Publix Shopping – 1.30.11

Qty.	Product	Reg. Price	Sale Price	Q used	Final Cost ea.
2	Tasteful Selections Potatoes 24-28 oz bag	$3.99	$1.99	.50/1	.99
2	A1 Steak Sauce 10 oz.	$4.49	$2.24	2-Man. .30/1 1-Target $1/2	.74
6	Kraft BBQ Sauce	$1.69	.84	NONE	.84
6	Kellogg’s Cereal (2 each-Frosted Flakes, Froot Loops, Apple Jacks)	$4.39	$2.19	2- $1/3	$1.86
8	Campbell’s Chunky Soup	$2.45	$1.22	4- .50/2	.72
4	V8 Splash 64 oz	$2.79	$1.39	2- $1/2	.89
2	Oscar Mayer Deli Fresh Shaved Meats 7-9 oz	$6.00	$3.00	1- Target $1/2	2.50
4	Arm & Hammer Toothpaste 6-6.3oz	$3.00	$1.50	4- $1/1	.50
10	Juicy Juice 8pk boxes	$2.99	$1.49	2- .50/1 2- $2/4	2 @ .49 8 @ .99
10	General Mills Chex Mix (flavored)	$2.50	$1.25	5- .50/2	.75
4	Orville Redenbacher’s Popping Corn (2-Butter & 2 Kettle Corn)	$5.07	$2.53	2- $1/2	$2.03
6	Gorton’s Premium Battered Tilapia Fillets	$7.73	$3.86	6- $1/1	$2.86
4	Totino’s Pizza Rolls 40ct	$4.49	$2.24	2- .50/2	$1.81
8	Pillsbury Savorings (several dif. varieties)	$4.49	$2.24	4- $1/2	$1.74
2	Marie Callender’s Dinners Fresh Steamers (loaded Mac N Chs)	$3.59	$1.79	2- $1/1	.79
4	Solo Heavy Duty Plates 22ct	$2.99	$1.50	2- Target $1/2	$1.00
2	Purina Beggin’ Strips 10oz	$5.29	$2.64	2 – Free purina Busy Product w/ purchase 2 – Publix $1/1	$1.64 (plus  free treat)
2	Purina Busy Bone Dog Snacks	$3.50	$3.00	Coupon above	FREE
**	Price before the coupons for the dog treats	17.58		SAVED - $14.30!
2	Chobani Greek Yogurt 6oz	$1.20	$1.00	2- .30/1	.40
4	New York Texas Toast	$3.29	$1.64	4- .50/1	.64
4	Hillshire Farm Deli Selects 5-6oz	$4.00	$2.00	2- Publix $1/2 4- $1/1	.50
4	Ragu Pasta Sauce	$2.45		2- .50/2	1.95
4	Publix Pasta Sauce	$2.45		Buy theirs Get Ours Free Promotion	FREE
2	Mueller’s Spaghetti Noodles	$1.49		2- .55/1	.94
2	Publix Spaghetti Noodles	$1.15		Buy theirs Get Ours Free Promotion	FREE
1	Hellmann’s Mayo w/ olive oil	$4.94			$4.94
1	Publix Ketchup	$1.59	$1.29		$1.29
1	Angel Soft 9roll Double	$5.69	$4.99		$4.99
1	Pepperidge Farm Goldfish Snacks	$2.19			$2.19
1	XBox magazine	$9.99			$9.99
2	Publix Margarine	$1.19			$1.19
1	Gal. Publix Milk	$3.59			$3.59
1	Qt. Publix Choc. Milk	$1.59			$1.59
1	Gal. Barber’s Choc. Milk	$5.29			$5.29
1	Reese’s Hearts (bag)	$3.99			$3.99
1	Publix Cat Food	$3.39			$3.39
1	Gatorade gal	$3.99			$3.99
1	Publix Ice Pops Variety	$2.99			$2.99
1	Publix Ice Pops Banana	$1.79			$1.79

