Baby is HERE!!!!!

Born at 36weeks 4 days gestation, around 7:50am on August, 27th 2009, weighing 7lbs 6oz, 19inches long...





Thanks to everyone for the help in naming her, I could not have done it without your input. I was able to decide over the weekend and my husband is adjusting to the one I selected, lol!


I will post about the delivery at a later date.

Sam's Club Winners!

Trisha said... 33

I'm a subscriber!

abby said... 53

I now subscribe via google reader.

Anonymous said... 55

My greatest deal of late...FREE Bacon! (Boy, was the hubby happy!)

Rachel

Janet and Maya said... 40

I subscribe by email (where I read about this contest).

Debbie said... 9

My best bargain lately was getting the card game "Pictureka" for a dollar at Target. I got one for us, and another for my niece and nephew for Christmas.

Trisha is the winner of the $25 gift card and one day pass and the other 4 winners will receive a 1 day pass. Please get back to me with your mailing addresses within 24hrs so I can have these mailed to you in time for the Big Clip event.

Thanks to all who entered and shared their bargains! I love to read about your savings:) I have one last giveaway to complete so check back soon for that(3 winners).

Time to Reload!

It's time to head over to cellfire and add the latest new e coupons to your Kroger family of stores card! Just in time for the last week of the Mega Event. I highly recommend adding all of the available coupons so you don't miss out when a great sale comes a long. You have 2 weeks to load them and 2 more weeks after that to use them.

In addition to the usual e coupons, some new ones have been released. These are for progresso soup and broth, toaster strudels, and old el paso products. All of these (except the broth) are part of the Mega Event.

When you are finished loading the cellfire coupons be sure to check shortcuts for any new coupons too.


And don't forget, the printable sites reset print limits and release new coupons on/around the first of the month. Print any you think you may need now, just in case they disappear when the newbies are released. Make sure you have plenty of ink and paper too. I hate when a great coupon comes out but I can't print because I'm out of ink!


Printables can be found here, here, here, here, here, here, and here and also at the sites listed on my left sidebar under More Sites with Printables.

$25 Sam's Club Gift Card and 1 Day Pass Giveaway!*CLOSED*

Now through September 4th you can get bonus Box Tops For Education when you purchase select brands at Sam's Club. This campaign is called The Big Clip. Brands included in the Big Clip are:

Cheerios, Ziploc containers, Ziploc sandwich bags, Honey Nut Cheerios, Pillsbury Chocolate Chip Cookies, Fiber One Oats and Chocolate Bars, Nature Valley Bars, Scott Paper Towels, Huggies Baby Wipes and Kleenex Facial Tissues.

I received a free membership to Sam's Club through myblogspark (this was provided by Sam's Club and Box Tops for Education) to go and check out the savings. Here are some of the prices I found:

betty crocker fruit snacks 6.88/48ct= .14 a serving
nature valley granola bars 6.98/30ct= .23 a serving
progresso soups 10.68/8ct= 1.34 a can
huggies baby wipes 15.22/720ct= .02 a wipe
scott 1000 toilet paper 18.88/30ct= .63 a roll
scott paper towels 15.88/15ct(24ct equivalent)= .66 a roll
kleenex tissues 12.48/10pk(100 sheets each)= 1.25 a box
Ziploc containers 8.88/19ct= .47 a container
Ziploc gallon freezer bags 10.62/152ct= .07 a bag
Ziploc variety pack easy slide 9.78/140ct (60gal & 80qrt)= .07 a bag
Totinos pizza rolls 8.98/140ct= .06 a roll (.36 for a 6ct serving)

Now for the best part! I have (5) 1 day passes and (1) $25 gift card to Sam's Club to giveaway! There will be one grand prize winner (who gets the pass and gift certificate) and 4 runner ups who get the one day pass only.


To enter just tell me about your best bargain lately(everyone needs to brag sometimes)!

You can also get more entries by doing the following:

Subscribing to my feed (on the right sidebar) or email (on the left sidebar) updates.If you already subscribe you get an extra entry too.

Sharing this giveaway on your own blog, facebook, myspace, twitter or any other public forum(please don't be spammy!).

Make a comment for each of the ways you shared or subscribed!


Please be sure to leave a way for me to contact you if you win!


The giveaway will close Tuesday (8/25) @ 9 pm est. The winner has 24hrs to email me back with their shipping address.

2nd Round @ The Kroger Mega Event

I waited for the e-coupons I redeemed Monday to be removed from my card so I could add more. Normally cellfire only puts out new coupons every two weeks, but when I checked the site the night before shopping 8 more coupons were available for me to load. So I loaded the new ones and made my list. Those new ones did NOT come off at the register! How annoying:( And after I was so impressed they all worked like they should on Monday, lol.



You can find all the coupons I used here, here, here, here, here, and here as well as in the past few weeks/months newspaper inserts. Load your card up with e-coupons here and here.

Prices are after the Mega Event discount(.50 cheaper than shelf price).

