Surprise: More than Free Ziploc bags

Piggly Wiggly had a great sale on Ziploc bags this week (sorry, it ended today*) 10 for $10 which alone was a pretty good deal. Plus if you bought 10 items you got an 11th free. There were plenty of $1 off 2 and $.40 off 1 coupons out right now that made the deal even better. I was happy to enough to be getting each package for $.45 but the register spit out THREE $2 off my next order coupons as a "Thank You" from Ziploc. You're more than welcome Ziploc... you just paid ME to buy eleven boxes of bags!

*Now, I know this wasn't a very helpful post since you won't be able to head to Piggly Wiggly and get this deal. Believe me I would have posted it sooner if I had know about the register coupons! But Piggly Wiggly had that same sale last year around this time (minus the register coupons) so I was keeping an eye out for it. And the point I wanted to make (or remind you of) is that stores tend to run the same promotions over and over. So keep watching those ads! And let this also be a reminder (to me especially!) to tell your GBSavers friends about deals in a timely manner! :)

Canned Pumpkin Shortage?

Had any of you heard about this? I did notice that Aldi didn't have any canned pumpkin yet but I didn't think anything of it. I still have several cans from deals last year, but I'm running low because I've made several batches of pumpkin bread and bars. Now I wish I would have stocked up even more. I only have two cans left and that's not enough to make my pumpkin pies for Thanksgiving! When and if they are in stock I don't think we'll be seeing any awesome sales. When supply is low and demand is high... prices go up. Ugh! If you see a deal please be sure and post it here!!

Walmart Deals

I did a little shopping Friday night. Overall it was a good trip! I spent nothing out of pocket at Walgreens thanks to a gift card from MyPoints and got $12 in RRs back. I spent $40 at Festival (on meat mostly). My last stop was Walmart. I had a few coupons that I had been saving to use there. My subtotal was $60.77 before coupons and $20.77 after! That's exactly $40 in coupon savings!!
6 packages of Kotex liners free after $1 off coupons
1 pack Always pad free after free item coupon from sample
Lipton Tea bags free after free item coupon from special promotion
6 packages of Pull Ups wipes $.14 each after $3/2 coupons
2 packages of Goldfish crackers $.65 each after $1 coupons
2 tubes of kids toothpaste $.97 each after $1 coupons
8 packages of muffin mix $.63 each after $1/4 coupons
4 packs of muffin liners $.75 each on clearance
2 bottles worchestershire sauce $.48 each after $2 coupons
1 can baking powder $.82 after $.65 coupon
2 canisters Crystal Light free after $2/2 coupon
2 Nature Valley clusters $.68 each after $1.60 off coupons from mailer
1 four pack TP $1 after $1 coupon
1 package lemon cake mix---$1.16 no coupon!! :)

And what I really needed and went for:
Spot Shot $3.36 after $1 coupon

If you aren't a member of Vocalpoint yet... I highly recommend that you join. They send all sorts of high value or free item coupons. Also take advantage of the freebie offers that MoneySavingMom and Freebies4Mom mention. It takes less than a minute to request a sample or a coupon and you can get lots of great stuff for free! Kotex samples, for example, always come with coupons and new samples become available all the time.

If you have a PC you can install Roboform to help you fill out freebie information forms faster or if you use Firefox you can install an add-on called AutoFill that will fill out forms with the click of a button. You can even set it for different profiles (one with your real email address and one for you junk email address).

This really has nothing to do with saving money unless you count the money saved not getting your carpet cleaned or replaced, but I want to highly recommend Spot Shot. If you have kids or pets or any stains at all on your carpet this stuff is a miracle! It gets just about any stain out on the first try. Walmart has the best prices on it and there is a $1 off coupon here. Plus right now when you buy a Spot Shot product you can print a form to get a free movie ticket.

Home Depot Kids Workshop!

The Home Depot Kids Workshop for October is the 3rd. So head over to make a firehouse bank. No registration, just show up between 9am and noon.

REMINDER!!

Holiday weekend = no coupons. According to the schedule there will only be a P&G insert this week so don't bother buying the CT or MJS. Have a great weekend!!

Edit: There was a P&G last week so there will probably be NO COUPONS at ALL this Sunday!

Home Depot Kids Workshop!

The Home Depot Kids Workshop for September is tomorrow the 5th. So head over to make a bean bag toss game. No registration, just show up between 9am and noon.

Free Beech-Nut Starter Kit

I am loooong past the baby stage, but I thought someone might find this useful!

 

Kris K

 

 

 

Sign up for the Beech-Nut eNewsletter and receive a FREE Starter Kit by mail, which appears to include cereal and jars of Stage 1 food, as well as coupons for Stage 2 jars of food. Allow 3-5 weeks for delivery.

When you sign up for the eNewsletter you'll also receive two great printable coupons by email, including a $1/2 Beech-Nut Cereals coupon and a $1/3 Beech-Nut Items coupon.

Kids Eat Free List

In a quick internet search to help out Vivian, I found this Kids Eat Free list that is broken down by day of the week. Some of the restaurants are not in our area but several are so I thought I'd share the link.

Free Online Family Organizer

I have read about Cozi several times recently. It is a online family calendar/organizer. I watched the little video and it looks pretty cool. There is a color coded calendar and you can access your information anywhere (you can even call their 800 number to hear your grocery list while shopping at the store!). Best of all it's free! With school right around the corner I thought it might be a helpful site to share.

Pinecone Research

If you have tried to sign up before and not been successful let me know. I got an email with a sign up link from Pinecone yesterday that I can forward to my friends and family.

If you haven't heard of Pinecone before... they are a survey company that pays you $3 per survey. They will mail you a check for $3 a few days after you take a survey (there is also a PayPal option). No waiting to reach a certain point or dollar amount. The surveys aren't too frequent but I get enough that it definitely worth while. They are one of the better survey companies out there!

$5 off $25 at CVS

Unless you've been living under a rock you've probably already heard about this...but I thought I'd throw it out just in case. Go here to take a quick quiz and earn yourself a $5 off $25 coupon at CVS!!!

Free Food

Here is a great post on how to get paid to buy food at Walgreens! Great deal!