Match ups

For a list of items on sale, and the coupons to use, check the match ups over at Hot Coupon World!

Rite Aid

CVS

Walgreens

Tops/Quality Market

Snuggle Liquid 3.99

-3.00/1 coupon from 3/28 RP

= .99 after coupon

Wegmans

90% Lean ground Beef 1.99lb <-- great price!

Aldi

Salad .39 a bag WOW!

Family Dollar

80count Snuggle Sheet 3.00

-3.00/1 coupon from 3/28 RP

Free after coupon

Budwey's

Green Giant Steamers 5/5.00

-.50/1 coupon, doubled to 1.00 (buy this coupon here)

free after coupon

Tops

20 Birds Eye Steamers, free after coupon (bought the coupon from www.lorihas3kids.com)

15 Yeast Packets, .99 after coupon

9 Bumble Bee Tuna, free after coupon (bought the coupon from Lori)

4 Quaker Rice cakes .16 each after coupon

4 Quaker Gronola Bars, 1.00 each after coupon

= 19.52 oop, saved 78.55

I also scored 200 more gas points, which brings my total savings per gallon to 1.10! Which is $27.50 in savings on 25 gallons!

E-Mealz.. my dinner savior!

"MOOOOOMMMMMMMM whats for dinner.. I'm STARVING!"

How many times a week do you hear that??

I use E-Mealz.com for all my dinner recipes and ideas! Each week I am emailed a 7 day menu and complete grocery list! How easy is that!

You can pick from dozens of different "menu" options, like regular food, low fat, point based (think weight watchers) you can also pick from general grocery store, walmart only, aldi only... lots of options!

For just $1.25 each week its a no brainer!

The menus each week super cheap.. so even without coupons you can shop each week for $75-85 bucks! And add in coupons.. I am shopping for around $20.00 bucks a week!

Hows the food you ask? AWESOME! My kids have asked for several of the menu items again, but since I get a new menu each week.. we have not had a repeat dinner in MONTHS! I will admit, there are a few duds here and there, things I know my family wont eat, but its not like I dont have a mind of my own anymore, I just think of something else for dinner that night!

Walmart Trip

Lunchables are on sale at Jubliee for 1.25 each, I bought coupons from http://www.lorihas3kids.com/ for 1.00/1. I also had .55/1 Recess Peanut Butter Cups, dark chocolate, which are on roll back for .50 cents, which means .05 cents in overage on each one!

20 Lunchables 5.00 after coupons

26 Peanut Butter cups, free after coupon, 1.30 in overage

= 3.70 oop

Toy Story 1 and 2 on blu-ray for 15.98!

If you go to here to the Disney Movie Rewards page you can print either a 5.00 off or a 10.00 off coupon for Toy Story 1 and 2.

The 5.00 off coupon is easy to print. The 10.00 off coupon requires you to enter the "upc" from the VHS copy of the movie you already own. I am sure you can find the upc if you look hard enough!

If you can print the 10.00 off coupons.. then head over to Target!

Toy Story 1 22.99

Toy Store 2 22.99

-10.00 off instantly when you buy both

-10.00 coupon

-10.00 coupon

- 15.98 for both

AND

each movie has 1 ticket to see part 3 when it comes out!

Diaper Deals are HOT this week!

Mom4Him has the links for the HOT 3.00/1 Huggies Printable coupon, you can print 2 per link, for a total of 6 per computer!

Walgreens Deal

Huggies 8.99

Huggies 8.99

Huggies 8.99

= 26.97

-9 in coupons (3.00/1 use 3)

=17.97 oop, get a 5.00 RR for buying 3 Kimberly Clark products

I used my 5.00 RR to buy 3 more packs, and a new 5.00 RR printed, which means you can "rinse and repeat" this deal as many times as you like!

No limit, but you can only buy 3 packs at a time

Rite Aid Deal

Huggies 8.99

Huggies 8.99

Huggies 8.99

= 26.97

-9 in coupons (3.00/1 use 3)

-6 in coupons (RA video value coupon, 2.00/1 use 3)

-5/25.00 RA video value coupon, or from coupons.com

= 6.97 oop

You also get a Single Check Rebate for 1.00 back, but just once

No limit, but it works best 3 packs at a time

CVS

Pampers 8.99

-2.00 coupon from the P&G insert a few weeks ago

= 6.99

Get 3.00 Extra Care Bucks

Limit 2 packs per CVS card

I did the Walgreens deal 2 times, Rite Aid 3 times and CVS 2 times, for a total of 19 packs

I spent 39.25 oop (used RR's, Gift Card for RA and ECB's to lower my oop) and saved 191.83!

It works out to be just .06 cents per diaper! Thats HOT HOT HOT! (retail diapers can be anywhere from .25-.35 cents each!)