4 boxes bc supreme brownies 5.96 (1.49 each)
-2 .75/2 cfire
-2 .75/2 coupons= .62 each
1 chex mix bars 1.99 each
-1 .60 e coupons
-1 .75 coupons = .39 each
2 trix swirls cereal 2.98 (1.49 each)
-1 .55 e coupons
-2 .55 coupons=.22
2 toaster strudels 2.98 (1.49 each)
-1 .55/2 e coupon
-1 .55/2 coupon= .72 each
1 fiber one bars 1.99
-.40 coupon =1.19
4 fiber one yogurts 7.96 (1.99 each)
-4 1.00 e coupons
-4 1.00 coupons= free plus .01
1 wanchai ferry frozen meal 5.49
-2.00 coupon= 3.49
2 pillsbury rolls 1.98 (.99 each)
-.40/2 e coupon
-.40/2 coupon=.39 each
4 grands biscuits 3.96 (.99 each)
-1.00/2 e coupon
-1.00/2 coupon
-2 1.00 printable(honey butter variety- from an email)=free plus .01 overage each
tropicana 50 2.49
-1.00 cat= 1.49
1 bc cookie mix 1.49
-.40 coupon= .69
1 nv nut cluster 1.99
-.40 e- coupon(this one was labeled nv granola bars?)
-1.00 coupon= .59
warm delight 1.49
- .50 e coupon
-.50 coupon= free plus .01 overage
4 gogurts 7.96 (1.99 each)
-2 .80/2 e coupons
-4 .35 coupons= .89 each

used the $7 in catalinas from 1st trip

total was $10.40 (paid with remaining $7.65 on free gc and $2.75 cash)
saved $77.58,$42.30 in coupons



So the $30 gift card and $2.75 of my own cash bought me $228.97 worth of products(shelf price)- 80 items.
I saved $195.22, $99.24 in coupons alone!

You can see my first trip here.

$30 Kroger Gift Card Winner!

Meg Hitt said... 3

I subscribe

You have 24 hours to claim your prize!


And for those of you who didn't win, I have 2 more giveaways to complete. Look for one to start sometime this weekend!

Pregnancy Update 35W

Recently I got the nesting bug, so I was not too shocked about my appointment today. I went in for an ultrasound, Non Stress Test (NST), and a visit with the doctor to discuss the impending c-section.

He insist a VBAC is like suicide and he isn't willing to help someone do that(Yes, he is nuts). When I asked what the risk of trouble(uterine rupture/death) is with VBAC he said 1%. I almost laughed in his face but I remained straight faced. I don't really feel like fighting or finding a new doctor at this point so I will follow the very goofy doctors orders.(This conversation was last week)

Any way, back to todays appointment. My ultrasound looked great. Baby has tons of hair, and tons of chubbiness! She is measuring in the 84% and weighs approximately 6.5lbs. The size prediction using ultrasound can be off by a few pounds, but I think the technician who did mine is pretty darn good at her job. She is the same one who did my ultrasound with my last child. 14hrs before he was born she said he was 9lb 3oz and he was actually 9lb 1oz.

The thickening at the back of the neck is very small now, but I will most likely request a chromosomal test on her once she is born to ease my mind. That is unless it is very apparent she does have Turner's or Down's syndrome at birth. From all the u/s I have had done I don't think it will be obvious if she does.
Face Pics

After the u/s I was supposed to see the doctor to finish setting the c-section date. Unfortunately, he was out delivering two babies at two different hospitals so I saw the nurse.

Before seeing the nurse I had my NST. The baby was very active(she always is). I also had 5 contractions in the 20-30 minutes I was hooked up to the machine. Over the weekend I just thought the baby was trying to stretch out-LOL! They were very regular so the nurse checked my cervix. I am a finger tip open and thick. I was told to lay down on my side and drink water if the contractions persist. Between 35 weeks and 37 weeks the hospital will try to stop labor(though not very hard), but after 37 weeks they wont.

So now my urge to clean/declutter and stock up is 10x greater than before. I still have so much to do this week to get ready for school and get ready for baby. I also haven't even started on buying school supplies for the school district with the gift card Meijer provided.

I still need a name for this kiddo too! I am being stubborn and insisting on an "I" first name and an "A" middle name. Every name I come up with my husband criticizes but he has no suggestions:( If you have some I would be more than happy to "hear " them! The name "Isabella" is off the table though. We have a niece who is already named that.

Wanchai Ferry Winner!

ladyvenora said... 35

I would love to try the Orange Chicken. Yummy! Thanks!

You have 48hrs to get back to me with your mailing address or I will be forced to choose another winner. Thanks for entering!


P.S. We had the sweet and sour chicken for dinner tonight- it's delicious also!

$30 Kroger Gift Card Giveaway *CLOSED*

As promised, here is the $30 Kroger gift card giveaway! I am so excited to be able to offer this to you, thanks to General Mills, Pepsico, and Myblogspark!


Right now Kroger is having another of their awesome Mega 10 Events. For those who don't know what that is here is an explanation:

Buy 10 participating items (will be marked with the mega 10 sales tags) in one transaction and receive $5 off your order at checkout-essentially .50 off each item. They have lifted the old limit of 3 rewards per transaction. Now you can do this deal as many times as you need to within one transaction. I'm glad they did, it makes shopping so much easier!

