Wishing everyone a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year !!

Great week at Giant Eagle and Goodwill !

Loving the cereal sale at Giant Eagle ! This sale will run for 2 weeks 

STOCK UP !!!!!! 

Buy 3 participating boxes of cereal save .20 cents per gallon on fuel

Buy 6 save .40 cents

Buy 9 save .60 cents 

There are several coupons out ! This can be a money maker with the right coupons !!

GE trip below :
9 boxes of cereal
2 tall boy cups (rain check)
2 Aussie Sprunch sprays
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oop : 18.54        earns $18 in fuel

Goodwill:

Ugly Christmas sweater
Bucilla Christmas wreath kit
Wizzles rpm and storybook
Vase full of jewelry
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$ 12.50 



Will Ebay sweater, wreath
and RPM.
The vase full of jewelry 
was an awesome find !
It had lots of cute costume jewelry,
key chains, brooches, pins,
rings, bracelet, bangles,
necklaces and charms !!!

The BVLGARI in the photo
was not real, darn .
I love it anyways !

Guess whats next to the bracelet.....
Yep , 3 GOLD pieces of jewelry !!!
The jewelry store gave me $50 for it !
WooHoo , love it !

My Bzzagent Campaign: Paula's Choice

 I am really excited to try Paula's Choice skin
 perfecting 2 % BHA liquid. BHD is short for
 Beta Hydroxy Acid.

 This product helps minimize pores by exfoliating
 the skin. It is a leave on exfoliant that is PH balanced
 to help penetrate the skin better.

I've been using this product for about to weeks. I like 
the way it makes my skin look. I feel like I look more
radiant and my pores are starting to get smaller.

Some of the benefits include :

• Fades discolorations (from dark spots and acne)
• Increases collagen production
• Fights blemishs
• Exfoliates the skin’s surface and inside the pore
• Fades discolorations caused by dark spots and acne marks

Thanks Bzzagent !

*** I received Paula's Choice Skin Perfecting 2% BHA Liquid for free
    from BzzAgent. All opinions expressed in this post are my own  ***

How to earn Some Money when shopping Online

Sign up for:

Upromise
Mypoints
Mr Rebates
Ebates
BigCrumbs


These sites give a % back on your purchases made online.
Sign up with them and click on there link to take you to
where you are shopping.

I usually go to Evrewards to see what site above will give
me the best payout.

Now remember this will not give you half your money back
or anything like that. Usually you can expect about 2%
return on your purchase and some restriction apply. 
If you shop online frequently anyways this can really start
adding up!

Things I'm running out of

Things I am in need of :

conditioner
dish soap
hand soap
dishwasher gel pacs
liquid laundry detergent
cereal
canned soup
broth
sauce
juice




These are just a few items I'm looking for. I will try to post when I find
them at a stockpile price. If you are looking for the same items then
please stay tuned !



Looking back at these stockpile pics........
Why have you left me so soon, sigh ! lol !

Change in Giant Eagle Coupon Policy

Giant Eagle is no longer accepting competitor's coupons.

It was fun while it lasted ! 



Giant Eagle 9/25

Giant Eagle

 

 

 

 

Transaction 1 :

 

8  Classico  sauce 

1 Newman's sauce

24 Smart One frozen entrees

3 Loreal shampoo

2 Campbells slow cooker sauce

1 Pepsi Next

1 Aloha morning punch

8 boxes fruit chews

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$85

 

Used a $10/50 Giant Eagle coupon that was mailed to me.

I also had a coupon for a free Pepsi Next 2ltre and

$19 in coupons (after double)

 

After all coupons my total was $54 .

 

I will earn $15 from Savingstar for the Classico sauce

and the Smart One frozen dinners and $2 back from iBotta.

I received .30 in fuel perks for the shampoo. That is equal

to $4.50 in gas. I also have a $3 oyno for the shampoo and $1

oyno for the slow cooker sauce.

 

 

 

Transaction 2 :

 

3 Loreal shampoo

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$12.75

 

- 3 oyno from trans 1

- 1 oyno from trans 1

- 5 in coupons

 

paid $3.75 

 received a $3 oyno cat and .30 in fuel perks ($4.50)

 

 

In the end I am getting $17 from Savingstar and iBotta,

$9 in gas and I have a $3 oyno cat.

 

Sooooo..........

 

Like paying $28.75 for all this !

 

*** nutella was purchased at Rite Aid

       - (2) $1 coupons and received (2) $1 UP

      like paying $2.75 for both ***

 

 

 

 

 

Fage the Versatile Yogurt

My new Bzzagent campaign : Fage yogurt

This yogurt is very thick and creamy . It is a great accompaniment
to almost anything you can imagine. Mix it with fruits or make a
veggie dip.  Replace higher calorie ingredients with Fage and save
on calories without sacrificing taste.

Have you tried some yet ?

