It's hard being an Elf

So I will be taking a temporary leave of the couponing world.....ok maybe not totally because they go with me everywhere just in case. However there will be no hard core planned couponing trips. It is that time of the year where I have teamed up with Santa to make Christmas magical!! So I will be unavailable for a couple weeks. I am however going to be showing Santa some couponing tips and tricks to better stretch his dollar this Christmas season. So I hope all of you have a great Christmas and that you are on the nice list!!

See ya next year!!

New Week, New Savings

Hello savers!! Last week I did some shopping at CVS I purchased a Box of pampers, contact solution, 4bottles of dawn dish det, downy unstopables, and a lysol auto pump hand soap dispenser. I spent for these items a total of $31.50 a retail value of around $60. So this is how i did it....my first purchase consisted of the 4bottles of dawn and the lysol pump. The dawn was on sale for $.99 and I had 2 coupons for $.50 and 2 coupons for $.25 the lysol pump was on sale for $10 with $5 extra bucks back and I had a $3 coupon. My second purchase was the box of pampers which had been reduced to $18 and I had a $2 coupon I then used my $5 extra bucks earned from the lysol pump and I had also earned $1 extra buck from using my green bag tag. Third purchase was the contact solution for $9 and you earned $8.99 in extra bucks so essentially you got it for FREE!! The fourth and final purchase was the downy unstopables, which if you ever have used in your laundry you become addicted because they are WONDERFUL!!! Anyways the downy retails for $8 and I had a $2 coupon and I used my $8.99 extra bucks....I then HAD to purchase some candy to make up for the difference and the candy was buy 2 get 1. I ended up paying $.63 for the candy and the downy....WHOOHOO. So here is the kicker after this we were on our way to pick up some chinese food and waaa waaa waaa...we got a flat tire.....BOOOO. BUT at least we got our downy for free!!

I haven't scooped out the savings for this week yet, I have been too busy working on Christmas gifts. It's hard helping Santa!!

Have a great week with lots of savings!!

I'm Not There Yet.....

So i have been super saving it up this past week.....it is such a rush when you can save on the things that you are actually needing. Now I am no Extremer but one day I too may have 70 separate transactions with 4 hours in checkout paying only $.50 for my whole order.....OK probably not.

So my super saving adventure started this past sat at Walgreens and CVS..........

OK so that is a post that I started mid October and then went on vaca for a couple of weeks and didn't get to finish it. However it would of been a good one....oh well. If you are still checking my blog thank you I know that I have not been as good at posting but just keep checking.

I went last week to Harris Teeter to do some heavy grocery shopping since we had been gone for so long and we had no food. They had a lot of good deals and I had good bunch of coupons, anyway I ended up saving $101 and spent $150. It was a good haul I am hoping to go again either today or tomorrow for some more good deals. I don't know if you checked your sale flyers this week for CVS, Walgreens, Rite Aid, etc. but they have some good deals going on pre black friday. Hope you have a good week of saving and for those black friday shoppers GOOD LUCK!!!!!

Thanks for checking in

Happy Saving

Guilty

Ok so it has been awhile since my last post....so sorry!! I have been laying low in the coupon world. The last couponing I did was at Harris Teeter for triple coupons a couple weeks ago. It wasn't major savings but it was good enough.

So I just watched last weeks extreme couponing on TLC and it still blows my mind. I think I am just not as dedicated as these extremers. I LOVE to save money BUT to dedicate multiple multiple hours preparing and then shopping and then don't get me started on checkout time, it's just not in the cards for me. I also have a small child that goes shopping with me and if I spent that much time in the store it would get ugly. So I am looking forward to tonights extreme couponing episode the DVR is set and I am ready.

This past weeks newspaper was stacked full of coupons I love the first Sunday paper of the month it always has good coupons!! So I have been preparing for my next shopping trip I am hoping for big savings and cupboards full of food.

Have a great week of saving and thank you for continuing to check out this tiny lil blog of mine!!

