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Save Money Monday 4

This was an ok week for couponing. I went to to a total of 6 stores since Saturday and spent a total of $66.67. Three of those stores were not with coupons. One was Aldi where I stocked up on good priced produce,  one was Walmart to get the few things I couldn’t get while couponing and the other was Dunkin’ Donuts because Charlie needed more coffee. (Of course I remembered afterwards that I had a coupon for DD at home.) Less than $70 for a family of 5 for over a week’s worth of groceries isn’t too bad, though! I’ll share my couponing deals here:

Target

Coupons, Chicago, TargetI was not very happy with the way Target does their addition on their receipts, plus the cashier left a $1 coupon off.

Shelf Cost $9.01
Store Discount $0
Coupons $7.02
Total $1.99
Total Savings $7.02 or 77.91%!

CVS

Chicago, Coupons, CVSI was able to use my extra care bucks from 2 weeks ago to get my water cases for .88 each. We plan on selling the bottles of water at our garage sale in a month or so. NICE profit margin :)

Shelf Cost $39.58
Store Discount $0
Coupons $28.84
Total $10.74
Total Savings $28.84 or 72.87%! (I also got $6.50 back in ECB)

Dominick’s

Chicago, Coupons, Dominick'sI had a few more free coupons to blow through like: more soup, free Pullups and free Philly cream cheese. Also, don’t forget that today is the last day to enter for my Dominick’s Simple Nutrition Giveaway where you can win a $25 gift card.

Shelf Cost $54.88
Store Discount $8.44
Coupons $24.16
Total $22.28
Total Savings $32.60 or 59.4%! (I actually paid with a gift card, so it was FREE except for .65 out of pocket!!)

Jewel

Coupons, Jewel, ChicagoI would have made it out slightly cheaper if someone hadn’t bought all the Brownie mixes (which I actually really needed.) I had to improvise and add in the powerades to make up my 10 items to get $5 off. The lady left off a .50 coupon, too. GRRR!

Shelf Cost $38.88
Store Discount $18.74
Coupons $3.50
Total $16.64
Total Savings $22.24 or 57.2%!

Frugal Friday June 25

Life as Mom

This is my seventh week taking part in Frugal Friday.(Although it’s been months since I’ve done it!) It is put on by Life as Mom. She wants us to share a tip a week about what keeps us staying in the Black. It feels good to get back to couponing. I hadn’t realized how much I was missing it until I jumped back in full force this week!
Please hop over to Life as Mom to check out more Frugal Friday posts! This week she’s talking about how to live without credit cards!

CVS


CVS had some good deals on Huggies. Supposedly you were supposed to be able to get a $3 coupon if you scan your card. I got a 10% off coupon but it was not allowed to be used on sale merchandise. Bummer.

Shelf Cost $28.67
Store Discount $4.98
Coupons $4.25
Total $19.44
Total Savings $9.23 or 32.19%! (Plus I got back $10 ECB)

Target


Charlie’s uncle, who has helped us out tremendously with plumbing and other house things uses Old Spice body wash so I stocked him up for a LONG time to come. :)
Shelf Cost $80.42
Store Discount $21.15
Coupons $24.94
Rebate $7.99
Total $34.33. $30 on a gift card $4.33 out of pocket. Plus I’m getting that $7.99 rebate AND I got 2- $5 gift cards
Total Savings $84.08 or 104.55%!! (Plus $10 gift card!)

Walgreens

I did two transactions in order to get both shampoo and conditioner.

Trans 1

Shelf Cost $4.24
Store Discount $1.00
Coupons $1.00
Total $2.24
Total Savings $2 or 47.17%! Plus I got $2 RR (That I bring to Jewel to shop with)

Trans 2

Shelf Cost $34.05
Store Discount $7.09
Coupons $10.49
Total $16.47
Total Savings $17.58 or 51.63%! Plus I got $12.50 RR (That I bring to Jewel to shop with)

Jewel


I went to Jewel and planned on getting the Dairy Deal where you get a $5 CAT back. Got done checking out and no CAT. Turns out I bought the wrong size whipped cream but the manager gave me a CAT anyway. He was very sweet.

Shelf Cost $56.71
Store Discount $10.04
Coupons $34.98
Total $11.69
Total Savings $45.02 or 79.39%! (Plus I got back $5 CAT)

At the end of this week I still have $10 in CVS ECB,$5 in Jewel Cats and $10 in Target gift cards to start next week out right!
Have a Frugal week!
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Winner of the $20 Target Gift Card

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Some Lucky Dog, you have 48 hrs to email me or I will redraw.

Didn’t win this $20 Target gift card? Make sure you’re a fan of mine on Facebook. Once I hit 500 fans there I will be drawing a fan’s name for the other $20 Target Gift Card!

