Diet Pepsi 12-packs for $1 and other Target deals you don't want to miss!

Did you know that Target has their own coupons?  Yes, they sure do!  Not only can you use them, but you can stack them with the manufacturer coupons from the Sunday paper for even deeper discounts!

Right now there is a great deal on 12-packs of Diet Pepsi.  They are on sale for $2.75.  Print the $1/1 Diet Pepsi 12-pack Target coupon and stack that with the $.75/1 Diet Pepsi manufacturer coupon that was available in the 7/17 Sunday newspaper, and your final price is only $1!  If you don't have the $.75/1 coupon, $1.75 is still a great deal for 12 cans of Diet Pepsi!

Other deals you can find right now at Target are FREE Puffs tissues, and very cheap Kleenex.  Here is how it works:

Buy 2 Puffs Plus Lotion with Vicks (48ct box) at $1.84 each —Use $3/2 Vicks Product manufacturer coupon from 8/28 P&G coupon insert
—Use 2 $.50/1 Puffs Target store coupon from coupon insert
= 2 FREE boxes of Puffs!

Buy 1 Kleenex Bundle Pack-4 pack (400ct total) at $2.99 —Use $.50/1 Kleenex Bundle Pack manufacturer coupon from 8/14 coupon insert
—Use $1/1 Kleenex 4 or 6 pack Target store coupon from 8/7 Target insert
= $1.49 a bundle, or $.37 each box!

I love deals like this, because even if you don't need these items now, you can always use them at a later date.  They are easy to store for a later use, too!  Also, these are great for a donation item.  Tissues at schools feel like sandpaper, so I'm sure any teacher would love to have a box or two sent in to them!

Happy Shopping!

Free Breakfast at Chick-Fil-A

Beginning today, August 29th, you can register for a free breakfast at a Chick-fil-A near you .  All you have to do is head over to their site, enter your zip code and make a reservation at any location available near you! You can make your reservation for any day between September 6th and September 10th. Enjoy!

FREE Target Beauty Bag!

Note: The site is currently experiencing a lot of traffic, so you might have trouble accessing it, but don't give up!

Hurry on over to Target's site to request your FREE Target Beauty Bag!  This is not the first time they have had this beauty bag, and the last time it was stocked with all sorts of great coupons!

Go grab it before they are gone!

Savings in even the most extreme situations...

Irene is on her way!  In less than 24 hours, she will be gracing us with her presence in our great state.  I have to say, originally I wasn't too worried at all.  We have milk.  We have bread.  We have eggs. (Why are those the three most important things, anyway...is everyone making French Toast??) We have plenty of liquids and non-perishables in the house.

But then as the hype increased, so did my sense of worry.  I do have 3 children to think about, so I thought maybe I should take some precautions.  So, out to the store I went.  But, here's the thing if you don't know me all that well.  I HATE paying full price for anything.  AND, we haven't bought a bottle of water in I can't tell you how long.  We just don't "do" bottled water...we do a Brita pitcher and aluminum reusable bottles instead.  So going to the store for "hurricane supplies" was annoying me because I knew I didn't have coupons that I needed.

But then I remembered!  The last time I was at our local supermarket, I received a coupon at check out for $4.50 off a case of water.  Even though we don't normally drink bottled water I figured I would keep it and if the water was on sale I would grab it...I could always donate it or use it for the kids' sporting events.

So off we went to the store.  Here is what we came out with:

The only thing you don't see is the loose roll and the doughnut the kids NEEDED to have because they were SO HUNGRY!!  I spent a little over $3.  Yup, you read that right.  Check out my % of savings!

It made me so happy to be able to grab the very few things we needed to have, and a few extras while we were there and not break the bank doing it.  I have learned a lot about couponing over the last five months that has taught me the skill of being able to go into the store and pick up things for our family and come out spending just a few dollars.


A few suggestions I can give you are these:

1. Pay attention to sales and special offers at your favorite stores.  I happened to buy a few boxes of brownies that we wanted when the coupon for the water printed out.  It was a special through Catalina Marketing that enabled that coupon to print.  I will explain more about them later.
2. Have a favorite brand of bread?  Yogurt?  Anything at all?  Email the companies.  You will be AMAZED at the amount of coupons you can and will receive if you just take a few minutes out of your day to tell them what you think of their products.
3. There are great online sites where you can test out samples of new products, and from time to time you will receive coupons for free items.  It was a coupon from Vocalpoint to try a new bag of Fresh Express salad coupled with a buy one, get one free sale that enabled me to get both bags of salad for free.

I love sharing what I've learned with others, and I hope this helps you out!

122 Days!

Christmas is right around the corner!  122 days!  I know, I know...we aren't even out of summer yet, but I LOVE Christmas, and I love getting a head start.  One of the great things about starting early is that you are able to take advantage of great deals that come your way!

There is one such deal going on now.  Get a personalized Santa greeting card FREE with the coupon code SANTA11.  You can choose from the Santa's Scroll card or the Checking it Twice card.  I have ordered greeting cards from Tiny Prints before, and they are really fantastic.

To have it shipped to someone is only $.44, or ship it to yourself absolutely free!  What a deal, right?!  Well, to make it even sweeter, you can set the date to have it delivered, so if you want to order now and have it sent to your kids in November, no sweat!  Tiny Prints will take care of it for you.

This deal expires on 9/12/11.  Enjoy!

I'm a picker...

It's true, I love to pick.  Fruits, vegetables...you name it, I've picked it.  We started out with strawberries when our first son was just about 2 1/2 and our second was a tiny 3 months old...see?

June 6th, 2007

We've been hooked ever since.  As the weather turns from cold to not-so-cold, I start to get excited.  Summer is great!  We pick strawberries, blueberries, peaches, and blackberries.  Now that the summer is almost over and fall is just around the corner, we are getting into my FAVORITE fruit of the year.

You can't tell me you don't want to just reach into your screen and grab that apple.  It's so perfect!  We found a farm very close to us that does very reasonable pick-your-own fruit, and they have everything.  Apples aren't just for fall anymore...these Ginger Gold apples are ready in late summer and they are super tasty.

We picked two full baskets of apples...a whopping 23 pounds!  How could you not?

This family of 5 may have 3 growing little boys, but there is NO way we could consume all those apples before they go bad!  But I'm getting ahead of myself...more on that later.

As if the apples weren't enough, look what else we found!

August 20th, 2011

Can you believe that (1) we were able to pick white grapes, and (2) that is the same sweet little boy from the first picture?!  I can't wait to share with you all the fun stuff we did with our 31 pounds of fruit, and I encourage you to find a local pick-your-own and spend some quality time with your family!  It's amazing how much fun you can have doing something so simple.

My very first post!

So, here it is.  My very first blog and my very first post.  I have been thinking about starting a blog for a little long time, and I finally did it.  I'm an avid couponer as well as a deal seeker, and very active mama to three growing little boys.  I'm hoping to use this space to post all the great deals I find, as well as keep a log of what is going on in our {busy} lives...it would be great to do a giveaway or two as well!

I hope you enjoy following me.  Tell your friends...I love friends!