Match It!!

We have all seen the Wal-Mart commercials where they will match the price Without the ad and it just looks so easy.....Sure!! So I went with NO ads but had looked up online different ads to test this out. Walgreens had there new Huggies slip on diapers for $8.99 and Harris Teeter had there campbell soup for $1 a can. With my vast knowledge and some coupons in hand I headed up to the register I held back those specific items till the end to let them know that they needed to be Price Matched. So I let her (the cashier) .know of the prices and where and she asked if I had the flyers...of course I didn't because HELLO the commercials said you don't need them. So she had to go on a hunt to find the flyers to make sure that my prices were accurate.....hum I don't recall that happening on TV. Anyways after the long search she indeed found that I was correct.DUH. The plus side of this is I got the diapers for $3.99 a pack because I had them match a price and I had $5 in coupons to use for each pack. So they will match BUT it is not as easy as they make it look on the commercials.

So IT'S BACK......Extreme Coupons on TLC. It premiers tonight I can't wait to see what antics these crazy ladies pull out. Big Night...I don't know which is more pathetic the fact that this is what my life has come to or the fact that in a small way I am one of these crazy ladies??

On and end note yesterday was a great Sunday Coupon day. Which totally made up for last week not having any coupons. I am slighly behind on clipping and organizing my coupon pile but I have scanned them and am ready to go save.

Have a Great Week and Happy Saving

Is this week over YET

Ok so first things first there are NO I repeat NO COUPONS in tomorrows papers. So don't bother getting the paper...I mean if you only get them for the coupons, if you are one of those people that enjoy what is going on in the world then forge ahead!!

So I had a sick little boy...funny i said HAD I mean Have a sick little boy and it has been snot city here all week. So not much couponing got done this week, which I don't think I missed much....at least I would like to think that so I don't feel coupon anxiety!!

On the Up Side last weeks Sunday paper was chalked full of coupon inserts. So that was excited, I have yet to actually organize mine but what I saw at a glance looked promising.

So a little tip if you go on Southern Savers (link at top) you can see a coupon preview for the upcoming week. I like to take a look so I don't waste time or money on yucky or non existing coupons. I know what you are thinking YUCKY COUPONS....well it's true some are ala poo poo, just my opinion.

Hope you have had a good week and have a great week coming up

Happy Saving

Success!!

Asher and I hit up Harris Teeter today for there super Buy 2 Get 3 Deals!! So we got some craisins, coke and juice buy 2 get 3 FREE!! We also got some Cheerios for $.97 a box WHOO HOO. I think the best purchase was 1lb of hamburger meat for.......drum roll please....$.48 oh yes you are reading it right. I had a harris teeter coupon for 2.00off a package of either hamburger, chicken, or tuna compliments of hamburger helper. Harris Teeter had some of the packages marked down and bada bing there you have it.....$.48. It was a good shopping trip we ended up saving around $68.

So have any of you had any GREAT DEALS this week??

Highlights

So very sorry that I haven't been posting more I have been in lazy mode. ANYWHO....So I did some couponing this past week and found some decent deals which I took pics of to highlight for you!!

Rite Aid Retail: $9.50
I pd: $.39
Best one of the week

Harris Teeter Retail: $14.36
I pd: $3.18

Harris Teeter Retail: $6.20
I pd: $2.20

CVS Retail: $20.50
I pd: $9.50

Coupon Palooza

What a fantastic week for coupons.....4 inserts in the Sunday paper. It was like Christmas in July.

Well let's see what is good for the week....Walgreens has a good deal on Crest mouthwash it is priced at 3.99 with a $1 register reward with purchase and if you use the $2 coupon from the P&G insert it is like paying $.99......That is math that I like!!

Deal idea for CVS: First transaction, purchase Gillette Fusion ProGlide mens razor for 9.99 use the 4.00 coupon from the P&G insert and receive a $5 extra buck with the purchase.