I have 1 $30 gift card to give to one VERY lucky reader. I was also given a $30 gift card to see just how far I could make it stretch during this sale. So far I have spent $22.35 and have $7.65 left on my free gift card and $7 in catalinas that I earned with my free gift card to spend. My savings so far are $117.64, $56.94 in coupons. That is for 50 items! You can see the details of my trip here. I will add the link to any other trips I make during this Mega Event as I make them.

In order to enter this giveaway you need to answer one question(required)-

How much do you think you can save using this sale and only spending $30?


Participating brands include: AMP Energy, Aquafina, Betty Crocker Baking Mixes, Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks, Cascadian Farms Cereals and Bars, Cap'n Crunch, Cheerios, Cheetos, Chex Mix, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Cocoa Puffs, Dole Juices and Juice Drinks, Fiber One, Fritos, Gatorade, Golden Grahams, Green Giant, Hamburger Helper, Life , Lipton Tea, Nature Valley, Old El Paso, Pepsi family of 2 Liters, Pillsbury, Progresso, Propel, Quaker Instant Oatmeal, Quaker Chewy Bars, Starbucks, Sobe Life Water, Totino's, Trix, Tropicana, Yoplait and MORE!

You can find coupons here, here, here, here, here, and here as well as in the past few weeks/months newspaper inserts. Load your card up with e-coupons here and here.

You can also get more entries buy doing the following:

Subscribing to my feed (on the right sidebar) or email (on the left sidebar) updates.If you already subscribe you get an extra entry too.

Sharing this giveaway on your own blog, facebook, myspace, twitter or any other public forum(please don't be spammy!).

Make a comment for each of the ways you shared or subscribed!


Please be sure to leave a way for me to contact you if you win!


The giveaway will close Wednesday (8/19) @ 9 pm est. The winner has 24hrs to email me back with their shipping address.

BOGO Venom Energy Drink Printable

Click here to print yours. Make sure you hit your back button to print 2.

1st Round @ The Kroger Mega Event

I have never used so many e-coupons in one transaction- I think it was 35! And all of them came off as expected(a lot of times they don't). When I first saw this ad I was a bit disappointed and didn't think there were many deals to be had. I am so happy to be wrong!! Fair warning, much of what I bought is junk. I need the convenience right now and my daughter will want a treat in her school lunches so I don't feel too bad.




Prices are after the $5 discount

4 boxes bc supreme brownies 5.96 (1.49 each)
-2 .75/2 cfire
-2 .75/2 coupons= .62 each
9 hamburger helpers 2.70 (.30 each- 4 varieties were this cheap!)
-3 .75/3 e coupons
-3 .75/3 coupons = free plus 1.55 overage for all 9
4 fiber one chewy bars 7.96 (1.99 each)
-4 .40 e coupons
-4 .40 coupons= .79 each
4 bc cookie mixes 5.96 (1.49 each)
-4 .40 e coupons
-4 .40 coupons= .29 each
4 chex mix bars 7.96 (1.99 each)
-4 .60 e coupons
-4 .75 coupons = .39 each
3 nature valley nut clusters 5.97 (1.99 each)
-3 1.00 e coupons
-3 1.00 coupons= free plus .01 overage each
5 nature valley bars 9.95 (1.99 each)
-3 .40 and 1 .50 e coupons
-4 .50 and 1 .40 coupons= .77 each (also got back 3.50 cat for buying 5 = .07 each after cat)
2 old el paso shells 1.98 (.99 each)
-.60/2 e coupon
-.60/2 coupon= .19 each
4 bc warm delights 5.96 (1.49)
-4 .50 ecoupons
-4 .50 coupons= free plus .01 overage
2 trix swirls cereal 2.98 (1.49 each)
-2 .55 e coupons
-2 .55 coupons=free plus .06 overage each
1 macaroni grill dinner kit 2.99
-1.00 e coupon
-1.00 coupon= .99
2 Wanchai Ferry dinners 10.98 ( 5.49 each)
-2 2.00 coupons = 3.49 each
5 bc fruit shapes 7.45 (1.49 each)
-3 .40 e coupons
-5 .40 coupons= .45 each (also received a 3.50 cat for buying 5 bc fruit snacks=free plus .25 overage each)
1 sobe life water .49
-free cat= free plus .50 overage (took off price before mega event discount)

Grand total 22.35 (for 50 items)
saved 117.64, 56.94 in coupons
got back $7 in cats

So I have 14.65 left to spend at Kroger before I have to start using my own money(between the free $30 gift card from myblogspark and $7 in cats)!

I did not get everything I went in for because:

a). my cart was getting very full
b). I had both kids with me and they were starting to cause trouble(mostly the boy)
c). they hadn't put the tags up yet in the dairy/salty snacks/ frozen aisles
d). using more coupons at a time gives you a better chance of the cashier skipping some by accident


You can find all the coupons I used here, here, here, here, here, and here as well as in the past few weeks/months newspaper inserts. Load your card up with e-coupons here and here. There were a bunch of new ones at shortcuts.com when I checked last night-so many my card was full and I had to shop to make more room!

And a note about the granola bars, fruit snacks, and nut clusters- look on end caps for more of these if you don't find what you want on the shelves.

