Sunday, February 20, 2011
Target Deals- Cheap frozen food!
Wow!! Talk about a great deal! The Urbandale store flyer has an ad for buy ANY 7 frozen food items and get a $5 gift card! This is a great deal as it seems like anything is working, even things that are less than $1! Check out Totally Target's post about this deal! This would be an excellent time to stock up on your freezer supplies. Some stores are not offering this deal so make sure you check for signs at your Target to see if they are doing it! Totally Target also has coupon match ups for some of the frozen items that you can use when you buy a frozen item and then also get the $5 gift card. You can do this deal as many times as you want within one transaction as the register will keep track of every seven items and automatically ring up a gift card each time 7 times have gone through. Make sure to keep track of you total spend out so that the gift cards are not added to your bill (for awhile there gift cards were being added to the bill and then not taken off so you were actually paying for the gift card, but I haven't heard of that happening for awhile now) Also make sure that if you use coupons that they all get rung up and taken off. I have had several times that coupons are missed. Hope everyone has a great week and are able to stock up on their frozen foods. Thanks Totally Target for writing more about this deal!
Target Deals- Free dishwasher soap & Jeans?!
Head over to Target.com to print a coupon for $5 off Women's denim: jeans, shorts, or capris!!
I have seen jeans on clearance at Target for 75% off so you may be able to get some jeans for FREE or for just a couple of dollars! Here as the print limit may be reached really fast with a coupon like this!
Also, Target.com has a coupon for $1.50 off 10ct or larger Finish by Quantum dishwasher detergent stack this coupon with $1 off mgf coupon or here to get Finish dishwasher soap for FREE this week at Target!
I have seen jeans on clearance at Target for 75% off so you may be able to get some jeans for FREE or for just a couple of dollars! Here as the print limit may be reached really fast with a coupon like this!
Also, Target.com has a coupon for $1.50 off 10ct or larger Finish by Quantum dishwasher detergent stack this coupon with $1 off mgf coupon or here to get Finish dishwasher soap for FREE this week at Target!
Giveaway!!
This will be my first giveaway on my blog! I have 2- 20% of diapers at Amazon.com to give away! I love buying diapers on Amazon as I usually get them within a day or two and if I use Subscribe & Save and the 20% off coupon I save 50% on diapers!! Also sign up for AmazonMom and the first 3 months are free! Plus you can earn additional free months for every $25 purchase you make BEFORE coupons! Which means I usually only spend $13 out of pocket and get diapers shipped to my door! Go to this post: Amazon Diapers to learn how to sign up for AmazonMom and Subscribe & Save.
Now for the giveaway!
Coupon expires 2/28/11 so you will have to use before then.
To enter the giveaway:
1) Follow my blog and leave a comment stating you are following!
2) Tell your friends and leave a comment with a link showing on either facebook, blog, or twitter that you shared with your friends!
This means you can enter for the giveaway 2 times! Winners will be selected at random using random.org. Giveaway will end late Tuesday night the 22nd and the winners will be notified that they won with the coupon code emailed to them by Wednesday.
Currently there is a deal on Amazon for 100 size 2 Huggies Snug & Dry diapers for $19.50 use subscirbe & save to get them for $13.65 plus use the 20% coupon code if you win this giveaway to get 100 diapers for $10.92!! Comes to $.10 a diaper!! Use AmazonMom and you will get free shipping on this order! Spend an additional $5.50 on baby items on Amazon and this order will qualify for another free month of AmazonMom (remember you get 3 months free)
If anyone needs help doing this deal- just let me know I would love to help you get cheap diapers!
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Target Deals
Wow!! I had a great Target trip the other day! I went in to get the movie Ever After with Drew Berrymore and came out with a whole lot more! Here is what I got!
