Freebies!! Spent .33 tax Saved $9.95

A few weeks ago when the Dawn dish liquid was on sale at CVS for .99. I had gotten a raincheck because my small town store quickly sold out. I trade coupons online with couponers across the country which helps that different areas get different coupons. My area only got the .75 dawn plus coupon. I found someone who sent me $1 dawn plus coupons. The most I could get on 1 raincheck was 5 so I took my 5 $1 coupons today with my raincheck and got 5 of the 9oz dish liquids. I got 5 of the dawn plus hand renewal and got 2 regular dawn all for free!! I only had to pay .33 tax for them all. I saved $9.95. It's hard to believe that a 9oz dish liquid would normally cost $1.99!!

My coupons expired today so I was really thankful they had enough in stock. The dawn dish liquid go back on sale this coming week so I knew my store would be wiped out again quickly.

Spent $2.22 Including Tax At CVS Saved $64.19

I came home from this shopping trip and I was on such a couponing high it even wasn't funny!! I hadn't been sure that my trip would go as I wanted but it did! I did the air wick deal where you buy $20 and get $10 extra care bucks back. I had downloaded the $5/25 coupon to my card. I love the way you can now download the cvs printable coupons straight to your card so you don't have to print them. I bought 5 of the airwick i motion kits, 1 tube of bengay, and got the newton blueberry cookies that were free with my coupon from the coupon center. I had 5 of the $4/1 air wick coupons from previous inserts and the $5 bengay coupon from yesterday's insert. The $5/$25 coupon also came off. So after all these coupons I got everything for .44 plus tax which made it $2.22. I got the $10 extra care buck's back and $1 extra care buck back from my bag tag.

Spent .17 Tax Saved $33 at Harris Teeter

This week I stocked up on peanut butter at Harris Teeter. The skippy sale with the coupons came just in time our huge stockpile of peanut butter was coming down to the last jar. I got 11 jars for free this week and only paid .17 tax. I had the .75/1 coupons that doubled to $1.50. I got four more coupons in the mail today so I'm going to use those this weekend. I have not cleared the shelves. Each time we've went the shelves have been really well stocked. With the coupons I could get 3 for free and only pay .5 tax on 3. Can't beat free peanut butter especially the way my family eats it all the time.

Spent $1.88 at CVS for 2 14oz bags of Skittles

We had a coupon print out of the red coupon machine for Buy 1 get 1 free 14 oz bag of skittles, lifesavers, or starburst. I had recently printed a coupon online for $1/1 bag of skittles. I used the buy 1 get 1 free store coupon, the $1/1 printable coupon, and a $1 extra care buck and scored 2 bags of skittles for $1.88. I saved $5.88 in this trip. My dad had been wanting some skittles so this deal made him real happy :)

HT E-vic Suprises Spent $3.08 Saved $23.07

Sunday morning I had a very nic suprise in my inbox. I had the alert e-mail for the Sunday only e-vic specials at Harris Teeter. I was excited to see an aditional e-vic e-mail from the fri. one. With my e-vic I could get 2 tombstone pizzas for $3.74 and two Tropicana 59 oz oj for $3.94. To make these deals even more exciting I had coupons for both items. I used 2 $1/1 tombstone coupons and 2 $1/1 tropicana 59oz coupons. I also bought 2 planters peanut butters that were on sale for buy 1 get 1 free. I had two .75/1 coupons for these. Unfortunately they say do not double on them and my store is clamping down very hard on enforcing this. So all together I bought 2 tombstone pizza's, 2 tropicana's, and 2 planter's peanut butters all for $3.08. 21 cents of that was tax. I saved $23.07. I was very happy with this shopping trip. These were all things we eat or drink quite a bit of

Spent .8 Tax Saved $9.76 @ CVS

Sun. morning I heard that the big red coupon machine was printing out multiple free coupons!! I decided I better run to my local store and get my free stuff before they all got gone. I got 2 free caramello candy bars and 2 boxes of cvs fabric bandaids 20ct. for free! I had 2 cards to get 2 of each. I had my card and my parents. I also got my bag tag scan so I'm one more scan closer to the $1 ecb for that. My family actually prefers the fabric bandaids and you can never go wrong with chocolate.

Spent $12.63 Saved $96.65 at Harris Teeter

I went to Harris Teeter 3 times last week during super doubles. All my trips combined I spent $12.63 and saved $96.65, still can't believe I saved that much, wow!!

