Some great coupon deals...

Right now there are some coupons out there that makes for great savings on razors. On Daisy (Simply Venus) women's razors there is a buy one get one free and a 3.00 off coupon also. And for men's razors there is a B1G1free for Gillette and also a 3.00 off. And since your getting two of them you can use both coupons at most stores.
Today at Dollar General they had the Simply Venus on sale for 5.60, so I got one free and then 3.00 off the 5.60 so two packages of good razors for 1.30 a package
and the Men's Gillette Mach 3 was 5.85 and got one free then 3.00 off the one I paid for so two packs for 1.43. A great deal for stocking up or donating...


Another great awesome thing is that Dollar Tree is now accepting manufacturer's coupons.  They have pretty stringent rules, and be patient while the cashiers are learning the new process, but some great deals are out there.  Stock up or donate!! Great prices!

Some tips...

Use the resources you have, the internet has matchups for coupons and sales in your area.

Most grocery stores have online weekly ads, in case you do not get a paper

If you are not finding many coupons there are coupon clipping sites just google coupon clipping

Learn how to fix things that are easy fixes, my rubber gasket pulled loose on my washing machine, it was a frustrating fix and took two of us to get the wire that held it in place back on, but we did it and it saved us a service call for our machine.

Use what you have, my husband needed a new sign for his shop, we used my new cricut (my birthday present) to cut the letters out of vinyl for the sign.

One of the biggest savings we have seen at our home lately is in groceries, you may ask how with the prices going up, we have started counting calories, and the smaller portions mean less meat used, so it goes farther, and meat is the most expensive part of our grocery bill. (ohh and for those wondering, I have lost 18 pounds since June 28th and dh has lost 28 pounds) share some of your tips to make your life easier and your bucks go further!!

Guest Post | Top 5 Back-to-School Deals from Money Saving Mom for August 5-11

 

 

 

 

Kid's Jeans for $9 From Old Navy: Old Navy has all their Kid's Famous Jeans on sale for $10 through August 15, 2012. This sale is both in-store and online. If you are planning on purchasing multiple pairs, you can sign up for Old Navy emails to get a $10 off $50 coupon. Plus, shipping is free on orders over $50. So you could potentially get five pairs of jeans for just $9 shipped each. If you're shopping in-store, you can print a $10 off $50 coupon from the Old Navy Facebook Page. Kid's Jeans for as Low as $8.50 from The Children's Place: The Children's Place has a number of different jeans priced at $10 right now. Use coupon code RETAILMENOT82 to get an additional 15% off your order, making the jeans just $8.50 per pair after this coupon code. Shipping is free on $75+ orders or a flat-rate of $5 on orders less than $75. Free 6-month Subscription to Shop Runner: If you do a lot of online shopping, you'll want to check this offer out! Sign up for a free Cozi account and they'll give you a coupon for a free 6-month subscription to Shop Runner. Shop Runner gives you unlimited free shipping to many different online sites -- just in time for purchasing back-to-school clothes, shoes, and electronics! Buy One, Get One 50% Off Plus Additional 15% Off at Famous Footwear: Famous Footwear is running a Buy One, Get One Half Off Sale right now. This is a great opportunity to stock up on quality shoes for your kids at low prices. Plus, use this coupon to get an additional 15% off your order total.   Free First Day of School Printable Signs: Like to take a photo of your children on their first day of school to commemorate the occasion? Download two different free designs of First Day of School Signs. In addition, you can find some other fun free Back-to-School printables here. Crystal Paine is a wife, mom of three, author of The Money Saving Mom®'s Budget. Visit her blog, MoneySavingMom.com, for the best back-to-school deals and for practical ideas and inspiration to get your life and finances in order. Litfuse Publicity Group provides marketing and publicity services for authors with a focus on building relationships and 'fusing' authors with their readers. Litfuse creates targeted campaigns unique to each author and each book. No cookie cutter campaigns. Come see what's stirring in the nest. Litfuse Publicity Group | Seattle | 206-947-3743 | @litfuse | www.litfusegroup.com

Planning, helps to save money...

