FREE at Kroger, Ingles and Walmart this week!

I got ALL THIS FOR FREE at Walmart, Ingles and Kroger this week!!!
I EVEN got paid alittle to take the Easter candy out of Walmart last night ;)


---If you havent already, Easter candy is 75% off right now, which makes for some
GREAT deals, if you have coupons to use on top of it! Walmart was about the only
store that still had a great selection (and shhhh,,they even took my expired coupons)
(For those of you who dont know this, alittle inside secret,,Kroger will take your expired coupons for up to 2 mos, before the register will actually boot them out).I learned this recently :)----

Well anyway, I realized I havent written in awhile about my deal shopping because life has been alittle hectic trying to get ready for this baby #4 in the Lonas bunch!! Were so excited to be bringing ms Molly Kate into our fun, sometimes crazy family ;).....But today were talking about ..................... FREE GROCERIES!! WOO HOO!! You didnt think I'd forget to update my blog, now did you?? lol...Ive started something kinda new,,,I now have a $50 grocery budget per week,,Ive been buying for 2 week intervals recently and found it works great! Between my drugstore, grocery, and last minute deals, I stick to my budget of $100 for 2 wks....:)....

First stop was Ingles--I was visiting my grandma (GG) in Powell, and since Maryville doesnt have an Ingles, I decided to stop and get my deals I'd seen advertised...Walked out w/7 packs Rayovac batteries, 16 packets Weber seasoning and 2 boxes Raisin Bran (paid $1.14/box for these), but the batteries and seasoning were ALL FREE!! Who doesnt like free batteries?? Spent a total of $3 OOP

Next was Kroger--I must admit, its getting harder to coupon at K these days, with all this new policy on ecoupons and everything..I even had a couple paper coupons they wouldnt allow, cuz I had already had an ecoupon for them...geez...but, nontheless, still got 5 Crest tp FREE and only spent $72 OOP there...

And on to Walmart---Im slowing liking Wally-world again!! As far as i know, they are the ONLY store left that will give you overage on a coupon, meaning, if you have a $2coupon for a $1 item, you make $1 to put w/the rest of your order, and actually Walmarts new coupon policy actually has to PAY YOU BACK this amt, if you want, so you can, believe it or not, make an income shopping w/coupons AND get free stuff too! Who'da thought? I believe I did the best here, got (5) Nivea bodywash and several Easter candy items, which were all free and I believe I actually made a couple dollars on some of the candy, and few other grocery items...Spent $15 OOP

So my Grand total for 2 wks before coupons: $240.00

Total paid OOP: $ 90.00 !!!! I still have $10 left, I think Im going to Target now to get some more diapers ;)

The BLESSING of having a stockpile :)

Heres my current stockpile-Including 7-8 boxes of cereal,
9 boxes of spaghetti noodles, several cans of veggies
and enough beauty/healthcare items to last us a year!


I know I dont usually go around taking pics of my pantry, but I wanted to get down on a spiritual note, for a moment, and thank God for the blessing of a stockpile, as you see here.

I think its important, in times like these, to have enough groceries to last you at least 3 mos, and our family QUICKLY becoming a family of 6 soon, I wanted to have this simply for that reason....You never know what can happen to this ecomony or your family even, in the blink of an eye, so its always best to be prepared....

Im so grateful to God for allowing me stay home now--fulltime--and succeed w/my couponing to provide for our family (probably more than enough), and saving more than 50% on the groceries that I used to buy, and pay FULL PRICE FOR!!! never again! lol

So, for those of you who think couponing is "silly", "too time consuming", or even "hoarding" sometimes, just think of where our country might be in 5-10 yrs, I dont know about you, but the thought kinda scares me ;(.....Thank you for always reading my blog and I hope you can get a good stock going to....just in case of a "rainy" day :)

FREE at Walgreens!! (Our laundry should be VERY clean for awhile ;)

Somewhat PROUD of my laundry stockpile!!!! WOO HOO!