Tops ... healthy snacks and gas!

Tops is running a special right now, buy 8 items get 200 bonus gas points... I normally don't get all excited about these deals, because they arnt ever really good.. this one however.. IS!

4 Quaker Rice Cakes .16 each after coupon

4 Quaker Granola Bars 1.00 each after coupon

= 4.67 oop

I did this 4 times, total oop 18.67, saved 65.80

I earned .80 cents off a gallon of gas. After I fill my tank, and the gas cans for the mower for the summer, (30 gallons total) I will have saved another $24.00!

I also got 8 boxes of corn dogs. They are BOGO 3.49/2 - 1.00/2 coupon = 2.49 for 2, or 1.25 each

All the coupons I used today are from the 2/14 Red Plum

Total oop 28.64, saved 83.76

Updating my totals... again.

I have been a bad blogger. Plus I have been very busy. I made a few trips last week.. here are pictures and updated totals. I will try and blog better from now on!

I dont have the break down, but all 3 pictures were just 19.65 oop, with a $10.00 RA gift card for spending $30 on Procter and Gamble products and a 1.00 Single Check Rebate for the toothpaste. $10.00 back from Quality Market for spending $40.00 on frozen food, and $5.00 RR back fro Walgreens for spending $20.00 on cookies. So I spent 19.95, and have 26.00 coming back!

Year to date:

Spent: 678.85

Saved: 4227.39

Rebates: 115.27

Gift cards: 165

Left to spend: 2601.42

Updating my totals

I have not updated my totals in a while..

As of today:

Spent: $506.93

Saved: $3800.28

Rebates: $110.27 (back into budget)

Gift cards: $140.00 (back into budget, remember, there are gift cards earned through rebates, not purchased out of pocket)

Total left to spend: $2743.88

Money Made: $217.37 (includes rebates from 2009 still coming in)

And a few pictures I forgot to post!

Walgreens: 24 Purex, free after coupon = 6.24 in tax

Rite Aid: 3.69 total out of pocket, will submit for a 15.00 rebate from Olay

Walgreens: 1.56 total out of pocket

Target and Walmart

Target UP and UP wipes are 1.89, on the UP and UP baby wash are coupons for .75/1 Wipe coupons... it makes them 1.14 each, for 88 wipes, makes them .01 cents each! Thats my stock up price!!

12 Up and Up wipes 1.14 each = 13.68

2 Body wash = 3.58 - 4.00 coupon = .42 overage

= 13.26 + 1.38 tax = 14.64 oop

Walmart

45 Beechnut Let's Grow meals 1.08 each - 1.00 coupon = .08 each

5 Beechnut Banana Cookies 1.74 each - 1.00 coupon = .74 cents each

= 7.30 oop

Total oop 22.56, saved 63.00 bucks

And.. .hello to my super friendly cashier at the new Walmart in Niagara Falls... welcome to my blog! I hope you can learn to save money too!

Laundry soap and body wash!

So, I went to Walmart for more laundry soap, to give away, since I have at least 2 years worth already. Walmart was out of the 50oz bottle of All 2x that matches the Big Lots ad, so the gal said she would sub for the All 3x, which did not match the coupon. So she looked at the coupon, which was good only on 50oz or larger, and said I could get the 50oz 3x All with my coupon, and would still price match to Big Lots... it was 6.88 a bottle.. and I got it for .50 cents! HOLY COW! The best part, its for HE washers and dryers, which my best friend has.. and now shes the proud owner of 2 years worth of laundry soap, for 6 bucks!! Its 600 loads, thats just a penny a load!

Target had 8 oz bottles of Gillette body wash for 1.78 each and Gillette Clinical Sport deoderant for 1.78 as well. There was a coupon in the 2/21 P&G insert for 4.00/2, which makes them both free! I got all 18 bottles for 2.51 in tax!

Spent 11.14, saved 105.20

Walmart/Tops, buying for rebates

Ok.. I had several rebates that expired 2/28, so I needed to go shopping.. TODAY!

Tops:

8 Yakisoba = free after coupon

4 No Yolks noodles = .29 after coupon

18 Yogurts = .30 after coupon

8 Bumble Bee Tuna = free after coupon

4 Bryers Kids yogurts = .50 after coupon/raincheck

Misc grocery items

= 12.36 oop, saved 43.75

Walmart:

10 All Laundry Soap = .50 each, after coupon/pricematch from Big Lots

Dog Food = 16.50 no coupon, no savings... bummer!

Misc grocery items

= 30.40 oop, of that 3.63 was tax, saved 20.00

20.00 worth of ground beef

60.00 worth of deli lunch meat/cheese

= 80.00 oop

will submit for deli rebate and ground beef rebate, will get back 55.00

Grand total 124.76 oop, will get back 55.00, actual spent after rebate 69.76

I will update my totals later today when I update my spreadsheet. More shopping today as well!

