one pack of diapers
one box of tampons
two toothbrushes
one tube of toothpaste
for...
$10 - for all of you that aren't moms that pack of diapers costs more than that regular price.
Total saved: $27
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Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Deal of the Day
one pack of diapers
one box of tampons
two toothbrushes
one tube of toothpaste
for...
$10 - for all of you that aren't moms that pack of diapers costs more than that regular price.
Total saved: $27
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Digitally Overwhelmed
I am the world's WORST at getting pictures developed. I inherited this problem from my mother. She like me loves to take pictures. Mom was always so great about getting multiple copies of pictures so that anyone could have them, but I remember taking a big paper bag full of film to be developed that was months worth of picture taking.
Being in a digital age, I appreciate being able to take more pictures as well as only having to develop the ones that I want. But it also creates a problem. There are thousands of pictures to go through! I mean I can take a couple hundred pictures in a few minutes, and since they are all digital I hate deleting them if they are half good. At least I try to limit my packrattedness to kilobytes, right? I have got to come up with an organizational plan for my digital pictures.
So I was thinking the other day that I really needed to update some of my picture frames, because I don't think I have had a picture printed for myself in about a year. I know that is sad, but I am just being honest.
So today I saw that Walgreens was running a deal on prints and you could get 20 prints free. I generally think that is not that much, less than a roll, but I have to remind myself that I am just trying to fill up frames and Sterling's baby book. Twenty is a lot of frames! So I got myself together as the deal only lasts 24 hours. (If you are reading this on Wednesday you should still be able to get it.)
I went to pick up my pictures and it was great to just walk away with them. No tax, no nothing, completely free. I decided some of them I would prefer in black and white or needed a little editing, but they were free. So I am trying to make a commitment to print more pictures. At least enough to fill up an album. And that means I have to go through pictures and pick favorites what a difficult task!
Being in a digital age, I appreciate being able to take more pictures as well as only having to develop the ones that I want. But it also creates a problem. There are thousands of pictures to go through! I mean I can take a couple hundred pictures in a few minutes, and since they are all digital I hate deleting them if they are half good. At least I try to limit my packrattedness to kilobytes, right? I have got to come up with an organizational plan for my digital pictures.
So I was thinking the other day that I really needed to update some of my picture frames, because I don't think I have had a picture printed for myself in about a year. I know that is sad, but I am just being honest.
So today I saw that Walgreens was running a deal on prints and you could get 20 prints free. I generally think that is not that much, less than a roll, but I have to remind myself that I am just trying to fill up frames and Sterling's baby book. Twenty is a lot of frames! So I got myself together as the deal only lasts 24 hours. (If you are reading this on Wednesday you should still be able to get it.)
I went to pick up my pictures and it was great to just walk away with them. No tax, no nothing, completely free. I decided some of them I would prefer in black and white or needed a little editing, but they were free. So I am trying to make a commitment to print more pictures. At least enough to fill up an album. And that means I have to go through pictures and pick favorites what a difficult task!
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Diaper Steal
As mentioned earlier I have started trying to really increase my savings at the grocery store by following SouthernSavers.
My favorite deal of the week:
I just HAD to make a CVS run when I read this deal that was too good to be true! I read the add that said CVS had the box Huggies wipes on sale for 2/$5. Good deal, but nothing to rearrange my day to make a trip to the pharmacy about. But today I read that the refill packs are also ringing up $2.50. That's $5.49 off! So, I quickly changed Sterling, while noticing that this came at the perfect time as we are almost out, and rushed to CVS. By the way, all of the refill packs are doing this not just the one pictured (Soft Skin). That is just what they had left at my CVS store.
Apparently everyone else knew about this too, because they had only two packs left, and I got both! But before you rush out to the store finish reading this. I also read on SouthernSavers that if you swiped your card at the price checker you could get coupons one for $2.00 off Huggies wipes.
I didn't even know that CVS had one of these. If you don't know where yours is search the store because apparently almost all of them have one. Scan your card and a pack of wipes and it will print an additional $2.00 off that makes it $.50!! Like I said, I bought two packs, but it would only print one coupon. But I also got a $5 off $15 purchase and some others, so scan as many packs as you get just in case.
I went to the checkout with my two packs of diapers, and my $2.00 coupon as well as two $.50 coupons I got in the mail for Huggies wipes (thanks Mom for the extra one). For two bags of 184 wipes, I paid $2.00+tax. That's $1.00 a piece, and I saved $13.98!!
Now go to your local CVS before their shelves look the way I left them here, empty.
P.S. - I also had $5.00 CVS bucks, but didn't use them because I wasn't spending enough money. If they had had another bag I could have gotten them all for free! :(
My favorite deal of the week:
I just HAD to make a CVS run when I read this deal that was too good to be true! I read the add that said CVS had the box Huggies wipes on sale for 2/$5. Good deal, but nothing to rearrange my day to make a trip to the pharmacy about. But today I read that the refill packs are also ringing up $2.50. That's $5.49 off! So, I quickly changed Sterling, while noticing that this came at the perfect time as we are almost out, and rushed to CVS. By the way, all of the refill packs are doing this not just the one pictured (Soft Skin). That is just what they had left at my CVS store.
Apparently everyone else knew about this too, because they had only two packs left, and I got both! But before you rush out to the store finish reading this. I also read on SouthernSavers that if you swiped your card at the price checker you could get coupons one for $2.00 off Huggies wipes.
