Adventure time at Winn Dixie

Well, I hate to see coupons expire, so my sister an I went to Winn Dixie today for just a few things and man oh man did we make out like bandits!!! Let me give you the break down…
2-8pks of Gatorade
2-32 oz PowerAde Zero
1-24 pk Spring Water
1-pk cookies to keep my kids quiet (hey, don’t judge me!)
8- Betty Crocker Boxed potatoes
2-Velveeta Shells and Cheese
2-Bugles bags
6-Air Wick candles
1-pk Huggies dipers
5-Fabreeze car vents
33- 10 oz Tide detergents
2-Red Barron pizza with free WD breadsticks, Tyson Anytizers and 2 liter of Pepsi
3-Tresemme Shampoo with free Suave deo, lotion, body wash, and Blistex
1-pk Kuddles wipes
4-Wet n Wild nail polish
6-Wet n Wild eye liners
2-Pantene shampoo
Grand total before everything was $246.91 and after all said and done I paid $52.33. That’s a total savings of $194.58!!! My cashier was so impressed that he took a picture of my receipt!!!! Happy Couponing!!!

Quick trip to Walmart

So today my son had a karate class and I though instead of waiting the hour and a half through it with a 2 year old, (I watch a friends baby on Saturdays) not to mention my son HATES to go shopping, I though it best to go and do a quick trip while he was in class. 

So off I go, 2 year old, 11 year old daughter and husband all with me. Wasn't too bad. Went pretty smooth. I take advantage of the price match at Walmart a lot. I do like Publix and Winn-Dixie, but I do find that at a lot of Publix I go to I have been met with not so nice customer service, and Walmart does usually tend to have cheaper prices. Trying to get the most out of it, it just makes sense to ad match at Walmart for me. 

This is what I managed to get today:

6 - Tena pads

7- Women's Mitchum deodorant

3- Men's Mitchum deodorant

4- Bakery everything bread

1- lb pastrami

4- Mrs. Butterworths syrup

4- Muller yogurt

8- Toaster Strudel

3- 7 up 2 ltrs

3- A&W root beer 2 ltrs

2- Finish dish washer soap

1- cat food

1- dog food

6- Angel soft double roll Toilet paper. 

4- Orlando Sentinel newspapers. 

Today I ended up getting everything for: 47.13. My total before coupons was, 152.73 For a total savings of 105.60. 

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I went to Dollar Tree today to see what I could find to match with coupons (yes, Dollar Tree takes coupons!) I made sure to look at the description perfectly, oz, name, color, size, EVERYTHING! I only got 4 of each since they only take 4 of each like coupon per day. I had everything just right.

I went to check out and was immediately hit with "One moment, Candy! (The store manager) I have a LOT of coupons here!)  Manager comes over and says, these do not match with theses because the PICTURE does not match. I try nicely to inform her that the description is what they go by, not the picture. She not so nicely says, "That is not the way it is done!' So instead of just saying ok, never mind and put the item back so as to not cause an issue, I decided to stand my ground mostly because she got snippy with me, but also because I felt at that moment she needed to be a bit better informed. I said to her, "Would it help if I called corporate to get clarification ion this for you?" She said sure go ahead. So I got the number and while she is staring me down I call corp, in the mean time she is pulling apart my ENTIRE cart which really wasn't much but she was trying to find something wrong somewhere. When everything else matched up perfectly she was a bit irritated, because yes, I had irritated her because not only was I standing my ground and questioning her, I was calling her boss right in front of her. Well I was on hold for what seemed like FOREVER and a day.
While on hold I apologized to her, let her know I was not trying to cause an issue or be a pain, however I feel it important for them to have the correct information, and if I am wrong I would like the correct information as well. She calmed down and was laughing with me as we waited for the deciding vote from corp to come in. As we were talking she did say, " I think coupons are great but I just does not have time for that, I have a job." Well I am sure she was not trying to offend me, but it did a bit. However I politely informed her that I also have a job, 2 kids that attend home school, so that takes a fair bit of time, I have my own "hobby" business, and of course all the day to day things that need to be be done, cooking, cleaning, kid time, hubby time, etc and yet I still find time to coupon. It save a ton of money and to me it is worth it. Well by this time I had waited on hold for about a half hour and had to leave t pick my hubby up from an apt he had. This trip was only supposed to be a quick one, so I just had her take them off and told her that I would request them call her with the verdict. Not that she really cared, however she should be informed. SO with that I was off and I swear I heard partying when I walked out the door.

