Links to coupon blogs

Some of you are asking where I look to find coupon matches for my shopping trips.
First I always check the Sunday paper & the local grocery store fliers for sales. I also
always check a few blogs that list coupon matches before my grocery & walgreens trips. The two sites that I love are
http://savingourcents.blogspot.com/ and
http://www.moneysavingmom.com/
there are LOTS of other great blogs that list coupon matches and tips for saving but these are the two that I depend on to help me find the great deals.
Stop in and visit the above blogs for great money saving tips.

Savings on groceries at Kroger

Did the weekly grocery shopping yesterday at Kroger, they are having another mega event this week. Here is what I got

2- 2lb riceland rice ( had a buy one get one free) I have an awesome rice pudding recipe
3- pasta noodles
3- canned kroger diced tomatoes
kellogs apple jacks cereal
kroger refried beans
pickled banana peppers
2- duncan hines brownie mix
chicken bouillon cubes
3 boxes breakfast bars (fiber one & nature valley)
canned mushrooms
2- franks hot sauce
5- koolaid mix
Pillsbury pizza crust
4- Johnson's bath buddies soap
2- Tropicana OJ
gl skim milk
2 -6 pk danimals drinkables
3 lb bag oranges
pk tyson steak fingers
48 ct mrs pauls fish sticks
4- 4pk green giant just for one broch/cheese
16 ct pk frozen waffles
quaker rice cakes snacks bag
pk pepperoni

total cost was 50.94 ( not my cheapest week but still in budget)
total coupon savings was 54.54 (including store savings)
so far this month I have spent 150.00 on food, that is under budget for the month. (That doesn't include what we spent when we have eaten out during our trips to visit dd or birthday party food.)

Here is the menu plan this week
tonight we are having turkey frame soup & cornbread, warm rice pudding for desert
tomorrow is veggie fajitas w/rice & beans
saturday- steak fingers w/gravy, taters, broccoli & cheese, rolls
sunday- homemade pizza
monday- mac & cheese, fish sticks, fruit slices
tuesday - ? will be dads choice, I will be going to pick up dd for a home visit.

breakfast are - breakfast bars (Z loves these), cereal, biscuits w/sausage, waffles
lunches are sandwiches & fruit, pasta salads, & leftovers ( now that the boys are in public school I am the only one here for lunches) :(

Walgreens deals this week

We stopped at a couple of walgreens on the way home from taking dd back. At the first I picked up 3- glade sense & spray for 9.99 each and 2 Colgate toothpaste on sale for .99 each.

-wags easy saver coupons on the glade minus 4.00 each

- MF coupon on the glade minus 4.00 each

-MF coupon on the Colgate minus .75 each

ended up paying 1.99 each for the glade, my total was 6.oo something!

At the next wags I got 4 crest pro health toothpaste (on sale for .95 each)

- 3 MF coupons for 1.00 & .75 off of one

ended up paying .35 (yes that's cents) WOW!

Oh and on Friday last week on the way to pick up dd I stopped at wags and got (see photo)

2- garnier shampoos on sale .99 after ES coupon

1- garnier hairspray on sale .99 after ES coupon

1- garnier gel on sale .99 after ES coupon

1- garnier moose on sale .99 after ES coupon

2 Colgate total advance toothpaste also on sale after ES coupon ( don't remember the price)

minus 1.00 MF coupons for the hair products and toothpaste

ended up just paying the tax, was like 2.00 something WOW!!!!

I am proud to say that I have stayed in budget this month on groceries. Some of you may not know but I have set a goal to keep our grocery/ household items at < 75.00 weekly. This has been a challenge as our amount was usually 150.00 or more. This $75 includes all stuff like toothpaste, paper towels, shampoo, razors, dish soap, ect.... everything except pet food. So far for February I am just under $300 and I have everything needed for meals the rest of the month, except I will have to replace milk as needed.
Here is what I have planned for suppers.
-Spanish rice (hubby's fave.)
-BBQ meatballs, taters, green beans
-pizza (homemade)
-chowder
-fajitas with homemade tortillas, salsa & chips
-fish patties, mac & cheese, broccoli, warm vanilla pears over ice cream
-chicken & dressing, taters, gravy, carrots, green beans
-pasta with meatballs, salad
-SDC skillet
-pork chop, rice, broccoli slaw
-sauerkraut (sp?) & weenies

lunches are soup & sandwich type or leftovers ect..
breakfasts are cereal, oatmeal, eggs with biscuit & gravy, breakfast pockets, french toast or pancakes with sausage.

Even with this budget I have been able to stock up on supplies that we use by using coupons and doing walgreen's sales. I feel very blessed to be able to do this for my family. I have even been able to bless friends and family with items that I had several of. The Lord is so good to bless us even when we forget so often to be thankful. :)

Great walgreens deals this week....

These are the things I got this week (2 razors and the shout spray are not in the pic, long story)

2- Drano max gel (yeah the bathroom sink drains again !!)

Windex multi-purpose spray cleaner

Shout stain remover

2- Joy dish washing liquid

2- Colgate toothpaste

5- Bounty basic paper towels

3- Gillette fusion razors

3- Schick disposable 4pk razors

paid with a gift card (previous rebate)

my out of pocket cost was $10.50

got $12 RR to spend next week and a rebate of $4.50 to put back on my card.

I will also send in for a Windex rebate and get back $2.50

:)

Walgreens deals this week..

