Tuesday, January 31, 2012

My new button! (Wednesday Weekly Shopping)

Coupon Shopping
I invite you to link up to your best grocery deals below, to inspire others to save more! 

This week, I finally got to a blog task I've been meaning to do for as long as this linkup's been around:

I made a button for Wednesday Weekly Shopping!

So if you're participating in the linky below, I'd love for you to display this button in your post or on your blog's sidebar. Just right-click on the code box below the button, choose "Select All," then right-click again and choose "Copy." Then add it to your page!


Coupon Shopping




As for shopping, I stayed just under budget this week, but I'm still over budget for the year. But the average is going down, which is the right direction!

Here's what I got this week:









Overall, this week I spent $79.02 for items which retail for $124.78, or a 37% savings based on the retail value of the products at the stores where they were purchased.  (But don't compare percentages!)

For the year (5 weeks), I spent $409.57 for items which retailed for $779.03, and saved $369.46, or a 47% savings. That's an average of $81.91 spent each week for a family of five (husband, wife, and daughters ages 14, 11, and 6), including lots of fresh produce, dairy items, and kosher meat.

In 2011, I spent $4017.13 for items which retailed for $7344.08, saving 45% and spending an average of $77.25 per week for the year.

How did your shopping go this week? What bargains did you get? Please leave a link to your blog post about your weekly shopping. The aim is not to brag, but to inspire!  Please link up directly to your post, not to the blog itself. I'd appreciate it if you put a link to Wednesday Weekly Shopping in your post as well. If you don't have a blog, please leave a comment!



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For more great shopping deals and trips, please check out the bloggers listed in my Linkup Parties page under Shopping Deals Linkups.  I'm sure you'll find lots of great ideas on saving money on groceries!

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It's the end of January - print those coupons!

It's almost February - where did January go?

Be sure to head on over to these online coupon sites to print coupons before they disappear!

Or, even better, the coupons may reset - so you can get two printings today and two more tomorrow!

Coupons.com

RedPlum

Coupon Network

Cellfire

SavingStar


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Travel deals

Dunhill Travel DealsLooking for some great travel deals for your summer vacation?

Head on over to Dunhill Travel Deals and sign up for their newsletter. You'll receive information about exclusive travel deals from Royal Caribbean, JetBlue, Marriott, and many more companies. You can save up to 70% on airfare, cruises, vacations, and more!

Click here for great travel deals.

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Free K-cups and more!

Here are some new freebies found by That Freebie Site!
  • Free Sample of Barista Prima K-Cup Coffee
  • Free Comforts for Baby Coupon Booklet
  • Free Sample Box of Quaker Oatmeal Squares
  • Free Active Cell Renewal Night Serum at Bare Escentuals Stores
Sign up for the mailing list at That Freebie Site and get the latest freebies delivered to your inbox!

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Cough drop coupons

Cold season is upon us, and with that, the lingering cough. No wonder we go through so many cough drops during the winter!  So it's great that we can save a little with these coupons.  Combined with a sale at the drug store, this can make for cheap or possible free drops!


$1.00 off TWO (2) Ricola© Dual Action
$0.75 off one Ricola© Dual Action

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Baby coupons

Here are some of the latest online printable coupons for baby products!

Check the Coupon Database for even more coupons for baby products!





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Dog coupons

Here are the latest online printable coupons for dog products!

Check the Coupon Database for more coupons for dog products!


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Cat coupons

Here are the latest printable coupons available for products for your cat!

Search for more cat coupons using the Coupon Database!

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5 Most Printed Coupons

Here's the top 5 most printed coupons from Coupon Network!  Have you printed them yet?






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Monday, January 30, 2012

List and Enter Giveaways 1/31 (Fortune Follies Tuesday)

Welcome to Fortune Follies Tuesday for January 31st, where bloggers can list their giveaways, and readers can enter them!

I've started using Rafflecopter for my giveaways, and it has taken a lot of the stress out of giveaways.  Too often I've had entrants not complete the required action, or not leave an email address, or only leave one comment when they've done the actions for several entries.  It's making giveaways so much easier.  What do you think of Rafflecopter?

Be sure to enter these giveaways hosted by Frugal Follies:

 The Prosperity Bible - ends 2/2






Please link up your giveaways using the following format: Blog Name - Name of Contest - End Date.  Please link directly to your giveaway and not to your home page.  A link back to Fortune Follies Tuesday is always appreciated!

Also, if you have a list of sites which have giveaway linkies, please add Frugal Follies to your list.  I'd appreciate it!





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Disney Family Fun magazine - only $3.99!

Here's another great magazine deal - this one's for Disney Family Fun magazine!



Tanga


Disney’s Family Fun’s goal is for parents to enhance the time spent with their children. A typical issue explores learning activities, vacation planning, travel tips, and reviews of children’s books, videos, and music.

And you can get a 1-year subscription for only $3.99! Just use the code SAVINGS on checkout.  Be sure to change the default 3-year subscription to a 1-year subscription.

Click here for your cheap magazines!

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Play Deal or No Deal for free!

I love game shows! So I was really excited to learn about this free online game:

You can play Deal or No Deal online at GSN!  Play for tokens - you "bet" your tokens, then play for a maximum of 10 times as much.  I played for 1,000 tokens and took a deal for 1,050 - that's a 5% gain, a win in my book!

Plus, it was an excellent distraction from the blogging work I needed to do.

Play Deal or No Deal now!

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