Kroger Deals: January 2012, Week 3 cont.

I continued the deals I have been doing this week with the addition of Barilla pasta since my coupons came in from Ebay..

This morning I ran in my favorite Kroger and walked out with:

8 Tennessee pride sausage gravy packs
6 Wolfgang Puck Iced Organic Coffee
8 Barilla Whole Wheat Pasta boxes
8  Men's Speed Stick

Paid .95 (this was the tax)

 This afternoon i went to another Kroger:
8 Tennessee pride sausage gravy packs
8 Barilla Whole Wheat Pasta boxes
8 Men's Speed Stick

Paid: .48 (this was the tax)

Total OOP for this week was $91.98 so just under my hundred dollar budget.
This total included:
4 12pks coke products
4 boxes of Ritz Crackers
4 Planter peanuts large canisters (With these 12 items listed above, I received a $10 GC from CVS) $20.00
5 Double packs lysol spray/wipes (received a $6RR). $20.00
Dollar General Christmas Clearance (15) .30c items 70% off
Dollar Tree : $7.00
Big Lots: 15.00
32  Tennessee pride sausage gravy packs
20 Men's Speed Stick Deodorants 
16 Barilla Whole Wheat Pasta boxes
17 Wolfgang Pucks Organic iced Coffees
8 Stay Free products
2 Finish Dish detergents
One trip to Kroger & Easy way Product for weeks essentials: Milk, bread, Fruits and Vegs, OJ, Hamburger Meat: approx. $20.00
Forgot to add:  Charming Charlies $14 and Bath and Body Works: $12

Total savings for this week: $254.42



  

Target Semi-Annual Toy Sale: January 2012

Be still my heart!  I love this sale so much.

I know most people think I am crazy for buying toys literally right after Christmas but you have no idea how much you can save until you have experienced this sale.  Target starts with 30% sometime the end of December and then it drops to 50% off and in about a week it goes to the coveted 70% off (it use to be 75%)  This past Thursday was the DAY!!

Each year it really varies if there will be lots of girl toys or lots of boy toys.  This year was the boys year, lots and lots of boy toys. 

Here are the highlights of what I bought:

 LEGO Space Center set:  Reg price $69.99,  Target Clearance Price: $34.99

 Love that I found this set, my little peep got the Space Shuttle for Christmas.


LEGO Cars Spy Jet Escape 8638: Reg price: $49.99, Target Price: $24.99

LEGO Star Wars Hoth Wampa Set (8089)

Regular Price: $39.99, Target Price: $19.99

 Blip Squinkies Cars 2 Globie Dispenser

Regular price: $20.00, Target Price: $5.98 (I have four packs of Squinkies to go with it.)

The LEGOS were only 50% off but I was so happy there were still some in the toy clearance.  My littlest peep will be six in February and he is completely into LEGOS.  And if you are a parent of a LEGO Kid you know just how expensive those sets are.

I got many other great toys too.  My kids Christmas and Birthdays are almost done and it is just January.  Nieces and nephews birthdays & Christmas D.O.N.E.  Gift closet restocked!

In all I spend around $250.00 (I had saved up more than half to pay with cash)

I SAVED around 450.00!

Kroger Deals: January 2012, Week 3

 Not everything is pictured

15 Tennessee Pride Sausage Gravy 10/10
Used .55 coupon on any Tennessee Pride product (no size restriction) that doubles and adjusted too $1.00= FREE

11 Wolfgang Puck Cold Brewed Iced Coffee 10/10 used $1.00 on one IP coupons = FREE

8 Speed Stick .88 each - 50c coupon (no size restriction) dble & adjusted = FREE

6 Stay Free $2.49 each - B1G1 coupon - (3) $1.00 off any Stay Free product= $4.47 or  .75 each

 Before coupons total: $47.98
After Coupons oop: $4.47 plus tax for 40 items

Almost forgot!! Here is my beautiful Amaryllis flower from the Target After-Christmas Clearance. 