I was also wanting to start cleaning buckets for each room of the house as I am starting a new schedule for cleaning each room of the house. Each day we will clean a different room in the house so each room will be totally cleaned at least 1 time each week. To make it fun I wanted to start a bucket with cleaning supplies and let each of the kids have their own cleaning "tool" that will be their job for that room. I was really excited when I saw that the $1 spot at Target had 50% off some of their stuff and there was alot of cleaning supplies! Here is what I got for the buckets (will post our schedule and buckets later):
2 Ever After Movies $5-$3 coupon (no longer available)= $2 each
Total Spent: $4 Total Savings: $6
I was also wanting to start cleaning buckets for each room of the house as I am starting a new schedule for cleaning each room of the house. Each day we will clean a different room in the house so each room will be totally cleaned at least 1 time each week. To make it fun I wanted to start a bucket with cleaning supplies and let each of the kids have their own cleaning "tool" that will be their job for that room. I was really excited when I saw that the $1 spot at Target had 50% off some of their stuff and there was alot of cleaning supplies! Here is what I got for the buckets (will post our schedule and buckets later):
2 Microfiber Mitts (for dusting) $1 total
3 2pks of Microfiber Cleaning Pads (for wiping things up) $1.50 total
3 Dust pans & brooms $1.50 total
3 2pks of Microfiber Cleaning Pads (for wiping things up) $1.50 total
3 Dust pans & brooms $1.50 total
3 2pks Dish scrubbers (would work great for scrubbing down the floors!) $1.50 total
3 3pks of sponges (again for wiping things up or washing things down) $1.50 total
1 Big Hand Scrubber (for Adam or I to use to scrub down the floors) $.50
My total for my cleaning supply buckets: $7.50!! Total savings: $7.50
I have also been watching the fireplace supplies waiting for them to go on clearance at 75% and they were!! Here is what I got for the fireplace:
Fire Screen $9.98 originally $39.99
Tool Set $8.74 originally $34.99
Log Holder $7.48 originally $29.99
Total for fireplace suupplies: $26.20 Total savings: $78.70
I have also seen lamps that I had really wanted to get for each of the kid's rooms, but couldn't justify spending $29.99 just for a lamp in the kids' room! Guess what! They were on clearance for 75% off!!
Table Lamp for boys' room $6.24 originally $24.99
Table Lamp for girls' room $7.48 originally $29.99
Total for lamps: $13.72 Total Savings: $41.26
I also found 3pks of small storage containers in the dollar section on clearance for 50% off. I have been wanting to get small containers to put in the van so that when the kids had some kind of food that we were going to share I could just dump some into a container and pass them out. These containers will be the perfect size and the stack inside of each other!
2 3pks storage containers $1 total
Total spent for the whole trip: $51.42 Total savings: $133.46!! I had a 72% savings!!
Will post about my cleaning schedule and cleaning containers at future date! Will also post with pictures of the kids' room as I slowly pick up clearance items and get their rooms decorated and organized!
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Budgeting Sheet
I have created a budgeting sheet that I absolutely love! It helps show us what we could actually have in our account if we stick to our budget and tells us exactly what we will need by a certain date to cover our montly expenses. This is just a sample picture of the cd I have created. The cd has step by step instructions. I find this budgeting sheet to be very simple as it calculates everything for you once you put your information in. I am selling these cds for $30 if anyone is intersted. I will also help walk you through the process when doing it for the first time. Contact me or leave a comment in this blog if you would be interested in purchasing one of these cds.
Let me know if you have any questions and hope this can help some of you with your finances! I currently have 3 people using this spreadsheet and they love it!
Here is an example of my budgeting spreadsheet. You fill in everything that is highlighted. The pink is your estimated average weekly paychecks. Everytime you get paid just update it to actual spending. The blue is your bills. Yellow are you budgeted items: it will take this amount each week until you put in your actual spending in (see sheet 2 on picture below) The green is for you to be able to add or subtract money to be able to reconcile it with your bank account if you get off. Then in the gray area you would put in when each bill was due. If a bill was due by the 18th you would put the amount under the 14ths paycheck. See examples below.
Sheet 2 is where you would put in your spending each time you would make a purchase. This will then change it from what you budgeted to what you actually spent.
