Yesterday I went with a friend on a little shopping adventure in efforts to pick up the last of the things needed for my son's birthday party tomorrow. Boy oh boy did I hit it big!
Walmart had loaded shelves full of Gillette Foamy shaving cream for $1.46 each! This came in all different varieties. This is what I purchased on my first shopping trip of the day broken down into the 3 separate transactions that I did.
12 Gillette foamy shaving cream original $1.46 each = $17.52 then I used 4 $5 Gillette coupons when you buy 3 of their products for a grand total of -.20 cents! The store actually owed me! Now I have to make it clear that Walmart is not going to pay you to shop there, and they will not give you that 20cents but I owed absolutely nothing!
Second transaction was pretty much the same but I purchased 12 Gillette Foamy sensitive skin shaving cream. Same price, same coupons and same amazing total!
My last transaction during this shopping trip consisted of:
12 Gillette shaving gels with 20% more in each can= $2.00 each or $24.00 for all used 4x $5 Gillette coupon when you buy 3
3x Clorox disinfecting wipes and price matched to No Frills dollar sale = $1.00 each or $3.00 for all three - 3x $1.00 save.ca coupons
5 Vial cake decorating sprinkle kit = $2.62 no coupons
Tic Tac 100 pieces = $2.38 no coupons
12x Campbells Chicken broth priced match to No Frills dollar sale= $1.00 each or $12.00 for all 12 - 6x $1.00 off when you buy two coupons
My grand total for all of the above was a whooping $17.82!
I just wouldn't be a mom if I went into a store and managed to forget my head, I mean everything that I need so off to Walmart we headed again last night to get the last of the things needed for my son's party. He decided that he wanted taco's instead of pizza and there were a few things that we just didn't have in the house. On this Walmart shopping trip I had the cashiers eyes bulging and scratching his head thinking he rang in something wrong! All joking aside he was fantastic and had a sweet Aussie accent, very pleasant young man which I have found can be difficult when you are using so many coupons.
Here is what we purchased on our second shopping trip of the day:
Salt and vinegar Kettle Chips- $3.38 - free product coupon = FREE
2x Pedigree Marro bones- $3.88 each, used buy one get one for free coupon
3x Beggin dog treats- $2.46 each used $1.00 coupons x 3 = $1.46 each
Large Beggin strips- $3.78 used $1.00 coupon = $2.78
Johnson & Johnson baby bed time bath set- $15.97 - free product coupon = FREE
3x Quaker granola bars- $2.00 each = $6.00 - $5.00 Quaker coupon = $1.00 for all 3
Large jar of Planters Dry roasted peanuts- $4.97 - free product coupon = FREE
Carl Budding Honey Ham lunchmeat- $0.87 - free product coupon = FREE
Good Value Hard taco kit- $2.57 no coupons
3x Good Value Soft taco kit- $2.57 x 3 = $7.71 no coupons
8x Cold Water Tide 31 loads powder regular price $8.77 price matched to Food Basics for $4.97 and used 4x $5.00 coupons when you buy two qualifying Tide products = $2.47 each
Lays chips- $2.47 no coupons
Windex large refill bottle- $5.87 - $5.00 coupon = $0.87
Glade jar candle- $4.18 - $4.18 free product coupon
4x Fleecy liquid fabric softener 48 loads each- $4.76 each or $19.04 - 4x $5.00 coupons ($20.00) = - $0.96
3x Bear Paw crackers- $1.97 each or $5.91 all - 3x $1.00 coupons found on box and 3x 0.50 Dare coupons = $1.41
3x Royale Bath tissue 12 double rolls - $4.00 each or $12.00 all - 3x $5.00 = -$3.00
Before coupons without the price matching price would without taxes would have been- $150.41
After taxes and coupons were taken off- $22.30! That is $128.11 in savings just in this shopping trip! I feel my bank account swelling already!
Tonight's big deals are Ladies Skintimate shaving cream, Pepsi 6x 710mL and Tasters Choice coffee. I maybe surprised at what else I can find! I never go anywhere without my coupon binder, you never know what kind of clearance or sale might be on that you didn't see advertised! Some of the best store sales are not found in the flyers but rather on end caps found in stores. Know your prices, get to know your stores sales rotation and know what you need! These 3 small tips will save you a bundle in no time!
Happy Savings
Friday, January 28, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
No Frills Dollar Days are coming to a end
Have you got your fill of No Frills Dollar days this year? Although I will admit I was rather disappointed with the sales this year compared to previous years but I still managed to get some really great bargains. I have been in a few different times this week picking up my Lean Cuisines needed for their offer and the colored mini marshmallows that my kids love for treats.
Today by far was the best that I have done in that store all week and I wanted to share my finds with you. Their dollar sale is great, but combine that with coupons and it is even better!
Del Monte Fruit Twists are on sale for $1.00 for a 6 pack of either the sticks or pieces, I grabbed 3 x $1.00 - 3 x $1.00 coupons = FREE
2x Cavendish Potato wedges $2.79 each = $5.58 used two coupons that I received in the mail for any potato product for free and had two of them = FREE
Christie Triscuit crackers on sale for $1.00 - $1.00 Save.ca coupon = FREE
Sunlight Green Clean laundrey detergent $6.97 - $6.97 free product coupon = FREE
8x County Harvest 14 grain Vitality bread on sale for $1.00 each = $8.00 - $7.50 in coupons, I had 1 buy 3 get $2.50 off, 1 buy 2 get $1.50 off and 1 buy 1 get .50cents off
So today I purchased 15 items for a grand total of $25.85 including taxes and before coupons. After coupons were taken off my total was a whooping $2.80, $1.20 of this was HST! That is a $23.05 savings on the original price!
No Frills has had their dollar sale on for two weeks and it will be coming to a close on Thursday January 27th, 2011 so you still have time to stock up on some great bargains! Some of the highlights from the flyer all for just a $1.00 are:
Country Harvest Vitality bread (use those coupons and get it even cheaper)
Christie snacking crackers (if you have the Triscuit cracker from save.ca it's time to use it)
Pineapples
No Name orange and apple juice
Coke soft drinks 2L bottles (remember to save those Icoke pins found under the caps)
Clorox wipes (there are $1.00 coupons out there for this)
Campbells Chicken and Beef broth (there are coupons out there for buy 2 save $1.00, making them just .50cents each)
Glad Sandwich bags 50 count
Lancia pasta 2/$1
Del Monte fruit twists
Yoplait Minigo or Source yogurt (there are .50cent coupons out there for these)
Gold Seal salmon
Blueberries 170g (there are $1.00 fresh berries coupons found on specially marked Kelloggs cereal boxes)
Marc Angelo pork souvlaki (there are $1.00 coupons for these out there too)
There is a whole lot of savings to be had and if you have any coupons for these products you can get them for next to nothing if not for free! No Frills also does price matching to competitors stores and accepts printed coupons for additional savings!
