Archive for the ‘Saving’ Category

Coupon Question Series: Finding Coupons

Tuesday, March 23, 2010 16:03 No Comments

So here’s a question I’ve gotten a number of times recently: Where do you get all your coupons??????? The short and easy answer is everywhere – but if you’re one of those OCD types that needs more detail than that, read on: Coupons, coupons everywhere. In Stores: As Matt can attest, any store we walk [...]

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Walgreens Run 3/21

Sunday, March 21, 2010 19:29 No Comments

Grand total: $(1.36). Walgreens and Olay really just wanted me to have this stuff. A lot. qty item sale price coupon amt paid RR earned 1 Olay lotion $7.99 $1.00 $6.99 1 Olay body wash $0.00 $1.00 -$1.00 2 Planters trail mix $3.00 $4.00 -$1.00 1 Colgate toothpaste $2.99 $1.00 $1.99 2.00 1 M&Ms (filler [...]

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CVS Run 3/21

Sunday, March 21, 2010 19:11 1 Comment

Grand Total: $18.74. Not my best.  Also, sucks about those planes. qty item sale price coupon amt paid ECBs 1 Colgate $3.99 $1.00 $2.99 3.99 2 Cover Girl Powder $16.00 $2.00 $14.00 3.00 2 Dawn Dish Soap $1.92 $0.00 $1.92 4 Sunday papers $6.00 $0.00 $6.00 green bag tag 1.00 Saved: $14.93 ($3 MQs, $7.99 [...]

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3/20 Publix Run

Saturday, March 20, 2010 19:02 1 Comment

It is a GORGEOUS day here in Gainesville – mid 70s, sunny, and generally awesome. A perfect day to perpetrate some robbery* on Publix. *said robbery is perfectly legal. Just in case you were worried, Mom. Not pictured: $200 in pre-paid BP Gas cards.Grand total for groceries after a couple mail-in rebates come back: $10.05 [...]

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Online Saving & Freebies: Swagbucks

Wednesday, March 17, 2010 16:24 No Comments

I’ve been bugging some of you about Swagbucks recently, and if you’ve been ignoring me you should stop that immediately. Swagbucks is a Google-powered search engine; go through them instead of plain old google to search as you normally would and randomly win Swagbucks, which you can in turn trade for cool things like Amazon [...]

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