NEVER EVER EVER pay for toothpaste!

Not kidding! There are many things that I don't pay for and toothpaste is one of them. Not only do I not pay for toothpaste... but half of my extended family does not pay for toothpaste ( which is why I get so many tubes). This week at Kroger you can get free kid's Crest and Crest. Here's how...

Kid's Crest and Crest toothpaste 4.6oz 10/$10 ( you do not have to buy 10 items to get this price!)
Use $1 off any Crest toothpaste PG4/4
and/or use $1 off Crest toothpaste (Kroger digital coupon)
= FREE toothpaste

Kroger Digital Coupons

If you have a store card...
Download the Kroger App for Iphone and enter your card number to be able to load coupons to your card.
If you do not have an Iphone... go online to Kroger.com and click on coupons in the middle of the homepage to begin loading coupons to your card.

Everything below except the Mentos gum and 6 of the tubes of toothpaste was bought using Kroger digital coupons! I paid $6.49 and should have been $34.69! Coke is a rare treat in my house so my husband was happy today when he saw this! I got them for around .65 each.

Walgreens: great diaper deal!

You can get a jumbo pack of Pampers diapers for $3.99 at Walgreens this week!

Pampers Jumbo Pack $8.99
Use $3 off Pampers diapers PG4/4
2$ off Pampers diapers Walgreens coupon in "Infant Care coupon book"
= $3.99!!! Yay!

If you do not have a Walgreens' Infant Care coupon book... They are typically located at the makeup counter or pharmacy and you have to ask around to get one.

Use the manufactuers coupon first, then the Walgreens coupon and don't give them the Walgreens coupon... they should scan it in the book and then hand it back to use again.

This is what the coupon book looks like.

No coupons this Sunday!

There will not be any coupons in this Sunday's paper:( due to the holidays. I enjoy these weekends off! Hope everyone has a happy Easter!

Another freebie!!! Kid's toothbrushes and toothpaste!

I get so excited about free stuff especially things that we use all the time!

At CVS:
Aquafresh kid's toothbrushes/toothpaste are $1 on sale!
Use coupon $1 off aquafresh kid's toothbrush or toothpaste (not sure which insert)
= free!!!!!

At Walgreens:
Aquafresh kid's toothbrushes/toothpaste $2.39
Use coupon $1 off aquafresh kid's toothbrush or toothpaste (4/17 newspaper - not sure which insert)
and Walgreens' coupon for 1$ off aquafresh toothbrush or paste
= $.39!!!
(you can pair a Walgreens' coupon with a manufactuer's coupon for the same item)

Most of the time these free items are gone pretty quickly... if they are out at your store ask for a "raincheck"
A raincheck is a receipt that allows you to lock in a certain price for an item until a later date when they restock their shelves... just always watch to make sure your coupon doesn't expire before using the raincheck. I will be getting a raincheck at CVS this week.

Easter Bunnies:)

One of my favorite bloggers (http://www.mylitter.com/) posted a cute Easter gift idea and I decided to copy it. Here is the final result!

(sorry about the lighting-not the best)

Aren't they adorable! They were super easy to make and cost less than a dollar! Most of the supplies I had on hand but I found the hand towels at Dollar Tree. I stuffed the back with an Easter egg and candy.
I plan on giving these to my kid's teachers at school and sunday school! Anyone else have some frugal crafty things they do for gifts? email me pics and I will post them!

Coupon Class!

I'm going to have another coupon class on Thursday May 19th! This will be a refresher course for those of you that have just started your coupon adventures and I will also teach the basics of couponing for newbies! I hope you will join me for a fun evening!

Couponing 101

Thursday, May 19

Premier Learining Center

Wylie, Texas

6:45pm

$10.00

Please email me your name or message me on facebook so that I can put you on the list!

htherosu@aol.com

CVS and Walgreens Trip 4/17

CVS
I only spent $.73 on everything pictured below!!!
I did two transactions:

Transaction 1:
Intuition Razor
Edge shaving gel
easter grass
Used $10ECB from last week
coupon for Razor
coupon for shave gel
Got back around $9 in ECB (seperated out)

Transaction 2:
Easter grass
Paas Easter egg decorating kit (can't wait to do this with Carson)
no coupons
Used $2 ECB from previous transaction
Paid .73

I have $6ECB for next week!!