I can say from experience that our local No Frills in Essex, Ontario has some of the best cashiers, very clean store and well stocked! Although there are no rain checks offered for products they have great value and friendly staff which makes it all worth while to me! Remember to bring your reusable bags or bins when you shop, they do charge .05 cents for each of their bags and boxes are sometimes limited.
Tell me what you have found this week to be a bargain. Did you stock up? Did you use coupons for even a greater value? I want to know how you shop!
Today by far was the best that I have done in that store all week and I wanted to share my finds with you. Their dollar sale is great, but combine that with coupons and it is even better!
Del Monte Fruit Twists are on sale for $1.00 for a 6 pack of either the sticks or pieces, I grabbed 3 x $1.00 - 3 x $1.00 coupons = FREE
2x Cavendish Potato wedges $2.79 each = $5.58 used two coupons that I received in the mail for any potato product for free and had two of them = FREE
Christie Triscuit crackers on sale for $1.00 - $1.00 Save.ca coupon = FREE
Sunlight Green Clean laundrey detergent $6.97 - $6.97 free product coupon = FREE
8x County Harvest 14 grain Vitality bread on sale for $1.00 each = $8.00 - $7.50 in coupons, I had 1 buy 3 get $2.50 off, 1 buy 2 get $1.50 off and 1 buy 1 get .50cents off
So today I purchased 15 items for a grand total of $25.85 including taxes and before coupons. After coupons were taken off my total was a whooping $2.80, $1.20 of this was HST! That is a $23.05 savings on the original price!
No Frills has had their dollar sale on for two weeks and it will be coming to a close on Thursday January 27th, 2011 so you still have time to stock up on some great bargains! Some of the highlights from the flyer all for just a $1.00 are:
Country Harvest Vitality bread (use those coupons and get it even cheaper)
Christie snacking crackers (if you have the Triscuit cracker from save.ca it's time to use it)
Pineapples
No Name orange and apple juice
Coke soft drinks 2L bottles (remember to save those Icoke pins found under the caps)
Clorox wipes (there are $1.00 coupons out there for this)
Campbells Chicken and Beef broth (there are coupons out there for buy 2 save $1.00, making them just .50cents each)
Glad Sandwich bags 50 count
Lancia pasta 2/$1
Del Monte fruit twists
Yoplait Minigo or Source yogurt (there are .50cent coupons out there for these)
Gold Seal salmon
Blueberries 170g (there are $1.00 fresh berries coupons found on specially marked Kelloggs cereal boxes)
Marc Angelo pork souvlaki (there are $1.00 coupons for these out there too)
There is a whole lot of savings to be had and if you have any coupons for these products you can get them for next to nothing if not for free! No Frills also does price matching to competitors stores and accepts printed coupons for additional savings!
I can say from experience that our local No Frills in Essex, Ontario has some of the best cashiers, very clean store and well stocked! Although there are no rain checks offered for products they have great value and friendly staff which makes it all worth while to me! Remember to bring your reusable bags or bins when you shop, they do charge .05 cents for each of their bags and boxes are sometimes limited.
Tell me what you have found this week to be a bargain. Did you stock up? Did you use coupons for even a greater value? I want to know how you shop!
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Great Shoppers offer- MUST READ!
Here is a must ready Shoppers offer for all of you who want the $25 in Optimum points either tonight or tomorrow while they are offering the spend $75 get $25 in Shoppers Optimum but don't know what to buy!
On the back page of the Shoppers Drug Mart flyer there is a offer for Neutrogena aging kits that you can try for FREE! If you go into Shoppers and choose which kit you want, I chose the starter kit priced at $59.99 you then only need to buy $16.01 more in products in order to get the $25! When you get the Neutrogena make sure you ask at the cosmetic counter for the mail in rebate form and don't use any other coupons when making this purchase as it may effect your rebate.
Then take your original receipt, and fill out the rebate form. Mail it to the address stated on the rebate form and make sure it gets post marked in time, I believe it was February 11th, 2011 (sorry I already filled mine out and it's off in the mail.) In 6-8 weeks you will receive your check for the full purchase amount and taxes at your door step! Make sure you follow all of their instructions carefully in order to ensure you will receive your rebate.
So you get to try a great new product for FREE and only have to spend $16.01 to get $25 in Shoppers Optimum! Great deal!!! Check it out!
On the back page of the Shoppers Drug Mart flyer there is a offer for Neutrogena aging kits that you can try for FREE! If you go into Shoppers and choose which kit you want, I chose the starter kit priced at $59.99 you then only need to buy $16.01 more in products in order to get the $25! When you get the Neutrogena make sure you ask at the cosmetic counter for the mail in rebate form and don't use any other coupons when making this purchase as it may effect your rebate.
Then take your original receipt, and fill out the rebate form. Mail it to the address stated on the rebate form and make sure it gets post marked in time, I believe it was February 11th, 2011 (sorry I already filled mine out and it's off in the mail.) In 6-8 weeks you will receive your check for the full purchase amount and taxes at your door step! Make sure you follow all of their instructions carefully in order to ensure you will receive your rebate.
So you get to try a great new product for FREE and only have to spend $16.01 to get $25 in Shoppers Optimum! Great deal!!! Check it out!
Free Hamilton Beach Indoor Grill
For all of you Dempsters fans out there I wanted to share a great offer with you. My family is not a whole wheat bread kinda crew but for this deal we most certainly will be!
So I've heard all the hype about Dempsters pins and had no idea what it was all about. Then when I was in Shoppers Drug Mart today getting those extra Optimum points I seen a skid of Dempsters Whole Grain bread on sale for $1.99 but looking a little closer I saw that it was on manager special with two coupons attached for $1.00 off and .50cents off! This brought the bread down to just .49 cents per loaf, so even though we don't love brown bread it'll be great to use it for stuffing and although it expires tomorrow once thrown into the freezer it'll last quite a while past the expiry date.
You need 15 pins found on the loaves of Dempster bread, you can't miss them there is a sticker with that beautiful Hamilton Beach Indoor grill right there on the top of the packaging. I found 15 pins for a grand total of $7.35!! That's right I am going to be a proud new owner of a Hamilton Beach Indoor Grill for $7.35 and a $18 money order to cover postage!
There is only limited quantities of the grills available so if you are interested in taking part in this offer I highly suggest that you do so quickly! I can't wait to cook up a storm on this little beauty.
All envelopes must be post marked no later than March 7th, 2011!
Complete list of contest details and the site that you will register and enter your pins at is here:
http://www.thinkbreadinstead.ca/IndoorGrill/Forms/MyAccount.aspx
If you are taking part in this offer let me know, I'd love to hear from some other pin and coupon collectors!
