$20 TAG Reader System

Apparently in some states, the Tag Reader is on clearance at Target. I have not been able to find them in the Austin stores or Beaumont stores I looked at.

But, according to Hip2Save, there is another possible option at ToysRUs! I am going today to check the Bmt one, and Mary--if you have a chance, can you check Lakeline??

Click here for info! The best part about these scenarios is that you do not have to have the coupon printer installed for either coupon, and they are PDFs, so can be printed out as many times as you like!

Aldo Shoes

Aldo Shoes has tons of shoes and sandals on clearance on their website.
LOVE those shoes, but they are normally so pricey!

Use promo code VIPOFFER to get free shipping.

Total Money Makeover

Having trouble making ends meet, AND pay off your debt (including your mortgage)? I discovered Dave Ramsey and have been so inspired by his plan that I wanted to share it with all of you. Go here and check out his sight! He also has a show on Fox News every night at 7pm.

***I just placed an order, and he is really serious about this debt free thing! You can only pay with debit card or electronic check. NO credit cards! There is a FREE dvd "How to Get out of debt" that I ordered. I will let you all know how it is...or if you are in my area, I would LOVE to pass it around and share the "wealth". (It is free, though, so you may wanna just order it!) :)

Udder Covers

My friend received this in an email and forwarded it to me. Shipping is $8.95. I made one of these myself and it cost me about $6, so I consider this a good deal.

You can get ANY of our covers for free ~ you just pay the S&H! We know that you support breastfeeding -so if you're not currently nursing, they make great baby shower and Holiday gifts. The promo code is "backorder1".


Go to www.uddercovers.com , click on "Shop Now" where it will then display all the nursing covers we offer as well as other products and sets. Select the product you would like and you will automatically be directed to the center of the page where you can enter in the promo code! This backorder promotion will give you a $32.00 discount off your total order no matter what you put in your cart! This promotion code is valid once per transaction so order as many times as you would like. Let all your friends know too!

Kid 2 Kid

Kid 2 Kid is overstocked. They have 6 racks of clearance clothes. All clearance is buy 10 get 10 FREE.
They have everything from newborn up to kids size 7 or 8. Boys and Girls. Lots of stuff. I even saw a few new items from Gymboree that were originally $19 for 25% off the Kid 2 Kid price of $6!

(They are not buying any more clothes this week.)

oh also at the checkout at Kid2Kid they had coupons for 30% your entire purchase at Gymboree, which would come in handy if you are shopping tax free this weekend. I was also in Gymboree today and they have tons of stuff 50% off and are also doing Gymbucks right now.

Found this link while blog surfing. It is actually on numerous frugal/coupon blogs. I thought it was a good resource for coupons! It's called The Coupon Loop.

ELF

Did everyone see the deal on ELF makeup posted here on hip2save?

I have ordered from them before and liked most of their stuff. I want to take advantage of this deal, but don't want to order 27 items (or so) to get the free shipping with orders over $20.
Anyone want to go in on this with me?

Tax Free Weekend

Sales Tax Holiday
August 21 - 23, 2009

It's coming up!!

Look here for full details and lists of what's tax free and what is NOT!

Listerine Smart Rinse and Agent(It turns your teeth blue where you need to brush! Avery thinks it's so cool!) mouthwashes can be found on clearance for $1.42-$2.95 at CVS right now. Use the BOGO and $1/1 coupons for a pretty awesome deal! I just got these two for $.42!! These mouthwashes are usually over $5 a piece! It's hit or miss though...I've been to three different CVS's this week and all of them had them priced differently. One not on clearance at all! Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

Call Me C-R-A-Z-Y Day 3

Today was another success.

Breakfast: Mini-cakes I made last nite (kids were thrilled!)

Lunch: Frozen chicken bites/ pineapple

Dinner: Fried chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy (which I made myself from the grease from the chicken!!), and peaches

Fruit that we have had this week is from a can or jar. No fresh fruit. :( That is definitely something I will have to budget in at least every other week! We LOVE our fresh fruit!

Entertainment: Invited friends over for fun in the pool in the backyard.

Budget spent: $0
Budget left: $18.10

Win a $20 CVS Gift Card!!

