Free stuff and Walmart savings

I just couldn't resist bragging a little bit. I won 8 months of FREE soy milk from "Today's Soymilk, 8th Continent"! I was beyond thrilled when I checked my mail and had a letter along with a TON of coupons for free soymilk. As you know by now, I have become a BARGAIN shopper. Finding a good soymilk bargain can be pretty hard to come by, especially as often as we go through it in our house. I entered this promotional contest a few months ago with hopes that I would win, but really forgot about it as it has been a while. Little did I know what would be coming my way! So, THANKS A TON 8th Continent - we love your soymilk!!!




I also know how you all like looking a photos of my shopping sprees, so here is a new one for you. The photo above is of a recent trip that I made to walmart. I was able to purchase these 22 items for only $43.00. (These items all retail for over $83.00 - that's a $40.00 savings!) I was able to use a coupon for every item that you see in the photo (with the exception of the toys). Some of my super deals are as follows:

There were some great markdown on toys, so I decided to grab a few to save for the holidays and the boys' bithday. They were priced SO LOW, it was hard to just pick out the items that I did!

2 boxes of Renu contact lens solution

Priced $1.47

used 2, $1.00 off coupons

Paid $.47 each

2 pkgs Nature Valley Nut Clusters

Priced $2.28

Used 2, $1.60 off coupons

Paid $.68 each

Honey Bunches of Oats

Priced $2.50

Used $2.00 off coupon

Paid $.50

Air Wick Freshmatic I-Motion Kit

Normally priced $13.97, but on "roll back" for $6.00

Used $6.00 off coupon

Paid $0 - FREE

Eating like BIG boys!

The boys have a new "trick" they can pretty much eat by themselves! The photos that you see at the top were taken at the beginning of their lunch. The photos you see below were taken towards the end of their lunch. It can get pretty messy, but they have to learn. Right? They are getting better at it each day.

Weekly savings

Walgreens has some pretty nice deals going this week, so I decided to try and "stock up" on a few items:

10 boxes of Royal jello

PAID $.20 each ~ $2.00 Total

6 bottles of Peroxide

PAID $.33 each ~ $2.00 Total

5 candy bars

PAID $.49 each ~ $2.45 Total

4 cans Campbell's Condensed Cream Soup

PAID $.39 each ~ $1.56 Total

I was also able to get some great deals at Walmart this week. I was able to purchase 26 items worth $72.00 for only $28.50! That's about a 62% savings. Some of my SUPER deals were:

4 Airwick I-motion smell goods - on sale for $5.00 each

Used 4, $4.00 off coupons

PAID $1.00 each

6 Pull ups flushable wipes - $1.64 each

Used 3, $2.00 off 2 items coupons

PAID $.64 each

2 pkgs Bic Markers - on sale for $.50 each

Used a $1.00 off 2 items coupon

PAID $0 - FREE

2 boxes of HUGGIES wipes - $2.47 each

Used 2, $2.00 off coupons

PAID $.47 each

1 pkg Nature Valley Clusters - $2.94 each

Used $1.60 off coupon

PAID $.68

2 boxes of Zantac (8pk) - $4.23 each

Used 2, $5.00 off coupons

OVERAGE $1.54 total - THEY PAID ME!!!

4 pkgs White cloud TP - $2.00 each

Used 4, $1.00 off coupons

PAID $1.00 each

If April showers bring May flowers, then what do September showers bring?

It's been a while since I've posted any new pictures, so I wanted to share some recent photos of Paul, Seth, and Clay. The photo below is from one morning last week. We had a break in the rain, so the boys and I decided to go outside and pick some tomatoes and peppers from our garden.

These 2 pictures below are from earlier today. It feels like it's been raining for a week straight and we have not had the opportunity to get the boys outside to play. (Even our back deck is soaked.) The ground is pretty saturated, so we decided to take a walk to our mailbox to check the mail.
Here are Clay (solid blue), Seth (green), and Paul (blue/white stripe) holding the mail as we walked back to our house.

Best shopping day to date

My local grocery store, Kroger, runs their sales from Wednesday through Tuesday. I got such great deals last week, that I decided to go back for some more deals before the sale closed. (Priscilla, you inspired me to go back.) So, I ran out to the store last night and I am SO happy I did. I think I had my best shopping experience yet! In summary, I was able to purchase 39 items worth $109.01 for ONLY $33.26 - that's right I ONLY PAID $33.26 for all of my groceries! That a 71% savings of $75.75!!!!

I was looking at this week's Kroger ad this morning and I think I was kind of able to get the "best of both worlds" last night. It looks like they had already started marking the sales for this week, so I was able to take advantage of last weeks deals with some of this weeks deals. If that is the case, then maybe I'll just have to start doing my shopping on Tuesday nights!

Kroger - super savings

I hit the mother load during this trip. Kroger is currently running some great sales that I was able to combine with some great coupons. In addition to running a sale that allows you to purchase 10 items for $10, they are running another similar sale on random products which are already marked down and if you by 10 of these specially marked items you get $5.00 back. Even if you don't have coupons to match them with, you can still walk away with some really great deals this week. I was able to save a total of $63.65 by purchasing items ONLY on sale and using coupons! Here is a list of my super sweet deals:

8 boxes of General Mills cereals

Regular price: $4.79 each

Paid: $.99 each

4 boxes of Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks

Regular price: $3.79 each

Paid: $.99 each

2 boxes of Nature Valley Granola Bars

Regular price: $3.49 each

Paid: $1.64 each

2 boxes of Hefty zip lock freezer bags

Regular: $1.85 each

Paid: $.80 each

Kroger brand marinade

Regular: $1.99

Paid: $.65

Kroger salad dressing

Regular: $1.50

Paid: $.65

Betty Crocker Peanut Butter Cookie Mix

Regular: $2.35

Paid: $.69

Country Crock Spread

Regular: $2.35

Paid: $1.15

Pampers wipes

Regular: $2.79

Paid: $0 ~ FREE

Two 4-packs of Dannon Yogurt

Regular: $2.79 each

Paid: $.88 each

Hillshire Farm Sandwich meat

Regular: $4.29

Paid: $1.89

Walmart - super savings

I found some REALLY great deals during this shopping trip. I had to purchase dog food for our dogs, because I am not willing to let them starve, and it kind of threw me off a little. If you subtract what I spend on the dog food alone, I would have only spent $15.93 for everything you see in the photo above! Some of my super finds were:

2 pkgs of Chinet plates

Regular $2.54

Used 2 $2.00 off coupons

Paid: $.54 each

2 pkgs Carmex Lip Therapy

Regular $1.08

Used 2 $1.00 off coupons

Paid: $.08 each

Welch's Strawberry Jelly

On sale for $2.68

Used $.75 off coupon

Paid: $1.93

2 pkgs of Pull Ups Flushable wipes

Regular $1.64

Used $3.00 off 2 coupon

Paid: $.14 each

Travel size skintimate shave gel

Regular $1.47

Used $1.00 off coupon

Paid $.47

Tyson Chicken Nuggets

On sale for $5.50

Used $1.00 off coupon

Paid: $4.50

4 pkgs of BIC Pens

On sale for $.50 each

Used 2 $1.00 off 2 items coupons

Paid: $0 - got them for FREE

2 Glade 2oz soy candles

Regular $2.97

Used 2 coupons for FREE 2oz Glade soy candle

Paid: $0 - got them for FREE