Total before Coupons and Sale Prices	$431.56
Total After Coupons and Sale Prices	$194.80
Coupon Savings (Manuf.)	$47.20
Coupon Savings (Store)	21.10
Sale Price Savings	168.46
Total price of extra items not planned in the shopping trip	$51.21
Had I not had Eric and Aleah “I want this” shopping, lol,  my total price would have been approximately	$150.00
PERCENTAGE SAVED TODAY	45%
Percentage I WOULD have saved without the extra stuff	55%

So, lesson learned on this shopping trip, don’t take 3 year old and husband on shopping trip together! I found myself having a harder time saying no to a 3 year old than I usually do to my husband…lol  Usually I stick straight to the shopping list and rarely buy anything that I’ve not got a coupon for and is not on sale. As you can see my husband will spend $10 bucks on a magazine… I won’t if it’s just for myself. He doesn’t do it often which is why I don’t mind bending my shopping rules when he does want one…lol  And my little girls and husband are suckers for Choc. milk. I should have paid attention though, because I wouldn’t have spent that much on Chocolate milk either, I would have gotten generic!  Plus I try and get my milk at ALDI which is way cheaper, but no time this weekend.  Not a bad shopping trip though. Everyone was happy and instead of freaking about my coupons (I LOVE PUBLIX CASHIERS!) they were walking through the store while I got my rain checks talking about my total saved. I did find out that only 1 more person has been to this Publix, and been through those ladies line, who had saved more than $200.00. That lady saved about $280.00, but I did remind the cashiers that I had quite a few rain checks for a good deal of items that I had planned on buying but they weren’t available…lol  Anyway, I hope your shopping trips for this week were as productive and full of savings as mine was! Don’t forget to check out CVS this week! Good stuff, and if you are new to CVS and don’t have a card, register for one and get a printable $4 coupon!  Jennie at Southern Savers has all your favorite stores and current sales ads along with coupons printed so head on over and get to saving!

Savings Tips from Katy!

Tip 1: buddy up with deal seekers. Let savings bloggers do the heavy lifting. Coupon Mom, Deal Seeking, My Chicago Mommy,
Tip 2: hop on a coupon train. Trade with friends & get deals you really want. Online coupon trading forum : Hot Coupon World or A Full Cup. After signing up you will receive an envelope in the mail with a pile of coupons (between 25-100). Take the ones you like, replenish it, & send it to the next person on the list. And it keeps going on!
Tip 3: Download deals to your grocery card. Make sure that your card is scanned at checkout and save instantly. CellFire & Zavers are a couple of great sites to get started on!
Tip 4: Discover sale products on the fly. Look for discounts while you shop. Look on each aisle for coupon dispensers & attached to products. On the way out check your receipt for coupons printed out & on back. Just remember to be courteous to other shoppers. When taking coupons from the store shelves, these are your blinkies and peelies, remember that others will be along behind you. Common courtesy says take 2 each trip to the store if you desire to. Also don’t take coupons from a product if you are NOT buying that product!