Soon to be... Happy Grillin'
So I've heard all the hype about Dempsters pins and had no idea what it was all about. Then when I was in Shoppers Drug Mart today getting those extra Optimum points I seen a skid of Dempsters Whole Grain bread on sale for $1.99 but looking a little closer I saw that it was on manager special with two coupons attached for $1.00 off and .50cents off! This brought the bread down to just .49 cents per loaf, so even though we don't love brown bread it'll be great to use it for stuffing and although it expires tomorrow once thrown into the freezer it'll last quite a while past the expiry date.
You need 15 pins found on the loaves of Dempster bread, you can't miss them there is a sticker with that beautiful Hamilton Beach Indoor grill right there on the top of the packaging. I found 15 pins for a grand total of $7.35!! That's right I am going to be a proud new owner of a Hamilton Beach Indoor Grill for $7.35 and a $18 money order to cover postage!
There is only limited quantities of the grills available so if you are interested in taking part in this offer I highly suggest that you do so quickly! I can't wait to cook up a storm on this little beauty.
All envelopes must be post marked no later than March 7th, 2011!
Complete list of contest details and the site that you will register and enter your pins at is here:
http://www.thinkbreadinstead.ca/IndoorGrill/Forms/MyAccount.aspx
If you are taking part in this offer let me know, I'd love to hear from some other pin and coupon collectors!
Soon to be... Happy Grillin'
Stouffers and Lean Cuisine Offers!
Right now Stouffers and Lean Cuisine has a offer going on that could be very valuable to any of my readers! When you buy 12 Stouffers or Lean Cuisine products you get a $10 gift card to the store of your choice AND $15 in value coupons for free products! This offer is great and one I am proud to say that I completed twice already.
So here is the details:
Inside each specially marked box there is a pink printed Stouffers pin! This pin is your ticket towards getting that gift card and coupons. Once you buy your Lean Cuisine or Stouffers entree (better yet if you haven't used your free coupon that was posted on facebook use that for a completely FREE pin or buy your Lean Cuisine or Stouffer entrees at No Frills for $1.88 which is a great savings and they are actually really tasty) open up the box and you will find the pink pin, cut that out and enter it on the stouffers website.
https://www.stouffers-rewards.ca/en/
You will need to register first but once you do your on your way to your $25 worth of savings and a chance to win a 2011 Ford Focus! Once you are registered and logged in you can enter your pins one at a time on the right hand side. You will need to know where the pin came from so you can select that entree so remember to keep track! You will then see each of the numbered circles turn orange when each pin has been accepted. 12 of these babies and you will receive a email from Stouffers so you can confirm your address and they will mail out your $25 in savings!
It really is simple and their entrees are of really great quality! My favorite is the turkey and stuffing and the kids love the ravoli!
If you do not eat these types of meals ask friends and family to save their pins for you, but hurry the offer ends January 31st, 2011 so you have to get those pins in quick!
Happy savings!
So here is the details:
Inside each specially marked box there is a pink printed Stouffers pin! This pin is your ticket towards getting that gift card and coupons. Once you buy your Lean Cuisine or Stouffers entree (better yet if you haven't used your free coupon that was posted on facebook use that for a completely FREE pin or buy your Lean Cuisine or Stouffer entrees at No Frills for $1.88 which is a great savings and they are actually really tasty) open up the box and you will find the pink pin, cut that out and enter it on the stouffers website.
https://www.stouffers-rewards.ca/en/
You will need to register first but once you do your on your way to your $25 worth of savings and a chance to win a 2011 Ford Focus! Once you are registered and logged in you can enter your pins one at a time on the right hand side. You will need to know where the pin came from so you can select that entree so remember to keep track! You will then see each of the numbered circles turn orange when each pin has been accepted. 12 of these babies and you will receive a email from Stouffers so you can confirm your address and they will mail out your $25 in savings!
It really is simple and their entrees are of really great quality! My favorite is the turkey and stuffing and the kids love the ravoli!
If you do not eat these types of meals ask friends and family to save their pins for you, but hurry the offer ends January 31st, 2011 so you have to get those pins in quick!
Happy savings!
Great Tostito's Mail in Rebate
I just wanted to let you all know about this great rebate that Pepsi, Tostito and Gaterade has on right now. When you spend $20 in one store in one transaction you can fill in a official mail in coupon offer form and mail it away to receive $20 worth of coupons in the mail!
Here are the official details:
Participating products must be purchased between December 26th, 2010 and February 6th, 2011 and must be purchased at the same time and in the same transaction to be eligible for the coupon booklet offer. Allow 4-6 weeks for delivery.
How to get a $20 Coupon booklet back by mail:
1. Purchase any combination of the following participating products for a total of $20 or more (before taxes) at participatin retailers across Canada: Tostitos tortilla chips (220g-420g), Tostitos Salsa (430L-645L), Salsa Con Queso (400mL-628mL) or Spinach dip (432g); Pepsi, Caffeine-Free Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Caffeine-Free Diet Pepsi, Pepsi Max, Pepsi Lime, Diet Pepsi Lime, Pepsi Throwback, 7UP, Diet 7UP, Mountain Dew, Mug, Diet Mug soft drinks (all sizes) Brisk beverages (all flavours, varieties and sizes), Gatorade or G2 beverages (all flavours, varieties and sizes)
2. Enclose the original itemized store-identified cash register receipt dated between December 26th, 2010 and February 6th, 2011 with the purchase price of each participating product circled, and UPC codes handwritten on the back of the original receipt. All products must be purchased in the same transaction to be eligible for the offer.
3. Complete this official mail-in coupon offer form with your name, address (including city, province and postal code) and phone number.
4. Mail all of the above (with sufficient postage) postmarked by February 28th, 2011 to:
PEPSI/TOSTITOS/GATORADE $20 Super Bowl Coupon Booklet Offer, P.O. Box 12119, Saint John, New Brunswick E2L 5E7
In past years they have sent some really great coupons back for this offer and every single coupon has been a free product coupon!
My biggest recommendation to anyone who wants to use this is to see if any of the participating products are on sale prior to going shopping. If they are then take all of your sales flyers to Walmart and price match to get the lowest price so you can get the most for your money but still complete this offer. You may only do the offer once per household.
I chose to use mine at Shoppers Drug Mart today as they had a promotion on spend $75 before taxes get $25 worth of Shoppers Drug Mart optimum points. The tostitos are buy 2 for $6.00 right now and they still had the sign up for the free dip when you buy two bags (this offer ended yesterday but because the sign was still up they honored it)
Keep your eyes open for all the deals! There are lots out there to be found!
Here are the official details:
Participating products must be purchased between December 26th, 2010 and February 6th, 2011 and must be purchased at the same time and in the same transaction to be eligible for the coupon booklet offer. Allow 4-6 weeks for delivery.
