Who doesn't like free stuff???
Watch Target, Walmart and All You for free samples. You can also keep an eye on Whosaidnothinginlifeisfree. She lists free samples and great free deals everyday.
You can "Like" Quaker Oatmeal Squares and request a free sample. I looks like you can request a free sample everyday until the promotion ends.
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Friday, July 8, 2011
Best Deal on Milk
This is only valid Saturday, 7/9. CVS has the best milk price as $3.19/gallon.
Some CVS stores are doing buy 5 gallons get 1 free through August or September. Check at your local CVS to see if they're participating. You don't have to buy all 5 at once, just use the same CVS card each time.
I'll try and post the best deals on milk and eggs each week.
Go to Coupons.com and enter zip code 84771 to get $0.75 off milk and $1/2lbs cheese! (Well, never mind, I just read the fine print and they're only good in ID & UT. What a bummer! Coupons.com doesn't give you details on the coupons before you print them.)
Some CVS stores are doing buy 5 gallons get 1 free through August or September. Check at your local CVS to see if they're participating. You don't have to buy all 5 at once, just use the same CVS card each time.
I'll try and post the best deals on milk and eggs each week.
Go to Coupons.com and enter zip code 84771 to get $0.75 off milk and $1/2lbs cheese! (Well, never mind, I just read the fine print and they're only good in ID & UT. What a bummer! Coupons.com doesn't give you details on the coupons before you print them.)
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Food Drive
If you have some food you can spare or better yet, sometime to do some super couponing to help Jeremy, I'm sure he'd appreciate it.
Jeremy is an Eagle Scout trying to break the world record of the most food donated in a 24 hour time frame to one location. He'll need to collect over 500,000 lbs of food on September 24th. He's donating the food to 4 local counties. Check out his facebook page.
Saturday, September 24, 2011 at 8:00am
Fair Grounds Rodeo Arena, Lake City, Florida
Upcoming Coupon Class
Just a reminder, I'll be teaching a beginner coupon class at the Coffee Clutch in High Springs on Monday, July 18th, from 6-8PM.
If you pay in advance at the Coffee Clutch it's $5, or $6 at the door on the 18th.
I hope to see you there!
If you pay in advance at the Coffee Clutch it's $5, or $6 at the door on the 18th.
I hope to see you there!
Absence
I'm sorry I haven't posted as much as I have wanted lately, including a post of the various reading programs available this summer (there are lots).
I purchased RuralBudgeting.com and am working on a new much better website, but it's taking time away from my posts. You can email me there though at Save@RuralBudgeting.com. Email works, the site just isn't ready yet. I'll Let you know when it is.
I purchased RuralBudgeting.com and am working on a new much better website, but it's taking time away from my posts. You can email me there though at Save@RuralBudgeting.com. Email works, the site just isn't ready yet. I'll Let you know when it is.
Cheap Food Containers
I'm sure in your home, just like in ours, you keep reusable food containers that were supposed to be disposable after their first use, butter dishes, cool whip containers, plastic ice cream containers, peanut butter jars, and take out dishes. We often use them inside until the lids are broken or misplaced and then they find their way out to the animals for feed scoops, water dishes, and slop containers.
In my mind the best thing about these containers is that if they contain something nasty or that goes bad, we can just toss the whole container, knowing it "paid for itself" through the extra uses. (Ok, I'm sure some of you are upset that I said toss it and not recycle it. We'll get to my philosophy on recycling another time.)
Did you know you can get disposable containers that are sturdy enough to use over and over again, but cheap enough to not feel bad about discarding them when their usefulness has come to an end? The best way we've found is to buy plastic quart and pint containers from Chinese food take out restaurants. They sell the whole case at wholesale price to you, $40/500 containers (I believe that was what we paid for the last bunch). 500 containers is a lot, but if you split the case amongst friends, that's pretty cheap, $0.08 each . Be sure to talk to the restaurant owner/manager and make arrangements in advance so they have enough on hand. I'm not guaranteeing you'll find every restaurant willing to sell you containers, but ask around and you might find one that will.
**There is no recycling in the county in which I live, so we do what we can, but re-use is the most environmentally friendly thing to do anyway.
In my mind the best thing about these containers is that if they contain something nasty or that goes bad, we can just toss the whole container, knowing it "paid for itself" through the extra uses. (Ok, I'm sure some of you are upset that I said toss it and not recycle it. We'll get to my philosophy on recycling another time.)
Did you know you can get disposable containers that are sturdy enough to use over and over again, but cheap enough to not feel bad about discarding them when their usefulness has come to an end? The best way we've found is to buy plastic quart and pint containers from Chinese food take out restaurants. They sell the whole case at wholesale price to you, $40/500 containers (I believe that was what we paid for the last bunch). 500 containers is a lot, but if you split the case amongst friends, that's pretty cheap, $0.08 each . Be sure to talk to the restaurant owner/manager and make arrangements in advance so they have enough on hand. I'm not guaranteeing you'll find every restaurant willing to sell you containers, but ask around and you might find one that will.
**There is no recycling in the county in which I live, so we do what we can, but re-use is the most environmentally friendly thing to do anyway.
Sunday, July 3, 2011
This Weekend's Shopping
It's been quite a while since I was able to really shop (about 2 months). Thanks to what I had stored up already, it wasn't a huge issue, but I did need to get back to the store. I thought I'd share with you how I did.
I spent $130 out of pocket, and got $23 back in reward/extra bucks and gas, so total spent was $107.
I went to Hitchcocks, CVS, Walgreens, and Lowes.
We got 4 body wash, 1 dental floss, 1 $10 gas card, 2 shampoo, 2 conditioner, 12 boxes of cereal, 1 box graham crackers, 6 chocolate bars, 1 bag marshmallows, 16 lbs sugar, ribs, 7 lbs carrots, 1.5 lbs tomatoes, celery, 8 lbs potatoes, 4 pasta salad kits, 4 pkgs hot dog buns, 32 kool-aid pkts, 2 lbs cream cheese, 30 lbs chicken leg quarters, 140 paper plates, 64 lbs of charcoal, 1 can lighter fluid, and 1 outback hat (a $10 impulse purchase).
Considering how much was meat and produce, we did really well, I think.
The charcoal was a really good deal and I am sorry I didn't post it earlier. Lowes had the 16 lb bags for $7.48 BOGO. Hitchcocks had a $3 off 2 manufacturer coupon in their weekly flier which made each bag $2.14!
I spent $130 out of pocket, and got $23 back in reward/extra bucks and gas, so total spent was $107.
I went to Hitchcocks, CVS, Walgreens, and Lowes.
We got 4 body wash, 1 dental floss, 1 $10 gas card, 2 shampoo, 2 conditioner, 12 boxes of cereal, 1 box graham crackers, 6 chocolate bars, 1 bag marshmallows, 16 lbs sugar, ribs, 7 lbs carrots, 1.5 lbs tomatoes, celery, 8 lbs potatoes, 4 pasta salad kits, 4 pkgs hot dog buns, 32 kool-aid pkts, 2 lbs cream cheese, 30 lbs chicken leg quarters, 140 paper plates, 64 lbs of charcoal, 1 can lighter fluid, and 1 outback hat (a $10 impulse purchase).
Considering how much was meat and produce, we did really well, I think.
The charcoal was a really good deal and I am sorry I didn't post it earlier. Lowes had the 16 lb bags for $7.48 BOGO. Hitchcocks had a $3 off 2 manufacturer coupon in their weekly flier which made each bag $2.14!
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