February 28, 2009 at 4:06 pm (Do-It-Yourself-Moms, Money Savers)
Tags: huggies, huggies coupons, walgreens deals 3/8
Coming soon to a Walgreens near you! 
It is being reported that Huggies Diapers are going on sale next week (beginning 3/8) at Walgreens! Their jumbo packs are $10 each, and when you buy $25 worth of Huggies Diapers or wipes, you’ll get $10 in Register Rewards (RR) back. You can use these like you would aWalgreen’s giftcard – on anything else you might need!
But, to make the deal even sweeter. . . Here are 2 coupons for Huggies Diapers – a $5/1 Huggies Gentle Care and $3/1 Huggies Natural Fit. And you can print them twice per computer (hit your browser’s back button then refresh.) Of course, you can use these coupons sooner, but I’m saving them for next week. (BTW, if anyone feels sorry for my having 2 kids in diapers and wants to print some coupons for me. . . AHEM. . . MOM. . . feel free.
Here’s how I plan to make my deal work. . .
1st Transaction:
3 packs of Huggies diapers = $30
I’ll use 2 $5/1 coupons, and 1 $3/1 coupon = New Total: $17
I’ll get $10 in Register Rewards Back.
2nd Transaction:
1 Pack of Huggies Diapers = $10
1 Right Guard Deoderant = $2.99
I’ll use a $3/1 Huggies coupon = New Total – $9.99
I’ll use my $10 in Register Rewards from Transaction #1 = New Total – $0.00
And I’ll get $2 in Register Rewards from the Deoderant. I’ll just save these for another round, I think.
** Special thanks to Money Saving Mom and Hot Coupon World for the head’s up!
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November 11, 2008 at 5:09 pm (Do-It-Yourself-Moms, Family Snapshots, Money Savers)
Tags: coupons
Well, to Virginia and back for one thing, and really busy with other things for another! However, I have been able to get all my coupons clipped (I was several inserts behind, and tired of missing out on all the deals!!), and Chloe wanted to help.
She just loves playing with the extra paper after I’ve clipped all the coupons out – don’t you wish they would just come prepackaged in a little box already cut out for you? That would be nice, but then, what would Chloe play with?
Then I scored an amazing deal on some bread – like 32 loaves of white and wheat bread (Nature’s Own!) for $3.00! There were also lots of dinner rolls in the mix, and while I was finding places in my freezer for all of that bread, here’s what Chloe got into. . .
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October 28, 2008 at 9:18 pm (Do-It-Yourself-Moms, Money Makers, Money Savers)
Tags: greenville, saving
Especially if you live in the Greenville area, you should check out my friend’s new blog – www.savingingreenville.com. There’s lots of really neat deals that are mostly specific to our neck of the woods, but some of the deals may be available elsewhere (like the world wide web ones!).
Of course, you’ll never see pictures of our adorable little bug over there, so you’ll have to still check here often for that!
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October 3, 2008 at 2:17 pm (Do-It-Yourself-Moms, Money Savers)
Tags: coupons, Publix Deals
- Publix large eggs are $1.29, use with this $1/1 Food Lion coupon, and get them for $.29 each!
BTW, I bought 4 dozen eggs today, and don’t worry – the ones I got don’t expire until November 8th!
- Muir Glen organic diced tomatoes ($1.39-1.59 per can) can be used with this or this coupon for $1/1 (you can print each coupon twice for a total of four), and you can use them with two of the $1/2 coupons in the Greenwise Publication (in the front of Publix stores) for a total of $.36 for all four, or $.09 each!
- For a cheap dinner, purchase a rotisserie chicken (already cooked – the whole thing!) for $7.09 from the Publix deli. Use this $2/$5 deli purchase Food Lion coupon to get it for $5.09. How many meals can you get out of one chicken?
- Need a side item for that chicken dinner? Try some of the Knorr sides plus veggies that are on sale buy one, get one free which means they’re $1.53 for two! Go here and print off this $.60/1 coupon (just search through the pages until you find them – mine was on page 6 – and you can go back and print at least one more) to make them $0.33 for two, or less than $0.17 each!!