Tip 5: Save everyday on all the products you buy. Snap up store specials: JC Pennys, Shoprite, Target & other retailers deliver deals through their own mobile apps & via text messages.  Savings aren’t just for groceries but for everything you buy!
Tip 6: Get savings in the palm of your hand! Phones have opened up a whole new world of coupons for you! If you own a Smartphone there are coupon apps which help you organize & store coupons - and even compare prices with other stores on the spot. Look into Facebook for iPhone or android. Many times you can find coupons on product pages on FaceBook and if you simply LIKE their product they will allow you to print a coupon for their product!  Check places for individual deals (discounts, free stuff, or other rewards), friend deals (where you & a pal claim something together), loyalty deals (for regulars ) & charity deals (businesses donate to a cause every time you check in). 
     Redlaser for iPhone. To figure out if you are getting the best deal - you point your phones camera at the product bar code & receive prices from nearby stores & popular online retailers. If you find it lower elsewhere ask a manager to match it.
CardStar for iPhone, blackberry, windows or android. Keep track of all your reward cards with this handy app. Enter all your membership numbers into the app , Toss out your cards & let the cashier scan your phone to get your points.
Yowza for iPhone, blackberry, android or palm pre. This aggregator scours the Internet for you & let's you choose the coupons you want. You can also create a list of your favorite stores. To redeem coupons, have cashier scan from your phone.
Shared by: blogger – Mash Up Mom
More Tips from coupon experts.
Simplify your search - use PPGazette to save time from searching many websites.
Do your research - check Free Snatcher on Fridays to get a list of coupons that will be in the Sunday paper. If the deals are good get more than one paper.
Shop prepared - take a calculator to figure out which brand is cheaper by the ounce with the coupon deducted.
Question authority- Ask manager if store takes expired coupons or price matches competitor coupons. Save a bundle when you pair sale items & store coupons.
Be charitable - never throw out a coupon - donate it to a food pantry or Womans shelter or trade it.
Editors tip - Check out The Find a website that will tell you were to buy the product, lists coupons, & reviews.
Join the moms club. Check out Mothers & More - great resource for connecting with other Moms in your area for advice, child care & play groups, and to buy & sell or swap kids items.
Shop on Deal days: Target slashes kids clothing on Mondays. Old Navy & Gap often markdown items midweek. Shop the sales at the end of the season for the following year & you'll pay a fraction of the full retail price.
You can resale outgrown clothing to resale & thrift stores for a little extra cash.
Go green & trade outgrown clothes for new ones: thredUP , kizoodle , Zwaggle & Peace Love Swap .
Simplify to save by leaving the kids at home. Buy clothes that will last. And don't overbuy.
Spend less on entertainment, books & toys. Search for printable coupons for toys & games at Coupons.com , target.com & Hasbro play saver.
Save on refurbished at BestBuy & GameStop both have pre-owned video games & gadgets & give store credit for old ones.
Drop into discount stores like TJMaxx for quality marked down toys.
Go green - Toys To Trade , Swap My Games , and swap.com for books CDs DVDs & games. Or find in person swaps near you at: Peace Love Swap.
Spend Less on baby gear. Hold a swap - gather moms in your area to trade kids gear. Start by using All You Swap.
Find discounts - BabyCheapSkate scours the web for the best deals every week.
Join Amazon mom at Amazon.com for deals on diapers & related accessories (30% off), plus free delivery extends to most amazon items.
Buy & sell at RockBuyGear & it donates 2% of all proceeds to Children's charities.
Go green - for baby & maternity gear FreePeats & Swap Baby Goods
Also check out All You (also for exclusive coupon codes for online ordering) for more info on any of the above or pick up a copy of all you magazine at Wal-Mart & for sure get a subscription:-) Awesome magazine!! While you are at there website visit there FREEBIES page and every day there is a new product that you can try for free. Remember that these often come with 1 or more coupons!
Hope y'all got a little piece of info you may not have already known;-)  May you each have a great week!!
Hugs & God Bless~
Katy

Coupons 1.23.11

Ok, Southern Savers posts a coupon insert preview every week. You can view the full list HERE and see if it's worth getting the paper for you. If you are like me and you just get the papers regardless as long as there are inserts then this Sunday there will be 2 inserts. 1 RedPlum and 1 SmartSource.