Great deals on things I need

 

Rite Aid

2 Marc Anthony hair care products

1 Salon Grafix shampoo/conditioner

  

 

                                                 Dollar General

                                                  2 Windex touch ups

 

                                Walgreens

                                              4 Velveeta skillet meals

                                              6 Arizona tea

                                              3 Hallmark cards (.99 each)                           

                                              4 Chex mix

Rite Aid :
I used coupons for everything except the Salon Grafix shampoo.
There was a try me free tag on it. I will get $4.99 back on it.
I love the Marc Anthony Strictly Curls products !  Excited to
get this deal when I was out of it :)

used :
(2) $2 Marc Anthony coupons
1 $3 Rite Aid Video coupons
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$ 10.xx

received (2) $2 UPS
rebate $ 4.99

Dollar General:
used:
(2) $1.50 coupons
(2) $1.00 Dollar General coupons
______________________________
$ 2.50

Walgreens:
used:
(4)  .60 Chex Mix coupons
(1) Walgreens June book coupon
(1) $2 Hallmark coupon (Facebook)
(4) Velveeta skillet Coupons
(1) Arizona tea in ad coupon
(1) 15% off Walgreens Friends and Family coupon
_______________________________
$8.25

received 2,000 balance reward points

Paid about $20.00 for everything OOP.
Received $4 ups and rebate for $4.99.
2,000 balance rewards are about $2 (I think)

Like paying $9 for all this !!!!

Obsessed With the Deals This Week !

Finally a great week at Giant Eagle. I rarely shop there anymore.
They just don't have the sales they used to.

My total was $100.45.
After coupons I paid $55.15.
I got 3 Catalina's :
1 for a free gallon of milk
1 for $1.00
1 for $ .50
Also getting $1.00 back from ibotta

This is way more then I'm used to spending but hey we're
talking ice cream here !

Here's what I got :

11 Tuna helpers
.80/8 coupon (2)
.75/3 coupon from circular

4 Ruggles ice cream
.75 coupon (4)

1 Frigo string cheese
.40 coupon

2 Ortega taco kits
.50 coupon from circular
does not double

2 boxes vanilla Chex cereal
.75 coupon (2)
2 Hershey's cookies and cream cereal
.75 coupon (2)
earned a Catalina for free milk

4 cans of Dole pineapple chunks
.75/2 coupon (2)
earned a Catalina

4 boxes Barilla pasta
.75/2 coupon (2)

5 boxes Chobani yogurt tubes
.55 blinkie coupon (5)

2 Eggo waffles
.75/2 coupon from insert

12 Smart one frozen meals
$2/6  (2)

4 Uber bars
.75/2 coupon (2)

2 bags of rice
clearance .99 each

3 Dole smoothie shakers
.75 coupon (2)
buy 3 to get Catalina

Sorry no photo , late night !

Meijer

This was 3 transactions. I earned a  (2) $3 oyno coupons
I used both.

I spent $34 

****** Keep an eye out for these coupons ******


expiring soon!

used above coupons (6)
14 Kraft cheese blocks
2 Kraft cream cheese
8 turkey dogs
8 Deli Select lunch meat


12 Capri sun Jammers
$1/2 coupon  (4)
$1 back from ibotta

1 Chex mix
.60 coupon

5 bottles Meijers sauce
2 lbs nectarines
1 bag of jalapenos

I literally could not sleep last night !
I was so excited to go this morning .
Everything went smoothly , woo hoo !
zzzzzz, lol ;)


Goodwill

 

 

Dryer and Tupperware $5.31

Total :  Spent about   $95.00
             ibotta              - 2.00
             Catalina          - 1.50
             Free milk        - 3.50
 
All for less than $90 !!!

***spent more than usual to create a stockpile***

Garage Sale Finds

Lots of Goodies !

 

 

 

 

 

 

$6

 

First sale:

4 pool noodles

Hoodie

luggage bag

 

Church sale. Everything you can fit in the bag for $3 !

Look how my bag is ready to explode, lol

 

 Columbia coat 

8 pairs of tights

bill organizer

candles

Ambercrombie shorts

Ambercrrombie pants

Talbot skirt

Michael Kors shorts

set of vintage sheets

 

                                            Garage sale # 2

 

$12

 

3 Nike golf shirts

1 pair Nike shoes

1 pair Asics shoes

1 Nike golf bag

Welcome sign

Nascar sign

2 shower curtains

1 Aeropostle vest

                                                                

Making My Drugstore Rounds

Speedway

Pepsi Next 20 oz.                                             Free (monthly freebie coupon)   


Rite Aid

4 Cascade Action Pacs 12c. ($12)              Free (used (3) $4 up+ rewards ) 
                                                                                  Earned (2) $1 UPS+

Walgreens
***used 15 % Walgreens coupon for both transactions***

1st transaction:

1 Kotex tampons ( - $2 coupon)
Epsom salt
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$ 5.xx  oop.                                                Earned $2 RR for the Kotex
                                                                   Earned $4 RR for Epsom salt  
                                                                                  

2nd transaction:

1 Kotex tampons ( - $2 coupon)
8 Arizona teas
_______________________
- $4 RR from transaction 1

$ 1.24 oop                                                  Earned $2 RR for the Kotex 


