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25Apr 2009 by holly

Shoppers Shopping Trip 4/25/09

I went to Shoppers this evening and got some great deals. Here are some tips: Don't use the self-checkout Because it won't accept coupons that equal overage. The computer won't accept coupons after a couple and the cashier has to enter them. The cashier might not double or triple them accurately, because he/she has to do it manually. Go to a regular checkout line. Do a small transaction. It is a lot easier to keep track of coupons in smaller transactions. And, you don't have to take as long in line. This works great when you bring kids along. I bought the following and saved a lot! As soon as I find the card reader I will post a picture. I had to go to customer service to fix the…

23Apr 2009 by holly

Giant Shopping Trip 4/22/2009

Coupons, Giant, Shopping Trips, Uncategorized

My daughter is such a trooper. She loves to go shopping and watch the people. I went to Giant yesterday with my daughter to do my plan that I listed the other day. I'm so silly! I've learned my lesson make sure you PRINT out or write down the amounts that you plan to buy. I went up to the cashier rang up my items and the total was over $12! The bags didn't get taken off. What happened? Well, my total was only $11 and some cents - not $15. I forgot to buy another Scotts tissue. I couldn't remember on top of my head what I planned to buy as the other item. So, I asked the cashier if I could go back and find the extra item…

20Apr 2009 by holly

Giant Deal Shopping Plan -week 4/17 – 4/23

Coupons, Giant, Uncategorized

Here is a thought about this week at Giant. And, check out Novathrifty.com for more suggestions! Get 5 free reusable shopping bags instantly... when you buy $15 worth of participating General Mills, Scott Naturals or Clorox Green Works products in the section (see ad). Participating items and reusable shopping bags must be purchased in one transaction with your BonusCard. The cost of the bags will be deducted at the end of your order. Free bag offer excludes insulated reusable shopping bags. Limit 1 offer per customer. Muir Glen Organic Soup is part of the 5 bags free deal -.75 SS 2/8/09 Any Muir Glen product (exp 5/2/09) When doubled it equals to $0.99 each! Plus, when put with the other deals it is even better. My thought is this: 2…

19Apr 2009 by holly

Best Yard Sale of the Year – Troop 893 Annual Tag Sale – 5/9/2009

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A couple years ago my mother-in-law and I started to drag the rest of the family to yard sales all over the area. She found this wonderful yard sale called the "Troop 893 Annual Tag Sale", located every spring at the Chantilly Expo Center. It is huge! This year it is on 5/9/2009! Mark your calendar! Show Hours: Saturday 8:00am-1:00pm Admission: A canned good (or $1.00) per person to be donated to Western Fairfax Christian Ministries Food Pantry, Children 12 & Under - Free Here is the website for the Troop 893. Here is the link to the Chantilly Expo Center. This yard sale has lots of clothes for babies, kids and adults. It has electronics, kitchen supplies, craft supplies and lots of other things as well. Now, I'm a…

17Apr 2009 by holly

Shoppers Food Warehouse – Triple and Double Coupon event 4/16-4/22

Coupons, Shoppers, Uncategorized

This week Shoppers is doing it again. Triple and Double coupon event. Check out Redemption Unlimited blog for match up and details! Participating Stores: Virginia: Rolling Valley Kingstown Burke Fairfax Chantilly Manassas Sterling Herndon Leesburg Gainesville Centreville Fredericksburg Maryland: Aspen Hill Germantown White Flint A couple things that interest me: Aquafina 24-packs are $3.99. Use the Buy 2, Get 1 Free coupon from a recent Sunday Supplement (exp. 04/30) to get three for $7.98, or $2.83/24-pack. Cottonelle 12-packs are $6.49, and the $1/1 coupon from the 03/15 SS would make it $4.49, less than $0.40/ultra double roll. Scott Tissue Toilet Paper 12-packs are $7.49. There was a recent Sunday insert coupon for $1/1, which would make it $5.49, or less than $0.50/roll. Mueller's Pasta is 10/$10. There was a $0.55/2…