Second transaction, Take the $5 extrabucks you earned with the first transaction and use it towards the purchase of a pack of Pampers which are priced at 8.99 use the $2 coupon from the P&G insert making the pack of pampers.....$1.99......PLUS you get a $1 extrabucks with the purchase.

I hope the CVS example helped you come up with your own Super Coupon deal!!

Have a Great Week of Saving

Good Deals

Hello couponers my coupon drop was successful yesterday...I haven't heard from anyone so I don't know if anyone found them or not, but I did my part.

Anyway I went to Harris Teeter on Tues. my final outcome wasn't my best by any means I only saved $33 and spent $90...BOOO. I hadn't been to the grocery store for a lil bit so I had to buy things that I had no coupons for and were not on sale...OH WELL.

On a happier note I got 2 cases of water at Rite Aid for $1.67 and walked away with a $1.50 in Up Rewards. How did I do this you ask....well I had bought some diapers last week and for each pack I bought I earned $4 in Up Rewards. I had $8 in Up Rewards and the water was on sale so yadda yadda...water for $1.67.

I also went to CVS to get SoBe water for $.88 and the mouthwash that was on sale that you could earn $2 in ExtraBucks....but NO mouthwash to be found. I did get my 7 bottles of SoBe water so it wasn't a total wash.

Have you had any super finds this week??

Coupon Drop!!!

OK So I am going to try this again and see what happens.

I am going to drop off some coupons tomorrow at CVS and Rite Aid in Fayetteville, NC. Your job is to go find them...YEAH!! I will place the envelope of coupons in the mag section of the stores. Good luck and let me know if you find them!!

 P.S. the Rite Aid is the one on Raeford rd across from Harris Teeter and the CVS is on the corner of Raeford and Hope Mills Rd.

Oh the fun We had

So I went to Rite Aid and got my Pampers using my 1.50 coupon and I got back $4 in up rewards I bought 2 packs so I received.......wait for it.......$8 back in up rewards. I know what you are thinking she is so good at math...LOL!! 
I also made out my Harris Teeter list for this week they have some good deals going on. If you use Luvs diapers they have them for 5.99 a pack. They also have B1G1 canned coke products. They have many more great things but those 2 were the ones that I can remember.
OK so now on to the more important things vaca pics!!!!

Me and My Papaw!!

I know all parents think there kids are the cutest
but really people have you seen my baby!!!

Happy 4th of July

it wasn't working out so well taking the juice away

Yeah the fireworks show is starting

best grand finale

brave boy dunking his face

Hello Coupon Friends

So I am back from my Vacation. I am playing catch up today since being gone for 2weeks. During my travels I collected some coupons so I am ready to get to cutting and organizing!! I am hoping to cash in on some good deals this week. I was scanning the ads yesterday and the one that I saw in Rite Aid for Pampers diapers was SUPER....You get $4 up rewards with your purchase and you can get up to 2 in one trip...WHOOHOO. It is also exciting because I have coupons for diapers!! Let me know of any great deals you have come across...Talk to you all soon. 

I might even post some vaca pics on here for fun!!

I Am Still Here!!

So I haven't been on here for a while it is not because I don't love all of you it is because I am on Vacation visiting my family!! They have dial up internet and if you have ever had the privilige of using that it is like having to wait an eternity for anything to download. So anyway I am not doing any couponing because I don't need to haul groceries or personal items home!! BUT not to worry I will be back in action once I am home!!

I hope everybody is doing good and I will talk to you soon

XOXO Mendy

Special Guest!!

So my mommy friend has stopped by as a Special First Time Guest to tell us how to shop at CVS and Target. Enjoy!!

Hello readers! Mendy asked me to do a guest post on my two specialties- Target and CVS. I have always loved Target and shopped at Target and spent waaaay too much money at Target. It wasn't until I started couponing about a year ago that I realized Target can be a gold mine of great deals. As for CVS, I don't think I had ever set foot in that store until I started couponing. It is way overpriced if you go in there and pay full price for things. But don't be intimidated, because it is also a gold mine of great deals once you get the hang of it.