CVS
 
1st transaction:
*** used 20% off CVS coupon***                 

(3) 24pk waters
Colgate toothpaste ( - $2 CVS coupon)
Crest w/scope
1 Gillette shv. gel
1 Gillette razor        ( -10.99 B1G1 razor coupon, mailed)
1 Venus razor
2 Nivea shv.gel       (- $3 coupon x 2)
______________________________
- $15 ECBs and - $10 giftcard (earned from mypoints) 

$1.xx oop                                                     Earned a $3 and $5 ECBs
 

2nd transaction :
*** used $5/$30 CVS coupon***

3 minutemaid 20 oz drinks
1 dawn dishwashing soap
2 purex ultrapack 18ct
1 Milani lipstick
1 Fusion powerglide razor  (clearanced - $2 coupon)
1 Venus Embrace               ($3 coupon)
____________________________
- $3 ECB and $5 ECB from transaction 1

$15.21 oop                                                Earned a $10 ECB and $ 2 ECB



In all spent about  $20.00 oop. for all this !
Plus.....I have $18 (RR,ECBS, UPS+) to spend !!
Like paying $2 !!!!

Kohl's Promo Codes

Reminder turn in your rebate for your Kitchen Aid Mixer

Did you get your KitchenAid mixer?
Don"t forget to send in your rebate

 

I'm in love with my mixer and skillet ! 
I made pancakes for dinner today.

I earned $40 in Kohl's cash, plus my husband
earned $10.

Start on Ebates : 6% cash back

I ordered online using 2 promo codes
LOVETOSHOP   20% OFF
WESHIPFREE     free shipping


What did I get ?

2 workout pant
socks
bamboo utensils
Black n Decker blender

paid only $5.xx !!!

This Week at Walgreens

I haven't shopped at Walgreens in a looooong time.
I was really excited to get the Almay facial wipes
free . I had to go to a couple stores because they
were either all gone or only had one. I had a $5/2
coupon so needed two.

After coupons.......

 

Almay facial wipes:   Free         (4)

Almay remover pads  Free        (2)

Tuna:                          .50 each (10)

Vitamins:                   $7            (2)

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Total:                         $12

Kohl's Cash and a Great Deal

 

 

Look what I got today !!!!!  I have been waiting to buy this blender

"fo evah" !  I'm not much of a baker and didn't want to spend $300.00

for it. Kohl's has this on sale for $229.99 . There is also a rebate, here,

for $30 . Kohl's is also  having a promotion where every $50 spent

earns $10 in Kohl's cash (until 3/10).

 

 

 

$229.99
 

$59.99

I also bought a 16" electric skillet.

 

 

This is how my transaction went:

 

*Went through Ebates to get 6% back

 

KitchenAid blender (in white at this price)

Food Network 16" electric skillet    

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Total:   $310.63....after tax and $3.25 surcharge  (yikes !)

 

used 30% promo SHOPNSAVE

New total: $218.42 (better)

- $40.00 Kohl's cash earned

- $30.00 Rebate

- $12.00 Ebates (guesstimate)

Like getting both items for $136.42 !!!! 

********buying a blender with my Kohl's cash when I get it ********

WOW the Kohl's cash was already sent to my email !

Good 3/11-3/30 .

 

Reuse, Recycle, Repurpose

                                              

                                              
                                                

Ottoman redo

 

My ottoman was ripping a little and I was ready for

a different look. I bought a 9x12 drop cloth at Home Depot

for $21. It gave me more than enough fabric. I cut it in half after

ensuring that I would have enough fabric to wrap around it...

and then some . I washed the drop cloth before I started. Make

sure to iron it first if you need to. I tried to iron it after and was

unsuccessful....but then again my ironing skills are lacking ;)

 

 

Here are a few pictures of the process:

 

before:

 

 

 

 

Completely wrapped ottoman.. I tucked and stapled material underneath.

Then made a slit.

 

I cut a hole making sure to keep enough material around the edges to tack down.

I cut the corners like so...There is the wrapped top in the corner of picture.

I cut around the hardware. Tacked and trimmed extra material.

 

After:

 

Not too bad for an amateur, IMHO.

 

Reuse, Recycle, Repurpose !

 

 

 

 

 

CEREAL STOCK UP ALERT AT TARGET

Great time to stock up on cereal !  Earn a $5 gift card for buying 5
participating cereals. The cereal is $2.50 a box, so $12.50 for 5....
get a $5 gift card. Without coupons that would make each box $1.50
each after gift card. There are plenty of coupons though so why not
save even more ! There is also a $1/3  Target cereal coupon to stack
with your manufacturing coupons!  What a deal !

Target coupons here
Also print Heinz ketchup target coupon to get cheap ketchup !

Cereal coupons here
.50 Cinnamon Toast Crunch
.75 Peanut Butter Toast Crunch
.75 Honey Nut Cheerios Medley Crunch

Hot B1G1 Burger King Coupon

Great coupon for Buy One Get One Free Whopper at Burger King !.......Get it ;  HERE   ( try zipcode 77477 )

HURRY THIS WILL NOT LAST !

Gortan's Tilapia

My new bzz campaign.....you guessed it Gortan's fish .
Gortan's skillet crisp Tilapia was a hit with my family.
From freezer.. to skillet.... to table...... So easy and good
for you and family. Try some for yourself !