09Apr 2009 by holly

Rite Aid Shopping Trip 4/9/2009

Coupons, Rite Aid, Shopping Trips, Uncategorized

Thanks to IheartRiteAid.com for all of the great info! I ran into Rite Aid this evening and did 2 transactions. The cashiers weren't too happy when I used 2 $5/25 but they did allow it. I know it isn't the best thing to do but I wanted to get in and get out and most of the deals were already taken. I was hoping to get the Tear drops for free but they were out, so I thought I would get the coke deal and they were out of that too. So, this is what I came up with. I wanted to buy the Shampoo and Claritin so I split them up in two transactions. Transaction #1 john frieda shampoo $5 john frieda shampoo $5 john frieda shampoo $5 john…

07Apr 2009 by holly

Walgreens Shopping Trip – 4/7/2009

Coupons, Shopping Trips, Uncategorized, Walgreens

Walgreens has a great deal on diapers this week too! 2/$9 for Walgreens diapers -$2 Walgreens diapers coupon from red prescription booklet expires 6/30/09 (for each item!!!) My husband and I need some Claritin so I saw in the Walgreens ad that Clartin was offering $5 RR 1 Clartin $19.99 (40 for price of 30) 1 Wal-ITIN $19.99 (60) -$4 Clartin coupon SS 4/5/09 -$10 Wal-ITIN coupon in this weeks ad Tax 0.00 OOP $25.98 Earned RR $5.00 ($20.98 for 100 Clartin/generic tabs. Not to bad.) Savings 48% 4 Walgreens Diapers $4.50 -$8.00 Walgreens coupon -$5.00 RR OOP $5.50 Cost $10.50 Savings 71%

07Apr 2009 by holly

Free Oil at PepBoys – Great Deal!

Coupons, Pepboys, Rebates, Shopping Trips, Uncategorized, Vehicle

Click on the image above to take you to more details. If you buy 5 quarts of Peak Oil and get 1 ProLine Filter it will cost $9.99 plus tax. The rebate is for $9.99. You can do this rebate twice. (Not sure if you have to fill out 2 rebate forms.) Now, The Thrifty Mama mentioned that there is a $10/30 coupon right now at PepBoys. The coupon says you can't combine it with the rebate. On Sunday, 4/5 my husband and I went there picked up the oil, filters and a hitch (he needed). Subtotal $31.97 tax $1.11 -$10 coupon OOP $23.08 The transaction goes like this: 10 Peak Oil $2.99 each -0.52 Item discount each -1.32 Store coupon each 2 ProLine $2.89 -0.51 Item discount each -1.27…

07Apr 2009 by holly

CVS Shopping Trip – 4/5/2009

Coupons, CVS, Shopping Trips, Uncategorized

This week there is the buy $25 worth of select Baby products and get $10 ECB. 2 Huggies Gentle Care $10.00 each = $20.00 1 Huggies Wip $5 -$5/25 Coupon received in my email -$5.00 IP Huggies coupon -$5.00 IP Huggies coupon -$0.50 Huggies Wipe coupon from mail Subtotal $9.95 -$1.99 ECB -$2.00 ECB -$3.49 ECB Tax 1.00 OOP 3.02 Earn $10 ECBS Cost $.50!!! Saved 98% 1 Skinintimate Shave Gel $3.49 1 Colgate Max White $2.99 1 Bambook Basket $1.99 -$1.00 Colgate coupon SS Subtotal $7.47 -$6.98 ECBS Tax 0.07 OOP $.56 Earn $7.48 ECBS Cost $0.06!!!! Saved 99%!!! Then my dear husband saw these cute sunglasses for our daughter so I had to buy them. $6.99 -$6.99 ECBS OOP 0.00 Cost $6.99

03Apr 2009 by holly

Part 2: Car: True Cost of a Vehicle

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How much does this 1999 Isuzu Rodeo cost us? Right now we have put over 3,000 miles on it and it has cost us 51 cents a mile! Not too bad! How to calculate the true cost of a vehicle and why it makes sense to buy a used vehicle. Plus, this is the time to buy used vehicles because they are the cheapest. In a strange way the more you drive the lower the cost per mile because the originial purchase price will spread across more miles. Here is a spreadsheet you can download and use to calculate your cost per mile. Click here to download car-cost-gas-log.ODS Spreadsheet Fill in the grey fields and the yellow fields will calculate for you. If you have car payments include them as…

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