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2010-01-18T13:05:00.002-05:00

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Fairlanes Bowling Tomorrow

2010-01-16T15:23:00.001-05:00

I just learned that Fairlanes bowling is offering a special tomorrow afternoon. Between 1 and 4 you can bowl 2 games for $10 and they will donate $5 of that to the Red Cross for Haiti. Sounds like a good family time tomorrow afternoon. Maybe I will get the kids out of the Profs hair while he watching the Vikings.

Old Navy Clearance

2010-01-16T15:17:00.002-05:00

Clearance has begun in earest at Old Navy. They currently have 50% off their clearance prices. I bought flag shirts for 99 cents and many other shirts for my kiddos for $2.50 or less. And I snagged a pair of jeans for 8 bucks. If your a fan of Old Navy, time to stop by. Last I checked, there is still an 10% off at there site if you move the headband from the blond to the girl with black hair. You can try that over here. Every little bit helps.

Meijer deals this week

2010-01-14T11:38:00.002-05:00

I spent $7.24 for 53 items at Meijer this week!!!! I was doing the happy dance out the door. 32 of those were yogurt for free or 5 cents a container. My kids are loving it. You can click the link and see what was on my list.

SavingsAngel.com ™ - cut your Grocery Bill in HALF through Enlightened Shopping! ™

Free Dish Detergent at Walgreens

2010-01-01T13:26:00.002-05:00

Well, I don't track the deals too far ahead, but I did see several posts about this. Look for a $2.50 Finish coupon in this Sundays Paper. Then head on over to Walgreens where it will be priced around $3.50 with a $1 Register reward! Yep, the bottom line will be free or very close to. I will be looking for coupons for this one and hoping Walgreens is stocked up! I was just running low too.

Tuesdays Table

2009-12-21T19:19:00.004-05:00

Two quick stores and then I am done for the week. Here is what I did with some of my Register Rewards. I paid $1.01 out of pocket for all this at Walgreens. The Kleenex with 110 in the box is on sale for .79 with a store coupon, so of course I used a manufacturer coupon as well. And eggs are .99 a dozen if you need some this week to finish up your baking. I love being able to look up an item I need in Savings Angel and find where I should pick it up.

Then I dashed into Meijer for a couple stellar deals. The Tropicana had a manufacturer coupon as well as a Meijer Mealbox coupon to make them .50. The All was $1.49 after coupons. My total began at $22 and I spent just over $9 after my coupons. So now I can get back to my wrapping and look forward to the clearance sales after Friday. Does anyone else love those things? Where do you like to go?

50 Free prints and $15 off any order at Shutterfly

2009-12-17T13:03:00.003-05:00

I thought this one was worth my time. I still haven't settled on an online photo service. I just keep trying deals to see what I like, especially when they are free. So if you you are new customer at Shutterfly, you get 50 free prints. They are good for a month, so don't forget to print up those Christmas snapshots after all the festivities. Then you can go here and learn how to add $15 to your account.

Walgreens Deals

2009-12-13T19:35:00.003-05:00

Well, I'm having a little photo trouble over here. So if there is a picture, be impressed. If you have any Huggies coupons, Walgreens is the deal this week. They are 8.99 with a $2 Register Reward. So with my $2 coupon from the Parade 2 weeks ago, they were 4.99. Then I also picked up the Complete Contact Solution, because it was free after register rewards. This is the third week of Contact Solution for free. I wonder how long into 2010 I can go without having to pay for it now that I'm stocked up. I also picked up Hunts 3/$1 and 4 Little Christmas bags for $1 - mostly so I had enough items to use up a lot of Register Rewards from last week.

Okay, I'm off to figure out my camera issues. I have 3 Christmas programs in 5 days....so I don't know how much other shopping I will do. I'm trying to finish up a couple things online. I didn't know that even ebay gets pricey this time of year.

Check for Deals Here

2009-12-11T11:40:00.003-05:00

I know that I haven't been blogging much lately. I've been too busy working the deals myself, along with baking, decking the halls, digging out the driveway and attending Christmas Programs! Here are some of the blogs I'm loving this season"

It's Hip 2 Save for store and online sale ideas. It was here that I found a half price Lego set and Croc boots for my Cents for $14 shipped.

Money Saving Mom for Walgreens, coupons and other savings ideas.

Macomb Money Saver for the scoop on this weeks Meijer sales - don't forget that she has double coupons when you look at her deals.

Have fun out there, but stay on budget.

Walgreens sale through Saturday

2009-12-11T11:28:00.003-05:00

I had some serious fun at Walgreens today. The store was really quiet, so I was able to do 2 checkouts and think at the same time. The first thing to know is that thru Saturday they have $5 register reward back on a purchase of $25 - before coupons. The second thing to know is that they have a ton of things that are free after Register Rewards. So you can go and just pick up the items on the endcap that are free after RR and make sure your total hits $25. I got the Renu, Stayfree with coupons as well. The Oil of Olay BOGO coupon is in your most recent P&G coupon book and there is a rebate for the Quench lotion. Won't those make a really nice gift bag for a teacher??? So I used up my register rewards from last week and only spent $30.60, I got back $40 in Register Rewards and I will do the rebate on the Oil of Olay for $20. Can that mean I will make a $30 profit on the items purchased above!!! :) Yep, so long as I use the Register Rewards by December 25th. If I keep using them on items that trigger another Register Reward...I keep buying many toiletries and even food for free. You can save a lot of money by knowing how this system works and working it. To see deal ideas visit over at Money Saving Mom.

Tuesday's Table

2009-12-07T14:53:00.005-05:00

No, I didn't fall off the face of the earth....my printer did...then the computer did. We got a new laptop at Black Friday sales, but I still need to order some color cartridges. I basically sat out the Thanksgiving sales since I couldn't print the coupons I needed to put together the best deals. Hopefully I'm up and running again. I would love to hear from you in the comments to know what kind of things you like to see here. I've been feeling like I'm blogging to myself out here!

I've been doing well at Walgreens lately and so had some Register Rewards to use. You can see what I got above. After coupons my total was $3.09, so I used a $2 RR and paid $1.09 out of pocket for my 6 items and 5 fillers. I just realized, I should have used a coupon for my filler or it would have been less. I had a total of 9 coupons to use plus my Register rewards, so I chose the bags to bring my item count up. And I got a RR for $5 on the Triaminic.

30% off at Gap, Old Navy, and Banana Republic

2009-11-11T13:12:00.004-05:00

The Gap, Old Navy and Banana Republic are offering a 30% off coupon HERE. It's good at there outlets too, but the coupon is only good November 12-15. Old Navy has Winter Coats at 50% off already this week.

$20 back on $100 at BestBuy

2009-11-11T13:07:00.003-05:00

Christmas is coming and I'm busy making my list and checking it twice. Anyone else there working on the gifts yet? Paypal is offering $20 back on $100 purchases at BestBuy online. You can click HERE for the link to look at what they've got.

Tuesdays Table

2009-11-09T22:20:00.004-05:00

I'm all stocked up on Ritz crackers for quite awhile now. They had $10 off some Mattel games with the purchase and there is a $10 rebate for the Ritz. So it was time to check it out. I also had $5 off $25 general merchandise coupon to go with that. My tab started at over $87 and came down to $39 and now I will send in my rebate for another $10.

I hit Walgreens earlier in the day to use up my Register Rewards. My out of pocket was $2. something. But I didn't pick up any new register rewards this time.

Tuesdays Table: Family Fare Doubles

2009-11-03T14:08:00.004-05:00

Wow, I've never done a doubles coupon event. That was pretty fun. I've never seen my little FF so busy. They were out of a number of things I wanted to get, but it is the end of the sale. Before coupons or sales my total would have been $83.41 and after it was $24.54 out of pocket. The Krusteaz cookie mixes and kisses on clearance were free after coupons. The Tortilla chips were .50,t he Hot Dogs were .25. Sure hoping they do this again!

Family Fare: Double Coupons

2009-11-03T09:23:00.001-05:00

Today is the last day!!! Sorry I'm so late on letting you know this. But today is the last of 3 days of double coupons in the Grand Rapids area for Family Fare and D & W! They are doubling manufacturing coupons up to a dollar. Going to get my list together now and see you there!

$2 Costumes at Old Navy

2009-10-30T09:48:00.002-04:00

Wow, so glad Autumn let me know about this one. Are you in a last minute hurry for a costume? Head on over to the Old Navy near you for this sale. I don't know what is left, but might be worth a peek. If you are at Rivertown, don't forget to stop by their offices for a free tote of goodies and coupons. They could be handy with Christmas coming up!

Last Flick's Film

2009-10-30T07:50:00.000-04:00

Celebration Cinema is hosting the last week of a Film Fest for Families. All the films are PG and free to those under 12. It is just $2.50 for adults. Visit celebrationcinema.com for theatres and showtimes. This weeks showing is Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.

October 30- Nov 5 Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

2009-10-28T20:56:00.002-04:00

Wow, my friend Kelly posted about a bag of coupons and goodies that she picked up at the Rivertown Crossing Mall in Grandville MI today. Some of them even have a $10 off coupon in them. Then you can bring the bag back on their anniversary filled with canned goods for the food for the West Michigan Food Drive and recieve a $20 gift certificate for the mall. Fun find Kelly, thanks for sharing!

Complimentary Anniversary Tote Bags
10/26/2009 - 11/6/2009
Wow, my friend Kelly posted about a bag of coupons and goodies that she picked up at the Rivertown Crossing Mall in Grandville MI today. Some of them even have a $10 off coupon in them.
Visit the Mall Office Reception Center during weekday office hours from October 26 – November 5, 2009 for your complimentary Anniversary Tote!* Each stylish tote is filled with special retailer offers & anniversary giveaways and random totes are seeded with $10.00 Mall Gift Cards!

*RIVERTOWN CROSSINGS ANNIVERSARY TOTES. Receive one (1) tote per family while supplies last. Must be 18 years or older to participate. Customer need not have tote to donate to the ACCESS of West Michigan Food Drive.