Let me know if you have any questions and hope this can help some of you with your finances! I currently have 3 people using this spreadsheet and they love it!
Here is an example of my budgeting spreadsheet. You fill in everything that is highlighted. The pink is your estimated average weekly paychecks. Everytime you get paid just update it to actual spending. The blue is your bills. Yellow are you budgeted items: it will take this amount each week until you put in your actual spending in (see sheet 2 on picture below) The green is for you to be able to add or subtract money to be able to reconcile it with your bank account if you get off. Then in the gray area you would put in when each bill was due. If a bill was due by the 18th you would put the amount under the 14ths paycheck. See examples below.
Sheet 2 is where you would put in your spending each time you would make a purchase. This will then change it from what you budgeted to what you actually spent.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Target Deals
Wow!! Yesterday at the Urbandale Target they had some great deals in the baby section. I was able to get 4- 2 pks of the nice thick flannel pjs for $2.48 each- 2 for Clarisse and 2 for my nephew Stephen. On the package there was a coupon for $1 off a package of onsies when you bought 2 pj packages. Well, they had little boy onsies on clearance for $2.48- so I got 2 packages of these for Stephen too! They also had little boy athletic pants on clearance for $1.50! I was also able to get a 5 pk of flannel receiving blankets for $1.74! I also found those socks that have the grippers on them on clearance for $3.54. So I bought 2 pairs- a girl pair and a boy pair.
This is the breakdown:
4- 2 pks of pjs $2.48 x 4 = $9.92 Origianlly $9.99 each
Receiving blankets $1.74 Originally $6.99
Boy's athletic pants $1.50 Originally $6.99
2 socks w/ gripper soles $3.54 x 2 = $7.08 Originally $12.99 each
Total Spent: $20.24
Total Savings: $59.68
Also check the bras- they had some really nice ones for $3-$5 on clearance!
Look all over the store as Target has alot of clearance right now making way for the spring/summer inventory!
This is the breakdown:
4- 2 pks of pjs $2.48 x 4 = $9.92 Origianlly $9.99 each
Receiving blankets $1.74 Originally $6.99
Boy's athletic pants $1.50 Originally $6.99
2 socks w/ gripper soles $3.54 x 2 = $7.08 Originally $12.99 each
Total Spent: $20.24
Total Savings: $59.68
Also check the bras- they had some really nice ones for $3-$5 on clearance!
Look all over the store as Target has alot of clearance right now making way for the spring/summer inventory!
Saturday, January 22, 2011
How to get Cheap Diapers!
There are a couple of online sites that I like to get some cheap diapers. One site is diapers.com and the other is Amazon.com.
Diapers.com
Go to diapers.com and when you sign up enter my referral code SARA618159 if you will please! I will get a credit to my account and I believe you will too! At diapers.com you can use a coupon code for your first purchase for I believe 15% off your first purchase. I will try to post the code once I get home. Diapers.com accepts manufacture coupons. All you have to do is mail in your coupons and they credit them to your account. When you purchase an item that qualifies with a coupon you have sent it, they will deduct it from your purchase. When you make a purchase at diapers.com follow the tab at the top left to soap.com and add any time to your cart to get free shipping once your total reaches $25, if you only order from diapers.com you will have to spend $50 in order to get free shipping. In the past I have purchased $25 worth of diapers and then purchased a $.99 travel face wash at soap.com to get the free shipping. You also get 1-2 day shipping at diapers.com. I have gotten my purchases the next day in the past! I only like using diapers.com if it is your first time using them so you get a % off or if you have referral credit, otherwise they aren't the cheapest place you can get diapers. Now before you order diapers at diapers.com go to ebates.com. If you are not already signed up with them, follow my link so I can get referral credit, please and thank you! When you sign up for the first time you can choose to get $5 cash or choose from a number of $10 gift cards. I got a $10 Target gift card when I signed up. Once you make your first purchase through them you will get the the $5 or $10 gift card. Search for diapers.com on ebates.com and you get a % of cash back from your purchase.
