This is going to be a super quick post while I look for coupons for what I'm going to pricematch at Wal Mart this week.

From Food Town:
1) Land O' Frost Deli Shaved Ham or Turkey 9 oz $1.49
use $1/2 coupon HERE
= $0.99
2) Borden Cheese $1.88
3) Hass Avocados 3 for $1.00

From Kroger:
1) Cuties 3 pound bag $3.49
2) Progresso Soup 8 for $10
use $1.25 off 4 HERE or HERE for light varities
= $0.94 each

From Randalls:
last time I was in Wal Mart they did not price match the in ad coupons in the Randalls ad, which is how most of the Randalls sales are presented.  It states in their policy that they should, but if the employees don't know that it doesn't matter. So, I'm leary of trying again. I think its worth trying for one deal though.
Healthy Choice Meals $2.00
use $0.75 off one Baked variety HERE
= $1.25 each

have a great weekend all!! =-)

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What I'm Price matching this week and matching printable coupons

Here is what I'm printing and price matching at Wal Mart this week. Sorry it's not formatted all pretty-the hyperlinks take too much time:

HEB:
Red Baron pizza $2.00:
http://clickserve.cc-dt.com/link/tplclick?lid=41000000029606694&pubid=21000000000189773

Triscuit $1.50

Cocoa Puffs $1.67-$0.60=$1.07
http://www.bettycrocker.com/coupons-promotions/coupons/default

http://www.pillsbury.com/coupons-promotions/

http://www.kqzyfj.com/click-3278587-10421874

Golden Graham's $1.67 -$0.75 = $0.92
http://www.kqzyfj.com/click-3278587-10421874

Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Lucky Charms, Trix, Cookie Crisp Cereal $1.67

Duncan Hines Red Velvet Cake Mix $1.00 - $1.00 = FREE
http://coupons2.smartsource.com/smartsource/index.jsp?Link=RDIVIVWO5V5QK

Fiesta:

Fresh Bunch Spinach $0.99 each

Red or Gold Bell Peppers $0.69 each

Bosc Pears 4/$1.00

Food Town:
Crisp Green Leaf, Red Tip or Romaine Lettuce, $0.69 each

Wonderful Pistachios (8 oz) $2.99 - $1.00 = $1.99
http://getcrackin.com/coupon-201202/

Randalls
V8 Splash $1.75 - $1/2 = $1.25
http://www.campbellskitchen.com/SavingsCenterLandingPage/CouponsAndSpecialOffers.aspx

Quaker Chewy Granola Bars $1.88 - $1/2 = $1.38
http://bricks.coupons.com/Start.asp?tqnm=xi1jajv60462580&bt=vg&o=106192&c=PC&p=rmGRUlyv

The New Deal: Price matching at Wal-Mart

I've been struggling with Couponing lately. No stores double any more except Randall's (and that's only the first coupon so no stockpiling on cheap/free items which is essential to real savings). It also seems like coupons have gotten worse and sales are not as good. Or is it just me? So, I have resorted to not getting my papers anymore and just buying generic, which is totally fine. But even generic is never free! So, in an effort to get my "free fix" on, I began to price match at Wal Mart and print what coupons I can. I figured I would share this with whoever reads my blog. The cool thing about this, is that now anyone can do exactly what I am doing since there is no collecting an organizing coupons. We will see how this goes! :) so, I am Pricematching to the four stores that I get ads for: Kroger, Randall's, HEB, Food Town. Here is what I will be price matching at Wal Mart this week:

Kroger:
- Red seedless grapes $1.00/ pound
- Bell Peppers $1.00 each
- Healthy Choice Frozen Entrees $1.20 - $0.75 printable HERE = $0.45
- Jennie-O Turkey Franks $1.00 - $1.00 printable HERE = FREE

Food Town:
- 8 oz package mushrooms $0.88
- Red Gold Tomato Sauce 4/$1.00 - $1 off 4 coupon HERE = FREE
- General Mills cereal $1.99 - up to $0.75 HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE or HERE = $1.24
- Kraft Mac & Cheese $0.66

