Jan 30th deals...

I am not able to use the printable $ 1.00 off Ocean Spray coupons at my Target anymore (because it doesn't say Manufactured Coupon & it doesn't scan, darn!) So I thought .45 each was still a good price for juice, so the kids and I stopped by Target on our way to Costco last night. (My Walmart won't accept competitor coupons either)
I used 4 $ 1.00 off Target printables and 4 .55 off manufactured coupons from the paper.

Total spent= 0 (used gift card. Would have spent $ 2.00 including tax)
Total savings= $ 8.44

Jan 30th deals...

Last night was SOOO much fun at Walgreens! I scored!! I went to Walmart to grab a few more FREE things and then hit Walgreens to grab some candy on clearance, but sadly it was all sold out, so I just wandered around (by myself!) for awhile looking at all the clearance stuff around the store. When I hit the shampoo/hair stuff and my heart started pounding with excitment because I knew I had coupons for a ton of the stuff I was looking at! I almost skipped all the way out to the car after I spent $ 3.49 + tax for all this!

My loot included:

7 Olay body wash (.29 after $ 1.00 off coupon)
2 Olay ribbon body wash (.39 after $ 1.00 off coupon)
3 Johnson & Johnson baby shampoo (2 big bottles, & 1 trial sized.
.43 each after $ 3.00 off 3 printable coupon)
2 Sunsilk hair products (.25 each after using $ 2.00 off 2 coupon)
3 boxes/9 bars of Zest soap (.75 each)
1 box/4 bars of Ivory soap (.75)
3 Dove Shampoo (FREE after $ 1.50 off coupon)
6 Pantene hair products (.08 each after 3 $ 3.00 off 2 coupons)
2 boxes of magic erasers ($ 1.99/B1G1 FREE)
1 Disney princess game (3.49)
2 Kotex (FREE @ Walmart after $ 1.00 off coupon)
3 Buddy Bars (.09 overage @ Walmart after $ 3.00 off 3 printable)


Total Spent= $ 6.26 (including tax & $ 10.00 RR)
Total Savings= $ 132.52

Jan 29th deals...

The total was added in with the pizza & pop. They are $ 1.00 at Albertsons (after coupon)

Jan 29th deals...

I've been dying to try this pizza, and I couldn't wait for Trav to fix the computer so I could print the coupons, making it even $ 2.00 cheaper! So, we'll see if it's yummy or not. For $ 6.29 you get 2 pizzas & 2 2 liters of Dr. Pepper. (If you can print the coupons, it'll be $ 4.29 for all 4!) Plus I bought 4 packages of gold fish crackers (not pictured) (they were $ 1.00 after coupon)

Total Spent= $ 6.03 ( used $ 5.00 catalina)
Total Savings= $ 22.03

Jan 29th deals...

(Sorry about the picture) Today was a great day for FREE things! I picked up 8 things of Dove deodorant on sale for 1.99 at Walgreens (using the in store ad and 4 of my $ 1.50 off 2 coupons, My total was $ 9.92 AND I got a $ 10.00 RR!)

Total Spent= .88 (Tax & after $ 10.00 catalina)
Total Savings= $ 15.04

I made $ 1.76 overage on everything here! I used 10 $ 1.00 off Kotex coupons, 6 Huggies $ 1.00 off coupons & 2 $ 3.00 off printable Splenda coupons!

Total spent= 0 (.45 overage after tax)
Total Savings= $ 22.00



I picked up 16 boxes of popcorn today at Albertson for $ 2.96! There is a deal going when you buy 1 @ 2.99, you get 3 FREE, so long story short, I had the 4 coupons from the store & 4 manufactured $ 1.00 off 2 coupons. Then a $ 5.00 catalina printed for my next purchase!

Total Spent= $ 4.40 (with tax & after 5.00 catalina)
Total Savings= $ 39.88



I really needed chicken, so I bought 3 packages & 9 bottles of BBQ sauce. At Albertsons, when you buy 3 participating items, you get $ 3.00 off chicken, so I really only spent over a dollar a package for the chicken! (The BBQ was marked up @ $ 1.25, but still a good deal)

Total Spent= $ 16.28 (with tax)
Total savings= $ 33.20




I am donating these glucose monitering systems to the nursing home near my house. A up to $ 20.00 off coupon just came out in sunday's paper, making them FREE!

Total Spent= $ 1.80 (tax)
Total Savings= $ 39.98

Jan 26th deals...

Fred Meyer has crakers on sale 3 for $ 5.00 and we coupons that just came out in yesterday's paper for $ 2.00 off 2 crackers! The kids LOVE the chicken crackers, and I though .67 cents

was a great price!

Total Spent= $ 4.60

Total savings= $ 6.00

Jan 26th deals...

Today I got 4 FREE bottle of hand sanitizer from Target. I used 2 printable coupons that I found off slickdeals.net( The coupon was $ 2.00 off when you buy any 2 Purell hand sanitizer.)

Total spent= .24 (tax)

Total saved= $ 3.96 (No overage)

Jan 24th deals...

