Purex giveaway on Mandy's blog

Head on over to According 2 Mandy for a chance to win a coupon for a free bottle of Purex.

Gift card update

A few weeks ago, I posted about planning for Christmas now and a gift card savings plan for Christmas blog post I had found. Well, a couple of weeks ago when I shopped at Wal-Mart, I challenged myself to buy a gift card each time I shopped equal to at least the amount I saved in coupons. That day I had saved $11 and got a $25 card. Last week I won a $5 card at a meeting and last night I saved $12 on coupons at Wal-Mart and bought a $15 card. So in just a few weeks, I already have $45 put back towards Christmas shopping! Is that exciting or what?

I'm putting them in an envelope with little sticky notes on them saying how much the cards are worth. I'm also going to keep track of the total on the outside of the envelope.

This week's grocery deals

This week's grocery deals: At United:
Yakisoba noodles or Maruchan bowls, 2/$1, there are some 50 cent off coupons out for this, making them free! Who likes free? ME!

Green Giant French Style green beans 39 cents a can
Hiland butter quarters: $1.99
Best Choice canned pasta sauce 69 cents a can

Jumbo Foods in Enid:
Libby's canned vegetables: 2/$1
Hormel half or whole spiral sliced ham: $1.69 a pound
9 oz John Morrell smoked sausage: 99 cents
Kraft BBQ sauce: 89 cents
Kool-Aid drink mix packets: 10/$1

Aldi produce prices:

10# package of potatoes: $1.49
1 pound package of baby carrots: 79 cents
Broccoli crowns: 99 cents pound
strawberries: $1.29 per pkg
4# bag of oranges: $1.69
Fresh pineapple: 99 cents

Can't believe it

I have another cold and have felt lousy for the last few days.At least I think it's a cold. Either that or the worst allergies EVER!!!! Thank goodness I was off yesterday for spring break because I was worthless. Today I have two kids scheduled so I'm praying for a fairly easy day.

Another coupon binder giveaway!!

I'm having another coupon binder giveaway. Enter for a chance to win!

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Another giveaway starts tonight!

Another coupon binder giveaway here on the blog starts tonight! Stay tuned and watch the blog for how to enter for a chance to win!

This week's grocery deals

This week's grocery deals in Enid:
Jumbo Foods

20 pack of Coke/Dr. Pepper products: $4.98 (limit 2)
Green cabbage 3 pounds for $1
Jumbo's is having a produce sale this week several items are on sale including 4 cucumbers for $1, green bell peppers 4/$1, eggplant 2/$3
Remember also, they are having their anniversary celebration so go in and sign up to win some awesome prizes!

United:
Assorted pork chops $1.79 a pound
Garland Jack's Secret Six BBQ sauce 99 cents, haven't tried this, but it's a good price so might be worth trying out!

Aldi
Some GREAT deals on produce this week at Aldi:
Cantaloupes 79 cents
Grapes: $1.98 for a two pound container
Clementine oranges, 3# bag for $1.89
5 pound bag of red potatoes for 99 cents
Baby carrots 49 cents a bag
Cabbage 69 cents each (not sure how this compares to the 3 pounds for $1 price at Jumbo, I guess it would depend on how big Aldi's cabbage is.

Spring forward tonight!

Don't forget to spring forward tonight, set your clocks forward one hour!

How does everyone else feel about the time change? I don't like it, I wish they would just leave the time alone, one way or another. Ugh.

United "Tax Free" sale Saturday, March 9th

This Saturday March 9th at the Enid, OK United Supermarkets, you can get a discount equal to the amount of sales tax.

Bought my first gift card for Christmas

Back in January, I posted about starting now to save for Christmas and shared a blog post I had found about buying gift cards throughout the year. Well for one reason or another, I hadn't started doing it yet so this past weekend I determined that I was going to buy a gift card at Wal-Mart for at least equal to the amount I saved using coupons (which ended up being $11). I bought a gift card for $25. I will start an envelope for the gift cards (and make sure I leave them at home so I don't get tempted to use them lol).