HEB:
- large naval oranges $0.77/pound
- Mama Rose's pizzas $0.50
- Heinz Ketchup 32 oz $1.00
- Colgate toothpaste $0.99 - $1.00 HERE, HERE, or HERE = FREE

Randall's:
- Kellogs cereal $1.99 - up to $0.75 HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE or HERE = $1.24
- 5 pound bag Russet Potatoes $0.99
- Kens salad dressing $1.19
- weight watchers smart ones $1.50 - $5/10 HERE, HERE, or HERE = $1.00

My favorite Wal Mart health food

This is not a joke. Although I can understand how you could think that, given The way Wal Mart is portrayed at times. Sure there is tons of crap food there, but once I began reading labels, I found out there is some pretty great stuff there for about half the cost of a health food store.

These are some my favorite! My general guidelines are whole foods, 3 ingredients or less, and ingredients that I could buy at a normal store if I were to make it from scratch. I used to love their 6 pack of single applesauce for $1.50 because the ingredients were literally apples and water, but I just read the one I bought and it has high fructose corn syrup listed as well :-/ hopefully I just got the wrong kind and I can find the good stuff next time-keep an eye out for that!

Ok, on to the pic:
1) Organic Baby Spinach $2.98
2) 100% grape juice $2.50
3) plantains with sea salt $2.88
4) 25 oz natural peanut butter $2.98
5) 100% whole grain oats $1.00

I know not everyone agrees what "healthy" is, but these make my list almost every time I hit up crazy town (Wal Mart). And, of course all the produce prices that you can price match to whatever ANY store is having each week! Happy shopping!! :)

Crocs 2 for $20 sale = $39 boots for $9.99!!

Just got an email from crocs about their 2 for $20 sale when you enter the code 2FOR20 at checkout, and found these super cute boots for the kids regularly priced at $39.99 - got them for $9.99. Shipping for two pair was $4.99. Check out what's included at:
www.crocs.com

Kids clothes 90% off = $1 each at Kroger?!?!

This is at the Kroger in Missouri City!! Clothes size 6 months - 4T- just $1 each!!! Crazy awesome!

Food Town = 10 plums for $1

So, I just stopped in to Food Town and saw that plums are $0.69 a pound! I got TEN and they only cost $1! While you're there, grab some bell peppers, they are 4/$1 and oranges are 3/$1. I didn't get a lot of time to look around, but I'm sure there are some other produce steals around there! :)

Froberg's Farm = a bucket of peppers for $1.00!!!!

Thanks to my pal Gina for telling me about this amazing deal she found this morning! Check out this photo she snapped that shows a bucket of green peppers for just $1.00! This is at Froberg's Farm in Alvin.

Thanks Gina!!

BBQ Sauce $0.16 at Food Town (regularly $2.39)

Food Town has Garland Jack's barbecue sauce on sale for $.66 this week! Even sweeter there was a coupon for one dollar off two barbecue sauces making them only $.16 each!!! These are regularly priced $2.39 at Food Town!

Ten Thousand Villages Clearance Sale!!!

I'm not even going to detail the awesomeness of this deal, because hip2save.com does such a great job HERE

I did get all these goodies for $17.50 shipped and will tell you that if you use the 15% off code, you can't get free shipping, but if you use this code: 0340812 you get 25% off one item and free shipping (which was $11.00 before I changed the code!)

Happy shopping!!!

Thirty-One Outlet Sale 50%-80% off!!

Thirty-One is having an awesome Outlet Sale with bags 50%-80% off! Hurry, it only goes until 4/20 or it is sold out! Check out this super cute beach tote I got for $14.99 (regular $42.00!). I think the best part is that it is powered by Amazon, so you can use your current Amazon login info and it makes check out a breeze because you don't have to enter payment or shipping information!!!

Go HERE to get in on the goodies!

