ONE DAY ONLY!!

The Teacher's seminar has been taking up a lot of my time but I had to share some findings. Today only, there is a coupon you can print for $5 off any $20 purchase.

http://www.walgreens.com/hotbuys/default.jsp?ec=hn571_getcoupon

I went to Randalls for the first time and saved $60 plus I had a $10 coupon to use for my next shopping trip. They do have some good deals and some items are priced a little higher. Randalls and HEB have ads that come out at the same time on Wednesday so I am going to compare them this week. The best day was yesterday. I got several freebies in the mail: Uncle Ben's instant rice with a $1 coupon, $2 coupon for Ivory Snow, sample of Pledge wipes with $3 in coupons, free coloring book for Jason and a sample of Celine Dion perfume (Yuck! I am just not a perfume wearing girl) Not only did I get all these freebies but I went to Randalls to get some beef and use my $10 coupon and I found 5 POUNDS OF GROUND BEEF FOR $4.50! No, not $4.50 a LB!! I had to rub my eyes and I am sure that my mouth was hanging open! It was sirloin too! It looked like it was freshly ground. I snagged it and skipped down the rest of the store! I got Oreos for 99 cents, Poptarts for 99 cents (we don't usually buy poptarts but my daughter loves them and I told her if they were on sale for less than a $1, I would buy her some) I got grahm crackers for 99 cents. I doubled up the Nabisco coupons I had from earlier shopping. I got two boxes of Pop secret for $2 and some cheese for the lazana I will make later. All for $10!

FREE BOOK!

If you have kids and love books, go to Borders www.borders.com and get a book for under $5 free! Have it shipped to your nearest Borders store for free! Where it says promotions, put in the code: BR41925. I ordered a "Wall-E" book for my kids. I LOVE FREE STUFF!!

Some New Coupons!

Welchs has $1 off (print 2)http://www.welchs.com/promotions.aspx

Betty Crocker has some coupons you can print:http://www.bettycrocker.com/

Free Little Caesars Crazy Bread with purchas of $5 pizza:http://pepsixtras.com/thankyou/4034/ltlc_coupon.html

I browsed through the Randalls in Cedar Park yesterday. I will try their deals this weekend and let you know how much money I save. Hopefully LOTS!! I have a lot of double coupons and they have a promotion that if you buy 25 items you get $20 off your next shopping visit. Sounds good to me! :)

I AM OFFICIALLY A BAG LADY! :)

I had my first seminar for becomming a teacher and it is a good thing I brought my lunch because there were 2,000 women and men there and half of them tried to jam into the few restraunts nearby and the buffet offered. Long lines!! I got my bag in the mail from the lady who is promoting recycling. She is not giving out any more free bags at this point but maybe at a future date. I will let you know.http://www.greenbaglady.blogspot.com/ You can check out her blog and see what an amazing difference she is making. VERY COOL!!

I got a free "Old Spice" body wash for my hubby! The free samples are starting to come in and it is fun to go get the mail. They also had a $1 off coupon inside!

Here are a few free samples that I signed up for today:

Free dove hair care sample http://www.dove.us/#/haircare/free_sample.aspx

Free Oatmeal Crisp:http://instoresnow.walmart.com/enhancedrendercontent_ektid48500.aspx

(2) .55 coupons for Skintimate (print twice)http://www.cleanhomejournal.com/offers/200807/?sid=coupon&cid=pfe200807a&rid=96138

Got a Headache?

Here is an Advil coupon for $1 off and you can print it twice http://www.advil.com/products/index.asp

Free box of Multigrain Cheerios http://instoresnow.walmart.com/enhancedrendercontent_ektid43820.aspx

Free GEO TRAX DVD for kids who like trains

https://store.mattel.com/transition.aspx?TransitionID=139

Free DVD of heros for kids

https://store.mattel.com/transition.aspx?TransitionID=141

SAVE SAVE SAVE!!

Nestle makes the very best! Get some great $1 off coupons http://print.coupons.com/Couponweb/Offers.aspx?pid=13693&nid=20&zid=fh27

You can print two of each.

I just saw a Randalls in Cedar Park so I am going to see if they will accept double coupons and I will let you know next week. It looks like from the website they re-opened recently.

ICED COFFEE FOR $1?

I dug through the recycle bin Saturday (yes, that was my rear in the air) and I found two sets of coupons for $1 16oz coffee at "It's a Grind" No, not $1 off, ONLY ONE DOLLAR! We loved it! They expire at the end of the month but we have not gone to "Starbucks" in a long time to save money. Also, I would say that I saved more at CVS this week than at the grocery store. There were not as many coupons for the grocery store and we just needed the neccessities this week. (Milk, eggs, bread) I am determined to find out where I can double up coupons. This week I am going to a couple of "Family Dollar stores" and Walmart to see what I can find. There are good school supply sales at Wallgreens this week. Here are some coupons that I found this morning:

Free box of Huggies Wipes!http://marthababysteps.com/reqform.php

$1 off Skinny Dippers icecream! http://bricks.coupons.com/Start.asp?tqnm=rb1xdtd400300&bt=vi&o=52054&c=SC&p=xa0kXS1K

.75 cent Wet Ones couponhttp://wetones.com/ (click on botton right corner)

$1 off Nabisco crackers http://www.nabiscoworld.com/gardenharvest/

$2 off Preparation H http://www.preparationh.com/ (ok, admit it, we have all needed this at one point or another!) :)

Just a note: After you print the coupon, press the back up button twice and the coupon will usually print again. I usually do two in case I can double up on it later.