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Frugal Friday April 16

Life as Mom

This is my sixth week taking part in Frugal Friday. It is put on by Life as Mom. She wants us to share a tip a week about what keeps us staying in the Black. Since I missed last week, this is actually two week’s worth of shopping in one post.

This was a light week of shopping.

Please hop over to Life as Mom to check out more Frugal Friday posts!

Meijer

Trip 1

I didn’t take pictures of either of these transactions. I was in a huge hurry to get home and use the items to make a cake for a client.

Trans 1

Supplies for cake:

Eggs, flour, milk, evap milk, cond. milk.

Shelf Cost $7.95

Store Discount $.77

Coupons $-

Total $7.18

Trans 2

I’ve been carrying around coupons for some free items so decided to get some of them. I got 3 hot sauce, chips, and Heluva Good Dip

Shelf Cost $7.01

Store Discount $.51

Coupons $6.44

Total $.06!!! Pretty dang awesome! I got everything for free

Total Savings $6.95 or 99.14%!!


Trip 2

I used up the rest of my free Frank’s Hot Sauce, got a free DiGiorno (from house party) and free Sunchips (facebook fan). The bulk of what cost so much was we needed two radon tests for the new house.

Shelf Cost $67.51

Store Discount $6.06

Coupons $14.19

Total $47.26!

Total Savings $20.25 or 30%!

If I took off the Radon tests, though, it would bring my savings up to 60.39%

Target

I ran to Target to get a good deal on Scrubbing Bubbles cleaner.

Shelf Cost $24.35

Store Discount $0

Coupons $15.59

Rebate $10.00

Total $8.76 on a gift card (no money out of pocket)

Got a $5 gift card back, too!

Total Savings $25.59 or 105.09%!! (Plus $5 gift card!)

Kohl’s

About a week ago I spent just a little over $100 at Kohl’s to get all 3 kids outfitted for summer. Turns out it was during Kohl’s bucks so I got a $20 Kohl’s Bucks coupon to spend. I loved that dress for Monkey right around Easter because it came with a dress for her baby, too!

Shelf Cost $56.00

Store Discount $36.21

Coupons $19.79

Total $0!!!

Total Savings $56 or 100%!! I still have .21 left on my Kohl’s Bucks but I won’t be going back before the sale is over to use it. Well, maybe I will, because I bought Little Man some clothes and today found a GIANT box of clothes from Buddy that will outfit him for the whole summer. I may take back Little Man’s clothes that he hasn’t worn yet and get more for the other two.

At the end of this week I still have $10 in CVS ECB,$3.25 in Jewel Cats and $13.16 in Target gift cards to start next week out right!

Have a Frugal week!

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Frugal Friday March 12

Life as Mom

This is my second time taking part in Frugal Friday. It is put on by Life as Mom. She wants us to share a tip a week about what keeps us staying in the Black. Today she is featuring how to make your own instant oatmeal. I am definitely going to give this a try because, like her, we go through way too much in one meal!

Please hop over to Life as Mom to check out more Frugal Friday posts!

Target

I did my first real Target shop this week. I think I did pretty well. I got 5 packages of cookies, 3 bottles of body wash, 2-4 pks of light bulbs, 2 electric toothbrushes, 4 bars of soap, 2 boxes of BandAids, 2 deodorants, 1 travel bottle of ReNu (for a friend) and 1 bottle of baby shampoo.

I paid $37.74 out of pocket and am getting a $15 rebate from Olay. Brings the total down to $22.74! I saved $40.10 after the rebate, bringing my savings to 63.81%

Jewel

I had to make two trips to Jewel this week. The first trip was to get a couple essentials and to get pizza ingredients for a giveaway I’m doing next week.

Trip #1

Shelf price $24.41

Preferred Savings-$4.48

Mfg Coupons (Cats & RR) -$12

Total $7.93

67.51% Savings!

Here is trip #2. I stocked up on fruit snacks big time! I did two of the “get $10 back” deals. I did all this shopping in 3 transactions. I’m just going to give you the bottom line, though.

Shelf price $144.31

Preferred Savings -$40.65

Mfg Coupons (and Cat) -$51.29

Total $52.37 out of pocket.! (Plus I received a $13.50 in Cats for a future purchase)

63.71% savings!

At the end of this week I still have $9 in CVS ECB and $13.50 in Jewel Catalinas to start next week out right! Total money out of pocket for all shown up there: $83.04! My normal grocery bill is around $125 a week.

Have a Frugal week!

Please don’t forget to enter my $20 Target Gift Card Giveaway

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Google Friend Connect

Finally I got it to work on my site! I’m guessing that Google made the process easier, because the last couple times I tried it, it included entering code into my header or footer or something. This time all I had to do was create the widget and paste the code into a WordPress Widget. SIMPLE! I was able to customize it with the colors I wanted, too. Awesome!

