Target..... Did you know????

I realized today that there are a lot of people that do not realize that Target accepts Store coupons AND manufacturer coupons.  What do I mean by that? Here is an example from my shopping trip today.

Kraft Shredded Cheese is on sale for $2. Target.com has a coupon for $1.25 off of 2 packages of Kraft Shredded cheese.  I had 2 manufacturer coupons each good for $.55 off of one package of shredded cheese.

Kraft Cheese 2@ $2.00 each =$4.00

Target.com coupon                 -$1.25

Manufacturer coupon               -.55

Manufacturer coupon               -.55

Total                                          $ 1.65 or .83 each

The deal gets a tad bit sweeter. If you pay with your target debit card or target credit card you get an extra 5% off all of your purchases. That’s not a whole lot on this deal (.08) but hey it makes my cheese .79 each!

Another great deal I got today. Chicken noodle soup for .19 a can. (You can get tomato also) Great Item to donate! (I got mine for .18 each by using my target debit card) For less than $1.25 you can get 6 cans of chicken noodle soup or tomato soup. This would make a great donation to a food pantry or Golden Harvest Food Bank!

You can print the target coupons via a link on the right of my page, as well as manufacturer coupons. The target coupons currently are good until the end of February, so wait and match them up to sales for the best deals! You’ll want to print them now before they exceed their print limit. I know you can print at least 2 of every item. Keep checking back, they are always adding new ones!

I’d love to hear your questions or comments.

Happy Shopping

Printable Grocery Coupons

There are LOTS of printable grocery coupons available right now. Usually a coupon is only available until a certain number of people print them out. Print yours out today so you will have it when you need it! Don't worry about using your color ink, grocery stores will take them in black and white!

There are several different links to coupon websites on my page.
Happy Shopping!

Great Organic deals at Kroger!

If you like Organic products and have a Kroger plus card here is a great deal!

You can get 14 (16.9 oz) bottles of Honest Ade or Honest Tea drinks and
6 balance bars for.......$3.27!!

My kids love the Honest ade drinks in their lunches for school and best of all they are ORGANIC, no junk in them! Their favorite is the half tea/ half lemonade.

How do you get this deal you ask?
1. you need a Kroger plus card
2. you need to go to the honest tea website at
http://www.honesttea.com/coupons/
sign up and you can print off a coupon good for .50 off any one honest ade/tea. You may print up to 3 of these!
3. Go to facebook and "like" the balance bars website. Once you do there is a link at the top to print off a .50 off 3 coupon. I know you can print at least 2 of these, I haven't tried to print more than that.
4. Go to Kroger!

The honest ade/teas are in the organic section and they have hang tags on them that are good for .50 off the purchase of 2. My store also had these on a tear pad above the drinks.

These are in the Kroger buy 10 get $5 off sale so the breakdown is as follows:
The teas/ades are 1.25 each. If you purchase 10 qualifying products you will get .50 off each making them .75 each.

Use your 3 .50 off one coupons~ so you will get 3 teas at (.25) each (1.25-.50 buy 10 promo =.75 less your .50 coupon (that gets doubled) will be (.25) each.
Buy 10 more teas at .25 each ( use 5 of the .50 off 2 hang tag coupons). you'll have to buy one tea/ade at the .50 price... for a total of 14 teas/ades

The balance bars are on sale for 1.00 each. These are also Organic.  They are also in the buy 10 get $5 off promo. Buy 6 bars @ .50 each , use 2 coupons for 1.00 off the purchase of 3 that you print off facebook for a final price of .17 each!

Summary
3 teas/ades at -.25=-.75
10 teas/ades at .25=2.5
1 tea/ade at .50=.50
6 balance bars at .17 each=1.02
Total=3.27 plus tax. That is less than what you pay for ONE (6pk) box of Balance Bars!

OK guys you might want to stop reading here... ladies keep reading.

Ladies.. you can add a 20pk box of Tampax pearl tampons(TPT's) to this to make your total 3.26 + tax... yes, you read that right, your total will go down .01 if you add the box of feminine products! If you don't need them, DONATE THEM to your local women's shelter!! 

To get this deal, you will need to log in to your Kroger card at Kroger.com. You can load electronic coupons to your card. They have a $2.00 off purchase coupon for the TPT's. If you have a recent proctor and gamble ad, they have a $2.00 off TPT coupon. I think you could probably print it online at their website if you don't have the paper copy.

The TPT's are on sale for 3.99 a 20 count box. Hand the cashier your $2.00 off coupon, use your Kroger card (that has your $2.00 coupon loaded) and you will be the proud owner of a box of TPT's for -.01!

Let me know what you think of these deals.
Happy Shopping!

Upromise College Savings Program

Are you a member of the Upromise College Savings program? If not, you should be! Upromise offers everyday savings on thousands of companies from retailers to grocery stores for future college expenses. Since I joined, I have earned over $550 towards my kids college fund.

You simply register your credit cards and grocery cards, and that’s it. You’ll begin to earn savings from over thousands of  merchants once you are enrolled in the program. You can earn money by shopping online, purchasing groceries and much more.

You can use your savings towards your child’s college education expenses,  your own college expenses or you can donate your earnings to another Upromise member.

It’s a super easy way to start savings for a college education, and requires no additional effort other than registering your cards and spending money as you normally would.

Learn more about Upromise by clicking on the link on my page.
Happy Saving!

Class on Couponing

I have been asked by several people if I would teach a class on couponing. I would be happy to if we could get at least 5 people together. If you would be interested, just leave me a comment. Thanks!

Think coupons are a waste of time?

For the next few days we are going to be talking about couponing for groceries. Please post any questions you may have.

If I had a dollar for every time I heard, "I don't have time to do coupons" or "you don't really save enough to make it worth while" I'd be a wealthy lady.

Here are two of my recent grocery shopping trips for you to decide if coupons are worth it!

Deal #1

I paid 11.61 for this (including tax)

The Products~

Nature's own white wheat bread

Propel Water (qty 2)

worchestshire sauce

mustard

zatarain rice (qty 4)

borden cheese slices

corn meal

ranch dressing

A-1 steak sauce (qty 2)

5 lb. bag of sugar

my savings~28.04

Funny Story~ while I was checking out I noticed the lady behind me rolling her eyes when I told the cashier I had some coupons. My order totaled 39.65. I handed the cashier my coupons and when she was finished my total was $11.61. I kindly turned to smile at the woman behind me whose mouth was hanging open now and she said "how did you do that?"  Coupons!

Deal #2

I paid 24.66 for this (including tax)

The Products~most are organic or natural
6pk Ramen noodles
1 gallon milk
Honest Tea (qty. 7)
8oz block cheese (qty. 2)
3pk Horizon milk (qty. 2)
Garden of Eatin tortilla chips
Balance Bar (qty. 6)
kettle chips (qty. 2)
12pk glow bracelets (qty 2) these are for fun
18pk eggs
crystal light lemonade
all detergent 32 load (qty. 2)
bananas (qty. 4)
hunt tomato sauce (qty 3)
rotel tomatoes (qty. 6)
~my savings 51.04