The Binder Method

I decided that I'd make a quick post on coupon binders. This is NOT the easiest method by far. It takes time to gather, clip, sort, and file your coupons. But for a POTSY like myself, time is something I usually have plenty of. This method has been the best for me because everything is sorted by category in one location, my binder. I got my binder categories from The Krazy Coupon Lady's website. You can go straight to the categories HERE and print ready made sheets or make your own. I actually split the Pets category into Cats and Dogs because it was easier for me this way. I made my own dividers just using construction paper and a marker. This allowed me to tweak the categories provided.  By using the categories, you can get the most out of your binder. It allows you to flip straight to soups if you are looking for a soup coupon.  Or if pasta is what you need, then flip to the pasta section! I would also invest in tabs that you can place on your divider sheets so that you can flip faster and more efficiently. I started out without tabs and it took me too long to find the sections. Tabs made it much easier!
Next, perhaps the most important part of the binder is the way you store your coupons. Get to your local supercenter (Target or Wal-Mart) and find baseball trading card holders. These are thing plastic sheets with 9 pockets per sheet. You can store up to 18 different coupon sets per sheet. Just turn the sets back to back and slide into a card slot. Some don’t like folding their coupons to fit into the slots, so they prefer using the photo sheets. I did a quick search and found 2 different types that I myself might be interested in. Both by We R Memory Keepers and found on Amazon.com but I’m sure that you could find what you prefer at Wal-Mart, Target, or even a craft or hobby store.  Basically these will allow you to store your larger coupons without having to fold them. If I do decide to go ahead and buy these and use them, I’ll post a photo showing you. I’m sure that not having to fold a stack of coupons would save space as far as thickness of the binder, so this is probably something I’ll definitely look into getting. I’ll let you know! :)
Perhaps the absolute most important part of the binder method is the binder itself! I had a briefcase binder that my husband had bought for me several years ago, but many use the binders that you find in the school supplies at your local store. Just be certain you get one that is large enough because you don’t want to outgrow your first binder if you spend money on it! So don’t shop too small!

This is the inside of mine. As you can see there are pockets allowing many different uses here. I have slots where I keep all my store bonus cards. There are is a slot on the left that is perfect for holding a small calculator (a must have when following a budget!). The slot on the right is probably for a cell phone, but I place my coupons that I don’t use during a shopping trip in it. Many times I’ll have coupons pulled that I intend on using but the item is sold out. So that I don’t lose my coupons I don’t use, I slide them in this slot and put them in their proper place later on.  There are also two folder slots, you can see one folder sticking out of the front slot there. I put inserts in these, as well as coupon books that I’ve not yet clipped out of like the P&G books you can get by mail. Oh and a pen or pencil and there are 2 slots here for those. In the back of my binder there is a notebook that I make my lists on every week. And last but not least I always keep envelopes in my binder. I have one for each of the main stores I frequent. I just reuse these every time I shop. This gives me a place to store the coupons for the planned shopping trip without misplacing them and mixing the different stores up.  For instance, all the coupons I plan on using at Publix go into my Publix envelope and so forth.  If you are super frugal then just use the envelopes from junk mail, they are great for this and they are always plenteous!
Well I guess that just about does it on the binder method. Like I said this isn’t the easiest or quickest of the methods, but it is the one that has worked the best for me. I have everything I need in one place. Categorized and portable.  It does take quite a bit of time clipping the coupons and storing them, I usually spend several hours on one day of the week doing this or I split it up. One day I’ll take out all the inserts and separate the pages. The next I might start the clipping process and only do a few pages and store those away. It all depends on how I’m feeling.  You might also be thinking about clipping being doing a page at a time. What I would suggest is to separate the pages. Then take 3-5 sheets of the same page, and either using scissors or an exacto blade cut the coupons out all at once. I use a cutting board and a razor knife and this works best for me. Anyway, Good luck with your binder! And since there may be some who do not think the binder method is best for them, I’ll try and find posts around the internet on the other methods being used.

PUBLIX 50% off sale!

This Saturday and Sunday (1.22 and 1.23 2011) Publix will have ALL Kellogg's Cereal and Pop Tarts at 50% off. Grab your coupons and head in for some GREAT deals and stock up!

