Cvs trip spent .20 cents

I felt up to going out. I didn't get much. But Still a great trip!



1.99x2 crest toothpaste
9.99 avina meter

-1.00x2 crest toothpaste coupons
-2.89 ecb
-4.00 ecb
-5.00 ecb

oop .20 cents!

Total saved 26.29 or 99%

I earned 9.99ecb for the meter and 2.00 for the crest toothpaste :)


And I'll be donating the meter since I'm not a diabetic :)

Not much posting

I haven't been posting much because I found out I am pregnant with my 4th baby! YAY!!

I have really just been to tired really to even shop. I let some of my ecbs expire, but the cashier was nice enough to push them through anyway :)

Posting will start coming again!

Thank you for all who follow me!

Kroger in Howell = Free shampoo :)

If you want to get free Herbal Essence you can at the Howell Kroger! It is part of the p&g buy 3 get 3 off. They are on sale for 2.99, so buy 3 at 8.97. Get 3 off at the register 5.97 total now and hand over 3 $1.00 q's that will double! They will be free! overage = .03

4/2/09 trip to Kroger saved 49%

$196.96 Was my total before coupons and discounts
$98.00 is what I saved (49%)
$98.96 is what I spent out of pocket.


45.95 was in coupons
52.05 was Kroger sales/discounts


Some highlights
22.97 for 3 pks of pampers diapers (my current night time diaper) (32.07 normally) (29%)
14.97 for 3 gain detergents (21.57 normally) (30%)
7.08 for 3 snuggle fabric softeners (14.97 normally) (53%)
FREE Tomato paste (4.77 normally) (100%)
3.00 for 3 organic cereal (14.97 normally) (80%)
1.20 for 4 Pillsbury crescent rolls (6.36 normally) (81%)
1.80 for 3 oranges juices (8.97 normally) (80%)
1.54 for 2 breakstones sour cream (4.38 normally) (65%)

Not to bad of a trip. I needed the diapers, laundry detergent was running low (haha only 10 bottles left), I always love fabric softener!

cvs trip 3/30/09

I was not impressed with any deals this week. But my aunt wanted to go so I went. I'm happy I did because I found a lot of good clearance for the kids Easter baskets :)

.25x3 cereal bowls (saved .75 each)
.25 toy (saved .75)
.38 pk of bowl covers (saved 1.12)
.49x4 calendars (saved 1.51 each)
.25 3pk of children toothbrushes (saved .75)
.25 cloths line (saved .75)
.38x3 velvet stickers (saved 1.12 each)
9.99 meter (saved 10.00 and earned 9.99ecbs)
1.50x3 10ct markers (saved 1.49 each)
.75x2 27ct crayons (saved .74 each)
2.49 for 2 nail polishes (b1g1f with a 3.00q so I made .51 cents)
2.79 for 2 nail polishes (b1g1f with a 3.00q so I made .21 cents)
2.00 duck bath toy (I though was clearance but was not)


64.88 before coupons and discounts

-4.00 off 20.00 purchase
-3.00 off 2 nail polishes
-3.00 off 2 nail polishes
-21.99 in ecb


.64 total after discounts and coupons

Saved 64.24 or 99%

earned 9.99 in ecbs :)

Very happy with my trip today.

kroger trip saved $99.00

Not a great trip, but a OK trip.


.93 for broccoli crowns (saved .69)
3.00 for 3 bags baby carrots (saved 3.87)
2.00 for 8 apples (saved 1.20)
2.16 bag of black grapes (saved 2.57)
10.00 for 4 packages of of keifer (saved 15.16)
3.00 for 3pks of 3 yeast (saved 4.47)
8.85 for 5pks of kraft natural cheese (saved 13.60)
6.00 for 6tubs of cottage cheese (saved 4.86)
3.45 for 5pks of gravy (saved .50)
.87 for 3 cans of organic tomatos (saved 13.14) w/q
1.98 for 2 cans green chilies (saved 1.40)
(made 6 cents on 6 bars of buddies soap) (saved 5.94) w/q
2.75 for 3 organic whole wheat breads (Saved 9.22) w/q
6.00 for 4 boxes captain crunch cereal (saved 4.32) w/q
FREE milk for buying 4 cereals (saved 5.97)
5.01 for 2pks of strawberries (saved 3.24)
1.69 for 5lbs of flour
bread flour 3.29
(made 5 cents on 1 pk rolaids) (saved 1.50) w/q
3.68 for peanut butter (saved .30)
2.68 for 4 cans of beans

