Publix deal good now through March 3rd

It's finally back! I absolutely love Publix's promotion, "Buy theirs, get ours free." It doesn't happen every week, and this is the fist time they have offered this in a couple of months. This week we have Starbucks coffee, Swiss Miss Cocoa, and Coffee Mate creamer. But any of these (or all) and get their house brand of the same item free! You can combine these deal with coupons for even more savings! Read more about it here. It's the samll box on the right hand side of the weekly ad. Happy Shopping!

Saving on kids clothes

I know many of you have probably shopped at consignment stores before, but the reason I'm telling all of you about this one is because it's only open twice a year (spring and fall), it is enormous, and I can do ALL of my kids shopping in one night! Granted, I am there 6-8 hours but I would rather sacrifice one night to shop kid-free and never have to deal with dragging the little ones through stores shopping for clothes. It probably wouldn't take all of you that long but I shop for 4 and I'm buying everything they will need for the next 6 months except for underclothes. I'm talking about Kids Market, the biggest consignment sale in the southeast and right here in Birmingham!
I have been contributing & working this for 10 years and I basically dress the kids for free. You price your clothes/toys/baby items, drop them off & they take care of the rest. You make 66% of your selling price & if you have the time, you can work the sale and shop before the general public which is a huge plus. I typically earn very close to the same amount that I buy. You can read more about what they offer as well as view the schedule for the spring sale here. If you have any questions, please post & I'll try to answer!

Big Box Stores

I know I've mentioned before about the "deals" that places like Costco and Sam's offer. One stop shopping, everything from tires to eyeglasses and ground beef thrown in. Unfortunately, I think many of us are having to really buckle down and watch our spending therefore leading some of these stores to close their doors. We now know that the big box stores aren't really saving us money the way we have believed them to for years. Kinda sad...though they are bazilionaires. Read more about it here

Coupon Seminar

Whew! I just got in from a Seminar that I led at Valley Creek Baptist in Hueytown, Alabama. We really had a great turnout despite the weather. Thanks to all of you that showed up. I believe this is a ministry opportunity, given by God, and I thank all of you so much for supporting me so much! Over $200.00 was raised tonight for Master's Mission (formerly Mel's Mission.) I know that money will be used to do awesome things in people's lives. If you have any questions, feel overwhelmed, want to shop with me or whatever, please feel free to post a comment or email me at seemomsave@gmail.com

Blessings,

Farrah

Ever thought about Swagbucks?

I wanted to let you know about the Swagbucks banner that you see at the top of my blog. I am somewhat new to Swagbucks myself, but after installing the toolbar (super simple) I just use Swagbucks to search the web instead of "Googling." It's just as easy, and I am actually getting PAID to search! Yep. That's right. You can get paid lots of different ways, but I am most interested in gift cards to Amazon. I didn't shop Amazon much before this past Christmas but I found crazy good deals online with free shipping that beat any price I could have gotten locally. I'm trying to buy my Christmas presents with Swagbucks in 2010. If you want, click on the banner above to sign up and I will earn extra bucks as a referral. Thanks!

Weekly Publix Trip

I think that I got a lot this week for the money. No huge money makers, but everything I bought we will use.

1 Tyson Beef Pot Roast in Gravy B1G1 3.49 ea
6 boxed Ronzoni pasta 12-16 oz B1G1 .69 ea
6 Yo Plus yogurt 4 pks B1G1 1.25 ea
7 Pillsbury Toaster Strudel B1G1 1.24 ea
2 Nabisco Honey Maid graham crackers B1G1 1.99 ea
1 Bob Evans Sides, Macaroni & Cheese 2.50
3 gallons Publix brand milk 3.19 ea
1 A Day Multivitamins, Scooby gummies 25% off 4.27 ea
2.8 lb bananas .69 lb 1.95
6 Rotel diced tomatoes B1G1 .67 ea
3 Hammark Shoestring Cards .99 ea
* 9 lbs ground beef 21.19

I used:

$10.00/50.00 purchase Winn Dixie catalina Q
$2/1 Tyson Entree Publix Family Style Magazine Store Q
.75/1 Tyson IP
6 $1/1 Yo Plus SS 1/23
7 $1/1 Toaster Strudel IP
1 $2/2 Nabisco cracker IP
1 $1/1 Bob Evans Publix Family Style Store Q
1 .50/1 Bob Evans side dish IP
1 2.50/1 One A Day Publix Family Style Store Q
1 $2/1 One A Day SS 1/03
1 .55/2 Rotel blinkie
3 .75/2 Rotel Yellow Advantage Flyer Q's
3 .99/1 Hallmark card tearpad Q's
4 $1/2 lbs ground beef Yellow Advantage Flyer Q's

Total Due: $36.17, Total Saved: $78.20

* The reason I really stocked up on ground beef this week was because the yellow advantage q's will expire on 2/5, AND I will be submitting this receipt for a rebate. Purchase $20.00 of meat, get $7.50 back. Basically I paid $1.07 lb for beef.

I went back to CVS...I love that place!

I had to go back to CVS today, a couple of things that I really wanted had coupons that came out in today's paper. Here's what I did:

Transaction #1

3 Skippy PB 16 oz $1.67 ea
2 Hellmans Mayo 22oz B1G1 $5.99

I used:

3 .40/1 Skippy RP 1/31
2 .60/1 Hellman's RP 1/31
1 $5.00 ECB (from diaper deal last night)

Total Due: $4.58, Received $3.00 ECB

Transaction #2

1 Colgate Maxfresh $2.99
1 Dove Men's Bodywash 13.5 oz $5.49

I used:

1 .75/1 Colgate (newspaper, can't remember which insert)
1 1.25/1 Dove Bodywash RP 1/31
1 $3.00 EC (from above)

Total Due: $4.24, received $5.49 ECB, $2.00 ECB

Transaction #3

1 Dove Bodywash $5.49

I used:

1 1.25/1 Dove Bodywash (there are 2 in each paper!)
1 $2.00 ECB (from above)

Total Due: $2.73, received $5.49 ECB

Total Spent at CVS today: $11.55, earned $5.98 ECB's to use next week!