About five minuted after I left FINALLY the correct person came on the phone and verified that I was correct, it is the wording that matters and NOT the picture. I thanked her very much and requested she call the store and inform them. So victory won! :)

  Yes, I know this seems like an insane thing to do over something from a dollar store, the reason was not the price, it was the fact that I think if a store is going to accept coupons they need to be educated. SO I feel a bit better knowing I educated at least one woman today, no matter how much she disliked hearing I was right. LOL

Ok here it is 7 days in January and I still have not made a grocery store run, I need to really get on that but I am just getting over being sick and right now it is much too cold to think about going in a grocery store where there are cold sections. I will be going soon as I suppose my family will want to be eating next month and we are getting a little low on some things.

I have however managed to get to a couple stores for after Christmas clearance and some kids clothes shopping. Still need to get a bit more but have an ok start. Can't wait to see what January totals look like. Right now I am pretty impressed. So far shopping at Kohles and Target for kids clothes I have spent 47.79 and saved 149.07! Not a bad start if I do say so myself :)

Right now I have spent a total of 91.86 and SAVED 248.46 on different misc things needed around the house, clothes, clearance Christmas items and personal items. I will say that I have not used 1 coupon as of yet! All was clearance. LOVE clearance as much as I love coupons. I even have a jump on a couple birthdays presents for the kids!

Don't forget to check out the clearance items! Sometimes they have some really great things there that they are just trying to clear out for the last season. I got 9 glade candles, aerosols, and plugins today that are cinnamon but because they have Christmas wrapping on them they were all marked down to .74 each. I love the cinnamon smell so I was thrilled to scoop them up. I do believe there is a coupon out there but I did not have mine with me so I needed to just bite my lip and grab them. Either way .74 for Glade is a great deal! I managed to pick up a few books that they were trying to make room for other newer books. The books are originally 17.99 each I got them for 3.97 each. Wrapping paper normally 2.97 I got for only .25  a huge thing of Christmas ornaments that I will be using on my outside trees next year, normally 9.98, I got for 1.24 not to mention all the clothes I picked up for the kiddos yesterday. So even if you don't have your coupons, don't dismiss clearance. You can do a lot of damage with just that! :)

Happy savings :)

This is from my trip today. Glade plug ins, .74 each, Glade aerosols, .74 each, Glade candle .74 Candy canes .25 each, ornaments 1.24, Wrapping paper .25, Hello Kitty Stickers .49

Spent 9.39 Saved, 29.88!

Happy New Year!!!! Things have been very quiet around here, and I apologize for that. Things have gotten insane at both mine and my sisters homes. And oddly enough we have both been pretty sick. All the similarities an we live 2 states apart. 

Well I have not been shopping really in the past 2 months, I simply haven’t needed too. I have gotten little things here and there but no major trips. That is a good thing about couponing, the stockpile which allows you to take a much needed brake from shopping from time to time. But as it is the new year and I have taken enough time off I believe it is time to get back to it. 

This year I am going to do a little different. I am going to share with all of you what I am spending and what I am saving from month to month. At the end of next year I cant wait to see what the totals look like. Now I am starting off with a bit of a stockpile still but this is still going to be very interesting to see what totals are at the end of next year. 

Keep an eye out, in the next few days should be a pretty good trip so stay tuned! 

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Where have I been?