FREE at Walgreens this week-only paid tax!!

I really just got my deals at Walgreens this week, and I just have to say, Kroger is on my nerves!! All this coupon policy change has me frazzled, but oh well...

Walgreens- Got 3 Tide stain release for FREE- you got $3 RR when you buy $12 worth of these products,,,,I had (3) $3 off Tide stain release coupons, and $3 (from previous wk), put them together, got them free, plus $3 RR for next wk!!
Got (2) Airwick scented warmers FREE ....I had a raincheck for these (btw-rainchecks are the greatest thing ever invented, cuz it allows u to STIll get the great deals, possibly w/better coupons later, AND they never expire!!)...They were B1G1 free-$7.99,,,I had (2) $4/off coupons,,,FREE!!

Disney "Tangled" movie practically for FREE~~!

Target AND CVS both pictured
Liz Lange maternity shirt-paid $1.98 !!
Huggies diapers-paid $2.14 !!!!!!

Aaaaaaahhhhhhhhh, its kinda nice to venture from my "free food finds", and to something much more fun, like a movie! (Lets face it, it may be free food, but eventually...... ITS GONE! :)

My Target and CVS trips today, made it very, very easy to get out w/a 2 yr old in this cruddy weather we were having today, to get a great deal....

1st stop was CVS-I didnt list everything I got here, but in the pic I did get the "Tangled" movie for a really great price,,I was so excited,,,after my coupons and some CVS ecb's, I only paid about $4!!! ($9 was OOP, but I have a $5 rebate coming also!) and not to mention, I also got $3 back in extra care bucks to spend next time, so in reality, I got this movie regularly priced at $24.99 this week, for $1 !!!!!!!!!
Other items from CVS were-Skintimate shave gel-55cnts, Mars easter candy-FREE, Thermacare heatwrap-FREE, Palmolive dishsoap-38cnts, Kelloggs cereal-$1.20/ea


2nd stop-WAGS (what the coupon "pros" like to call Walgreens, I just learned this recently-;)---------Got (2) Folgers coffee canisters for 79cnts/ea with coupons


3rd stop-Target--still had $8.60 left to spend on my free giftcard, so I was able to find Huggies diapers on clearance for $7.64!!!---used $3 manf cpn and Target store cpn for $2.50-got them for $2.14!!!!!!!!!---also got (2) Frosted flakes-99cnt/ea, Liz Lange maternity shirt-on sale for $4.98-used $3 off LL cpn, got it for $1.98!


So, as you can imagine, I was super excited over my deals today!

Oh and to see how many of you ACTUALLY read this, Im gonna let you in on a little secret "sale" going on at Target today...remember the Circo socks I got for free w/my $1 coupon?? WELL, their clearanced even MORE, now 70cents on sale!!, so if you got to Target.com and get the Circo $1/off coupon, you can STILL get them for free and make 30cnts profit to put w/the rest of your order!!!!!!!!!! Do me a favor, lets make it fun, if your reading this, go back to Facebook and just put "WOO HOO!!" in the comment part, I'd love to know who actually reads this and gets the same deals as me!! GOOD LUCK!


Next stop-

FREE baby items at Target!!!

CVS shopping trip-Only spent $10.54 OOP!!
And I still have $5 extra care bucks to spend next time!



Got ALL this free at Target today :)

Well Im starting to notice a trend w/myself,,,I tend to go to CVS and Walgreens to get my freebies and deals on Wednesday's, and Kroger to get my grocery deals on Fridays....I decided to try my hand at Target today, for the first time (hard to believe, I know ;) to get some freebies I was after....Turns out it was a good trip!!!


Regarding Target trip:

(I have to mention though, all this "free" was from my free $20 gift card for a baby registry, so this deal wont be available to everyone, but I did get another $5 gift card for buying the 2 Venus razors!! You can too, you need (2) $3/off Venus razors, pay $10 OOP, and get a $5 gift card, so its like getting them BOTH for $5!!!)


