Thursday, March 29, 2007

One penny for your groceries!

Last night I told you how board I was so I jumped up and rushed out the house to see if I could spend less than 5.00 and what that would get me. My first stop was Tom Thumb... I walked in all bubbly and happy just knowing that I was about to do some damage in that store. My sons had already eaten most of the pizzas from last week so I went to get the Hot Pockets for them. I REFUSE to by fast food again. By golly if I am going to save money on groceries then we are gonna eat them. So I walked in with my pretty little baby in the front seat ( the sos binder) and I coo'd at her--- I named her name Shacora LOL and it seemed like she ccoo'd back at me. I was glowing like a proud new mother because I had new coupons to use. There was an elderly man in the soap ailse and when I looked and saw I had 5 coupons for the free dial soap I had he said to me " You are so organized-you have your stuff together" Now family you know What I had to do- I picked up the soap that he was looking at too and I said " this one is on me" he looked and said wow are you serious- I said of course and then I proudly said "Sistersofsavings.com" he said okay. So up and down the aisles I continued to walked - dog food, spam,hotpockets,soap etc and I really giggled everytime I placed something int the basket. Just like I am giggling now. Well read for yourself my receipt 7 Spam singles 11 hot pockets calzones 30 cans of cat food ( I dont have a cat) 9 Alpo dog food 4 dial soaps One loaf of bread total receipt $66.90 total savings $ 66.89 AMOUNT DUE- .01 or one penny or uno penny lolrotf OH AND I GOT TWO MOVIE TICKETS!!! My cashier Eva kept saying wow,wow,wow, as the total began to drop and the woman behind me was like how did you do that. Of course I said "sistersofsavings.com" and she said what and I said it again sistersofsavings.com and so as I am searching for a penny I realized I DID NOT HAVE A PENNY so the sacker said "please let me pay for this for you. I said okay and thank you. Of course at Tom Thumb I had to do 3 small transactions to get the dial soap because the coupon was for .35 so I asked the cashier to do the 3 seperate ones and the lady behind me saw 1.05 disappear 3 times she couldn't believe it and Eva said " don't you wish we could all shop like her" I said you can. Sistersofsavings.com - I'm ordering the shirts this week who wants one? Then I loaded up the truck called Lorrie and headed to Kroger The dear old hubby gave me $100.00 to spend on groceries HEHEHEHE so what will I do with that? I think I will take him to the movies and feed him the hot pockets before we go and pop the popcorn from last week and put in a ziplock bag LOL and get some ice from the stand to put my FREE water in from last week any other thoughts. Oh and make some pillsbury cookies in case he gets a sweet tooth. I will save my savings!!! This is my year to be debt FREE too. Hmmm debt FREE FREE FREE FREE

Sunday, March 25, 2007

What can you buy for .89 cents?

What can you buy for .89? Today at 7:44pm I had to go to Kroger because I had coupons that would expire. So I went in with my beautiful binder that I'm thinking about putting insurance on and I was ready for the challenge. Armed with my coupons in hand this is what I purchased 5 Pillsbury rolls 2 rolls grands biscuits 3 pillbury cookies ( by the way the coupon works on the chocolate chip cookies too) 11 packages of gum 3 Hungry man dinners Coupon savings 44.58 Total bill .89 Total percentage saved 98% The funny part was that as I began to pay the cashier Kelly said "this is unbelievable" could you do that again? I said I certainly hope so. "Everyone around me began to smile and I bounced out of the store with a HUGE grin. Then I noticed, I HAD ONE COUPON FOR THE GUM!!!!! IN my pocket. I was devastated. I said I must go back since I had more coupons and do this again because the coupon for the gum was valued at 1.00 which means that transaction would have been FREE! Also I received a catalina coupon for 5.00 off my next purchase which really makes that a FREE transaction. So I loaded my groceries in the car and walked back in the store..... To be continued...

If Oprah only knew...Does it get any better than this?

So I walked back into Kroger because I was so disappointed in myself for leaving that 1.00 gum coupon in my pocket and having to pay for that order that I decided I would try this again. Here is what I bought. 3 pillsbury cookie rolls 3 grands biscuits 1 wrigley gums 4 crescent pillsbury rolls 2 packages of Kraft cheese 16 slices total coupon savings 21.65 bill total .61 percentage savings 97% Well, this time my cashier was not that friendly.... the girl that checked me out earlier was sacking for him and everytime he scanned a coupon he kept looking like what is going on... am I doing something wrong? He would stop and stare and then scan again. The girl said to him just scan the darn coupons she knows her stuff.... then at the end my balance was negative .39 so I though a pacakage of gum but I had a coupon that said buy one get one free so I put another package up there. What I failed to look at was the gum was .99 cents. I wanted so badly to tell him to void the gum but he was looking like a man from outter space and the line was getting long so I pulled out the ATM card and paid .61 LOLROTF So now I have 600 sticks of gum and all I can say is I know what I will be giving out at the next SOS class. LOLROTF. After I put the groceries in the car it was 9:00 p.m. so... I immediately drove to Wendys and paid 10.37 for a 2 BURGERS This is the week that I will start cooking LOL. I must, I must, I must increase my pie crust recipes..... any ideas please post them under recipes lol I love the SOS FAMILY Wait until you read about my next transaction

What I know for sure- How to save money.

