AC Moore has a coupon you can print here for 20% off your total purchase. This coupon is only good on Friday and Saturday this week (07/01/11 & 07/02/11) but is good for regular AND sale items! They also advertise on the email that they are having a 75% off sidewalk sale. I’m hoping I might be able to snag a few items for a good deal!
While the girls are little I have figured it’s best to make all the memories I can, spend all the time with them I can get, be a “yes” mom, take tons of pictures and hang out with my girls while they still like me! We know there is going to be a period of a few years where they will think dad and I are the most ignorant people who don’t know what we’re talking about. So before the days come that I long to embarrass them in front of their friends I have decided that the next three months are going to be filled with day trips, singing in the car, making memories and taking pictures (so I have proof that they did like me at one point!).
This year we are going to start with Wet n Wild Emerald Point. It’s not a bad drive from the house so we’re going to start out early and be there when they open so we can play the day away. I have done some research and learned a few things about the park before we head out.
· You can purchase tickets online (no discount for buying online) but this does allow you to bypass any lines at the entrance.
o Day Ticket (48”+) - $33.99
o Day Ticket (<48”) - $22.99
o 60 and older - $22.99
o Two and under – FREE!!!
o They only need 24 hour notice to get group rates… starts at 15 people and would take it down to $26.00 each!
· The only discount tickets I have found is on NC military bases you can purchase them for $5 less than online or at the park.
· They do have combo tickets available for admission and meal or admission, meal and locker. I am going to go for the admission, meal and locker combo for $48.99 because I’m going to get a locker anyways so that would only mean paying $6 more for the meal and that’s worth it considering their prices are always inflated at these places.
· Parking is $7 (cash only)
· Locker rental $9.00 per day – good idea for the dry clothes you want to wear home (take some travel toiletries to wash off before you go home in case the kids pass out!)
· Cooler check is $2.00 per day – however, you have to eat OUTSIDE the park at the picnic tables which they state are extremely limited. This means you can leave and re-enter the park, but you must be get your wristband before exiting.
· No outside food or drinks are permitted “with the exception of unopened bottled water and needed baby items.” I’m thinking sippy cups with juice and a few packs of snacks might be in order for baby items!
· There are 2 kiddie parks since my girls are too little to do any big rides
· Water wings and donuts are allowed in the kiddie areas, but are not approved flotation devices.
I am looking forward to my trip this weekend with my girls! I will let you know how it goes!
Harris Teeter has super doubles starting today (insert happy dance here!)
Here are the basics on Harris Teeter’s coupon policy
· You must have a VIC card. You can get at the customer service desk in under two minutes.
· Doubles coupons with a face value of 0.99 or less every day… during super doubles this limit is raised to face value of 1.98.
· Doubles up to 20 coupons PER HOUSEHOLD (not per card). If you and your spouse both have a card registered to the same address they are linked!
· Will double up to three identical coupons (must have the item required for each coupon).
· BOGO items ring up half price so you may use a coupon on each item.
· Senior discount on Thursday. Must be 60 or older.
· To get more deals you need to register your VIC card online for the eVIC specials. This will give you special prices on items based on your purchase history. You will get these via email and they may print on the bottom of your receipt as well.
· E Coupons… once you register your VIC card online you need to check regularly as they have e coupons that you can load to your card. These can be used in conjunction with your physical coupons! These coupons come in your weekly email from HT.
I will post my first transaction here shortly! It was great! Very proud.
Chick Fil A’s Cow Appreciation day is back!!! Put a cow “costoom” and head to your local Chick Fil A and “Git free chikin”! Nothing better than free food and especially Chick Fil A.
What do you think about the new spicy chicken items? I like the sandwich but haven’t tried the biscuit… not sure my taste buds are up for that kind of heat first thing in the morning. I might just have to break down and try it because everything I’ve ever ordered from Chick Fil A has been wonderful!
