Month of February’s Budget Review Money out of pocket ?$147.04 I was able to buy $888.10 of items for $147.04 I saved $741.06 Plus- I have $18.47 coming back in Rebates – I also have $35.50 in Catalina coupons? To read all the details click on links below Week 1 bought $172.77 of items for […]
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Before we started this blog, we were asked to go shopping with so many people to show them how we saved so much on groceries. Well….So as you can see we have a new link above (here in this post) and to the top right of our site. You can click any of these links
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Featured on … The Financial Times2/28/09 So my wife isn’t one to brag, but she has been featured today in Financial Times, www.FT.comHer blog “A Thrifty Mom” has a write up by Jonathan Birchall titled “Americans embrace cyber moms? blog bargains” from the New York office of the London based newspaper Financial Times, Jonathan calls
These items before discounts and coupons would have been over $48.00 I ?paid $8.18 +tax Free items Reynold?s Wrap $0.89 with ?in-ad coupon-use $1off ?coupon from 2/8 Sunday coupon insert=Final cost free after couponsHershey?s Single Bars on sale Buy one Get one free with in-ad coupon-use buy one get one free coupon from 11/9 and
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Another great printable coupon from Rite Aid. It ?is good Friday and Saturday only, for $5 off a $20 purchase. Click here to print A Thrifty Tip– Look for items that you have coupons for, or rebates. ?Add up the $20 before the coupon or rebate amount will be deducted. ?Have the cashier scan your
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When we were first married, my husband Matt and I both worked. Yet with 2 pay checks we still barely made just enough to pay our bills. We had a weekly grocery budget of $15, I tried to be creative and make what little we had stretch. Yes we ate a lot of potatoes, rice,
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A quick lesson I would like to pass on. Many of you who are new to “couponing” have emailed me with stories of some cashiers or stores not taking coupons one day, but accepting them the next. This can be very frustrating, and emotionally draining. But I want to give some words of encouragement. “It
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Guess My Albertsons Savings! ? Before discount and coupons these items would have cost me over $114.00 I bought: 7- Pillsbury grand biscuits rolls 8- Progresso soup 5-Betty Crocker friut snacks 2 -Packs of bread 5- Venus 3 pack razors 5-Band Aid First Aid kits This is a little game we play every week, All
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Question- What is a catalina coupon? A Catalina is a coupon that prints at the register after you are done paying. It prints out of a machine next to the register, after your receipt prints. It is usually triggered by an item that was purchased in that transaction. Most the time you have to buy
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One of my readers emailed me this…. I just had to share. ?Great job! Sarah, ????I wanted to share with you my shopping at Albertsons… I think I did pretty well for the first day… I am not done because I have many more coupons to use but I have enough of the granola bars
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This is an email I got last night from one of my readers. “I’m having problems with my 2 coupons on the buy 1 get one free items.??I used coupons on the buy 2 get 3 free at Safeway last week no problem,?but today just hasnt’ been my day and I don’t know how to
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This week I was able to buy $250.30 of items for only $57.15 Plus I have $42.00 in catalina coupons to spend on next weeks budget. Walgreens $35.93 but I got $42.00 in RR back?click here to read post Albertson ?$.72 cents?click here to read post Walgreens $2.00 click here to read post Walgreens FREE?
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Today we stopped by Old Navy to use our $15 coupons from our Valentine’s, ( click here to read that post) They had a door buster sale, and the balls were only $2, so I let each one of my kids pick out a ball. ?They were so excited! ?They have a lot of items
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Three weeks ago I did a post on these Mouna Loa Chocolate covered Macadamias. ?To read my post click here. ?They were out of them so ?I picked up a rain check for the sale price 2 for $4.00. ?They gave me a rain check for the sale price and I just needed to use
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If you still need to grab some Valentines for your kids you might want to print this coupon for $1 off 2. Another hint, All the Valentine’s candy will be going on sale, marked way down after the 14th. Use can still use the coupon on clearance items……find it marked down, you might get it
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Normal price would have been $9.38 ?But I paid only $1.50 Here is how I did it. Today while I was at Albertsons I checked out the carts they have full of clearance items. ?I found a Glade Scented oil plug in on clearance for $1.50, I had a coupon for it,( buy the refill
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This printable coupons is good only today and tomorrow, ?February 6-7. ?It will take $5 off any $20 purchase,(?This certificate is not valid on purchase of prescriptions, prescription co-pays, Medicare or Medicaid prescriptions, lottery tickets, tobacco, alcohol products, money orders, gift cards, stamps, licenses, other mailing services or any other items excluded by law. May
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Before discounts $72.41 ?I paid only $19.52, ?saved about 70% So I made another Albertsons run. Taking advantage of their Matching coupons. I have already posted most these match up deals. ?In case you missed it, here is the info. If you want to read my other posts on Albertsons this week click here, ?and
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And the winner is……Patty G ?& Des J and Company? Both of them guessed $6.50 Email me with your address and I will send your Riceworks chips coupons. Thanks to all of you who made a guess, this was kind of fun!! Pepperidge Farm Gold Fish Crackers? On sale for 2 for $3 dollars The
Total was $6.09… here is how I did it. Read More »
Enter in my FIRST BLOG?GIVEAWAY! (giveaway has now ended) The Price before any discounts was $66.09 I went for a late night Albertsons run. I visited 2 stores, I went in each store twice so I could make sure to use 4 coupons matches for each trip in. I purchased : 14 bags of Pepperidge
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Did you know Ablertsons will accept Walgreens catalina coupons? I love it when I learn something new about saving money. ? So I thought I would pass this info on to you. ? ?FIRST– a catalina is a coupon that prints out at the register AFTER you have paid. It can be used like cash
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This week at Walgreens they have a sale ( on the back page of the ad) ?on Colgate Toothpaste. ?You buy it for $2.99 but once you pay you get a Register Rewards ?( a coupons that prints out after you pay, good for your next shopping trip) So it is like paying .99 cents
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UPDATE The companys that offer printale coupons have a limit that they allow to be printed, When there is a great sale, that goes along with a coupons they tend to run out fast. ?ALL the coupons from both these links have been printed. ?When this happends you will get a message that says? “there
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FREE ????? I think we all put up a red flag when we hear the word free. ?I will be the first to tell you there are a lot of gimmicks out there. ?So read and be care full before you go giving personal info out. But there are a lot of great companies out