I knew that Albertson was having a huge sale. I had heard about it from... well the shopping buddy and everyone on the board so I got up to see how well I could do. I LOVE ALBERTSONS. Why? You ask because where else can you purchase 10 pillsbury toaster strudels 8 chex mix packages 4 boxes of pop secret popcorn 7 boxes of Capri Sun 2 quarts of BIG STRAWBERRIES I had 2 separate receipts The first was a savings of $38.55 in coupons The FINAL COST was .38 and the funny part was that I didn't have any cash so out came the ATM but I got 10.00 back i The next receipt was 28.10 in savings the final cost was 2.85 so I guess I need to go back to another SOS class which is April 7th lol The reason I said what a smile can get you is that there was a limit on the Capri-Sun (so I was told) but my cashier was like let me take care of you so we don't have to keep ringing this up over and over again so within 2 minutes I was out of there and singing all the way home. I can't wait to read how well you are doing. Also they tried to substitute the imperial sugar with albertson sugar but I said no I will just get a rain check so I can use my coupons so remember to ALWAYS get a raincheck if they are out of a product When I went to get the gogurts they were out too and Stanley the Stocker said : I'm not sure what happened but all of a sudden people just started running in buying these. I said when did this begin he said FRIDAY I just laughed like crazy and of course got a raincheck for that too.

Wednesday, March 21, 2007

I think we are winning the game! This is so much fun.

It's 1:23 A.M. hubby is out of town so I thought I should post this so I won't forget. Oh what a night. It all started when Erica picked me up... I was looking all cute in my denim and we headed straight to Albertsons when I thought to myself, should I try this again, my heart began to beat really fast then I askd myself, what would Lynette do? Immediately Erica and I walked into Albertsons after gathering 60 Kelloggs Special K waters coupons for 1.00 off each and we picked up 60 bottles with a retail value of 1.99 each which would have totaled $119.49 but after using that beautiful raincheck that was $10 for $10 we paid ZERO dollars.
You can only imagine the look on a customers face when me and Erica put those waters in the cart, she kept staring and looking back at us like why are ya'll buying so many waters it was sooo funny. I would have given her a coupon but since she didn't have the raincheck she would have had to pay .999 fo the water and that wouldn't have been right. You should also have seen the look on Gilberts face, he had to call a manager over to make sure he did everything okay. Of course I assured him that he was the best cashier in the world as he rang up those 60 Free waters and off we went. I FELT LIKE WE WERE OPRAH AND GAYLE on a road trip lol. Lynette called me and told me about a super deal at target so off me and erica went with our coupons and our SMILE of course. We went to the Dove aisle where there is a limited sale on select Dove products if you by any 2 they will give you a $5.00 gift card immediately. I thought this is too good to be true, but since my lovely sister had already been there the shelves clearly reflected this) I thought let me finish this off. This is what I purchased, 12 Dove deodorants@ 3.69 44.82, 12 Dove body washes@3.69 = 44.82 and 12 Dove Pro age facial cleaners @4.89 =58.68 The total should have been $159.39 BUT since I had coupons and for every TWO you purchases you received a $ 5.00 gift card of course I split up the transactions and after I paid my initial $5.68 to get the ball rolling I walked out the store with a $ 5.00 gift card and 36 total Dove products. Oh I forgot to mention I bought some hair bands that I really need with the five dollar gift card too. It was the most amazing thing I had experienced until I went to Kroger yes... I had the SOS fever so I called Lynette and told her I was in her city. I knew that would get her out of bed and so she met me and Erica at Kroger. It was so much fun (This is like a drug and coupons may cure PMS for a moment) lol Paige. At Kroger Lynette went first and this is the truth I promise. She saved 99% on her bill but the fun part was because we had sooo many gum coupons because it was buy one get one free that for at leat seven minutes we kept having a credit on her bill. We kept getting a credit until we ran out of coupons. The cashier told her he was in love with her... I had 13 packs of gum in my nightstand. LOLROTF tomorrow is my husbands birthday, guess what he is getting? So now its my turn this is what I bougth at Tom thumb 30 pillsbury/grand biscuits products, 3 boxes hamburger helper, 3 packages of oscar mayer ham 4 sticks of gum 2 chex mixes I PAID $3.10 and I have a $5.00 coupon on my next order Finally for Tom Thumb and I will make this quick because I am sleepy. I purchased 10 red barons pizza 1 joy lemon dishwashing liquid 1 pkg of ocello sponges 12 arrid deodorants This should have cost $71.23 but I paid $4.90 and I got 2 FREE MOVIE TICKETS as well as a rebate for $10.00 on the pizza that I bought. How you ask? I had the manufacturers coupon and $10.00 off any oder of $50.00 or more. IS THIS CRAZY OR WHAT? I hope this is as much fun to you as it is to me. It's 2:00 a.m. I am going to sleep now. Oh and I got a raincheck for the contour glucose machine that's 30.00 at CVS because with my 30.00 off coupon it will be FREE and of course I will mail in that $50.00 rebate and since I have 10 coupons... looks like every woman I love will be getting a check in the mail in the amount of $50.00 from me JUST in time for MOTHERS DAY! And of course I will send me one too. I can't wait to read your post. Have fun saving. Back to top