170.43 before savings
99.00 savings or 58%
71.43 total

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Another Kroger trip

1.50x3 rolaids (normally 1.58 each)
2.69x4 glade candle holders (normally 8.99 each)
2.50x2 cottage cheese (was not on sale, but we needed it)
2.00x7 oatmeals (normally 4.19 each)
1.79x3 organic tomato sauce (normally 2.29 each)
2.39x3 tropicana 50 (normally 2.99 each)
.99 dozen eggs (normally 1.49)
1.00x3 glade air freshner (normally 1.59 each)
.41 ripe bananas (saved .41 cents by buying ripe)
2.29x2 flour tortilla's (was on sale, but no coupon, we need them though) (noramlly 2.59 each)
1.69x2 kroger jam (needed these, and they were on sale, but not great) (normally 1.99 each)
.99x2 organic bags of broccoli (normally 2.99 each)


My total before discounts and coupons was 106.49


Minus my coupons
-2.39x2 b1g1 glade candle holders
-1.00x3 b1g1 glade air freshner
-1.00x3 rolaids (doubled up to 1.50 each)
-1.00x7 oatmeals (doubled)
-1.00x3 tropicana (doubled)
-.75x3 organic tomato sauce (doubled)

total after coupons was 25.27

Savings of 81.22 or 76%


I got the rolaids for free, oatmeals for free, tropicana was .39 cents each, tomato sauce was .29 cents each, glade air freshners were .50 cents each, glade candle holders were 1.19 each (normally 8.99 each!)


I had to get some needed things making my oop bigger, but the tortilla's haven't been on sale. I did get the family baged size though, so they should last until the next sale.

Happy thrifty shopping :)

Great kroger trip

Sorry I can't get my computer to upload a picture right now.

But I was able to get some good deals so I figured I would post anyway.

2 transactions that I'm just combining into one.

6 Rubbermaid containers normally 3.19 each, onsale for 1.99 -1.00q doubled = FREE
6 quaker oatmeals normally 4.19 each on sale for 2.00 each -1.00q doubled = free again, but then i had a shortcuts e-coupon for -1.00 so I made 1.00 for these :)
8 quaker rice cakes normally 2.49, after mega deal .49cents each
2 toaster strudels normally 2.49 1.49 after mega deal, .35q doubled and a .50 cent cellfire q = .54cents each.

Those are the highlights :)

My total before discounts and coupons was 107.02

After coupons, discounts and mega deal my total was 29.08
So I saved 78.64 or 73%. I'm pretty happy with that :)

Earn cash back when shopping online!

If you shop online then you NEED to read this!

There are 2 places that I use to shop online and earn cash back:
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For example Ebates offers 3% cash back for any purchase you make on ebay.com. Mr Rebates offers 1% back.

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cvs trip

Not a whole lot, but i'm still happy :)

2.88x6 herbal essence
1.49x2 palm. dish soap
2.99 crest toothpaste

35.93 total before sales and coupons


coupons
-3.00x3 (3.00 off 2 herbal)
-1.00 crest pro health
-1.98 ecb
-5.00 ecb
-6.00 ecb

total .89 cents!

I saved 35.04 or 98%

I earned
2.00 for the crest toothpaste
5.00 for the herbal shampoo
2.00 for the palmolive soap

9.00 total

Awesom Kroger trip!

I found lots of manager special items today!

11.99 Johnson & Johnson first aid kit (Manager special, normally 19.99)
2.69x6 glade fabric & Air (normally 3.99 each)
2.69x2 glade candel holder (normally 6.99 each)
2.69x3 glade refill (normally 3.49 each)
6.99 glade sense and spray (normally 8.99)
1.50 colgate toothpaste (part of the mega deal, normally 2.99)
1.50 colgage toothbrush(part of the mega deal, normally 2.19)
1.97x2 nemo/car tattoo band aids (manager special, normally 3.29 each)
1.50x2 veggie like ground beef (manager special, normally 3.99 each)
.99x6 veggie like gound sasuage (manager special, normally 3.99 each)
1.50x2 veggie chicken nuggets (manager special, normally 3.99 each)
1.50x4 2% organic cottage cheese (manager special, normally 4.49 each)
1.94x3 organic granola (manager special, normally 3.89 each)
2.00x6 quaker high fiber oatmeal (noramlly 4.19 each)
.99x8 quaker rice cakes (part of the mega deal, normally 2.49 each)
1.69x2 apple juice (normally 2.59 each)
.83 ripe banana's (.29 cents per pound)
1.77x3 milks (normally 3.19 each)
1.68 bag of onions (normally 1.99)
2.19x2 bags of Krogerbrown rice (normally 2.49 each)
11.62 for 8.6 pounds(1.88 per pound) of ground chuck (normally 27.08)
.49x2 toliet bowl cleaners (manager special, normally 1.00 each)
3.55 centrum kids vitimins (manager special, normally 7.99)


My aunt covered these items for me as a thank you for taking her places :) She wanted me to count this towards my total.