Well ladies and gentleman, I am sorry that I have been away so long! I have missed you all. Buutttt…I do have some fabulous savings that I must tell you all about, in my bragging fashion to my dear sister. (Love ya! I haven’t had time to sit down and write it all out, and I have misplaced a few receipts I think, but I’m going to try to give ya’ll a little break down on my savings and what nots. I will have to go store by store instead of transaction after transaction, because, well, I have a stack of receipts here. Lol. Alright, let us begin…
Rite Aid-
Bought 2 Axe gift sets, sale-9.99 each, used $3/1 coupon and $2/1 Axe gift set Rite Aid coupon= Paid 4.99, got $2 Reward, so I basically got it for 2.99, SAVED $7!
Winn Dixie-
Let me tell you, my family LOVES Reeses, so when we came across the Reese pumpkins after Halloween on clearance, we cleaned house!!!! We got roughly 100 (if not more) for .34 each, paying $34. They were 1.09 each before clearance, so I saved a total of roughly $75!!! Let me tell you, we STILL have pumpkins. Lol!!!
Walgreen-
Last week Walgreens have a great deal on Purex laundry soap. B1G2 Free. I bought 6 Purex, and 2 Turtles Chocolates. (More chocolate right?! They are Christmas gifts, don’t worry). Total before everything was $41.52, after coupons and stuff I paid $14.10 for a total SAVINGS of $27.42!!!
Freds-
We have a great store here in Mississippi called Freds Super Dollar and they double coupons up to .70 every Saturday, so I take full advantage of this! I try to go every week, but sometimes it don’t pan out. I went just last weekend and here is my findings… I got a bunch of stuff to include Werthers candy for my husband, drinks for my kids, cat treats and litter, rice, granola bars, and air freshners. Before coupons the total was 68.10 and after coupons OOP was 27.42 for a SAVINGS of 40.68!!!
Walmart-
Ah, Walmart my dear friend. I go to Walmart right around three times a week. Man I should cut back. I have too much to even start to list at Walmart, but let me tell you I did hit the clearance Halloween hard!!! And with my savings on Halloween clearance and all my coupons, my total saving at Walmart have been (and I know I am missing receipts!) $105.38!!! ( I have the receipts if you need proof It really does pay to shop a few days after the holiday to get all those good clearance sales. You may have to wait a year to use the items you bought but to me it is worth it to save that kind of money!!!
CVS-
I have hit CVS hard this week with all their freebies after Extra Bucks. Plus they had really great deals on 2 liter sodas a couple weeks ago, so I stocked up! Before anything was taken off, the grand total of my three trips to CVS was $160.49. After all my coupons and savings I paid OOP 100.62, and I got back 78.08 in ExtraBucks, so I ended up paying only 22.54 for 160.49 worth of product!

WOWZERS!!! After looking at all of this, I really have a great deal more appreciation for coupons and what they have allowed me to do for my family. To total everything on this page up, before all savings these totals totaled in all a whooping 504.41 and after all, my OOP was 104.06!!!! Amazing!!! 398.35 in savings just this month alone!!!! And I know I have misplaced receipts. It honestly brings a tear to my eye. Thank you coupons!!!!

Deals 11/5

Hey yall. I just wanted to share with ya’ll a few great deals I have found so far this week.
 At Rite Aid, Axe body spray is on sale BOGO 50% off for roughly 5.99. Buy 2, use 2-$2/1 printable below, pay 4.99 and get a $2 UP reward and a $3 UP reward, making it a .01 MONEYMAKER! https://syndication.redplum.com/instances/coupons-save/?PID=3630647&AID=11068780

Also at Target they sale Colgate single toothbrushes for about .94, use the printable below and get toothbrushes for FREE!!! http://coupons.target.com/printable-coupon/xzoiox?ref=search

If you got the coupon for $2/1 Caress bars or body wash from RP 10/13, take it to Walgreens. The body wash is on sale for BOGO at 4.99. Use 2 coupons and get them for .50 each WYB 2.

Check back in later for more deals!!! Happy Shopping!

