71% savings at Harris Teeter

Made a quick trip to Harris Teeter today to take advantage of their Triple coupon week. I had 45 short minutes to go all the way through. I didn't have a plan, just my notebook full of coupons. I started in the produce section and got some regular priced bananas and carrots. They had a little cart set up with reduced produce so I grabbed a bag of 7 bananas for .64! My other favorite steal-of-a-deal was the Yoplait yogurt for $2.50. I made my way all the way through the store in record time, used 20 coupons and spent $35.96! My original total was $122.90 which means a savings of $86.94!!! woo hoo!!!

Online Printable Coupons

People have been asking me where I get my coupons. I get tons out of the newspaper (New Bern Sun Journal) but I also print a lot from the internet. www.coupons.com is a great website that changes pretty often. Right now if you need Valentine's Day candy for your child's class or if you just love chocolate there are several good ones on coupons.com that you can print. Also, if you go to www.thekrazycouponlady.com there is a tab titled "print coupons". They are listed in alphebetical order there so you can search for what you are looking for. Some of them are store specific (she likes Target) so be careful you don't print a Target coupon if you are going to be shopping at Harris Teeter.

Newspaper Coupons

Don't forget to pick up the Sun Journal (New Bern paper) today. It has the coupon inserts in it! Also, visit thekrazycouponlady.com to get some free printable ones.

$17 shopping trip

All of this for $17 at Harris Teeter!!

Diaper Deal

If you have kids in diapers this might be of interest to you. Last Sunday there were Huggies coupons in the Smart Source insert of the newpaper. Walgreens has their Huggies on sale for $8.99, use the coupon makes them $6.99 and when the receipt prints you'll get a $2.00 off your next purchase so you can do it all over again or use the $2.00 on anything else in the store. The pull-ups and over night big kid pants are on sale too!

One stop shopping- UGH!!!

If you are all about one stop shopping at our local Super Center then then couponing might not be your thing. I personally avoid that place like the plague for many reasons. One reason is that I leave there with very little and spend way too much! Right after Christmas, about a month ago, I went there and spent $113 on a few bags of stuff....laundry soap, paper products, shampoo, etc. but NO groceries. In the past I had saved my trip to this store for those things and got my groceries at Food Lion mainly. Food Lion is very close to my house and they offer weekly deals on certain things that I buy alot of (yogurt, cheese, kid food). Well after that trip to the "super center" my neice that was in town saw what I got for over a hundred dollars and said "NEVER AGAIN!". She showed me a few websites (southernsavers.com and thekrazycouponlady.com) and I was hooked. She made me a little trial shopping list from Lowes Food and Harris Teeter and off I went when I got off work one night. Late at night was great b/c the stores were practically empty. I went in and went out in no time!!! I spent $7.06 at both stores and got the following...
4 boxes of mac n cheese
6 bags of rice mix
3 bags of white rice
1 3-pack of yeast
2 toothbrushes
2 scotch tape
1 package pancake mix
1 large coffee mate creamer
4 boxes of muellers pasta
1 mustard
1 edge shaving cream
1 downy dryer sheets

So, yes those are some pretty random things and I did stop at two stores BUT for $7.06 seriously??!! WHY NOT!! That is stuff that I will use!! I went in and out of those two stores quicker than I have ever left the "super center"!!!
I'm hooked. Seriously!

Blog changes---Eastern NC DEALS!!!

Ok, so this started out as a blog about my kids which it will continue to be but I'm adding deals that I find in and around Carteret County. I'm talking GOOD deals on any and everything!!! I think I'll also add deals for area restaurants and whatever other deals we come across. I'll be referring to my two favorite coupon websites: southernsavers.com and thekrazycouponlady.com I'm going to need some help though so please feel free to reply with any deals you find too. I'm looking for just Carteret County and surrounding counties only please.

So let me start off with Harris Teeter in Morehead!!! From Wednesday, January 26 until Tuesday, February 1 they are offering TRIPLE coupons up to .99 This means if you have a .50 off coupon you actually get $1.50 off that item. If you aren't already getting the Smartsource and Redplum inserts out of the Sunday paper--START NOW!! (out of the New Bern Sun Journal that is only $1 on Sunday)