Another good week at walgreens. Most of the above stuff was free. This is what I got,

2 - 48 count stayfree pads 6.99 each

(B1G1 coupon from paper, 1.00 off online coupon, 3.00 off each store sale coupon)= both FREE

Garnier conditioner and hairspray 2.99 each

(2.00 off each in store coupon, 2- 1.00 off MF coupons)= both FREE

palmolive dishliquid on sale .79 minus .25 MF soupon =.55

electrasol tabs 25 ct sale price 3.49

(minus 2.50 coupon from paper) = .99 plus there's a 1.50 rebate I'll get in my giftcard

viactive chews 5.49

(minus 3.00 store coupon, 1.00 MF)=1.49

alka seltzer cold 5.00

flintstones 5.oo

neo-synephrine spray 5.00

bayer aspirin 5.oo

(these last 4 items were a spend $20 get $10 back in RR, also bayer is having a rebate that will give you 1/2 of what you paid). I used a 1.00 off MF coupon for each item so I spent 16.00 got 10 bucks back for next week and will get a rebate from bayer for $8.00

all total after you count the RR and rebates I got everything in the above photo cost me 3.02 and that includes tax!!!

This is so much fun, there is just nothing like free stuff!

Great deals on pantene at Kroger this week

This is a great time to use those pantene coupons. I got pantene shampoo clearance priced @ 4.29 used (B1G1 styler free on e savers) minus 3.00 in MF coupons pd 1.29 for both
(did this deal 2 more times). The e saver coupons expire today so if you have pantene coupons GET TO KROGER ASAP. I did have trouble with the e saver coupons working the last time, I brought it to the managers attention and he said the store will give me a refund for the coupon amount.
Also I got 2 herbal essence hair gel clearance priced at 2.15 each minus 2.00/2 e- saver and 2-1.00 MF final price .30 for both
(always look for the clearance priced items, they will usually have one or two to get the best deals.)
all in all here is what I got and paid...
2 pantene shampoo
1 pantene conditioner
2 pantene hairspray
1 pantene texture spray
2 herbal essence gel
total cost.... 4.17 whoo-hoo!!!

Also at Kroger I got a frebreez noticeable clearance at 7.15 minus 5.00 e-saver and 1.00 MF cost 1.15 :)
I got good buys on bounty 8 pk paper towels, cascade and tampax using e-saver plus MF. My total shopping trip was 121.00 this is for 2 weeks worth of groceries and all the above stuff. I already have chicken in the freezer so that helped in keeping cost down. Blessings.

walgreens deals this week..

This week I did pretty good at Walgreen's. Here is what I got.. (no pic my camera is broken)

Dawn dish washing liquid on sale for .99 minus .50 MF.. cost .49 each (I got 2)
glad trash bags ( we use these anyway) on sale for 5.99 (lg box of 80)
Revlon makeup eyeshadow quads and mascara B1G1 minus 2-1.oo off MF- 5.99 for 2
nexium 23 shampoo clearance price 3.14 minus 3.00 MF - cost .14
General Mills cereal sale 3/7.00 minus 1.50 off 3 MF cost 1.84 each
not bad, all good prices for each item, could have been better except that I let my 5.oo in RR expire last week, as I was busy with Christmas plans and I forgot to use the 2.50 gift card I have. So all in all I spend around 20.00 (would have been 14.00 if I had used RR and gift card). but the best deals this week were at Kroger see above post.

my $2.50 Walgreens trip !!!!

Whoo-hoo!! today was a good day at walgreens. Here's what I got today. 2- 12 pk angel soft bath tissue. (2.48 each after coupon)

2- kellogs cereal (.99 each after coupon)

2- 3pk scotch tape (2/2 sale)

5- candy bars for stocking stuffers @ .39 each

2- aussie leave in conditioner @ .79 each (after coupon)

maybelline lipstick and shimmer gloss (1.21 overage after coupons)

6- curled ribbons @.39 each

3- vienna sausage @ .39 each

3- vandee camp pork and beans @ .39 each

2- SF jello @ .39 each

3 jiffy pancake mix @.39 each

2- arm and hammer washing detergent @ .99 each (after coupons)

total amount was $ 17.oo

pd $ 7.69 from gift card (that I got from a previous free rebate offer)

plus I got $5.00 in RR to spend next time.

plus the tape has a $2.oo rebate offer that I'll get on my gift card to use next time.

so really total OOP is under $2.50!!!!

I am loving this :)

Got good deals at Walgreen's and Kroger this week. At Kroger using e-coupons and Sunday paper coupons was able to get 2 weeks of food for 94.00 !! then at Walgreen's Thursday I planned on getting the All washing detergent on sale for 1.79, but when I got there they were out, the manager let me have the regular size for the same price. sweet. plus I had $1 off coupons for each of the All that I got, so I got two full size all for .79 each!! my total purchase that night was 2 - All detergents ( .79 each) 1 dove shampoo (clearance plus coupon 1.49) 1 herbal essence conditioner (clearance plus coupon 1.49) 3 pks white tissue paper (sale .19 each) Rimmel lip liner and lipstick (BOGO plus $1 off total 2.99) I used 2 RR bucks and paid OOP 6.40. NOT BAD.
It's a good thing I saved some this week Hubby has been off most of the week, I love it when he is here with me and the kids but it gets tight without his week $$$.