Amazon.com
I love buying diapers on Amazon.com! Go to amazon.com and sign up for AmazonMom- this is $79 for a year, but if you purchase $25 worth of diapers in a month the fee is waived another month! I have been using it the past 4 months and have not been charged yet, because I spend $25 worth of diapers each month. The great thing about this is- you don't really have to spend $25 a month on diapers! Confused??!! The $25 a month is BEFORE coupons!! You can get coupons for amazon.com for diapers in the Parenting magazine and in the Baby Talk Magazine. Follow the Baby Talk link to sign up to receive this magazine for FREE!! Click the free magazine subscription and opt out of all the other offers if you don't want them. You will never receive a bill for this magazine. In the February 2011 magazine there is a coupon for $10 off diapers when you purchase them at Amazon.com. A lot of time you can find the Parenting magazine in your Dr's office. This month the Parenting magazine had a 20% off your entire purchase of diapers on Amazon.com. You can order the Parenting magazine pretty cheap sometimes at Tanga.com. I will try to post when I find a good deal on this magazine. Now, another neat thing about AmazonMom is: you get 15% off of all of your baby purchases, 2 day shipping and free shipping on ANY order from amazon.com. Also if you sign up for subscribe and save you get an additional 15% off! What subscribe and save does is: you purchase an item that qualifies for subscribe and save, then you choose how often you want that specific item delivered to you. You can choose anywhere from 1-6 months. I always choose 6 months, because then I can cancel subscribe and save if I really don't want that specific item delivered again. What subscribe and save does it deliver that item every month, 2 months, 3, 4, 5, or 6 months without you ever having to go back in and add those items to your cart. Now- between having AmazonMom and Subscribe and Save you are saving 30% off of your purchase of diapers, but you can save even more! Add in the coupon code from your Parenting magazine to get an additional 20% off of your purchase to get a total of 50% off of your diapers!! This is great and makes for some really cheap diapers! The other day LivingSocial.com had a deal to buy a $20 Amazon gift card for $10. I purchased this deal and combined my AmazonMom, Subscribe and Save, and 20% off Parenting magazine to get 1512 wipes for $10!! This comes out to less than a penny for wipes! My sister also did this deal, used AmazonMom, and Subscribe and Save to get 204 diapers for $18.84! This is $.09 a diaper! Another way to get Amazon gift cards is by signing up for swagbucks. Once again, if you could click on my Swagbucks link to the right of this post on my blog for me to be able to get referral points I would really appreciate it! What Swag Bucks are are points that you can get for doing searches through their toolbar. You download their toolbar and it shows up just like a google toolbar does, but instead of going through google go through Swagbucks and you may get points for the searches you do. I signed up almost 3 months ago and barely ever do searches and have gotten enough points to get 2 $5 Amazon gift cards. You can purchase a $5 Amazon gift card for 450 swag points. Once you get enough points redeem the for the Amazon gift cards and these can then be added to you Amazon account.
Well, I think this is about it for tips on how to get diapers cheap online! I will post if I find a great deal elsewhere. Sometimes you can get diapers really cheap by stacking coupons at Target or Walgreens. By stacking coupons, I mean you can use a store coupon with a manufacture coupon.
Well, that is all from me for now! Let me know if you have any questions and I will try to answer them. Hope you all are able to get some cheap baby items!
Sarah
Diapers.com
Go to diapers.com and when you sign up enter my referral code SARA618159 if you will please! I will get a credit to my account and I believe you will too! At diapers.com you can use a coupon code for your first purchase for I believe 15% off your first purchase. I will try to post the code once I get home. Diapers.com accepts manufacture coupons. All you have to do is mail in your coupons and they credit them to your account. When you purchase an item that qualifies with a coupon you have sent it, they will deduct it from your purchase. When you make a purchase at diapers.com follow the tab at the top left to soap.com and add any time to your cart to get free shipping once your total reaches $25, if you only order from diapers.com you will have to spend $50 in order to get free shipping. In the past I have purchased $25 worth of diapers and then purchased a $.99 travel face wash at soap.com to get the free shipping. You also get 1-2 day shipping at diapers.com. I have gotten my purchases the next day in the past! I only like using diapers.com if it is your first time using them so you get a % off or if you have referral credit, otherwise they aren't the cheapest place you can get diapers. Now before you order diapers at diapers.com go to ebates.com. If you are not already signed up with them, follow my link so I can get referral credit, please and thank you! When you sign up for the first time you can choose to get $5 cash or choose from a number of $10 gift cards. I got a $10 Target gift card when I signed up. Once you make your first purchase through them you will get the the $5 or $10 gift card. Search for diapers.com on ebates.com and you get a % of cash back from your purchase.