LOCATION: Mall Management Office

TIME: 8:30am-5pm

CONTACT: 616-257-5000

ACCESS of West Michigan Food Drive Celebrate RiverTown Crossings 10 years in the community and receive a FREE Mall Gift Card when you donate to ACCESS of West Michigan! Fill your exclusive Anniversary Tote* with canned or packaged food items and bring it with you to the RiverTown Crossings Anniversary Celebration on November 6 to receive a free $20.00 Mall Gift Card*.

Tuesdays Table

2009-10-28T09:47:00.005-04:00

First I went to Walgreens since I had some Register Rewards that were going to expire Tuesday if not used. I didn't have a big need or deal list, so I just picked up a couple items that would give me Register Rewards for the next time. These were free after Register Rewards. Since I used a RR to pay, my out of pocket was $1.80 and I received $5.50 to use next time..

My next stop was Meijer. Again I didn't have a huge list of deals this week. But I thought the Snuggle Fabric Softener worth the trip for .49 each after coupon. The 16 oz. Mini Wheats were on sale for $1.88. I had two coupons for .75 from the back of cereal boxes and one coupon from in a cereal box for $1 off fruit. And I knew if I bought 3 Kellogg's cereal I would get a coupon for a free milk. It was a good week to find a milk deal, since it is over $2 this week. Life was on sale for $1.79 and my husband said I could buy as much as I could afford. My cost without coupons was over $47 and my out of pocket was $29, plus I will submit a $2 rebate on the Palmolive.

The last leg of my mini marathon was Family Fare. They had Oreos for $2!!! We love oreos and I have school parties to send them too. So I used my $1 off of 2 coupons from a Kraft mailing on those.

Then to finish out my busy day I also went to 3 parent teacher conference, an Orchestra Concert for Half Buck, and took the car into the shop. Whew, it is kinda nice to be grounded at home for a day without wheels.

Flick's Family Film Fest

2009-10-23T07:49:00.001-04:00

Celebration Cinema is hosting a Film Fest for Families. All the films are PG and free to those under 12. It is just $2.50 for adults. Visit celebrationcinema.com for theatres and showtimes. This weeks showing is Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs.

October 23-29 Ice Age Dawn of the Dinosaurs
October 30- Nov 5 Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

100 Free Pictures

2009-10-21T14:21:00.004-04:00

See Here from Fuji Film is offering 100 free prints for new accounts and you have to pay shipping. I think I might be taking that Christmas Card picture of the kiddos today, opening my account and placing my order over HERE. It looks like you have to use the code Prints at checkout. Thanks My Frugal Adventures.

Tuesdays Table

2009-10-21T13:52:00.005-04:00

Yay, another good week at Meijer. I spent $21 earlier this week getting milk and some basics at Aldi's. I can't believe it, but I'm about at the end of my 30 boxes of cereal stash and needed to pick up a couple kid favorites over there until I find another stellar deal. In the meantime, I was able to get my pickles with a rain check from last month. The Ore Ida and the Jello had Meijer Mealbox coupons as well as manufacturer ones. Then as a bonus, I found one more Ore Ida coupon that had printed from an order before me from the Catalina machine! I needed the Q Tips and so I looked it up on Savings Angel for the best price and a coupon and didn't end up at full price on that item. If you buy 5 Stove Top Stuffing at $1.09, then you got $4 off Ground Beef for your next purchase. So for $5.78 I got 2 lbs Angus ground beef and 5 Stove Top Stuffing (and yes, I use this in a recipe of chicken my family loves). So my out of pocket today was $18. 84.

SavingsAngel.com ™ - Meijer list

Flick's Family Film Fest

2009-10-16T07:48:00.000-04:00

Celebration Cinema is hosting a Film Fest for Families. All the films are PG and free to those under 12. It is just $2.50 for adults. Visit celebrationcinema.com for theatres and showtimes. This weeks showing is Monsters vs Aliens.

October 16-22 Monsters vs. Aliens
October 23-29 Ice Age Dawn of the Dinosaurs
October 30- Nov 5 Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

Bread Making

2009-10-15T07:56:00.000-04:00

Okay, what is this all over my counter? Bread mixes made by me.: Winter cometh and I am longing for stews and soups and crockpotty type dishes with homemade bread. Do you still have that bread maker on a shelf somewhere? This is what I do with mine. I make my favorite mix up ahead. Since I had scored some flour at .99 and the season is right, it was time to mix some more up. How many do I do at a time? Well that is decided by how many plastic bags or how much ingredients I have. I was hoping to use up the last of my whole wheat flour but ran out of plastic bags. If you notice that the bags all look different, I have a confession to make: I wash out my ziplocks untill they are dead (so now you know how frugal I am :). Here is my favorite recipe:

Whole Wheat Bread - large loaf

Bread Flour (I use regular) 2 1/2 Cups
Whole Wheat Four 1/2 Cup
Salt 1 1/2 teaspoons
Sugar 3 Tablespoons
Dry Milk 1 1/2 Tablespoons

All the above into the ziplock bags.

Warm tap water 1 1/8 Cups
Add the bag
Dry Yeast: 1 teaspoon for bread setting, 2 tsp for bread rapid setting
Butter 1 1/2 tablespoon

Tuesday's Table

2009-10-14T07:34:00.006-04:00

Meijer had a lot of deals with money off on your next order (or ONYO) that I wanted to get. The Cream of Mushroom were for .65 and if you bought 5 with any Pepperidge Farm Bread, you got $5 off your next order. Be sure and look for the lowest price bread to increase your savings. The Ziplock gave me $2 and the Swansons gave $1. All of course were on sale and had coupons. So I did all this in one order at self check out for $10.22 after coupons. There is also a rebate for ziplocks.

I then did this second order, using those discounts from above. I paid just over $5 for this order, including 5 pound of pork roast (I had them cut it up in chops). The catalina machine also gave me one more $1 for the Swansons broth. Below you can see my Meijer list from Savings Angel. Sure hope some of you got over there to visit during their open house last week. Drop me a comment and tell me what you thought.

SavingsAngel.com Meijer Shopping List

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Walgreens

2009-10-11T20:45:00.003-04:00

I'm finally really excited about Walgreens deals this week. I went early so the shelves would be stocked. If you buy 8 items of Skippy or Ragu, you get $8 in register rewards. Each item was $1.67, so even without coupons, this was a great price...provided you don't let that register reward expire. So I took my Ragu and Skippy out to the car and came back in and bought $10 worth of Granola bars with some coupons and used the $8 register reward to pay for them. And for spending the $10, I got $5 register reward. I was going to use that toward the Huggies deal going right now: 2/$18 with a $4 register reward. There are $2 printable coupons out there, making this a 2/$10 deal. So I will be going back to do this later in the week. Since I used some register rewards from a week or so ago, everything below was around $8 out of pocket. You can check out my Savings Angel list here:
SavingsAngel.com Walgreens List

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Okay, I went back for those diapers and paid just over $10 out of pocket and got $4 register rewards for another day!

Flick's Film Festival

2009-10-09T07:47:00.001-04:00

Celebration Cinema is hosting a Film Fest for Families. All the films are PG and free to those under 12. It is just $2.50 for adults. Visit celebrationcinema.com for theatres and showtimes. This weeks showing is Night at the Musuem.

October 9-15 Night at the Museum
October 16-22 Monsters vs. Aliens
October 23-29 Ice Age Dawn of the Dinosaurs
October 30- Nov 5 Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

Financial Peace

2009-10-07T13:28:00.002-04:00

Well, the Prof and I have been faithfully going to our class and completing our homework in the Dave Ramsey Financial Peace class. It has been challenging and helpful. We are now usin a Zero Sum Budget for October. Basically we made a budget that accounts for all the money we are spending this month. If we need to change things, we need to talk about and make adjustments together. I was wondering what could possibly come up that didn't fit a catagory of this fairly thorough budget. While a couple unexpected things have come up, the one we couldn't find a catagory for was the Tooth Fairy for Two Bits lost tooth. The really "Duh" moment for me was: we need to make a new budget every month. We have made a budget every year or so through our almost 20 years of marriage. And they have helped us with the big general plan. But there is always something coming up that surprises us, something that shouldn't: insurance bill, school photos, Christmas. Little things like that. Hopefully doing this each month will help us be more prepared. Now just waiting for one of the colleges to start paying us after 5 weeks in class!

Tuesday's Table

2009-10-07T13:03:00.004-04:00

I didn't need any of the Meijer deals this week, so I had fun at Family Fare instead. They had $5 back on a $15 Pillsbury purchase. And in addition, if you bought 6 refridgerator items, you go $4 back as well. So I have $9 off my next purchase there and my out of pocket cost was $8.34. Yep, that is a profit of .66 for buying the items in the photo. You can also take these coupons and do the deal again! I might have to see what my printer can do. If you click below, you can see my Savings Angel list for this trip.

SavingsAngel.com ? - cut your Grocery Bill in HALF through Enlightened Shopping! ?

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2009-10-06T07:52:00.001-04:00

Today is the first day of a free peek at Savings Angel! If you are wondering what I'm so jazzed about, come and take a look over the next 3 days. You can visit from October 6th through the 8th. Just head on over to savingsangel.com.

My latest way to make use of Savings Angel is to have a grocery list all set up with all those hard to find a sale items on it. Each week I can just peek at my list and see if it is time to stock up on my favorite laundry detergent. They show me where to find the coupons and what the percent off is.

Contract Testing

2009-10-05T13:27:00.002-04:00

If you are in the Grand Rapids area and would like to make a little pocket money, I have an idea for you. I have been tast testing or prodcut sampling products for Contract Testing for several years now. This has become a nice little money maker for our family. We have helped to review cereal, fast food, diapers, tissue, and toliet paper as well as hand wipes and granola bars. The company is called Contract Testing. They pay $20 and up for 45 minutes of your time or more. I have been paid up to $50 for going in twice in one week! Of course, they don't say it is pay, merely a “co-operation fee” that is not intended to pay you for your time but rather is given to you to emphasize the importance of the research, but it is cash baby! You can check them out and register online HERE. We have had lots of opportunities because so many new products are directed at children. So they really seem to like the 8 to 12 year old set. I think the only one in my family who hasn't tested something is our 5 year old Cents. So give it a go and leave me a comment about how you like it.

