Ok I have spent my ENTIRE day today working on my coupon binder. I organized, cleaned out old coupons, clipped a billion from this weekends papers/Internet and just now got started on my grocery list for tomorrow. I normally go on Saturday mornings...so you can see I'm a little behind if I'm just now making it on a Tuesday. Don't forget that all of the Internet coupon sites re-set today because it's the first day of the month!! Hurry and get the good coupons that are out there!!
So even with all of that work, the exciting news is that there are SO many great deals and coupon match ups right now! I posted yesterday about a few great deals I got, but here are a few more!
One that I'm excited about is Knorr Pasta and Rice side dishes. I usually prefer making more "from scratch" types of sides, but the reality of my life is that I'm pretty busy. I try to cut myself some slack...My husband works as a nurse in an Emergency Room and also Same Day Surgery...so he works some strange hours and I'm home with the girls by myself about 95% of the time. So there are nights that pre-packaged side dishes are faster and the only thing I can do. I try to look at it as it's still better than ordering out or picking something up. So, that being said, I like these because you add milk, water and/or butter and in a few minutes you have a nice pasta or rice side dish to go with almost any kind of meal. These are included in the 10 for $10 sale at Dillons right now (they normally run $1.50ish-$1.90ish).
If you click here: http://www.couponnetwork.com/printable-coupons you can print coupons for $.75/3 and $1.85/7 Knorr Pasta and Rice Sides. This makes these around $.71/bag. Pretty good price! We will be stocking up on them for sure! These coupons were going fast so make sure you get to them quickly!
Another great deal is the Ivory Body Wash. With the $.50/1 coupons that were in the 7/31 P&G insert they will double to $1/1. Since The Ivory Soap and Body Wash is included in the 10/$10 sale, it makes these totally FREE.
Axe Body Wash for men is another one that I bought this week. These normally run between $4-$5 a bottle. They smell FANTASTIC on men, but at that price I usually stay away. I recently got two catalina coupons from a different purchase for $2/1 bottle of Axe for Men. I also clipped the BOGO coupons from the P&G insert yesterday. So I got 4 bottles of Axe body was for Men for $4.98
Gillette Men's body wash is also on sale for $3.50/bottle (normally $4.00). The P&G insert had coupons for $2.00/1 bottle, making these $1.50 each. My husband is going to be smelling wonderful with all of these body washes we now have!!
Another deal I posted yesterday but urge you to look at again is the General Mills Cereal and Nature Valley Granola Bars for $2.88. If you buy 4, you get 2 gallons of Dillons milk FREE! And there are several coupons in the paper and online for money off of GM cereals. Which means you can get boxes of cereal for as low as $1.88 PLUS Free Milk!! In my next post I will go over my meal plan for the next couple of weeks and describe how I plan to use my 6 free gallons of milk (yes I know, you are so excited you can't stand it!!)
Coupon sites for cereal:
http://www.couponnetwork.com/printable-coupons
http://www.coupons.com/
http://www.smartsource.com
http://www.cellfire.com
I've had several people show interest in having a coupon class to learn how to coupon. I'd be happy to schedule one if it seems like enough people are really interested in learning the art to playing the coupon game! Please leave me a note or email me if you are interested in getting together to learn!!
Happy Shopping and stay cool :0)
Heck, I'd attend your coupon class if it's something that a full-time working mom has time to do! I know you are very organized, and that being a stay-at-home mom is also a very time-consuming job, but i worry that I just don't have the time in the day to research sales and coupon sites, and clip coupons to the extent you do. So, TEACH ME! :) Side note: I got the two free gallons of milk by buying a pkg of cheerios (had a coupon that doubled for $1 off so got it for $1.88) and 3 boxes of various granola bars (had coupon that doubled for $1 off 3) so I paid $9.52 and the milk would have cost almost $8 alone. I was leaving for my week-long Scentsy trip, so I gave a gallon to my sister to help her out. If I could go through milk faster, I would have bought more, as I have more coupons. What a great deal!
ReplyDeleteKristi - I totally understand, it is time consuming. I actually don't spend that much time on it weekly...the biggest time consumption for me is the actual clipping and organizing.
ReplyDeleteWhen I first started with it I was pregnant with Olivia and was too tired to put much effort in. So I started with doing coupons just for food items and not worrying about coupons for household/health and beauty stuff. As I got better at it, I started adding more in. The first 6 months of stock piling and coupon clipping was the hardest, once I got into a rhythm it's been so much faster and easier. The best way i found to do it was to sit down and actually schedule time for it on my calendar. So on Sundays I block 2 hours after dinner to clip and organize the coupons (usually while I'm watching TV after the girls are in bed). On Wednesdays I block out 2 hours to sit down and go through the sale ads and my coupons, as well as make my meal plan. If it's on my schedule like anything else is, I'm much more likely to get it done :) Does it help for you to be able to read my blog or other blogs and see the match ups so you don't have to do that yourself? I'm trying to be better about putting all of the good deals/match ups I find in my blog weekly because a few people rely on that for their good deals :)
awesome on the milk/cereal deal at Dillons! I loved that deal!! I know you can do it, we just have to get a routine going for you!! I'll help :)