This was all I could find at my Target. I checked for the Special K bars & creamer, but didn't find the sale price ones (maybe I missed them, or maybe they're gone, oh well) I picked up 3 bottles of Juice for FREE and 2 boxes of baking soda for FREE.

Total= 0 (used gift card. would have paid .23)
Total savings= $ 7.23

I stopped at Michaels to use my 50% off coupon on the stamp block that I needed & I found these cute little tins for .25 each.

Total spent= $ 4.28

Total savings = $ 10.07

I had a FREE Valentines Day book made by Shutterfly ( $29.99 value) & 20 prints FREE from Kodak ($5.00 savings) printed last week. They came a few days ago. I just paid shipping!

Total Spent= $ 10.96

Total savings= $ 34.99

Jan 24th deals...

We went to Walgreens after Albertsons and picked up a few more packs of gum. .33 is great, so I grabbed 9 more. We're set for awhile!

Total Spent= $ 3.66 (it was .30 more than yesterdays, oh well)

Total Savings= $ 8.31

jan 24th deals...

Today Albertson's is giving away FREE pop, so I took the kids out early this morning to see if we could get a few, I was thrilled when they were handing out 20 coupons to each person!! We drove to our other store was were able to get 5 there, so we got 25 FREE bottles of pop today! Plus 2 loaves of FREE french bread.

Total Spent= $ 1.50 (tax)
Total savings= $ 28.38

Jan 23rd deals...

Today we enjoyed a FREE lunch! Trav & I had Subway and the girls had Mc Donalds.

Total Spent= 0
Total savings = $ 8.79 (used gift cards)

Jan 23rd deals...

(Sorry, no picture)
I signed Daisy up for Ballet yesterday and we went out this morning to find a leotard (I don't know how to spell it). We went to Goodwill first and guess what? The ONLY one they had for sale, that I could find, was a pink one, size 4 and it was 1/2 off! How much better does that get? The color she wanted, her size and super cheap!! I was off to Target to buy one for $ 12.99!
$ 1.06 was fine by me!

Total Spent= $ 1.06
Total Savings= $ 11.71

Jan 23rd deals...

I was happy with my purchases today. After going to a few Walgreens, I found the Extra gum. (Good thing we have a few here in town!) They were .33 a pack. I bought 15 of them! I saved almost $ 13.00 just on those! I was able to price match the yogurt at WalMart, and after my coupon, they were .50 each (I REALLY like this yogurt, it's all I but now.)and I got 11 packs of wipes. 1 was free and the others were .02 a pack.

Total Spent= $ 7.95

Total Savings= $ 28.73

Jan 21st deals...

There is a great coupon at www.goodorfreedeals.blogspot.com for bath & Body Works. When you buy ANY item, you get one FREE. I bought a $ 1.00 Shampoo and got the big body wash for FREE. Daisy bought the $ 1.50 hand sanitizer and got the body spray for FREE. So, for $ 2.65, we walked away with these! I was happy, I love this stuff!

Total Spent= $ 2.65

Total Savings= $ 22.50

Jan 19th deals...

After work today, I stopped at several Wal Marts and picked up lotion! (I hate clearing the shelf, so I always stop at several stores so I leave some for others.) I got 40 bottles and they are perfect for the care packages I'm putting together for the Mission Home & the Nursing home near my house! Yeah! And I have 15 more coupons to send to my Mom who helps out at the Battered Women's Shelter in Washington.

Total Spent= $ 1.76 (Tax)
Total Savings= $ 41.12

Jan 17th deals...

My friend at the gas station lets me pick up any left over coupons on Saturday night, and last week I scored! (There were 55 newspapers left! I have never seen that many before! The week before I got 4, so it was great!) I was really happy about the $ 1.00 off suave lotion coupon and even bought some off E bay and sent them to my Mom (She helps out at the Battered Women's Shelter and thought those would be great for the ladies & kids) Now I have even more to send her! I was so happy!

Total Spent= 0
total Savings= $ 55.00

NOTE TO SELF...

Even I realize I have done A TON of shopping these past 2 weeks, and normally it isn't this crazy, it's just a lot of after Christmas sales and Winter clothes going on Clearance all at the same time! And not to mention the incredible Albertson's sale that went on. I am stocked up on SO much, which is great! Hopefully these shopping trips will mellow out soon because yesterday felt heavenly to stay home for most the day (I only made one trip to Wal Mart and only because I was almost out of milk!)

Jan 16th deals...

The Old Navy here just went an additional 50% this morning, so I went out to see what they had. I realized my first trip was mostly for Grace & Tristin & in their current sizes (a few things for Daisy, but not much and nothing for next year.) So I was thrilled when I found a ton for Daisy & for NEXT year! I exchanged a few of Tristin's to a bigger size and will put those away for next year as well. I was really happy to find some more things for Tristin now that he's in school. So this trip consisted of 24 items: 11 shirts for Daisy, 3 pairs of pants/jeans for Daisy, 1 coat for her, 2 coats for Tristin, 4 shirts/sweatshirts, 1 hat & a pair of jeans for Grace. I have LOTS for next year now! Full price would have been $ 384.00!
Total Spent= $ 71.31
Total Savings= $ 312.69

Jan 15th deals...