Let's start with CVS because it's more complicated and then I'll finish with my simple and lovely Target.

The first thing you want to do at CVS is go to the front register and ask the cashier for an ExtraCare card. This is your ticket to the good prices, and also the ExtraCare bucks... which is how you will get the good deals. (Don't forget to register your ExtraCare card online when you get home. Just go to CVS.com). Each time you go into CVS you want to scan your card at the big, red Coupon Center. This is usually located near the front door. The machine will print out CVS coupons and any ExtraCare bucks that you have earned.

CVS deals have two categories- ECB (ExtraCare bucks) deals and non-ECB deals. I usually only buy deals that have an ECB attached. What this means is that you will buy a certain product and on your receipt an ECB will print. This is CVS money that can be used toward anything in the store. When you pair ECB's with coupons, you can get items for very cheap or free. Here's an example from this coming week, July 3-9.

-Buy one Oral-B Advantage or Cross Action Toothbrush at $3, get a $1 ECB

Buy 2 Sunday papers (7/3) and find the P&G insert. There will be a $2 off coupon for this toothbrush. So here's your scenario. This deal has a limit of two, so you will do two separate transactions in order to make the most of your money.

Transaction #1

Buy 1 toothbrush @ $3

-Use $2 off coupon

Pay $1 out of pocket and get a $1 ECB, so it's basically free!

Transaction #2

Buy 1 toothbrush @ $3

-Use $2 off coupon

-Use $1 ECB

Pay NOTHING out of pocket and get a $1 ECB, so you are making money!

The more familiar you become with CVS, the more items you can add per transaction and the more ECB's you will make. To find out what deals CVS has each week and to get some ideas for transactions, check out SouthernSavers.com. I know this may seem overwhelming, but if you start out simple and give yourself time to learn, you will find that you will have end up with a mini drugstore in your home with very little money spent on it!

Now to talk about Target, which is much more straight forward. The biggest thing to know about Target is that they will accept one Target coupon and one manufacturer's coupon per item. This is how you will get the best deals. There is currently a great deal on Sally Hansen nail polish... you can get is for just $.04! Here's how-

Buy 1 Sally Hansen nail polish at $2.04

(there will be multiple kinds at multiple prices,

so try to search until you find the cheapest one)

-Use $1 off Target coupon (under beauty)

-Use $1 0ff Manufacturer's coupon (under personal care)

Pay just $.04 out of pocket!

To find Target deals I use SouthernSavers.com, and MyFrugalAdventures.com. I tend to go to Target at least once a week to grab the new deals that have come out over the previous week... and I might also grab extra stuff I wasn't planning on buying because hey, I just love that store!

I hope this post has help shed some light on these two stores. If you have any questions, come visit me at my blog! Happy couponing!!!

Extreme VS Reality

OK I love watching the TLC show Extreme Couponing as much as the next but come on.....who can realistically shop and stock up like that....if you are reading this and you are an extreme couponer than please do not be offended. Every time the episode comes on it is always the persons "biggest haul" to date and they get nothing that a normal human being could live off of. UNLESS we went on a vitamin water, cereal, and Tylenol pm diet. 


To make things worse now people have become greedy coupon hoarders.....let's get up and stalk the Sunday paper delivery boy and take ALL the papers.....MMMMMAAAHHH(that is my evil laugh)!! We have a military paper here that comes out on Thurs and they have coupon inserts in them.....the best is the paper and coupons are FREE!! Do you think you can find these papers now NO because literally people are waiting for the delivery person and taking them all...base is starting to action with the potential of losing base privileges. THE MADNESS MUST STOP!! I love my coupons as much as the next...but I will not lose precious sleep time to run around like a mad woman trying to get all the coupons at the butt crack of dawn.