How to get a $20 Coupon booklet back by mail:
1. Purchase any combination of the following participating products for a total of $20 or more (before taxes) at participatin retailers across Canada: Tostitos tortilla chips (220g-420g), Tostitos Salsa (430L-645L), Salsa Con Queso (400mL-628mL) or Spinach dip (432g); Pepsi, Caffeine-Free Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Caffeine-Free Diet Pepsi, Pepsi Max, Pepsi Lime, Diet Pepsi Lime, Pepsi Throwback, 7UP, Diet 7UP, Mountain Dew, Mug, Diet Mug soft drinks (all sizes) Brisk beverages (all flavours, varieties and sizes), Gatorade or G2 beverages (all flavours, varieties and sizes)
2. Enclose the original itemized store-identified cash register receipt dated between December 26th, 2010 and February 6th, 2011 with the purchase price of each participating product circled, and UPC codes handwritten on the back of the original receipt. All products must be purchased in the same transaction to be eligible for the offer.
3. Complete this official mail-in coupon offer form with your name, address (including city, province and postal code) and phone number.
4. Mail all of the above (with sufficient postage) postmarked by February 28th, 2011 to:
PEPSI/TOSTITOS/GATORADE $20 Super Bowl Coupon Booklet Offer, P.O. Box 12119, Saint John, New Brunswick E2L 5E7
In past years they have sent some really great coupons back for this offer and every single coupon has been a free product coupon!
My biggest recommendation to anyone who wants to use this is to see if any of the participating products are on sale prior to going shopping. If they are then take all of your sales flyers to Walmart and price match to get the lowest price so you can get the most for your money but still complete this offer. You may only do the offer once per household.
I chose to use mine at Shoppers Drug Mart today as they had a promotion on spend $75 before taxes get $25 worth of Shoppers Drug Mart optimum points. The tostitos are buy 2 for $6.00 right now and they still had the sign up for the free dip when you buy two bags (this offer ended yesterday but because the sign was still up they honored it)
Keep your eyes open for all the deals! There are lots out there to be found!
Saturday, January 22, 2011
And it goes on and on and on!
The savings that is! I've just started really devoting my time to using coupons and finding the deals out there and last night it really paid off! So far in the last two weeks I have saved... are you ready.... $301.94! That is a huge savings compared to what we spent and what we have purchased.
There are a few tricks that I'm going to share with you guys to save you even more than just coupons alone. Fortunately my husband is Native so he has a Indian Status card so we do not pay full taxes, this is not something just anyone can have so this is a added bonus for our family but there are many other ways for you to save a ton on your monthly shopping bills.
If you are a student I highly recommend going to Zellers or any other retailer who sells the SPC card, this alone will save you a bundle. You can use the SPC card at many different retailers and the starting cost is only $10. I mainly use mine at Zellers but when you purchase the card you will find a whole list of places that you can use it or you can look online to find retailers in your area that accept the SPC. Every time I use this at Zellers I save 10% off my bill, even on clearance items! This is huge when you pair it with coupons, clearance and price matches.
Zellers is a great store to price match too, you just bring in the competitors flyer and show them. They will price match to the competitors price so you will then get the lowest sale price that you have found, plus your 10% off for using SPC AND add your coupons to that and you could be laughing!
Here are the weekly deals that I have found:
No Frills has blueberries on sale for their $1.00 sale, pair that with the $1.00 off any fresh berries found on specially marked Kelloggs cereal boxes and they are FREE!
You may also want to check out No Frills sales flyers for other great deals and if you have coupons to match even better! There is $1 Clorox disinfecting wipes, Del Monte fruit twists and Marc Angelo skewers that I know for a fact all have $1.00 off coupons out there to be found! Also the Campbells broths are on for $1 paired with the buy two get $1.00 off your only paying .50cents each! Really good deal!
Zellers is where I did most of my price matching last night for huge savings! This is what I did:
No Frills has Coke and Cristie crackers on special for $1.00 each, I price matched to Zellers and used my SPC card and my husbands status. Before taxes these were now .90cents each the cheapest I have ever seen Coke 2L or Cristie crackers EVER!
Gillette Foamy shaving cream was on special at Zellers for $1.79 pair that with the buy 3 Gillette products coupon save $5.00 found on brandsaver and it came to a grand total of .37 cents for all 3!
And the greatest deal that I found there was price matching the Tide cold water laundry soap 20 loads to Food Basics sale of $4.97 then I paired this with the buy 2 get $5.00 off brand saver coupon for a grand total of $2.47 per bottle before the 10% SPC was taken off!
I also purchased my little coupon helpers (my daughters) each a .99 cent Disney Princess snow globe candy that was on clearance from $4.99!
So I walked out of Zellers with 8 Tide cold water laundry detergents 20 loads, 2 Disney Princess snow globe candies, 10 2L bottles of Coke, 10 boxes of Christie Crackers and 3 Gillette foamy shaving creams for a grand total of $43.82! That's 45 items so I paid less than $1 each! Not to mention that I earned 3350 HBC rewards points to use towards future purchases!
Then I made a stop at Shoppers Drug Mart to check out their clearance and sales. The sales there were not that great for me this week but I did find a few things to make the stop worth my while.
Tostitos are 2/$6 and when you purchase two you get a free dip! I purchased 6 bags and got 3 Con Queso cheese dips for free valued at $3.29 each.
I also grabbed a 6 x 710mL Pepsi pack (not a good deal but I'll tell you why in a minute)
And a Scrubbing Bubbles toilet gel pack that was $5.46 but used my $7.00 coupon I received from the company so I got that for free.
Now the reason I stocked up on the Tostitos and the Pepsi is that the company is running a super bowl special right now that when you spend $20 before taxes you receive by mail a $20 coupon booklet for free products! You just have to have your original receipt, circle the qualifying products and write the upc's for those products on the back. It must be postmarked by February 28th, 2011 to qualify for this offer though. So the items that I purchased were just over $20.00 which included 6x Tostitos, 1 x 6x710mL Pepsi bottles, a Scrubbing Bubbles toilet gel pack and 3 Tostito's dips! I saved $15.33 alone on just the dips and Scrubbing bubbles and will receive $20 of free products in return! On top of the savings I earned Shoppers Optimum points. My numbers are a bit vague as I already filled out the mail in offer so I don't have the receipt but this a great offer if you use these products, just remember all products must be on the same receipt to qualify.
My last stop of the night was at Walmart where we shopped like rockstars and paid very, very little in comparison to what we got! Two shopping carts were overloaded for a grand total of $193.98. Here is most of what we got, some things are not on the receipt because they were FPC's (free product coupons) so they did not scan them at all. I don't think we chose the best cashier because he made a few mistakes with the coupons and was very slow but it was a learning experience for both of us.
