempting to make my own Ranch dressing and am using it for that. If it works out well, you’ll probably be seeing the recipe for that too.
Bought:
- Vinegar $2.99
- White Vinegar $1.99
- 4 Sour Cream 24 oz. $0.99 each
- Buttermilk $1.99
- $1.49 item that I can’t remember buying but was charged for
Misc.: $12
The $12 was grocery cash that we’ll use for milk from a local dairy and also produce from our local farmer’s market.
The Purex and Dial Kids were both received as part of my involvement with Purex Insiders. (If you are a blogger, they are now accepting applications!) I’ve enjoyed using the Purex Natural Elements detergent. The Tropical Splash scent makes me feel like I’m taking a trip to Hawaii every time I do laundry. Just would be nice if the trip was for real! I love that Purex Natural Elements is hypoallergenic, dye-free and formulated with sensitive skin in mind. In my opinion, the less added the better. And just in case you are interested, Purex Natural Elements was rated #1 in natural detergents.
We really liked the Dial Kids Body+Hair Wash too. First thing my 4 1/2 yr. old said when we used it was, “Mom, that smells good!”. I typically get boring, unscented body washes for the kids so he thought this Peachy Clean scent was pretty great. I love that it is tear free and it seemed to lather up well, although it did seem to take a bit more soap to get the job done than the brand I typically use. Not enough to make a huge difference but still good to know.
Monday, April 29th, 2013
Some of you have wondered where I get my printable coupons. Here are the main coupon sites that I use: Coupons.com, Coupon Network, Smart Source, Red Plum and Saving Star. Manufacturer websites and Facebook pages are another great source.
Favorite buys:
- Huggies diapers for less than $5/pack
- Free chocolate
- Free toothpaste
- Boneless, skinless chicken thighs for less than $1.40/lb.
- Free Beech-nut Fruities
Total Spent: $81.61
Total Saved with Coupons: $65.71
Total Saved with Sales: $17.30
Total Saved: $83.01
CVS: $0 (gift card)
Saved with Coupons: $51.04
Saved with Sales: $12.89
This week I again used a gift card that we had earned through our credit card rewards program to pay for my purchase which was $4.32. (And no, we have never carried a credit card balance. We pay them off in full every month.)
In addition to the other Extra Buck that I got, as part of their ExtraCare Beauty Club I will also get back $5 in Extra Bucks the next time I shop at CVS because I finally spent $50 in beauty care products.
The diapers were a great deal at $4.66/pack after coupon and sales. While I’m not a huge fan of the Huggies Slip-ons, I don’t hate them either. And since they are the diapers that I am able to get the best deal on late due to the high value coupons for them, I’ve been buying quite a few.
The other items were all free or moneymakers. In fact I made $1.40 with these purchases.
Bought:
- 3 Huggies Diapers $9.99 each
- Brookside Chocolates $3.00
- U by Kotex $3.99
- Crest $2.99
- Thermacare $3.79 (bought with rain check)
- Physicians Formula $7.99 ($5.99 after 25% off coupon)
- Revlon Emery Boards $3.49 ($2.61 after 25% off coupon)
Coupons Used:
- $2.00 Huggies Little Movers printable coupon
- $2.50 Huggies Slip-ons printable coupon
- $1.50 Huggies printable coupon
- $2.50 Brookside Chocolate CVS printable coupon
- $1.00 Brookside Chocolate printable manufacturer’s coupon
- $2.00 U by Kotex CVS printable coupon
- $2.00 U by Kotex printable manufacturer’s coupon
- $1.00 Crest coupon from Sunday newspaper coupon inserts
- $3.00 Revlon CVS coupon from coupon machine in CVS
- 25% off regular price items CVS coupon received via email (took off $2.87)
- $30.67 in Extra Bucks (CVS coupons that print at register for purchasing specific items)
Got Back:
- $10.00 Extra Bucks coupon for purchasing the Huggies (can be used on next purchase of any item)
- I did two transactions and used this coupon right away for the second transaction
- $2.00 Extra Bucks coupon for purchasing the Crest (can be used on next purchase of any item)
- $4.00 Extra Bucks coupon for purchasing the Thermacare (can be used on next purchase of any item)
- $7.00 Extra Bucks coupon for purchasing the Physicians Formula (can be used on next purchase of any item)
Rite Aid: $1.99
Saved with Coupons: $1.00
Saved with Sales: $0.80
Don’t you love my huge purchase this week? One of the great things about living in town is that I have two Rite Aid’s within walking distance of my house. I wouldn’t normally go to Rite Aid just for one item but one evening I wanted to take a walk so I just walked to Rite Aid and got this free toothpaste! I always enjoy when I can combine getting exercise with my couponing!
Bought:
Coupons Used:
- $1.00 Colgate coupon from Sunday newspaper coupon inserts
Got Back:
- $2.00 UPReward coupon for purchasing the Simple (can be used on next purchase of any item)
Giant: $7.45
Saved with Coupons: $8.79
Saved with Sales: $3.61
More inexpensive wipes this week at Giant. I probably have about 15 to 20 packs of wipes now in my stash downstairs. I keep buying more though because I know we’ll use them eventually. We hope to have more children, so if I don’t get them used for our daughter I’ll hopefully be able to use them on another baby. Also, I’ve been kind of scared that Giant will stop doubling coupons since so many other stores are slowly dropping it. So I figure I might as well make good use of it while I can!