Publix trip 1.15.2011

Ok, it’s taken me a week to finally get a chance to type up this list of savings, but I’m finally getting it done today! Here was my last shopping trip at Publix last Saturday, and I did say that I will never shop Publix again on a weekend! Not because of the store, but because their were more people around making it more difficult for me to take my time and focus on the task at hand. If you have P.O.T.S. then you understand!  A little stress from an environment change really can wreak havoc on me! Anyway, here are the items that I bought. Many of the sales I had intended on getting, well those shelves were empty. I guess McCalla shoppers were busy this week!  If you take a look at the PastA-Roni and the RiceARoni coupon you’ll see that I used a Buy 3 RiceARoni and get 1 Pasta Roni Free. My coupons rang up at $2.00 off each, which means that I also got 2 of my RiceARoni’s free since everything was only $1 a box. Not bad!

Product	Quantity	Reg. Price	Sale Price	Coupon Used	Final Cost
Tyson Chicken Breast Tenders	1	$6.59	BOGO	none	$3.30
Tyson Honey Breast Tenders	1	$6.59	BOGO	none	$3.29
Tyson Country Fried Steak Patties	1	$6.59	BOGO	none	$3.30
Ore Ida Hash Brown	3	3.25	no sale	$2 off 1 Target Q	$1.25 each =$3.75
Aunt Jemima Waffles	2	1.95	BOGO	none	.98 & .97 =$1.95
Oscar Mayer Variety Pack lunch meat	2	2.99	none, got the wrong size!	none	$5.98
Ronzoni Spaghetti	2	$1.39	BOGO	none	.69 & .70 =$1.39
Ronzoni BowTie	2	$1.39	BOGO	none	.69 & .70 =$1.39
Betty Crocker Potatoes (different varieties)	10	$1.99	10 for $10 or $1 each	.50/2	.50 =$5.00
Hamburger Helper (different varieties)	6	$1.99	10 for $10 or $1 each	.75/3	.75 each =$4.50
Rice A Roni (different varieties)	6	1.29	10 for $10 or $1 each	buy 3 get 1 free pasta roni	$1.00 =$6.00
PastARoni Shells & Cheddar	2	$1.29	10 for $10 or $1 each	See Above	FREE plus each Q rang as $2 off!

Price before Sales and Q’s (TAX not included) = $84.08 
Price after Sales and Q’s  (TAX not included) =  $37.85
Total Savings (TAX not included) = $46.23
With tax I paid $41.98.
Savings percentage : 45% Saved!

Links from a friend

Hey guys, these are links that a friend emailed me. I haven't used them yet, printer is still down, but I trust Katy so I'm going to post them here to share with everyone! enjoy!

Chinet comfort cup for coffee or any chinet product visit:
www.mychinet.com
to get a $1 off coupon

Buy any johnson's natural product & get a free gift. Text TREE to 467467 to receive your free Tree in a box gift ($6) value. Be ready w/UPC code of Johnsons natural product. 
www.johnsonsnatural.com

Babies R Us announces great trade in in parent magazine offer from Jan 28 - Feb 21, 2011. You trade in ur old big item & get 25% off a new product. 1-888-222-9787
www.babiesrus.com

horizon Organic milk w/DHA: learn more & get coupons:
www.horizonorganicDHA.com

proctor & gamble : Save up to $30 in coupons
www.pgeverydaysolutions.com

coupons sites that really save (per parent magazine):
www.mommysavesbig.com

www.cheapstingybargains.com

www.couponmom.com

www.currentcodes.com

I Just Won 9 Swag Bucks on www.swagbucks.com

I Just Won 9 Swag Bucks on www.swagbucks.com

Today I've already racked up quite a few bucks and these 9 were just some I won doing a search for hotmail. I search for everything instead of just typing the addy in. The reason I do this is becauseI check my email and facebook many times during the day, so why not get points for doing that?!? So if I need my hotmail, I just search hotmail.com in my swagbucks toolbar. Same for facebook. It takes a couple seconds longer, but at the end of the day when my SB's are adding up and I'm that much closer to those $5 Amazon gift cards, it's well worth it! ;) Happy searching. Oh and if you haven't started a SwagBucks account, click HERE to get started! Good Luck!

