Posts Tagged ‘ grocery savings ’

Our Garden is Planted! Is Yours?

04/26/2011
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lettuce rows

I absolutely love plants and I love to garden! Especially growing our own food! I don’t think anything is more fun than going out to the garden with the kids and picking things that we grew ourselves and see my kids learn about the whole process while eating healthy foods. Unfortunately, I am not very good at gardening. Normally I cheap out and buy plants that are weak or I plant too late. Forgetting to water on a really hot day is no good either, but I have set an alarm on my phone to remind me this year....

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Weekly Rite Aid Run! 3/6

03/06/2011
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Rite Aid 3/6

The number of Ups that I had accumulated had really started to build up with all of the good deals that I have gotten in the last month! I felt that the number of Ups that I had was getting out of control and I needed to burn some so that I didn’t have any expire on me! So here is what I got today: I did 3 transactions at 2 different Rite Aids this morning. Here is the Breakdown for all of what I got: 1 Sweetarts Gummy Bunnies 1 Sweetarts Chicks/Ducks/Bunnies 3 Nutrigrain Bars 2 Snickers (can’t...

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It Pays to Get Up Early on Sunday…Literally!

02/27/2011
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Sunday 2/27

So I got up early and hit 2 Rite Aids and 3 Walgreens. I came home with: Rite Aid 8 TGIFridays Snacks 8 Combos Total Regular Price: $35.04 Total after Wellness Savings: $16.00 Total Tax: $0.40 Used $16.00 in +UPS Tax OOP: $0.40 Got back $16.00 in UPS Walgreens 6 20 ct bottles of Motrin PM Total Regular Price: 29.94 Total After Sale Price: 18.00 No Tax because it is medication!!! WOOT! Used 3 coupons for $6 off of 2 OOP: NOTHING!!!! Got back $9 in RR!! So total for the day OOP $0.40 Rewards Profit: $9 in RRs...

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Couponing: The Prep

02/16/2011
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Okay, if you are playing along, by now you have your book put together, you have been collecting a mountain of coupons and you have been organizing them into the categories of your choice and you are ready to run right out the door with your binder and buy all the things you usually buy. Wait! Don’t go anywhere. Sit back down and take your shoes off. There is a key to maximizing your savings. From what I can tell, it takes about 6 to 12 weeks to get fully into the cycle. But once you are in, if...

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Coupons, Coupons, Coupons. Where Do I Find More Coupons

02/09/2011
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Okay, so I have my book all put together, but now where do I get the coupons to put in it? Follow these simple steps that I followed to build your coupon stash and increase your savings at your local drug and grocery store.

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Couponing Lingo!

02/07/2011
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It has come to my attention that some may not be so familiar with some of the terms that we use in couponing. I will add things to this list as I think of them, but for now here is a list of commonly used lingo:

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Today’s Haul! 2-2-2011

02/02/2011
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Haul for 2-2-11

Okay folks! I didn't save as much today as I could have because I had some things that I needed to get for which I did not have a coupon and had to pay full price. I tried to get those things on sales where I could, but sometimes things happen and when you are just beginning, as I am and you don't have a stockpile to draw from there are going to be things in the beginning that you just have to buy at full price. But regardless, I couldn't fit it all in one pic so...

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Couponing: The Book/Binder

02/02/2011
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My Coupon Book

The first thing that you are going to need if you plan on being a serious couponer is a way to organize your coupons so that you can maximize your savings. The best way that I have found to organize my coupons is in a coupon binder or book. This is how I organized my book.

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Quick Trip on 2/1/11

02/01/2011
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Grocery Run 2-1-11

Today I made a quick trip to grab a couple things that I had seen on sale at Food Lion and Walgreens. These are my totals for savings for today!

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Keys to Couponing

02/01/2011
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Clipping Coupons

It has been an exciting month as we have been learning the ropes of extreme couponing and learning how to save money at the grocery and drug stores. Over the course of the next month I will be posting small lessons on what you need to do in order to get into extreme couponing and cut your grocery bill by 50% - 95%. The following are what I believe to be the most important things to remember when getting started.

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