MOVING ON....So I went to CVS this week to get a few things that were on sell that I had coupons for and that I needed. I bought 9 packs of cottonelle wipes.... I like to have a fresh hiney... I pd $1.75 per pack. I also got some toilet gels for a $1 a box and some 2liter cokes for $.79. It was a successful trip except for when I returned home with all my cottonelle wipes and showed my husband he looked at me with this look and said.....I don't use those that is what toilet paper is for. MEN they just don't get it!!
Total Balance I pd was $22

AHHH Sweet Freshness.....Be nice to your Hiney and
it will be nice to you!!

Total Amount saved was $22

It's Another Week.....What Can we Save ON!!

So Here it is another Monday....yet another weekend has come and gone. I will be honest I am a stay at home mom so most of the time I don't even know what day it is let alone if it is the weekend! ANYWHO....so we have our Sunday inserts and now we are ready to save. I have yet to sit down and properly study my coupons and my store ads....but I am sure that there is something out there that I can super save on!! 

Has anyone done any super saving yet for the week??

Coupon Buddies

The buddies have been picked!! 

Have Fun Everybody and Happy Father's Day!!

Coupon Swap

THIS IS GOING TO BE GOOD!!!

Here is the plan, once you sign up I will match you up with a coupon buddy and you two can exchange info, etc. Then let the coupon swapping begin!! Get to know your coupon buddy to see what kind of coupons they use if they have pets they need coupons for or babies etc. After a few weeks we will shuffle and you will get a new coupon buddy. This is a fun way to "meet" new people and get coupons. I have found that you can send approx 50 coupons with one stamp. 

Have FUN!!

To sign up please email me your info Address, Name, and anything else you would like to share!!

sppmendy@yahoo.com
please put in Coupon Swap for the title on the email
Thank You

All You Magazine

So I picked up this magazine yesterday at Wal-mart...I had heard of it before but never had I looked at or bought. It is a FANTASTIC magazine, first off it is chalked full of coupons and second it has super saver tips, etc. I spent most of the evening curled up flipping through this fab find. If you get a chance to pick one up it is worth it!! I just wanted to share this lil secret with my blogger friends!!

Happy Savings!!

Denika and Her Prize!!

So here is Denika with her winnings....she seems to like them!! She received an expandable file folder, notepad and calculator. Thank you everybody who participated and I appreciate all my followers!!

Coming Soon.....a Coupon Swap!!!

I have a Blogging Addiction....

OK I can't help myself I have now started a craft blog. It is a sick sick addiction...LOL. I just wanted to share some of my creations Not that I am an expert crafter I just love doing it. So Check it out if you want or not Follow if you want or not. Just wanted to let my loyal "fans" know!! www.isewlovecrafts.blogspot.com

AND THE WINNER IS.......

All my Great Followers in one lil cup!!

Carefully he picks a name......

He is checking to see who it is.....

and WE HAVE A WINNER!!!!

Ok So today is the day that I announce who the winner is, but first I want to say Thank You for participating I appreciate you all. So I put all the commenter's names into a cup and let my son pick this morning and the winner was......DENIKA!!!!! Yeah you are the first winner of the first follower appreciation giveaway!! I will be emailing you to let you know and I believe I already have your address for your SUPER SURPISE!!

 Thanks everybody for participating!!

Follower Appreciation Giveaway!!!

So this is the first follower appreciation giveaway...The rules are simple you must be a follower and you must leave a comment in order to enter. The comment can be anything your heart desires. The giveaway will last till June 4th. So once that is done i will randomly pick one of the comments and you will be the WINNER!! 

Now you are probably wondering what the prize will be....IT IS A SURPRISE!!! 

So get to commenting so you can be the winner!!

AWW Bummer

So I am sure you have noticed by now that there were no coupons in the Sunday paper due to the holiday. BOOO!! But we will make it, I promise. So Walgreens has there June coupon booklet out. So be sure to stop in and grab that if you have a chance it is kept up front next to the sales flyer. Also check the vitamin section they should have a June coupon booklet for those items as well!! If no one has told you, you can combine coupons from the booklets with manufacture coupons from the paper for double the savings. 

