Friday, September 30, 2011
Shutting Down
Well due to our wonderful economy I am being forced to uproot my family and leave Florida. This will be my last post. Sorry guys. All I can say is that it has been fun and that Couponing Saved my family! If it were not for our stock pile we would not be eating right now. We most definitely have more grim times ahead as a nation. Stay strong and keep couponing!!!!!!
Thursday, September 22, 2011
New Coupons in the Mail
Hey guys be on the lookout for a new Proctor & Gamble Coupon Booklet and Publix Greenwise Market Magazine in the mail if you signed up for them. Remember that the Publix magazines located at the store don't have coupons. Only the magazines mailed to your home have them.
More $5 off $25 in Groceries from Save-aLot
Save-aLot is offering this coupon again. If your Publix accepts them as a competitor then get on over to the Facebook Page for Save-aLot and "Like" them.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
No Shopping This Week
We have had a busy week thus far and I have not had time or energy enough to even contemplate couponing. This is a perfect example of the Great Rewards that couponing blesses us with; the ability to take a week off and live off of the stockpile if needed! If any of you find any real good deals please leave a comment for others! Happy Shopping!
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Free Prescriptions
I posted once before that Publix Pharmacies offer certain antibiotics for FREE. Recently they have added a few other medications to the list. Here is an article in the Orlando Sentinel about the most recent Lisinopril which is a Blood Pressure Medicine! This should come in handy for many many people as High Blood Pressure is very common!
For a list of all medications that Publix provides for FREE with a prescription click here.
Free Tickets to Lego Land Theme Park
Reader's Stories
Give someone a coupon and you have helped them save for a day. Teach someone to coupon and you have helped them save for a lifetime.
This past week has been awesome! I recieved three messages from blog followers and close friends letting me know that because of me and my blog they have learned how to coupon and just saved a bunch on their first shopping trips. I love hearing the stories and the results of the shopping trips. It actually brings me some pride! I am happy and excited for you guys! Here is one of the comments left on the blog:
steelersbabe said...
"I had to let you know my deals...I've just started couponing since TODAY. ok, I was a little scared to start since I have 2 small kids and really time is limited, however, after today, I will def try to do it more often. With buy 1 get 1 deals and coupons today, I got over $33 worth for $11.65! At publix. Crazy!
Thanks again for your site and info..."
As long as I keep hearing awesome stories like this I will keep offering advice and keep updating the site. Thanks for the stories guys!!
Friday, September 16, 2011
Small Take @ Publix this past week
We did not have much of a need to do any shopping this past week so I just ran to the store to get one Freebie Deal that I didn't want to pass up!
Retail: $19.77
Actual: $0.00
100% Savings! FREE!
New Week = New Flyers
Don't forget to pick up your new weekly deals flyer from Publix and be on the look out for two new coupon booklets (green advantage and One Stop One Store).
Also don't forget to pick up Winn Dixie's weekly flyer. I heard that they have a new Pet Coupon Insert. Check out a detailed list of the coupons at Iheartpublix
$5 off $25 in Groceries at Save-aLot
If your store considers Save-aLot a competitor then get on over to their facebook page and print the coupon for $5 off of a purchase of $25 in groceries.
New Publix coupon booklet available. Coupons are good until October 16th, 2011. For a detailed list of included coupons, check out iheartpublix's post.
Monday, September 12, 2011
"I can't coupon because I don't eat those foods"!
"I can't coupon because I don't eat those foods"! Ever hear these words before? I hear it all the time from friends that see my Weekly Savings@Publix Posts. Excuses excuses, this is all I ever hear from people when I recommend that they start couponing. Although you don't normally see coupons for such products and it is more difficult to save on these special items, it is not impossible.
It is true that many people have diets or "ways of life" that require them to eat certain foods and that it is not beneficial for these manufacturers to advertise with coupons in the newspapers. However, it is possible to find coupons for such items elsewhere. The best advice I can give people like this is:
1. Write or email the manufacturers to request coupons and check website/facebook
2. Coupon and save on Non-Food items
3. Coupon and find deals on "Money-Makers
Many manufacturing companies that specialize in diet foods have a specific consumer niche to which they cater. This means that advertising with coupons to the general public in the Sunday newspaper is not cost effective for them. This however does not mean that they don't produce coupons at all. In-fact most companies now-a-days have printable coupons online at the product webpage or at the associated Facebook Promotions Page. A tried and true method of obtaining such elusive coupons is to write or email a request directly to the company. For example: My daughter can not drink cow's milk nor soy so we tried goat milk and it was a success. I have never seen coupons for Mayenberg Goat Milk so I ventured to the website and sent a request for coupons via the webpage. In a couple weeks I had a nice little surprise in the mail.