Just 2 weeks ago, it looked like this:

You can find my original post about this beautiful flower: HERE

My "Terrific Kids" are honored at school

Our elementary school has a Terrific Kid Program that honors one child out of each class ever six week.  The teacher from each class picks one child she or he feels has shown the best character over the past weeks.  One student that goes above and beyond to show compassion, care and politeness to others.  My two beautiful kids were awarded this honor last week and there was a special program held for all the kids that received the award this past Friday.  

This program is sponsored by the East Memphis Kiwanis Club.  A wonderful organization that devotes themselves to volunteering in the Midsouth.  Kiwanis International is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time.  

Here is Kiwanis International Website Link: Click Here

 Some pictures from the program:

 When Sara was walking across the stage to receive her award Joshua jumped up and hugged her.  You should have heard all the "awes" from the parents in the audience.

To celebrate after school we went to our locally owned cupcake shop:

Muddy's Bake Shop

 And then to the Children's Museum Of Memphis:  

CMOM

A great day for the Cullen Family.

Pin It

GREAT DEAL: Ortega 12 count Taco Shells

Read this deal on  A Full Cup coupon site.  It would be a great way to start a stockpile.  I mentioned this deal a few post back but since I just picked up eight more boxes today I wanted to do a specific post on it.

My family loved taco night and whenever I can stock up on taco supplies, of any kind, I do.  We probably have taco night two times a month, so if I wanted to stockpile for a year I would need 24 boxes.  When I first started couponing about 5 years ago, I couldn't wrap my mind around stockpiling because I thought it just meant having excess.  

Excess: the state of exceeding what is normal or sufficient:  2. An amount or quantity beyond what is normal or sufficient; ...

But then I realized how important it is to stockpile items when they are on sale or a good price.  This understanding has saved our family thousands of dollars year after year.  And has given me the opportunity to share with family and friends or donate items to a food bank.


THE DEAL:
The Ortega Taco Shells are $1.69 at Kroger and they all have $1.00 coupons attached to them. 

(8) Ortega 12 Yellow Corn Taco Shells X $1.69= $13.52 - (8) $1.00 off one coupons= 
$5.52 oop plus tax.

Be sure and check the expiration date:  All of these boxes do not expire until February and March of 2013.

This is a close up of what the peelie coupon looks like on the package:

I found the majority of Ortega Taco Shells on a separate display by the luncheon meat, so keep your eye peeled if there are none on the regular grocery aisle.  I looked last week at the Mexican food aisle just to check and there were none of the boxes with peelie coupons there, today I'm in a completely different part of the store and found a whole display.

Kroger: Shopping Trip 1/10/2012 P&G Buy 4 save $4 and Buy 4 Save $3

Kellogg's Fiber Plus Bars @ $2.99 x 8 = 23.92- 6.00 store promo- 3.00 manu coupons= $14.92 total or $1.87 each


Kellogg's Fiber Plus Ceral @ 2.99 x 4 = 11.96 - 3.00 store promo - B2 (Fiber bars G cereal FREE)= 3.00 credit


Ortega taco Shells 1.69 x 3 = $5.07 - (3) 1.00 off 1 peelie on box = $2.07 or 0.69 each

Not pictured:

Charmin TP @ $6.99 x 2= 13.98 -2.00 store promo - (2) 1.00 ecoupons = $9.98 total or $4.99 each

Bounty PT @ 6.99 x 2= 13.98 -(2) 1.00 store promo - (2) 1.00 ecoupons = $9.98 total or $4.99 each

Total before store promo & coupons: $68.91

Total OOP: $33.95   (that is $1.78 per item)


 

Kroger: HOT WHEELS GENERAL MILLS Collector toys on clearance

I saw these the other night but I had my youngest peep with me and he would have claimed them right then and there and I wanted to save them for his birthday or Christmas!  So I went back today with my fingers crossed.  I found these on an end-cap display close to the magazine aisle.