Also, if you are interested in selling Thirty-One gifts, they have a special incentive going on right now! The start up kit is only $99, and you have a chance to earn it back, making it free! Email Andrea at andrea_thirtyone@hotmail.com if you are interested in selling and let her know I sent ya!

Family Fun on a budget

I realized at the end of our day today that we had only spent $9.00 and I could hardly believe it. How did we spend 2 hours at Chuck E Cheese, leave with lots of prizes and Ice cream, go visit a farm for an hour where we got to pet animals, feed a horse, collect fresh eggs from the coop, and get muddy!! ;)

Here is how.....

We eat a lot of string cheese in our house. There are a lot of brands to choose from. But, only one cost less than $3 and includes $3 worth of tokens at Chuck E Cheese!! Yes, Chuck E Cheese has his own brand of string cheese. Here is the back of the package...

Weird right? Anyway, we brought four of those with us today and got 48 free tokens! Since we were the first ones there, we got to keep all the strings of tickets hanging out of every game after they tested each of them for the day! Bonus! Before leaving, we collected our loot and bought some ice cream from the machine for $1.50 each. Two hours into the day, our total was $3.00!
After that, we went to this new fresh egg connection I found and spent an hour on the farm! The kids got to put on boots and run through the mud, search for eggs, pet the animals, and feed the horses. We left with two dozen eggs at $3 a dozen, totaling $6.00 for the farm. We came home, took a bath, took a nap, and had a morning full of memories (and a fridge fill of eggs) for $9.00! Not too shabby!

Let me know what your favorite family day on the cheap ideas are!!!

Free Olan Mills Newborn/Birthday portraits!

This is so cool!! Free Olan Mills Baby Portrait for ages 3 months and under with THIS Olan Mills coupon.

You can also get Free Olan Mills photos – 8×10, 5×7 and 4 wallets if you have your child’s portrait taken every year on his or her birthday, up until 3 years of age with THIS coupon.

Thanks, Mojo Savings

IPhone case for $2.09

iPhone case for $2.09 with free shipping on Amazon HERE!!!

Eating organic on $100 a week

I just ran across a great article on eating organic on a budget. It has a lot of good tips. Check it out here:

Girls "Toms" style shoes $5 at Dollar General

Check out these super cute "Toms" style shoes I just got at Dollar General for my daughter. I wish they had them in adult sizes!! So cute! They had them in little and big girl sizes.

cherry tomatoes = $1 and other price matches this week...

We just love those bad boys around here and are so excited that they are only $0.99 in the Randall's ad this week. I stopped by tonight to get some, but they were all out, so I got a rain check and price matched them at Wal Mart. Here are the other items I price matched tonight:
-White seedless grapes $1.00 a pound @HEB
-Fruit Loops 17oz box $1.50 @HEB (I would normally not buy a cereal like Fruit Loops, but we have a road trip coming up and I see an hour of silence in my future if I let the kids string them on a necklace and then eat it!! :))
-oranges 4 for $1.00 @ Food Town
-Activia yogurt $1.49 @ Kroger (there is a $1.000 coupon too if you still have it!)
-Daisy sour cream $1.49 @ Kroger
-Rockstar Energy drinks $0.79 @Kroger (again....roadtrip! :))
-Mission whole grain tortillas $0.99 at Randall's
-blackberries $1.50 @ Randall's (Wal Mart actually was out, but I'm going to try again, that's a great price!)

Build-A-Bear coupon = 2 animals and Easter egg decorating kit for $20!

OK, I know it's been like a year since my last post, but now that I am a stay at home mamma again, I am hoping to start blogging again. Alright, now that that's addressed...
So I just saw this awesome Build-A-Bear coupon for $10 off a $30 purchase. This means that if both my kids get s $15 animal (or a $12 animal with a $3 add on - I'll let the kids choose how they want to spend their $15), we will be out the door for $20! Also, there is an Easter special that says you will receive a free Easter egg decorating kit with every $20 or more purchase! Hope you all get to take advantage of this - I know we will! :)

Have an awesome weekend all!!