Being open to store brands leads to great deals!

RA is changing their packaging, and updating a few products, like their diapers, so all RA brand items are either buy 1 get 1 for a penny, or BOGO 50%. If you have been playing the Game Of Life, you might have some great RA brand coupons laying around!

2 RA Diapers 19.98

2 RA Diapers .02

= 20.00

-4 (1.00 off any RA brand item over 4.00 from the GOL, used 4)

-5/20 RA coupon

= 11.00 + .95 in tax = 11.95 oop

Thats 216 diapers, which makes them 0.05 cents each! Anything less then .10 each is my stock up price!

3 RA Apple Juice 1.99

3 RA Apple Juice .99

2 RA Peanuts 3.99

2 RA Peanuts 1.99

= 20.90

-1.50 (.25 off RA apple juice from the GOL, used 6)

-2.00 (.50 off RA peanuts from the GOL, used 4)

-5/20 RA coupon

= 12.40 oop

This makes all 10 items just 1.24 each!

How to cook from your stockpile

Its great that I have all this food in my house.. but its pointless if I dont use it! This week is a perfect example of how I use my stockpile to plan meals.

Last year in November, I got turkeys for .29 cents a pound! So I bought (3) 20lb turkeys for about 5.50-5.80 each! We ate 1 for thanksgiving.. and have two left. I took one out a few days ago to defrost.

Dinner 1: Turkey, sweet potatoes, green bean casserole, dinner rolls

Dinner 2: Turkey Tetrizzine (which I took to Church for a potluck) cut turkey, pasta, milk, cheese, butter, flour

Dinner 3: Turkey Tortilla soup, turkey stock from the bones, corn, black beans, salsa, sour cream, tortillas, cheese

Dinner 4:Open Faced Turkey Sandwich, bread, gravy, mashed potatoes, peas

Dinner 5: Grilled Turkey and Cheese sandwich with tomato soup

Aside from needing milk.. I dont have to do any grocery shopping this week! I have all of these ingredients in my stockpile or hiding in my fridge. Which means this weeks menu cost just $5.67 for the turkey!

Oh (clean) Baby!

Rite Aid baby wash deal!

Johnson and Johnson are on sale this week at RA, buy 1, get 1 for just a penny!

3 bottles at 4.49

3 bottles at .01

2 bottles at 5.69

2 bottles at .01

- 1.00 RA video value coupon, printed from www.riteaid.com

-1.00 Johnson and Johnson coupon (there are 2 from past newspapers, or google it and find LOTS of printables)

I used 10 of each coupon

-5/20 RA coupon, printed from their website also

= -.10 tax was 1.74, oop 1.64, and I used my gift card

I did this twice, and after my gift card was used up, paid 1.02 oop in cash for all 20 bottles!

If you want to do this deal.. and dont have 20 coupons.. its ok!

1 bottle 4.49

1 bottle .01

= 4.50

-1.00 johnson and johnson printable coupon

-1.00 johnson and johnson printable coupon

-1.00 video value coupon

-1.00 video value coupon

= .50 for 2 bottles!

Swagbucks!

I know I have talked about swagbucks before, but for those of you not on board.. you need to be! You earn "bucks" for searching the web, which I know we all do anyway! The bucks can be redeemed for items and gift cards. My favorite swagbuck item? A $5.00 Amazon.com gift card is just 45 swagbucks.. which is about 3 weeks worth! I just cashed in for my 6th gift card... thats $30 free bucks for Amazon.com! All earned since the first of the year!

http://www.swagbucks.com/refer/MrsToponak

You can use my link to sign up!

I know I said no more toilet paper unless it was free... guess what... its FREE!!!

Jubliee

16 Yakisoba free after coupon

20 Birdseye Veggies, free after coupon

21 Marcal 4 packs of TP, free after coupon

= 2.77 in tax!!

Rite Aid

2 Lysol No Touch hand soap dispensers 11.99 each

- same coupons I used yesterday

= .98 + 1.66 tax = 2.64 on a giftcard

CVS

2 Crest Toothpaste 7.00

-1.00/2 coupon

-6 ECB

= .61 in tax on a gift card

got back 7.00 ECB

Grand total oop 2.77 all tax, saved 129.01 !!