Small WD trip

Hello hello!!! Alright, I've been a little behind lately, and in kind of a funk, but darn it, I am going to WIN this competition this time!!! I was so very close last time (even though I did win the post every day part ;). So with that being said, I went to WD yesterday for just a few small things. My total before everything was 102.52, and after everything I paid 53.26. Not the best I've ever done, but it was alright. They were out of several things I went for. But here is what I got...
8 Nissin Big Cup Noodles-Sale BOGO .50- Used (2) $1/4=All FREE
4 Boxes Cinnamon Toast Crunch-Sale BOGO 3.69- Used (1) 1.50/4 GM cereals from WD catalina=5.88 for all 4
4 12packs of Check Soda-Sale 4/$10
3 8packs of Gatorade-Sale4.49 WYB 5(Buy5 Save $5)
1 Florida Natural OJ-Sale 2.49 (Buy 5 Save $5)
Tresemme Hair Spray-Sale 2.69 (Buy 5 Save $5)-Used $2/1 Tresemme printable= .69
2 Tyson Chicken Grilled and Ready-Sale BOGO 8.99- Used (2) 1.00/1= 6.99/2
4 Green Giant Chips-Rain Check for BOGO 3.69- Used 4 $1/1 peelie= 3.38/4
I feel like I am forgetting something, and usually I would have my receipt in front of me but my 2 year old stole it. Lol. Anyway...
Spent-53.26
Saved-49.26

Let's talk Turkey!

With October quickly coming to an end the next thing on our minds is......... Christmas shopping! Well it is but that is not our focus right now. With the holidays coming up we have decided to have another competition. Those are always fun! :) We will find the best deals we can to feed our families and pass the ideas, tips, and deals on to you. Last time we had a contest to see who could save more, I won't say I whopped my sister, but I did a pretty good job :) Now of course she came in at a VERY close second. Then a very special THANK YOU! to Bri, our niece for tallying up the percentage to let us know just who the coupon queen really is. I plan on keeping this title, let's see if I can. 

So check back for lots of good grocery ideas and Holiday meal planning! :)

E-COUPONS AND DEALS!

Hello all you awesome couponers! I know both my sister and I have been MIA lately. We are mothers first, and right now even though we live in different states both of our lives are CRAZY!!!! We are trying to get back into the swing of things. We are already planning new fun things in the upcoming months so just bare with us.

Now for the fun stuff. What you really come here for. In a previous post I told you about different types of coupons. One of those was the e-coupon. I have been looking more into these. They are becoming more and more popular. Several companies offer savings if you simply text to them that you want offers or deals. I have put together a list of the ones I could find and am passing this on to you. There are more stores that offer this type of deal, I just have not found them yet. As I do come across them I will be sharing with you. Each store has a 5 or 6 digit # you will send a text to. The code that follows the number bellow is what you will need to put in the message area to receive these text deals or coupons. Some have daily deals like, Family dollar.

 588229  / BBW

      397737  / EXPLUCKY

  28767  / DEALS

   326687  / PROMO

   56266   / CRAFT

   56457  /SAVE

  273283.  / JOIN2

   697895  / 50

   33768  / OFFER 

   747474  / SHOES

   827438  / COUPONS

Happy October!

First day of October and I could not be happier! I LOVE October! It is by far my favorite month. I love this time of year. Even though in Florida seasons do not really change that much I can tell it is a bit cooler, and HALLOWEEN!!!!!!!
Anyway, What better way to celebrate the first day of October than to go shopping and finish the day off by watching Hocus Pocus with the family and a great friend! I (tried) to make witch broom cookies as a treat for the movie but they didn't turn out like I had hoped. They were still pretty tasty :) Thankfully my friend (Shout out to Steph L.) :) made some tasty Cheerios treats. Like rice krispie treats but better.
Our plan is to watch a Halloween movie/show each day of October. We shall see how that goes :)

Ok down to business! Took 4 stores, 2 unhappy kids and 1 tired hubby but it got done!