CVS has a really good deal this week on Nestle Pure Life 24 bottle of water for $2.88. That was the one good deal I noticed when I grabbed the flyer. I know there is more I just have to study the flyer better. 

If you know of any good deals please share!!

Thank you all

Happy Savings!!

This and That

So Asher and I headed off to Walgreens today to grab a few small things. I had some RR (register rewards) expiring and I had to use them while I could. I did pretty good I spent $13 with a savings of $68 and I received $3 in register rewards. 

So I was on Krazy Coupon Lady site and noticed that Rite Aid has changed there coupon policy. So if you are a frequent shopper of theirs go to her site (link at top of blog) and check out the changes.

I unfortunately did not get to go for the second round of Triple Coupon Extravaganza at Harris Teeter. I don't think I missed anything too important. However this week if you are an E-Vic customer you can get a jumbo pack of Luvs or Pampers for 5.99 and you can download onto your vic card coupons to go along with the deal. You have to buy 2 packs in order to get the deal.

So I will be doing another Coupon Drop this coming week.....unfortunately the people who found the coupons during the last drop did not let me know about it. I am sure that the coupons found a good home though. So keep checking back to see when and where the coupons will be. Also I will be doing a follower appreciation giveaway soon so keep check on that too. You could be the lucky one to win the special treat!!

Thanks for checking in on my lil blog I appreciate you all!!

Happy Saving!!

Harris Teeter Triple Coupon Extravaganza Part #1

 So my husband and I were lucky enough to have a wonderful friend watch our son so we were able to go out on the town and of course go coupon shopping at Harris Teeter!! This was our first round and many of the things we went for were unavailable because the "locust" aka Coupon Crazy Extremers had been there and devoured the stock of good stuff. Anyway I have highlighted a couple of the things that I thought we did good on!!

Retail $31
We paid $11.35

We actually made money on this purchase
Retail $4.....We earned $1.32

Retail $8
We Paid.....NOTHING
FREE is Fantastic

Retail $30
We paid $10...Baby in Pic PRICELESS!
Asher is enjoying is mini stock pile!!

I thought this was a super cute pic
He was working on his blog
while I was working on mine!!

Cheers and Jeers

Cheers to my good friend Cherry for having a fun and educational coupon party last night. I love to get together with other couponers and share secrets and coupons!!

Jeers to all the people who feel the need on Sunday morning to buy every single Raleigh paper in town....share....give others a chance. I was able to get one little lonely paper out of the machine at K&W. 

So onto more exciting things I have been preparing all week for my TRIPLE COUPON EXTRAVAGANZA at Harris Teeter. So hopefully I will have an exciting report to share about my shopping trip....has anyone else done there triple coupon shopping yet and do you have an awesome stories to tell........

OH NO my coupons have EXPIRED

Don't worry.....it happens you can't use every single coupon you come across. BUT not to fret there is something you can do with your expired coupons.....take them and wallpaper your guest room. NO just kidding you can actually send them overseas. WHAT you say...yes overseas, they can use them for up to 6mo past the expiration date!! If you go to southernsavers.com (link is at the top of blog) click on the expired coupons block and she can lead you in the right direction for shipping them out. 

It is always fun and a blessing to help others save!!

Happy Saving

Get Some Deals

So here are some of the good deals I have discovered for this week. At rite aid Purex laundry det is on sale with wellness card for $1.47 there was a coupon a couple weeks ago for $1off Purex making it.....you guessed it $.47. TIME TO STOCK UP on some detergent.

I also found that Dollar General has mustard, Worcestershire sauce, Kraft bbq sauce, and SoBe water for $1 each. Last week there were coupons for the kraft bbq for $.45 off, this week there were $.75 off for the worcestershire sauce, and there were some coupons a couple weeks ago for SoBe water buy 5 get $1.50off. So if you have these coupons don't miss out on getting some supplies CHEAP!!