The $30 gift card giveaway is coming soon! I need to go rest my back some and then I will get it up so you have a chance to win free food too!

New Honey Kix Prize Pack Winner

The first winner never contacted me so I was forced to select a new one.




Jay said... 4 We usually buy what we like that is B1G1 that week. My favorites are Mini-Wheats, Honey Bunches of Oats




I have emailed you Jay, just send back you contact information and I will get your prize out
to you!

Reminder...

The Wanchai Ferry "Stay-At-Home" prize pack giveaway will be ending tomorrow(8/17) night at 8:30pm .

Tomorrow I will also be putting up my Kroger trip for the current Mega Event and the giveaway that goes with it! I have 1 $30 gift card to giveaway (I also received a $30 gift card through myblogspark from General Mills and Pepsico). Check back tomorrow night to enter that giveaway.
Many other bloggers are participating in this giveaway so be sure to blog hop to find more chances to win your own $30 gift card.

Wanchai Ferry Frozen Meal Review and Giveaway *CLOSED*

The review part:

*these are supposed to feed two adults. I made 2 packages of the Orange Chicken variety because I was feeding two adults and 2 kids. We had left overs, but I don't really think there would be left overs if you only made 1 package and were feeding 2 adults.

* The regular price of these meals is $7.49 at my Kroger. I haven't really paid attention to whether or not these go on sale. There is a $1.50 off coupon here and a $2.00 coupon was in a recent insert. So you can get these for $6, possibly less.

* It only took 14 minutes to make, just like the package states. Often times I find it takes longer to make these prepackaged items than they advertise, so I was very pleased with this.

* The flavor was excellent! I wish I had a little more room in my tummy so I could have ate more. Being 34 weeks pregnant makes it hard to eat much of anything without suffering the consequences!

All in all if I had to choose between going out to eat and buying one of these meals I'd go for these. They are cheaper, don't take much more work, and they taste great! Oh, and a health plus is they contain no MSG.

The Giveaway Part:

I have one Wanchai Ferry "Stay-At-Home" prize pack to give away!


The winner will receive:

2 free item coupons
Asian inspired rice bowls
chopsticks
bamboo placemats


You can win by leaving a comment letting me know which variety(s) you would try if you won

-Orange Chicken, Shrimp Lo Mein, Spicy Garlic Chicken, Sweet & Sour Chicken and Sweet & Spicy Shrimp

You can get more entries by:

Subscribing to my feed (on the right sidebar) or email (on the left sidebar) updates.If you already subscribe you get an extra entry too.

Sharing this giveaway on your own blog, facebook, myspace, twitter or any other public forum(please don't be spammy!).

Make a comment for each of the ways you shared or subscribed!


Please be sure to leave a way for me to contact you if you win!


The giveaway will close Monday (8/17) @ 8:30pm est. The winner has 48hrs to email me back with their shipping address.


~This review and giveaway is provided by Myblogspark~

New Cellfire Coupons + MORE Prinables!

Cellfire has released more e-coupons, including the $1.00 off honey nut cheerios e- coupon that was so popular last time around. You can load these to your shopper's card HERE. You will want many of these to go with the sale coming next week;-).


Coupons.com has also been VERY busy adding some awesome new printables:

-.75 on any welch's jam or jelly
-1.00 welch's 64 oz refrigerated juice or cocktail
-1.00 california pizza
-1.00 off any lactaid milk product
-2.00 milk bone essential plus

-4 free item wyb certain amount of products coupons exclusively for use at Kmart(They are doubling next week too!)

-2.00 off 12pk of coke products exclusively for use at Rite aid


It also looks like some of the General Mills coupons I printed around the beginning of the month have been reset. These are going to be really good to use with the sale at Kroger next week{again ;-) }.

You can print all of these coupons here!

Honey Kix Prize Pack Winner!

Which was...

Momof3buggers said... 57

My kids love Frosted Flakes! They eat it for breakfast and for a nightime snack before bed!

I don't have a way to contact you so you will need to get in touch with me within 48hrs or I will have to choose another winner.


Thanks to all who entered! I will have the next giveaway up by Thursday evening if you would like to try to win another prize!

Stumble It!

Jungle Jim's Deals 8/10-8/16

Jungle Jim's is open from 8am-10pm everyday. They do not double coupons and they do accept printable coupons. View the full ad here.


Whole Watermelons 1.99 each

stringless green beans .79/lb

green cabbage .25/lb

yellow and zucchini squash .59/lb

bananas .39/lb

iceberg lettuce .69/ head

velvet ice cream 56oz bogo(4.99)
-1.00/2 07-12-09 SS=3.99/2 (2.00 each)

Tony's crispy crust pizza 10/$10
-1.00/2 06-07-09 SS or printable= .50

New York cheese garlic toast 5/$10
-.40 05-17-09 SS=1.60

dannon activa 4pk 2/$4
-1.00 08-09-09 SS=1.00

crystal farms cheese(shredded and chunk 8oz) 4/$5
-.55 07-26-09 SS= .70 each

libby's vegetables select varieties .69
-b2g1 free printable= .46 each

sue bee clover honey 12oz 2.59
-1.00 printable = 1.59

dole fruit bowls 4pk 2/$3
-.75/2 08-09-09 SS= 1.12 each

Scott extra soft bath tissue 4 single rolls .69
-1.00 off 8 or more rolls 07-12-09 SS= .19 each wyb 2
limit 4 per family w/ additional $10 purchase


See any good deals I missed? Share in the comments or send me an email and I will add them.