HT has some breakfast deals this week (per my eVic email)
12 oz Smucker’s Jelly, Jam or preserves: 2/$3
28-32 oz Hungry Jack Pancake Mix: $1.49 - $1Q (5/22) = $0.49
27.6 oz Hungry Jack Syrup: $1.99 - $1Q (5/22) = $0.99
33.9 Folgers Coffee: $6.99 - $0.25Q (5/22) = $6.49 or buy 2 and use $1.50/2Q = $12.48 ($6.24 ea)
Smucker’s Snack’n Waffles: $2.00 - $1Q (5/22) = $1.00
Martha White Coffee Cake Mix: $1.49
Planters Mixed nuts (8.75 oz), whole cashews (8.5 oz) or Nut-rition (7.5-9.75 oz): BOGO, limit 4
Post Honey Bunches of Oats, Cocoa or Fruity Pebbles (11-17 oz): 2/$5.00, limit 6
Doritos or Tostitos (9-13 oz, excludes baked) or Tostitos salsa (15.5 oz): 2/$5.00, limit 6
Easy Feet: $9.99
Ajax dish liquid: $0.89, limit 3
Progresso Soup (18.5-19 oz): 2/$4.00, limit 8
Miralax (30 doses): $18.99
Excedrin extra strength, migraine, back & body, PM or tension (80-100 ct): $6.99, limit 3
Kleenex tissue (200 ct), colors (184 ct), lotion (65 ct), anti-viral (75 ct), bouquet (100 ct) or ultra soft (85 ct): 3/$4.00, limit 6
Kellogg’s or Kashi Go Lean or Heart to Heart cereal (12.4-17.5 oz), crackers (9 oz), TLC bars (6 ct): 2/$6.00, limit 4
Nature Made value sizes (120-500 ct): BOGO, limit 6
*** Fine Print: Offer valid 05/29/11 – 06/04/11. ExtraCare card required. Limit of 1 coupon per household per week, with card. Your coupon for a free $10 gas gift card will print on your receipt immediately following qualifying purchase(s) of $30 or more. See store for details. While supplies last. No rainchecks.
CVS has a promotion for the summer (ends August 28th) that if you buy $30 worth of participating products during that week you will receive a print out at the bottom that you can redeem for a $10 gas card. This promotion resets each week, and per the CVS website so will your account. Example… if you buy $15 worth of products this week it will not roll over for the next week. Not all the items need to be purchased in one transaction, but can be accumulated for the week. The $30 purchase requirement is BEFORE coupons and ECBs! All of the items are denoted with a little blue circle with a gas pump in it so they should be easy to spot.
This week’s items include…
Folgers coffee (22.6-33.9 oz): $8.99, limit 3
Coke 2L: $0.99, limit 5
Lysol disinfectant spray (19 oz) or wipes (80 ct): 2/$10.00, limit 4
Palmolive (10 oz): $0.88, limit 5
Finish Jet Dry rinse (8.45 oz), gel pacs or powerball tabs (20 ct): $2.99, limit 3
M&M’s (9.9-15.4 oz): 2/$5.00, limit 4
M&M’s (19.2 oz): $4.00, limit 4
Swedish Fish or Sour Patch (14-16 oz): 2/$5.00, limit 4
Twizzlers (11-32 oz): 2/$4.00, limit 4
Gatorade or Sobe Thirst Quencher (32 oz) or Lifewater (20 oz): BOGO, limit 8
Doritos or Tostitos (9-13 oz, excludes baked) or Tostitos Salsa (15.5 oz): 2/$5.00, limit 6
Edy’s ice cream (48 oz): BOGO, limit 4
Hershey’s singles assorted (1.3-2 oz): B2G1, limit 9
There are many match ups that you can Google search, but most are $25 and then you get the $10 gas card. While that is a good deal… there isn’t much that I need from this list and the first place to save money is to NOT buy things you don’t NEED.