FREE LOAD OF LAUNDRY!

Anytime they give away laundry detergent, it is a good day!http://instoresnow.walmart.com/enhancedrendercontent_ektid49404.aspx

I heard that on August 3rd the paper will have a ton of coupons for laundry detergent so get ready to buy a Sunday paper. We are going to the library to get some free books to read today and maybe some movies for the kiddos. Money is tight at the end of the month! OUCH!

FINALLY!

I was starting to wonder if my entrance into all these "freebies"was going to pay off and it finally has! I got two shampoo samples, pads and tampons, splenda, face lotion for my husband, about $40 in coupons and a free Rinaldi spagetti sauce coupon. Hmmm now where are those cereal reabates? 4-6 weeks seems like a long time! :)

I found a website that has all three printable coupon companies on it and a way to check your grocery store and match up the coupons. I wish I would have started collecting coupons sooner.

http://www.mysavings.com/ I had to fill out a survey. Maybe there was a way around that but I don't know. They post up freebies and you can look up all kinds of goodies. Check it out! :)

It has been so hot here lately so here is a B1G1 free coupon from Jamba Juice!http://www.jambajuice.com/#/home/

Coupons and Free Stuff

This is what I came up with for today after surfing the internet....
Challenge butter coupons:http://www.challengedairy.com/company/index.htm
Free Water (I hope)http://www.boosterwater.com/index.htm Click up at the top right corner and say you are really thirsty, which is not hard to believe here in Texas!
Free HOT MOM magnet!http://www.hottestmomonline.com/magnet.php
Juicy Juice ($1 printable)http://www.verybestkids.com/SpecialOffers/JuicyJuice/Default.aspx

Free samples from good products:
http://www.emergenc.com/ Just go to the bubble that says "Share the good" and they will send you free samples plus coupons. I have used this product before and it is good for extra vitamins during the cold season.

I didn't do as well at HEB this week. There weren't too many sales I was interested in. I did save about $25 there and durning the week I went to CVS and Walmart and saved more money. HEB did have Kotex pads and tampons on sale and I had a coupon from the P&G insert and I got pads for .25. There were peel and stick coupons on the ground chuck and the Nabisco products which were located at the end of the back of an aile. Sneaky!

DON"T FORGET THE LAMP!

This is a record savings for me! I saved $70 on my HEB shopping trip this week. One of the best savings was for OFF Lamp that keeps the bugs away. I had a coupon that I printed a while ago for buy one get one free. The Lamp retailed at 9.99 so I did not think I would get it but when I went into HEB they had a coupon for $5 off an OFF and there was a small one on the lamp itself for $3.00 off.(I used two of those) So I bought two and had a $2 overage to put towards my other products. You never know when you might need a coupon!! I also had peel stickers on my ground beef for $1 off if I bought Betty Crocker brownies which I had two coupons for. I saved $4 on that deal. I had a coupon for a new salad dressing and on the salad dressing bottle was a coupon for .55 cents off my produce. I got the salad dressing for $1.69 and saved money on my veggies!!! The biggest tip I can give other moms is look for the hidden peel and stick coupons. They are small and sometimes you can miss them. For example, I almost went right past a book by Natures Sweet Tomatoes that had recepies in it and $3.00 in coupons for tomatoes. This book was in the front of the cucumbers! I also have a rebate form for free tomatoes from this company too. So I will send in the rebate form and get paid $1 for buying tomatoes! I like the small red tomatoes but they are usually so expensive that I don't buy them but not this time! I would say that 90% of my items had a coupon. HEB has some their own deals and I just look ahead of time to see if I have any coupons for the products they give away if you buy other products. Don't forget to get your lamp and look for the small coupons with the big savings!

I went shopping yesterday and made some great deals. CVS is definately worth looking into. The key is to make sure you buy with coupons and make sure you get those bucks they add onto your card. Gold bond lotion is great and I had 5 separate coupons so I got all the items for half price. I saved a total of $70 between the grocery store and CVS. I found a new coupon site which will print the coupons twice and sometime you can double them with others from the paper.http://print.coupons.com/gmsa/Login.asp?pid=12074&ZID=wg09&NID=4 I also like this blog. http://www.frugalfinds.blogspot.com/ she always gives ideas of free samples or good coupon finds. I found one blog that showed her coupon savings at 3,000$ for the year! WOW. I saved about $200 last month. I better get busy!