Groupon

I don't know if I have ever mentioned Groupon on here...but I'm also on the look out for some good deals. Sign up today to see the deals in your area by clicking here.  I have gotten a few really good date ideas for my husband and I here, cheap food at atlas grill, batting cage games and many other things go up from time to time such as laser hair removal, half price massages, and foot therapy.

Sign up and they will send you an email each day telling you the item that is on sale for 50-90% off if you sign up for that option.  There may not be anythign you want right now, but you might want it in the future.  I was a member of groupon for about a month before I started finding some deals I really loved!

-Kathleen

Bath and Body works $10 off of $10

Bath & Body Works has a $10 off any $10 code! Make a $10 purchase and use code F102785 and just pay shipping of 5.99! If you were planning to buy something from there this year as a gift, this would be a good time! Click here to get started~ I recommend check out the clearance items or the small gift sets!

$2 for $25 restaurant certificates at Restaurant.com

The truth of the matter is that I like to eat out. a lot. Right now restaurant.com is doing a promotion through 11/30 where you can get a $25 for just $2 (or a $25 restaurant.com certificate for $2 for the holidays!).  To sweeten the deal even more I went through eBates. I was able to get an additional 30% back.   I ended up spending 1.40 each on 13 different certificates that I hadn't budgeted for, but I will have MONTHS of dates with my hubby!

Happy shopping

Kodak Waterproof Mini Video camera 49.99

Targets best cyber monday daily deal by far (to me at least) is their Kodak waterproof mini video camera for 49.99 (which is regularly priced 99.99)  get it here. This is great if you spend lots of time around water activites. Actually, it is good whenever, there have been many times when I thought "a camera that won't break in the water sure would be nice right now"!

Home Depot Facebook Cyber monday exclusive

Quick! Friend the home depot now to get their facebook exclusive for cyber monday! They have a kitchen faucet that retails at $78 for $29 and has free shipping.

Step one Friend home depot on facebook
step 2 go to their profile and click buy now under the faucet

This deal won't last long for such a nice faucet.  It has a pull out spray hose (on the faucet) and a soap dispenser.  I would purchase it, but I just paid full price on one back in March!

Happy Shopping

My Walgreens Trip

Yesterday evening I made a trip to Walgreens. I was really running low on the dawn dish soap and they had the 10.3 oz on sale with the in ad coupon for .99 a piece.  I used to purchase whatever cheapest stroe brand I coule find prior to using coupons and realized that even without a sale, dawn ends up being the cheapest for me because it stretches further...store brand was NOT the way to go.  So anyway, you know the dawn commercials where they are trying to stretch a drop of soap? That was me cleaning my dishes the day after Thanksgiving!

I had plenty of register rewards left over and I found that I had a coupon as well for .25 off.  I did two transactions...
Transaction 1:
3 Dawn dish soaps
1 216 huggies wipe refill container

Total Before coupons: 11.96
in ad coupon took of $3
                              ______________
                                 8.96
                             -.25 coupon from sunday previous sunday insert
                             _________________
                                  8.71
I then used my $5 and 3.50 RR from Thanksgiving day sales and spent .21 plus tax! (I believe it ended up being .62)

Transaction 2:
3 dawn dish soaps @ 1.99  = 5.97
Hersheys chocolate bar     =    .89
-3 coupon                             3.-
 -.40 in ad coupon             ______
                                             3.46
- 3 RR
Total Paid .46 plus tax

I would also like to include that if you don't have any register rewards, these same dawns are on sale this week at cvs for .88 with your care card!

Cyber Monday Deals

I don't know about you, but I was look forward to another holiday off right about now, I like my husband getting up early with the kids over the weekend!

Right now there are deals going on at most online sites for Cyber Monday.