Southern Savers has confirmed that HT will be doing triple coupons next week starting on Wednesday 05/18/11. She has never steered me wrong when telling all about the specials that HT is going to have. I am going to try and come up with a good list of things that I’m going to get with my smaller coupons. I go through them and check the express lane check out function on HT’s website. It’s a GREAT tool when you are thinking that a product would be a good deal when paired with a coupon.
I have a few shopping trips planned for this evening… let’s see if I can get it all done in less than an hour!! (HA)
Kroger…
2 – Sunny D = .89 - .55 = .34 ea
2 – Silk Pure Almond or Coconut milk = 1.99 – 2.00 = free
2 – Boulder Canyon Potato Chips = .99 – 1.00 = free
2 – Moms Best Natural Cereals = .99 - .75 = .24 ea
6 – Ronzoni Pasta = .49 – (2) .75 – (2) 1.00/2 = free
9 – Kraft BBQ Sauce = .49 - .45 = free
8 – Quaker Rice Cake Snacks = .79 - .55/2 = .51 ea
2 – Nivea Men Body Wash = 2.49 – 3.00 = free
4 – Reach Tooth Brushes = .50 – 2.00/2 = free
3 – Capn Crunch Cereals = 1.99 - .50 = .99 ea
Subtotal = $8.25
Walmart
6 – John Frienda Shampoo = 4.97 – 5.00 = (.03) overage
4 – Carefree liners = .99 - .99 = free
2 – Purex laundry detergent = 2.97, price match BOGO with Kmart – 3.00 = free
1 – Nivea Shave Balm = 4.49 – 3.00 = 1.49 (pricematch to Target in case Walmart price higher)
4 – Gillette Custom Plus Razors (10 pk) = 7.37, price match BOGO50% with CVS – 4.00 = 1.53 ea
4 – Ivory soap 3 packs = .97 – 1.00 = (.03) overage
5 – Suavitel Fabric Softener = .87 - .50 = .37 ea
2 – Mr Clean Magic Eraser twin packs = 1.97 – 1.50 = .47 ea
Subtotal = $12.01
Kroger is having a mega sale event. If you buy ten of the items you get $5 off, so 0.50 per item off. Here are the few things I’m picking up…
(2) Sunny D: .89 - .55 IP = .34 ea
(2) Silk Pure Almond or Coconut Milk: 1.99 – 2.00 IP = free
(2) Boulder Canyon potato chips: .99 – 1.00 IP = free
(2) Mom’s Best cereals: .99 - .75 IP = .24 ea
(6) Ronzoni Pastas: .49 – (2) .75 IP – (2) 1.00/2 IP = free
(9) Kraft BBQ Sauce: .49 - .45 SS 04/17 = free
(8) Quaker Rice Cake snacks: .79 - .55 (moments insert the other week) = .51 ea
(2) Nivea Men Body Wash: 2.49 – 3.00 (eCoupon and paper) = free
(4) Reach Toothbrushes: .50 – (2) 2.00/2 IP = free
(3) Capn Crunch: 1.99 - .50 (paper coupon) = .99
Subtotal should be: $8.21
Divided by 40 will be .20-.21 for each product!
For all the internet printables… go to southernsavers.com and find the Kroger tab and go there and look at the mega sale event. There are a lot of various different items on sale and multiple IP coupons for each thing.
I went to Target on lunch today and got my free Carefree pantiliners. There were two options to use your coupon from 05/08/11. An 18 ct for .99 and a 22 ct for .97, so I opted for the 22 ct. I had two coupons so I got two of them. I noticed that the UPC is the same for Carefree as it is for the Stayfree or what not coupons that were also on the same page of the inserts, so I might try to use those at Walmart to stock up on some pantiliners… can never have enough of them and I keep them stashed everywhere. Yes, I’m sure you all wanted to know that, but guess what… it’s part of life and you have to deal with it the best way you know how.