Here I got:
2 bags of Natrel 4L milk- paid .47cents each after 2 $5.00 coupons from the company
3x Goodnights boys diapers- $14.97 x 3= $44.91- 2 $4.00 coupons and 1 $2.00 coupon makes it $38.91
2x Spitz salted pumpkin seeds $3.13 x 2 = $6.26 - 2 free product coupons = $0.00
Airwick Freshmatic $7.97 - $7.00 coupon when you buy any Airwick freshmatic product = .97cents
Johnson and Johnson bath set $15.97 - $15.97 = $0.00 used new baby coupon received from company for any free Johnson and Johnson product
Quaker cheddar cheese rice cakes x 10= $5.00 - $5.00 Quaker coupon = $0.00
Edge shaving kit includes 2 shaving creams and a razor = $5.94 no coupon
Skintimate shaving kit includes 2 shaving gels and razor = $5.94 no coupon
Gillette deodorant 3 pack with bonus razor = $4.47 used buy any Gillette deodorant get a body wash for free and used that towards a Gillette body was pack with free razor savings = $4.47
Rice Krispie Squares 30 pack minus $7.98 minus free product coupon = $0.00
Softsoap the big one $5.47 - $5.00 coupon from company = .47cents
Old Spice deodorant $2.57 and used the buy one deodorant get a Old Spice body wash for free body wash was $4.28 so I paid $1.71 for both!
Playtex tampons 72 in the package $14.27 - 2 x $5.00 coupons = $4.27
Pledge Lemon scent $3.97 used a buy one get one free so $3.97 for two! That's only $1.99 each
Two pack Secret deodorants purchased 3 two packs at $3.48 each so $10.44 - $7.00 brand saver coupon that when you buy three secret products you get $7.00 off so for 6 sticks of Secret deodorant I paid .57 cents each
10x Creme eggs for Easter .10 cents each on clearance = $1.00
Schneiders chicken fingers $8.00 -$10.00 product coupon made my total for these - $2.00
Lays chips big bag $3.00 - $3.00 for coupon from company for a free bag = $0.00
Brownie bear paws $2.87 - $2.87 coupon from company = $0.00
Quaker Chewy bars club pack $10.27 - 2 x $5.00 Quaker coupons = .27 cents
2 x Lean Cuisine Cannelloni $3.33 each or $6.66 for both - $6.66 for facebook coupon for one free per person = $0.00
Sponge towels largest package they carry, I believe 18 double rolls $12.97 - $10.00 coupon from company = $2.97
2 x Cinnamon Toast Crunch - $3.97 each x 2 = $7.94 - 2 x $1.00 coupons = $5.94 and these have the free kids movie admissions on them!
16 x Tide Cold water combination of liquid and powder price matched to $4.97 = $79.52 - 8 x $5.00 brand saver coupons of save $5.00 when you buy two so that brought the total down to $39.52 for all 16 boxes/bottles which made it $2.47 each!
16 count Eggo waffles price matched from $4.47 down to $3.00 then used the $2.00 coupon found on the back of specially marked Kelloggs cereals for a total price of $1.00
Then I purchased 7 boxes of Kelloggs cereal 3x Frosted Flakes which had the $5 gas gift card offer on the back which turned out to be expired so I will be calling them on Monday and 4x Fruit Loops which have the $1 fresh berries, $1 bananas, $2 eggos and $1 Smuckers squeeze jam coupons on the back. I priced matched these cereals to the Real Canadian Super Store sale of 2/$6 or $3.00 each for a grand total of $21.00 then I used the buy 3 Kelloggs cereals get $3.00 off so $15.00 for all 7 boxes which would make them $2.14 each with 3x $5 gas offers so $15.00 and 4x $5 Kelloggs coupons $20.00 so I was really ahead by $20.00 just for buying this cereal!
I also got the girls each a baby doll gift pack for $10.00 each on clearance for being such great troopers $20.00
After reviewing my receipt today I noticed that they did not process all of the coupons so I am off to Walmart later today after already phoning in to pick up my $21.98 that they still owe!
So my original total of $193.98 will actually be $172.00. But my grand total of savings yesterday alone was $220.67 and I spent out of pocket $262.80 so I saved almost as much as I spent and I have a house full of goodies! This is not totaling in all of the freebies that I got yesterday because not all were on the receipt. Very good deals to be had, you just have to search, price match and know your prices!
Happy shopping everyone!
There are a few tricks that I'm going to share with you guys to save you even more than just coupons alone. Fortunately my husband is Native so he has a Indian Status card so we do not pay full taxes, this is not something just anyone can have so this is a added bonus for our family but there are many other ways for you to save a ton on your monthly shopping bills.
If you are a student I highly recommend going to Zellers or any other retailer who sells the SPC card, this alone will save you a bundle. You can use the SPC card at many different retailers and the starting cost is only $10. I mainly use mine at Zellers but when you purchase the card you will find a whole list of places that you can use it or you can look online to find retailers in your area that accept the SPC. Every time I use this at Zellers I save 10% off my bill, even on clearance items! This is huge when you pair it with coupons, clearance and price matches.
Zellers is a great store to price match too, you just bring in the competitors flyer and show them. They will price match to the competitors price so you will then get the lowest sale price that you have found, plus your 10% off for using SPC AND add your coupons to that and you could be laughing!
Here are the weekly deals that I have found:
No Frills has blueberries on sale for their $1.00 sale, pair that with the $1.00 off any fresh berries found on specially marked Kelloggs cereal boxes and they are FREE!
You may also want to check out No Frills sales flyers for other great deals and if you have coupons to match even better! There is $1 Clorox disinfecting wipes, Del Monte fruit twists and Marc Angelo skewers that I know for a fact all have $1.00 off coupons out there to be found! Also the Campbells broths are on for $1 paired with the buy two get $1.00 off your only paying .50cents each! Really good deal!
Zellers is where I did most of my price matching last night for huge savings! This is what I did:
No Frills has Coke and Cristie crackers on special for $1.00 each, I price matched to Zellers and used my SPC card and my husbands status. Before taxes these were now .90cents each the cheapest I have ever seen Coke 2L or Cristie crackers EVER!
Gillette Foamy shaving cream was on special at Zellers for $1.79 pair that with the buy 3 Gillette products coupon save $5.00 found on brandsaver and it came to a grand total of .37 cents for all 3!
And the greatest deal that I found there was price matching the Tide cold water laundry soap 20 loads to Food Basics sale of $4.97 then I paired this with the buy 2 get $5.00 off brand saver coupon for a grand total of $2.47 per bottle before the 10% SPC was taken off!
I also purchased my little coupon helpers (my daughters) each a .99 cent Disney Princess snow globe candy that was on clearance from $4.99!