Centsible Savings is having a month of giveaways and this week it's a $20 Gift Card!!

Good Luck!

Call me C-R-A-Z-Y Part 2b

Wow!! This is challenging!

Entertainment tonight: Family went to neighborhood pool (FREE!)

Walgreens trip:

Huggies Wipes 64ct: .79 ---$2.79 (used $2 coupon from Walgs flyer found in-store)

*****THIS IS A MUST FOR EVERY MOTHER!! PICK UP A STACK OF THOSE COUPON BOOKLETS AND EVERYTIME YOU GO IN, PICK UP A BOX!!!******

Rice Krispies 2 boxes: have to check on this. I thought they were on sale for 2/$5, then I had (2) $1 off coupons, so they should have been 2/$3, then $2 in RR. But, they rang up 2/$8. :(

Milk 2 gal 2.99ea

Kraft single Easy Mac: 4/.50ea. Used (2) $1/2 manu. coupons stacked with Walgs flyer coupon $1/4.

Chips Ahoy: Sale 2/$5. Used .75/2 manu stacked with Walgs coupon $1/1. Unfortunately, it didn't work, so the mgr just changed the price of 1, but it still should have been $1 less. :(

2 dozen eggs: sale .99ea

Flinstones Vitamins: $6.99 used $1 manu coupon + $2 Walgs coupon from flyer

Also, Mentos gum, and marshmallows!

Total: $6.90 (should have been about half that because of Rice Krispies and Chips Ahoy mess-up)

Saved:$35.54

Budget used: $6.90

Budget left: $18.10

***FYI: The flyer at the front of the stores seems to be confusing everyone. On the front of the coupons, it is pretty clear it is a Walgreens coupon, which means it can be stacked. However, on the back, in very small print it says it is a manufacture coupon for Walgreens. I have checked other blogs, and some people have no problem with them going thru, while others have said they beeped and the mgr will not do it. My mgr seems to think they are Walgs coupons, but I think I will contact corporate and find out. So, just know if you are stacking them, they may or may not work.

Target clearance deals

I was at Target today and I tried to write down as many clearance items that had coupons as I could in the time I had. In case any of you are interested.

Betty Crocker Warm delites $1.16
Coupon: $.50/1

C and H sugar $1.57
Coupon: $.65/2

Specality Pace $2.41 (I saw some the next day for even cheaper...$1.4something)
Coupon: $1/1

Hamburger helper $1.06
Coupon:$.75/3

Zatarains $1.37
Coupon: $.75/2

Knorr Sides $.88
Coupon: $1/3

Febreze $1.77
Coupon: BOGO and $.50/1

The frangrance collect soy candles $2.88
Coupon: $3/2

Kotex in trail section $.97
Coupon $1/1
(does NOT exclude trail size)

Bagel-ful $1.32
No coupon I know about.

Paster Strudel $1.37
I know there is a coupon but can not find it...anybody know?

Laura told me about a bottle of Crisco oil on clearance as well. Coupon: $.55/1
Snag it for under a buck!!

Happy shopping!

**update: I just found a coupons to SAVE $.60 ON TWO when you buy any TWO Old El Paso® products on the Betty Crocker website. I remember seeing many of these products on clearance. The taco seasoning packets would probably be the cheapest deal.

Also a lot of the coupons mentioned can be printed from Smart Source online

Call me C-R-A-Z-Y Part 2

Day 2:

Breakfast: Cereal

Lunch: Chicken bites (frozen)
Cheesy Broccoli and Rice (Green giant frozen steamers)

Dinner: Spaghetti
Garlic toast (made from bread slices)


Entertainment: We stayed around the house today. Played games inside, and watched movies.

Headed to Walgreens tonight for milk, eggs, etc. I will post what I bought, what I spent and what coupons I used.

$0 used so far today! Let's see how the shopping trip goes!

Call me C-R-A-Z-Y!!

I decided to challenge myself to not spend more than $25 this week on groceries, household items, clothing etc. I wanted to ONLY spend $25 on EVERYTHING, but as I awoke this morning, I remembered I had a dr. appointment today, med refill, $65 for car registration, $25 for contacts...you know the unavoidable things. So, I changed it to the groceries, etc. I challenged 3 friends to the same thing, and we have to report to each other this coming Sunday. I hope to update you everyday on what I am cooking, what I purchased, what sales I found, what coupons I used, etc...so maybe you can do the same! This will be a learning week, but I hope to implement a similar thing for my budget every month. We shall see!