Chelsea & I made a Target run after my Birthday dinner and I found a few things: I got 4 FREE Buddie Bars, 2 pairs of shoes for Daisy, 1 turtlneck, 1 pair of panties, 1 Speed Racer car & 1 lunch bag for Tristin. My toal was $ 14.53
Total Spent= 0 (used gift cards from Amber & Tammy, thank you!)
Total Savings= $ 31.58

Jan 15th deals...

The kids LOVE these bars of soap, so I hopped on E bay and bought 20 coupons the other day. They are normally priced .97 at Wal Mart & Target, so they are FREE!

Total Spent= $ 2.91 (for coupons & shipping on E-bay)

Total Savings= $ 16.48

Jan 14th deals...

Today Old Navy started their ADDITIONAL 50% off their clerance prices, so we went out and spent 3 hours shopping! (girlfriends came out too, so it was fun) I got 45 items: 10 sets of PJ's, 2 boots, 16 shirts for the girls, 5 pairs of pants for the girls, 2 baby outfits, a coat for Tristin, 3 sweatshirts for Tristin, 1 pair of pants for Tristin & 2 shirts for him! Full price would have been

$ 608.97!!! I always buy bigger sizes for the next year, so I was happy with today's beautiful purchases!

Total Spent= $ 91.14

Total Savings= $ 517.83

Jan 14th deals...

My shopping trip to Albertson's this morning went well. I was able to get the dinosaur oatmeal that the kids love so much & the fruity kind that I love- so there's 16 more boxes! They ranged between .50 -.80 per box (I had a bunch of different coupons) And then for .25 a box, I picked up some Rice Krispies & Raisin Bran. Tape was clearenced down to .25, so I grabbed those too. plus, hamburger was on sale and I really needed some, so I grabbed 5 pounds (I cook it all and then put it into smaller bags and then freeze them)

Total Spent= $ 6.62 (I used my $ 20.00 catalina!)

Total savings= $ 122.26

Jan 13th deals...

I used my Bath & Body works coupon and was able to get my body spray for free! I paid
$ 3.18, for the hand soap (so for $ 3.18, I got my yummy pink grapefruit soap & body spray- 2 items I'm in LOVE with! I was happy!) The Bath Buddies were FREE at Target with my coupons!

Total Spent= $ 3.18
Total Savings= $ 14.72


I was able to find a bunch of things on clearence for the kids at Target tonight. (a lot of solid colors)! For Tristin I found: 2 tee shirts, 1 Polo shirt, 1 sweatshirt & 1 long sleeved shirt. For Daisy I found: 1 red skirt, 1 turtleneck (which I'm not wild about, but they're great for winter under their sweaters), 1 pair of leggings & 2 pair of pink gloves. For Grace I found: 3 turtlenecks (they were .94!) and I found 2 pair of adorable baby silver converse shoes!
Total Spent= $ 27.07
Total Savings= $ 84.70

My darling husband bought me a Michael's gift cert. for my birthday, so I went shopping ALL BY MYSELF tonight! It was Heaven to walk around and pick out what ever I wanted without a screaming 2 year old and a 3 year old that loves to go potty at every store! I bought 21 pieces of paper on clearence for .14 each! And I picked out 8 spools of ribbon (hair bows here I come!), 2 packs of greeting cards, an adorable stamp set & some butterfly chipboards!
Total Spent= 0 (gift cert.)
Total savings= $ 36.23

And I stopped at Goodwill and found some wrapping paper!
Total Spent= .53
Total Savings= $ 3.49

Jan 12th deals...

Thank Heaven this sale ends tomorrow! I just got back from another Albertson's trip with my friend Jen! She had been out of town and I was going crazy because I didn't want her to miss out on the diaper/wipe deal, so she was able to get some, and I couldn't resist a few more! 6 packs of Pull Ups, for $ 2.33 each, wipes for .89 and Prilosec went up in price, but I still saved $ 6.00 off it, so I'm happy!
Total Spent= $ 39.80 (But I still have $ 20.00 off my next trip!!!)
Total Savings= $ 119.38

I scored at K-Mart today! ( I got the 6 bottles of Suave lotion for free at Wal Mart) They are doing double coupons AGAIN, but up to $ 2.00 this week! Love it! Almost everything was free today. I payed $ 1.16, for 4 things of Pantene moouse & gel, the rest was tax!
Total Spent= $ 3.80
Total Savings= $ 79.83

Jan 9th deals...

I am actually running low on dish soap, so I stocked up for awhile. I couldn't resist some more diapers, and butter was on sale for $ 1.49 & water was $ 2.50.
Total Spent= $ 21.40
Total savings= $ 74.39


I am actually getting tired of shopping!!! I want this sale to end so I can have a life again!