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Coupon Drop!!!

Let's see who really reads this blog.....I will be doing a coupon drop tomorrow afternoon 5/17/11 at Rite Aid and Harris Teeter in Fayetteville, NC. The FREE coupons will be placed in a white envelope and hidden in the magazines section of the stores. If you are the one to receive the FREE coupons please let me know so I can then enter you into the monthly give away that I will be doing. If you want to attach a photo of you with the FREE coupons please do. Have fun with the treasure hunt......and don't be greedy and get both envelopes let others be blessed too. Thanks for participating.


P.S. it is the rite aid on McPherson Church Rd

FREE is GOOD!!

So it was a good trip to Walgreens this evening I paid only $9 for everything which was a savings of $34!!! I bought 2 Jumbo Packs of diapers, 2 toothbrushes, 3 bags of jelly belly.....YUM, 6pk of mini cokes, and Johnson cotton swabs. So I basically pd for one pack of diapers and received everything else for FREE!!! Wait the good news doesn't stop there I earned $9 back in Reg Rewards.....YIPEE!!!

Where has the week gone

Hello Couponers, I feel like the week has gone by so quickly. I have got to get out there and scoop up the rest of the deals at the pharmacies. I sat down this morning and organized my coupons with my flyers and I think I have it all figured out. We shall see when I go to check out. I am ready to hear some of your great shopping adventures...don't be shy. It is fun to brag when you are saving money!!

The Sacred Coupon Binder

Here it is I know you have been anxiously awaiting.....Wait no more friends.....TA DA!!

So like I said in the video you can customize this to your liking. As Shown it would cost $30..$36 if shipping out to you. If you do not want a zip binder and you want just a basic hard plastic binder that can be done. It would cost $20....$26 if shipping out. I hope the lil video helped I don't have the best video skills. Let me know if you would like a Binder and what you would like in it. Thanks and Happy Saving!!

It's All Part of The Plan!!!

So Asher and I made our first....that's right I said our First visit to Walgreen's yesterday. We bought 8 items 4 of which were FREE!!! Anyway we bought 8 items and received $13 back in reg rewards. So we now have $35 in reg rewards for future purchases. I plan on going back possibly 2 more times in order to get more reg rewards....it is all part of the plan. 

We also hit up Food Lion not a huge purchase but I spent $18 and Saved $20. 

Always look for the sales with reg rewards and usually there are corresponding coupons to go with it. For example yesterday one of the items I bought was a Gillette Fusion Razor on sale for $9.89 I had a $4 off coupon and you receive $5 reg reward.....Making it $.89. Now that is exciting....at least I think it is. The only down fall of yesterday was I was "that" lady at the register that was holding everyone up. I thought I had properly planned this trip out only to have to be re-rung by the manager on duty. I had a coupon for each item and $4 in reg rewards to use....well silly me I had more coupons than items....OOOPS!! So I now know and the poor people behind me with of course just one item in hand rolling there eyes and huffing know too!!! A learning lesson for all.

Have a good coupon shopping week.....and don't forget to use your Carefree coupon for FREE pads!!!

It's Sunday and you know what that means.....

Yeah Sunday has arrived!! I like Sundays for a couple of reasons first we go to church as a family and have great worship. Second it is coupon day that's right get your papers and your weekly ads it is coupon clippin time!


So I have been asked by some people exactly how I do what I do so now I shall tell you. I want all to remember I am not the coupon guru and don't claim to be. However I really have fun doing it and really enjoy showing others how to as well.