.99x2 apple bites (manager special, normally 3.49)
10.57 2 whole chickens (normally 19.87)

Total before coupons and discounts

229.62


- coupons and manager special savings
(all coupons 1.00 or less doubled!)

-1.00x3 oatmeal coupons
-1.00 oatmeal from short cuts (did not double, loaded on card)
-4.00 glade
-1.00x3 glade
glade b1g1f x3 (saved 2.69 each)
-.75 toothpaste
-.75 toothbrush
-1.00x6 that i'm not sure of
Kroger just lists coupons, it doesn't saw for what item


So my total after coupons and manager specials was 94.41!

I saved 135.21 or 58%.


Free, was the 2 chickens, 6 oatmeals, colgate toothpaste and brush.

I'll be going to cvs later too!

Kreativ Blogger Award! I got nominated!

Thank you Club Coupon! At http://clubcoupon.blogspot.com/, For nominating me for this award!
I started this blog so that I could post all my great trips! But it has been so much more fun finding all these other great blogs on here.


Ok this great award comes with 2 rules:

1. You must list 7 things you love!
2. You must nominate 7 other blogs for this award!



Seven things I love

1. My family
2. My self
3. Saving money
4. cooking- I love cooking from scratch
5. My friends - you guys are the best!
6. my husband- He goes to work for 80+ hours a week so I can stay home with the kids
7. warm weather- I love being able to go outside for hours and play with the kids

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2. http://ourfrugalexperiment.blogspot.com/
3. http://midgetmomma1200budget.blogspot.com/
4. http://extremesoccermom.blogspot.com/
5. http://cleaninguptheclutter.blogspot.com/
6. http://www.savingsmakescents.com/
7. http://operationthriftymama.blogspot.com/

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Some good tips on there!

CVS trip 2

I had to go again the deals were pretty good this week :)

4.99 slimquick drink
4.99 carnation instant breakfast drink
6.00 rightguard pro
.99x2 act total mouth wash
.50 candy bar (needed to cover the overage)


23.54 total before coupons


-2.00 rightguard pro
-3.00 ecb
-4.99 ecb
-7.99 ecb


.48 cents total after coupons
I saved 23.06 or 98%


Earned
1.98 for the act total mouth wash
4.99 carnation instant breakfast
5.00 rightguard
6.00 rightguard
4.99 slimquick

22.96 Earned in ECB


Pretty good trip!

Easy ways to make a little extra $

So i have put together a few sites that i think are pretty easy and good to make a little extra money/gift cards :)

1. You Data- You get paid to click on ad's. Not a whole lot of money, but have made about 20 bucks or so in 2 months time. Still 20 extra dollars that I didn't have before.
Link- http://www.youdata.com/join/junejay4life


2. Hits 4 Pay- You get paid to read e-mails. Not a whole lot of money, but if you have some "play time" on the computer, then it's an easy way to make a few bucks.

Link- http://hits4pay.com/members/index.cgi?jhsurveymom3


3 Swagbucks- It's just a website for searching just like Google, but they give you swagbucks for it and you can turn them in for gift cards! I have earned 5 $5 amazon gift cards in 2 months time. So this is a very easy way to make some gift card money. I just search through swagbucks for anything.

Link- http://swagbucks.com/?cmd=sb-register&rb=269934


4. Inbox Dollars- Exactly like hits 4 pay. Really easy to make a little extra.

Link- http://www.inboxdollars.com/?r=ref5027001



In no way will these make you tons of money. But it's a little extra. I'm putting everything that i'm making in a savings account towards a vacation that me and my husband want to go on this summer. The extra money will help pay for some of the gas!

So check them out :)

CVS fun

I had a fun time getting to cvs this week. No planning, just went on a whim.
Here is what I came up with :)

My cvs has their valentines clearance at 90% off!!

.35x2 valentines cards
.09x2 bags of heart suckers (for easter baskets, hehe)
.19 sweethearts candy (easter again)
10.00x2 pampers ez ups
4.99 slimquick energy drink
9.99 right guard professional


$51.97 before coupons and discounts


-2.00x2 pampers
-30.97 in ECB's


Total after coupons

$3.14!!!
I saved $48.83 or 94%


ECB's Earned
$5.00 right guard professional
$6.00 right guard professional
$4.99 slimquick
5.00 pampers (spend 20 earn 5)
=20.99 earned!