Publix deals are Hot this week!

Ok everyone, thanks to Jenny at Southern Savers we are now able to get the Publix ad on TUESDAYS! That's right, every Tuesday we'll get a jumpstart on our PUBLIX shopping. FINALLY we can get our list ready the day before the sale starts so jump on over to Southern Savers and check out this weeks deals. To get you a head start click HERE and you'll go straight to PUBLIX deals for this week! AWESOME stuff! Good luck!

Winn Dixie 1-12 thru 1-18 2011

Ok, I was just checking Southern Savers and making my Publix shopping list and I decided to look in on Winn-Dixie while I was there. There are a lot of BOGO deals this week. But I love the deals Winn Dixie has where you buy certain products and they give you several free products. This week there are 2 of those deals!  Here is a great cleaning product deal.
When you buy Sparkle Paper Towels, 12 ct (price $13.99) you'll get these items FREE!
Joy Dish Detergent, 14 oz
Fantastik All Purpose Cleaner, 32 oz
Glass Pluss Glass Cleaner, 32 oz
Glad Tall Kitchen Trash Bags, 22ct
The free items are an $11.78 value! I think I'm gonna have to try and get over to WinnDixie because I'm going to have to buy all these items anyway!
The other deal like this for this sale cycle is: Buy 3(three) Special K Cereal or Granola, 11.4-19.5 oz for $11.97 and get these items free!
WD Cranberry Juice Blend, 64 oz
Kellogg's Special K Bars, 3.8-4.8 oz
WD Gallon Milk (exc. Chocolate)
2- WD Yogurt, 6oz
The free items value is $10.65 and if you need breakfast items this week, then this is good! There are also coupons for these deals which you can find on Southern Savers on the Winn Dixie post here. I'm so appreciative that Jenny gets all this stuff together and it's easy to find whatever you need! Check out the grocery/coupon listing she's put out there for us to use and if you go shopping, drop back by and leave a comment letting me know how your trip went!

A lesson on Organization

Well, it truly does pay to get organized and stay organized! During the holidays I kind of let things slide with my coupon binder and organization. Well today while getting prepared for my shopping this week I came across a Publix mail-out coupon. This was supposed to have been used on a shopping trip before it expired but because of my lack of organization throughout December it didn't get used and it's now expired! I'm so disappointed in myself because by using coupons and sales that $5 could have went a long way! So a lesson learned for me today. Get organized. Stay organized. And be aware of your coupons and use them!

Oh and a note of advice. If you haven't already gone to Publix's website and signed up for all their mail-outs you should do it! Go to their website HERE and check out their Clubs & Programs. Sign up for all of them because you don't want to miss out on a coupon that could come straight to your mailbox! Good luck!

Free $5 Amazon Gift Cards!

Ok, so some have asked about SwagBucks and how they work. So here's a breakdown for you.

This week I earned another $5 Gift Card to Amazon.com. And if you've never shopped at Amazon there are things that even $5 will get you! And if you have an Amazon Prime account you can get free shipping on all the Amazon Prime items!  So since Christmas I've earned 2 $5 Gift Cards. I'm going to try and accumulate several and hope that I can find an awesome birthday gift for my oldest little girl. She turns 7 on April 1! Can you believe that!?! Well I can't!  But since I'm disabled and unable to work, I feel that I am never the one getting her a gift ya know?  So this year I am hoping to be able to combine the SwagBucks I'm earning, get those $5 Amazon cards, combine with a great deal on Amazon and actually giving my daughter a gift that is entirely from me! For Christmas I was able to get them The Crayola Glow Explosion Spin Magic. I found them on sale for something like 6 bucks each on Amazon, regular price was 29.99. I used my Amazon gift cards I earned and got them from free!

I got 2 of these FREE using my SwagBucks, trading them in
for Amazon gift cards, and combining with a sale!

