Saturday, July 31, 2010

The end of July and hoping that August will be a little better!!

Well, I was on a roll with getting this blog up and running, but while visiting family and vacationing in VT, I managed to break my left foot. Three broken bones in multiple places and the only good thing that came out of it, is that my husband felt sorry for me and bought me a laptop. So, now I can get back to trying to set up this blog!

It is reported that Target has had many of their toys on clearance and you may want to head over there quick, before they are all gone. (Remember, you won't have to worry about me getting their first and clearing it all out).

Price Chopper had triple coupons in the newspaper this past week and they expire today, so head on out and use them up!

Hannaford has a the scratch off game pieces and they will continue to give them out until the end of August. My husband went to the store for me the other day, and brought a game piece home for me, but as my luck went, I didn't win anything.

If you head on over to www.smartbalance.com you can score a $2.00 coupon off a half gallon of milk. A couple of weeks ago I was able to score a half gallon of milk for $0.66.

Saturday, July 10, 2010

What a Week!!!!!!

I can't believe the week I had! I had all of these grand plans of things to do on and offline and my computer crashed! We finally finished our boys' room and now we are working on our daughter's room. We started the painting today and we will finish it tomorrow and then put up her loft bed and put her new desk together. Today was the shopping day for new curtains and a couple of new floor pillows and she talked me into an ottoman. Not the cheapest shopping experience but definitely a memorable one and it's not like we do this redecorating thing all of the time.

I'll be back to doing the shopping for deals things tomorrow, as well as the see what we have in the house to use as something else that we need and just try to keep up with my goal as reducing, reusing and recycling. As the days, weeks, months go on, this concept seems to get even more important to me. I guess it has something to do with going back to the basic times and listening to my grandmother telling me stories about when she was growing up. It was a good time, except for the great deprssion, but they learned a lot from that time period. I want to teach my kids to respect everyone and everything and to live well within their means. They need to learn how to save up for things and only buy them when they have the money and when they REALLY NEED them. I wish I had been taught that a little more.... But, you learn as you go and you can't go back in time to change anything. You can just change the way you think about certain things and THAT DEFINITELY DOESN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT!!!

Staples is starting their big back to school shopping deals tomorrow and Target has started putting their school supplies out.

Target also has a lot of clearance in the toy department, but not sure how much it is marked down, because I wasn't able to look while I was out shopping today.

I'll keep you all posted as I get into this more and more this week.

Friday, July 2, 2010

Friday, July 2, 2010

There are quite a few deals out there this weekend, if you want to take the time away from the holiday weekend to go out and get them. Myself, I think I will just plan on hanging out with my family. We're going to Massachussetts for the day and then to the beach at Lake George for a day. The other day we will just hang out at home and relax.

For those of you who enjoy the deals, here are a couple to get you through tomorrow:

Target has started marking down their stuff for clearance. When I was there earlier this week, it was just at 30%, so unless you really love something, you might want to wait.

Hannaford has Edy's ice cream for $1.99 and Klondike bars for $2.00. There is a limit of 4 each, but who says you can't go back into the store or have your children go thru the line with their "own" money. If you check Hannaford's new website, you can print some great coupons of it. I've managed some great deals the last few weeks!

Price Chopper has a few good deals this week, which will be even better with coupons. They also had 3 double coupons in their ad last weekend, which are good through tomorrow. You can also find coupons on their facebook page and the coupons are awesome!! :) They have Ball Park meat franks buy 1 get 2 free and there should be a coupon out there for $1.00 off of 2. They have quite a few items that will get you double points for cents off gas at participating Sunoco stations. And don't forget that if you need any gift cards that you can't get for free through different freebie sites, purchase them through Price Chopper and they amounts count towards your cents off for gas!

Freihofer outlets are having a great sale tomorrow as well!! If you live by one, they are having breads at $0.79 and cake items at $0.99. These are while supplies last, so you might want to get there early.....

Old Navy has a coupon out there for flip flops for tomorrow. You can get up to 5 pairs for only $1.00 each.

It has been reported that some CVS stores have Pampers swaddlers on clearance for $2.99 and there is an extra buck printing for $1.00.

If you are looking for free samples, go to the sample section at walmart.com. They have secret clinical deodorant, purina dog or cat food, and prilosec.

I hope that you all enjoy your holiday weekend with your families and friends and I'll see you next week with more deals.

If any of you have anything that you would like to add, please let me know. I am always looking for ways to get more deals out there for everyone. Also, I will be listing a few things that are free or cheap to do this summer with the kids and your family. Look for these next week.