Nifty & New To Print Out

Hurry to the printer and do your homework

$1/1 Muir Glen product, IE here, FF here (Harris Teeter has the canned tomatoes priced at $1.50 this week, and many stores carry the tomato paste for around $1.)

Free Happy Baby product

$1/2 Trident Layers Gum (You can get this for free at Walgreens this week after the coupon.)

.55/1 Mueller’s Whole Wheat Pasta or Ribbons

.50/1 Wise Cheez Doodles

$1/2 Kraft Cheese

.35/1 Red Star Yeast 3-strip pack and .75/ Red Star Yeast jar

$1/2 Ronzoni Smart Taste pasta

$2/1 Milk Bone Essentials Plus+ Long Lasting Chew Item

B1G1 Alpo Dog Food

$1.50/1 Triaminic

.50/1 Malt-o-Meal product

Power Shopping 101

Someone emailed me asking my strategy towards shopping and how to get started on the path towards frugality. Each family is different but for us these are the key points:

1. If you don't have a budget begin by tracking your expenses for a couple of weeks and documenting your key or repetitive purchases. Once you know how much you are spending begin by aiming towards 80% of your average.
2. Initially I distributed my budget giving me an allowance to stockpile. This allowed me to spend money on items I did not need immediately. Having a stockpile budget is particularly important for Pharmacy Games such as CVS, Rite-Aid and Walgreens. Crystal teaches you how here.
   
3. Select your top 5 stores. For me it is CVS, Walmart, Target, Kroger and H Mart.
4. From your budget set aside $5.00 each week towards bulk purchases. Also add any surplus you may have at the end of the week towards this fund.
5. If no sale is available high value coupons should be used in your cheapest store. Coupons with potential for doubling or tripling should be used at stores offering these programs.
6. Set aside 10 minutes each day for internet coupon printing. High value coupons reach limit fast
7. Set aside a night a week for menu planning a coupon cutting.
8. Plan your menu against the items already available in your pantry and only buy whatever extras you need. Use your surplus to buy items on sale
9. It is ok to buy meat from the daily specials rack. Freeze it or use it right away.
10. Buy your rice at the Indian Store your beans at the Mexican store.
11. Vegetables are cheaper and more varied at ethnic stores. I like Fiesta and H-Mart.
12. Take advantage of the gift card offers by Target. Combined with coupons these offers are often great fun. Keep your gift card for rolling into the next offer
13. Load all digital coupons to all store cards.
14. Go to a store with grains and nuts by the pound and buy really small amounts of dry fruit and nuts to add variety to many dishes.
    

We currently spend $40 per week. This includes all groceries, toiletries and cleaning supplies. We cook all three meals at home and I pack lunch for my husband.

Part II coming soon

Healthy Choice $2.00 Coupon

Go here and print a $2.00 coupon for Healthy Choice frozen entrees. Target has the steamers at $2.59. Tom Thumb has the meals at $2.39. Walmart often prices these entrees below $2.00.
Remember you can print this coupon twice. Yay for free lunch!

Pillsbury Catalinas at Safeway

Go here and print some Pillsbury coupons. Safeway currently has a Catalina deal of biscuits and croissants. Purchase 3 get $2 catalina coupon good towards your next purchase. Here in Dallas is not uncommon to find these items in the quick sale bin for .60 cents per can, when combined with coupons this deal is a money maker.

Coupons Inc.

About once every quarter several supermarkets offer a double or triple your coupon day. The offer mostly pertains to $1.00 or less coupons. A good place to start for high value printables is here.

How About Some Free Eggs?

go here take the pledge and print two buy one get one free coupons for a dozen of eggs. Thank you moneysavingmom

Bumble Bee Tuna $1 off one coupon

Hurry up and go here to print yours. This often means a freebie when combined with sales.

Happy Birthday Crystal

Today Crystal Paine turns 28. Please stop by her blog www.moneysavingmom.com and wish her a wonderful and blessed birthday.

Crystal works really hard to honor God, to take care of her family and to bless each of us with a compilation of wonderful deals. A few things about Crystal which are evident by her actions:

1. She loves the Lord
2. She loves her family
3. She works hard
4. She is honorable maintains her values and is unselfish.
5. She often gets up early and goes to bed late to minister to us
6. She is a great example of a Proverbs 31 lady
7. She is human therefore not perfect but she is much appreciated.
8. She is a mommy and I have seen her prioritize her children above many things.
9. She is a great encourager
10. She is now 28 and by the grace of God we hope to have her around until she is 108!

Happy B-day!!