Amazon.com
I love buying diapers on Amazon.com! Go to amazon.com and sign up for AmazonMom- this is $79 for a year, but if you purchase $25 worth of diapers in a month the fee is waived another month! I have been using it the past 4 months and have not been charged yet, because I spend $25 worth of diapers each month. The great thing about this is- you don't really have to spend $25 a month on diapers! Confused??!! The $25 a month is BEFORE coupons!! You can get coupons for amazon.com for diapers in the Parenting magazine and in the Baby Talk Magazine. Follow the Baby Talk link to sign up to receive this magazine for FREE!! Click the free magazine subscription and opt out of all the other offers if you don't want them. You will never receive a bill for this magazine. In the February 2011 magazine there is a coupon for $10 off diapers when you purchase them at Amazon.com. A lot of time you can find the Parenting magazine in your Dr's office. This month the Parenting magazine had a 20% off your entire purchase of diapers on Amazon.com. You can order the Parenting magazine pretty cheap sometimes at Tanga.com. I will try to post when I find a good deal on this magazine. Now, another neat thing about AmazonMom is: you get 15% off of all of your baby purchases, 2 day shipping and free shipping on ANY order from amazon.com. Also if you sign up for subscribe and save you get an additional 15% off! What subscribe and save does is: you purchase an item that qualifies for subscribe and save, then you choose how often you want that specific item delivered to you. You can choose anywhere from 1-6 months. I always choose 6 months, because then I can cancel subscribe and save if I really don't want that specific item delivered again. What subscribe and save does it deliver that item every month, 2 months, 3, 4, 5, or 6 months without you ever having to go back in and add those items to your cart. Now- between having AmazonMom and Subscribe and Save you are saving 30% off of your purchase of diapers, but you can save even more! Add in the coupon code from your Parenting magazine to get an additional 20% off of your purchase to get a total of 50% off of your diapers!! This is great and makes for some really cheap diapers! The other day LivingSocial.com had a deal to buy a $20 Amazon gift card for $10. I purchased this deal and combined my AmazonMom, Subscribe and Save, and 20% off Parenting magazine to get 1512 wipes for $10!! This comes out to less than a penny for wipes! My sister also did this deal, used AmazonMom, and Subscribe and Save to get 204 diapers for $18.84! This is $.09 a diaper! Another way to get Amazon gift cards is by signing up for swagbucks. Once again, if you could click on my Swagbucks link to the right of this post on my blog for me to be able to get referral points I would really appreciate it! What Swag Bucks are are points that you can get for doing searches through their toolbar. You download their toolbar and it shows up just like a google toolbar does, but instead of going through google go through Swagbucks and you may get points for the searches you do. I signed up almost 3 months ago and barely ever do searches and have gotten enough points to get 2 $5 Amazon gift cards. You can purchase a $5 Amazon gift card for 450 swag points. Once you get enough points redeem the for the Amazon gift cards and these can then be added to you Amazon account.
Well, I think this is about it for tips on how to get diapers cheap online! I will post if I find a great deal elsewhere. Sometimes you can get diapers really cheap by stacking coupons at Target or Walgreens. By stacking coupons, I mean you can use a store coupon with a manufacture coupon.
Well, that is all from me for now! Let me know if you have any questions and I will try to answer them. Hope you all are able to get some cheap baby items!
Sarah
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