Saving's Angel Open House Tomorrow!

2009-10-05T12:58:00.002-04:00

Just click the picture above and check out the open house Octber 6th through the 8th. I would love to know what you think.

Flick's Family Film Fest

2009-10-05T12:41:00.004-04:00

Celebration Cinema is hosting a Film Fest for Families. All the films are PG and free to those under 12. It is just $2.50 for adults. Visit celebrationcinema.com for theatres and showtimes. This weeks showing is Aliens in the Attic.

October 9-15 Night at the Museum
October 16-22 Monsters vs. Aliens
October 23-29 Ice Age Dawn of the Dinosaurs
October 30- Nov 5 Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

Halloween Coupons

2009-10-05T12:29:00.003-04:00

A buck at Wendy's will get you a booklet of 10 free Frosty Jr.s! Or you can take that buck over to McDonald's and get 13 free items including apple dippers, hamburger, icecream, milk, and juice.

Savings Angel Open House

2009-10-01T12:28:00.003-04:00

Okay, if you are a little curious about Savings Angel, it sounds like a great chance to take a peek. Savings Angel is having an open house October 6 - 8th. Just head on over to savingsangel.com.

I have been amazed at how much I save through this site. You can make up a list for your store, with the coupon match up and print links right there. Items are listed by the percent off. You can search by item, coupon, sale, store. They have community pages where the diehard share the other deals they find at the grocery store and elsewhere. Come and see what it's all about.

Banana Stretching

2009-09-29T22:19:00.003-04:00

I love this Banana Muffin recipe from Sister Mary 4. Actually I think it is originally from Sister Mary 2, but I got it from Sister Mary 4 and now tease Sister Mary 2 by crediting the wrong sister. See what fun you are missing if you are in a small family? Anyway, I try to stock up on bananas when they are on sale and found them this week at .10 a pound due to their getting to ripe. So I took a lot home, but had no time to bake and freeze. I have frozen bananas in their skins and just opened them up as mush over the mixing bowls. But I like this way better. I just dice them up and freeze on a cookie sheet, then move to bags. Basically I made sure I had 9 bananas on a tray and divided it into 3 bags so I'm all set for the recipe when I thaw.

And the recipe is:

Banana Muffins:

3 mashed bananas
1/2 C Mayo
1/2 C. Semisweet chips
1 1/2 C. Flour
1 C. Sugar
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1/2 C. chopped walnuts (optional)

Mix all ingrediants and then add the chips and nuts. Spray muffin pan and fill 3/4 full. Makes 12 muffins. 375 for 20-25 minutes.

Tuesday's Table

2009-09-29T22:02:00.003-04:00

Wow, I went to the store on Tuesday actually!!! What a shock. I pretty much forced myself to because my friend Cathi told me the blog had been lame lately. Since it was a small deal week, it was a bit easier to put together. The Oatmeal was a raincheck deal from a couple weeks ago. The pasta was .29 cents and the Splenda had Meijer mealbox coupons and some from their site. I also used $5 in coupons from a a trip to the Customer Services a couple weeks ago. It really pays to check your reciept to make sure the deals worked right before you leave the store. So all this for $8.09 when I could have paid an additional $36.27.

Over at Walgreens, they had a lot of items that are free after the Register Rewards. That was okay with me because I had $11 in Register Rewards to use up by....oh today. So I checked Tout 3 times to keep my stash up. I will have to remember to post a pic of what I do with the pink hair spray this Halloween : ) Remember that you have to have a total that is equal or above the Register Reward at check out. So I threw in a Sharpie on sale for .25. Also remember that you need to have no more coupons than items you purchase.

Here is my reason to go back this week. They have a new October book of coupons out. It is right by the ads for this week. $2 off Huggies wipes, currently priced at $2.99. So if you can dig up any wipes coupons these will be an awesome deal! You can just hand this to them at check out and they will return it. So don't cut out these coupons, just show them the one you want to use. And this coupon will only count as one coupon, no matter how many you buy. So, if you buy 3 with 3 .50 off coupons and the $2 off coupon, that will equal 4 coupons. You only need to pick up on Sharpie or other filler : ) Hope that makes sense Cathi! And hoping I'm off the lame list with all of you.

SavingsAngel.com ? - cut your Grocery Bill in HALF through Enlightened Shopping! ?

2009-09-23T10:54:00.002-04:00

Okay, I'm just having a hard time getting to the store early in the week. So I thought you would like to see some of the deals I'm planning on through Savings Angel. I just love how they do so much of the work for me!

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Free Redbox Rental at Meijer

2009-09-23T10:48:00.002-04:00

Well, I know it is the middle of the school week and tomorrow is National Family Game Night....but here is the deal on a free movie rental. Use the code 9MEJR24 on the Redbox at Meijer and it will be a free rental. You have to enter your credit card, but the charge won't appear unless you return it late. The rentals are for 24 hours, after that it is a $1 a day. This code is good through the 24th.

Libraries have Museum Passes!

2009-09-19T22:49:00.003-04:00

This is going out to my Illinios family and friends. Did you know that Libraries have passes to the Chicago Museums that you can check out and use? Ah, the childhood memories! The Shed, The Field...getting lost in those halls. I would check this site and see if your library is participating.

Meijer Deals

2009-09-18T22:24:00.004-04:00

It's not too late, the sales are still on at Meijer tomorrow too. I know, there is no fun in going to Meijer on a Saturday. I was pretty jazzed to see my total come down at Meijer. I saved $74.16 and paid $7.22 :) How fun is that. I got the Koolaid and the A-1 marinades for free with rainchecks and coupons from last week. The soups were .29 and the Pancake mix were .49. I think I paid about 3 for 5 packages of cheese slices and the snack bags were close to free if not free. Yep a good week at Meijer. In fact, I went back and did the Snacks one more time : )

I was so excited I decided to run over to Family Fare to do one more deal. With $20 of select General Mills Purchase, get $5 off your next order. So I used $5 in coupons on the items below and got 13 items for $10 total. The only hitch was the $5 coupon didn't print out. So off to Customer Service I went and will get my $5 in the mail (I hope).

SavingsAngel.com - cut your Grocery Bill in HALF through Enlightened Shopping!

2009-09-17T07:49:00.002-04:00

I still haven't done my shopping at Meijer this week. But I figured it doesn't help others so much if I wait til Saturdays. But with a crazy week and now Half Buck is sick, it may be that long. So you can check out the deals I'm planning thanks to Savings Angel. If they are out of these at the end of the week, I just get a rain check. I paperclip the coupons and rain check together for the next week.

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Consignment Sale

2009-09-16T09:00:00.002-04:00

Most of my clothing for our 5 children comes via the family hand me down boxes. I simply supplement with some garage sale finds, my favorite Consignment Sale and a new pair of tennis shoes. I love the half price sale on Saturday. After all, you never miss the deals you didn't see the day before. So head on over to Ressurection Life Church on Ivanrest this Friday or Saturday to check out the deals. I also consign some stuff here as well. Cents and Mite are the last of the line on both sides, so there is no family to pass on to just now.

Friday, September 18, 9 a.m - 3 p.m.
Saturday, September 19, HALF-PRICE sale, 8:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.

A Give Away: How Fun is That?

2009-09-15T21:24:00.003-04:00

I was checking out some bloggers I follow for what new deals are out there and look what I found. Dave Ramsey is giving away a $999 emergency fund gift every day until 9/18! So thanks to Money Saving Madness for finding this. Click here to enter every day for your chance.

Dave Ramsey will be giving away a $999 Emergency Fund every day until 9/18! What a great way to start your emergency fund or get it moving toward your goal. Go HERE to enter everyday! Thanks to Dave Ramsey too. Now how fun is that?

Financial Peace

2009-09-15T12:46:00.002-04:00

I was chatting with my neighbor Kate. We carpool together. Well she isn't exactly my neighbor, she lives 2 blocks down. All my neighbors chose to go to another school in town so they could get free busing. That makes me a little mad in a 1.3 million cut year. I could show them how to trim some fat! But I have to carpool with a small family since we fill up our minivan pretty well on our own. And she has one boy. Okay, that had nothing to do with Financial Peace.

When I talked to Kate about coupons, she echoed my feelings before I could express them: energized, empowered, excited, making a difference. And she echoed the feeling that others thought she was a little crazy. The only thing is, Kate doesn't coupon - she is living debt free, or toward that end. She expressed the same feelings as I have only relating to Dave Ramsey's teaching into action. Wow. I have hemmed and hawed about taking the class for about 4 years now. But no longer, we are enrolled and went to our first class last night. The homework this week is a bare bones budget and reading some chapters. His speaking was good and motivational and it seems we are in a diverse group, including a 17 year old (wouldn't you like to go back to 17 and remake a few financial decisions!). Oh, and save $1,000 emergency fund Quickly (so we can stop charging those emergency car repairs, Christmas shopping, etc.)

Tuesday's Table

2009-09-15T12:15:00.003-04:00

Would I have ever have clipped a coupon for True North nuts before? Would I ever have been able to find it? The coupons I used were from February! But I didn't have to use them to get them free. I got a $3 register reward at check out. So I did the deal twice. The Triaminic was 2 for $10 with $5 Register Reward. My little Cents has a cough, so it was time to stock up again. Reportedly it was giving 2 RR yesterday, making it free, but they must have fixed that glitch.

I do love lan Aldi's deal. They had millk for $1.25 today when I dashed in for it. I didn't grab a cart and regretted it: Seedless Watermelon was $1.99. So all this for $5.74 makes me a happy camper.