I didn't even know that CVS had one of these. If you don't know where yours is search the store because apparently almost all of them have one. Scan your card and a pack of wipes and it will print an additional $2.00 off that makes it $.50!! Like I said, I bought two packs, but it would only print one coupon. But I also got a $5 off $15 purchase and some others, so scan as many packs as you get just in case.
I went to the checkout with my two packs of diapers, and my $2.00 coupon as well as two $.50 coupons I got in the mail for Huggies wipes (thanks Mom for the extra one). For two bags of 184 wipes, I paid $2.00+tax. That's $1.00 a piece, and I saved $13.98!!
Now go to your local CVS before their shelves look the way I left them here, empty.
P.S. - I also had $5.00 CVS bucks, but didn't use them because I wasn't spending enough money. If they had had another bag I could have gotten them all for free! :(
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
SUPER Savings
I am super competitive. Not everyone knows that about me but that is because I don't let it show often. But I'm admitting it; it is true. I love to win and hate to play/do things in which I don't think I can win/excel. Remember this.
I also love being thrifty. Anywhere I can save a penny or two, I am all for it. And as a homemaker and primary grocery buyer I feel like it is my job to make the grocery $$ stretch as far as possible.
Well, I have been hearing rumors of people saving astronomical amounts of money on their grocery bill. I heard to go to southernsavers.com. So I went to check it out. I didn't have time or knowledge to figure it out. So I signed up for some coupons on coupons.com and went to the grocery store. That doesn't work, you end up saving like $5. So more determined (remember I'm competitive, if someone else can do it, I should be able to too) I went back to southernsavers and did some more detailed investigation. It's worth spending a few hours if needed!
I'll sum up what I learned (I know those of you who are already doing this are thinking how behind the times I am) you have to change the whole way you shop. You don't buy groceries when you need them, you buy them when they are on sale. Apparently, grocery stores put items on sale in a six week(ish) cycle. It's kind of like buying from Hobby Lobby, just wait and it will go on sale. Clip coupons (online and in the Sunday paper) and hold them until the item you need goes on sale. Then when you find a great deal you purchase the item at a sale price, plus coupons, stock up and you have just saved a ton of money. Not only on this grocery bill, but for however long those items will last.
So, to sum up, look for great deals bogo, money off with rewards card, whatever; clip all coupons and save them; purchase only what is onsale; build up six to eight weeks of what you can.
Now you may say, I don't have time to go check out the stores or look through the adds. You don't have to. Go to southernsavers.com pick which grocery store you will use, and find that weeks add listed. When stores release their adds southernsavers will post them in list form online along with all of the coupons that you may have (it will take a while for you to collect everything that they list). They also list the prices so you can figure out what exactly you will pay. Remember some stores double coupons up to $.50. You can click beside the items that you want to buy and print a customized grocery list.
Don't forget to check out pharmacies!
Of course it will take me a while to get to where I can save more than what I spend, because for a while there will always be a good many items that I need now. But I have to say I was pretty proud of myself for savings this week.
I am now a bit obsessed. Remember, I am competitive, and nothing is better than competing with yourself (you always win)!! I am going to see what great deals I can get this week!
Keep scrolling I've posted a lot in the last two days!
I also love being thrifty. Anywhere I can save a penny or two, I am all for it. And as a homemaker and primary grocery buyer I feel like it is my job to make the grocery $$ stretch as far as possible.
Well, I have been hearing rumors of people saving astronomical amounts of money on their grocery bill. I heard to go to southernsavers.com. So I went to check it out. I didn't have time or knowledge to figure it out. So I signed up for some coupons on coupons.com and went to the grocery store. That doesn't work, you end up saving like $5. So more determined (remember I'm competitive, if someone else can do it, I should be able to too) I went back to southernsavers and did some more detailed investigation. It's worth spending a few hours if needed!
I'll sum up what I learned (I know those of you who are already doing this are thinking how behind the times I am) you have to change the whole way you shop. You don't buy groceries when you need them, you buy them when they are on sale. Apparently, grocery stores put items on sale in a six week(ish) cycle. It's kind of like buying from Hobby Lobby, just wait and it will go on sale. Clip coupons (online and in the Sunday paper) and hold them until the item you need goes on sale. Then when you find a great deal you purchase the item at a sale price, plus coupons, stock up and you have just saved a ton of money. Not only on this grocery bill, but for however long those items will last.
So, to sum up, look for great deals bogo, money off with rewards card, whatever; clip all coupons and save them; purchase only what is onsale; build up six to eight weeks of what you can.
Now you may say, I don't have time to go check out the stores or look through the adds. You don't have to. Go to southernsavers.com pick which grocery store you will use, and find that weeks add listed. When stores release their adds southernsavers will post them in list form online along with all of the coupons that you may have (it will take a while for you to collect everything that they list). They also list the prices so you can figure out what exactly you will pay. Remember some stores double coupons up to $.50. You can click beside the items that you want to buy and print a customized grocery list.
Don't forget to check out pharmacies!
Of course it will take me a while to get to where I can save more than what I spend, because for a while there will always be a good many items that I need now. But I have to say I was pretty proud of myself for savings this week.
- I spent $37 on groceries and saved $31. That's really close to half off.
- I also was able to get a pack of diapers at Walgreens for $3.99, that is $8 off!
- Earlier this week I got two packs of diapers at CVS for $5.50 each.
$37 it doesn't look like a ton but remember it would have cost me $68. Man, groceries are overpriced
$14 plus $3 off next purchase and $4 was on the card.
I am now a bit obsessed. Remember, I am competitive, and nothing is better than competing with yourself (you always win)!! I am going to see what great deals I can get this week!
Keep scrolling I've posted a lot in the last two days!
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