Walgreens
I spent $19.73 out of pocket and I have $5ECB for next week! I spent a little bit more out of pocket than normal but I couldn't pass up the babywipes deal and I needed the Allegra allergy for Carson (normally $12 and I got it for $4.99 with a sale and the $5 off coupon in this sunday's paper)

I only did 3 transactions and started with $7ECB from last week. I forgot how I did it but you get the idea that I saved a ton of money.

Send me some pics of your deals!!! I would love to post them on my blog and show that anyone can do this!

email me at htherosu@aol.com



Look what you can get for FREE!!

Yes.. I love free! Get you a paper this weekend then go to Walmart. They have Nivea Body Wash on sale for $3 and there are $3 off Nivea Body Wash for men and women in the RedPlum insert in this Sunday's paper. I got 3 papers and they paid for themselves twice already with this deal.

I paid $0.00 for all of those below!!! I added a pack of coat hangers so I didn't freak out the cashier:)

There are four coupon inserts this weekend so make sure and buy/get several copies!

I wish this thing worked!!!

Someone would make a ton of money if these things actually worked!

Carson has vaccumed the entire house about 10 times already this morning and I wish I had all of his energy! He is sick AGAIN (surprise! surprise!) with a sinus infection/cold but still manages to play and clean the house!

Isn't he cute?!!

I told him that when he got done vaccuming that we were going to "tackle" his room. He said " so we can smack it and knock it down?!" 
Yep he has played too much with his daddy lately and I wish that was all we had to do...

Hope everyone enjoys their saturday!

Coupons in this Sunday's paper

There should be 3 inserts (2 smartsource SS and 1 Redplum RP) in this weekend's paper! There might also be a General Mills (GM) insert too! This is a great weekend to get multiple papers. I suggest getting 3 papers a week for a family of 4 and this will help you "stockpile" items when they are dirtcheap or free.

My Kroger Shopping Trip

I spent $50.19 this week on groceries. This is on the higher end for me on groceries since my average is $30 to $50 each week. The total for all of these groceries would have been $128.84.
61% savings! I saved more than I spent... so I call that a successful shopping trip.
Last week I stocked up on meat, produce and sliced cheese and I only spent about 25$ on groceries. So it typically evens out week to week.

Here is everything I got at Kroger today!

Some of the free things I got today were all of the minute rice, reach floss and the snickers eggs. The baby wipes, Kandoo wipes, kid's toothbrushes, mustard, steamfresh veggies, gerber babyfood, shredded cheese and hotdogs were all under .50cents each! All of the coupons used were found in the Sunday paper and a few items I purchased with coupons that Kroger frequently mails to me. 

Kroger Match-ups for 4/13 through 4/19!

These are the match-ups for Kroger this week
here and here (make sure to click at the bottom of the page to display ALL of the match-ups)
  You know how much I love Kroger!! They are having a great General Mills sale this week and will give you a 5$ giftcard for every 4 GM items you buy. So I plan on doing 2 transactions in order to get $10 in gift cards and then I'll get free fruits/veggies for this week and I will stock up on some of my hubby's favorite cereals. If you are just starting to collect coupons... there are a ton of printable coupons to help witht he GM sale! Plus there are a ton of other great deals this week.
If you are coming shopping with me Friday.... you can either just watch or create your own list and print or gather your coupons before coming.

Zaycon Foods Ground Beef Event

Yay!!! Zaycon is having a ground beef event now. Last time they had a chicken event and we ordered 40lbs and split it between 3 people. We wish we would have just ordered an entire unit for our family. It was great quality and I have been waiting for ground beef.
I plan on ordering an entire 40lb unit for our family this time and we then will divide it with the food saver into 1lb packages. I just placed our order and we will pick it up on the 23rd. Hurry and order yours before they sale out!!! http://www.zayconfoods.com/

My CVS and Walgreens trip

I only spent $6.44 at CVS and got back 10$ ECB for next weeks deals! Saved $51 and made a few bucks off of this deal!