Stumble It!

Meijer Deals 8/9-8/15

In my area(Cincinnati) Meijer doubles coupons up to .50 and anything between .51 and .99 goes to a dollar, 1.00 or more is redeemed at face value. Limit of 2 identical coupons doubled per order.

*Prices my vary

You can print Meal Box Coupons with the Widget below or with the HCW Meijer Coupon Generator Here




Danimals 6pk drinks or 4pk crush cups 2/$4
-1.00 07-26-09 SS
-1.00 meal box coupon= FREE

electrosal 2/$6
-2.50 07-12-09 SS(expires SUNDAY!)= .50

Snapple 12pk plastic bottles 5.99
-1.00 printable
-1.00/2 meal box coupon=4.49

Del monte fruit cups 4pk 2/$4
-.50 meal box coupon= 1.50 each

del monte fruit chillers 2/$4
-1.00 printable= 1.00 each

Tyson Boneless skinless chicken breast 2.19/lb
-1.00 07-12-09 SS, 08-02-09 SS= 1.19/lb (the smaller the package the lower your cost per lb)

John morrell off the bone lunch meat 2/$4
-bogo printable
-b3g1 07-26-09 SS =1.00-1.50 depending on coupon

Healthy ones prepackaged lunch meat 2/$4
-.55 07-19-09 SS=1.00

capri sun 10ct pouches(roarin waters, original, or coolers) 1.89
*catalina: Buy 4 or more in one transaction receive a $3 oyno coupon= 1.14 after cat.

meijer ice cream or sorbet pints 1.99
*catalina: Buy 2 get $1 oyno
Buy 3 get $2 oyno
Buy 4 or more get $3 oyno= 1.24 after catalina wyb 4

Farm Rich Snacks 1/2 price
-.75 printable= cheap

M&M and snicker's Ice cream novelties 1/2 price
-1.00 06-07-09 RP= cheap

Simply Limeade or lemonade, or Minute Maid enhanced lemonades 2/$4
-1.00/3 meal box coupon= 1.66 each

Starkist lunch to go 20% off
-.50 meal box coupon= cheap
other starkist items 20% off too

nesquik powders and syrups 20% off
-1.00/2 06-21-09 RP
-1.00/2 meal box coupon= cheap

buittoni filled pasta or sauce 25% off
-1.00 06-21-09 SS
-1.00/5 (pasta) meal box coupon= cheap

assorted meijer paper table top products(paper plates, bowls, utensils napkins, cups) 2/$3
*catalina:buy 3 or more meijer paper tabe top tems get $2 oyno=.84 each after cat

select kellogg's cereals 1.88
-1.00/2 Kellogg's Fuel For School
-1.50/2 frosted mini wheats printable
-1.00 rice krispies and free coupon (vocalpoint mailer)= 1.38-1.13-.88-free depending on coupons
*buy $10 in kellogg's etc , get $10 off backpack deal is still going on

Trop50 juice 2/$5
-1.00 printable= 1.50

scott extra soft bath tissue 12 double rolls 5.49
-1.00 07-12-09 SS=4.49

scott long lasting paper towels 4pk 5.49
-2.00 printable= 3.49

Buy $10 in huggies, scott, kleenex, etc has ended:(


New Instant Promos:

Buy $10 in Coke products get $10 off any men's, women's , or kid's shoes(excludes sketcher's and clearance)

Buy $10 in nabisco cookies and crackers get $10 off instantly on 3 hanes basics for the family
-boys and girls bonus 7 packs are only $3.79= less than .50 a pack!
Stumble It!

Kroger 8/07

Just a tiny trip...

bananas 1.32
2 pints blueberries 1.76(.88 each)
Wanchai Ferry orange chicken dinner 7.49
-free item coupon= free (giveaway coming next week!)

paid 3.08 with gift card from amp deal

$0 out of pocket
saved $11.77, $7.49 in coupons




Totals for the week:
Spent $3.91
Saved $111.25, $80.38 in coupons

Totals for the month of August:
Spent $3.91
Saved $111.25, $80.38 in coupons


Stumble It!

CVS Printable coupons

Go here to print CVS brand coupons. There are a few for CVS brand Vitamins(those will be bogo next week). These are through bricks which means you can only print 2 of each per computer.


Another really good one is $1.00 off sunchips, baked lays, smartfood, and stacey's products! This one is a CVS coupon as well so you can pair it with a Manufacturer's coupon(mine expires 11/30/09!).


Stumble It!

Free and Cheap Honey Bunches w/ Pecans (EVERYWHERE!)

Or at least everywhere that takes printables.