Culver's Deals in Jenison

2009-09-14T10:01:00.003-04:00

Culver's in Jenison Michigan is 5 years old! Now my Cents is about to be 5 as well and we all know that age is kinda a big deal. So here is what is going on at Culvers this week:

Sunday, Sept 13th - HAPPY 5TH ANNIVERSARY -$1 single scoop turtle sundaes

Monday, Sept 14th - $1 single BUTTERBURGERS(limit 5 per order)

Tuesday, Sept 15th - $1 single scoop hot fudge sundaes

Wednesday, Sept 16th - $1 hotdogs (Limit 5 per order)

Thursday, Sept 17th - $1 short coolers and/or $1 Oreo cookie sandwiches

Friday, Sept 18th - $1 short rootbeer floats

Saturday, Sept 19th - $1 short shakes (nuts nut included

$1.25 for Milk

2009-09-13T22:49:00.001-04:00

Hey, Aldi's has milk for $1.25 a gallon this week. Did you know you can freeze milk??? Yep, you can. Pour a little out first to make room for expansion in the freezer. I know, now you all think I'm really cheap.

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2009-09-09T20:42:00.001-04:00

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Tuesday's Table

2009-09-03T21:32:00.003-04:00

Sorry I'm so late in posting this week, and sorry the photo is so dark. I guess daylight really makes a difference for my little camera. I don't know why I thought Meijer would be quiet at 8 at night, cause it was hopping tonight. I got free Kool Aid singles packets (Meijer Mealbox coupon), and the Country Time was .33 each after the $2 off catalina at checkout. The lunch meat was $1.50 a pack and the Cream Cheese was .75 each. I ran into a friend at check out and we were talking about my order, Savings Angel, and if we were only eating Pringles this week. They are one of The Profs favorites. She was wondering if I save the $20 month expense of Savings Angel. Well, it is the beginning of Sept and I spent $35.99 and saved $43.07. So I would say that paid my SA expense tonight.

I'm already planning another trip this weekend though. I saw posted somewhere that their Danimals were $2 each again with $1 coupons in last weekends papers and $1 Meijer Mealbox coupons, they will be free. They were out of the $1 A-1 Marinades that were free with coupon, but had plenty of the A-1 steak sauce that were free with Meijer Mealbox coupon. And on the middle aisle where they stock the sales, there was a coupon for $1 off beef if you bought either kind of A-1. So I picked up 3 coupons, since I know I will buy that many with my other coupons when they are restocked. Should make for a good deal with whatever beef is on sale.

Free Panties at Victoria Secrets

2009-08-31T16:07:00.003-04:00

To celebrate having 2 Million Fans Victoria Secrets has a coupon for 2 free pair of VS Undies Panties good only tomorrow September 1st. Become a fan on Facebook over HERE. Then go and look under the Secrets Tab to print out your coupon. And to find out how to get 2 other coupons to use there click on over HERE. I will be heading over with my $10 off because it is the month of my birthday too : ) Thanks Hip 2 Save.

How Cool is This?

2009-08-30T17:21:00.002-04:00

Thanks to Tiffany I saw this video on how to open those plastic clam shell casing on almost anything you get at the store these days. Click on over here to view it on You Tube. We will all need this come Christmas. Who knew?

2009-08-29T20:42:00.003-04:00

Well, here are some things I'm buying at Meijer this week. Actually that's not entirely true, I'm still stocked up on A-1 from the last time it was free. Maybe I'll see what their Marinades taste like. If you find a great deal at Meijer, leave me a comment and let me know.

$2.50 A1 Steak Sauce, 10 oz or Marinades
-$2.00/1 A1 Sauce or Marinade coupon (from 8-16 SS), use 2
$1.00/2 Meijer Mealbox printable coupon

$1.67 Keebler Special K Crackers, 8 oz
-$1.00/2 Meijer Mealbox printable coupon
-$1.00/1 Keebler Special K Crackers printable coupon (may disappear after 8-31!), use 2

$0.99 Aunt Millie's Butter Top Bread (white or wheat) or Honey Hot Dog or Burger Buns
-$0.35/1 coupon (from 5-10 or 8-16 RP)

$1.00 Kool-Aid or Country Time Drink Mix, sweetened, in canisters
*Buy 3 or more in one transaction, get a $2.00 checkout coupon good on your next order.*

$1.25 Kraft Philadelphia Cream Cheese, 8 oz brick
-$1.00/2 coupon (from 8-9 RP)

There are many more match ups over at Macomb Money Saver

How It all Went

2009-08-29T17:12:00.004-04:00

The reason I even started this whole thing is because I wanted to use up the rest of the zucchini from the neighbors. We really love our neighbors, the Snowbirds. They area young retired couple whose nest is empty, so they spend the winters somewhere warm. Yes we are jealous. Over the years I've really gotten to enjoy them, they make me laugh. They assure us we are right on schedule. They loan us stuff. And he gives me his coupons. Anyway, this year they shared zucchini, cucumbers and green beans. and I finally decided it was time for the last batch of bread. But the pantry smelled.

So off on the potato adventure I went. Thanks to Katie and Tiffany for their ideas I made Make Ahead Mash Potatoes. 3 batches of them. Of course, this was unplanned cooking which means unplanned shopping. So here is what I do: I go to Savings Angel and do a search on Sour Cream, Cream Cheese, and Onion. Then I can see where the best prices are. This week it was Family Fare. Really who knew? And they are just down the street. I might not score the deal of the century, but at least I can see where I will be gouged the least. So now that I am typing, I realize that I spent more than the silly potatoes! Well I just can't stand to waste food. It accounts for some of the extra pounds that came with our babies and decided to stay around. Yep, we don't make the kids clean the plates, we do. I had planned to make my Russian Meat Salad or as others call it: potato salad, so at least I had those ingredients on hand. That is why I bought the potatoes in the first place. I need to hire serious cleaning help to recover my kitchen, which was looking a little wind tossed when I began. It now looks like a full hurricane blew just over and dumped all the stuff it collected on my counters. Sorry, I didn't photo that for you, my self esteem is not ready to let you into my kitchen on it's worst day. So I decided it was time to grill out. This way I can clean up a bit while The Prof cooks.

You can see my potatoes ready for the freezer. I reuse the plastic bags. See this is a post of confessions. It really started in our year in Russia. They don't have Zip Lock there or even an Aldi generic. So washing worked. They all had these draining dish racks that hung just about your sink. Really a ingenious design for it. So we would clip them on the bottom of it with clothes drying pins. Yep we line dried the laundry there too. There are few money saving ideas I haven't tried at some point. But I don't love all of them. And I don't do all of them. But now that I know that you don't have to waste your plastic bags, I recycle them. Moving on....I will also confess that Cents and Mite didn't finish their potato salad....so I had to.

Potatoes Again

2009-08-29T11:23:00.002-04:00

This is not how I planned to spend my Saturday. We have been cleaning out our basement this summer and planning to switch some rooms around. Today was to be cleaning and moving day. It is our last weekend before The Prof begins teaching again and we have just one more week with the boys (scratch that, Cents is off to school this fall too)at home. So time to get those rooms cleaned out and rearrange some bedrooms around here.

Instead, I'm currently boiling 9 1/2 pounds of potatoes. The Prof picked me up the 10# bag at the store last week (be specific for those hubbies ladies!). And now my pantry smells bad. Real Bad. So I pitched about half a pound and the rest are boiling away on the stove top. You really ought to see my info about how to do this without peeling here. It is going to save me a military amount of peeling today.

So I will be busy finding things to do with all those potatoes today. Soup and salad come to mind. Any other ideas, please share, and fast!

Tuesday's Table

2009-08-26T13:35:00.007-04:00

As usual I went to Walgreens first this week. I forgot to photo the Smooth Away that I bought. They have the occasional $1 off coupon for those "As Seen On TV" products. Then I chose the pool for next season. It was on clearance for half off making it $14.99. I picked up two free photo products. The Poppycock was on sale for $1.99 and there was a $1 off coupon in their back to school booklet (there are still plenty at the store to pick up) and I used a .75 off coupon to make it .24 each. There is a $5 off $25 coupon that I didn't use because my total (after last weeks register reward coupons of $11) was $14.70. To make this deal better I could have picked up 4 Keebler cookies or crackers for $10, then something little (maybe another back to school item) to bring my total up $25. Then I would get $5 off coupon and gotten $5 back in register rewards. See, I don't catch them all. But maybe you can : )

Here is another deal I almost missed. If you spent $50 on a MasterCard this week, you got $5 off jeans $9.99 or over. My total before any sales was over $126 and before coupons it was $82 and after coupons it was $49 and change. So I asked if I could go back and pick up the jeans. He suspended the order and I went back to get jeans. The Nesquick was with a rain check and coupons as they were out 2 weeks ago when it was on sale. I forgot to put my Watermelon in the picture today. My total was $55 and change : )

Here are my Box Top for Education purchases. If you buy 8 you got a register reward for 50 extra Box tops, if you buy 12 you got on for 100 Box Tops. Yay, I have 100, or $10 for our school. Our grade school often does contests to encourage Box Top donations. So I clip away all year long. Looks like my kids might be fighting for this one :) It has been fun for me this year to send off my kids well supplied for school and with a couple of the extras from the teachers wish lists. So some of the Zip lock will go to the school. And I use them a lot for my cooking club and freezer cooking.

Restaurant Coupons!

2009-08-25T13:44:00.003-04:00

Once again Restaurant.com is offering a $25 gift card for $2. That is 80% off if purchased by 8/31. But you have a year after you purchase them to use them. Use coupon code TASTE over here.

Restaurant.com has teamed up with many restaurants to offer discounts when you dine out. You can enter your zip code and look at the list of participating restaurants (or the zip of where you are going if you want to use it when traveling or as a gift). Then choose your restaurant. There are 26 choices in a 15 mile radius of my zip code. Before you can use the certificate, you have to purchase a minimum amount at the restaurant, the amount varies depending on the certificate amount. Once you choose one and print you can use it right away or up or any time in the next year. Thanks for the heads up Hip 2 Save.

2009-08-25T08:04:00.003-04:00

Well, this post may be a bit unusual. But it is one of the best things I have discovered and it may help some of you. I got these beautiful bunions from my mom. Her toes used to make a right and a left turn at the big toe. I remember that she had some pain. Mostly because when we stepped on her feet, she went through the roof. I can't remember anything I ever did as a child that would upset her as much as stepping on her feet.

