Can You Keep a Secret?
I just bought a mountain bike for DD#1 for Christmas at the thrift store for $15! It’s in very good condition. It just needs to be cleaned up and have a few parts replaced, like the broken reflector on the back…YAY!
Stash Justified!
This year, due to some difficult circumstances, we will be spending a little less on Christmas this year. But I’m not sure it means less gifts. Instead it means, more knitting! Because of my very sizeable stash, I will be giving a LOT of handknit gifts this year. Like, doll clothes, hats and mittens, cute and tiny bags. And more knitting almost always equals more fun for me!
An Apple a Day….
Last night, I was in charge of dinner for the teachers during parent-teacher conferences. We served up Cafe Rio salads buffet-style and let the teachers help themselves. It was a huge hit! The apples I bought, however, were not. I bought 40 Gala apples and I think only 1/4 of them were taken. I gave some to the people who were helping me, but still ended up with 20 apples to add to the 3+ lbs. sitting in my fridge. Anyone have any ideas as to how I can use these up quickly?
Popcorn, Anyone?
The other night, Blooshusband popped some microwave popcorn and then dropped a $.75/1 coupon in my lap. I had three other boxes of this popcorn that I’d bought from the same store, so I checked them all and had four coupons! This was a good thing, since this brand of popcorn (Jolly Time) is on sale at Macey’s 10/$10. So we bought 10 boxes and only paid $7 and then discovered that every box had a peelie on the front of the box where you could send in for a coupon for a free box. So really I only paid $.60 a box.
There are also some printable coupons ( you will have to register to get them) on the Jolly Time website one for $1.50 off and another for $1. Macey’s doesn’t take printables, but this popcorn seems to go on sale for $1/box every few weeks here. So I think I will find a good use for them soon. In the meantime, I’m debating about whether to keep them all for snacks or use some of them for neighbor/friend gifts…
I Got a Good Deal, but Could Have Done Better
This week at Macey’s, you can get $10 off when you buy any 10 participating General Mills Products for $25 when you use an in-ad coupon. Since FiberOne bars were one of the participating items, I decided to stock up. We’re big hikers so we like these for hiking trips as well as for snacks. I used one $.50 off coupon from the 9/07 insert for one box and got 10 boxes for $14.50, which breaks down to $1.45 a box. Pretty good considering that I normally pay at least $2.50 a box. While we were waiting for them to bring more granola bars to us from the stock room, I took a look at the Chex Mix Bars and the Curves Bars, also included in this promotion. I was pleasantly surprised to see that they were both fairly low in sugar and high in fiber content. AND when I got home I discovered there were coupons for these as well: two for Chex Mix Bars $.50/1 (9/07 and 10/05 inserts) and one for Curves Bars $.75/1 (10/12 insert). So it could have been 10 boxes for $12.75.
Buried in Carrots
This week my local SuperTarget had 1lb. Green Giant baby carrots for $1.29. They also had a coupon for $1 off Green Giant Carrots. So I printed out five, grabbed my Target coupon for $1 off Skippy Peanut Butter and was off! The carrots were $.29 each and the PB was $1.09 after the coupon. Total spent was $2.54. Now, thanks to Money Saving Mom’s post about the cheap carrots and her suggestion of shredding and freezing them, I’m doing just that. I have some bagged in 1-cup amounts for Tomato Barley Soup (celery and tomatoes are on sale this week, too!) And some in 3-cup amounts to make Carrot Cake/Muffins.
More Coupons!
Since so many coupons came from this site that I’ve used in the last few weeks, I thought I’d pass it on.
These are the coupons I used this week:
The $1 off Muir Glen tomato products allowed me to get diced tomatoes for $.16
The $1 off 32 oz. Yoplait gave me a price of $1.27- that’s almost half off
You will have to register in order to print coupons, but this is one of the best sites for coupons. They actually have coupons for items I will use.
RiteAid is My Moneymaker
I am really going to miss my gift cards from my Rx transfers from RiteAid. I only have one more to go. But look at what I got yesterday!
All of this was FREE. And the lip balm and Sucrets each have a rebate of $2.99! The cereal was B1G1 and then I got home and discovered the mail-in rebate for the cereal, which is for the entire cost of one box. So add another $4.79 to the money I made!
Plus the Myoplex Bars were buy one get on 1/2 off, which made it $3/2. The lowest price Blooshusband normally gets is $1.75 each when he buys them in bulk.
Nexcare Product Coupons!
I love Nexcare products. I use a lot of their bandages and instant cold packs. I just found a page offering coupons for several of their products here.
Overage on Chapstick True Shimmer at RiteAid
This month at RiteAid ChapStick True Shimmer is free after an Easy Check Rebate. Save your receipt and use the mail in rebate form for up to $2.99 on ChapStick True Shimmer or 100% Naturals and they will pay you $1.99 to buy it or you can get two for free! There’s one stocking-stuffer down for Christmas!