Our CPA called (and yes we pay someone to do our taxes, with my husband being a pastor it is worth what we pay, for peace of mind)and we are getting a refund, a nice one. So we have sat down and planned what we would like to do with this, INCLUDING what we would like to save. We have some things that we need to replace, and some things that we have wanted and needed (and yes frugal people can spend on frivolous items) My point about this post is the planning, if we dont do this stage that money just trickles away and we are left with nothing to show. Plan your spending even on a weekly level is a smart and frugal thing to do. Sooo are you wondering what we are doing with our money..ROFL..we are so exciting, a new dryer, a new freezer, a tool box for my hubbys truck, charitable giving, paying a truck payment ahead and also some other bills ahead and then savings...I am sure there will be some "frivolous spending" too. But with a plan in place, it will reign that in. We also are planning how to use the tax rebate supposedly coming in the spring/summer, most of it being going into the savings account also.
Speaking of savings, I have (and I should have done this at the beginning of the year) decided to transfer any savings from coupons to a savings account to use for Christmas shopping. So I will transfer 7.09 to my savings this week.

Frugal can get tedious, and make us tired, but if we allow ourselves small pleasures with our planning we will be able to stay the course..

Give Away....

Hey guys I have a envelope of coupons to give away...there is alot of them...and some of them I know have been part of the CVs deals and Walgreens deals..SOOOO leave a comment and pass it along to your friends and on Thursday I will draw...put everyones name in a jar and let one of my boys draw a name...(Make sure you leave a email address of a blog link so I can get in touch with you if you win)

~Cindy~

A list of the coupons in the give-away
Afrin ----- Aveeno (2)
A-1 ----- Bayer
Airwick ----- Benefiber (2)
Angel Soft ----- Bic Soliel Razor
Arm & Hammer Toothpaste (2) ----- Bounce
Bryan ----- Boost (2)
Campbells (10) ----- Charmin
Chex Mix ----- Cholester-off
Chloraseptic ----- Complete Contac Solution
Contac Flu or Cold ----- Colgate Tooth Brushes (2)
Colgate TPaste (4) ----- Crest Spin Brush (2)
Crest White Strips (2) ----- Crest TPaste
Debrox (Earwax Remover) ------ Dulcolax
Downy ------ Duncan Hines Oven Ready
Ecotrin (2) ------ Efferdent
El Montery (2) ------ Energizer
Garnier Facial Products (2) ------ Garnier Styling Products
Gas X ------ Geritol
Glade Candles (2) ------ Glass Plus (2)
Go Gurt ------ Goodys (2)
Head and Shoulders ------ Herbal Essences (3) assorted
Hiland Dips ------ Hiland Yogurt
Hiland Ice Cream ------ Jiff to go
Hillshire Deli Wraps ------- Irish Spring Body Wash
KY products ------- Kleenex
Kraft or Cracker Barrel ------- Listerine
Loreal Make up (2) ------- Loreal Hair Color
Loreal Wrinkle Effects ------- Loving Care Hair Color
Lubriderm (2) ------- Ludens
Lysol (4) ------ Maalox
Maybelline ----- Metumucal (2)
Mitchum Deo ------- Mr. Clean (2)
Mt Olive Pickles ------- Nabisco
Natural Match Hair Color ------ Nature Made
Neosporin ------- Neutragena Lotion and Tgel
Nyquil ------- Oil of Olay Products (4)
Old English ------ Oral B spin toothbrush (2)
Pace (2) ------ Palmolive (3) assorted
Pantene ------- Pediasure Nutra pals
Pillsbury (5) assorted -------- Planters Peanuts
Poppers -------- Prices Cheese Spreads
Puffs ----- Reynolds (2) Assorted
Russell Stover Chocolates ------- Sally Hansen Products (2)
Schick ------ Scope
Scotch Brite (3) ----- Sea Thin
Selsun Blue (2) ------ Simalson
Slim Fast (2) ------- Soft Soap (2)
Speed Stick (2) ------ Spray and Wash
St Ives lotion ------ Sucrets
Sudafed ------ Sudacare
Thermacare ------ Tide to go
Totinos -------- T marzettis (2)
Tums (2)
Tylenol Cold -------- Vicks (3) assorted
Viva (2) -------- Wanchai Ferry Dinner Kit
Zantac --------- 3 El Chico Resturant Coupons