I also let my friends know of a common misconception about coupons. The majority of grocery savings comes not from food coupons but rather from non-food coupons such as toiletries and cleaning supplies. Toiletries and cleaning supplies can get very expensive. You can rapidly increase the balance of your savings account by not being "brand specific" on non-food items.
Finally I love to let them in on a little couponing trick about items known as "money makers". Every Extreme Couponer's goal is to find money makers! These are items that are priced very low and when matched with coupons, the balance due drops into the negative range. Most grocery stores will take this negative balance and apply it towards the rest of your grocery bill! Basically the store is paying you to take those items home. This is the most sought after savings deal by extreme couponers because it allows you to put "FREE" money towards the purchase of other groceries that don't have coupons such as those "diet specific" items.
It is possible to coupon and save even when you are on restricting diets. It just takes a little extra work and focus! Good luck!
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Books of FOUR Winn Dixie $5 off $30 Coupons
Iheartpublix.com has an awesome post about the website Living Social which is currently offering an awesome deal on some coupon books. These books each have FOUR $5.00 off of $30.00 grocery purchases. You have a choice of 5 books for $20.00 or 1 book for $7.00.
Friday, September 9, 2011
Recipes using only ingredients you have at home now
I am starving and am not a cook by any means. I was looking through the fridge and the cabinets with a blank stare as do most men. I then thought to myself that there must be a better way....possibly some sort of program out there that might allow me to enter what ingredients I have on hand and then recommend recipes that I can throw together.
I found it! Supercook.com allows you to enter each ingredient that you have in your pantry or fridge one at a time. As you enter them a list of recipes appears on the right side and is continuously updated as you add more ingredients. Now I just need to find an app that will do the cooking for me!
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Freebies
Before I started couponing I never ever bothered with signing up for any kind of Free Samples in the mail. I never wanted to be bothered filling out my info over and over only to get a small sample and tons of junk mail.
Now that I have delved into the couponing lifestyle I am finding ways to save on everything and feel more compelled to sign up for these freebies and samples. I set up a separate email address just for this along with a separate facebook account for those required "likes". I also now feel that junk mail is a small price to pay for free stuff. In addition to getting these free samples, most of the time you get some very cool high value coupons for those very products! Many browsers now-a-days including Google Chrome have what is known as Auto-Complete and this feature will fill in common forms such as Name and Address for you so that this repetitive process is no longer a pain!
I now keep a daily updated page specifically for freebies and samples here. Check in every day to get the most complete list around.
$40 in coupons @ Betty Crocker
Just got an email for $40 in coupons from The Betty Crocker website. Just sign up and you get access!
Free Deodorant
Well I am bummed to say the least.....
I got up early today to head over to that Publix that was selling the Degree Deodorants at $2.45 so that I could make use of my coupons and get them for free. I verified the price over the phone the other day but they were out of stock. Being that it was not a Sale price I could not obtain a rain check thus I waited for the shelves to be stocked today Thursday. I neglected to even think that the "regular" price could or would change. I make it all the way there with coupons in hand only to be turned away by an evil sign that said $2.93. :(
Coupons are still good though and I will do another phone search for a cheaper price and let you guys know if i find one. We have until 9/16!
Oh and I did a price search online using Publix Curbside website and the stores in Georgia dropped the price this week down to $2.07 for the Degree Deodorants. That means that if they use both coupons they will make $0.68 on each stick!!! That is an awesome money maker! If you have at least 45 coupons you can make $30.00 to put towards other groceries!! Maybe we should be moving to Georgia! ;-)
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
ArmorAll - Race to the Finish Sweepstakes
I finally received my instant prize for playing an Armor All Sweepstakes for a new Camaro back in May. No I didn't win the Camaro but I won a Tire Prize Pack including a coupon for one Free Armor All product, a digital tire gauge w/light, a 39 pc Roadside First Aid Kit, and an Air Compressor.
Would have loved to win a Camaro but this is nice too!
Always enter these things! Even the little prizes are worth the effort and it is always cool to get free stuff in the mail!
Publix Buy Theirs Get Ours Promotion
Time once again for Publix's Buy Theirs Get Ours Free Promotion. Buy the national brand of a selected item and get the store brand of that item free.
Selected Items for promotion starting 9/8/11:
- Orville Redenbacher Pop Up Bowl 6pk
- Kraft Easy Mac
- Smucker’s Strawberry Preserves
*Remember that you can use coupons for the national brands if you have 'em!
Rumors of Publix coupons in Today's Paper
Hearing and seeing all kinds of rumors about Publix coupons in today's newspapers. I have received verification that the Orlando Sentinel does not include these coupons though. Have not heard anything on the Florida Today though!