Go here to play the instant win game. After you answer the 2nd question you will be able to print a coupon for a free box of Honey Bunches of Oats Pecan Bunches cereal.(Thanks, The Thrifty Mama!) Looks like it may have reached it's print limit already:(

You can also print a $2.00 off Honey Bunches of Oats Pecan Bunches coupon here(bottom right corner).

Maybe CVS will give us a bogo sale before these expire too!

Make sure you print each twice!
Stumble It!

Honey Kix Review and Giveaway

NOW CLOSED, winner will be announced soon!


The review part:

*My kids haven't had the chance to try this cereal yet(our Kroger doesn't carry it and I have not been shopping at Meijer this week to see if they do). I am 100% positive they will like it though, they like the regular stuff just fine! I'll update with their feed back once we get a chance to pick up a box.*

You can print a .75 coupon for this here if you don't want to wait to win

The Giveaway Part:

I have one Honey Kix prize pack to giveaway!

~The pack includes:
Coupon for a free box of Honey Kix
a cool plastic cereal container to keep you cereal fresh
colorful cereal bowl
plastic honey jar
and an on the go cereal and milk container(this even comes with a folding spoon!)

You can win by leaving a comment sharing your kid's favorite cereal or your own.

You can get more entries by:

Subscribing to my feed (on the right sidebar) or email (on the left sidebar) updates.If you already subscribe you get an extra entry too.

Sharing this giveaway on your own blog, facebook, myspace, twitter or any other public forum(please don't be spammy!).

Make a comment for each of the ways you shared or subscribed!


Please be sure to leave a way for me to contact you!


The giveaway will close Tuesday @ 8:30pm est. The winner has 48hrs to email me back with their shipping address.


~This review and giveaway is provided by Myblogspark~



Stumble It!

Kroger Year of Free Gas and Groceries Sweepstakes

*link fixed, sorry about that!

Kroger is running a sweepstakes on their website where you can win a years worth of gas and groceries. Only a lucky couple(if that ) will win the grand prize, but there are reports of plenty of others winning $25 and more frequently $5 credits onto their Kroger cards! You can enter everyday, and the first time you play you will get two tries if you have your plus card registered. I have played 2 days in a row and won nothing, but maybe tomorrow I will luck out:) You can try your luck here, once everyday until September 11th 2009.


Stumble It!

Hot Coupon Alert and More Added to Coupons.com

Click over here to print a $2.50 off any Healthy choice frozen or fresh express meal - this will go fast!

Thanks Bargain Briana!

Coupons.com has added more new printables!

-1.00 raisenets 6 pack
-1.00 cranberry raisinets standup bag
-1.00/2 hefty cups
- a couple of 1.00/2 kashi coupons
-1.00/3 del monte fruit cups

click here to print them!

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A day of CVSing 8/02

I did way more transactions at CVS than normal(for me), but I kept my out of pocket low. I need to keep the cost as low as possible since I have to use my money now, instead of a free cvs gift card. I also learned AFTER I thought I was finished that the soft soap deal was limit 5- not 1 as was advertised! So I stopped back at the 2nd cvs after droppin my mom off.

#1



5 boxes electrosal 22.50 (4.50 each)
-5 2.50 coupons= 10.00
1 caliber book cover .99
1 caliber compass 1.50
1 caliber protractor 1.50

used $5/$20 coupon first

also used 10.70 in ecbs (4 1.98ecb, 1.89 ecb, and .99 ecb)

total was .70 (1.41 tax- total was negative .71 before tax)
saved 36.13, 27.20 in coupons
got back .99 for book cover, 3.00 for protractor/compass, 10.00 for spending $20 on electrosal(other items qualify too)= 13.99 ecb earned

#2

1 caliber book cover .99
2 stayfree pads 10.00(5.00 each)
-bogo coupon $5
-1.00 printable
-1.50 crt (cvs coupon)= 1.25 each
2 caliber notebooks 1.98 (.99 each)
2 dove bar soaps 2.00 (1.00 each)
1 soft soap serum 4.99
-2.00 printable= 2.99

used 10 ecb

total was 1.62(1.16 tax)
saved 28.06, 19.50 in coupons
got back 5.00 for buying 10 in stayfree(other items qualify), 4.00 for buying soft soap serum, .99 for book cover, and 1.98 for notebooks= 11.97 ecb earned

I've been craving dove soap this pregnancy- very strange! No I do not want to eat it, just smell and use it, lol!

#3(different store)

2 packs caliber pens 1.98 (.99 each)
2 caliber scissors 5.98 (2.99 each)
2 3packs caliber glue sticks 1.98 (.99 each)
1 cvs chap block 1.29
-free item coupon= free

used .99, 5.00, and 4.00 (adjusted to 3.95) ecb= 9.94 ecb

total was .63 (.63 tax)
saved 15.83, 11.23 in coupons
got back 1.98 for pens, 5.98 for scissors, and 1.98 for glue sticks=9.94 ecb earned

#4

3 soft soap serum 14.97 (4.99 each)
-3 2.00 coupons= 2.99 each

used .99, 1.99, and 5.98 ecb= 8.96 ecb used

total was .96 (.94 tax)
saved 14.96, 14.96 in coupons
got back 12 ecb (4.00 for each soft soap- limit 5)

Kroger

3 newspapers 4.50 (1.50 each)

used amp gift card

total was 0
saved 4.50




Totals for the week:
Spent $3.91
Saved $99.48, $72.89 in coupons

Totals for the month of August:
Spent $3.91
Saved $99.48, $72.89 in coupons

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Kroger and Target 7/31

This is the last post from last week's shopping trips. It feels so nice to be in the right week finally! I had to use up some of the better coupons expiring on 7/31.