So I walked out of Zellers with 8 Tide cold water laundry detergents 20 loads, 2 Disney Princess snow globe candies, 10 2L bottles of Coke, 10 boxes of Christie Crackers and 3 Gillette foamy shaving creams for a grand total of $43.82! That's 45 items so I paid less than $1 each! Not to mention that I earned 3350 HBC rewards points to use towards future purchases!
Then I made a stop at Shoppers Drug Mart to check out their clearance and sales. The sales there were not that great for me this week but I did find a few things to make the stop worth my while.
Tostitos are 2/$6 and when you purchase two you get a free dip! I purchased 6 bags and got 3 Con Queso cheese dips for free valued at $3.29 each.
I also grabbed a 6 x 710mL Pepsi pack (not a good deal but I'll tell you why in a minute)
And a Scrubbing Bubbles toilet gel pack that was $5.46 but used my $7.00 coupon I received from the company so I got that for free.
Now the reason I stocked up on the Tostitos and the Pepsi is that the company is running a super bowl special right now that when you spend $20 before taxes you receive by mail a $20 coupon booklet for free products! You just have to have your original receipt, circle the qualifying products and write the upc's for those products on the back. It must be postmarked by February 28th, 2011 to qualify for this offer though. So the items that I purchased were just over $20.00 which included 6x Tostitos, 1 x 6x710mL Pepsi bottles, a Scrubbing Bubbles toilet gel pack and 3 Tostito's dips! I saved $15.33 alone on just the dips and Scrubbing bubbles and will receive $20 of free products in return! On top of the savings I earned Shoppers Optimum points. My numbers are a bit vague as I already filled out the mail in offer so I don't have the receipt but this a great offer if you use these products, just remember all products must be on the same receipt to qualify.
My last stop of the night was at Walmart where we shopped like rockstars and paid very, very little in comparison to what we got! Two shopping carts were overloaded for a grand total of $193.98. Here is most of what we got, some things are not on the receipt because they were FPC's (free product coupons) so they did not scan them at all. I don't think we chose the best cashier because he made a few mistakes with the coupons and was very slow but it was a learning experience for both of us.
Here I got:
2 bags of Natrel 4L milk- paid .47cents each after 2 $5.00 coupons from the company
3x Goodnights boys diapers- $14.97 x 3= $44.91- 2 $4.00 coupons and 1 $2.00 coupon makes it $38.91
2x Spitz salted pumpkin seeds $3.13 x 2 = $6.26 - 2 free product coupons = $0.00
Airwick Freshmatic $7.97 - $7.00 coupon when you buy any Airwick freshmatic product = .97cents
Johnson and Johnson bath set $15.97 - $15.97 = $0.00 used new baby coupon received from company for any free Johnson and Johnson product
Quaker cheddar cheese rice cakes x 10= $5.00 - $5.00 Quaker coupon = $0.00
Edge shaving kit includes 2 shaving creams and a razor = $5.94 no coupon
Skintimate shaving kit includes 2 shaving gels and razor = $5.94 no coupon
Gillette deodorant 3 pack with bonus razor = $4.47 used buy any Gillette deodorant get a body wash for free and used that towards a Gillette body was pack with free razor savings = $4.47
Rice Krispie Squares 30 pack minus $7.98 minus free product coupon = $0.00
Softsoap the big one $5.47 - $5.00 coupon from company = .47cents
Old Spice deodorant $2.57 and used the buy one deodorant get a Old Spice body wash for free body wash was $4.28 so I paid $1.71 for both!
Playtex tampons 72 in the package $14.27 - 2 x $5.00 coupons = $4.27
Pledge Lemon scent $3.97 used a buy one get one free so $3.97 for two! That's only $1.99 each
Two pack Secret deodorants purchased 3 two packs at $3.48 each so $10.44 - $7.00 brand saver coupon that when you buy three secret products you get $7.00 off so for 6 sticks of Secret deodorant I paid .57 cents each
10x Creme eggs for Easter .10 cents each on clearance = $1.00
Schneiders chicken fingers $8.00 -$10.00 product coupon made my total for these - $2.00
Lays chips big bag $3.00 - $3.00 for coupon from company for a free bag = $0.00
Brownie bear paws $2.87 - $2.87 coupon from company = $0.00
Quaker Chewy bars club pack $10.27 - 2 x $5.00 Quaker coupons = .27 cents
2 x Lean Cuisine Cannelloni $3.33 each or $6.66 for both - $6.66 for facebook coupon for one free per person = $0.00
Sponge towels largest package they carry, I believe 18 double rolls $12.97 - $10.00 coupon from company = $2.97
2 x Cinnamon Toast Crunch - $3.97 each x 2 = $7.94 - 2 x $1.00 coupons = $5.94 and these have the free kids movie admissions on them!
16 x Tide Cold water combination of liquid and powder price matched to $4.97 = $79.52 - 8 x $5.00 brand saver coupons of save $5.00 when you buy two so that brought the total down to $39.52 for all 16 boxes/bottles which made it $2.47 each!
16 count Eggo waffles price matched from $4.47 down to $3.00 then used the $2.00 coupon found on the back of specially marked Kelloggs cereals for a total price of $1.00
Then I purchased 7 boxes of Kelloggs cereal 3x Frosted Flakes which had the $5 gas gift card offer on the back which turned out to be expired so I will be calling them on Monday and 4x Fruit Loops which have the $1 fresh berries, $1 bananas, $2 eggos and $1 Smuckers squeeze jam coupons on the back. I priced matched these cereals to the Real Canadian Super Store sale of 2/$6 or $3.00 each for a grand total of $21.00 then I used the buy 3 Kelloggs cereals get $3.00 off so $15.00 for all 7 boxes which would make them $2.14 each with 3x $5 gas offers so $15.00 and 4x $5 Kelloggs coupons $20.00 so I was really ahead by $20.00 just for buying this cereal!
I also got the girls each a baby doll gift pack for $10.00 each on clearance for being such great troopers $20.00
After reviewing my receipt today I noticed that they did not process all of the coupons so I am off to Walmart later today after already phoning in to pick up my $21.98 that they still owe!
So my original total of $193.98 will actually be $172.00. But my grand total of savings yesterday alone was $220.67 and I spent out of pocket $262.80 so I saved almost as much as I spent and I have a house full of goodies! This is not totaling in all of the freebies that I got yesterday because not all were on the receipt. Very good deals to be had, you just have to search, price match and know your prices!
Happy shopping everyone!
Monday, January 17, 2011
Where to start saving money?
We all want to save money, I don't think there is a single person out there who would say no if you offered them a legitimate way to save money but many people just don't know how. I was one of those people not too long ago but now that I am in the know I want to share those tips with all of my friends, family and anyone who will listen! I love telling people how to get a great deal and keep money in their pockets! Here is how I got started on my money saving venture that has already saved me almost $50 and we're less than three weeks into the new year!