Kroger Delta region:

Hot Wheels General Mills collector toy cars:

Regular price $3.99 x 6 = $23.94

Clearance price $0.40 each (I bought 6) = $2.40

~Savings: $21.54~

I got:
Cocoa Puffs
Cinnamon Toast Crunch
Count Chocula
Honey Nut Cheerios
Franken Berry
Trix
Wheaties

(The other two are Boo Berry & Lucky Charms)

January 9, 2012 Savings

I have set a budget of $100 a week on all groceries, paper goods, dollar store, thrift store finds and Target (that store being my weak point every week)

My husband and I went through the Dave Ramsey Financial Peace Program about three years ago and while we still use many of the awesome tips; we have gotten lax on other wonderful points this program provides.  One being the money envelope system.  You put cash in separate envelopes and only spend that money and/or save that money for specific things.  I am starting a money envelope for my weekly groceries, so when the money is gone I spend no more, no matter how great the deal is.  It will take discipline but I know I can succeed. I would like to drop my budget back down to $50 a week like I have done before.  I hope week by week as I rebuild my stockpile that I can drop $5.00 every month until I am down to a $50 weekly budget.

Kroger saving today 1/9/2012

Deal: select 8z Kraft and Sargento cheese 2 for $5 ($2.50 each)
(4) Kraft Cheese 8 oz. packages
(2) Sargento Cheese 8oz packages
Total $15.00 - 4.40 in Manufacture Coupons - 2.00 off Dairy order of $10.00 or more = $8.60 oop
Or $1.43 each (Awesome price for name brand cheese!!)

Deal: Buy 5 Lean Cuisine get FREE Skinny Cow Candy (coupons on S.C. boxes)
Lean Cuisine 5/$10 - 1.00 Manu. coupon = 9.00oop
Plus Skinny Cow Candy $3.50 - Free w/ purchase coupon= $0.00

Skinny Cow Candy 2.$7 -B1G1 manu. coupon=  $1.75 each


(2) Starkist Tune Pouches $1.29 - .50 manu. coupon x 2 (doubled) =  0.29 each

Total before coupons = $38.08

OOP $24.29  ( saved $13.79)

*********************************************************************

HOT coupons right now:

$2.15/1 Finish Quantum Dishwasher Detergent 25 ct+ X1/30

SPEED STICK or LADY SPEED STICK DEODORANT COUPONS .50/1 02-20-12

 $.55/1-- Any BARILLA whole Grain Pasta CAN BE DOUBLED Exp 3/4

BOGO FREE COUPONS - BOGO FREE Stayfree product coupons max value: $4.49

A little side note about the above coupon:  The last time I bought B1G1 Stayfree coupons, Walgreens had an awesome deal that made both packs free.  That was four years ago and I still have around 10 packs left! lol

I'm going to use my blog to keep track of my savings this year.  So you will see a lot of these post start popping up.

My year to date total saving this year includes sale pricing, store promo and coupons:

January 2012: $254.52 so far

Master Bedroom (Phase 2)

Pre NEW paint and a empty room

The antique armoire stayed in the room. 

With no room for a king size bed frame with a foot board, we brainstormed and came up with creating a custom headboard that could be bolted to the metal mattress frame.

I designed the king size headboard and my husband cut it out of thick plywood.  We had the foam custom cut at a local upholsterer company.  You would be surprised how cheap having this done is.  I priced foam at Joanns and Hancock and I would have spent double and also would have had to piece two smaller pieces of foam together.   All I did was bring them the paper pattern I had made for my husband to cut the plywood out and 2 days later I had my custom cut foam!!!

Add a little spray adhesive and you got yourself a custom headboard!

I love, love, love the wall color!!