Target

4 clorox to go wipes 3.88 ( .97 each)
-2 1.50/2 tearpads(found at Kroger on the cart sanitizer wipes)= .22 each
3 degree for women fine fragrance items 9.87 (3.29 each)
-3 1.25 coupons
-3 2.00 target printables= .04 each
3 nyc lipgloss 5.16 (1.72 each)
2 nyc lip plumper color 7.18 (3.59 each)
1 nyc long last lip color 4.49
1 nyc eyeshadow quartet 3.99
-4 $5 nyc homemailer coupons= .82 for all 7
6 bounty basic single rolls 5.94 (.99 each)
-6 .50 target coupons
-6 .25 coupons= .24 each
2 bic matic mechanical pencils 5ct 5.78 (2.89 each)
- 2 .50 printables = 2.39 each
2 clearance girls tanks 3.50 (1.75 each)

total was 14.09(2.55 tax)
saved 38.25 in coupons

and then comes the price matching... What a pain it the butt! You have to purchase the item to be price matched at the registers and then do a return and rebuy at cusomer service(why not just buy and adjust at customer service to begin with?) And then your refund gets put on a Target gift card! Well she tried to put it back on my credit card but it was too soon so my card wouldn't accept it:/ I think I'll stick with Meijer for price matching from now on.

I got back 5.61 on a gift card for the price match(made .50 on the pencils)




Kroger

Items with an * are included in the P&G promo(so they will be 1.00 less wyb in quantities of 4-mix and match)

*pampers cruisers 9.77
-2.00 coupon= 7.77
*always infinity 16 or 18ct 3.99
-free coupon(homemailer from long time ago)= free
4 santa cruz lemonades 5.00(1.25 each)
-4 .75 coupons= .25 each
4 packs tyson boneless chicken breast 9.38(4.71lbs @ 1.99/lb)
-4 1.00 coupons= 1.14/lb
2 uncle ben's ready rice 4.02 (2.01 each)
-2 free coupons= free
*2 herbal essence shampoo/conditioner 5.98 (2.99 each)
-1.00 p&g esaver
-2 1.00 coupons= 1.49 each
*2 herbal essence stylers 5.98 (2.99 each)
- 2 free styler wyb shampoo/conditioner= free
*olay ribbons body wash 3.50
-2.00 coupon= 1.50
*prilosec otc 14ct 10.99
-4.00 p&g esaver
-3.00 coupon= 3.99

also recieved 2 $4 P&G discounts($8)

used $10 gift card from amp deal

total was 7.38
saved 72.71, 34.99 in coupons


Totals for the week:
Spent $62.53
Saved $281.42, $160.68 in coupons

Totals for the month of July:
Spent $317.53
Saved $857.23 ,$501.60 in coupons

Only $17.53 over budget for the month and that includes school supplies and some clothing!!

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Jungle Jim's Deals 8/03-8/09

Jungle Jim's is open from 8am-10pm everyday. They do not double coupons and they do accept printable coupons. View the full ad here.


cantaloupe .88

plantains .59/lb

organic baby carrots yellow or orange .99 1lb bag

peaches .79/lb

red or white seedless grapes .88/lb

bartlett pears .99/lb

Boneless skinless chicken breast (3lb bag frozen-gold peak IQF) 1.59/lb

reddi whip 2/$3
-.50 08-02-09 SS2= 1.00

dairy fresh butter 1.68 (16oz)

dairy fresh cheese chunk and shredded 8 oz 4/$5

Trauth sour cream 16oz 4/$5

Swiss sweet tea gallon 1.49
-1.00 06-28-09 SS
or
-1.00 in store coupon= .49

Healthy Choice froze dinners 2/$4
-2.00 printable= free

Freschetta and Pizzamore pizza 12in 3.99
-1.25/2 06-21-09 SS= 3.36 each

palmolive pure and clear dishwashing liquid 20oz 1.59
-.25 07-26-09 SS= 1.34

charmin basic bath tissue 12ct big roll white 4.99
-.25 08-02-09 PG=4.74 each
limit 2 per family w additional $10 purchase

brawny paper towels 8ct white 6.49
limit 2 per family w additional $10 purchase


See any good deals I missed? Share in the comments or send me an email and I will add them.

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Free E-Book Download: Let the Great World Spin

From Monday 8/3 11 a.m. est until Wednesday 8/5 10:59 a.m. est you can download a free copy of Let the Great World Spin by Colum Mc Cann courtesy of Oprah.com.

You must be an oprah.com member to download this book. Get yours here!

Thanks, Frugal Shopping with Julie


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Exciting Events This Month!

A long with my oldest child starting 1st grade(jeez, I feel so old!), trying to buy a house, and the impending arrival of our 3rd child, I have a few events planned for this blog as well!