I decided this year I'm really going to save, I pounded that into my mind until I couldn't any longer. I decided that I would take whatever time necessary and I would save money and at the end of the year we will be in the positive instead of seeing red like years prior. So I put on my thinking cap and started searching out websites that could help me with my mission.
The first two sites that I came across was save.ca and brandsaver.ca both of these sites have amazing coupons that you can order for free and they will mail them right to your door step! I got myself all signed up and started choosing my coupons. Then I decided I was going to stop there I was going to take it as far as I could until there was no return so I started searching for a forum that could help me match those coupons to great deals and would give me all of the information that I would need on this journey, that's when I found smartcanuks.ca I absolutely love this website and spend far too much time on it these days but it has saved me a ton already! Smart Canuks is a forum full of seasoned couponers and newbies like me willing to share advice, trade coupons, host coupon trains and lay out all of the great deals so you can price match and match your coupons to get your goods for as close to free as possible. I strongly suggest that if your looking for a good deal you start by signing up there!
Then I really started searching out coupons, I knew if I wanted to trade any then I needed more in my collection AND I needed some good ones. So I went to different companies websites and called their 1-800 numbers and told them how much I loved their products. I made sure I only contacted the companies that I really do love, I don't want to ruin it for others out there by abusing the system. Many of the companies were happy to send money saving coupons or direct me on where I can find coupons for my favorite products!
Then I did another search looking for samples or FPC's (free product coupons) the ones that I have found and have headed my way right now are:
Chapmans ice cream will mail out either a $3 or $5 coupon towards any of their products, match that with a sale and you could have a couple cartons of icecream to indulge in!
http://chapmans.ca/ click on their contact us button and tell them how much you love their icecream if you really do and request a coupon! They are happy to send one out to every household but will only do so once per year!
Another great one is Kashi cereal. I emailed them telling them that I would like to try their cereal and they told me to click on their tasty savings button. You can sign up for a $2 coupon towards Kashi Honey Sunshine but many of the ladies who have received this coupon actually received a FPC for a free box! Free breakfast cereal!?! Just tell me where to sign up!
https://www.allkpass.ca/kashi/en/sunshine/register.aspx remember just click on the tasty savings to request your $2 coupon and maybe you too will get the FPC for a free box!
Another great deal going on right now is the money savings coupons found on the back of specially marked Kelloggs cereals. There are coupons for $1 off berries (use that coupon at No Frills and you can get blueberries for free!), $1 off banana's, $2 off eggos and $1 off Smuckers Squeeze jam and sundae topping YUMMY!
And the last great deal that is available right now is the Lean Cuisine free entree found on facebook! Sign into your facebook if you have one and search for Lean Cuisine Canada- make sure you go to the Canada one for this offer. Then click on like and then offers. Once you click on offers you will see a Free Lean Cuisine coupon, just click on get my coupon, print and run to a store that accepts printed coupons! Lunch for free and it's soooo tasty! In my experience you can use internet printed coupons at No Frills, Shoppers Drug Mart and Walmart but each individual store has the right to refuse the coupon. Make sure to print in color for best chance of the store accepting.
http://www.facebook.com/#!/LeanCuisineCanada?v=app_140251982696061 and when your done cooking and enjoying their delicious meal remember to save the pin from the box! Inside each Stouffers product boxes there is a pin printed in pink ink. If you sign up for stouffer rewards at the site below you can get $25 in free groceries at the store of your choice when you enter 12 pins! The $25 actually consists of a $10 gift card to the store that you choose and $15 worth of money saving coupons.
https://www.stouffers-rewards.ca/en/
There are so many great deals out there it just takes a little time to find them. I'm hoping that by listing some of the great deals here I can help others keep their money where it belongs in the pockets but still enjoy products that they know and love!
I am now a couponer for life, I will never pay full price for things I know I can get a better deal for again! Will you join me too?
I decided this year I'm really going to save, I pounded that into my mind until I couldn't any longer. I decided that I would take whatever time necessary and I would save money and at the end of the year we will be in the positive instead of seeing red like years prior. So I put on my thinking cap and started searching out websites that could help me with my mission.
The first two sites that I came across was save.ca and brandsaver.ca both of these sites have amazing coupons that you can order for free and they will mail them right to your door step! I got myself all signed up and started choosing my coupons. Then I decided I was going to stop there I was going to take it as far as I could until there was no return so I started searching for a forum that could help me match those coupons to great deals and would give me all of the information that I would need on this journey, that's when I found smartcanuks.ca I absolutely love this website and spend far too much time on it these days but it has saved me a ton already! Smart Canuks is a forum full of seasoned couponers and newbies like me willing to share advice, trade coupons, host coupon trains and lay out all of the great deals so you can price match and match your coupons to get your goods for as close to free as possible. I strongly suggest that if your looking for a good deal you start by signing up there!
Then I really started searching out coupons, I knew if I wanted to trade any then I needed more in my collection AND I needed some good ones. So I went to different companies websites and called their 1-800 numbers and told them how much I loved their products. I made sure I only contacted the companies that I really do love, I don't want to ruin it for others out there by abusing the system. Many of the companies were happy to send money saving coupons or direct me on where I can find coupons for my favorite products!
Then I did another search looking for samples or FPC's (free product coupons) the ones that I have found and have headed my way right now are:
Chapmans ice cream will mail out either a $3 or $5 coupon towards any of their products, match that with a sale and you could have a couple cartons of icecream to indulge in!
http://chapmans.ca/ click on their contact us button and tell them how much you love their icecream if you really do and request a coupon! They are happy to send one out to every household but will only do so once per year!
Another great one is Kashi cereal. I emailed them telling them that I would like to try their cereal and they told me to click on their tasty savings button. You can sign up for a $2 coupon towards Kashi Honey Sunshine but many of the ladies who have received this coupon actually received a FPC for a free box! Free breakfast cereal!?! Just tell me where to sign up!
https://www.allkpass.ca/kashi/en/sunshine/register.aspx remember just click on the tasty savings to request your $2 coupon and maybe you too will get the FPC for a free box!
Another great deal going on right now is the money savings coupons found on the back of specially marked Kelloggs cereals. There are coupons for $1 off berries (use that coupon at No Frills and you can get blueberries for free!), $1 off banana's, $2 off eggos and $1 off Smuckers Squeeze jam and sundae topping YUMMY!