I also got two things of the Nivea Shave Balm for hubs. On sale for $4.49 and I had a $2 coupon so I snagged two for $2.49 each and considering they’re normally about $6 I would say that’s a good deal. I’m trying to get stocked on everything so this was a little plus in my column today. However, with as much as hubs shaves, this will be gone quickly!
I’m thinking about starting another blog that is more personal. I’ve been thinking of title names as the day progresses they get progressively worse. Right now I think I’m at The Rants and Raves of a Lunatic, Coupon Obsessed, Full Time Working Mom of Two Wife! What do you think??? Now, just need to find a good picture to go along with it. I’m sure I have a great one somewhere…
Have a great day!
I have received encouragement from my Halls cough drop wrapper this afternoon. They have little sayings on the wrapper now to keep you motivated. Or at least to make you smile!
“Don’t wait to get started”
“Get back in the game”
“A PEP TALK IN EVERY DROP” (this actually is a trademarked saying)
“Fire up those engines”
“Flex your ‘can do’ muscle”
“You’re survived tougher”
“Seize the day”
“Let’s hear your battle cry”
“Go get it”
“Keep your chin up”
The show must go on. Or work.”
“March forward”
“Get through it”
“Elicit a few ‘wows’ today”
“Power through”
I have also picked up tid bits of advice from a cigarette ad… “The best things in life are basic”
Where’s the weirdest place you’ve picked up good advice?
I have a new goal in life and that is to stock up on as much as possible with it costing next to nothing. There is a reason behind this which I will tell all about later. I especially want to stock up on things that don’t expire like cleaning stuff, paper products, laundry supplies, toiletries, etc. and this week at HT there is a great promotion running on P&G products. If you spend $30 on P&G, not sure if it is select products or all, but you get a $10 Visa gift card back. It says you have to get the form from your retailer, but I will do some digging online because P&G normally has their rebate forms online. However, before purchasing this FOR the gift card I would see if they have them at the customer service desk first. I am going to buy the Downy regardless.
Here is the best scenario I found and I will be doing this trip at some point before the sale resets…
(3) Downy Ultra Fabric Softener, 34 oz @ 3.59 ea
(3) Secret Clinical deodorants @ 4.99 ea
(2) Mr. Clean magic erasers @ 2.99 ea
Total before coupons $31.72
Have the coupons stacked in this order to give the cashier…
(3) Align $3 coupons (or any other $3 coupon with 37000 UPC)
(3) $4 Secret Clinical strength coupons
(2) 0.50 Mr. Clean liquid, spray or eraser coupon
$31.72 – 23.00 in coupons = $8.72 + tax
Then you get your $10 Visa gift card, so this is a “free” deal. I am going to do this amid a larger shopping trip so I’m HOPING that it works out great.
I have learned a bit recently and am incorporating my new lessons into my life. I’m actually quite excited about it.
Not only am I back to my grocery budget, as I never should have stopped, but we are budgeting the rest of our lives as well. I’m hoping this is easy as we each have an allowance that should be hard to exceed. It’s really just getting our eating out and grocery overspending under control. I think we can do it. Our long range goal is to go to Ireland for ten days (not including travel time). I have even made little stepping stones along the way as rewards once we reach a certain amount saved.
Now, with our new found goal in mind comes goals of saving even more money. Just because I have budgeted $250 per month for groceries doesn’t mean I have to spend all of that. The more I save, the more we save, and the closer we get to our end goal!
I am trying to go with the mantra “Every little bit helps” and it truly does.
How do you save money?
