Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Target Deal on Curel

There is a great deal at Target right now on the Curel Sensitive Remedy lotions. This is based on the store having this on clearance which clearance items can vary store to store. Either way check it out and see if this deal is profitable enough for you!

Buy (2) Curel Sensitive Remedy Lotions (9.4 oz) clearance to $3.28 each

Use (2) $2/1 Curel coupons from 10/10 SS

Use (2) $1/1 Curel skin lotion Target store coupons

Spend .56 + tax OOP

Get $5 Gift Card back

Weight Loss Bandwagon

I have jumped onto the weight loss bandwagon again.  I am determined to get rid of these last fifteen pounds that plague me and to tone up and look better in a bathing suit.  I figure if I start now instead of the beginning of the year I will make healthier choices through the holidays and influx of horrible (but delicious) food that I will be faced with. 

I am counting my calories, working out and drinking water.  The good ole fashioned, tried and true way to lose weight.  I track everything on Spark People.  I will be making a group on there and will post once I form it so you can join me in my quest to look great and make my husband drool! 

I don’t deprive myself but try to make healthy choices and I am rejoicing in any temptation that I turn down.  So far today I have…

·         Talked myself out of going through drive thru this morning and getting a biscuit for breakfast (saved 400 calories minimum)

·         I have turned down birthday cake even when it was already cut and set on my desk when I got back from class (saved another 400 calories minimum)

·         I have turned down movie theater popcorn (probably about 100 calories)

All in all I have turned down 900 calories (minimum) today and 3500 calories is equivalent to a pound of fat so that equals ¼ of a pound!  Not to mention that I am trying to keep my caloric intake around 1200 and I was EASILY eating 2500 per day.  Over a week’s time using those figures I should lose 2.6 pounds not including the calories I burn working out. 

Did you know that not getting enough water can inhibit you from burning calories?  Your body has to be properly hydrated in order to be able to burn those calories so make sure you are drinking enough water and this should help out tremendously.

I am going to get off my soliloquy for now, but look in the next few days for a page to be added to my blog to keep up with the weight loss, working out, calories, etc.  I am so excited to be headed in the right direction again. 

Please join me for some moral support!!

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

CVS Deals

Here are the deals for CVS…

Azo Itch Relief $6.99 Earn 5 ECBs Limit 5 (month-long deal)
-$2/1 AZO Itch Relief Maximum Strength
=FREE + .01 cent overage after coupon and ECBs!

Colgate Total Advanced or Enamel Toothpaste $2.99 Earn 2.99 ECBs Limit 2
-$0.75/1 Colgate Toothpaste 10/3/2010 SS Insert (exp 10/23/2010)
=FREE + .75 overage after coupon and ECBs!

Dial or Tone Bar Soap 2-3 pk $1.99 Earn 1 ECB Limit 1
-$1 Dial Bar Multi-Pack or Liquid Hand Soap 10/10/2010 RP Insert (exp 11/28/2010)
=FREE + .01 cent overage after coupon and ECBs!

Garnier Nutritioniste Spend $20 Earn 10 ECBs Limit 1
-Multiple Garnier Printable and Insert Coupons

Gillette Shaving Items Spend $15 Earn 5 ECBs Limit 1
-$1/1 Gillette Fusion Shave Prep 9/26/2010 P&G Insert (exp 10/31/2010)
-$2/1 Gillette ProSeries Skin Care Product 9/26/2010 P&G Insert (exp 10/31/2010)
-$2/1 Gillette Fusion ProGlide Manual Power Razor 9/26/2010 P&G Insert (exp 10/31/2010)

P&G Products page 1 Spend $25 Earn 10 ECBs Limit 1
Bounty Paper Towels 8pk $6.99
-$1/1 Bounty Paper Towels P&G What Matters Most Mailer (exp 11/30/2010)
Charmin 16 pk $9.99
-$1/1 Charmin Basic Upromise eCoupons
-$0.25/1 Charmin Bath Tissue 10/10/2010 P&G Insert (exp 11/30/2010)
Downy or Bounce $5.97
-$1/1 Downy Fabric Liquid Softener 9/26/2010 P&G Insert (exp 10/31/2010)
-$0.50/1 Bounce 9/26/2010 P&G Insert (exp 10/31/2010)
Tide or Gain $10.97
-$2/1 Tide Laundry Detergent Redbook Magazine (exp 10/31/2010)
-$1/1 Tide Detergent 9/26/2010 P&G Insert (exp 10/31/2010)
-$1/1 Gain Laundry Detergent 10/10/2010 P&G Insert (exp 11/30/2010)

My deal scenario for the $25 P&G Deal…

Buy (3) Downy @ 5.97 ea (17.91)

Buy (1) Charmin toilet papers @ 9.99 (27.90)

Use (3) $1 coupons from 09/26/10 P&G (24.90)

Use (1) .25 coupon from 10/10/10 P&G (24.65)

Get back $10.00 ECBs (14.65)

If you already have some ECBs in your stash this will sweeten this deal!  I plan on using a $5 ECB and $1.50 I have left on the Hillshire Farm Visa gift card, so I will spend $18.15 and get $10 ECBs back.  That is not the best deal, but I am almost in desperate need of some fabric softener!