Next stop: CVS

PICTURED: (8) PineSol bottles
(8) Nabisco crackers
(1) Allegra allergy med
(1) Arm and Hammer power tb
(1) CVS jelly beans (note to self-quit taking 2 yr old w/you, these things end up in the cart ;-)

Unexpected Walmart trip!

Got ALL this at Walmart-FREE, plus $4.18 OVERAGE BACK!!!!

Yes, again, thats right I got everything you see pictured, and they gave me back $4.18 after my coupons!! (which I used toward the purchase of some other things).

I went to Walmart tonight to just get a few things I needed for a consignment sale Im getting ready to do, like tape and safety pins, and of course my hubby wanted me to get a steak to grill also for dinner,,much to my surprise AND excitement, I had some coupons that were about to expire and thought I'd use them,,and couldnt believe what I made out of Walmart with! Most of these were "travel" size, but who cares!! They were FREE, plus I made $4.18 to go toward our steak dinner!! LOL....Heres what I had:

(2) $2 off Dove deo- travel size was 97cnts, made $2.06 for 2 deodorants!

(2) $1 off Purex 3in1 laundry sheets-97cnts made 6cnts

(1) $1 off Pert shampoo-97cnts made 3cnts

(1) Nature Made vitamins-this was the real $$ maker, had a $5 coupon (It was only $2.97!)-made $2.03


I also made a quick trip to Kroger, to get a FEW more Powerades (ok, maybe more than a few), and some other "freebies" I knew they had this week



PICTURED: 45 Powerades, 6 Heluva dips, 5 Maries glazes-Paid $9.54!

$116 in coupons!!!! my BEST shopping trip EVER!

EVERYTHING in this picture was FREE, FREE, FREE TODAY!!!


Yes, I said free....I had my BEST shopping day so far yet..I couldnt wait til the end of the blog to tell you how much it actually was after discounts/coupons, so here it is:

KROGER-

TOTAL BEFORE SALES/COUPONS- $209.78

TOTAL SPENT OUT OF POCKET---$86.45 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (OK, I have to say this total should have been ACTUALLY lower than this, because I bought a few things for my MIL(that I ended up just giving her-I love that I can help family too by getting cheap food!), also got a $5 off my next shopping trip for buying Kraft products AND $2 from my previous trip that they overcharged me, but forgot my reciept to get the credit back---DUH!--So after this my total SHOULD have been $76.45!!!!!!!!!

Im hoping this will last us for 2 weeks, but if it doesnt, ok!! I mean I only would have spent $38 for a weeks worth anyway!!!!
So I know your dying to know what I got....HERE IT IS!!!!



FREE ITEMS: (20) boxes Ronzoni pasta-(49cnts/ea w/the mega sale Kroger's having, had (10)-$1/2 coupons) = FREE!
(1) Box Kleenex
(1) Breathright nasal strips
(1) McCormick taco seasoning
(1) Gillette mens body wash --------ALL FREE :-)

Now, okay, I know you all arent going to believe this, but Kroger actually paid ME 0.72 cents to take all this!!! haha, yes, I had whats called, overage, in my coupons that allows me to use whatevers left over on something else (ex-had $1 off coupon for McCormick seasoning, was only 55cnts-added w/other coupons, made me 72cnts!,,unbelievable I know :)

Heres some more good deals:

Dannon light yogurt-49cnts
Kroger frozen veg-40cnts
Lucky Charms cereal-$1.13
Powerades-16cnts/ea
Dr Pepper-34cnts
Honey Bunches/Oats cereal-75cnts
Chips Ahoy cookies-99cnts
Gortons fish sticks/fillets-$1.99
Dole fruit cups-49cnts
Nestle 24-pk water bottle-$1.49
Tyson pack split chick breast-$1.80 (these were a GREAT SALE)
Sargento cheese slices-99cnts
So, had a pretty good week.....................:))))))) I love helping others try and save this good every week, let me know if you ever have any ??..I'd love to help!