this girl loves a good sale

11/1/2010 Walmart trip...

I scored 18 costumes for the boys in various sizes. 75% off AND buy one get one free, which meant I paid about $0.75-$2 per costume. I put them all in a "dress up box" and now I have warriors, army guys, and ninjas running through my house at all hours of the day. Well, I guess you'll know where to go next time you need a costume for your kid for school and he tells you at 8pm the night before!

Free Ted's burgers!

Fill out an entry for a free Ted's Montana Grill burger here. Or, take the contest seriously and win a car! Better yet, go to http://www.restaurant.com/ for a $25 gift certificate for $5 using the promotional code CHEF.

Like what you see? Click on the "frugal finds" category at the right for more!

**UPDATED**I must go for a run. I must go for a run...

With all this free food I've been getting lately, I've gotta find some time to go for a run...or else.

Free food off the $1 menu at Wendy's here.

Buy one get one free at Denny's here (no, we don't have one here in Tally anymore, but for my non-Tally readers)

And my personal favorite....
Free fondue for two at the Melting Pot here.

**UPDATE** The Melting Pot deal is NOT my favorite anymore. You have to buy dinner in order to get the free fondue, which was misleading on their part. Not a good deal seeing how you have to spend like $75 on food you have to cook yourself (as Jay would say) just to get dessert.

I guess my favorite deal now is the free Quiznos from earlier this week. Tried it yesterday and it worked like a champ. Didn't work so well for Dad. They accused him of photocopying mine. LOL. My was printed from my color printer and his was from his black and white printer. Nevermind the fact that mine had MY name on it and his had HIS name on it.

Want more free food? Check out my posts labeled "Frugal Finds".

I *heart* free food!

Two delicious free meals that I just had to share....

Free sub from Quiznos here.

Free pancakes at IHOP here.

A sign of the times

Lately, I've been finding lots of really great restaurant/food/travel coupons and thought I'd start posting some here. Either I look harder for them now or it's just a sign of our economic times and proof that all types of businesses are hurting as more and more people cut back. Either way, I love free stuff and I'm assuming you do too.




Click here, print, and take this to T.G.I.Friday's (not on V-day, sorry!) for a Buy 1 Get 1 FREE entree.



Thanks SouthernSavers

Free Favorites

With the kids being so sick, this was not a great shopping week for me. I didn't make it to Walgreen's and I boycotted CVS for this ad run. They're running a "test ad" this week in Florida which doesn't include any Extra Care Buck deals (which is how I get stuff for free there). Even though they had a few things I needed, I didn't want to contribute to their little marketing test. I did manage great Publix trip (without kids!!!!) where I saved about as much as I spent, including the use of $27 worth of coupons. I got Muir Glen tomato paste, Jiffy Pop popcorn, and Pam Cooking Spray for free. We ate out or ordered in a few times more than normal thanks to the germs infesting my house, but hopefully I made up for it with my cheap Publix week.

Free Favorites Around Town

Here's a list of some things I enjoyed getting for free this week (and you can too):

CVS
Garnier shampoo/conditioner/styling products (use -$1 coupon from paper)
Children's Throat Coolers (Free plus $4.99 overage with coupon!)
CVS brand toddler bathroom wipes

Walgreens
Garnier shampoo/conditioner/styling products (use -$1 coupon from paper)
Electrosol Dishwashing Liquid (Free plus overage -- use coupon from paper plus Walgreen's Easy Saver Coupon)

I'm happy to report that I will not need shampoo or conditioner for a long, long time now. :)

saving $$$, week by week

I can't believe I'm saying this on December 2nd, but I think we have almost ALL of our Christmas shopping done! Thanks to all the pre-Thanksgiving sales coupled with Black Friday and Cyber Monday, we are all set to go! The sales at Publix this week were mediocre at best, and with all the Thanksgiving leftovers, we really didn't need much, but check out the CVS purchase! If you're not "CVSing" already, you should be. Here's a link to tell you how to do it:

How to CVS by Jenny at Southern Savers

Weekly Publix Shopping Trip

Total before sales/coupons: $84.06

Total spent out of pocket: $52.20

Total saved: $31.86 or 48%

CVS

Total before sales/coupons: $55.62

Total spent out of pocket: $1.75
Total saved: $53.87 or 96.9%

Best deal: new earbuds for my Zune (FREE)

saving $$$, Coddington style

The original source of my frugal ways.

I learned it by watching you.

Inspiration

Inspired by Jenna's post about her peanut butter coupons, I feel compelled to tell the world about my recent Publix savings and internet finds.

Weekly Publix Shopping Trip (11/13/2008)

Total before sales/coupons: $189.56

Total spent out of pocket: $73.86

Total saved: $115.70 or 61%

Best deal: Post Honey Bunches of Oats Cereal $.04 per box(!!!)

Favorite deal: Juicy Juice $.74

With the help of this website, I carefully planned my shopping trip using a combination of manufacturer coupons from the newspaper, store coupons, and internet (printed) coupons. After finding the Southern Saver's website, I swear I will never look at shopping the same way again. My challenge for this week is to beat my percentage saved (61%) from the previous week. Can I do it? My dad will be so proud!

Jenna: Check out what she does with the CVS ads. Do you have CVS where you live? She does a great job with Walgreen's as well.

Pooh: Have we converted you yet?

BTW, I labeled this post under "Frugal Finds" and plan on making this a regular contribution to my blog. I'm so excited to share this with you. Does this make me a dork?