Well, 15 years ago I had my first bunionectomy with a plan to come back and do the other one next. But it turned out after forced wearing of sensible shoes for a year, the pain left the second foot. I've kept to the sensible shoes with an occasional dalliance for a special occasion. But my feet usually let me know I should not step out on them. Then, this summer, my other foot really started hurting again. Now my Sister Mary 5 is a martyr with pain in her life, and once I experienced just a bit of it, I remembered "this is for the birds." But insurance, decent insurance, is not part of our life at this point. So I thought I would just give a try to those yoga toes you see in the coupon books. Of course I wanted a deal on them, and found a coupon for $1 off Flex-Tastic. So off to Walgreens I went.

Now these look a bit like something you stick on your toes for a home pedicure. And at first my toes said something like "You've got to be kidding me." It was really a stretch and painful to try to force those toes in. And several just sat down and said "I don't think so." I skipped them, and did the best I could with the others. I tried it for 3 minutes and then got them off as soon as the buzzer beeped. Slowly I worked up to the goal of 10 minutes a day, and slowly those toes began cooperating. My pain has decreased quite a bit since then. If I have a day where they are bothering me, I now do this to help alleviate the pain after the shoes come off. My big toe is straightening up. My other toes are free to move about the shoe. The curl in my toes is lessening. Not a bad deal, and really an easier recovery than the surgery. So here it is for the world to see. Sorry I didn't take a before and after photo.

Free Collage at Walgreens

2009-08-25T07:58:00.003-04:00

Remember last week when Walgreens was running all kinds of specials on photos? They have got one more this week on Wednesday. You can get a free 8 x 10 collage with the coupon in there ad. Just pick one up when yo get to the store. Or you can do this online with the code FUNDAY when you click HERE. According to My Frugal Adventures, the code is already working.

I just went and made one for my Sister for Christmas. Just don't tell Sisters Mary 5 about it. I was able to use pictures from several online albums I've been printing from last week. You can crop and edit online. After making up to 20 choices I could shuffle around the photos (although, they chose not me) until I liked the layout. Then I changed the background color, title, and width of borders til I was happy and then placed my order. It did accept the coupon code today. I confess that we have a less than mediocre camera for 3 years and have printed once before this week. So I have a lot of catching up to do on printing, tech skills, and scrapping. This week has got me hopping on it. So it has been fun and fairly easy to play with my computer this way. But then again blogging has increased my skills : )

How Fun is That II

2009-08-23T15:38:00.003-04:00

If you have been visiting me for awhile here you will know that I made a sad and brief attempt this spring at gardening. My neighbor, friend and fellow blogger Heidi (2 Thinks To Share) rescued me with a topsy turvy tomato plant of her own making. She just put it in a hanging basket drain hole and then put a flower and basil in the top. We have had 3 cherry tomatoes from it and are anticipating 3 more. Pretty exciting stuff over here. But we have loved the basil with tomatoes and mozzerella cheese a few times.

Yesterday Cents was in the yard and told us she had found some blueberries. I went to check it out, thinking some weed had gotten out of hand and sure enough, there were the pokeberries growing where once I dreamed of big fat tomatoes. In my sulk and neglect afterward, the whole area has gone to weeds (well all this couponing and blogging does take some time you know). So The Prof and I pull it out and then he notices a plant with what looks like Tomatoes! Tomatoes, I wish, show me. Well there they are, with some fruit coming on and everything. It has been raining off and on all week and this plant looks like we may eat from it! Who knew. I neglected it all summer long. I wonder what it will do now that I plan on watering it and have thinned the weeds. Heidi, don't laugh to hard at me, I plugged you blog again : )

How Fun is That

2009-08-23T15:35:00.002-04:00

In my crazy and slightly compusive coupon adventure, I take two copies of the Sunday paper. I get a third set from my neighbors. Unfortunately, they are snow birds and that source will soon fly off. Last week one of my papers didn't have the coupons, but they delivered them Monday at my request. Today I opened the first paper and 3 copies of the Smart Source insert : ) How fun is that!

Walgreens 8/23-8/30

2009-08-23T15:02:00.003-04:00

Here are a few good deals at Walgreens this week:

Reach Toothbrush--$0.99 after in ad coupon
Use $1/1 coupon from 8/2 SmartSource insert
Free after coupons

Barilla Pasta--$1
Use $0.50/1 coupon from the 8/23 insert
$0.50 after coupon

Carmex Lip Balm--on sale Buy One, Get One Free (2 for $2.99)
Use two $1/1 printable coupons
$0.50 each after coupons

And from there Register Rewards:

Buy two Listerine Products at $4 each, Get $3 Register Rewards
Buy two and use B1G1 manufacturer's coupon from the 8/2 SmartSource insert
Use $1/1 manufacturer coupon from 6/14 or 4/26 inserts
Use $1/1 coupon from Walgreens Children's Activity Book (should take $2 off)
Spend $1 out of pocket, Get $3 Register Rewards
Free plus overage after coupons and Register Rewards

Buy 1 Goody Ouchless Hair Accessory at $2.99, Get $2 Register Rewards
$0.99 each after Register Rewards

Thanks Money Saving Mom.

Meijer Deals8/23 - 30, 2009

2009-08-22T19:24:00.003-04:00

Here are some good deals at Meijers this week:

$1.00 Kraft Easy Mac (regular price)
-$1.00/2 Meijer Mealbox printable coupon, exp 9-12
-$1.00/2 Kraft printable coupon

$1.50 Betty Crocker Suddenly Salad, 7.5-7.75 oz box
-$0.40/1 Suddenly Salad printable coupon, use 2 (more coupons available here, here & here)
-$1.00/2 Meijer Mealbox printable coupon

$3.99 Kleenex Facial Tissue 3-pack: basic, ultra soft or lotion 200 ct boxes
-$1.00/1 Meijer Mealbox printable coupon
-$0.50/1 Kleenex Multipack printable coupon or coupon (from 7-12 or 8-2 SS

$1.34 I Can't Believe It's Not Butter Spread, 2/7.5 oz tubs, 15 oz tub
-$1.25/1 coupon (from 6-28 RP)

$1.67 Kraft Regular or 2% Chunk Cheese or Cracker Cuts, 5-8 oz
-$1.00/2 coupon (from 8-2 SS)

Head on over to Macomb Money Savers for more deals, but remember she has double coupons at her Meijers, so her totals will be different. This is just a sample of some of the sales matched with coupons. Savings Angel matches them all up and lists them in order of savings. They do this for Meijer, D&W, Family Fare, Plumbs, Walgreens, CVS, and Target. You can click on the picture on the right of my blog to sign up with them.

Ann Taylor Coupon

2009-08-21T19:24:00.003-04:00

I wish I found this a bit sooner since it is good through the 22nd, but it just went up on several blogs I follow today. Ann Taylor has a coupon for $20 off a $20 or more full price item. So it might be worth seeing what they have. I must admit, I've not even walked in this store assuming it was too rich for my blood, so I don't know what their prices start at. Sure might be fun though. If you snag a deal, come back and let us know about it. Thanks Hip 2 Save.

McDonald's Coupon

2009-08-21T18:59:00.004-04:00

Apparently McDonald's has a coupon book that you can get for $1 and they don't expire until 12/31/11. So it might be worth asking about if you are out near the golden arches. It has 12 coupons including:

3 FREE Baked Pies
3 FREE Apple Juices or Milk Jugs
3 FREE Small Cones
3 FREE Apple Dippers or Small Fries
I would buy more than 1 as they don’t expire until 12/31/2011

My thanks to A Thrifty Mom.

Chocolate Releif Has Arrived

2009-08-21T09:24:00.004-04:00

Well, I'm all done with my chocolate relief, but maybe your not. Click over here for a coupon for free chocolate candy from Mars. This is the Chocolate Relief Program that is going on until the end of September. Yum. You can do this four different weeks, so it may be time for you to try it again. Be watching the mailbox for your coupon and be watching your stores for Buy One Get One free chocolate by the check out.
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Tuesday's Table 8/19/09

2009-08-19T12:46:00.004-04:00

I had so much fun at Walgreens today. They are having a 4 day sale with $5 Register Rewards back if you spend $25. Now before coupons, I never would have thought I could spend that much at Walgreens. I had a couple items on my list, so I did a little more looking and this is what I bought today:

The Huggies wipes are 2.99 and there is a $2 off coupon in the Back to School Book that is with the fliers in the store. Then I used .50 off coupon from 7/19 and 8/16 Smart Source. I used a .50 off coupon on the Scotch mailers that are on sale for .49. The olives were .99 cents with a store coupon and I printed the $1 off of two. The Soft Soap and the Conair Hair brush were 2 of the Register Rewards deals this week. I was amazed at how stocked they were for a Wednesday. Then the sandals are all 75% off, so I chose some crocs. I also had a $4 Register Reward from a week or two ago. I bought a total of 12 items and used 10 coupons. Luckily they only used the $2 off Huggie wipes once for all 4. Remember you need more items than coupons or their computer won't let you use them. My pout of pocket was $12.11 and I got $5, $4, and $2 off next purchase Register Rewards. So now you know why I was excited.

Then I went into Meijers to have some fun. I forgot to photo the 3 packs of 7up and Dr. Pepper I got. The yogurt was 10/$4 and I bought 12 with 3 Meijer Mealbox coupons of $1/4, and with .60/6 from the paper - making them a nickel each. The McCormick seasoning and gravy were 10/$5 and I got 10 with 2 coupons for $1/5 from Meijer Mealbox - making them .30 each. The pickles were $1 each after coupons and Buck eats these like candy (okay, he's a teen and he eats everything I bring in the house). So my total before sales and coupons was $65 and change and my out of pocket was $29 and change.

The $10 in Coke products, get $10 off athletic shoes deal is still going on this week. The 12 packs were 3/$11 and the 2 liters are $1.

Free Photos Today at Walgreens

2009-08-17T10:25:00.004-04:00

Walgreens is having 7 days of photo deals. Todays deal is: get 25 prints, size 4x6, for .25. Just enter the code PENNY at check-out here for this promotion. Be sure and pick up your prints locally so that the shipping is free too.

And you can get 25 prints free for opening a new photo account here.

