Saturday, November 27, 2010

Super Savings Saturday

I can't find my Walmart receipt, I know I used some coupons there...oh well, if it turns up, I'll just add it to next week's post.


Here's what I did at Dillons:
2 Cocoa Puffs, $2.49-$2.00/WYB 4 products(I had 2 other cereals, listed below)-$1/2 GM cereals=$0.99 each
1 Cheerios $2.49-$1/WYB 4 products- $1 on any cheerios=$0.49
1 Multigrain Cheerio $2,49-$1/WYB 4-$0.75/multigrain cheerio e coupon=$0.74
3 Pringles $4.50-$1/3=$3.50/3
1 BC cookie pouch $2.29-$0.80 coupon=$1.49
1 lipton soup mix $1.39- $0.80 coupon=$0.59
2 BC Potatoes $2-$0.50 ecoupon-$1/2 coupon= $0.50/2
1 colgate toothpaste $1.50-$1/1=$0.50
1 BC cake mix and 1 BC frosting $2.49=$1/wyb both-$0.50 ecoupon=$0.99 for both
2 Duracell batteries $1.98 each-$1.50/1-$1/1=$1,46/2 packs
1 12 pack Dr Pepper $2.75-$1/1 catalina-$0.50/1 ecoupon=$1.25
Jennie O turkey $6.28(was around 12 pounds, I wish I would have got 2)
1 Big K 12 pack $2-$1/1=$1


I found a few more things and my total was $32.21
I saved $46.75 or 59%

Thursday, November 25, 2010

Happy Thanksgiving!


Have a happy day and safe travels!

Sunday, November 21, 2010

Super Savings Saturday

I managed a few bargains this week. I really need to organize my coupons better and get back in the groove of coupon savings.


Walmart
2 Xtra laundry soap $1.98 each-$1/2=$1.48 each
1 Yaksoba Chicken noodles $0.62-$0.50/1=$0.12
Bestlife Buttery Spead $1.78-$0.50/1=$1.28
2 BC Au Gratin potatoes $0.98 each-$0.50/2=$0.73 each
1 California Pizza $4.98-$1/1=$3.98
16 pound bag Friskies $10.97-$1/1=$9.97
plus I found 3 big lollipops and 3 candy necklaces(from Halloween) on clearance for $0.25. I got these for stocking stuffers!(along with some sticker sheets for $0.30 each at Dollar General)



Dillons
M shooping trip didn't work out quite as planned because they were out of the Annie's mac and cheese, but that was fine!
9 cans of Libby's veggies $1 each-3 $1/3=$0.67 each
2 cans Campbell Chunky soups $1.65-$1/2 ecoupon-$1/2 coupon-$0.50 each Mega sales=$0.15 each!
goldfish graham crackers $2.19-$1/1=$1.19
2 hormel chili with beans $1.39 each-$1/2- $0.50 each Mega Sales=$0.39 each
2 BC fruit snacks $1.99-$0.50/2 ecoupon-$1/2-$0.50 each mega sales=$0.74 each
1 Colgate toothpate $1.50-$1/1 -$0.50 Mega Event=Free
I had a few more things(mostly Kroger canned veggies on sale and my 3 extra items I needed to round out the Mega Event)
Total $39.18 saved $29.87 or 42%

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Super Savings Saturday



A few days ago, I had to run to Pricecutter because Walmart has stopped carrying some deli meat we like(grr!) and I always make a run buy the markdown shelves. I scored the soup mother load this time!


12 small cans of tomato sauce for $0.15 each! and 3 Swanson broths for $1.25 each!
I've also been scoring mark downed meat at

Walmart
. Here's some I've found the last couple weeks
5 pounds of chicken thighs, $3.50 saved $1.50(makes 2 meals)
4.5 pounds of chicken legs, $3.94, saved $1.94(makes 3 meals)
2.28 pounds eye of round steak(cut into chunks for stew meat, 2 servings) $7.31, saved $3.12
2.25 pounds of ground beef $3.84,saved $1.64
Assorted pork chops, 3.5 pounds, $6.52, saved $2.77(2 meals)
5 packs of 85/15 hamburger, 1 pound each, $2.44, saved $1.08 each
1 pack of 80/20 hamburger, 2 pound pack, $4.08, saved $1.88
2 1 pound packs of ground pork, $1.81 each, saved $0.88 each


I have been coupon shopping but I can't find any receipts to share any deals!

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Bookin It




Our DSL modem was on the fritz for about 3 weeks so I never posted what I read in September. This is everything from the last 2 months.


September
Financial Peace Revisited
Other People's Rejection Letters
The McGraw Hill Homeschooling Companion
No Way Down: Life and Death on K2
Tempted
Obsidian Butterfly
The Unhealty Truth
The Everything Homeschooling book
Blue Moon
Depletion and Abundance
Better off: Flipping the Switch on Technology
Fang
Where Men Win Glory
The Art of Learning



October
Winter's Bone
One Second After
To Hell with That: loving and loathing your inner housewife
The Ultimate book of Homeschooling Ideas
The Help
Homeschooling:The Early Years
The New Frugality
Pandora's Picnic Basket
Fast Food Nation
Dust
The Other 8 Hours
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian
World Without End
The Duggars:20 and Counting
Narcissus in Chains
The Lightening Thief



I actually had more library books to read but I had to send them back because I couldn't renew them. Which worked out fine because I think I had enough to read, lol.