At Walgreens I spent $4.34 and got back $5 RR
I have an extra Biore coupon if someone wants me to mail it to them. Just email me or message me on facebook if you want it! First person can have it!
The cereal coupon was in this weekends paper!

CVS and Walgreens Deals this week

This is an example of how I "roll" my ECB and RR toward seperate transactions to pay little to no money for items. I used http://www.hip2save.com/ to make my lists. I have this written on my envelopes and I pulled my coupons this morning to put in them!

CVS
I used up all of my ECB last week... usually I can use last weeks ECB toward my first transaction but I have to start over this week.

Transaction 1:
Buy 1 Russell Stover Single Egg .79
Buy 1 Super Miracle Bubbles 1.99
Use no coupons
Pay $2.78
Get back a $1.99 and .79 ECB

Transaction 2:
Buy 3 Air Wick Starter Kits $6 each
2 Lysol Neutra Air Fabric 2/$5
Use 3 $4/1 Aair Wick Starter Kit SS3/20
USe 2 1.50 off Neutra Air Fabric Spray SS3/20
Use both ECB from last transaction $2.78
Pay  $5.22
Get back $10 in ECB!!! (Using this toward next weeks deals)

Only paid 8$ total and made 2$ with ECB!!! Next week I will be able to get everything for free and I will do several transactions!

There is also a good cereal deal this week at CVS
Raisin Bran, Corn Flakes, Apple Jacks, Fruit Loops, Rice and Cocoa Crispies 1.66 each
This weeks RP in the sunday paper has a $1.50/3 coupon
1.16$ each (Great stock up price)!!!


Walgreens
I have $2 RR to use this week

Transaction 1: ( only one transaction this week)
6 Trident Vitality Gum 2/$2
7 Snickers Sport Eggs
1 Biore Pore Strips $5.99
1 Bior Cleanser $5.99
Use 3 B1G1 Trident coupons SS3/6
USe Walgreens coupon in April Coupon book (front of store) .50/2 Trident Gum
Use 2 $1/2 Mars Easter Candy RP 4/10
Use B1G1 pore strip for free cleanser SS3/6
Use $2 RR from last week
Pay $5.52
Get back $5 RR ( for next week)

$.52 for Everything!!!

Free Easter Candy!

This year was the first time that I didn't spend a ton of money on Easter candy. I actually paid about 1$ for at least $30 worth of candy. I did this by saving $10 of ECB at CVS and using coupons including a CVS coupon that printed off on my reciept for 5$ off of a 15$ purchase. I got at least 8 bags of candy for $1!

Here is how you can get some free candy!
Go to http://www.coupons.com/  and print off the $1/2 Mars Easter Candy Product. This will get you some free Snickers Sport Eggs at Walgreens and Walmart this week!

Pampers Deal at Kroger!

Ok so I'm going to go and try this deal today! You can get Pampers diapers for 2.65$ each.

Buy 3 packs of Pampers jumbo packs for 8.99 each
Use three 3$/1 Pampers coupon from P&G 4/3
Get 5$ taken off instantly because you have spent 25$ before coupons (this week's promotion)
Pay $4.32 per pack of diapers ($12.97 total)
Get a 5$ Catalina (prints with your reciept) toward your next diaper purchase


So... I'm going to do a second transaction and use that coupon toward another 25$ deal.

Buy 1 Pampers jumbo pack of diapers $8.99
1 Pampers wipes refill bag $5.99
24 Stage 2 babyfoods
Use 5$ off coupon from previous transaction
Use $.50 off of wipes (found in a pack of diapers)
Use $1.50 off of Pampers diapers if the 5$ coupon is a store coupon
Use 1$ off 8 beechnut babyfoods found in a Kroger mailer
Get $5 taken off instantly after spending $25 on baby items
I will pay $12.28 for everything!!!