First what I do is buy multiple papers, today we bought 4 of our local paper and 4 of the Raleigh paper. We buy 2 different papers because the Raleigh paper has a better selection of coupons in it. When I get home I take out all the weekly ads that I coupon shop with and take a look at them to see what kind of deals they are offering and that way I can keep a look out for coupons that may correlate with the deals. After scouring the weeklys I start clipping away, now I clip every single coupon there is to clip it doesn't matter whether I use it or not. Once all the coupons are clipped I go through them and separate the ones that I would use or possibly use and the ones that I would not I put to the side. The ones that I put to the side I swap with others, sell on ebay, or send to  friends and family that I know can use them. OK  so back to the coupons you want to use...I have a coupon binder (photos to come later of said binder and you will be able to purchase a similar binder to fit your needs...coming soon) anyways as I was saying I have a binder that I store all my coupon necessities in such as calculator, scissors, weekly ads, shopping list and most important the COUPONS!! I organize the coupons by food and household and I do them by the month they expire. I also have sections in the binder specifically for the places that I shop at so that way I can put the ad and the coupons I want to use in that designated section. 


OK so we have our coupons clipped and organized now what.....We take our weekly ads and we match coupons up to the sales. For instance my fav place is Walgreens they have been running a deal of B1G1 on Osteo-Bi flex pills which are regularly $19.95 and Up per box.I happen to have coupons that are $6 off one bottle so I take 2 of the $6 coupons and apply them to my B1G1 deal Making the total for 2 boxes $7.95 for a total savings of $31.95.


Now it is overwhelming at first because alot of the pharmacies run similar sales so you just have to take your time and see which is the best deal. When I first started I only went to Walgreens just so I could get the hang of it and get it down pat.  The pharmacies such as CVS, Walgreens, RiteAid, etc run there sales Sun-Sat. Now the Grocery stores I shop at run sales Wed-Tues. Also the pharmacies do "cash back" type transactions with certain purchases. CVS has extrabucks, Walgreens has register rewards, and RiteAid does up rewards. All of which you can use on your next purchases. So when looking at the ads be sure to look for the sales with "cash back" benefits and if you have to do multiple transactions in order to get the most bang for your buck (yes I am the crazy lady who goes and separates sales or makes multiple trips in order to get more money back sssshhhh don't tell anyone). 


So I know this is a lot of info to take on all at once and I this was just with the pharmacies I haven't even began to talk about the grocery stores.....OOOOHHHH MAN. So feel free to ask questions and to  add your own coupon knowledge. Also if there are certain coupons that you may be looking for just ask I may have them or know where you can find them. Also under the title of the blog you will find 2 links one for southern savers and the krazy coupon lady. These 2 sites are helpful in matching up coupons with the ads and they also have printable coupons on there site. 

So good luck and get to saving!!!!

Fantastic Friday Savings!!

So the fam and I headed out today to do some coupon shopping!! We started at Rite Aid where the bill was $109.45 but I only pd $48.03 for a total savings of $61.42. I also received $3 of Up Rewards for my next purchase. It was a good start to the coupon shopping extravaganza. 

Next stop Walgreens....I love Walgreens I always get the most for my money there which is what I am aiming to do!! So the total there was $234.42...I pd $107.44 for a total savings of $126.98. I also recieved $23 in register rewards to use for my next purchase...money in the bank people...money in the bank. WHOOHOO!!!! I bought lots of great stuff for us and for donation!!

Last stop CVS I have mixed feelings about CVS but today my feelings were BRING IT ON CVS!! So the total there was $108.50...I pd $36.66 for a total savings of $71.84 and recieved $10 extrabucks for my next visit. AH YES CVS 0 Mendy1....I am the winner today. 

So it was a great day of coupon shopping. I always get so excited to see my savings and to earn more coupons for future purchases. I don't claim to be the expert of coupons but I keep at it and seem to be getting  better with it. I had a couple people come up to me today while I was shopping and asked me how I do it and where I get all my coupons. It made me feel warm and fuzzy to have "fans". I may have to start shopping at night to avoid paparazzi. Let me know if you have any great deals to brag about and if you can share any wisdom. 

I will be hitting the grocery stores soon....stay tuned......