I was so excited to get our favorite croutons for just $0.45. There was a coupon for them in the Sunday newspaper coupon inserts a couple of weeks ago. Our newspaper had a $1/2 but my parents save their coupons for me and theirs had a $0.40/1 which of course doubled for me. The Beech-nut are not something I would normally buy but for free? Sure, I’ll take them. Besides my children love them- especially my 4 yr. old. And they are really handy for trips or for on the go. I’m printing out more coupons to buy more this week since it appeared that they are on sale through 5/4.
Bought:
- 3 Huggies Wipes $2.00
- 4 Pampers Wipes $2.00
- Beech-nut Fruities $0.99
- Texas Toast Croutons $1.25
Coupons Used:
- Three $0.60 Huggies Wipes printable coupons from Common Kindness (doubled to $1.00 each)
- Four $0.50 Pampers Wipes printable coupons from Coupons.com (doubled to $1.00 each)
- $0.75 Beech-nut printable coupon (doubled to $0.99)
- $0.40 Texas Toast coupon from Sunday newspaper coupon inserts (doubled to $0.80)
Aldi: $10.81
Just got my usual Aldi stuff this week. Some of you may be wondering why I keep buying canned black beans when I posted that it is cheaper to make your own. Well, believe it or not I am not super woman and just simply can not do everything. Shocking, right? Yes, I prefer making my own black beans and each week I think I’m going to get it done. But each week, well, life happens and I don’t. And truth be told, if I’m going to buy canned beans I don’t mind these black beans that much. Unlike many canned beans they are basically beans, salt and water. No sugar and no funny ingredients. So, if you were wondering, now you know. (And yes, it’s on my to-do list for this week again!)
Bought:
- Bananas $0.44/lb.
- Napkins 250 ct. $1.49
- Oranges 4 lb. $1.79
- Tortillas $0.99
- 2 Brown Sugar $1.29 each
- 3 Black Beans $0.59 each
- Mustard $0.69
Walmart: $4.24
Saved with Coupons: $4.88
I love Gold Medal’s unbleached flour. I use it anytime I have a recipe that calls for regular flour and it works great. If you don’t use unbleached flour, I highly recommend trying it! The Dannon plain yogurt is my favorite yogurt to use as starter for my homemade yogurt. The Beech-nuts? Well, read what I wrote above under my Giant spending. And the Duncan Hines I only bought because I made a little money on them. I never buy bought icing (personally can’t stand how it tastes) and you are to use these with that. So I’ll probably just see if one of my friends wants them.
Bought:
- Gold Medal Flour $2.14
- 2 Beech-nut Fruities $0.98 each
- Dannon Plain $2.38
- 3 Duncan Hines Flavor Creations $0.88 each
Coupons Used:
- Two $1.00 Beech-nut printable coupons
- Two $1.00 Duncan Hines printable coupons
- FREE Duncan Hines Flavor Creations coupon from Sunday newspaper coupon inserts ($0.88)
Glenwood Foods: $19.69
This is kind of a bent and dent type store so you never know what you are going to find. The receipt doesn’t list the price of all the items and I can’t remember what they all were but here is what I do know. The bacon was $1.89, the strawberries $0.99, the cheese sticks were less than $2.00/lb., the eggs were jumbo organic, free range and $1.39/doz. and the shredded mozzarella was $2.19/lb. I don’t typically pay quite that much for eggs but for jumbo free range I was definitely willing too!
Springville Foods: $27.43
Oh I totally forgot to take a picture of my chicken! Not that it would have been a pretty picture anyway. A local bulk food store was having a meat sale and since the stores I typically get my meat at don’t usually run amazing sales in the summer I decided I had better stock up now to hopefully last through until fall when I’ll be able to get some good sales again.
I got around 20 lbs. of boneless, skinless chicken thighs for just under $1.40/lb.! It was really nice meat and I was very pleased with it- I’m almost wishing I would have gotten more since I’m hoping to have quite a bit of company this summer and will probably often have chicken. I often use chicken thighs in place of chicken breast. It’s typically cheaper and more moist too.
Thanks to reader Michelle for emailing me about the sale. She knew I was local to her and thought I might be glad to know about it. Was I ever!
Misc.: $10.00
We’ll use the $10 cash to purchase milk from a local dairy where we get it for $2.00/gal. Can’t beat the price and the milk is so good!
The Campbell’s Go soup was sent to me from Smiley360 to try. We had it for lunch on Sat. when my brother-in-law was here. It didn’t make enough for all of us to have a big portion since it’s more a 1-2 person package size but we all had a taste. My brother-in-law really liked it a lot. I thought it was really tasty for a bought soup although a bit too spicy for my liking. Good flavor just too spicy. My husband thought it was good but commented on the funny preserved taste. It wasn’t bad but I thought too that it was slightly there. Overall though, we thought it was good and it would definitely be a great thing to have to grab for those on-the-go days when you just run out of time to do much food prep.