Here are the deals for the rest of the week:

Tuesday August 18, 2009
Get a FREE 11×14 Poster at Walgreens Photo today only!
Coupon Code: FREEPOSTER

*UPDATED – Wednesday August 19, 2009
Get your FREE Photo Clings at Walgreens today only!
Coupon Code: BEES

Thursday August 20, 2009
Get 20 FREE 4×6 W-photo prints today only!
Coupon Code: 20FREE4ME

*UPDATED – Friday August 21, 2009
8×10 Scrapbook Page only $.99 at Walgreens.com today only!
Coupon Code: SCRAPIT

Saturday August 22 , 2009
50% Off Everyday Photo Books at Walgreens.com today only!
Coupon Code: PHOTOBOOK

Thanks Cincinati Cents and My Frugal Adventure.

Dannon Coupons

2009-08-16T17:08:00.004-04:00

Here's hoping those of you who went crazy on Dannon last week (yep, I'm talking to you Autumn : ) can still find that reciept. Mine is in the Kellogg's rebate mail. But for future reference, I do hang onto reciepts for a little while to see if I see a rebate online. If not, this is ongoing from August 10 - Oct 31. So we should find enought sales for that. Here is the deal:

Buy $15 of any one Dannon brand get $3 in coupons
Buy $20 of any two or more Dannon brands get $6 in coupons
Buy $40 of any 3 or more Dannon brands get $15 in coupons

Remember the dollar amounts needed are before coupons.

Thanks My Frugal Adventures.

Walgreens this Week

2009-08-16T14:04:00.004-04:00

Here are some of the great deals to be found at Walgreens this week.

Mars Candy Bars--2 for $1 with in-ad coupon
Buy 2 and use $1/2 coupon from the 7/26 RedPlum insert
Free after coupons

Scotch Mailer--$0.49
Use $0.50/1 coupon from the 7/26 RedPlum insert
Free after coupon

Trident Gum--on sale Buy One, Get One Free (2 for $1.29)
Buy 2 and use $1/2 printable coupon
$0.15 each after coupon and sale

Starbucks Frappuccino--$1.25 each after in-ad coupon
Use $1/1 coupon from the 6/21 SmartSource insert
$0.25 each after coupons

Lindsay Olives--$0.99 each after in-ad coupon
Buy 2 and use $1/2 printable coupon
$0.50 each after coupons

Softsoap NutriSerum Body Wash $3.99
Use $2/1 printable HERE
Final Price: FREE + $2 profit

Conair Hair Brush $2.99
Get $2 Register Rewards
Final Price: .99

Huggies Wipes Tubs $2.79-3.99
Use $2/1 from Walgreens coupon booklet
Stack with .50/1 from 7/19 SS
Final Price: .29-1.49 each

Thanks My Frugal Adventures and Money Saving Mom.

Meijer Deals 8/16 -8/22, 2009

2009-08-16T13:44:00.004-04:00

Okay, here are some good Meijer deals this week. Hope those pet lovers are stocking up. They didn't have goldfish chow for a deal, so I will sit this one out.

1.50 Lysol Neutra Air Aerosol, 10 oz
-$1.50/1 coupon (from 7-12 SS)
FREE after coupon
Buy 4, use 4 coupons with this $1.00/4 Meijer Mealbox printable coupon and this turns into a moneymaker!

$6.00+ Purina ONE Dog, Cat, Kitten or Puppy Food
-$3.50/1 printable (print 2 per computer after completing the survey)
-$5.00/1 Meijer printable coupon (expires 9-5) Purina ONE Dry Dog, Cat, Kitten or Puppy Food, 3.3 lbs or larger

$1.29 Malt O Meal Cereal, 11-16 oz bag
-Buy 2, Get 1 Free Meijer Mealbox printable coupon
-$0.50/1 printable coupon, use 3

$1.50 Lysol Disinfecting Wipes, 35 ct
-$1.00/2 coupon (from 7-12 SS)
-$1.00/2 Meijer Mealbox printable coupon

Since the $10 off a backpack deal is still going:

$1.99 Kellogg's Frosted Bite Size Mini Wheats, 24 oz
$1.50/2 printable coupon

$1.99 Kellogg's Rice Krispies 18 oz, Raisin Bran 25.5 oz, Frosted Flakes 23 oz, Apple Jacks or Froot Loops 17 oz, or Raisin Bran Extra 14 oz
-$1.00/2 coupon (from 8-2 Kelloggs/RP)

My thanks again to Macomb Money Saver. Sure do wish they doubled coupons over here.

Free Celebration Cinema

2009-08-14T23:21:00.002-04:00

We are so close to hitting 10,000 Facebook Fans! To celebrate that, we wanted to do something BIG!

If we can hit 10,000 Facebook Fans by Wednesday, August 19th - we will give EVERY Facebook Fan a FREE Movie Ticket*! Thats right, a FREE ticket to any movie, at any of our theatres!

So, in order to hit that goal, we need your help! Invite all of your friends and family members to become Fans of Celebration! Cinema, share it on your profile, do whatever it takes over the weekend and you (and they) all win!

Thanks for the heads up Autumn.

*Here is the fine print:
FREE Movie Ticket with the purchase of a movie ticket at regular price. Valid Monday, August 24th - Thursday, August 27th only, provided we hit the goal by Wednesday, August 19th. Must present a printout from Facebook at the box office (to be provided once we hit our goal) to redeem your ticket, limit one FREE ticket per Facebook Fan. Not Valid on IMAX Presentations, Grand Rapids Film Festival Movies, or Tony Dungy's RedZone. No Cash Value. No Refunds Or Exchanges.

Back to Meijer

2009-08-13T17:39:00.003-04:00

I do love my Meijers! I went back to do the deal I figured out. Earlier this summer, when I was going a bit crazy on Crystal Light and free bottled water, they had a ton of extra coupons. So I picked up 3 of each and take them out and look at them now and then. Well one set was for $2 off Capri Sun and Chips Ahoy. This week at Meijer when you buy 4 Capri Sun you get $3 off you next order (one of those catalinas at checkout that I keep typing about). And this week when you spend $10 on Nabisco (4 packs of Chips Ahoy fits that bill) you get $10 off Hanes. So I knew I was going in. Then I saw a post about a Chinet deal over at Savings Angel (yes I still love Savings Angel). Basically, there was a $2 off coupon this past weekend in the SS 8/9 and they had a peelie on them for .50 off as well. That brought the cost down to .50 a pack. So I used up my 3 coupons on that. Crayons and gluesticks were cheap and still on the school list. I also remembered to pick up the rain check I forgot yesterday. So my total today without sales and coupons was $67.07 and I paid $20.59 and have my $3 off next purchase.

2009-08-12T17:07:00.003-04:00

It is looking like it is time for me to go to the mall again and here is why:

JC Penney's has a $10 off $25 coupon good until August 22. Thanks My Frugal Andventures.

The last time I went I got a $10 coupon for a purchase at Kohls and I received a 15% off coupon in the mail for them. ouIf you have there credit card, they send additional coupons around 6 times a year. They both overlap starting today. I've been patiently waiting.

And Christopher and Banks sent me another $10 off of $10 coupon once I used the first one. This one is good until the 16th, so have some fun soon with it.

Tuesday's Table 8/11/09

2009-08-12T16:55:00.001-04:00

All these items were free : ) I used my free milk catalina from 2 weeks ago and there are Meijer Mealbox coupons for $1 off Danimals and $1 off from SS 7/26 or SS 8/9 (that's Smart Source in Sunday's paper). My kids have fun with the yogurt.

I only take blurry photos when I take one shot. Sure am wanting a better camera these days, so if you see any great deals, let me know. These were my basics on sale. The Nestles had a mealbox coupon and one from the paper.

I finally did the Kellogg's $10 rebate with the purchase of 10 items. So I will tuck away the ricecrispy treats for Cent's birthday treat for school. My rebate is off in the mail already. I used the coupons found in my Kellogg's Miniwheats from my last Kellogg's run with all the backpacks. So I think they were .88 a box this time, with the crispies being $1.38 each, and the rebate is coming. The kleenex was needed and I love getting the fun boxes for school, don't you. So my total before coupons was $78 and change and $45 after. Came in under $50 again. Of course I don't exactly post when I send The Prof on the grocery run for milk. That is too expensive.

Walgreens 8/9 -8/16, 2009

2009-08-09T07:52:00.003-04:00

Register Reward Deals:

Buy (1) Colgate Total enamel strength toothpaste at $2.99, receive $2.99 in Register Rewards
- $0.75/1 from the 7/26/09 Smart Source insert
- Final price - Free plus small overage after coupon and Register Rewards

Buy (1) Jergens Naturals lotion at $5.99, receive $5 in Register Rewards
- Final price - $0.99 after Register Rewards

Buy (2) select varieties Band-Aid bandages at $2.99 each, receive $4 in Register Rewards
- $0.50/1 from the 6/28/09 or 8/2/09 Smart Source inserts
- Final price - $0.50 each after coupons and Register Rewards

Buy (3) Reach toothbrushes, floss, or Listerine mouthwash at 3/$9, receive $6 in Register Rewards
- $3/3 from the 8/2/09 Smart Source insert
- Final price - Free after coupon and Register Rewards

Weekly Deals:

Lysol toilet bowl cleaner - 2/$3
- $0.50/1 from the 7/12/09 Smart Source insert
- Final price - $1.00

Ecotrin - $1.99
- $2.25/1 printable coupon
- $2/1 from the 5/17/09 Smart Source insert
- Final price - Free

My Thanks to Cincinnati Cents. You can see all there back to school specials there as well.

Meijer Deals August 9-16, 2009

2009-08-09T07:28:00.003-04:00

Okay, here are some of the best deals at Meijer this week. I will be stocking up on Chocolate Chips and Kleenex for school as well as home. I had picked up some coupons for $2 off Capri Sun and Chip Ahoy, so I may see what I can do with the sale and those coupons. When I see coupons at the store, I generally pick up three and watch for the next sale to use them.