Right now the sunglass hut is doing 30% off of already reduced merchandise if you go here and type in the coupon code CM30 at checkout you can get a pair of the electric technician regularly priced at 85 for just 27.97 (and they are doing free holiday shipping right now too!) Today ebates is doing 12% cash back on items from the sunglass hut! If you are planning to get this deal and don't have ebates, now is a good time to sign up! You will get $5 after you make your first qualifying purchase (sunglasses 24.82 if you already have an account and 19.82 if you sign up today)

http://www.walmart.com/  is doing cyber week instead of cyber monday and they have a whole bunch of stuff so head over there to check them out (ebates gives back 2% with walmart)

I just noticed that the entertainment books are still 30% with free shipping for cyber monday and that ebates has moved the amount back to 50% for today! How exciting, if you haven't gotten your book this will make it $12.25 a book! Order your book at entertainment.com but order it through ebates first or it will be 24.50. Just sign up then search for entertainment and it will come up. Did I mention I love this site? I don't really do all that much online shopping, but last time I got just over $150 bucks back on things I was going to buy anyhow!

Do you have any other Cyber monday specials that you know about? Post them in the comments section!

Target 11/28-12/4

I don't know about you all, but my fridge/freezer is overflowing from all of the sales last week that were just WAY to good to pass up! Thanks to my $8 butterball turkey at Farm Fresh last week, I have been stuffed for days now.

I haven't mentioned that if there is a deal that you think is good on an item you use frequently buy it even if you don't have a coupon since it will likely be weeks before that items goes on sale again. I will have more ads and deals up later, as I have a busy day planned with the husband but will be able to post more later.

Target:
Nivea body wash 2.99
use $3 off of one mens body wash here to make it free
use $3/2 found here to make it 2/2.98
There are also some coupons from the paper that you may or may not have that can make these items cheap or free

Pond's towelettes 40 ct (or vaseline if you need it) @ 5.19 each
-get a $5 gift card when you buy 2
-use 2 of the 1.50 off of 1 coupons for ponds found here to make them 1.19 each (after gift card)

Rayovok batteries (in the dollar spot) $1 (not available in all stores)
use $1 off of one found here to make it free

Cheap legos!

Right now walmart.com has their 450 piece lego set on sale for $15 with free site to store shipping ( you just drive to pick it up!).  You can find it here.  Want to save even more? Go through ebates to get 2% back. Don't have an ebates account yet? Sign up today and when you make your first online purchase you will get an extra $5 added to your account! Click here

Coupons.com reloads similac coupons

coupons.com has reloaded their similac $3.00 off coupons.  If you use similac head over to print them off here!

2011 entertainment books

Right now you can order the entertainment books for 30% off and free shipping at entertainment.com.

That makes it 24.50! Let's sweeten the deal a little bit though, sign up for ebates and purchase it and get 35% of the purchase price back (8.57), and if you don't have an account, you will get an additional $5 put in just for making your first purchase. 

If you plan to get the entertainment book I would highly recommend this deal.

For those of you who don't know what the entertainment book is: It is a book with coupons to local restaurants and hot spots and has many buy one get one coupons.  It also has a 10% off of any purchase of $50 or more at most local grocery stores.  Everyone will use the book, but, I think the people that get the best value are families with two children of toddler and older age!

Again, be sure to get this deal through ebates so you get your free money here

Black Friday Deals that jumped out at me

Here is a list of Black Friday deals that really jumped out at me.  If there are any great deals that you noticed or got be sure to comment below :)

OfficeMax:
74.99 TomTom one 130 GPS ynit

Kohls:
99.99 2 ct tw diamond bracelet or diamond black and white heart pendant necklace
79.99 1/4 ct tw diamond solitaire earrings (reg 250)
29.99 1/8 cttw diamond solitaire earrings (reg 125)

*Get $10 Kohls cash for every $50 you spend

Home Depot:
.99 6" live poinsettia (for those of you without children that will eat plants!)
1.98 led chrismast lights (50)
9.88 staney power lock measure tape set (of 4)

Walmart:
$198 eMachines 15.6" laptop. Wireless enabled, intel celeron processor 2.2 GHz
$198 32" emerson lcd hdtv
$98 19" Sansui LCD HDTV
$45 Straight talk monthly card with free phone

1.96 movies: Bourne Identity, Bourne supremacy, bourne ultimatum, the notebook, man of fire, superbad, 27 dresses, casino royale 007, flicka, 2fast 2 furious, the fast and the furious, the last stand, goodfellas, and 17 again.