This is what my haul was for the first day of October! :)

12- corn

1- peach slices

2- whole potatoes

2- Pineapple chunks

2- frozen fish

1- 3 pack romain lettuce

2- frozen chicken breast

1- 3 pack keilbasa

1- huge can baked beans ( for a cookout)

1- 3 lb apples

18- muellers various pasta

1- white bread

1- pepsi

1- 3 lb grapes

1- 24 ct.cheese slices

6- right guard extreme deodorant

2- ginger ale

1- strawberry drink

1- 2 lbs bananas

1- chocolate chip cookie dough

3- frozen green beans

5- frozen broccoli

7- glade air fresheners

4- quaker granola bars

10- barilla pasta various

4- ritz bitz crackers

2- checkers fries

2- arbys curly fries

6- eggo pancakes

12- fruittare 

6- stayfree feminine products

2- large windex refils

6- I cant believe its not butter

total spent was 136.46 saved 211.80

Great start to October! 

Happy savings!:)

Winn Dixie

Hello there ladies and gents! Well I haven’t posted lately and for that I do apologize, but I HAD to tell you all the wonderful deal I got at Winn Dixie tonight. I surprised the people at Winn Dixie and I loved their faces and comments. I just love that! So, here’s what I got… 18 Premier Protein shakes 4 packs, BOGO at 8.99, 18 Right Guard deos, 15 Vitamin Waters, 2 Coffee Mates, 2 8pks of Gatorade, and a gallon of milk for a grand total of $235, and I paid…$1.77! Do the happy dance! I had coupons for the shakes that made me money, as well as the right guard which paid for the rest of the stuff. Yay!!! Alright, happy couponing.

Ahoy there Landlubbers!!!

Happy Pirate day my fellow couponers! I just wanted to remind ya’ll about a couple freebies today only. Long John Silver is giving away a plank of fish to each person that simply says AHOY while ordering! And also, Krispy Kreme is giving away a free doughnut if you go in their store and talk like a pirate, and a free dozen of doughnuts if you are dressed like a pirate! You must have at least three pirate items to qualify, to include a hat, bandana, hook, peg leg, eye patch, bird, ect. So check back in here later and take a peek at my awesome pirate coustume!!! Happy Couponing!!!

Shout out to Leigha! :)

Hello all! This will be a short and sweet post. First off, I wanted to say congrats to my sister Leigha for that FANTASTIC haul yesterday!!! AMAZING!!! If you didn't see it, she got over $500 of stuff, and Publix paid her to take it out of the store!!! :) Love it. Also, just wanted to remind ya'll that the new ads start tomorrow, so be on the look out for some great saving! I am quite busy making decorations for my lil girls 1st birthday party, but I'll let ya'll know if I find some great saving! :) Happy Couponing! :)

Hello all! I have missed posting the past two days because I am on a vacation and of course my laptop was having issues and my phone app would not let me log in. Blogging was totally against me. Thankfully I am back up now! :) 

Yes I am on vacation, NO coupons do not stop because I am on vacation :) I got to go shopping today and I will say that today was my favorite so far! 

I had put in a pre-order a few days ago because I knew I would have a large amount of Buitoni pasta. Last night I got the call to tell me it was in YAY!!!! So off this morning I went to Publix. This is what I got:

100 - Buitoni pasta

6- Broccoli & cheese soup

1- White bread

1-butter

1- Cat litter

2- Scallops

4- Progresso Soups

2- Chicken lunch meat

1- Wheat Thins

6- Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls

4- Pillsbury crescent rolls

2- Pillsbury biscuits

1- Seafood spread

10- Barilla microwave meals

4- Meatballs

10- Lunchables

6- Rachael Ray Nutrish dog food

6- Vivarin

1- 9 lb cat food

12- 4 lb Purina One Dog food

For a total of $518.04

After coupons Publix PAID ME .74 to leave with ALL of it!!!

The receipt alone was almost as tall as my 11 year old daughter!

