This week at HT

The Harris Teeter in Morehead City, NC is doing Super Doubles again this week. The ad isn't as good as last week but there are still some deals that can't be passed up!! I had a friend ask me about a new rule they have about only accepting 2 coupons per item per day.....so if you have 10 pasta coupons and want to use them all you would have to go 5 days in a row. That just isn't going to work for me! Soooo, I'm wondering if anyone has run into this new rule???!!! I just went yesterday to get the Green Giant frozen veggies that were on VIC for $1 each. I had 5 coupons for .60 off of 3 so I used all 5 of my coupons and walked away with a great deal on some frozen veggies.

My latest HT trip

Stopped by HT on my way home from work Friday night and was super excited about the deals on things that I love!! The Pillsbury stuff for one thing was awesome. If you buy 10 of any of the Pillsbury refrigerated products you automatically get $4 off at check out!! SAAAA-WEET!! I also loved the Smart Balance Milk deal. It's normally $3.89 for 1/2 gallon. With the $1.50 off coupon doubled that makes it .89 for a half gallon of milk! Yogurt was also a great deal on several brands so my kids will be snacking on yogurt for days to come. Good thing we all like yogurt. Among other great deals, one of the E-VIC specials was $5.99 for Pampers (limit 2). I had a couple $2.00 off coupons so I got 2 packs of diapers for $3.99 each. Not too shabby to me. Yes, my kids are potty trained but people are having babies left and right so why not have some to give as gifts?! My check out was a little crazy. I had already used my alotted 20 coupons for the day and it was around 11:40 pm so I asked the manager on duty if I could use them, shop again and check out after midnight so that it would technically be "a new day". He said he thought it would work and didn't mind so that was the plan and it played out beautifully! I did 2 orders, 40 coupons and my final numbers were....
total retail $347.90
total savings with coupons and VIC $259.77
total out of pocket $88.13

That's what I'm talkin' about!!!!

Let's Talk Couponing Feb 28

We're going to talk about getting started and share tips with each other about couponing.

When: Monday, Feb 28 at 6:30
Where: East Coast Church, 615 Tom Mann Road, Newport

Some Good Printables

Go to www.coupons.com and there are some really good printables especially since HT is doubling up to $1.98 starting tomorrow.
My favorites are...
$1 off Oreos
$1 off Velveeta cheese
$1.50 off Philedelphia Cooking Creme
$1 off Kraft Mac & Cheese (5 pack)
.75 off Miracle Whip

Print them soon. They won't last long!

Saving $ on gifts

If your family is anything like mine we go to ALOT of birthday parties. I was thinking about it and realized that just between my kids and my closest friend's kids there are roughly 20 kids. By closest friends I mean those friends that replace me in my absence and I replace them in their absence. (If you don't have girlfriends like this I highly recommend them!) Then there are also kids in our neighborhood or that are in my oldest son's class. Having alot of parties also mean we have alot of gifts to buy. It's hard on a tight budget to run to the store before a birthday party to try to find the perfect thing because the perfect thing always ends up being the not-so-perfect price. The other thing that stinks about that is running around at the last minute with a bunch of kids fussing to get to the party. My backup plan is to run in the dollar store, grab a card and shove five or ten bucks in it. I always feel like such an unprepared crazy woman when I do that. And it's so impersonal! So here's my plan....when I come across a really good deal on something for someone I get it and store it away! Sounds easy but I'm the world's best at talking myself out of something right when I'm about to hand the cashier the money! I'm like 'Nevermind, I'm not gonna get that'. My new mission is to actually be prepared this year before we go to parties and save money on gifts at the same time.