Thursday, August 28, 2008

Free Touch of Grey for Men

I just became aware of this offer. It is an offer for a free box of Touch of Grey for Men. Just click here, and print your rebate. This is a great opportunity to try a product for free!

Also, Home Solution News has some wonderful printable coupons available. Just go here, and you can print out some fabulous coupons right now.

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Free South Beach stuff at WalMart

I wanted to come back and let you know that the drink mixes really are on sale at WalMart for 2.00 a box, and with the 2.00 coupon here, they really are free. I was able to print two. I used them both earlier today and got them for FREE!!! The pizzas were 2.76, I think. They would end up being only 76 cents...not bad!!



Oh, and I would love to report that Dillons has some great deals this week...............but I can't, cause they don't.

Hopefully NEXT week!

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

A few great deals for today!

I found a few freebies/samples available today.

Free recycled 3M Post-it notes here
Free Benefiber "stick" here (looks like the powders you pour in your water bottles)
Free Wholesome Goodness cat food here
Free Pantene hair care sample here

Sign up for the Home Made Simple coupon booklet here
It's a great coupon booklet that has over $27.00 in coupons. I have gotten this booklet previously, and there are some great coupons included. It's definitely worth requesting!

Also, there a couple of great deals that you can do at WalMart right now.
Go to the South Beach Diet website and you can print off a few $2.00 coupons for their drink mixes and their frozen pizza. I know that their drink mixes go on sale for 2.00 a box, so you could get one for free. I'm not sure about the pizza, but "the online blog buzz" is that they will be free too!

Monday, August 25, 2008

Have you stocked up on school supplies yet ??

The school supplies are already beginning to leave the store shelves, being replaced with Halloween, autumn, and YIKES, even Christmas stuff! (yep, I saw Christmas stuff today, can you believe it?!?!?) Make sure that you have fully stocked your student and your "school supply closet" with all the school supplies that you need, and more. This is the time of year when the paper, pencils, and notebooks are available for pennies. Does your child need 2 notebooks for school? Get 10! That way when the ones he have become broken, used up, or lost, you don't have to go out and pay 2.00 for something you could have bought this month for 10 cents. ( that's just an example, but that stuff is super-duper cheap right now.

The other thing you might want to think about is this: If you participate in Operation Christmas Child, they are always looking for small school supplies to have in the boxes. This is the time to stock up on those things too!!

Just think what a hero you will be in January, when your hubby asks if you have any paper, and you can present him with a notebook that you bought this month for 10 cents!!!

Some great deals at Walgreens this week

There are some wonderful deals going on at Walgreens this week. My last few days have been pretty hectic, but I wanted to make sure you knew "what the deals were".
So check here for the deals of the week. It will take you to another blog (Money Saving Mom) that has it all broken down.

Just a reminder, this is the last week to get your Free After Rebate items at Walgreens. There are some great ones this month, so don't miss out!!

Isn't the "blog-o-sphere" a wonderful place?

Saturday, August 23, 2008

A few websites worth checking out!!

I know that I have these listed over in the margin, but I want to make sure that everyone knows just how valuable these sites are:

www.frugalvillage.com
This is a great blog...but even better than blog are the forums that you will find over there. There is a whole community of people over there that encourage each other in living frugally. It's wonderful have a group of like minded people to support each other. It has become my "home away from home". If you head on over to "the village", you will find me posting under the name "IntlMom".....I look forward to seeing you over there!

www.hillbillyhousewife.com
This site is really about living simply. She has amazing ideas for economical meals, gift ideas, and how to subsitute just about anything. She has a recipe for "homemade rice a roni"~my kids love it! It's definitely worth checking out!

www.hotcouponworld.com
I love this site for the grocery boards. You will find nearly every grocery chain listed at this site. Each grocery store chain has a spot where people report the weekly specials and what deals they are finding there. You can always bet that if you miss a deal, some at HCW (Hot Coupon World) will find it and report on it so you can go out and do it too!! (I'm IntlMom over there too)

Friday, August 22, 2008

Can I brag here for just a minute?

I have had the most fun this morning shopping. I went to Walgreens, the bread store, and Dillons. I HAVE to tell you what I got and how much I saved!!! I was having a bit of trouble figuring out what my actual out of pocket was after rebates and such, so I'll just have to try and be as clear as I can.

Store #1 - Walgreens: I got 3 hydrogen peroxides @.39, 2 hair care items that will be free after rebate, and 4 jars of Ragu, and 2 jars of Skippy. After all of my coupons, I spent 17.27. I will get
$13.18 back on rebate and I got a $4.00 Register Reward for my next purchase. If I figured it right, I spent .09.

Store #2 - The bread store, I bought 2 loaves of wheat bread for a total of 2.68.

Store #3 - Dillons: I transferred a prescription that I needed filled and got $20.00 for transferring it. (I had a coupon from a while back and was just waiting till I needed to fill a prescription). Anyway, I bought canned veggies, milk, soup, bananas, peaches, TGI fridays frozen appetizers, eggs, lettuce, the .49 box of Cheerios.....pretty normal stuff. (Ok, the frozen appetizers were not exactly normal....but I had a REALLY good coupon!!) :) My total before was about $36.85 and my total that I paid was......are you ready for this one????? $1.49!!! Most of that was tax!!!

I figured that my before total was $56.80, and my after total was $3.48 (2.68 of which was bread!).....that's a 94% savings!!!

I love this "hobby"!!!!!