Today:

Entertainment: went to friends' house while I was a dr.
Food:
Breakfast: donuts, cereal
Lunch: friend's house (thanks, Mary!)
Dinner: hamburger helper
Dessert: BlueBell ice cream!!

Money Spent:
-dr. visit
-car reg
-$0 on groceries, etc

.40 Walgreens trip!!!

So, I have not been so great with couponing lately. I save a lot, but I am not planning thoroughly enough, so I spend more than I would like (missing coupons, things ringing up wrong etc.) I spent quite a bit of time last night working on this, which was made a lot easier by post on Hip2Save. I gathered my coupons, wrote my list, triple checked it, and even wrote down possible items I would need to make the amt I needed to use my check. (I received a $25 check for transferring a presc back to Walgreens from Target--which I got a $10 gift card for a Target when I switched it there!!)

Here is what I did: deal from Hip2Save

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4 Jars of Ragu Pasta Sauce- on sale 2/$4

Buy 4 Skippy Peanut Butters-- on sale 2/$4

Buy 1 Vitamin Shampoo & Conditioner (13 oz) $3.99

Buy 1 Gum Toothbrush 2 pack $3.49 (out of stock--rec'd rain check)

Buy 5 boxes of Pop-Tarts $2 each

Total=$33.48

Coupons:Use 2 $1/2 Ragu coupons from the 8/2RP

Or use the $1/2 coupon from here: IE or Firefox

Plus, use 4 .50 Skippy coupons from the 8/2RP

Use the $1 Gum coupon from the 6/21RP (did not have that coupon)

Use 2 $1/2 Pop-Tart coupons from the 8/2RP

Plus, use 1 .55 coupon from here

Total=$25.93

Then use the $5 off $25 coupon

Pay $20.93 for all the above

BUT then get back a $10 Register Reward for the Ragu & Skippy,

a$3.99 Register Reward for the Vitamin shampoo

$3.49 Register Reward for the Gum toothbrush

$5 Register Reward for the Pop-Tarts.

Final cost after the Register Rewards FREE + a $1.55 moneymaker! Pretty sweet deal, huh?

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Here are the slight changes I made:

Since I had a $25 check, my total had to be $25 after the $5 coupon. (This $5 coupon is on the Walgreens site, but only good for 2 days Aug 5th-6th).

So, I added:

3 bottles of Hydrogen Peroxide (I am completely out) and used 3/$1 coupon from Walgs flyer

2 Scotch tape (bogo free sale, then used 1 .50 coupon)

5 dessert dishes .20 each (actually- I am reading receipt and these did not ring up 50% off, but it still worked with my total, so I'm not going to complain)

4 jell-o (used in-ad coupon with coupons from here) there are also coupons at the end of coupons.com I found

Did not do Gum toothbrushes

My total was $25.40!! So, I used my $25 check, had to pay .40 oop and received $19 RR!!!

I am so excited about this!! This makes me want to really take more time and be more careful when couponing.

Oh--Fran on Hip2Save said that she has bought gift cards with $10 RR. She has done this more than once with no problem. I am going to try it!! This is a great idea if you have RR that are about to expire, but nothing you want to buy! She said she has only tried on high dollar ones. I will let you know how my experience goes! (Oh- she said don't ask, because they will tell you no, but if they just scan it, it works!)

Arm & Hammer Dryer sheets

I just saw a commercial for these. They are moist dryer sheets with fabric softener in them. I think I may give them a try. Click here for a $1 coupon.

Walgreen:Kids Activity Book

I saw on Hip2save at the bottom of this weeks deals list that Walgreens has a kids activity book available with store coupons. They don't expire till March 2010! And I noticed a few of them can be used with manufactors coupons we already have from the paper inserts. They are located by the pharmacy and are $.99. They are hard to see...at my store (discovery and 183) they were low, attached to a basket of item on display, facing the back wall.

I also bribed my kids by saying I was getting them the book if they were good and stopped asking for stuff! ;-)