Saving Myself Silly

Saturday, November 13, 2010

Sunday Coupon Preview 11/14

Tomorrow you should get 3 coupon inserts: 1 Smartsource and 2 RedPlum. If you do not get the paper delivered, tomorrow would be a good day to be sure and pick one up.

I am glad I decided to wait on going to do the Mega Sale that is going on at Kroger, because it looks like there will be a few more coupons tomorrow that go along with that sale.

Check out the details here.

Friday, November 12, 2010

In The Mail

I got my Glad sample from Target today, along with a coupon for a FREE Healthy Choice meal from Facebook.

Mega Swagbucks and What You Can Do With Them!

I just wanted to give you guys a reminder that every friday is Mega Swagbucks Day. If you are a member of Swagbucks, start searching. If you are not yet a member, please click here to sign up.

If you thing that Swagbucks is not worth it, check this out:

That is $90 worth of Christmas presents for my kids! I paid completely with Amazon certificates that I earned using Swagbucks, along with a random survey payment here and there. I was so excited to be able to save up my Amazon certificates for this purpose. You can do the same thing. Get started now! Today, and every Friday, you have a greater chance of winning.

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Check Your Email: CVS Coupon

Today I received a coupon by email from CVS for $5 off a $25 purchase. Check your email address that is linked to your CVS card. You may have one, too!

Aldi Deals 11/10-11/16....and Christmas Gifts?

Here are some advertised deals for this week at Aldi:

Grape Tomatoes--$0.75/pint
Ripe Avocados--$0.35 each
Texas Grapefruit--$0.33 each
Apples (all varieties sold)--$0.39/lb sold in 3lb bags for $1.17
Milk--$0.99/gallon
Eggs--$0.49/dozen

Aldi's dry good selection has recently changed to include many items for holiday baking needs, and their prices are phenomenal. The last time I was there, they had 4lb bags of sugar for $0.69 and 5lb bags of flour for $0.59.

From their ads that have been mailed out, and others I have picked up in store, it seems that they will also be selling a wide variety of toy items for the Christmas season. Some of these are name brand items that I have seen advertised, such as Moon Dough and Toy Story 3 figures, and their price is much cheaper that I have seen elsewhere. The store itself is not very big, and until now they have only had a small portion of one aisle dedicated to non-food items, so I am not sure how many and which of these items each store will have in stock, but it would not hurt to stop in and have a look.

I have found some nice things sold in the non-food section of Aldi. My favorite being a 3-piece nonstick skillet set. I told you about the set I ordered from Amazon, but I ended up sending it back when it arrived because they were smalled than I thought they would be based on the description. The very next week I went into Aldi and happened to notice a larger set that was $10 cheaper! They work great!

Has anyone else found any random super great deals at Aldi? I would love to hear about them.

In the Mail

This is what was in my mail the past two days:
Coupon for a FREE box of Barilla Pasta that also came with 5 BOGO coupons
Sample of Sun Crystals with a $1 coupon
Sample of Tide from Target with a $1 Target Store coupon, so it can be stacked with a manufacturer's coupon.

What did you guys get?

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

An Update On My Husband: Good News!

I just wanted to say thank you to all of you who have been praying for my husband and also thank you for being patient with me during this time. I have good news to share, that strangely enough was able to happen because of some bad circumstances.

It was two weeks ago when his pain began on a Wednesday. He had been going to the doctor for massage therapy and traction treatments every other day with no apparent improvement. Our insurance, however, would not pay for anything else until he had tried this form of treatment for a full month. He was *maybe* noticing a slight improvement by the following wednesday, but not definitely.

The next morning, he was rear-ended on his way to work by an elderly man in a BMW. There has no damage to his Jeep, as the small car pushed it up and went under it, but his back was hurting mush worse. So bad, in fact, that he had to leave school to return to the doctor to be re-examined. The doctor confirmed that the discs were further herniated after the accident, and his office quickly contacted the other driver's insurance.

My husband took off of work on Friday and also Monday because the pain was so great, and that was really hard for him to do since he has already used up all of his sick days this school year. When he went back in to see his doctor on yesterday (Monday) afternoon, the doctor had already heard back from the man's insurance company, who was willing to pay for his treatments, and since it was no longer our medical insurance covering the bills, the doctor went ahead and gave him a cortisone shot during his visit yesterday.

He is already feeling much better, and in a few days after the swelling around his spine has had the chance to go down, the doctor is fairly certain that another few days of traction and massage will get the discs back into place.

Keep on praying for him, since the ordeal is not yet over, but it is looking hopeful. It's hard to be thankful for a car accident causing your loved ones to be in more pain than they already were, but it actually helped put an end to his pain two weeks earlier than would have been possible. For that, I am certainly thankful. You never know how when a bad circumstance is really a blessing in disguise.

BookSneeze Update: I Got A Book

If you guys recall a few weeks back I posted about a new website called BookSneeze that sends bloggers free books to read and review. Well, when I first told you about it, there were no books available, but a couple days later there were two to choose from. One was actually a Bible, and the other was this one: On This Day in Christian History: 365 Amazing and Inspiring Stories about Saints, Martyrs and Heroes, which showed up at my house within a week.

