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! ;-)

$2 coupon for Colgate Wisps

***Update: It seems as this link only works from my email I received. If you want a $2 coupon, either email me @ alisavasquez@yahoo.com or leave a comment and I will forward the email. Target sometimes has Wisp coupons, so this would be a sweet deal if paired with one of those!!



Click here for a $2 coupon off a 16pk of Colgate Wisps. (I could only print this once).

2 FREE Tacos at Jack-in-the-Box!

Click here for a coupon for 2 FREE tacos on Tuesday August 4th!!

Target Toy Shopping Spree

I went to Target and went early bday and Christmas shopping because they were having a huge toy clearance sale! I also got a few toys for Landon to play with when he gets bigger.

Go Diego Go Sea Splash Water Slide 9.99 for 6.98
Little Einsteins Rockets Tub Adventure 11.99 for 2.98
2 Leap Frog Puzzels 4.99 a piece for 1.24 a piece
Sesame Street Tummy Stackers 10.99 for 2.74
Go Diego Go Mega Bloks 12.99 for 3.24
Glitter Lava Putty 6.99 for 1.74
WII Nerf Game (includes game and NERF gun) 14.99 for 3.74
Handy Mandy on the Job tool belt 16.99 for 4.24
Disney Fairy doll 14.99 for 3.74
Inveentions Science Kit 20.70 for 5.18
2 Cuddle and Care Elmos 19.99 a piece for 4.98 a piece

and my most exciting purchase was
4 leap frogs 49.99 a piece and I got all 4 for 48.99!!


I spent 96.01 and it should have been 371

saved 275 dollars!!!

Home Made Simple Coupon Booklet Available again!!

If you have not requested one of these, yet, DO IT NOW!! It is a really great coupon booklet that has a coupon for a FREE Cascade rinse. I now have a stock of 3 extras...all free from the 3 booklets that I have ordered. There are also a lot of other high dollar coupons. Click here and get yours now!! (Takes 6-8 weeks, but well worth the wait!!)

Having a yard sale soon??

Check out this blog...

http://mybrainisinsideout.blogspot.com/2009/06/chicken-run-yard-sale-recap.html


I can't wait for mine!!!

FREE coupons!! Looking for...

FREE COUPONS!! :-) I still have tons of coupons...even more now actually! Most expire at end of month which is Friday but some do not!! I am giving them to anyone who wants them. First come first serve!

Does anyone happen to have the target store coupon for $1.50 off when you buy charmin and bounty? I would like some more if you are willing to give them up or trade.

Also, the $.50/1 scotch packaging supply coupon or the $1/2 scotch packaging supply coupon???

FREE fondue at The Melting Pot

In this week's valpack there is a coupon for a free small chocolate fondue at the Melting Pot. They are normally $16. No strings attached. That is the size for 2 people. Noel & I went last night and could barely finish it! (We got the yin yang and it was GOOD).
If you threw the valpack out already, go to meltingpot.com/ and look in the bottom right hand corner to see how to get a coupon for one through facebook.

Check out this upcoming deal!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks to Hip2Save, I just found this AWESOME deal coming up!!!

If you already used your $2.50 coupon from last Sunday on the Target deal, try to look on Ebay. I just ordered 20 for $6.99 shipped. I may have several extra, so my family gets first dibs, (or those of you that have given me coupons lately!), but let me know if you are interested, and I will put your name on a list.

Here is deal:

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On another note, if you have NOT used the $2.50 Finish/Electrasol coupons from the 7/12SS yet, then save them for the week of 8/2 at CVS!

They will be FREE! Wahoo!

The Electrasol 20 ct boxes will be priced at 2/$9-- buy $20 worth, get a $10Ecb!

Deal Scenario:

Buy 5 for a total of $22.50

Use 5 $2.50 coupons from the 7/12SS

Pay $10Get back a $10Ecb

Final cost 5 boxes for FREE!

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The ones at Target were 35 ct, I believe, for .99 w/ coupon, so if you got rain checks (I got one) you may want to add it up and see if your rain check would be a better deal.

Beech Nut Coupons

You can get $10.50 in Beech-Nut Baby Food PRINTABLE coupons.
I like the beech nut 3rd meals better than Gerber and so does my baby.
Print these now even if you're baby isn't old enough for food because they aren't always around.

p.s. If you want to print me any of the $2 off 20 jars, $1 off 10, or 75 cents off biter biscuits I would appreciate it. :)

There is a giveaway for a raincoat on Frugal Mommy. Click here for post. You can also hit her button on the sidebar to check out the rest of her blog. Click here for link to Kidscoats.com.

There are a lot of different types of coats on there and they are all adorable!!!

More Blue Bell!!!!!!!!!

Mary found some $1.50 coupons!! Click here for yours. (Disclaimer...this site does say for Tuscon, but the coupon does not have a specific area on it.)

I also logged into my Blue Bell account, and the $1.00 ones have been reset, so I could print 2 of those, too! Now I have (4) $1.50 and (4) $1.00 coupons! That's a lot of ice cream! Try clicking here for yours, or you may have to log in under your info.

Oh-Mom, I think I will share with you and Dad since you are watching our kids for us!

deal shopping

Target::
Snickers bar $.62 used free Q (cashier messed up and put in $.60 for Q)
Bananas $.84
4 Eggo $1.50 each used 4 $1/1 Q
2 Dannon yogurt $2.39 each used 2 $1.1 Q
2 Kraft Cheese $3.64 used $1/2 Q (cashier messed up and charged me for one reg price instead of two sale priced cheeses)
2 market pantry butters $2.04 each
2 degree deoderant and 1 degree spray $3.64 each used BOGO Q, 2 $2 TQ, 2 $1.25/1 Q
bounty basic roll towels $.99 used $.25/1 Q and $.50/1 TQ
2 Solo Bare paper plate $1.50 used 2 $1/1 Q
2 Boex Kashi cereals $2.66 each used BOGO Q and 2 $1.50 TQ
Cascade Crystal Clear $3.14 used free Q
2 Eggs $1.96
OOP $13.25
YOU SAVED $52.19

CVS::
2/$2 Dawn Dish Soap Used $.25/1 and $.50/1 Q
2 Bic Soleil Razor/refill combo $2.99 each used $3/1 Q
2 gallons Oak Farm Milk $2.69 each
1 Colgate Toothpaste $3.49 used $1/1 Q
1 Honey Wheat Bread $2.69
OOP $.32
ECB's Used $14.50 ($4.50 ECB's was quarterly valued customer ECB!)
ECB's Recieved $3

Walgreens::
3/$9 Listerines used 3 $2/1 Q
2 Brite 6 pk Sponges $1.25 each used $.75/2 Q
OOP $5.75
RR's Used $0
RR's Recieved $3

Chick-fil-A Cow Appreciation

I found on the Coupon Saving Game that this Friday July 10th Chick-fil-A is giving free meals to those who dress up as a cow for their cow appreciation day! They even have costume kits you can print out, making it so easy!

Who wants to go grab lunch with us???

Jamie Is A Money Magnet

I LOVE to check out Jamie's blog. You can push her button on the sidebar to check it out. She is not only a "couponer," but she has figured out her budget, and made financial goals that she is following...to the penny!! Check out this post to see how she did in June. She is definitely a good example for me!

New Tide Products!

Remember the Tide Dryer Bar I posted about before? Well, I got mine in a couple of days ago, but have not used it, yet. I will let you all know how it works. If you were not able to get a sample, Tide is offering a chance to buy the dryer bar AND a new stain release packet before they hit the shelves late July!! If you do not want to purchase them now, you have the option of getting a coupon to use when they do hit the stores!! Click here for yours!