- Want a way to use some of that chicken? Make a pizza! You can get Pillsbury Pizza Crust (in the refrigerated section) for $1.67. Use this coupon for $1/1 (you can print two by going back on your browser and printing again) and get two for $1.34, or just one for $0.67
- Then, if you printed the eggs coupon from above (this one!) you might as well $5 worth of fruit and veggies, ’cause you’ll have a $2/$5 purchase coupon!
- Oh, and don’t forget that you can print these coupons from Food Lion to get $1 off any Gerber Baby Food and $1.50 off any Food Lion Wipes or Diapers. Use them on the Gerber Baby Food at Publix ($0.55) and the travel pack of 12 wipes ($0.99) and you’ll make almost $1 in overage on each transaction to use towards something you don’t have coupons for. Have fun!
These are just some of the deals that I’m doing later this afternoon at Publix – many thanks to Sarah – check out her blog for even more Publix deals with coupon matchups! Happy Savings!
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October 3, 2008 at 11:12 am (Do-It-Yourself-Moms, Money Savers)
Tags: frugal Christmas Gifts
So, over on my favorite blog ever, Money Saving Mom, a poor distressed lady wrote in asking about how to get through Christmas without crying over her gifts “not being good enough”, or stressing over the perfect gift for each person. I know it’s just October 3rd, but this isn’t the first I’ve heard comments like this already this fall! For some people, Christmas is so stressful – not because of what they do, but because of what they feel they “have” to do for others in order to make them happy.
I’m pleased to say that there were several comments listed in reply to Ms. Distressed’s questions with some AMAZING ideas of how to give extremely thoughtful gifts without spending a lot of money. Some people even gave up giving and getting gifts altogether! Go here to see all the comments listed, but for a short selection of some of my favorites (not including the ones I’m going to do, so I’m not saying them here!). . . And if you have any ideas, please feel free to share them as well!
- It’s impossible to please everyone. Simple homemade gifts show you put time and love into your presents. Try giving a family gift (instead of individual ones) of homemade cookies, bread, or canned goods, add a homemade oranment and you’ve given a wonderful gift that you can feel good about. – Beth
- My mom has a stepsister who has everything and things on her list are either too expensive for us to give or she turns her nose up at them. She doesn’t even says thank you. Many years ago my mom started to donate her time to a charity. The charity made up a certificate saying 40 hours of service were dedicated in Stepsister’s name by my mom’s name. Now they are in a different place and my mom makes a donation but the certificate recieved never says the amount. She picks a charity for a cause that impacts her stepsister. This year is American Cancer Society because her father was recently diagnosed. – Angela
- My teenage niece is getting a “Death by Chocolate” gift basket – with homemade Chocolate Chocolate Chip cookie dough and a cookie scoop so she can make cookies whenever she wants, along with a jar of homemade hot cocoa mix.
My sister-in-law and her fiance are getting a Home Cooking basket – with the ingredients and a recipe card for my favorite Chicken Tortilla Soup, along with 2 soup mugs & spoons from the dollar store.
Another family member is getting a gift basket with the recipe & ingredients for homemade caramel popcorn.
(Once I thought of a theme to fit their personalities, I ran with it!) – Leisa
The biggest key is to think of each person personally – when you shop off the clearance rack for people, albeit you can find great deals, sometimes you have to try to make the person fit the gift – I think this is what causes all the stress of wondering if they’ll like it or not while you’re watching them open it. Believe me, ahem, I know this from experience! That’s why this year, everyone is getting a home-made gift. And, thankfully, I know everyone in my family will like them – because they’ll each be a perfect gift for each of them, that they’ll know I put a lot of thought and time into.
** oh yeah, and for an added special touch, wrap your presents up really pretty – it doesn’t have to be expensive, but a little ribbon with a favorite candy bar or homemade ornament makes everyone smile. BTW, you can buy ribbon really inexpensively at craft stores – skip the Christmas stuff which can run you $5 a roll, and go for the pretty solid colors that will complement your paper, and there you have it!
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August 21, 2008 at 9:09 am (Do-It-Yourself-Moms, Money Savers)
Tags: Beach Picnics, outdoor meal plans, picnic ideas
Leslie!
Congratulations! Her Mystery $$ Target Gift Card will be in the mail today!
In case you are ever going on a beach vacation, or even need some frugal picnic ideas take a look at some of those comments down below – I feel like I could write an e-book on the subject, complete with special tips and recipes and meal plans for over a week after all the suggestions I got! Hmmm. . . maybe I will. . .