I just wanted to let you know that I added another entry possibility on my Target gift card giveaway if you connect via Google Friend Connect.

I really appreciate all of my fans! Thank you all for signing up to support me!

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Giveaway! 2-$20 Target Gift Cards- CLOSED

If you didn’t win the first Target Gift Card, be sure you are a fan of Frosted Fingers on Facebook. As soon as I reach 500 fans I will be giving out one more $20 Target Gift Card.

I’m going to give away 2- $20 gift cards to Target. I am currently trying to find sponsors to help me get to Camp Blogaway. Sponsors want to see numbers. So I’m looking to get some followers. I feel like I’m bribing for votes :) So here’s the deal.

When I get to 500 Facebook fans I will be giving a $20 gift card to a random follower. You can find my facebook widget on the right or go to http://www.facebook.com/frostedfingers to fan me. I’m currently at 257 364.

I’m looking for RSS followers, either through email or RSS readers. Here is my current follower stats:

My current goal is to reach 150 RSS followers. When I reach that I will give away a $20 Target gift card. Here’s how you enter the RSS feed giveaway:

This first step is mandatory:

1) Subscribe to my feed (worth 2 entries)

You can subscribe in a reader using this address: http://feeds.feedburner.com/wordpress/Pqdq

or enter your email in the box to the right. Please be sure to confirm your email subscription.

Once you subscribe to the feed, please leave me a comment below. (leave two separate comments saying “I subscribe to your feed.”) (please leave your email in your comment like this: frostedfingersblog at gmail dot com (to avoid spam))

Extra Entries

2) Follow me on Twitter and Tweet about this contest. “I want to win a $20 Target Gift Card by following @frostedfingers. http://frostedfingers.com/2010/03/giveawaytarget/” (You can tweet/enter twice a day (please space out your tweets))

3) Follow me via Google Friend Connect

4) Grab my button and put it on your blog: (worth 2 entries) (please make sure there is a link to your blog in your comment.)

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(No one is paying me to do this contest. I will be paying for the gift cards out of my wallet!)

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Couponing Feb 22: Fails and Scores

I went to a couponing class this weekend and was all excited to go coupon shopping this morning. I made a couple of beginner mistakes, but all in all I think I did ok.

Walgreens

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Gillette Fusion Power Razor $8.99-$4 mf-$4 RR= .99

Venus Embrace Razor $8.99-$2 mc- $4 RR= $2.99  $6.99 I forgot to do the razors separate so didn’t get the RR. :(

Free Olay Body Wash with purchase of Venus Embrace $5.29-$5.29= $0!

Right Guard Deoderant B1G1F deal. $2.99-$2 mc= 2/.99 or .45 ea!

Excedrin Migraine (love this stuff when not Pregnant or breastfeeding, soon…) $2.50-$2 mf- $2 RR= -$1.50 Money Maker!

Hershey’s Pieces Candy 4/$10- $5 RR- $2 mf= 4/$2 or .75 ea

Goody Ouchless Elastics $2.00- $2 RR= .99

I paid $29.28 out of pocket but I have $11 RR for the next time I go back. I also saved $33.23 in sales and coupons alone! 53.16% Savings!

CVS

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Colgate Toothpaste $2.99-$2 ECB-.75mf= .24

Snickers 2/.99-.50/2 mf= 2/.49 or .25 ea

Lady Speed Stick $2.99-$2 ECB-.50 mf= .49 $2.49 OUCH! (For some reason the ECB on this deal was no longer valid

Colgate Toothbrushes $10.97-$5 ECB- $1.50 mf= 3/$4.47 or $1.49 each. (deal was not as good as expected because I thought there would be $1.99 toothbrushes and there weren’t.) :(

Softsoap .88-.50 mf= .38

Spent $16.23 out of pocket and have $7 ECB for my next trip. Only a 28.69% savings.

Target

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You get to see everything else I paid for as well.

Not everything I bought was sale/coupons… I did a little extra shopping as well. I’ll share the deals.

Scotch Fur Fighter $3.99- $4 mf= FREE

Mitchum Deodorant $1.99-$1 mf= .99

Orbit gum $1.77 $2.39-$1 mf= 3/$1.39 or .46 ea (It was supposed to ring up $1.77, but I missed it. As it was, the cashier rang it up twice and I focused on that and got my refund for that. sigh)

Swiffer Starter Pack $8.99-$2 mf= 6.99

Swiffer refill $4.79- $4.79 mf= Free (Coupon to buy any swiffer starter pack, get a free refill.)

Amount paid on those products $7.36 + tax. Savings $15.49. 67.79% savings!

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