Now, this book is set up to be read over the course of a year, so you may not hear about it from me for a while. None of the stories seem to be longer than a page, and I am hoping they will be non-gruesome enough that I can share them with my 4 year old. I read through the excerpt for today, and it was mostly just historical facts about a theologian who died on this day. I think this will prove to be a good addition to our library.

The back cover states that it is "a goldmine of speech starters...for speakers, preachers, and teachers" so if you are, or know, one of these this might be a great gift idea. If you want to read more about it, the link above will take you to the listing at Amazon.com.

I will try to keep you posted about my progress and opinion of the book as I go along, and share anything I find truly meaningful.

Did anyone else sign up with this program and request a book? If so, what did you get?

Sunday, November 7, 2010

CVS Trip 11/7

Hello everyone. It has been quite a while since I have been able to post. My husband's back is still messed up, and I have a sink full of dirty dishes and a garage floor full of clean cloths to fold, but what better time to jump back into blogging, because I honestly don't want to do any of that stuff. =/

I had to go to CVS today because I had $12 in Extra Bucks that were about to expire, and I had a $5/$30 purchase coupon that I got by email this past week that was expiring today. I have not been to CVS in a few weeks because I have thought that their Extra Bucks offers have been lacking. Honestly, there still were not very many to choose from this week, but they happened to be for things I actually needed, so that's always a plus. There were a few other great sale prices as well, and I was able to stock up on some cleaning supplies.

Here is what I came home with:

Shelf Price: $50.42
Sale Price: $30.43
Price Paid After Coupons and $12 ECBs: $6.67 with tax and I received $8 in ECB's to use next time.
That's an 87% savings!

Here is the breakdown:
--The Finish and Lysol were part of a promotion where you spend $15 (before coupons) on specific products and you get $5 ECBs. The Finish were on sale for $3, which is half off to begin with, and I used some $0.75/1 coupons from coupons.com. The Lysol were on sale 2 for $5. I had a $1/2 Lysol from I think it was the 10/17 SS. I also brought the $0.35/1 Clorox coupon from this morning's paper by mistake. Oh well...
--The Noxema was on sale for $4.49 and giving back $3 ECBs. I did not have a coupon for it.
--The Gain dish liquid is on sale for $0.99. There were $1/1 coupons in the 10/10 PG to make those free.
--The Xtra detergent was on sale for $1.49. There were $1/2 coupons in the 10/17 SS, which made them $0.99 each.
--The frap was on sale for $1.50 and I threw it in because I needed a bit more to reach my $30. =) I'm glad I wasn't planning on drinking it tonight, though, because their coolers were heating instead of cooling and all the drinks were hot. It is safely stashed in my fridge until morning.

These sale prices began today and will remain in effect until Saturday. What are you guys getting from CVS this week?

Monday, November 1, 2010

Having To Take a Break From Blogging

Hey guys, I know I have not had a chance to post in a few days, and it may be yet a few more before I am able. I apologize that I have not had the chance to let you know sooner. The main reason for this is that my husband has been suffering from two herniated discs in his back and neck since last wednesday. He is going to therapy every other afternoon where they are putting him in traction for a while and trying various other methods to relieve his pain. He has always been a great help to me, and now he is not able to do many of the things that he normally does. I am thankful that some of my family are visiting right now and are able to help me out because I have had a bad head cold for the past few days also.

I hope to be able to pick back up with posting sooner rather than later, but I know that I need to put this to the side right now in order to take care of my house and my husband. We would appreciate your prayers for his recovery. His father has a history of back trouble and has had multiple surgeries, so we are praying that he is not starting down that road.

I just wanted to write a quick note and let you guys know what was going on. Hopefully he will make a full recovery soon and life an get back to normal.

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Free Sample Round-up

Here are a few free samples available now:

Dove Go Fresh From Costco-No membership required.

Axe Pheonix Deoderant From Sams-No membership required.

Playtex Sport from facebook--like them. There is also a printable coupon available.

A Few Free Classics For Halloween

I love to read, and I've been in the mood to read lately. I have been checking through the free Kindle downloads at Amazon pretty regularly, but there has not been much new that has been of interest to me. I've begun to overlook the ones that are always there, searching for something fresh, but with Halloween approaching, I thought that some of the always free classics were quite fitting. Here are a few spooky favorites that you can download and (re)read for free.

Bram Stoker's Dracula

The Legend of Sleepyhollow

The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allen Poe

Frankenstein

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

In The Mail: CVS Coupons

There was not much in my mailbox today, but there was one very exciting and unexpected piece of mail:

This is what was inside:

Yes,that says $3/1 Huggies diapers and $1.50/1 Huggies wipes. And yes, these are CVS STORE coupons, so they can be stacked with manufacturer coupons. There is currently a $2/1 Huggies coupon on coupons.com that you can use along with this coupon to get $5 off one pack of diapers!

Did anyone else get this in the mail today?