We’re looking forward to our vacation, and will have lots and lots of pictures posted soon – here were some of my favorite “beach Picnic” ideas – you know, the ones that my pregnant, non-creative mind has been drawing blanks on:
1. Wraps – we’re having some roasted chicken ceasar wraps. Yummy!
2. Crockpot dinner in the hotel room. I was planning to bring our toaster oven for some chicken wings, but this might be a little easier – and will probably end up taking up a lot less room.
3. “Skewered” snacks – put everything on little toothpicks or skewers! You don’t need plates or napkins or forks, and if one falls in the sand – oh well! Grab another one. I can see kids really going for this too! You could even let them all make their own skewers at home - what fun! (Mine would be all pickles, I think!)
Thanks again everyone – I hope you all have a fabulous last few weeks of summer!
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July 25, 2008 at 2:18 pm (Do-It-Yourself-Moms, Family Snapshots)
Tags: curb appeal, grass
So this is what we’ve been working on since Memorial Day, and it’s almost there – a yard full of luscious green grass. Well, it’s grass, and it’s semi-luscious, thanks to the drought; it’s not quite full, but a LOT better than tracking red mud in everytime we played outside with Chloe. Now, we have to figure out how to keep the wasps out of the grass, or we might have the same problem my friend, Keren, did!
Before the grass!
We let it grow for 6 weeks before we cut it the first time.
Chris mowing for the first time.
The finished product!
Some of my balloonflowers - Chloe's favorites.
Hopefully we’re at least helping out the curb appeal some on our little house – but for now, um. . . we gotta go cut the grass. . .
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July 2, 2008 at 4:00 pm (Do-It-Yourself-Moms, Money Savers)
Tags: homemade, ice cream, recipe
I can’t tell you how excited I am about this post! I’ve always dreamed of having an ice cream maker, and I’m currently working towards getting a KitchenAid mixer (which includes an ice cream maker settting, I’m told!) for free as a bonus with my current job, but that won’t be arriving until early next year. So, for this summer, I thought we’d have to stick with whatever was on sale at the stores! Oh, but was I wrong! Check this recipe out – courtesy of Paula Dean, my favorite Georgia cook!
Prep Time: 10 MINUTES!!!
Freeze Time: 6 hours
Servings: 8 servings
3 egg yolks*
1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
4 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup chocolate sandwich cookies, coarsely crushed
2 cups heavy cream, whipped (Hint: start with only one cup of cream, then whip it to two cups)
In a large bowl, beat the egg yolks and stir in the condensed milk and vanilla. Fold in the crushed cookies and whipped cream. Pour mixture into a 9 by 5-inch loaf pan lined with foil. Cover and freeze for 6 hours or until firm.
To serve, scoop ice cream from pan or cut into slices.
* Food Network Kitchens suggest caution in consuming raw and lightly-cooked eggs due to the slight risk of Salmonella or other food-borne illness. To reduce this risk, we recommend you use only fresh, properly-refrigerated, clean, grade A or AA eggs with intact shells, and avoid contact between the yolks or whites and the shell.
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June 9, 2008 at 4:36 pm (Do-It-Yourself-Moms, Money Makers)
Tags: food diary, health, internet, losing weight, making money, weight loss
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The dilemma: You’re probably paying anywhere from $9.99-$59.99 a month for the internet, why not let it pay for itself? Sure, you’ve heard of all the “Get paid to shop online” offers and the “Blog for Bucks” opportunities – but this is one thing that I’ve been doing that really works and is super easy - keeping track of my health! Read the rest of this entry »
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May 21, 2008 at 8:52 pm (Do-It-Yourself-Moms, Money Savers)
Tags: cook, dinner, free, ingredients, super hero
Ever wonder what’s for dinner? Your pantry is full, but it seems like you have nothing to eat! This has happened to me so many times! Now, you can be a Super Cook!
I found this website thanks to Money Saving Mom - it’s the neatest thing ever! Basically, you type in the ingredients you already have at home, and the website spits out several recipes that you have ingredients to make already! You can search by entrees, desserts, appetizers, and there’s a neat feature that lets you click on ingredients you have rather than typing them all in. The more you add, the more recipes you can make!
Oh – and PS – it’s all free!
Try it out – I love it already! www.supercook.com
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