Drug Store Deals

It's been awhile, I know. And while I've continually saved tons of money, I haven't been as dedicated when it comes to sharing my finds with the cyber universe. No promises to be better, but here's one for now.

CVS yesterday: got 4 boxes of Kelloggs Rice Krispies and 3 boxes of Kleenex. Spent $0.39 oop, saved $25.52!

Walgreens yesterday: got 16oz bottle Listerine whitening mouthwash, 1 package Goody barrettes, 2 Toblorone chocolate bars, 2 Milky Way bars, and 2 packages of Skittles candy. Spent $1.79 oop, saved $16.74.

Happy Saving!

Money Making Kraft Dressing at Food Lion

Kraft dressings are on sale at Food Lion right now 3/$5. There is a $5 off when you purchase 5 Kraft products that rings up at the register. Use 5 $0.55/1 coupons from SS 5/2 and spend $0.55 for 5 bottles of dressing. To make this deal even sweeter, there is a catalina that prints for $3 off your next order, thus making you $2.45!

Happy Saving!

More Money Makers

I snagged two money makers at Walgreens today. First, Nature's Bounty vitamin D (which I take daily anyway) was on sale for $5 with $5 Register Rewards. I used a $2/1 coupon I printed from the Nature's Bounty site, thus earning myself $2. I also picked up a box of new U by Kotex tampons for $3.49 with $2.50 Register Rewards. I used a $1/1 coupon I printed from the Kotex site, thus earning myself $0.01. Not a bad day!

Earth Day Deals

I'm sure there are more out there, but here are a few Earth Day deals I've run across:

Target is giving away a free reusable bag with any purchase while supplies last.

Walgreens is selling reusable bags 3/$1

CVS is selling reusable bags for $0.99 each, use your Extra Care card and get $0.99 ECBs, limit 1

Online Surveys

I just received a check in the mail for $20 for answering online surveys. Can't beat that! The company is Ipsos Isay. Check it out here.

My favorite deals: the money makers!

Although this deal is over, I had to share because the money makers make me so happy! Last week, Lowes Foods had Betty Crocker cake and icing on sale for $0.99 each. They also had a Lowes Foods Rewards deal where if you purchased any 4 cakes and/or icings you'd get $2 reward dollars back. In addition, there was a manufacturer's coupon for $0.75 when you buy both 1 cake and 1 icing. So, using 2 coupons, I got 2 cakes and 2 icings for $0.96 total and then got $2 reward dollars back, thus the store paid me $1.04 to take 2 cakes and 2 icings out of the store! YIPPEE!

Celebrate your birthday with freebies!

Check out this article for places that give you (or your kids) birthday freebies: http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/108990/the-best-birthday-freebies

Best Time to Buy

Check out this article for the best time to buy different items: http://shopping.yahoo.com/articles/yshoppingarticles/348/mark-your-calendars-whats-on-sale-when/

Supermarkets vs. Warehouse Clubs

I read this article this morning about how supermarkets are suffering in the recession but warehouse clubs are doing better (to read the article, click here). It makes me sad because if people knew how much they could be saving by simply using coupons and stockpiling, they would shop at the supermarkets. Don't get me wrong, warehouse clubs have their place. I buy diapers and wipes for my kids there, as well as bread and milk (which rarely have coupons), and gas for my car and my grill. But, I have found that for pretty much everything else, I can get it really cheap or even free if I combine my coupons with the weekly sales ad at my local grocery store. SAVE MORE! That's my motto. I'm happy to share how I do it one-on-one, so contact me if you need some tips.

Re-discovered Kroger

I haven't been to Kroger in a very long time because there isn't one very close to me, but someone gave me a gift card so I thought I'd check it out.

First of all, I'd like to report that Kroger has the best organic produce section of any regular grocery store in my area. The prices were great as was the quality and the selection.

Secondly, this week Oikos Organic Greek yogurt is on sale 10/$10 (but you don't have to buy 10, it rings up at $1 each). There is a coupon for $1/1 in 1/10 SS, which makes the yogurt free. But, even better, is when you buy one a catalina prints for $1/1! So, my first time through I didn't know this and got 4 with my coupons. The catalina printed so I ran back over to the natural foods section and grabbed another one. The total was $0.02 (for tax) and it printed another catalina! So, I got another one, $0.02 total, and it printed another one! Thankfully it was about 8:30am and the store wasn't busy at all. The cashier told me it was probably going to just keep printing them. So, I stopped after getting 6 and decided to leave some for the rest of you all! I came home with another catalina, but it doesn't expire till March 17, so I'll go back another time to use it.

Also, I have one of these catalinas for the same product from Harris Teeter (but didn't have it with me) and the cashier told me I can use that one at Kroger, too!

What a wonderful shopping trip! I will definitely be watching the Kroger ads more closely from now on.

Happy Saving!

Harris Teeter Super Doubles

Went back to Harris Teeter again today and got $50 worth of groceries for $5! I just love saving money!

Harris Teeter Super Doubles Jan 6-12

Great deals at Harris Teeter this week cause they are doubling manufacturer's coupons up to $1.98 face value. That means your $1 off coupons are now worth $2 off and your $1.50's are $3!

On my first trip (I'm going back tomorrow) I paid $23 for $90 worth of groceries! The best deal is on Special K. I got cereal, but the promotion is for any Special K product. The cereal is $2/5 and there is a coupon for $1/2 in the January 3 issue of Red Plum, which makes the cereal $1.5o per box. There is a promotion right now where you get $5 off your order wheny ou purchase 4 Special K items in the same transacation. If you have two coupons you can get 4 boxes of cereail for $1.00 plus tax (for me the total was $1.16), making it a whopping $0.29 per box!

Check out the posts on hot coupon world here for a list of all the great deals and coupon matchups.

Happy Saving!

Happy New Year!

My first year of tracking my grocery savings has come to an end. My goal for 2009 was a bit ambitious at $3650 ($10 a day), especially since it was my first year being intentional about saving with coupons and sales, but I ended the year with savings of $3073, which works out to $8.42 a day!

Today I am resetting my ticker to $0 to start tracking my savings for 2010. This year I have the same goal of $3650, and I think now that I'm getting better at saving I'll be able to make it!

So, Happy New Year to all of my readers, and as always, Happy Saving!