Quaker Oats Products 2/$5 Earn 2 ECBs Limit 2
-$1/1 Quaker Oats Hearty Medleys
-$2/1 Quaker Chewy Granola Bars 9/19/2010 RP Insert (exp 11/13/2010)
-$1/1 Quaker Instant Oatmeal 9/12/2010 RP Insert (exp 12/31/2010)
=FREE + $1 overage for Granola Bars after 2 $2 coupons and ECBs!

Spend $10 Earn 3 ECBs on Select Biore, Jergens, Curel or John Frieda Products (psa $6) Limit 1
-$2/1 John Frieda Hair Care 10/10/2010 SS Insert (exp 12/4/2010)
-$2/1 John Frieda Sheer Blonde or Brilliant Brunette Product
-$2/1 Jergens Overnight Repair Moisturizer 10/10/2010 SS Insert (exp 12/4/2010)
-$2/1 Curel 10/10/2010 SS Insert (exp 12/4/2010)
-$2/1 Biore Cleanser 10/10/2010 SS Insert (exp 1/31/2011)

Other Deals

Accu-Chek Aviva Monitor $9.99 Earn $9.99 Mail-in-Rebate
=FREE after rebate!

Dawn Hand Renewal $.97 Limit 3
-$0.50/1 Dawn Hand Renewal Dish Liquid 9/26/2010 P&G Insert (exp 10/31/2010)
-$1/1 Dawn Hand Renewal P&G Home Made Simple Mailer (exp 4/30/2011)
=as little as FREE or .47 cents after coupon!

(if you need dish detergent use the $1.00 Gain dish detergent coupon from the 10/10/10 P&G  to get it free at Walmart OR save for HT’s next super doubles because they have the large bottles for $1.99 so you could get the big bottle for free.)

Garnier Herbashine Hair Color $5.99
-$3/1 Garnier HerbaShine Color Cremec
-$3/1 Garnier Herbashine or Nutrisse Color Cream 9/12/2010 RP Insert (exp 12/31/2010)
=$2.99 after coupon!

Lindsay Olives $1
-$1/2 Lindsay Olive Product Family Circle Sep 2010 (exp 3/31/2011)
-$1/1 Lindsay Olives Printable
=.50 cents-FREE depending on your coupon!

Pampers Cruisers $8.99 Limit 3
-$1/1 Pampers Diapers 9/26/2010 P&G Insert (exp 10/31/2010)
=$7.99 after coupon

Purex Buy One Get One Free (3-in-1 Laundry Sheets are $7.99)
-$3/1 Purex 3-in-1 Laundry Sheets 10/10/2010 RP Insert (exp 11/6/2010)
=$1.99 for two 3-in-1 laundry sheets after two coupons!

Renuzit Adjustables $.88
-B3G3 Renuzit Adjustables Air Fresheners 10/10/2010 RP Insert (exp 10/24/2010)
=$2.64 for six or .44 cents each after coupon!

Softsoap Body Wash Buy One Get One Free
-$1/1 Softsoap Brand Body Wash 10/3/2010 SS Insert (exp 10/23/2010)

Welch’s or Jif Buy One Get One Free
-Welch’s and Jif Coupons

This is from The Thrifty Mama website.

 

Monday, October 11, 2010

RDU Groupon

Today’s Groupon is $7 for $15 worth of food at Havana Grill.  Havana Grill is located in Cary at 404 W Chatham Street.  I have never been there so I can’t tell you anything about it but it seems like a good deal if you are ever out that way.  It says they also have a heated outdoor patio, so that could be nice!

There is a side deal for $10 for six beginner group swing dance classes at Hot Club in Durham.  This is normally $75 so the savings is awesome!

Also another side deal for $19 admission to Dave Ramsey’s Total Money Makeover live.  This is a GREAT deal.  I’ve heard a lot about Dave Ramsey and everyone (from what I’ve heard) sings his praises and is given great lessons on how to live debt free.  Definitely worth checking into!

Sunday, October 10, 2010

CVS Trip

I did a CVS trip last night because I had a rain check on the Gillette Custom Plus razors for $5.97 (better price than even Walmart) and I had coupons... $3 off, so that's a great deal. Plus, we needed milk and I don't have all my coupons together to hit the grocery store so we hit up CVS. Here's what the trip looked like money wise...

(3) 10 pks Gillette Custom Plus razors @ 5.97 each
1 gallon milk @ 3.59
1 pk of boot laces (hubs needed them)
Subtotal was $25 (and change)
Used $4/20 ECB = 21
Used (3) %3 coupon = 12
Used $7 ECB = 5
Used $1 ECB = 4
Total was $3.50 (exactly) after all coupons and ECBs
Used a $5 Visa gift card I got from Hillshire farm
Total OOP = FREE!!