When my parents were here last weekend they brought me 2 bags of Gibbles cheese curls- my favorite and the only cheese curl I like. Unfortunately they recently went out of business but my mom knew that and so she got me two bags to enjoy. Wasn’t that sweet of her? As you can see we were already enjoying them by the time I thought of taking a picture. On a side not, I discovered that someone is selling them online for $15! Goodness, I don’t think I’m that desperate.
I started a Mom’s Group at our church and the Melaluca hand soap was a thank-you gift from a friend for my time spent getting that together. She’s given me this hand soap before and we love it!
The Post cereal was sent to me to do a product review which you can read here. And the lettuce was from our local farmer’s market.
Monday, April 15th, 2013
Some of you have wondered where I get my printable coupons. Here are the main coupon sites that I use: Coupons.com, Coupon Network, Smart Source, Red Plum and Saving Star. Manufacturer websites and Facebook pages are another great source.
Favorite buys of the week:
- 7 packs of diapers for under $5 each
- Lunch Meat for $1.99/lb.
- Sour Cream for $0.66/lb.
Total Spent: $56.39
Total Saved with Coupons: $75.37
Total Saved with Sales: $30.02
Total Saved: $105.39
CVS: $0 (gift card)
Saved with Coupons: $46.87
Saved with Sales: $15.06
I used a gift card that I had earned through one of our credit card rewards programs to pay my total of $6.98. (And just in case you are surprised we use credit cards, don’t worry. We pay our bill off in full each month.)
Both the alcohol pads and the DermaSilk were free- in fact the DermaSilk was actually a moneymaker of $4!
Bought:
- CVS Alcohol Pads $2.37
- DermaSilk Wrinkle Eraser Pen $19.99
- 3 Kleenex $0.99 each
- 3 Huggies Slip-Ons $9.49 each
Coupons Used:
- $10.00 DermaSilk printable coupon
- $4/$12 CVS Cosmetics purchase
- CVS Alcohol Pad Free Product coupon ($2.37)
- $2/3 Kleenex printable coupon
- Three $2.50 Huggies Slip-ons printable coupons
- $21.00 in Extra Bucks (CVS coupons that print at register for purchasing specific items)
Got Back:
- $10.00 Extra Bucks coupon for purchasing the DermaSilk (can be used on next purchase of any item)
- $10.00 Extra Bucks coupon for purchasing the Kleenex and Huggies (can be used on next purchase of any item)
- $1.00 Extra Bucks coupon for using my Green Bag tag four times- a tag used when you bring you own shopping bag (can be used on next purchase of any item)
Rite Aid: $7.00
Saved with Coupons: $28.00
Saved with Sales: $14.96
I had a rain check that I used to get these diapers. I had some UPRewards that were going to expire so I was really glad to be able to do this deal.
Bought:
- 4 Pampers Diapers $8.75 each
Coupons Used:
- Four $1.50 Pampers printable coupons
- $22 in UPRewards (Rite Aid coupon that print at register for purchasing specific items)
Dollar Tree: $3.50
Saved with Coupons: $0.50
Love buying greeting cards at Dollar Tree- you can’t beat $1 for cards. No, the sayings might not be as great as more expensive cards but I prefer writing my own sentiments anyway.
Bought:
- 3 Greeting Cards $1.00 each
- Armour Pepperoni $1.00
Coupons Used:
- $0.50 Armour printable coupon
Sharp Shopper: $29.89
Sharp Shopper is a local grocery store that specializes in discount foods. I never know just what deals I might find when I shop there since a lot of the items they get are items that are overstock, discontinued etc. from other stores. I’ve found that for me, the best deals are in their meat and dairy sections so I typically just head straight there and skip the rest of the store.
This week was the jackpot. I was so excited to stock up on sour cream for half price of what I normally pay at Aldi. And the cottage cheese is about 25% less than I pay there. I’ve been low on lunch meat for several weeks now and was having a hard time finding it for less than $2/lb. which is my buy price. So I was pretty stoked when I found some good lunch meat for $1.99/lb. When I find great buys like this it is hard for me to know how much to get. I’m tempted to get lots because it is such an awesome deal but at the same time, it’s not worth going overboard either since these deals do come around every so often.
In the end I felt good about how much I got. I froze the lunch meat that we aren’t using. And did you know that cottage cheese, cream cheese and sour cream all keep well past their expiration dates? I’ve had all of those for at least a month past date and they’ve still been fine. If it looks like it’s going to be a problem to get them used I’ll just freeze them and use them in things that it won’t matter if the consistency is a little different.
Bought:
- 6 Sour Cream 24 oz. $0.99 each
- 4 Cottage Cheese 16 oz. $0.99 each
- 2 Cream Cheese $0.79
- Cream Cheese $0.99
- Butter $1.99
- 6 Hillshire Farms and Oscar Mayer Lunch Meats 16 oz. $1.99 each
- Pepperoni $0.99
- Onions $1.50
Misc.: $16.00
I got cash out to use for produce at our local farmer’s market.