Grocery deals week of March 6th-12th

This week's grocery deals:
Jumbo Foods:

10 # bag of potatoes: $1.88
Boneless skinless chicken breasts $1.79 a pound
Tostitos Cantina or tortilla chips: 2/$4 (limit two). These are delicious by the way!
1# bag of carrots: 79 cents
Also, Jumbo's is celebrating their 26th anniversary so if you are the 26th customer who spends $26 or more, you get a spin on their prize wheel. They are also having drawings at the end of this month, so sign up for those while you're in the store!

United deals
Saturday, March 9th is "tax free" day where the Enid United stores will give you a discount on your purchase equal to the sales tax rate.
United is having some good frozen food deals this week. For example, buy 4 Totino's pizzas and get a box of pizza rolls for free, or buy 5 Michelina dinners (5/$5) and get a 6th one free. There are more, check them out in this week's ad.

Aldi's produce specials this week:
4# bag of oranges: $1.59
1 # strawberries: $1.29
Cantaloupe 89 cents each
Kiwi 99 cents per pkg
grapefruit 25 cents each
fresh pineapple 99 cents each

Dollar General coupon 3/1

Go to Dollar General's website to print off a coupon good for today, March 1st. $5 off $25.

Binder winner!

Congrats to Brenda S for winning the coupon binder! I'll be getting in touch with her to get it to her.

Remember, I also sell the binders, $20 each or 2/$30.

Survive the blizzard? (plus this week's deals)

Did everyone survive the blizzard? Our town is one of the lucky ones in this area, we have power and only lost it for a few hours. What a relief! Let me just say, I like heat, electricity, and running water. Not to mention internet! LOL!

This week's sale deals:
United is having a half price sale, check it out on their webpage. I noticed some Post and General Mills cereals and there are always GM cereal coupons available.

I couldn't get Jumbo Foods ad to come up, but I noticed yesterday that the one on Willow was closed due to no power. When I get the paper tonight, I"ll look and see if I have an ad in there.

Aldi produce prices:
3 pound bag of yellow onions, 99 cents
3 pack multi-colored bell peppers: $1.49
Avocados: 29 cents each
Lemons: 15 cents each
1 pound package tomatoes on the vine: 99 cents
Cantaloupe: 79 cents each

Been under the weather

Sorry for the sparse amount of posts the last few days. I felt horrible all last week. No fever and not bad enough to be off work, but bad enough I was barely functioning otherwise. When school was out on Thursday because of the snow I didn't have any kids and I slept all morning long. I think that was the turning point because I have gradually felt better since then and hope to be back to "normal" this week.

If you haven't entered my binder giveaway yet, it ends tomorrow at midnight, so don't wait!!!!

Binder giveaway

I am having a giveaway on the blog. I will give away a coupon binder to one lucky winner! a Rafflecopter giveaway

Money Saving Strategies

What are your favorite money saving strategies? Coupons are a great way to save money, but it's definitely not the only way. Comment here with your favorite strategies and let me know if I can interview you for an article on the blog! If you have your own blog/webpage, I'll gladly feature it in the blog. 

All this for $2.09 at Staples!

We got all of this for $2.09 at Staples. Here's the breakdown:

The Kleenex were on sale with a store coupon for 99 cents for a 2 pack. I printed off two coupons, Tom bought one box, that was $1.07.

The other order:

Four 8 roll packs of Bounty Basic paper towels (on sale for $5.99 each)
One 16 roll of Charmin Basic toilet paper (on sale for $6.99 each)
4 one pint glass jars (in clearance section for $1 each); we can use them to make the Jar Salads I talked about week before last or Tom can put his homemade salsa in them)
plus the other box of Kleenex.

I had the coupon for the Kleenex, a $5 off $25 break room/cleaning supply purchase, and a $30 Staples Reward coupon (from turning in ink cartridges last month). After all of those discounts, my total for that purchase was $1.02!!!!

Dollar General coupons!

Dollar General has $5 off $25 today and tomorrow. You can go to their website to print one off to use in the store or you can use the code PRESIDENT online.

Giveaway at According 2 Mandy

Head on over to According 2 Mandy and enter a giveaway for a free bottle of Dry Idea Advanced deodorant!