I went to HT again on Friday when I got off work and was very happy at how I did. I spent $8.14 and saved $60.88. I don’t have my receipt with me or I would regale you with how wonderful that trip was, but I think I do remember for the most part what I bought…
The meal deal again (used my mother in law’s card, with her permission)…
2 – 16 ct Gorton’s fish sticks
2 – Ortega taco shells
2 – Breakstone sour creams
1 – HT refried beans
1 – Ortega taco seasoning
1 – Ortega taco sauce
1 lb pack of ground chicken
3 – tubs of huggies wipes
1 – Post Grape Nuts
Lysol toilet bowl cleaner
Old Spice deodorant
2 – Gillette shave gels
2 – Betty Crocker frostings
Ken’s dressing
3 – cans Dole mandarin oranges
Bailey’s creamer
I also went yesterday (Sunday) once I got my papers and would have done so much better than what I ended up doing, but here’s what I got
2 – 2L Sierra Mist (free)
3 – tubs Huggies wipes (free)
3 – Excedrin Migraine (.49 ea)
2 – Smart Balance nonstick cooking spray (.19 ea)
3 – frozen things of Welch’s white grape juice (.65 ea)
1 – Minute brown rice (frozen steamer bag) (free)
1 – tub Country Crock (free)
2 – Athenos Hummus (BOGO, 2.99 for both)
2 – Dannon Greek yogurt (0.50 ea)
2 – 1 lb Perdue ground chicken (free… 2.99 – 1Q which doubled – 1 clearance Q)
1 – Shredded Wheat (free)
1 – pack of wheat deli flat breads (3.79)
1 – cucumber (.99)
1 – HT boneless skinless chicken breast (4.16)
1 – Lays Kettle Cooked BBQ chips (1.00)
1 – Sunchips Jalapeno Jack Chips (1.50)
1 – Lays Tomato Basil (1.50)
1 – Cantaloupe (1.99)
1 – gallon milk (3.79)
1 – Bounty (8 roll pack) (0.49)
1 – 18 pk Miller Lite (yes, GASP, we drink beer) (12.99)
OOP: 41.93
Saved: 82.38
Had I not had to have the chicken (didn’t want to wait for ours to thaw), cucumber (could have bought at Aldi’s), flat breads, and the greek yogurt for dinner last night that would have taken out $9.94. I had a coupon for the yogurt and took that into consideration when I came up with the amount for dinner. Then, the beer… let’s take that out because that’s not really part of the “grocery” portion of the order, $12.99. That’s $22.93 of our order, so if you take that away from the total OOP you would have $19.00!!! Only $1 of the eVic and coupons savings was from that so it SHOULD have been $19.00 with a savings of $81.38.
I’m pretty much couponed out for this super doubles. Unless I run across something I “have” to have, which is probably nothing, I’m done. I have to make sure I have enough money in our grocery budget to get us through to the 15th. BUT we will be giving the budget out a few days early this month because, well… our own reasons, but valid ones!
The meal planning is where you can prevent overspending on trips like I did, so I have GOT to get better at that…
A co-worker of mine went to her HT this weekend and was told by an employee that they are going to be doing super doubles every month. Wouldn’t that be great if they did? I would only shop on those weeks and then when they have their chicken on sale.
As I am learning the UPC thing on coupons (matching the first five of the coupon to the product) I am learning a LOT!
There is a deal on Aunt Jemima frozen waffles this week at HT B2G3. The waffles are $2.89, so buy 2 and get 3 free so for two that would be $5.78 and use (2) .50 Cap’n Crunch coupons and your total would be $3.78. That’s .76 per box. That’s not bad at all!
There is also a $1 off Betty Crocker icing coupon and this will work on any General Mills item so I’m hoping to get the “meals in a box” type of thing like Wanchai Ferry for an easy weeknight meal. I have enough Hamburger Helper, but this should work on that too. You could use these on granola bars too as long as the UPC begins with the same 16000.
Just be careful not to use more than three wrong coupons per UPC. Put your wrong coupons on the top so if any of our coupons “beep” then it should be on the items you have the right coupon for and they will override it. I will come back later and post what I end up getting. I’m so excited… grocery shopping during super doubles without children!!! LOL
Yes, you heard me… crockpotting J That is my new term. I have GOT to learn how to use my crockpot better and more often. I am on the hunt for some healthy recipes, or ones that at least don’t have a “cream of…” soup. Those I can live without. I found one that I am going to try this week. Granted the picture of it isn’t that appetizing, but the ingredient list sounds good so I’m going to try it. Crockpot Chicken and Brown Rice Casserole
I stumbled across this wonderful blog “A Year of Slowcooking” and I’m going to peruse it a bit more, but it seems like a great resource. I am going to strive for using it one night a week. If I can do that much then I really only have to cook one day from Monday through Thursday. The weekends are up in the air because you never know what we’re going to be doing and with getting off early on Fridays at least I’m not rushed to dig something up.
