Coupon Finds this week....

Today's Parent Magazine:

Finally opened it up... found some coupons....

April 2010
$3.00 off when you buy 2 Garnier Fructis Triple products - page 11
$2.00 off Clorox stain booster - page 18
$2.00 off Clorox bleach product when you buy 2 - page 18
$2.00 off Sunlight Green Clean - page 103
$5.00 off Huggies/pullups for Costco only valid for April only - page 141
insert when I opened the bag
$1.00 off Resolve

Chatelaine:

April 2010
$3.00 off when you buy 2 Garnier Fructis Triple products - page 101
$2.00 off Sunlight Green Clean - page 209
insert when I opened the bag
$2.00 off Clorox stain booster
$2.00 off Clorox bleach product when you buy 2
Samples:
Aveeno Shampoo and conditioner - page 35

Homemakers:

April 2010
Insert in bag:
$2.00 off Purex
$1.00 off Tenderflake
$1.00 off highlander
$0.50 off Hormel Compleats Meal
$1.00 off Weetabix
$0.50 off Ocean Spray Juice or Craisins
$3.00 off Air Wick scented oil kit
B1G1 Air wick aerosol

In Style Magazine:

April 2010
15% off - The Children's Place

Shoppers last night:
$2.00 Schick Xtreme3 - Dec 31, 2010
$1.00 Old Spice Body wash - June 30, 2010
$1.50 Dove Body Wash - July 31, 2010

Price Chopper:
0.50 Minigo/Tubes - Dec 31, 2010
0.30 Schneiders Lunchmate, Smartsnax, SmartLunch - Apr 30, 2010
0.50 Honey bunches/Just Bunches - Apr 30, 2010
B2S$1 FrootLoops/Frosted Flakes/Corn Pops - Dec 31, 2010

Shopping deals week of March 5th to March 11th

Price Chopper: (not pictured)

Minigo yogurt
Reg. 2.99 ~ Sale 1.99 ~ Coupon 0.50x2 ~ Paid 2.98 for 2

RCSS:

Satin Care shaving gel
Reg. 2.99 ~ Sale 1.59 ~ Coupon 1.00x2 ~ Paid 1.18 for 2
Mr Clean
Reg. 3.99 ~ Sale 1.79 ~ Coupon 2.00 ~ Paid 1.58 for 2
Dove Body Wash
Reg. 4.99 ~ Sale 3.00 ~ Coupon 1.50x2 ~ Paid 3.00 for 2
Gillette Shaving Cream
Reg. 2.99 ~ Sale 1.59 ~ Coupon 5.00 ~ Paid (0.23) for 3 yep was paid to take these home!
Dove Bar Soap
Reg. 4.99 ~ Sale 3.00 ~ Coupon 1.50x2 ~ Paid 3.00 for 2

so far this week:
OOP (out of pocket) = $11.72
Regular Price - 48.87 (seriously who would pay regular price for this when you can get it to inexpensively.

Deals this weekend.... February 27/28th

My deals this weekend from
Real Canadian Superstore and Walmart Superstore

Highlight is.... Cereal for 99cents a box of less at RCSS!!!!
Secret Flawless Deodorant for 14cents each at RCSS!!!!

Cascade Action Pacs - 54ct
Reg. 13.97 ~ Sale 9.77 ~ Coupon 1.50 ~ Paid 8.27
Canadian Living Magazine
Reg 3.99 ~ Sale 1.99 ~ Coupon 10%off ~ Paid 1.79

RCSS:
D'Italiano Buns - 8ct
Reg. 3.99 ~ Sale 2.00 ~ Coupon 0.50x2 ~ Paid 3.00
Secret Flawless Deodorant
Reg 2.99 ~ Sale 1.64 ~ Coupon 1.50x2 ~ Paid 0.28
Herbal Essences Shampoo
Reg 3.99 ~ Sale 2.00 ~ Coupon 0.50 ~ Paid 1.50
Gillette Fusion Power Razor
Reg 13.99 ~ Sale 6.99 ~ Coupon 4.00 ~ Paid 2.99
Honey Bunches of Oats Cereal
Reg 3.99 ~ Sale 1.74 ~ Coupon 1.00 ~ Paid 0.74
Shreddies Cereal
Reg 3.99 ~ Sale 1.74 ~ Coupon 0.75 ~ Paid 0.99
Honey Combs Cereal
Reg 3.99 ~ Sale 1.74 ~ Coupon 0.75 ~ Paid 0.99
Cotton Swabs
Reg 2.00 ~ Sale 1.00 ~ Coupon none ~ Paid 1.00
Minute Maid Juices
Reg 0.74 ~ Sale 0.38 ~ Coupon none ~ Paid 2.28