Our furniture from Pier One:

We have looked and looked for furniture that would be size appropriate for our room.  The bedroom is 12x14.  And with a king size bed smack dab in the middle there isn't much room for much more furniture.  We needed something petite with lots of drawers.  The BIGGEST deciding factor (our budget) I have been saving up money for a year to buy our furniture but have you LOOKED at the prices of bedroom furniture lately?  Craziness I tell you, why do they need to charge so much, what is the markup, like 500%.  Any way I am a bargain shopper, we checked out thrift stores and a few high end furniture stores but I always kept coming back to Pier One, they really have nice pieces THAT are affordable too.  And if you visit the store on a regular bases you will find that everything goes on sale eventually. and they keep marking down the price every week or so.  Be patient the price will go down, also have them check inventory on the pieces your are interested in.  If inventory is getting low and you are in LOVE with the item go ahead and get it.

We got a steal on this beautiful dresser, it also has a mirror we put on later.  

Two night stands: Finally we have our own side tables!!

Antique milk glass lamps with marble bases : FREE  

My mom and I rewired them and I bought new plain white fabric shades at Lowe's Home Improvement store.  These lamps have been sitting at work collecting dust, unused, for about 7 years but I just knew I would find a perfect home for them one day. 

Shades were $6.99 each.

In the middle of all the Master Bedroom redo, my husband finally got little peeps antique bed refinished.  So good by to the convertible baby bed he has called home for his first 5 years and hello.............----->

BIG BOY BED!!!!

This beautiful bed is actually one half of a bunk bed set, you can see where the other half is HERE!

You can check out Master Bedroom Phase1 HERE!

 Next up: Phase 3 

(THE BIG reveal)

~After I clean the room and make it look pretty again~

Pin It

Starting the New Year off with good savings

~ HAPPY NEW YEAR~

I took a ridiculously long break from couponing last year.  Sad to say I was a little burned out, not on the savings but on the work that goes behind every penny saved.  When my husband ask me to start couponing again, I knew it was time to step back into the crazy coupon world.

With all the negative hype around the extreme couponing showing that have been on tv.  I had heard the stores have tightened their coupon policies and really restricted how coupons can be used but I decided it was time to relearn all the store policies and all the new rules that have came about over the last year.

So here is a few deals from this week:

Walgreen's:  Buy 2 Kids Triaminc (2/$10) get a $5RR

I paired this deal with (2) $3 off 1 coupons

$10 -(2) $3coupons= $4 received a $5RR (made $2 off this deal)

I did this deal twice, so I have $10 in Register Rewards to use

Got to L.O.V.E. Target

I love the after Christmas sale at Target.  We went out of town this year for Christmas and lucky for me we took two vehicles; my first stop back in town on the 26th was to Target when every thing went 50% off.  I was actually shocked at how much they had left; besides all the artificial trees being gone the Christmas aisles looked partically untouched.  

Today I had to run over to Target to return some items and decided to check the Christmas clearance because I knew it was finally 90% off, there was still many item left.

 

I bought two of these bulb pots when they were 50% off last week but I was so excited to find about 10 on an endcap so two more for work.  These little beauties help me get through the winter gloom.

Original Price: $9.99

Sales price: $2.98

More Target deals:

Boxed Photo Cards: $7.00  -90% off = .70 each
Flintstone vitamins: $5.57 -$2 Target Q -$2 Manu. Q= $1.57 each
Market Pantry Mac & Cheese: .74 -$1 Target Q= $0.00 FREE
Dunkin Doughnuts Pumpkin Coffee $9.49 - 50% off -$1 manu Q= $4.74 each
Bulb pots (shown above) $2.98 each

Original price (presale and clearance) totaled $71.84
My OOP (out of pocket): $20.68

   

 Stopped by my favorite thrift store and they had all Christmas items 75% off

2 beautiful glass candy jars .25 each

Saving these for next Christmas' candy gifts

Baby steps, baby steps.  Start coupon, ever penny saved adds up and by the end of the year you will be surprised how much you have saved!

***Happy 2012***

Pin It