Friday, March 25, 2011

No, I did not forget I had a blog............(well, maybe)

Truth is, I could not for the life of me remember my blog site-seriously!!!  Thanks to my friend, Jen, I have it now and can start sharing my great deals again!
Last night was a GREAT night for saving money!  Walgreen's and I are now friends again!
*Trident gum with Wags coupon~  .79
   manufacturer's coupons~BOGO free
total~.79 for 2 packs
* 8 Chex mix 8.7 oz bags~.99
   manufacturer's coupon for $4.00 off of 4(had 2)
total~ FREE
*Almay eyeshadow~$5.24(regular price $7.99)
   wags coupon-$2.00
total~$3.24 PLUS it triggered a $5.00 coupon for next visit! So I made $1.76 :)
*70 ft aluminum foil~clearanced for $1.25
*Brach's Jelly Beans~on sale 2/$3.00
*Plus I had a $4.00 register reward form a previous visit
So.... grand total was.......
$4.28 plus tax(and I  still have a $5.00 register reward for next time!)

The cashier was very impressed on this one!!!

Fareway
Next stop~the dreaded weekly grocery trip!
Lots of coupons tonight:
*Tony's Original crust pizza-Fareway coupon $1.69 each-plus .50 coupons for 4,bringing total to $1.19 per pizza.  Good deal~family was excited~normally have to get cheap Totinos!!
*Wisk detergent on sale this week for $5.99, also had $2.00 coupon. (I am not always brand loyal, with as much laundry that I have to do, whichever brand is on sale AND I have a coupon for is what we get!)
*3 hamburger Helper @.88/box PLUS .75 coupon off of 3~~.63/box is a GREAT deal-they had a limit, though, so going back tonight to get more!
*Kraft Miracle Whip on sale for $2.99~had those awesome $1.00 off coupons for facebook, a buckk 99 for this is AWESOME~it's almost potato salad time!!!
*Farmland lunch meat in tubs-on sale for $2.50~had 3 $1.00 off coupons-love lunch meat in this house-also like the reusable tubs that this comes in!
*Old Orchard frozen juice~on sale for $1.19-got 4 with 2 Buy one get one free coupons~4 cans of juice for $2.38~lots cheaper than buying already made!

Lots of other deals, nothing spectacular, but I only spent $86.76 for most of my week's groceries and saved $22.92 with coupons.  I will pick up the rest of my needed items today at HyVee, where I will also get a coupon for 3-8 cents off per gallon of Hyvee gas!
Might not sound like much to some of you, but keep in mind, I feed a family of 3 BIG eaters,plus myself AND all my daycare kids for this amount!!

I am going to try and keep this up and running now--feel free to pass it along--just showing how an average family can save some serious money enjoying things they have always enjoyed!!!!

Questions are always welcome!!!!

Thanks for reading~~~Jane