Total Spent 26.92 with taxes

My dear friend Nancy mentioned Canadian Living having some really good coupons in it.... they are a follows:

$3 off WUB2 Garnier Fructis products (pg 7)
$2 off Sulight Green Clean Laundry Detergent (p 119)
$4 off any RestoraLAX product (between pgs 104 & 105)

So for 1.79 plus tax you can get these coupons if you buy it at Walmart.

Living frugally doesn't mean depriving yourself

When some people here about someone trying to live frugally they picture... wearing 15+ year old clothing, living off of kraft dinner (more like mr noodles now a days), driving an old rusted out car... etc... well if that is what living frugally meant why would want to live that way. I would have thrown in the towel a long time ago trust me.

To me living frugally not settling for just the easiest solution without putting much thought into it... it means being wise with our money and not wasteful with our purchases. It also means use what you have already... being resourceful. I could go on but you get the idea.

I never buy everything one store as this is not being wise with my money when I can save so much more by purchasing at other stores. I don't make special trips but if I am in the area of the other store then I pop in and get what sale items are worth purchasing. I no longer obsess over the flyers that come in the mail. I know a couple of stores that usually have really good pricing and stick to them but I do ... look at the front pages of all the flyers looking for the really big loss leaders I might want to pick up espically in the meat area. I am trying to feed a good size family on very little here.

One thing we did was cut back on convenience food... it is loaded with preservatives and other things that really saving the time on it is not worth compromising our health. It really does work out to be cheaper to bake some muffins, make an egg on toast compared to buying it. Save money and eat healthy!

One thing I am trying to do is cut back on meat meals... and meat in general. Meat is very expensive and when it comes down to it... we can't afford it plain and simple. So I am looking for some good bean recipes... so I can put more beans into our diet.

Okay.. off to find some good bean recipes... I have not really tried my hand at cooking beans... but that is going to change... :)

Shoppers Deals ~ May 30th to June 5th

Royale 24 single rolls, 12 double rolls or 9 supreme rolls $4.99
use your $1.00 off coupons from save.ca
Price before taxes: $3.99

Kellogg's All Bran original, Special K cereal $2.49
use your $2.00 off coupon found on cereal boxes
Price before taxes: $0.49

Kellogg's Special K or All Bran Bars, 100 calorie granola bars $2.49
use your buy two save $1.00 for bars found in stores
Price before taxes: $3.98

Intuition plus razor refills (3's) $11.49
use your $2.00 off coupon found in stores
Price before taxes: $9.49

Dove hair care products $4.99
use your $1.50 off coupons found in a recent newspaper insert
Price before taxes: $3.49

Cottonelle fresh moist wipes or refills (42's) $2.99
use your $1.00 off coupons found in stores
Price before taxes: $1.99

Crystal Light singles $2.49
use your $0.50 off coupons found in stores
Price before taxes: $1.99

Kraft salad dressing $2.49
use your $1.00 off coupon that came with Kraft's What's Cooking magazine
Price before taxes: $1.49

Christie Thinsations $2.49
use your $0.50 off coupon from Kraft's What's Cooking magazine
Price before taxes: $1.99

Campbell's Chunky soup $1.99
use your buy 2 get 1 free from save.ca
Price before taxes: $3.98 for three

Campbell's Healthy request soup bowls $1.99
use your $1.00 off coupons found in stores
Price before taxes: $0.99

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Update

I am posting some updates here today... I plan on posting free things to do in my hometown that are both fun and FREE oh I already mentioned free didn't I. Free is good!

I also plan on posting buying/spending tips as well as a few other things here and there. Frugal ideas!

Stay tuned!