The right guard i had a rain check for 6.00 earn 6.00 in ecb's
She forgot to adjust the price down. But i didn't realize that they are giving 5.00 in ebc's this week when you buy this product. So i ended up getting the 5 and the 6 in ecb's!!!
I still have 1 rain check left. So i'm going again before weeks end to try and snag 1 more :)

Kroger Trip

Sorry it's been a while. We have been sick and just no time to even shop!

Here is what I got from Kroger


3.99x3 Cascadian Organic Cereal
200x3 quaker oatmeal simple harvest
2.39x2 Tropicana Orange Juice
1.69 raspberry iced tea
2.37x2 brownies (needed these to bake something with my sister)
.99 cantaloupe
.22x2 cucumbers
1.48 head of broccoli
.99 bag of 3 organic hearts of romaine
.59 dinner rolls
.99 cottonelle toilet paper
.99 orangic baby romaine
2.00x4 oral B kids toothbrushes

63.43 before coupons


-.25 cottenelle (cellfire q)
-.50 (doubled) Cottenelle
-1.00x3 (doubled) organic cereal
-1.00 oatmeal (shortcuts q)
-1.00x3 (doubled) Oatmeal Q
-1.00 off on 2 (doubled) orange juice
-.35x2 (doubled) brownies
-b1g1fx2 oral b tooth brushes
-9.90 in bottle return money (These are my brothers bottles, so this is just extra money!!)


Total after coupons and discounts


$13.42!

I saved $50.01 or 79%.


Free

cottonelle toilet paper +.25 because of the e-coupon
all 3 quaker oatmeal's +1.00 because of my e-coupon
2 oral b toothbrushes

Thrifty way to buy some furniture

We've needed new mattresses for the kids for a while now. We've been using hand-me-down mattresses from family and they are pretty old. I have been looking for a thrifty way to buy 3 mattresses lately and I finally found it!

It all started with a flyer I got in the mail from our local furniture store. The ad said they were offering $500 in groceries if you spend $500 at their store. I tossed the flyer aside at first thinking it was a scam. On Saturday (the day of the deal) I looked at it again and asked my husband to call and see if it was "for real". My husband found out that you don't get the $500 that day. Basically when you spend $100 a month on groceries you get $25 back each time. You do this over a 20 month span, but I spend $100 a month on groceries anyway. This ends up being $500 in free groceries for my family, plus we get the furniture we need!

We did decide to go and check them out and we ended up getting 2 twin mattresses, 1 twin mattress set because Katalina needed the box spring and a new TV stand that my husband has been wanting for a while! We ended up spending $639. Now for the next 20 months I'll be getting $25 in free groceries back every month!

My Aunt wanted to do to same deal, but she couldn't come up with $500 worth of stuff. She ended up picking out a really nice bench for me instead since we needed a new one for our entry way. So thanks to my Aunt Jackie we have a new bench in there as well! Overall we got the furniture we needed and $500 in free groceries! What a great deal!!!



Old TV stand




New TV stand






Old bench!






New bench.

How I made my coupon book

First you need to find some baseball card holders. You can find them at wal-mart :) Or you can just go take them from your husbands collection :)

Then you organize your coupons either alphabetically or by category. I do mine by category IE- I made a category for breakfast/bread, frozen, dairy, soap etc.... Put your coupons in the slots however you decide to organize them.
Label them. I used little post-it notes that stick right to the sheet.
Add them to your binder. I picked this one up at wal-mart for about $7.00
This is what I carry to the store with me :) The zipper on the front is where I put all my coupons that I'm using at the store. As I put the item in my cart, I pull the coupon out of the sheet and put it in that pocket.

Towards the top there is another zippered pocket. I keep my calculator and my scissors in there. The front also opens up for me to store pens in and sometimes I keep my shopping lists in there.

CVS trip today

Since wags and cvs are right next to each other, i had to go there too :)






Here's what I got

3.99x2 stay free pads
9.99x2 pampers ez-ups (12.99 each normally)
2.79 suave body wash
19.99 KY yours and mine
2.59 cvs brand mouth wash

62.88 before discounts and coupons

-2.00x2 pampers
-2.59 cvs mouth wash
-3.00 suave body wash ( It gave me the overage!)
-3.99 bogo coupon stay free pads
-5.00 ky yours and mine
-4.00 ecb
-8.00 ecb
-15.00 ecb

9.17 Total
saved 53.71 or 85% and earned 14 in ecb!


I know i spent a lot out of pocket. I had to get the pampers pull ups because my daughter refuses to keep her cloth diapers on. This is a last resort since she isn't wanting to do elimination communication at the moment.