I bought

2 bags of Purina healthful choice cat chow (these would have reg. been $12.58 for 2 but with sales and coupons I got them for $1.50 each

1 bag of Purina cat chow $1.50

8 boxes of mueller's whole grain sphagetti free after coupons

3 small gain dish liquids free after coupons

skippy peanut butter .99

2 suave lotions .50 each

6 travel size degree women's deodorant free after coupons

3 sure deodorants free after coupons

4 half gallons silk soymilk $1.27 each after coupons

4 pouches of cat treats free after coupons

3 cans of tuna (no coupons for these, but we needed it)

4 bags of bic inkpens free after sale and coupons

3 boxes of 7th generation klennex free after coupons

1 box of 50 always liners free after sale, manuf, and e-vic coupons

1 pouch idahoan mashed potatoes had a FREE coupon

Really pleased with these trips. I'm not keeping all this stuff. I'm giving some of it away.

Saved $28.21 This Week Spent .87 Tax

This week I shopped at several different stores. I shopped at CVS, Food Lion, and Harris Teeter.

I got 5 boxes of the Splenda Essentials 80ct. box all for free by using the $3 coupon that was in 7/31 insert. They were on sale for $3 this week at Food Lion. I believe the sale is still on and will be for a while so if you didn't get them you still have a chance to grab them. I also had a coupon for a free Herbal Essence Shampoo. I love coupons for free stuff! Especially when it's for the brand I use!!

I got 3 of the Hershey Air Delight bars free at CVS. My store has been out of these for quite a while. I still saved my coupons for the free ones that printed at the coupon printer a month ago. My store said they would honor them when they got them in. I had 2 store coupons for free ones and I also had 1 printable try me free coupon. The first two I bought I even wasn't charged tax for! Go figure! The cashier even couldn't figure out why. Today I got the last one free and was charged .5 tax.

Food Lion has the Marcal single roll paper towels on sale 5/$5 again this week. With the coupon from last sunday I got one roll free. Only paid .7 tax.

Last but not least I went to Harris Teeter and found the Gillette men's body wash was on sale for $2.99. I had the $2 coupon from sunday's P&G and had loaded the $2 e coupon to my card. So I got it for free and only had to pay .20 tax.

So my grand total this week was saved $28.21 and spent .87.

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Daily Quick Cleaning Tips- The Bathroom

Wipe out the sink (30 seconds) If you wipe/rinse out the sink after each time you brush your teeth etc. it will stay looking nicer longer. The toothpaste stains tend to build up quickly if you don't keep it rinsed out.

Clean splatters of the mirror (15 seconds) It's easier also to get these splatters off when they happen rathar than waiting til they dry. It's suggested that you can also use the same rag to wipe off the mirror that you use on the sink.


Wipe the toilet seat and rim (15 seconds)

Swoosh the toilet bowl with a brush (15 seconds) If yo see a ring beginning to form inside the toilet give it a quick scrub with the brush.

Wipe down the shower door if you have one (30 seconds) Wipe down glass doors to prevent spotting.

Spray shower and curtain liner with shower mist (15 seconds) This will reduce mildew and soapscum buildup.


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Daily, Quick, & Simple Cleaning Tips

Realsimple.com has a great quick, daily cleaning checklist. It's very simple stuff, that you can do daily to keep each room of your house looking neat. If we keep each room of the house clean daily it wouldn't be as bad when you do the weekly (or how ever often you may do it) major cleaning. Alot of this stuff you may already do daily but I thought the checklist was to good not to share. Today we'll start with the kitchen. If you do everything on this list for the kitchen it will only take less than 10 min. That's not bad to keep your kitchen looking nice. I'll share the checklist for the other parts of the house over the next several days.


KITCHEN

-Clear out and wipe down the sink. (5 minutes)

It doesn't take that long to wash a few dishes, if you wash them every day or to pop the dishes in the dishwasher. If you wipe down the sink every time you get food in it or take the dishes out it wouldn't get that dirty.

-Wipe down countertops and stove. (1 minute)

-Wipe problem spots on the floor. (2 minutes)

If you leave the sticky, dirty spots on the floor, they will attract dirt and become more noticeable.

-Fold or hang dishtowels. (30 seconds) Even if they're clean a pile of dishtowels can still look messy.
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2 packs of Huggies for $3.13 including tax!

I went back to CVS today hoping they would still have the clearance huggies. Sunday when I was there they only had 2 packs left. Today I went and bought the last 2 packs of clearance diapers. They were Huggies Pure & Natural Newborn. I got both packs for $3.13 including tax. They were signed 50% but they rang up cheaper than that, I think! Love it when that happens. I used 2 of the $1.50 coupons that were in the paper last sunday. The diapers rang up $2.87 each before the coupons. My receipt says I saved $20.24. Diapers are outrageous if you pay full price for them.

Get Your Free 8x10 Photo Collage From Walgreens

Now through Sat. you can get a free 8x10 photo collage at Walgreens. You do it online and pick it up in the store. There is even no tax so it's completely free. Use the code 1 FREEBIE at online checkout to get it for free. Go to www.photo.walgreens.com Click on collage prints on the left hand side of the page. I've done several of these and these are great gifts or just to keep yourself.