Here is proof that you can eat well for free! :) Between this and the rest of my trips over the past couple weeks, I technically do not have to go to the store again this month. But we all know I will! :)

Here are a few pics to enjoy! :)

Happy savings!  

                        The receipt almost as tall as my daughter, and no she is not short!

The boxes are the packages of Buitoni pasta. I had already given away a few boxes . P.S. Pay no attention to the dogs under the table. LOL Not the best pics of them.

I had to break these pics up into 2 becaue of limited space in the kitchen where we are staying this week.

Winn DIxie 3 Day Sale

Hello hello! Well I am not feeling too good today, so this won’t be long, but I just wanted to remind ya’ll about some AWESOME deals that Winn Dixie has going on right now. For Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, they have cabbage for .39 a pound, Cheez-Its for 1.98 a box, BACON (who don’t love bacon!) for 2.99 a package, Dial liquid soap and Right Guard deo 10/$10, as well as Luvs diapers for 5.77 a package (I found a coupon for $1/ any 1 which makes them 4.77!!!), and also Nature Valley granola bars 1.88 a box (I also found $1.15/2). There were a few other things but those are just the one’s that peeked my interest. So pop into Winn Dixie before Tuesday and cash in!!! Don’t forget to check your paper for limits. Happy Couponing!

$5 meals

Hello all! Well, I didn’t do any shopping today. Bummer, I know. Lol. And since this blog is about savings, I wanted to talk a little bit about some cheap meal websites that you can get great recipes at. There are several ones, but here are some that I enjoy looking at for ideas…
http://www.pinterest.com/savealot/meals-under-5/?att1=  Pinterest! I love Pinterest!!! You can find just about anything you want!
http://www.ehow.com/how_5555530_make-meals-make-under.html        ehow is another great website. Type what you are looking for in the search bar and poof!
http://save-a-lot.com/products/meals      This is from the grocery store save-a-lot, but they have a lot of great ideas and bonus if you have a Save-a lot near you, you can find sales and what not.
http://www.allyou.com/food/supercheap-meals/cheap-recipes-00411000070180/    This website has over 100 fabulous and cheap meals. And the all you magazine is a great magazine in itself! Talk about saving! They give you coupons, recipes, DIY ideas, Everything! I keep a subscription to them.
So there are many many MANY more website, but these are just to name a few. Meals don’t have to be expensive and elaborate to be healthy. But they should be enjoyable.

Winn Dixie Shop

Hello all my fellow couponers! I just read the last post that Leigha had done, and I completely agree on it all! I must say that I need to head the words of if you cannot put them up, DO NOT CLIP THEM! I have a basket OVERFLOWING with clipped coupons and it’s driving me NUTS! Lol. Having said that, I did some FANTASTIC couponing today at Winn Dixie. I had that moment where the people behind me even commented that if they had not seen that with their own eyes, they would not have believed it. I love that! The other several people behind me (and I am so sorry you were the ones behind ME) told the cashier (who was my niece they wished they could do that. Again, as Leigha and I have both said, you CAN do it!!! Just keep at it, and follow Leigha’s awesome tips. Ok, so, here goes my trip to Winn Dixie! I am so super excited about all this! I bought many odd ball things including, 8 Enfagrow Toddler drinks that were BOGO at 6.59, and I had 8 coupons for $5/1 which gave me a great money maker!, 2 loafs of Nature Own Bread, 6 Kens Dressings, carrots, potatoes, Orange Juice, cookies, coffee, lunchables, salad, diapers, creamer and almond milk. Most of the things were BOGO and I used a ton of coupons! Remember you can use 2 coupons per BOGO.  My grand total before everything was 132.39. My total after coupons and sales were…5.39 OUT OF POCKET! Man I was so proud and happy!!! And to top it all off, one of the cashiers pulled all the coupons out of the trash that people didn’t want and put them in a bag and gave them to me!!!! I got handed a bag of coupons!!!! LOVED IT!!!!! It was a great Friday the 13th for me!!! Happy Couponing!