Hi… I am addicted to coupons. I love the rush of the game that it has become to me and super doubles week is absolutely one of the greatest! I went again today on my lunch break and I am so super happy, giddy, beside myself with how well I did. It even included my lunch.
1 Ken’s dressing BOGO sale @ 2.00 – 1.00 ken’s marinade Q = free
2 more Nabisco snack bags @ 2.00 – (2) 1.00 oreo fudge cream Q = free
4 butterfingers @ .95 ea – (2) 1/2 IPQ = free
2 bags goldfish @ 1.97 ea – (2) 1.00 pepperidge farm baked naturals Q = .free
Old Spice Deodorant 3.00 – 1.00 Q from P&G $110 savings book = 1.00
½ club sub @ 3.49
Subtotal: 20.23
OOP: 5.21
Take out the sub: 1.72 on groceries!!
I was really tempted to pay for the sub separately just because I wanted to see what everything was, but I didn’t. They were too busy and I had a short lunch today since I took half a day yesterday… and no, it wasn’t for coupon shopping (but I wouldn’t put it past me next time!).
I am going to go again this evening. Granted, I already used 8 coupons (20 double limit each day) but I still have 12 more that I can do tonight and I will go for the cold items.
If you don’t have a Hot Prints account you need to sign up for them. They are a photo service like Shutterfly or Snap Fish, but the best thing is… you get four free photo books each month credited to your account. You have to pay shipping and handling for each one at $2.99 but that’s only $11.96 for four books. Start thinking about your Christmas stuff. Yes, I know I am getting way ahead of myself. It’s too close to order for Mother’s Day, but there is Father’s Day coming up in June. I know a few dads and granddads who would love a new brag book on their little ones.
I need to start thinking ahead and might print out a few books from our vacation this year for the grandparents, and for ourselves. I think that would be nice to have a photo book of each vacation we take. Even if it’s only a weekend camping or beach trip. Memories are always nice and I wish I had more pictures from my childhood… sounds like a good resolution to try and keep up with!
Today’s Groupon is AWESOME and I’m really thinking about getting it myself. For $20 you get $40 Groupon to The Body Shop. BUT if you use it by the end of May it’s worth $45. This could definitely rack up some good Mother’s Day merchandise, or you could spoil yourself… whichever you choose. It’s good in any retail location and online.
Go HERE to check it out.
I didn’t know (and never thought to look for) buying whole inserts of coupons. There are some weeks that go by and I am like “darn… I should have bought more papers because that’s an awesome coupon” and I look on ebay and coupon clipping sites to see if I can find the coupons for cheap and just never order them. Never had I thought to look for a website that sells the whole inserts. I have learned about wholecouponinserts.com from southern savers (a random comment on someone’s comment). You can buy the P&G insert for only .55! It looks like every now and again they sell them in bulk too… like buying a whole thing of 50 of the same insert for $12.75! I’m amazed that I never thought to look for something like that because there have been some weeks I’ve just plain forgotten about Sunday being paper day.
Learn something new every day!
I am back on the band wagon. I have dug out of my hole and am back with the normal world. I am going to start couponing again, which I’ve done today (and yesterday) and will post the scenarios I have come up with.
Don’t forget today is your last day at Harris Teeter to get your buy one get two free boneless skinless chicken breast. They are the small packs of three breasts per pack and range starting in the $8.00 range and going up to and over $12. It’s a great deal especially if you stack with the Catalina’s you got from the hamburger helper promotion (which is still ongoing).