And the last great deal that is available right now is the Lean Cuisine free entree found on facebook! Sign into your facebook if you have one and search for Lean Cuisine Canada- make sure you go to the Canada one for this offer. Then click on like and then offers. Once you click on offers you will see a Free Lean Cuisine coupon, just click on get my coupon, print and run to a store that accepts printed coupons! Lunch for free and it's soooo tasty! In my experience you can use internet printed coupons at No Frills, Shoppers Drug Mart and Walmart but each individual store has the right to refuse the coupon. Make sure to print in color for best chance of the store accepting.
http://www.facebook.com/#!/LeanCuisineCanada?v=app_140251982696061 and when your done cooking and enjoying their delicious meal remember to save the pin from the box! Inside each Stouffers product boxes there is a pin printed in pink ink. If you sign up for stouffer rewards at the site below you can get $25 in free groceries at the store of your choice when you enter 12 pins! The $25 actually consists of a $10 gift card to the store that you choose and $15 worth of money saving coupons.
https://www.stouffers-rewards.ca/en/
There are so many great deals out there it just takes a little time to find them. I'm hoping that by listing some of the great deals here I can help others keep their money where it belongs in the pockets but still enjoy products that they know and love!
I am now a couponer for life, I will never pay full price for things I know I can get a better deal for again! Will you join me too?
Lean Cusine on facebook
I love free stuff and being able to try different products I would not normally buy so when companies offer freebies on facebook I am all over it! The most recent freebie deal is the Lean Cuisines coupon! Here is your chance to try a Lean Cuisine of your choice for free! All you have to do is go to Lean Cuisine on facebook and click on offers. Then click like and click on get your coupon! You print it out and take it to the store and you've got yourself free lunch! Not all stores accept printed coupons so be sure to check which stores do before bringing your coupon in. I know in my area that No Frills does accept printed coupons, not sure about others.
Enjoy your FREE Lean Cuisine!
http://www.facebook.com/LeanCuisineCanada?v=app_140251982696061
Enjoy your FREE Lean Cuisine!
http://www.facebook.com/LeanCuisineCanada?v=app_140251982696061
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Welcome to my blog
Starting a new year we always make lists of resolutions and goals for the year and usually by the first week we've all reverted back to our old ways changing nothing, moving forward no quickly than we have in past years.
Like every other person in our area the economy has hit us hard, leaving us to struggle. We always get by but we have very little flex room and even littler savings. This year we have decided that things will be different but not because we made a resolution but because we made a plan of action to get there.
So this year we have decided that we're going to build a very nice stockpile of canned goods and other necessities that will not spoil quickly but will help us stretch our grocery budget even further. We've also budgeted ourselves a very generous $500 a month for our family of six which will include pet food (we use Orijen for our tea cup min pin) and diapers for my eldest son who is Autistic and not potty trained. This is very generous amount but we wanted to make sure that we had a good amount to work with. But what is our goal then you say?
Well this year we are going to take that $500 start budget amount and combine that will coupons and sales and try to spend as little of that each and every month and take the balance and put it towards our savings and debts. I've signed up with smartcanucks.ca to find the best deals possible to match my coupons with in addition to joining the coupon trains, doing trades for coupons and finding freebies!
I've also been using save.ca , websaver.ca and a few other coupon sites which I will blog about at a later date to build a nice stack of coupons for trading and my own personal use.
So to finish off this entry I'm going to leave you with how I have already saved $8.99 this year and we have spent very little out of pocket for groceries thus far as we have been using our stock pile anyhow.
Right now on Kelloggs boxes of cereal there are four amazing coupons- $1 off berries, $1 off banana's, $2 off eggos and $1 off Smuckers squeeze jam and sundae topping. If anyone has any of these for trade or they just don't want them I'd love them!
So today I went into No Frills which is having a great dollar sale that lasts two weeks! I went in armed with 5x $1 McCain cake coupons that I printed off of their site (they expired today), 1x FREE Minute Maid juice boxes, and the 1x $1 off berries. I walked out of No Frills with 5 McCains cakes (which freeze great), 1 box of Minute Maid orange juice boxes and a clam shell of blueberries with zero dollars spent out of pocket! Pretty good deal if you ask me!
There is also a great deal right now at Food Basics, Egg Creations are on sale for .99cents and in store you can find a coupon for $1.00 off! That's right you can get the Egg Creations absolutely free! I'll be going to stock up on those later this week as well.
The best way to save money is to shop smart, only buy what you will use or need and match those coupons with sales! I'll be sure to post lots more special offers, freebies and deals through out the year, along with our journey to debt freedom, building savings and a drool worthy stock pile!
There are lots of deals to be had, lots of money saving tips and ideas you just have to look and want to keep money in your pocket instead of the cash registers at stores!
Happy Shopping!
Like every other person in our area the economy has hit us hard, leaving us to struggle. We always get by but we have very little flex room and even littler savings. This year we have decided that things will be different but not because we made a resolution but because we made a plan of action to get there.
So this year we have decided that we're going to build a very nice stockpile of canned goods and other necessities that will not spoil quickly but will help us stretch our grocery budget even further. We've also budgeted ourselves a very generous $500 a month for our family of six which will include pet food (we use Orijen for our tea cup min pin) and diapers for my eldest son who is Autistic and not potty trained. This is very generous amount but we wanted to make sure that we had a good amount to work with. But what is our goal then you say?
Well this year we are going to take that $500 start budget amount and combine that will coupons and sales and try to spend as little of that each and every month and take the balance and put it towards our savings and debts. I've signed up with smartcanucks.ca to find the best deals possible to match my coupons with in addition to joining the coupon trains, doing trades for coupons and finding freebies!
I've also been using save.ca , websaver.ca and a few other coupon sites which I will blog about at a later date to build a nice stack of coupons for trading and my own personal use.
So to finish off this entry I'm going to leave you with how I have already saved $8.99 this year and we have spent very little out of pocket for groceries thus far as we have been using our stock pile anyhow.
Right now on Kelloggs boxes of cereal there are four amazing coupons- $1 off berries, $1 off banana's, $2 off eggos and $1 off Smuckers squeeze jam and sundae topping. If anyone has any of these for trade or they just don't want them I'd love them!
So today I went into No Frills which is having a great dollar sale that lasts two weeks! I went in armed with 5x $1 McCain cake coupons that I printed off of their site (they expired today), 1x FREE Minute Maid juice boxes, and the 1x $1 off berries. I walked out of No Frills with 5 McCains cakes (which freeze great), 1 box of Minute Maid orange juice boxes and a clam shell of blueberries with zero dollars spent out of pocket! Pretty good deal if you ask me!
There is also a great deal right now at Food Basics, Egg Creations are on sale for .99cents and in store you can find a coupon for $1.00 off! That's right you can get the Egg Creations absolutely free! I'll be going to stock up on those later this week as well.
The best way to save money is to shop smart, only buy what you will use or need and match those coupons with sales! I'll be sure to post lots more special offers, freebies and deals through out the year, along with our journey to debt freedom, building savings and a drool worthy stock pile!
There are lots of deals to be had, lots of money saving tips and ideas you just have to look and want to keep money in your pocket instead of the cash registers at stores!
Happy Shopping!
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