Thursday, January 29, 2009

Hickory Farms

So I got my Hickory Farms order today. I probably would have gotten it sooner but the UPS guy left a note on our door saying it was at the leasing office. Well it fell off the door and did not pick up the paper on the ground to see what it was until yesterday. LoL. Well anyways... I got 4 of the cheese ball boxes and paid $3.75 each plus I think an extra 15% off. Now if you go to their website this same box is on "Sale" for $17.50 originally $25. Glad I got these when I did. They will make great gifts but have to be used by June 09.

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Ralph's 1/28

So I went to take a picture but my camera is dead. I am charging it now but in the meantime this is what I got at Ralph's today:

3 Kraft shredded cheese $7.50
- 3 $.75 Coupons ($2.25)
Chex Mix $2.00
-Cellfire coupon $.60
-$.50 coupon doubled ($1.00)
Frenches Yellow Mustard $1.50
-$.50 doubled ($1.00)
Frenches Spicy Brown Mustard $1.50
-$.75 doubled ($1.00)
2 Hormel Chili $2.00
-$.55 doubled ($1.00)
Cream Cheese $1.50
Daisy Sour Cream $2.00
-$.50 doubled ($1.00)
Red Grapes $.89/lbs= $.88
3 Taco Lunchables on markdown $2.97

-$5.00 Mega Event

Total $9.01
Saved $30.79

I also got $1 OYNO for buying Frenches Mustard

I could have gotten a better deal but our Ralph only will double the first coupon and then the other like coupons are only face value.

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Commissary Trip 1/26


Spent $19.XX
Saved $18.XX

It was a savings of 51% but since they add a surcharge, the spent is more than saved. I also e-mailed them about not scanning my coupons and the guy said to just bring in the receipts and they would fix it. Luckily I found my other receipt where they forgot to scan my $2 coupon so I got $5 to use towards this purchase.

Monday, January 26, 2009

Update on Coupon Mess

Well I did not get all my coupons organized like I planned. But I did get all of the inserts from yesterday and finished organizing the coupons from the week before. All I have left are about 15 inserts that my mother-in-law brought over and a few printed ones. I feel a lot better now that the bulk of the coupons are put away. I will try to get pictures of my binder up later on today.

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Free Diet Dr. Pepper

Yup... That's right. I signed up for a free subscription to Cosmo and just started receiving it(This is my 2nd one) Well while I was flipping through it I found a coupon for a free(Up to $1.59) 2-Liter of Diet Dr. Pepper. Check to see if you got one. Its in the Feb. 2009 issue on page 39. Also there is a coupon for $1 off Carefree Panty Liners. So I got $2.59 worth of coupons for free, plus a magazine to read. Not to bad.

To get a free subscription to Cosmo go here.

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Military Outreach Ministries


One of the ways I save on my grocery bill is by going to a food giveaway. It is twice a month and is totally free. It is made possible through donations. Military Outreach Ministries put this giveaway on for the military families stationed at Camp Pendleton. Requirements are you must be E-5 and below....That's it. You must pre-register for this program though. Go here. Right now the registration is closed but keep checking because they said today they will be opening it back up. They give mostly pantry items but sometimes they give fresh produce and diapers.
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I got this off of The Thrifty Soaper so I thought I would try it.

Monday, January 19, 2009

Little Debbie Giveaway!

Denise at The "Cent"sible Sawyer is giving away a Little Debbie 100 Calorie Sampler box to 3 of her readers. Go here to read more. These look delicious.

Commissary Trip


I went to the commissary today since we needed milk(2 Gallons not pictured) They paid me to take the KY($.51), Head $ Shoulders ($.58), and the Quaker Minis($.20). The Kashi bars were only $.09 each after $2 coupon and the Oatmeal were $.89 each after $1 coupon. The tomato sauce was $.65 for 3 after $1 off coupon. Over all I saved $22.40(Should have been $25.40 but the lady did not ring 3 of my $1 coupons but took them and I didn't notice until I got home) That's 43%. Not too bad since I did not have coupons for the soups, lunch meat, or milk. I don't know what to do about them not ringing up 3 of my coupons. I think it was for the Quaker Minis which I only bought because they were free and gave me overage. Thats not something we normally would eat. Hmm.

My Coupon Mess

So I sort of got lazy about organizing my coupons starting in November. Whenever I would get an insert or find tear pads or blinkies at the store, I would just put them all in this bag I designated for coupons. Then it got to the point where I was so behind in organizing I could never find the coupons I needed and when I did find them, they had already expired. So now that it is a new year, I finally went through all my inserts and took out the expired ones. So my goal for this week if to get all my coupons organized. I am almost finished with the inserts from yesterday, so that's a start. After I am done I will post pictures on my storage method.... my coupon binder.

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Free Suave Today Only!


Go here to sign up for your free bottle of suave. If it is anything like to free Dr. Pepper I would say sign up as early as you can. Later on the site may be so busy you won't be able to get one.

Thanks The Thrifty Mama!

Sunday, January 11, 2009

K-Mart Doubles


I found out that our K-Mart was doubling so I had to run out and get a few of the deals. Everything here was free after the coupon and double. So I paid $1.24 in taxes. Not bad since the body wash itself is $3.99. Most of the other things free after coupon either I didn't have a coupon for or they didn't carry it in the store.

To see if your store is doubling go here. For coupon match-ups go here.

Happy Shopping!

Friday, January 9, 2009

Albertsons Diaper Deal

Need to stock up on diapers? Albertsons is having a great deal on diapers right now.

Part of their spend $30 get 15 towards your next purchase includes diapers. They are also having a promotion spend $25 in baby products get 5 towards your next purchase.

Here is how it would work:
3 packs diapers= $30
-$3 in coupons
= $27 OOP(out of pocket)
Receive 20 back for your next purchase

3 packs of diapers= $30
-$3 in coupons
-20 off next purchase
= $7 OOP
Receive 20 back for your next purchase

You can keep doing this over and over. This makes them $5.45 a pack and you will end up with 20 off your next purchase. Great deal if you need diapers.

Thanks imasupernova!

Monday, January 5, 2009

Free Redbox Rental


Looking for some cheap entertainment? Click here to find a Redbox location near you and rent a free movie. Just enter code 37CEA9 at the kiosk. This code expires tonight at midnight.

Remember to return it by 9pm tomorrow or you will be charged $1 for every extra night you have it.