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Thursday, January 13, 2011
Rite-Aid 1/9/11 to 1/15/11
I know many of the great coupon sites give you scenarios that allow you to score the best deals possible with the least amount out of pocket each week BUT the one thing they all have in common is that they require multiple trips each week in order to score these deals. This just does not work for me with two kids so....I try to get the best deals in one trip each week and just roll my rewards bucks into the next week and as you will see from the deal I am trying today it seems to be working just fine....
Just scored big at Rite Aid this week with this scenario:
(2) Kraft Jet-Puffed Marshmallows $1.00 (x 2)
(2) Hormel Compleats $1.99 (x2)
(2) Oberto Beef Jerky $2.50 (x2)
(4) Special K Cereals (B1G1) $4.79 (x2)
(2) Special K Cereal Bars (B1G1) $3.69 (x1)
- Stayfree Maxi Pads (B1G1) $2.50 (x3)
(1) Breath Right Strips $3.99
(1) Aveeno Lotion $3.49
(1) Aveeno Styler $5.99
(1) Clean & Clear Face Scrub $5.99
(1) Lubriderm Lotion $7.99
MISCELLANEOUS STUFF KIDS PICKED UP $1.59
($103.26 B4 WELLNESS CARD) TOTAL $64.77
(2) .50 off Hormel Store Coupon -1.00
(2) .50 off Oberto Store Coupon -1.00
(2) B1G1 Special K Cereal Coupon -8.98
(2) 1.00 off Special K Cereal wyb Cereal Bars -2.00
(3) B1G1 Stayfree Maxi Pads -7.50
(3) 1.00 Stayfree Maxi Pads -3.00
(1) 2.00 Breath Right Store Coupon -2.00
(2) 1.00 off Aveeno Store In-Ad Coupon -2.00
(1) 1.00 off Aveeno Body Coupon -1.00
(1) 1.00 Aveeno Hair Coupon -1.00
(1) 1.00 Clean & Clear Store In-Ad Coupon -1.00
(1) 2.00 Clean & Clear Coupon -2.00
(1) 1.00 Lubriderm Store In-Ad Coupon -1.00
(1) 1.50 Lubriderm Coupon -1.50
(1) 4.00 off 20.00 Store Beauty Video Coupon -4.00
(1) 1.00 off Rite Aid Resolutions Video Coupon -1.00
(1) 1.00 off Rite Aid Pharmacy Video Coupon -1.00
(1) 1.00 off Rite Aid Video Coupon -1.00
TOTAL $29.49
+UP Rewards from previous weeks -16.00
TOTAL $13.49 + tax
+UP Rewards for next week -$21.00
THAT MEANS I GET ALL THIS STUFF AND MAKE A PROFIT!!
AND...BECAUSE I REACHED MY $100 MARK IN JANUARY I QUALIFIED FOR MY $20 +UP REWARDS MEANING I HAVE $41 IN +UP REWARDS
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Trying to get this blog in order....
This is proving harder than I thought! Hard to find the time to coupon for myself, take care of the two kids who seem to be needier since I started this blog, and then attempting to figure out how I can blog successfully!
Todays goals include everything I did not finish yesterday and then some...
1.) share my 6 week meal plan and stockpile list (which given the fact my husband is a meat and potatoes kind of guy was easier than I thought)
2.) figure out how to make "tabs" on this blog so that I can share links to the survey sites I use to make some extra cash, the coupon sites I use, and the blogs I frequent to find deals
3.) get to Rite Aid and then share my savings scenario here
4.) get together my Harris Teeter super doubles shopping lists and coupons for the first trip tomorrow
But given how long it took me to type this post with one kid pulling on each arm I'll be lucky if any of this gets done.... :)
Todays goals include everything I did not finish yesterday and then some...
1.) share my 6 week meal plan and stockpile list (which given the fact my husband is a meat and potatoes kind of guy was easier than I thought)
2.) figure out how to make "tabs" on this blog so that I can share links to the survey sites I use to make some extra cash, the coupon sites I use, and the blogs I frequent to find deals
3.) get to Rite Aid and then share my savings scenario here
4.) get together my Harris Teeter super doubles shopping lists and coupons for the first trip tomorrow
But given how long it took me to type this post with one kid pulling on each arm I'll be lucky if any of this gets done.... :)
Monday, January 3, 2011
Starting the Stockpile
Anyone who has frequented the coupon and money savings sites knows they tell you that you need to stockpile. Not stockpile like the crazies they showed on Extreme Couponing last week but just enough of everything to last for 6 weeks. Grocery sales go in 6 week cycles so something you can get at a great price now you should buy to last you 6 weeks and then look for another sale as you start getting low on it because it will likely be coming back around again.
This sounds simple enough until you actually try to do it. You need to have a plan of what you are going to need in the house to prepare your meals and for snacks for the kids etc for that entire 6 weeks and you need to start with it.
So todays task is a rather simple one - a list of meals for the next 6 weeks and the ingredients I need to prepare them as well as snacks and anything else we would need to start with for the next 6 weeks.
I also want to get back on the blog today and share with you some of the deal sites I visit regularly and the ways in which I am trying to start saving for things like birthdays and next christmas (yes next christmas already)
This sounds simple enough until you actually try to do it. You need to have a plan of what you are going to need in the house to prepare your meals and for snacks for the kids etc for that entire 6 weeks and you need to start with it.
So todays task is a rather simple one - a list of meals for the next 6 weeks and the ingredients I need to prepare them as well as snacks and anything else we would need to start with for the next 6 weeks.
I also want to get back on the blog today and share with you some of the deal sites I visit regularly and the ways in which I am trying to start saving for things like birthdays and next christmas (yes next christmas already)
Sunday, January 2, 2011
365 days of savings
So everyone is talking about some sort of 365 day project - most of which involve taking pictures of their children everyday for 365 days - and while I might try this as well I decided to turn the concept into something a little more....I plan on blogging everyday for 365 days about the deals I am finding to help me make ends meet while trying to remain a stay at home mom through 2011.
Perhaps this blog will just help keep me motivated to pinch my pennies and keep looking for great deals on everything from necessities to small luxuries or maybe it might help someone else out there see that it might just be possible to make ends meet when there just doesn't seem to be enough money to be a stay at home mom. Either way here goes....
Perhaps this blog will just help keep me motivated to pinch my pennies and keep looking for great deals on everything from necessities to small luxuries or maybe it might help someone else out there see that it might just be possible to make ends meet when there just doesn't seem to be enough money to be a stay at home mom. Either way here goes....
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