$5 titles(that I thought were good): Taken, Couples retreat, Bridewars, The dark night, Angels and demons, The blindside, and the hangover

Power wheels ride on barbe jeep for girls and regualr jeep for girls $88
$5 each Babie totally and or mermaid doll
$4 Thomas and friends make a match game
$8 24 pack of play doh

PLEASE NOTE THAT WALMART IS PRICEMATCHING BLACK FRIDAY SALES AS LONG AS YOU HAVE THE STORE AD AND IT IS IN THE RIGHT TIMEFRAME-this should cut down on the time it takes you to shop

hhgregg:
$9.99 DVD player (after $10 mail in rebate)

Big lots:
Big losts has many of the CSI season dvd series for 6 bucks! I'm really excited for this one

Kmart:
Thomas toys are buy 2 get one

Don't forget many places will let you do balck friday shopping online at 12:01 AM Friday and you can also use your ebates account to get cash back on your purchase, making it an even sweeter deal! Don't have an account? go here and set one up and start getting cash back for common online purchases now!

Similac at kmart

I just got word that Kmart has the smilac concentrate in the bottle on sale for 4.49, if you scroll down below to my similac post and print this coupon it its end being 1.49 for 2 days worth of food (and while it does not end up being  much cheaper then the deal at target, it is for 2 days...the coupons are limited so you might as well get the most cheaper days possible).

Thanks for the heads up Kelli!

Walgreens Thanksgiving day Sales

Today I will be buying only the items that have register rewards that make them free.  Register rewards are coupons that you can use towards your next purchase.  Initially you have to pay out of pocket for these items, but after you obtain a few good register rewards and do not let them expire you can get many free things from Walgreens.

You can only get one RR per item per transaction....want more then one? Ask your cashier to divide it up for you! Make sure not to use the other RR to pay for that same item since the computer will know!

Canada Dry ($1 OOP and you will get a RR back)

Colgate $3.00 RR back (there was a coupon for this for $1 off in the Sunday paper about a month back, use it and walgreens will be paying you a buck for picking up the toothpaste!)

Crest 3D $3 RR back

Thermacare heatwrap trial size $2.50 RR back
use $1 off one coupon here (make another dollar)
Scruci hairties $2 RR

Dial for men body wash @ 3.99 (get $3 RR)
use -$1 off of one found here

Also, all regular 9.99 toys are 50% off, which is what I will be using all of my register rewards to purchase!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Bath and Body works coupon

Bath and Body works always makes a good Christmas gift. Now it's an even better gift since there is a free item (up to $13 value) with a $10 purchase.  Buy something for yourself, get the gift free or vice versa!

Get it here

Happy shopping

Oakley Felons 37.50

Oakley is selling their Felon sunglasses, orginally $150.00 on the vault website for 37.50 plus shipping and applicable sales tax.  What a great deal for an amazing Christmas gift.  I'm not sure how long this will last so buy soon if you want this one!

http://oakleyvault.com/product/felon/30-748

Farm Fresh

I don't usually shop all that often at Farm Fresh, but, with the upcoming holiday there are some great deals that can't be missed out on.

Farm Fresh does double coupons up to and including $1.00 every Wednesday.  This is limited to 20 coupons per person per day and 2 like coupons doubled per day.

A couple of things to note:
They are doing a mix and match promo, buy ten items in the promo and get $5 off instantly. I will mark the items in the promo that I have on here with a star *

There is a promotion where the butterball turkeys are .58 a lb if you buy $25 worth of other stuff.  Have them ring up your turkey and coupons LAST. Also get the butterball turkey coupon here

Nestle Cookie Dough
On Sale for 2.50
Less $1.00 off coupon found here
Total:  .50

**Green Giant frozen boxed veg
1.00 each
-50 mix and match
.60/3 coupon here
= .10 each (I'm using two coupons and using this as 6 of my items towards my 10)

Kraft block or shredded cheese
2/$4.00
use 1.00/2 coupon here (same site as next two below as well)
= 2/2.00

Philadephia cream cheese
1.25
use 1.00/2 coupon here
= 2/.50

Cool whip
1.00
use 1.00/2 coupon here
= 2 free

**Chinet Plates
2.49
-.50 mix and match
-1.00/1 coupon here
=free (I would print two of these, will help your mix and match total)

**Select general mills cereals 2.49
-.50 mix and match
$1/2 coupon here

Carnation Evaporated milk
$1.00
.50/2 from here
= 2/$1.00

***Pillsbury pie crusts
2.49
.50/2 coupon here
-.50 mix and match
= 1.49 (m&m) or 1.99(not mix and match)

Lucky leaf pie filling
2.39
$1.00/2 coupon here
= 1.39 each (must buy 2 at this price)

post your thanksgiving totals in the comments:)
Have a safe and happy holiday

Cheap Similac

Many stores have the similac concentrate for under $4.00 and target has the ready to feed formula for 3.82 making this .82 for one days worth of infant formula!!