Now going to head inside and do all of my coupons and get them straight. It's been a few weeks since I've done them so I'm super behind and need to get caught up while on fall break from school.

Hope you're having a great day!!

Saturday, October 9, 2010

Homemade Laundry Detergent

If you missed my posts on homemade laundry detergent you can find them here and here. I just realized that I never posted the recipe for it. What a dunce!

Here is the recipe for the homemade laundry detergent...

You will need...
(1) 5 gallon bucket & lid
(1) bar soap (not the glycerin type!!!)
1 Cup Borax
1 Cup Washing Soda

Step 1. Grate the soap into a pot using a cheese grater and cover with water. Boil on high, stirring constantly, until the soap is melted.

Step 2. Add the Borax and Washing Soda to the mix until dissolved (you can add more water if necessary so feel free to use a big pot)

Step 3. Pour the mixture into your 5 gallon bucket and fill up half way with hot tap water and mix thoroughly.

Step 4. Fill the rest of the way with hot tap water until your bucket is filled and mix again.

Step 5. Let it cool, put the lid on and let sit overnight.

You will have to cut the detergent with water, equal parts, before using. It will have the consistency of egg whites when you pour it so don't worry about that! Use about 1/4 cup for an HE washer and about 5/8 (just a little over half a cup) for a regular washer.

I ordered some plastic bottles and lids from US Plastics to go ahead and bottle all of my detergent. For twenty half gallon bottles and lids was $17 and change, including shipping. You can just recycle your old laundry detergent bottles too if you just rinse them out to save even more.

I had concerns while making this that my pot would then taste like soap, but this is not the case, so no worries! I even used one that was nonstick and still no residue or after taste!

I have been using my homemade laundry detergent for months and love it. I love that I don't have to worry about whether or not I need to spend $10 this week on a bottle of detergent and then get irritated when my husband uses more than what I think he should and thus "wasting" it! That is completely my opinion but if you are watching your pennies and trying to cut costs, this definitely helps!!

Check here for a post on homemade dishwasher detergent. I haven't done this yet, but I'm thinking about it. I'm really thinking about just washing all of our dishes by hand since I have AT LEAST ten bottles of dish detergent that I've gotten for free.

Now, hopefully later today/tonight I will be posting some more information on how I cut corners in order to shave from our budget, especially on groceries and some great information on how I keep organized.

Friday, October 8, 2010

Organized Christmas

As you can tell today I am on a mission to get organized.  Here is a wonderful site called Organized Christmas.  I highly suggest you peruse the documents available on this site.  They seem wonderful!!!  I am printing them out as we speak!

Here’s to an organized Christmas!

Organomics

I ran across a great website today that has many lists that you might find helpful.  Smead Organomics has many, many good printable lists.  You should check them out and see if any of them will work for you.  I printed the house cleaning list for this weekend to give me a good challenge.  I am going to do it by this list this weekend and see what things I would add to it and then I will make my own that works for me.   

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Beauty & the Beast Deal

You must cash in on this deal (can’t be beat really)!  Print out the $10 coupon for Beauty and the Beast Blu Ray and DVD combo pack.  You have to be a Disney Movie Rewards member.  If you aren’t, just take a second and sign up.

Next you can go to one of two places… Toys R Us or Walmart

Toys R Us price is $22.99

Use the $10 coupon

OOP $12.99 + tax

Also at Toys R Us when you buy any Disney movie you get a free coupon book.  It appears to be one of “Disney Origin”.

Walmart

Take the Toys R Us printed ad (from the paper)

They will price match the $22.99 Toys R Us advertised price

Use the $10 coupon

OOP $12.99 + tax

If you don’t have the Toys R Us ad or don’t have a Toys R Us around you then the price is $24.96 and with the coupon is $14.96.

I did some price comparisons online and this is what I saw in the weekly ads (online) but still the paper ads nonetheless. 

Kmart priced $29.99 – 10.00 = $19.99. 

Best Buy priced $24.99 – 10.00 = $14.99

Target priced $25.99 – 10.00 = $15.99

 

Just a Few Deals

I just wanted to give you a few deals that I’ve run across today…

100 free 4x6 prints from Snapfish using promo code OCT10PRNT

Pampers Gift to Grow code worth 50 points = GIFTSTOGROW4MOM

Sign up for Hot Prints to get your free MONTHLY photo book (you  get one every month)

Reportedly Cheese Nips are $1 at Walmart (rollback) and there is a $1/2 coupon at coupons.com so this would make it .50 ea when you buy two boxes.

If you are a member of Vocal Point you should sign in and sign up for your free box of Barilla Plus pasta.  Sign up if you are new and see if available.

On Vista Print you can get 140 free address labels and only pay the $3.10 is shipping & handling.  (check out the free deals)

New Huggies Enjoy the Ride code (5 pts) = BJQTWZMFQJWFPGB