~I will be holding at least 4 giveaways this month. The one the week of August 16th is the best so far! Be sure to check back regularly. I hope to have the first giveaway up by the end of this week.

~I also receive a $100 gift card from Meijer late last week. Originally Meijer wanted to sponsor a blog-o-sphere wide back to school campaign using it's network of bloggers. Unfortunately, that fell through due to red tape and all. Instead of letting everyone down they decided to give us each a gift card to use however we want- be it a personal shopping spree or to fulfill any commitments we may have made prior to the red tape getting in the way.

I will be using my $100 gift card to purchase backbacks, school supplies, and snacks for the Fairfield City School District. My goal is at least 5 backpacks full of most of the school supplies an average elementary student would need, with the bonus of snacks! Of course I would love to exceed this goal.

I would also like to issue a challenge to all of my readers: Fill and donate one backpack of supplies to your local school district(or family member in need). With so many unemployeed this year the need is high. This shouldn't be too hard to do for $20 or under with all the great sales!

And if you cannot do $20 because you are having troubles yourself that is okay! You can still help by giving any of your extra free to cheap items. Every pencil, notebook, pair of scissors, and folder you can give will be appreciated.





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BYOB @ TGI Friday's!

Right now you can go here and print a coupon for $5 off of each entree (up to 10 people) at TGI Friday's. BYOB does not mean bring your own beer in this instance, it mean's bring your own buddy. Very cute of them, don't you think?

If you forget to print the coupon but decide you'd like to grab a bite any way while your out you can text "BYOB13" to MYTGIF and they will send your coupon to your phone.

Thanks, Rachel!


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Meijer Deals 8/02-8/08

I'm running behind AGAIN(or maybe I should say still, as I never caught up!). Here are a few of the best deals I see at Meijer this week. I am going to try and have this completely finished by Tuesday night. If you see any goodies I missed or haven't gotten to yet feel free to share and I will add it to the line up!


In my area(Cincinnati) Meijer doubles coupons up to .50 and anything between .51 and .99 goes to a dollar, 1.00 or more is redeemed at face value. Limit of 2 identical coupons doubled per order.


You can print Meal Box Coupons with the Widget below or with the HCW Meijer Coupon Generator Here




Skippy peanut butter 1.33
-.40 08-02-09 RP
-1.00/2 meal box coupon= .03
*cat deal: buy 2 skippy natural pb get 1.00 oyno (.94 mm after coupon and cat!)

Jell-o ready to eat pudding or gelatin 6 pack 2/$4
-.50 07-12-09 SS on gelatin= 1.00 each
*instant promo: buy 2 gelatin or pudding get free cool whip aerosol

ragu pasta sauce 2/$3
-.60/2 08-02-09 RP
-1.00/2 printable
-1.00/2 meal box coupon= .50 each

mott's applesauce multipacks or 46-48oz jars 3/$5
-.50 mott's plus 6pk printable(if included)
-1.00/2 meal box coupon= .16 each

hellmann's mayo 2/$5
-.50 08-02-09 RP
-1.00 meijer meal box coupon= .50

Lipton tea bags 15% off
-1.00 meal box coupon
-.60 08-02-09 RP= CHEAP!

Northland 100% cranberry juice blends 64oz 2/$6
-1.00 printable
-1.00/2 printable
-1.00/2 meal box coupon= 1.50-2.00 each
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CVS and Kroger 7/29

CVS no pic

cvs iron pills 7.49
twix .67

used $8 ecb

total was .40(.24 tax)

saved 8.22, 8 in coupons

Kroger

2 packs pampers 19.94 (9.77 each)
-2 2.00 coupons
-1.00 p&g esaver coupon= 7.27
2 olay bodywashes 7.00 (3.50 each)
-2 2.00 coupons
-.50 p&g esaver coupon= 1.25 each
gallon of milk 1.98

- 4.00 P&G promotion

total was 16.68(1.66 tax)
saved 14.68, 9.50 in coupons

Totals for the week:
Spent $41.06
Saved $170.46, $87.44 in coupons

Totals for the month of July:
Spent $296.06
Saved$746.27 ,$428.36 in coupons

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New Printables!

$2 off any clean and clear product(excluding trial size)

Coupons.com
-bogo transformers RPM mini vehicle
-.60/3 yoplait thick n creamy yogurts
-.50 chex mix(2- 1 for any and 1 for just selects variety)
-1.00 nature valley granola clusters
-.40 any betty crocker fruit flavored shapes
-1.00/2 bic stationery (reset!)
-2.00/2 pullups wipes (.64 after coupon at walmart)
-.75 cheez-it whole grain (reset!)

Smartsource.com
-more of the same general mills coupons
-.50 any mott's plus 6 pack
-.75 taco bell home originals dinner kit

Redplum.com
-1.00/3 del monte super fruit cups
-1.00/3 del monte naturals

more delmonte fruit coupons


Find more general mills printables here, here, here, and here.

Be sure to check each link as I have only listed a few of the best coupons from each! If you see a coupon you know you will use do not wait to print! Most have a limited number of prints and once they are used they will "disappear".
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