Coupons.com let me print two of the $3 off coupons (the ones I printed expire 11/24, yours might expire later, comment and let me know)

similac.com also let me print two off until 1/31/11. Hopefully they will renew it after that too. 

I'm hoping the coupons.com ones will refresh at the end of this month, as they have the previous two months.

Groupon

I LOVE to eat out at new restaurants. I also love groupon.  Currently for just $10 you can get $20 worth of food at Atlas Grill in Virginia Beach, mmmm. I'm excited for a cheap date night with my husband!  They have a new deal each day, things I have gotten previously include laser hair removal ($99) and hour long batting cage rentals ($12 for up to 5 people).  To join and see the deals each day click here

Walgreens Diapers and Pull-ups

If you have young children like me, this is a great sale.

Huggies Diapers or Pullups Jumbo size pack $8.99 (or less read below)
$2 off Pullups here or here (6.99 with coupon)
$2.50 off Little snugglers or little movers here (6.49)

You will also receive a $2 register reward good towards your next purchase.  You cannot get two rewards for the same thing per transaction or use your reward to pay for another pack and get another reward, so please take your rewards and save them for a future use making the pullups 4.99 and the diapers just 4.49. 

Please keep an eye out around 11 AM Thanksgiving day, as I will post a list of GREAT buys that you will want to leave the house for!

My Target shopping trip

These offers are only good through tomorrow 11/24 so if you see something you must have, please hurry!

Asparagus 12 oz 1.49
Gold medal flour 5 pound bag 1.50

Kraft shredded or block Cheese 1.80 (or.75 with coupons!) regularly $3.60
I purchased 2 of the sharp cheddar 10.8 oz blocks.  I printed the $1/2 from target and two of the .55 off of 1 coupons from there as well.

Did I mention target will "stack" coupons?  Stacking is when a store will take a manufactures coupon and a store coupon. this makes this cheese .75 a block, that is a savings of almost $3 so head over there if you are making mac and cheese this Thanksgiving!

Stove Top stuffing .79 (or .04 with coupons)
While you are at Target.com printing coupons for cheese print the .50/2 stovetop coupons here. And print the $1/2 coupon here. Buy 2 boxes at .04 each :)

The leapfrog tag system books on sale and they are B1G1 free.  Leapfrog tag book coupon for $5.00 off any one tag book priced 9.99 or higher.  This makes these 2 for $5, or two free if the cashier will ring through two of the coupons (watch a short video here and get another leapfrog coupon)

This trip I also used my $5 off any fisher price toy priced 19.99 or higher from the target toy book and got the Little People airport (reg priced 39.99) for 14.99.

Ebates

Ebates is an easy way to make some extra money, ESPECIALLY with the holidays and all of the spending you might be doing online.  Maybe you weren't planning on spending online, but ebates makes it cheaper.  There are many sites you might normally shop at that average a 3%-6% payout....why miss out?!

One of my favorite places to shop for items that are luxury items I cannot find coupons for is eBay.  On ebates I also get back money for shopping there. In fact, for items I commonly use, I purchase my coupons off ebay as well! Imagine that!

Sign up by clicking here!

Here we go...

This will be my first post of hopefully many.  For quite some time I have been saying to people "wait, I have a coupon for that" or responding to a friend saying they need a certain item by telling them how to get it cheap or free that week.  Before I began couponing I was budgeting about $800 a month for food and diapers!  Currently, I budget half that amount and spend approx. $250 on food, diapers, misc and dates with my husband (and we usually go out about twice a month on a date).

I'm really excited to show people how they can live an easier life with maximizing savings and minimizing efforts :)