Rite Aid and Walgreens

Rite Aid

Lysol Hand Soap Starter Kit 12.99*2= 25.98

-5/20 RA coupon

-5.00 in ad coupon

-5.00 in ad coupon

-3.00 newspaper coupon

-3.00 newspaper coupon

-1.00 video value coupon

-1.00 video value coupon

= 2.98 + 1.22 tax = 4.20 on my gift card.

will get 2.00 Single Check Rebate from Rite Aid

Folgers 6.88

Huggies 8.99

Secret 7.99

= 23.86

-5/20 RA coupon

-7.99 Secret (coupon for a free item, buy 4 get 1 coupon by mail)

-8.99 Huggies (coupon from December, buy 5 get 1 coupon by mail)

= 1.88 + .69 tax = 2.57 on my gift card.

Will get 3.00 and 2.00 Single Check Rebate from Rite Aid, plus .75 cents from Caregivers Marketplace for the Huggies

Total money made = 7.75 !!

Walgreens

Venus 8.99

Olay 8.79

Valentines cup .39

= 18.17

-2.00 Venus coupon

-8.79 free Olay when you buy Venus coupon

-6.00 RR from last week

= 1.38 + 1.59 tax = 2.97

Got a 4.00 RR from the Venus

I did this 4 times, total oop 11.88, total RR's back 16.00

Venus 8.99

Olay 7.99

Valentines Pencil .12

= 17.10

-2.00 Venus coupon

-7.99 free Olay when you buy Venus coupon

-6.00 RR from last week

= 1.11 + 1.50 tax = 2.61

Got a 4.00 RR from the Venus

I did this 3 times, total oop 7.83, total RR's back 12.00

Pampers 8.99

Valentine Cup .39

Valentine Cup .39

= 9.77

-1.50 Pampers coupon

-4.00 RR from Venus deal

-4.00 RR from Venus deal

= .27 cents + .50 tax = .77 oop

Get a 1.00 RR from the Pampers

I did this 3 times, total oop 2.31, total RR's back 3.00

Right now Olay is offering a rebate, buy any 3 products (body wash is included) and get 15.00 back. I will submit this rebate twice, for a total back of 30.00!

Grand total oop 22.02, RR's left to spend 7.00, will receive 30.00 in rebates

Total Money Maker = 14.98

I also got a 15.00 Olay rebate in the mail.

Not much shopping this week.

My youngest, who's just 3 months old, ended up with RSV and in the hospital Monday - Friday, so I was only able to make 1 shopping trip Saturday night. Oh, and shes much better now!

Quality Market

They were having a sale on Betty Crocker items this week, buy 6, get 3.00 off at checkout, but it works if you buy multipals of 6, so if you buy 12, you get 6.00 off and so on. I also had lots of Betty Crocker coupons.. which made for a great sale.

18 Cake Mixes

18 Tubs of Frosting

18 Cookie Mixes

12 Brownie Mixes

= 49.44

or just .75 each which is cheaper then generic or Aldi brand... which means stock up!

I know lots of you question "will you actually use this stuff before it expires?" YES! Think about it, we have a family of 6, so right there I will have to make 6 cakes this year, plus the girls will need a set of cupcakes for school, and church, which is another 4, so 10 of the 18 cake mixes and frostings are already spoken for. Then think potlucks and play dates for brownies and cookies... This will all easily be used before it expires!

I stopped at Rite Aid.. but all 3 of my local stores were wiped clean of the things I wanted. Which is fine.

Walgreens

8.99 Huggies

5.99 Dove Body Wash

.20 Valentines Pencil

-2.00 Huggies coupon

-1.25 Dove coupon

-10.00 RR from the meter deal

= 1.93 + tax .97 = 2.90 oop

Then I got back 3.00 RR and 6.00 RR

I did this 7 times for a total oop of 20.30 getting 63.00 back in RR's

The Huggies quality for the "Caregivers Marketplace" rebate of .75 cents per pack, for another $5.25 back at the end of the year.

I also went to Super Wamlart for a few things, and grabbed a few grocery items for this week, I spent $1.17 because I used the Knox coupons for overage, so I saved $16.08. I also bought 12 cans of Hunts Diced Tomatoes for 12.48, and will get back 6.00 for the "Chili Essentials" rebate.

Grand total oop $83.39 of that 6.79 was tax, saved 225.03

New shelves... more room to grow!

I needed more storage.. no ifs ands or buts about it... I was O - U - T of space!

Here are my 3 new shelves, for food only (husband is insistent on not mixing cleaning supplies with food on my shelves) My old food shelf is now for kitchen overflow, like my crockpot and serving dishes, plus kitchen cleaners and paper products, as seen in the picture. I still need to organize my Health and Beauty items, plus all the cleaning supplies.. but here are the pictures from what we did today. I took like 9 pictures, and tried to put them together... it did not come out as well as I hoped for.. but you get the idea!

This is know as a "stockpile" its where I shop! I buy things on sale with my coupons, enough to last until the next sale, and keep it in my basement.