$6.00+ Purina ONE Dog, Cat, Kitten or Puppy Food
-$3.50/1 printable (print 2 per computer after completing the survey)
-$5.00/1 Meijer printable coupon (expires 9-5) Purina ONE Dry Dog, Cat, Kitten or Puppy Food, 3.3 lbs or larger
FREE or Cheap after coupons

$1.25 Kleenex Facial Tissue, 130-200 ct flat or 75-90 ct cube
-$0.50/3 coupon (from 7-12 or 8-2 SS) or $0.50/2 AntiViral or UltraSoft (from 7-12 SS), if included in sale

$2.00 Dannon Danimals 6 ct drinks or 4 ct crush cups
-$1.00/1 Meijer Mealbox printable coupon
-$1.00/1 Dannon coupon (from 7-26 SS)
FREE after coupons!

$1.69 Capri Sun Juice Drinks, 10 ct Original, Roarin Waters or Coolers
Buy 4 or more Capri Sun Juice Drinks 10 ct. and receive a $3 checkout coupon good on your next shopping order (between 8/9-9/5).
$0.94 each when you buy 4 after checkout savings

$2.00 Nestle Toll House Morsels, 11-12 oz
-$1.00/4 Meijer Mealbox printable coupon
-$0.50/2 Nestle Toll House printable coupon, use 2 (print 2 per computer) OR $1.00/2 coupon (from June All You magazine)
$1.25 each when you buy 4 with coupons

Thanks to Macomb Money Saver. Stop on over for more deals. Just remember that lucky girl gets double coupons and we don't.

Another $5 off $25 at Walgreens

2009-08-07T09:40:00.003-04:00

Wow, another $5 off of $25 at Walgreens and this coupon is good until August 8th. They also have a sale going for Thursday the 6th to Saturday the 8th. You can see that add here. Looks like they will have backpacks for $4.99. Thanks again to My Frugal Adventures.

Mejier Two Day Sale.

2009-08-06T20:54:00.001-04:00

Stop on over here for some coupon matchups with the Meijer Friday and Saturday sale. Remember that they double coupons for her Meijers, but not ours, so your mileage may vary : )

Kellogg's Coupons

2009-08-06T09:09:00.002-04:00

With all the great Kellogg's deals going this week, I thought I would let you know where to get some more Kellogg's coupons. Hopefully you found the insert inside the Red Plum coupons in the Sunday 8/2 paper. I used those to stock up at Meijer and get the $10 off back packs. The Frosted Miniwheats had ad on the front of the box for $5 coupons for Kellogg's on the front. So of course, I bought those. The coupons inside are:

$1 off Miniwheats or Frosted Miniwheats Little Bites 14.5 or larger, any flavor
$1 off Milk when you buy 1 Froot Loops, Corn Pops, Cocoa krispies, or Frosted Flakes
$1 off Ocean Spray Cranberry or Craisins
$1 off DanActive 4 pack.

And they are all good until Sept 2010, so I don't need to rush to eat that stash of 8 boxes : )

How Fun Is That

2009-08-06T07:08:00.003-04:00

Rembember that Christopher & Banks coupon for $10 off $10 that I had posted last week here? Well when I made my purchase, they put my info in their register - email the whole bit. So this morning I woke up to another $10 off of $10 in my mail box. How Fun is That? Here's hoping that happened for you too.

Clearance Time

2009-08-05T18:01:00.004-04:00

I haven't done much shopping online for clothing. But there a few clearance sales going on I thought I would share and check on out.

Kohl's Gold Clearance has .99 shipping per item for today only. That's 60-80% off. I love their clearance in the stores and thought I would see if it is a bit better sorted online : )

JcPenneys has a great $10 off your $10 purchase at JC Penney online by using code
GET4BTS. Shipping will likely be around $5.99 or you can pick up in store for $5.99. I also noticed they have a $10 off of $50 coupon or $15 off of $75 to print.

And The Children's Place has their clearance at 50%. If you use the code FA79 you can get %15 off. Shipping is a flat $5.

Let me know if you find any good deals out there. Thanks again to My Frugal Adventures.

McDonald's Coupon

2009-08-05T17:32:00.002-04:00

If you want to try the new 1/3 pound Angus Burger at McD's, here is a coupon for a free fries and drink to go with it.

Walgreens Coupon!

2009-08-05T16:58:00.003-04:00

Click over here for a $5 off $25 at Walgreens today and tomorrow. Sorry this wasn't posted sooner. I just found it myself. You have to spend $25 after all your coupons though. So it is a good one if you have a more expensive item you need or need to stock up on something.

Look at the scenerios that My Frugal Adventures came up with to do with this coupon:

Pampers Jumbos $8.99 x 3
Vitamin Shampoo $3.99
Use (3) $1 Pampers coupons
Subtotal: $27.96
Use $5/25 Walgreens coupon
Pay $22.96 + tax and get $3.99 back in Register Rewards and $3.99 back in a rebate from Vitamin- like paying $4.99 per pack of diapers. There are also silver hangtags around the bottles with a manufacturer rebate for the entire purchase price. Look for them on the bottles and you can also submit for a $3.99 refund!

Buy (4) Skippy at $2 each
Buy (4) Ragu at $2 each
Buy (2) Kellogg's Cereal 2/$5
Buy 1 Dawn Dish Soap .99
Buy 1 Garnier Triple Nutrition Hair care $3.34
Buy 2 pk GUM toothbrushes $3.59
Buy 1 Vitamin Shampoo $3.99
Subtotal: 32.91

Use (2) $1/2 Ragu from 8/2 RP
Use (2) $1/2 Skippy from 8/2 RP
Use $1/2 Kellogg's cereal from 8/2 RP
Use .25/1 Dawn from 8/2 P&G
Use $1 Garnier from 7/12 RP
Use $1 GUM from 6/21 RP
Total: $25.66- use $5/25 Walgreens coupon
Pay $20.66
And get back $10 from Unilever, $2 from Kelloggs, $4 from Vitamin Shampoo, $3.59 from GUM, $2 from Garnier for a total of $21.59 PLUS submit $3.99 rebate to Vitamin for a total profit of $5.58 to buy products you can actually use!

You could also do the 10 Kellogg's, Keebler, Eggo, Sunshine products for a $10 rebate plus a $70 off certain Dell computers. You may see me there tonight doing the diaper deal. I need to stock up for little Mite.

Last National Park Free Weekend

2009-08-04T21:58:00.002-04:00

August 15 and 16 are the last free days offered this summer at many National Parks. Sleeping Bears is one of them here in MI along with Isle Royal (which I know nothing about except that the "s" is silent, being a former Il gal) Click here for a list of parks and here for consession deals.

Tuesday's Table 8/4/09

2009-08-04T07:30:00.000-04:00

Wow, I am exhausted. This saving money thing is work and I'm still recovering from road trip for a family reunion. I went to two stores today. The first was Aldi's. They don't always have dollar deals, but they did this week. Unfortunately, the produce isn't always choice there. So I passed on the strawberries past their prime and the tiniest cantaloupe ever seen and cleaned up on the milk and other items I needed. For all the food below it only cost me $34.67.

Then it was off to Meijer for the backpacks and Kellogg's items along with just a few other things to feed my crew. I did this in three transactions at the self check out that looked like this:

For a total of $14.90 I got all this. I was pretty happy as that was the original cost of the back pack pictured. Each box has $5 worth of coupons inside. I also got a printout for $1 off my next purchase for my next order. Then I checked out with this order:

:
This total was for $9.81, which was again, less than the cost of the backpack. I received another $1 off my next purchase for buying 2 natural Skippy. Then I did one more checkout with this:

I did the backpack deal one more time with the Keebler cookies or the Cheezits counting toward it. The Suave deal was if you bought 3 products you got a free shampoo or conditioner. I'm all stocked up now on lotion and the boys can have a manly shampoo (can you imagine your Mom buying that for the boys way back when?) I used my $1 off coupons from the Natural Skippy at checkout this time so I won't loose or forget them. My total was $24.73. So my total for the week is $84.11. I may start tracking my grocery tabs for the month and see how I'm doing overall.

Schwan's Freebie

2009-08-03T21:28:00.003-04:00

Be one of the first 500,000 to visit the Schwan's Free Food giveaway page and you could get $10 in FREE food plus free delivery.

Those who have purchased items from Schwan’s Home Service in the past 14 weeks and those not located in an existing route of the delivery service are not eligible to receive the free offer.

Also, it is not $10 off your total order but 1 item is free with no overage. So if you get 1 item for $7.99, you get it free. If you get 1 item for $11.99, you pay $1.99. If you get 2 items for $7.99 each, you still only get $7.99 off you order not $10. I ordered 8 - 2oz mini steaks and my friend got a package of 16 corn dogs for free, with no tax or delivery fees. They should be delivered in 2 days : )

Thanks so much Elizabeth!

Aldi's Deals

2009-08-03T09:38:00.001-04:00

I have been a faithful Aldi's girl for years. I bring my own bags, my list, a quarter for the cart and a debit card or cash. I switched from the big stores when the first baby came 14 years ago. I have been a very loyal gal buying almost everything they sell and liking it, except the spaghetti sauce. But I have really downscaled my shopping there since beginning this couponing adventure. I can beat there prices with coupons used on sales or with store coupons/manufacturer coupons on the sales. So I make a small list and head in every other week for my bagels and cream cheese, a couple bags of apples, chips, and string cheese. This week I think I may be stocking up on these dollar deals:

Gallon Milk (yes for a buck!)
Cantaloupe
Pound of red or green grapes
pound of strawberries

Meijer Deals August 2 - 8, 2009

2009-08-02T19:36:00.003-04:00

$1.33 Skippy Natural Creamy Peanut Butter - 15 oz
-$1.00/2 Meijer Mealbox printable coupon
-$0.40/1 Skippy coupon (from 8-2 RP), use 2
Get a $1.00 checkout coupon good on your next order when you buy 2 or more per transaction! For best savings, purchase 2 per transaction.