Always plan ahead.

I have been thinking all day what I was going to write about today. I have been very busy making all kinds of decorations and 4 cakes but this post has been on my mind. I have heard a lot of people saying how discouraged they are and how they get upset when they go to the store and only get a little savings as apposed to the big savings they want. Some people have been down right mean about the size of their stockpile. Seriously! I am not making this up. I actually saw just yesterday someone post the size of their stockpile how happy they were and just a general nice happy post, then someone who did not have as much and was in my opinion, sucking on some sour grapes, starts drama. All because hers was not as big as the other girls. Seriously, isn't this argument reserved for the guys??

With that said, this takes time, patience, planning, and organization. Now don't let those words scare you! I personally have no time, little patience, I do love to plan, but my organization needs some help too. However I make it work. I am a busy mom of 2. Those 2 do school from home in a virtual school, however I am still their primary teacher. I work from home, when I say I work I mean I have a few online jobs and even my own little boutique that I do craft fairs and sale online. Obviously I also do all the normal day to day things so yes, I have very little time. I use those brief breaks in my day or the time I manage to steal for myself to hunt and gather coupons and deals. Patience because while it may start out small and you may not show a huge savings right away, it will come! In no time you will be asking yourself, "Where am I going to put my next haul at?" If you just have patience it will come, I promise! I had taken a very long break from coupons because, well life got in the way is the easiest way to put it. I decided I was spending too much money and got back into it. I have now been back for only six weeks and I have a lot built back up. My stock pile includes (about) 60 pasta sauce, 20 Alfredo sauce, 40 small boxes of tea bags, 10 toothpaste, 15 jello, 15 pudding, 30 shave gels, 15 various packs of razors, 30 shampoo/ conditioner, 10 body wash, 10 pkgs stayfree, 8 vitamins, 6 female deodorants, 14 male deodorant, 3 pkgs chap stick, 35 boxes cereal, 10 Kraft mayo, 20 knoor sides, 12 uncle bens rice, 7 lbs hamburger, 2 large bags of frozen whiting, 2 bags frozen chicken breast, and 4 pkgs pork chops. Now this is just what I have now, I have been using a lot of this over the past 6 weeks so I have had a lot more. But I have not paid more than about 100.00 each month. I know I have more in the freezer and cabinets too. This is just what comes to my mind. So you see it can happen.
Now I am by no means saying this is what is going to happen for everyone. A lot of it depends on what sales hit. I have been very lucky and have gotten in on a lot of great sales.

A very important part is to plan! Make sure to check match-up sites, forums, and sale ads before the actual sale hits. This will give you extra time to plan and gather your coupons. If you need to order more or trade someone this also allows you the extra time. This is one of the most important things to remember. Always pre-plan your trip! Do not walk blindly into a store hoping to get a great deal, it will not happen!

Keep your coupons organized in which ever manner you choose but always keep them organized. If you cant put them up right away DO NOT CLIP THEM! They will become a scattered mess and this is not a good thing.

Just some tips to follow and trust me, YOU CAN DO IT!

Happy savings! :)

Happy savings dance!

This is a wonderful sale week at Publix and Winn Dixe. As Alicia said in her post right before me, W/D is having a great 1 day only (Friday) sale! As I am planning a party this weekend for my now 9 year old boy (How did that happen???) :(  I plan on stocking up on Chips ahoy cookies. They are on sale for 1.99 which is a WONDERFUL price for those round pieces of heaven :) However I also have a 1.00 off coupon for them making them only .99 each! WOOHOO! Happy mama here! :)

Of course there are a few other things that I will be picking up as well but I haven't settled on a definite list yet. I have been so busy putting together this Minecraft party. Being a crafty mom is a great thing but it get a bit tireing when it seems like each year your kids expect you to out do the last year.

Tomorrow I will hopefully have a bit better post because there will be shopping involved! LOVE those posts :)

Happy savings!