It's Mega SwagBucks Friday!

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How would you like to earn at least $25 worth of free gift cards with minimum effort on your part? I know talk about SwagBucks all the time but it was a great way for me to pay for a large chunk of our Christmas this past year - without it coming out of Dan's paycheck!

I love this program because it actually works. 

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Hot Electrosol Coupon!

There is a Electrasol coupon that came in the SS insert yesterday for $2.25 off one Electrasol Dishwashing tablets or gelpacs, 20 count.

This a a great high value coupon!

 I used the eight I had to stock my family with dishwashing soap for the next few months.  Wal-Mart has them on sale for $4.42.  I priced matched there with the sale price from Target of $3.79 each.  Add in the coupon and I paid $1.54 per box or .08 cents each!

Price before coupons:  $35.36

Price after coupons:  $12.35

 

Eat From the Pantry Challenge!

Last year I decided to cut some money on our grocery budget for the month of January.  I've been sort of a slacker the past few weeks in planning meals.  But I have been pretty good about using my coupons so my pantries and freezers are fairly full.

 The point is to avoid going grocery shopping as much as possible.  I have a family of five, so of COURSE I will still be going...for things like eggs, milk, fruits and veggies. 

It is a pretty good idea to rotate through your stockpile...so January is our "rotate" month!  

Plus I like the idea of extra money in my pocket!

So here are my goals for the Eat From The Pantry Challenge: 

  Only buy dairy (milk, eggs, cheese, etc.) and produce (fruits/vegetables).

Spend a total of $150 or less on groceries during the month of January.  About $35 a week is the goal. 

Put the leftover money from our grocery budget towards our 2012 Disney Vacation! 

I'd love for anyone to join me in this!  I will be posting updates every Friday on how I've done!

New TLC Show - Extreme Couponing

Have you all heard about the new show on couponing that TLC is coming out with?  It features Joanie from The Krazy Koupon Lady (who I love) and it looks good with a dash of crazy weird hoarders mixed in. 

I am all about coupons and stockpiles, but the one guy has over 1500 sticks of deodorant.  Um....that is just plain nuts.

Go HERE to check it out and tell me what you think!  It premiers tonight, December 29th at 8pm ET/PT on TLC.

Are you going to watch it? 

Our Disneyland Trip

I'm not sure when I got so into running numbers and looking at the budget. 

I'm really proud of the fact that we have been staying on our household budget and managing to stash a little cash in the bank for our vacation next year.

But I need to up the ante just a tad.  Looks like, starting in January I need to be putting at least $89.00 per month in our vacation account to make this happen.  This will be the first time Lauren comes along with us so this makes our budget go up just a tad.

I think she will LOVE it!

I'm going to try working my Etsy shop a little more as well as attempting to do a few more Utah weddings this summer to get those numbers up.

Are you saving up for something special?

Smith's/Kroger Trip

Smith's is rounding up all their coupons to a dollar again through tomorrow!  All low value coupons are being rounded up to $1!

Dan was a saint, I got everything ready and he went out in the cold and did the shopping for me since I'm trying to get better.  Too much going on around here to be sick!

First I will tell you...

Before Sale and Coupons 

Total Cost $132.74

After Sale and Coupons.....

I PAID $42.68!!

A savings of 76% percent! 

What I did:

Tic Tacs, $1.00
Use .75/1 from 10/3 RP
Final price: FREE
 
Banquet Fruit Pie, .89
Use .35/1 from 10/24 SS
Final price: FREE
 
Carmex Lip Balm, $1.00
Use .30/1 from 11/7 SS
Final price: FREE
 
Suave Deodorant, .88
Use .75/1 from 11/14 RP
Final price: FREE
 
Hormel Pepperoni $1.00
Use the .55¢/1 coupon from the 11/7 SS (round-up)
FREE Item!

Krusteaz Cookie Mix .99¢
Use the $1.00/1 coupon from the 10/10 SS
FREE Item (10 item event)
 
 Ronzoni Garden Delight Pasta $1.00
Use the .75¢/1 coupon LINK (round-up)
FREE Item

American Beauty Quick Cook $1.00
Use the .55¢/1 coupon from the 10/3 SS or .50¢/1 coupon LINK (round-up)
FREE Item

Idahoan product, any 4 oz or larger $.94
Use the .40¢/1 coupon LINK (round-up)
FREE Item
 
Chex Mix $1.49
Use the .50¢/1 coupon LINK (round-up)
Pay .49¢
 
Barilla Plus Pasta $1.49
Use the $1.00/1 coupon LINK or LINK
Pay .49¢ (10 item event)
 
Orville Redenbacher’s Gourmet Popping Corn 3 pk $1.49
Use the $1.00/2 coupon from the 11/14 SS
Pay $1.00 each (10 item event)
Carmel is included!
 
Cuties Clementines $3.99 (Produce Section)
Use the .35¢/1 coupon from the 12/5 SS  (round-up)
Pay $2.99
 
Shedd’s Country Crock $2.45
Use the .50¢/1 coupon from the 11/14 SS or LINK
Pay $1.45

I combined my lists from Utah Deal Diva and Coupons4Utah.  Both great sites!

Happy Shopping!

It's Mega SwagBucks Friday!

Happy Friday to you!   

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Just from SwagBucks alone - I made $300 in Amazon.com gift cards.  It paid for a large chunk of our Christmas!

 

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