Category Archives: Coupons

Jul 13

Shopping Trips 7/7 & 7/10

I haven’t been out and about too much as of late, the heat is keeping me indoors. I did hit a few stores last week and stocked up the stockpile a bit more.

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Last Thursday we headed to Woods. They had a cereal deal going on (5/$10) and a great price on Milk too. I found a few more good deals throughout the store, and I was really happy with my coupon savings. I saved 26% on this trip, not too bad.

I had been meaning to check out our new Family Dollar for a few months now, and finally on Sunday we strolled through the store.

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Their prices were competitive, and even lower on some paper products. The store was well stocked, and very clean too. I also learned that they accept manufacturers coupons, and coupons that can be printed from their website. I love a store that is coupon friendly. We will definitely be shopping there again.

So I had one freebie for the week. The pasta from Woods was 10/$10, and I had $1.00 off coupon, so that one was free. A super tasty freebie that I will turn into pasta salad.

The good buys for the week were the cereal it was $1.60 per box after the coupons, and the Crystal Light was only $.50 a box after coupons. I tried to stock up on Milk for the week too, it was down to $3.65, and that is the lowest that I have seen for quite awhile.

We’ll see what this week brings, local sales ads are out tomorrow, and I’ve got my coupons ready.

Jun 27

Swimming In Paper

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I’ve been trying to figure out just how many papers to buy. Two isn’t enough, and today I bought 10. I have been clipping all day. Six or seven just might be the magic number.

How many Sunday papers do you like to buy?

Jun 26

Coupon Deals From June 23rd

This has been one of those weeks… The kiddos aren’t sleeping, and I can’t seem to get caught up around here at all. Before I knew it, it was Thursday and time to run to the stores. We made three shopping trips, and Walgreens and Wood’s were where I found the best deals. I only got one picture, because the little miss was ready for her second breakfast and she wasn’t too cooperative after all that shopping.

I had a small list for Walgreens… I wanted to stock up on their paper towels, and I saw that Huggies diapers and wipes were on sale too. I also spotted a great deal on BOGO 1/2 off  on contact solution, and I had $4.00 in coupons to help out too. I found all of my items on my list, but noticed that the contact solution wasn’t on sale at our store. When I got to check-out, I asked the cashier to see if I had the right product for the sale, and she said that it wasn’t on sale for BOGO at our Walgreens, but it was on sale at another Walgreens. Luckily I had my Weekly ad with me, and she said that she would gladly honor the sale. I was so happy, and I got the contact solution (reg $8.99) for just $2.50 after the BOGO 1/2 off + my $2.00 coupon. So awesome, and it was an item that was needed for our stockpile. I thanked the cashier a few times, she was really helpful, and super-cool to honor the sale.

Then we were off to Woods. Our local Woods is having a crazy 10/$10 sale going on, and I stocked up on a ton of goodies.

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Not everything made it into the picture, the little miss was really mad at me.

I didn’t have coupons for all of the 10/$10 deals, but the savings were too great to pass up. There were pizzas on sale for 10/$10, and most of them came with coupons for $1.00 off of a future purchase. The cake mix was also on sale for 10/$10, and now I’m stocked up for a bit. The cereal was 5/$10, but I had coupons, and a $2.00 coupon (good for future purchase) printed at check-out. They had marked down their Execedrin Migraine medicine, and I had a coupon for 3, so I’m set in case anymore  migraines head my way. The Powerade was on sale again for buy 10 get 5 free, fantastic to have in the stockpile for Summer. My very best deal at Woods was the bagged cookies… They were also on sale for the 10/$10, and I had coupons for 6 of them. I purchased the 6 bags of my family’s favorite treats for just $.50 a bag. Thade was so excited, he even said thank goodness coupons were invented.

I didn’t have any freebies this week, but I was really happy to see the stockpile grow thanks to the 10/$10 sale. I’m ready for tomorrow to get here, so I can clip some coupons, and find some fantastic deals.

Jun 22

Couponing Adventures 6/18

Last week I had migraines for 5 solid days, so I didn’t leave the house too much. When I finally felt better the kiddos and I shopped 4 stores on Saturday and restocked the house. We came home with some pretty good deals too, here are my favorites.

Since it was Saturday, I had a shopping list all planned out for Walgreens, but the fact that it was Saturday meant that most of the deals were long gone… We got to the store and Thade found an awesome Father’s Day gift so I redid my list and coupons in a hurry. The cashier that was there was super cool too, and let me do two transactions.

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For transaction #1 I used $6.00 in coupons, and earned $7.00 in register rewards. I turned right around and applied the register rewards to the diaper deal that was going on.

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Onto transaction #2…The diapers were on sale for $4.99 each, and after my register rewards my total with tax was just $3.81! Such an awesome deal! After I did the math, I saved 70% on this transaction.

Then we went to Woods. I had a big shopping trip planned and a lot of coupons to use too. Woods was our third stop of the day, and it was hot, and the kids were really sick of shopping. They had an extra sale going on with products marked down for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday only, and I hoped I wasn’t too late to stock up on the savings.

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I ended up using $25.65 in coupons and saving 30% on my total bill. I stocked up on Powerade with a buy 10 get 5 free deal, and Chex Mix too. The kids, and my hubby were happy to see one of their favorite snacks stocked up.

I also had 2 freebies from the shopping trip.

One coupon earned me a free box of Duncan Hines Brownie Mix, retail for $2.15, super yummy freebie!

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Thade also got a free hat from the trip to Walgreens. He was so excited.

I haven’t been out this week, but I’ve finally got all of the coupons clipped and organized from Sunday’s papers. Have you found any good deals this week?