$1.33 Skippy Peanut Butter - 16.3 oz varieties
-$1.00/2 Meijer Mealbox printable coupon
-$0.40/1 Skippy coupon (from 8-2 RP), use 2

$1.67 Ragu Pasta Sauce, 16-26.3 oz jar (excludes organic)
-$1.00/2 Meijer Mealbox printable coupon
-$1.00/2 Ragu printable coupon or $0.60/2 Ragu coupon (from 8-2 RP)

1.00 Hunt's Ketchup, 24 oz
-$0.20/1 Hunt's coupon (from 6-21 SS)

$0.89 Barilla Pasta, Whole Grain or Piccolini, 12-16 oz
-$1.00/4 Meijer Mealbox printable coupon

$2.00 Sure for Men Antiperspirant & Deodorant, 2.6 oz
-$1.25/1 coupon (from 6-28 SS)

$2.50 Meijer Ice Cream, 56 oz
-$0.50/1 Meijer Mealbox printable coupon

SUAVE PRODUCTS - Buy 3 Suave Products in one transaction, Get 1 15 oz Suave Shampoo or Conditioner FREE (limit 1 offer per customer):

$1.67 Suave Lotion, 18 oz
-$1.00/1 coupon (from 8-2 RP) = $0.67 after coupon
$1.67 Suave Invisible Solid Deodorant
-$0.50/1 coupon (from 8-2 RP) = $0.67 after coupon
$1.67 Suave Body Wash, 12 oz
-$0.50/1 coupon (from 8-2 RP) = $0.67 after coupon

Spend $10 in Kellogg's, Keebler, Sunshine or Eggo products and get $10 off a backpack at the register. If you are going to get several this way like me, you might want to try it as seperate transactions. I just go to self check out and do it a few times.

$1.99 Kellogg's Frosted Mini Wheats Bite Size, 18 oz
-$1.50/2 Kellogg's printable coupon

$1.99 Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Bars
-$1.00/2 coupon (from 8-2 Kellogg)

$2.50 Keebler Chips Deluxe Cookies
-$1.00/2 coupon (from 8-2 Kellogg's)
-$1.00/2 Meijer Mealbox printable coupon

$2.50 Cheez-It, 11.5-14 oz
-$0.75/1 Cheez-It Whole Grain printable coupon

SCHOOL SUPPLIES, ETC.
$0.05 Spiral Notebooks
$0.19 Elmer's School Glue or 2 pk Glue sticks
$0.19 Crayola 24 pk Crayons (limit 10 per customer)
$0.49 Filler Paper, 150 ct (limit 20 per customer)
$0.49 7 ct Woodcase Pencils (limit 10 per customer)
$0.50 It's Academic Children's 5" Scissors

My thanks again to Macomb Money Savers.

How Fun Is That

2009-08-02T19:09:00.003-04:00

I've been at a Buck reunion with my side of the family and we had a lot of fun. As we trickled into town the first night we met up at Sweet Tomatoes, a soup and salad buffet place. Sister Mary 2 was waiting for us to arrive and while waiting was offered some unused coupons by someone leaving. So six of us enjoyed BOGO deals on the meal. How fun is that? So if you have one near you, you can get coupons in your email box over here.

Chicago Art Institute Membership for $40

2009-07-31T10:28:00.002-04:00

My friend Althea just let me know about this deal at groupon.com. I think they do Chicago coupons so I don't know a ton about it. But she is finding all kinds of fun night life kinda things in Chi town. Hmmmm, I'm going there real soon. Anyway, it is 64% off for a year membership at the Chicago Art Institute. Hoping this link works as it goes through facebook. Let me know.

Thursday's Table

2009-07-31T10:11:00.002-04:00

Look what my friend Autumn got at Meijer and Target. She spent $42 and change out of pocket. Yay, her pantry and freezer are stocked. Way to go girl. Did you clean up at a store? Let us know.

Morningstar Coupons

2009-07-31T09:27:00.003-04:00

Here is something for the vegetarian out there. I tried the Morningstar Garden Vegetable flavor since one of my myriad of nieces is a veggie. It was pretty good. So I might be heading over to check out the price at Target where they have a $2/2 coupon to use with the $1/1. If you have a Super Target, this will work out to a great discount. Thanks Money Saving Mom.

Chocolate Relief Friday is here

2009-07-31T08:22:00.003-04:00

Click over here for a coupon for free chocolate candy from Mars. This is the Chocolate Relief Program that is going on until the end of September. Yum. You can do this four different weeks, so it may be time for you to try it again. Be watching the mailbox for your coupon and be watching your stores for Buy One Get One free chocolate by the check out.

Another Great Old Navy Coupon

2009-07-30T21:40:00.004-04:00

Wow, I had so much fun at Old Navy clearance, that I went back with my niece. Wish I had this coupon for 30% off. But it is only good for 4 days through August 3rd. Oh, it is also good at Banana Republic and Gap stores or you could just shop online. Enjoy! Thanks Autumn and Gloria.

Coupon Coup

2009-07-30T07:30:00.002-04:00

Well, I have been printing off a few coupons tonight. I haven't been doing this as much, because I still tend to let them expire. I usually do it when I have the sale to match them up with. But cereal we like is a definite exception. And since I loved all the free Kraft dressing last round, I liked this one too.

Honey Bunches of Oats with Pecan Bunches $2/1

$1.50 for Kraft Dressing or if you have Firefox (Basically, if the first doesn't print for you, try the second)

Thanks to Money Saving Madness.

$2.50 for Swimsuits

2009-07-29T08:16:00.003-04:00

This is the time to buy for next summer! Clearance has begun in earnest to make room for all the school supplies. Last night our Old Navy had boys swim trunks marked at $4.99 and 50% off that. So my boys are all set for next summer. Sorry, I didn't see any girl suits, but I found a little something for Cents anyway. Don't forget the link for a coupon in the previous post about the Mall. We got 15% off the sale prices for our printing time and a free top and Christopher & Banks.

Tuesday's Table 7/28/09

2009-07-28T17:11:00.002-04:00

My total bill for today was $48.59 and I saved $51.15. $19.64 of the savings was in coupons, and $31.51 was the sales I used them on. Half Buck went with me and thought I was a little crazy buying that much pasta and cereal. But with freezer cooking and cooking club and 7 to feed, I can use up food in a hurry around here. Plus he is my boy who wants cereal for a snack all the time.

Of course I always miss a bag of groceries somewhere when I do this. It is a mad rush with the kids to get it to the table, spread out and photoed and then to the fridge and freezer before Mite can do too much damage. When we finish that I turn around and find the bag I didn't know was missing. So you can't see my corn or my free Coffeemate Creamer - 3 of them free. I don't even drink coffee! But my boys have taken up the hobby especially when they have frou frou things to sweeten it up. So Half Buck and Buck may be enjoying a cup with The Prof today.

Obviously I went a little crazy on cereal. But I figure if you can get it for 99 cents(Honey Nut Cheerios) and $1.50 for Life, then you stock up! By the way, my goal on cereal is 10 cents an ounce or less. And for my trouble storing it I got 2 coupons for a Free Gallon of milk from General Mills. It seems they just wanted to thank me, well they are welcome. The other catalinas I scored (remember the print out at check out) were $1 off my next order for the Coffeemate Creamer,$2 off my next shopping trip and, $2 off 5 GM cereals (I had used 2 of those on my currant purchase). So that is a total or $9+ off future shopping : )

Off To the Mall

2009-07-28T01:26:00.002-04:00

I was wondering if I would be able to line up another set of coupons for the mall again. I'm kinda itching to see what summer clearance sales will have. So here is a couple ideas I'm planning on.

Tomorrow is the beginning of the Old Navy Clearance Event with 50% off. You can stop on over here and get a 15% off coupon to add to that. Just take the khakis on the right and put them on the boy in the blue sweater.

And here is a Christopher & Banks coupon for $10 off a $10 purchase. That can add up to free. You can also use this one on line.

I also got some 15% off coupons for Kohls as well. If you haven't yet, this is one of those few stores I have a credit card for. They give you several extra days of saving throughout the year and these have really paid off for me. I just pay off the card right when I check out to avoid an extra bill.

Best Bets

Free Turbo Tax

Fairlanes Bowling Tomorrow

Old Navy Clearance

Meijer deals this week

Free Dish Detergent at Walgreens

Tuesdays Table

50 Free prints and $15 off any order at Shutterfly

Walgreens Deals

Check for Deals Here

Walgreens sale through Saturday

Tuesday's Table

30% off at Gap, Old Navy, and Banana Republic

$20 back on $100 at BestBuy

Tuesdays Table

Tuesdays Table: Family Fare Doubles

Family Fare: Double Coupons

$2 Costumes at Old Navy

Last Flick's Film

Tuesdays Table

Flick's Family Film Fest

100 Free Pictures

Tuesdays Table

Flick's Family Film Fest

Bread Making

Tuesday's Table

Walgreens

Flick's Film Festival

Financial Peace

Tuesday's Table

Contract Testing

Saving's Angel Open House Tomorrow!

Flick's Family Film Fest

Halloween Coupons

Savings Angel Open House

Banana Stretching

Tuesday's Table

SavingsAngel.com ? - cut your Grocery Bill in HALF through Enlightened Shopping! ?

Free Redbox Rental at Meijer

Libraries have Museum Passes!

Meijer Deals

SavingsAngel.com - cut your Grocery Bill in HALF through Enlightened Shopping!

Consignment Sale

A Give Away: How Fun is That?

Financial Peace

Tuesday's Table

Culver's Deals in Jenison

$1.25 for Milk

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Tuesday's Table

Free Panties at Victoria Secrets

How Cool is This?

How It all Went

Potatoes Again

Tuesday's Table

Restaurant Coupons!

Free Collage at Walgreens

How Fun is That II

How Fun is That

Walgreens 8/23-8/30

Meijer Deals8/23 - 30, 2009

Ann Taylor Coupon

McDonald's Coupon

Chocolate Releif Has Arrived

Tuesday's Table 8/19/09

Free Photos Today at Walgreens

Dannon Coupons

Walgreens this Week

Meijer Deals 8/16 -8/22, 2009

Free Celebration Cinema

Back to Meijer

Tuesday's Table 8/11/09

Walgreens 8/9 -8/16, 2009

Meijer Deals August 9-16, 2009

Another $5 off $25 at Walgreens

Mejier Two Day Sale.

Kellogg's Coupons

How Fun Is That

Clearance Time

McDonald's Coupon

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