Kroger Trip 10/26

I spent most of the morning putting together my shopping list for Kroger. Today was the last day of the sale ad, so I wanted to make sure I didn't miss out on anything. I usually wait until my husband gets home and go shopping by myself, but he has meetings today and a new evening tutoring job tonight, so I hurried so that I could make sure I got to the store with both kids before the crowds got there after work. I am not a fan of crowds, especially with two small children.

They were out of some things that I planned to get, but what else can I expect when I wait until the last day. Here is what I got:

Shelf Price: $84.64

Sale Price: $63.74

Price After Coupons: $28.35

Price Paid After $25 Pharmacy Coupon Deduction: $3.35 (Savings of 95%)

I also had a coupon for the yogurt that I somehow forgot to give to the cashier, so I should have saved another $1. Oh well, I will be buying more. I now have plenty of pizza and biscuits. I didn't even have a coupon for the waffles, but we've been out for a while. I keep telling myself I was going to make my own and freeze them, but that has not exactly happened yet, and I needed 4 more frozen items for the mega sale...

I wish I could tell you that I have done all the shopping I need to do for a while, but sadly (and gladly) tomorrow is payday and new sale ads will start. If the sales are good, I will probably hit the stores again. I'm so glad I got my coupons back in order.

I am trying to make sure I have plenty of food around because my mom and grandparents are getting here Friday night so visit for a week. That probably means I should stop fussing with the groceries and focus on more pressing matters, like that sink full of dishes over there...

Monday, October 25, 2010

Free Books For Bloggers

I just came across a new (to me, anyways) website called BookSneeze. According to their site, if you are a blogger, you may register and request a free copy of any available book. They will send it to you to read. Once you have read it, they simply ask that you post a review of it on your blog and any consumer website that sells the book, such as amazon or walmart. Go back, give them the links to your reviews, and then you can request another book.

When I just signed up, the site said that they were all out of available books for right now, but I will check back and let you guys know when I get one. They also said they would email me when there was something new. It seems like they update their facebook page regularly, as well, when new books become available. Many of the recent ones seem to have been religious books or children's books, and I would love to have either. I love to read and I really don't care what it is I'm reading, I like all sorts of books. They certainly are expensive, though, so I am all about an opportunity to get books for free.

I'm pretty excited about this one. If you are interested also, click on the link above to register your blog.

Thanks Money Saving Madness

In the Mail

On Friday, all of this came in the mail:

Playtex Sport Sample with coupon
Wisk Sample
Crest Pro-Health For Me Sample with coupons

On Saturday I received another Crest toothpaste sample, this time the Pro-Health Clinical Gum Protection, with a few coupons.

Today, I received a full-sized Cover Girl lip gloss that I honestly do not even recall submitting for, so that was a nice unexpected surprise.

Tom Thumb Trip 10/25

I finally got my coupons back into some sort of order and I made a trip to Tom Thumb this afternoon. Here is what I came home with:

I picked up a couple of bags of chicken nuggets that were $3.99 with the in-ad coupon from yesterday's paper. I also had $1/1 coupons for those. The Betty Crocker fruit snacks were only $0.99 with the in-ad coupon. I had paper coupons for $0.50/2 (but the register only let me scan one because an e-coupon had come off already), and I also found out that there is a Catalina promotion going on with those right now. I got a $2 coupon at the checkout for buying 4 boxes. I bet I would have gotten $3 if I had bought one more box, but the in-ad coupon had a limit of 4. The can goods were all $0.79 with the in-ad coupon. All the prices are good through tomorrow. I had to grab a few things we needed, such as corn meal, milk, and some TP to last until payday. My daughter told me she wanted to be in the picture, too, and she was pretending to be a milk jug.

In all I spent $11.56 after all of my coupons and the $6.50 in catalina coupons I also had. I saved $37.77, or 76%. I also have the $2 Catalina coupon from the fruit snacks to use next time.

New Nestle Coupons

There are a few new coupons available from VeryBestBaking.com.

Here is what you will find:
--$0.50/2 cans of Nestle Carnation Evaporated Milk
--$0.75/1 package of Nestle Mini Morsels toppers
--$0.50/2 packages of Nestle Toll House morsels
--$1.00/1 package of Nestle Toll House refrigerated cookie dough (My favorite!)

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

New E-Coupons Available

There are new e-coupons available today at both shortcuts.com and cellfire.com. Go check them out!

New Free Kindle Book On Smart Spending

Living Rich By Spending Smart is currently available as a free Kindle download. Its regular price in Kindle format is $13.99, and who knows how long it will stay free, so hurry and get this one while you still can!

There are many other free Kindle titles to choose from. The place I always check for them is under the bestsellers list, which they now have split into paid and free bestsellers, which makes it much easier. I find so many great books to read under this listing. I just wish I had time to read them all! There are always a good mixture of fiction, nonfiction, classics, thrillers, romance, you name it! I think that anyone could find something of interest, so check it out. You do not need to have a kindle, you can download a free app to read these on your phone, computer, or ipod.

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