Quick run to walgreens

I wanted to go to Walgreens to get the Gillette Razor deal.
Here's what I got

8.99 (9.49 normally) Gillette razor
1.29 (4.99 normally) Hair clip
.99x2 (1.99 each normally) Dawn dish soap

19.56 Before discounts and coupons

-4.00 razor
-.50x2 dawn soap

7.69 total after and earned $6.00 in RR
Saved 11.87 or 60%

What's for dinner tonight

I'm making homemade tacos for dinner tonight. Something that the whole family loves!


Ingrediants:
3/4lb ground sirloin $2 (i picked up 1.5lbs for $4, so i split it up for 2 meals)
1 can black beans .90
1/2 4.5oz can of green chilies .42
1/2 an onion .25
1 bell pepper .50
1 packet taco seasoning .40
1/2 can refried beans .50
1 package whole wheat tortillas 1.25
sour cream free
lettuce .25
cheese .35

Total 6.82 For our taco dinner.


Directions:
chop onions and bell pepper as small or big as you like. Brown your beef, onions,green chilies and bell pepper. Once they are cooked drain and add taco packet according to the directions. Once it is done smash up the black beans and add it to the pan. Cook until heated through. Your taco meat is done now!

Warm your tortillas, spread with refried beans, taco meat and top with sour cream lettuce and cheese. (tomatoes if you like, we just don't like them)

This is enough to feed a family of 5 twice!
So really it's only 3.41 per meal!


You can also do a side of rice with it or add any other topping you like!
What changes would you make?

Kroger trip!

I did awesome today at kroger! lots of free items. I did get 70 items so i'm not going to list them all, just what was a good deal.
1.99x6 skim milk
1.87x3 breakstones sour cream
.50x12 danon yogurt
.99x2 cottonelle
2.50x3 nestle cookies
2.00x2 yoplait yogurt
2.00x3 whole wheat bread
5.59x2 6pk dove beauty bars
1.67x9 cheerios
2.24x2 whole wheat speghetti
1.89 pantene hair spray
1.29x3 dove conditoner
2.50x2 total toothpaste
3.49x2 kids electric toothbrush
2.61x2 vitimens
5.09 vitimens
2.00x2 lady speed stick

267.03 total before discounts and coupons(most of these coupons doubled!)
-.40x2 off 6 danon yogurts
-.50x3 off breakstone sour cream
-.50x2 cottonelle toliet paper
-1.00x3 nestle cookies
-.50x2 yoplait yogurt
-.55x 3 bread
-1.00off3x3 cereal coupons
-1.00off2x2 pasta coupons
-1.29x3 dove conditioner
-1.49 pantene hair spray
-1.00x2 total toothpaste
-1.00x3 vitimens
-.75off2x2 lady speed stick
-1.00x2 dove beauty bars
Total after all dicounts and coupons is..................71.12 or 73%!!

CVS trip

.77x2 palmolive soap

1.88x2 frosted flakes (i eat them as a snack)

.99x5 aquafresh toothpaste

8.99x 2 nature made vitimins

4.99 energy thing i got for my aunt

47.68 total before sale prices and coupons (The above prices are the sale prices)

-8.99 buy 1 get 1 free nature made

-.25x2 palmolive

-.75x5 aquafresh

-1.00x2 nature made

-1.00 kellogg cereal

-10.00 extra bucks

-2.00 extra bucks

3.98 Total after discounts, and i put it on a gift card, so i paid nothing out of pocket!

saved 43.70 or 91% and earned 4.99 in extra care bucks!

Welcome to my blog

Hello! I'm a stay at home mommy of 3 wonderful children! In december I was on diaperswappers and found the thrifty familes form. I realized that you can save money using coupons. I always thought that I could save more money buying store brand. Well I have learned different!
So I'm going to be writing about my thrifty ideas, using coupons, shopping at the thrift stores and just ways to save some money

Walgreens trip

1.59 2 brush pack

.75 hair clips

.75 hair wraps

1.79x2 kids tooth paste

4.49 soft soap (returning, not on clearence as marked!)

2.89 icy hot pm patch

2.29x2 toddler toothpaste

31.13 (26.35 after i return soft soap) before sale prices

-1.00 soft soap

-1.00 icy hot

-.75x2 kids toothpaste

16.25 (11.50 after soft soap) after discounts!

Total saved 22.88 or 73%! 87% after soft soap return