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Free Deodorant
FREE DEODORANT!!!!In Georgia it is real easy to get free things at Publix but here in Florida we have to do a little searching.
In the current Publix Green Flyer you will find a $2/1 coupon for Degree or Dove deodorants.
There is also a manufacturer's coupon in the 8/28 RP circular for $75/1 Non Premium degree deodorants.
If your store charges $2.75 or less then you are in like flynn! However, this I found out tonight is hard to come by in the Space Coast area! I drove to two of my favorite locations and the lowest I could find was $2.93. Not a bad deal but not FREE! Urgghhh. So I come home and decide to call around to do some price checks. Planning on a trip to Orlando tomorrow so I included some Publix's along the route to Orlando too! 40 minutes later I finally find one that has a price for the Degree deodorant that will allow me to get them free with coupons but they are all sold out. Hooray! Not a big problem though since they are not on sale and both coupons are good for a while. Publix coupon expires on 9/16 while the mfr coupon expires 9/25. So we have until the sixteenth for them to refill the shelves.
Degree Deodorants from $2.49........
7325 N US Highway 1 Cocoa, FL 32927-5006 (321) 635-8560 |
Monday, September 5, 2011
Publix Non-Advertised Prices Online
Ever want to know prices for items that are not in the weekly flyers? I have always just had to get in the car and drive over to my local store to find this info out. I found a neat little trick that can help us out here. Publix is doing a trial run at a few stores on a new service called Publix Curbside. Publix Curbside is basically a curbside pick-up service for groceries. Since you must place your order ahead of time from a computer they make the prices available for all of Publix's products online at the Curbside website: http://www.publix.com/curbside/
The trial run of this program is for only three Publix locations though. One in Tampa Florida, and two in Georgia. I am going to use the Florida store to give me an estimate as to what I can expect prices to be at my local store. It may not be perfect but an estimate suits my needs!
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Tip # 8
Tip # 8:
Though sites like Iheartpublix.com and couponmom.com try really hard to make sure they cover every possible deal and list every available coupon they are not perfect. I think it would be near impossible to list every deal and every available coupon that is out there every week every month and year to year.
The point I am trying to make is that if you want to make sure you do not miss any deals:
1. Save every coupon you come across
2. Personally cross reference your store sales against online coupon databases and also against your binder in order to come up with your own "match-ups".
Using Coupon Match-ups from online sites makes our job so easy and is a life saver for many. However, if you have the time you should do it yourself and compare with theirs. Sometimes they miss things especially if you have coupons in your binder that they are not aware of!
One such instance happened to me this week. Iheartpublix.com posted their "match-ups" last week and I copied down the ones that I wanted as usual. When doing my own "match-ups" though, I found a deal that was not mentioned on that website. Publix was having a BOGO sale on Cheerios. I had some manufacturer coupons and store coupons for the cereal. Iheartpublix.com listed the manufacturer coupons but not the store coupons. The store coupons were $2/1 and enabled me to get the boxes of cereal for free. Actually the store paid me $0.11 per box to take them home!
If you have the time, do your own match-ups!
Found some new Tear Pad coupons over at the Merritt Island Publix on the Merritt Island Causeway.Also keep an eye open for some new coupon flyers as seen over at Iheartpublix.com!
Remember guys, I am mostly documenting my personal couponing trek here. If you want all of the most up to date info on couponing and new booklets/deals at Publix etc., make sure you check out sites like iheartpublix.com on a daily basis. I actually check in daily with multiple sites to make sure I am getting all the possible info that I can. I only post a small fraction of what I find!
This week's "steal" at Publix
Total Grocery Take:
Retail: $170.98
Actual: $32.85
80.8% Savings!
This week's highlights:
Ten boxes of Cheerios (made $0.11 on each box) - Free
20 boxes of Mueller's Whole Grain Spaghetti ( $0.21 per box) - $4.20
Thirty packs of Knorr Pasta Sides ( $0.24 per pack) - $7.20
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Got an email about a Save aLot Coupon at Facebook. Head over to "like" them on Facebook and get a coupon for $5 off $25 in groceries. If your Publix accepts them as a competitor then you are in luck!The following Space Coast Publix accepts them:
Publix Super Market at Cocoa Commons
2301 State Road 524 Ste 150
Cocoa, FL 32926-5822
2301 State Road 524 Ste 150
Cocoa, FL 32926-5822
Friday, September 2, 2011
Armor All Prizes Shipping Finally
Not sure if any of you won any Car Care or Tire Care Packages from Armor All on Facebook back in May but if you did be aware that they are finally starting to ship out! I received an email today alerting me of this.
No Sunday Coupons This Week!
Due to holiday weekend we will not be seeing any coupon inserts in this Sunday's Paper!
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