Target savings

Thanks to April, I went to Target to see if I can get some free bags of Chex Mix. I didn't get the free chex mix but I did snag some other things. I bought (2) 8.75oz bags of Chex Mix($0.79 each), 4 Quaker Oatmeal bars($1.04 each), (1) 8-count poptarts(FREE), and 2 bags of Halloween M&M's($2 each). I got a free Halloween reusable shopping bag for buying 2 bags of Halloween M&M's. I spent $10.19 and saved $12.49!! Not too bad...

About coupons

I always wondered about how the stores received the money back from coupons. Jenny from southernsavers.com did her research and here is what she found out.......
http://www.southernsavers.com/2009/01/extreme-couponer-101-coupon-redemption/

Now, I don't feel so bad about the millions of coupons that I use! So you shouldn't either!!

Publix savings

Man, Did I save at Publix!!! I bought......

• 2 New York Texas Toast: $0.34 each
• 2 Kelloggs Eggo Waffles: $0.69 each
• 1 Bounty roll of paper towels: $FREE
• 2 Head&Shoulders shampoo: $2.99 each
• 2 Herbal Essence shampoo&conditioner: $1.49 each
• 1 Publix quart of orange juice(not pictured..forgot to put it in): $0.29
• 2 Huggies wipes: $1.50 each
• 1 bag of Publix chips(my husband wanted them..I didn't have a coupon and they weren't on sale): $2.59
• 1 Post Honey Bunches of Oats: $FREE
• 1 Frito Lay bean dip(again, my husband and not on sale): $2.79
• 1 twin pack Glade plug in refills: $1.78
• 1 Glade plug in nightlight: $FREE
• 1 Lays French Onion Dip(again, my husband and not on sale): $3.69
• 4 Dixie Ultra Plates: $1 each
• (1) 4-pack ready to use cans of Enfamil Formula: $2.49
• 18 jars of Beech-Nut baby food: $0.12 each
• 10 jars of Earth's Best baby food: $0.29 each
• 2 reusable Publix bags: $FREE
• 2 Cheerios: $1.49 each
• Bottom Round Roast(on sale for $1.99lb): $4.63
• (2) 4-pack Dole Fruit bowls: $0.34 each
• (1) 18-pack Always Infinity pads: $FREE
• 1 Publix fresh fruit salad bowl(again, husband and not on sale): $5.85
• 1 Clorox liquid bleach: $FREE
• 1 Dawn Direst Foam: $1.24
• 1 Downy liquid fabric softner: $1.49
• 1 Cascade rinse aid: $1.49
• (1) 28.1oz Enfamil Formula: $15.59
• 2 Dixie 320-count napkins: $FREE
• 1 Jumbo Huggies Diapers: $3.89
• 1 Box of Huggies Diapers: $12.99

I spent $94.78 and saved $114.08!! The price listed is the final price after coupons and sales. I would have spent less if my husband wasn't with me...about $15 less. But even still I did awesome and I'm so proud of myself!!

New Pictures

Here are some pictures we took awhile ago and I'm just getting around to getting them..sorry folks..

April's savings is doing a give away!!

Check out her site...look up first giveaway and it should come up! Follow the directions and you could win! Good Luck ya'll!! http://whataprilsaves.blogspot.com/2009/09/1st-giveaway.html Thanks for the fun April!!

For my local friends....

I have been asked several times "Where can I find these awesome coupons and how do I use them?" I'm going to give you my secret sites and hopefully you can follow them and get great savings like me.

http://whataprilsaves.blogspot.com/(This one is my cousin-in-law blog site and she has alot of great finds!! I follow her blog several times a day..she is always posting new stuff)

http://www.coupongeek.net/search/label/coupons (This one is a great blog site that list awesome potential savings as well)

http://coupons2.smartsource.com/smartsource/index.jsp?Link=235ZMFJDIS36M (This is where I print most of my coupons...on the top right corner, there are 3 groups...click on each group and print the coupons you want. Remember, you can print each coupon twice.)

http://www.southernsavers.com/ (This site is awesome..one of my favorites! They list all the grocery and drug stores in the southern area and they do all the hard work for you. They list all the sales and what coupons and where you can print them out at.)

http://printable-coupons.blogspot.com/ (This is one my husband found. This site has alot of coupons for retail stores and a few restaurants)

http://www.organicgrocerydeals.com/forums/view.php?pg=coupon_generator (This one has all the Target soupons in one place...I love this site too)

http://alccoupons.blogspot.com/ (Another blog site that I go to find some deals)

http://slickdeals.net/coupons.php (This site is awesome for online codes for discounts)

http://www.babygoodbuys.com/ (This site is for people that have babies or kids in general..LOL)

These are all sites for Kroger....these sites have e-coupons that you can load to your Kroger card. You can combine these e-coupons with manufacturer coupons and store coupons to get added savings. And Kroger doubles manufacturer coupons up to $0.50. http://www.cellfire.com/
http://shortcuts.com/Home.action
http://pgesaver.com/Sites/PG_eSAVER/Page/HomePage;jsessionid=E0D6CB250887C5EE159CB2FDFC9C480C.a04


And for those of you that love shopping at Old Navy, you need to check this site out every Thurday or Friday..they change it on either of those days. They have high dollar coupons like $75 off $100 purchase...I have yet to get one but I did snag the $45 off $100 a couple weeks ago. http://www.oldnavyweekly.com/

Hope this helps out a few people...don't forget to become followers of the sites that you love to use...it makes them feel good knowing they're helping people out with all their hard work and let me tell you..IT'S HARD WORK TO TYPE ALL THESE POTENTIAL SAVINGS. But they love doing it.

I forgot to add one more...my sister-in-law has started a savings blog too. She likes to post things for you to do to be more frugal...like making your own stuff. She has some pretty good ideas...check it out for yourself. http://kerriekouponkueen.blogspot.com/

Publix again

I don't have a picture but here is what I bought....4 Beech-Nut cereals, 1 Beech-Nut biter buscuits, and 6 jars Beech-Nut baby food. I paid $2.75 and saved $10.13!! I had 2 $1 off mfr coupons for the cereals and the cereals had peelies on them for BOGOF. I had a $1 off mfr coupons for the biter buscuits and a Food Lion coupon for $1 off 6 jars of baby food. I also had a Kroger coupon for $2 off my entire purchase for buying the Green Giant boxed vegetables the other day. So that's how I got the awesome savings there.