I think that's pretty awesome! So now that I've shown you what I was able to buy with what I earned let me tell you how it works.  We all surf the net. We look for coupons, websites, email, and every other thing under the sun. Well why not earn points while you surf?  I downloaded the SwagBucks toolbar (works with IE and Firefox, but not Google Chrome yet). It shows me how many points I have and updates them automatically anytime that I win points! I just keep letting them accumulate until I get 450 points then I cash in on my $5 Amazon gift card. I have to confirm that I cashed in via an email. Then in a few days I have a code on my SwagBucks account that I use on Amazon when I cash out. It's definitely worth it, after all you are going to be surfing the net anyway! You can also do surveys, tasks, freebie offers, etc to earn points to if you are inclined to do so. I do these every now and again to boost my point accumlation.

Here's my link to get you started.  !!!SWAGBUCKS... Get Started!!!  Oh, and since I began with SwagBucks I think it was like end of October or beginning of November maybe, I've earned $25 in Amazon gift cards!  Enjoy... I have!

Leave your comment!

Ok, since I'm trying to help people find deals to help out with their grocery savings, I am thinking that maybe I should know where the majority of you do your shopping? Since I began coupon/sale shopping I have dropped Wal-Mart completely from my places to grocery shop. I find that coupons are too difficult to use there. I have added Publix as my main grocery store. At one time I thought that Publix could never be a place I could afford to shop, and it's true they do have slightly higher prices on some things. Yet they have awesome Buy One Get One (BOGO) sales and their coupon policy is great. They accept Manufacturer, Store, and Competitor coupons. And all those coupons can double if they are .50 and under. Combining coupons (or stacking) with the BOGO sales often results in extremely great deals. So Publix is my favorite grocey store. Oh and I forgot to mention that our local Publix is awesome when I use my coupons. I have never gotten looks that could kill or snappy comments from any of the cashiers. In fact I see so many others doing their coupon thing there too!

So where do you grocery shop? Would you be willing to use another store if it lowered your grocery bill significantly? Are you willing to shop the sales instead of making a list of need-to-buy-today? Just curious where you guys stand and what you are all willing to do in order to save an average of 50% or more on your grocery budget.

Comment and let me know. If we all work together we can definitely make a difference in all of our finances!

Great deal for homeschoolers or parents with beginner readers!

Ok everyone. I know that there are a few of the POTSIES that I'm linked with who homeschool. If you are like me you are always looking for something that can help your children learn even more. For the month of January only there is a free download at Funnix.  I'm really excited to get this installed on our computer. My 6 year old does great when we utilize the computer for learning helps and I've been looking for a while for a great deal.  So I'm looking forward to seeing how and if this program will help Serena with her reading! If you download and like it, come back and leave a comment!

Just a tip...

For those of you looking to get into the whole freebies in the mail thing, I'd suggest you go to hotmail, gmail, yahoo or some free email site and set up an account for these things. This will keep you from having your main email overrun by junk mail!

Freebies, Samples, and Rebates

Thanks to Jenny over at Southern Savers for posting this update!
Go to this link for a long list of Free stuff!
And while you are there surf around Jenny's site. It's awesome!

First of blogs on the savings blog!

Ok, I've had several of my POTSY friends getting interested in getting started in coupons. After considering this and the fact that I've been posting all my coupon blogs on my Dysautonomia blog I decided that maybe I should make 2 separate blogs and keep the two topics separate.
So here we go. I hope to have lots of links and information to savings websites and blogs that I use and hope to find along the way. I'll also do my best to post my current savings from my shopping trips.  Maybe this blog will become a blessing to other potsies and regular people who need to save money on the necessities so that they can live a life with less stress due to finances. I know it has been a blessing to my family in the few months that I've been doing the coupon thing. There have been weeks when I had just a scarce amount of money and had it not been for my utilization of sales and coupons I don't see how I could have managed to feed my family as well as we have been able to. So here I go. A new adventure for me and hopefully you'll tag along as I begin my very own blog of savings!