I am so excited that P&G has decided to offer this deal again! I did it last year and I still use the items I received in my kitchen every day! They were high quality items that really lasted.
How it works-
In summary, you have to buy $25 worth of P&G products in one transaction and you can mail away for a free pink Kitchenware Set.
Why it’s such a good deal-
The $25 total is before coupons and last year I only spent about $3 after coupons and still received my free set!
Click HERE for the official form.
My Set From Last Year-
The deal I did at Publix today to get the set-
I only spent $2.18 after coupons. Click HERE to see what I bought and find out how you can do this deal too.
EDIT: I have now received the new set in the mail. Click HERE to see it.
(This picture was taken at the WW2 Memorial in front of our home state)
This Thursday night 7 of us departed from Florida for a 14 hour road trip to visit our family who live by Washington, D.C.! We were very excited because several of our group had never seen D.C. before. We had an absolutely amazing time and our main regret is that we wish we could have stayed longer!
Why did we drive instead of flying? With 7 people going we decided that it would be cheaper to drive. Had we been able to find round trip plane tickets for $200 per person it would have cost us over $1400 to fly and that is a low estimate. Instead we spent $100 each, $700 total to cover the cost of renting a van, rental insurance, and gas. This was a savings of 50%. It also worked out well that we had a vehicle to drive while we were there because there were so many of us. The downside was the long drive, but we all slept for a huge portion of the trip and brought a small TV to which we attached our Xbox (which is also a DVD player) and that helped to pass the time.
For those of you who have never been to D.C. you may not know that many of the coolest things to do in Washington, DC are free! All of the monuments in DC are free and so are all of the Smithsonian museums. We visited the Washington monument, Lincoln’s memorial, the Vietnam War Memorial, the WW2 Memorial, what would have been the reflection pond had it not been under construction, The National Gallery of Art, The Air and Space Museum, The Natural History Museum, The National Sculpture Garden, and I’m sure I’m forgetting several others but none of which did we have to pay for. The Washington D.C. Zoo is also free but during this short trip we were unable to make it.
Among the highlights of our trip were going to the Andy Warhol exhibit, seeing a giant dead squid, the mammals exhibit, seeing all of the Artwork at the National Art Museum, riding on the Metro (D.C.’s subway) and spending time with our family. Below are some pictures we took during the trip.
( The Washington Monument from inside the WW2 Memorial )
( Outside the Lincoln Monument )
( The Vietnam War Memorial )
( Picasso inside the National Gallery of Art )
( Inside the Lincoln Monument )
( The Natural History Museum )
We also saved money by-
– choosing a slightly smaller but fuel efficient rental van
– packing as lightly as possible to fit in the van
– staying with family
– eating at our relative’s houses instead of going out to eat
– bringing our own drinks and snacks along the road trip and with us during day trips to DC
– having family who gave us tons of “souvenirs” to take back with us for our households
– driving whenever we could instead of taking public transportation
– taking pictures instead of buying tons of souvenirs
Overall, for all of you frugal people out there, Washington, D.C. has a lot of fun things you can do without spending a dime. Your main costs when considering a vacation there are going to be transportation, food, and a place to stay. We were able to keep those to a minimum. We probably also spent about another $250 for food while we were there but none of us ended up spending very much. None of this would have been possible without the generosity of our family who welcomed us with open arms, provided amazing food for our small army and gave us a place to stay that was hundreds of times better than a hotel. We had an amazing time and we all want to visit again soon.
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This morning, I woke up early even though it’s my day off. It’s hard to sleep in now that I have to get up at 6:30am every day for work. I was shocked at the cold weather when I ran outside in my PJs to get my Sunday newspapers. For those of you who don’t know I live in Florida and this is the first cold day of the year. I grabbed my boyfriend’s winter coat from the back closet and tiptoed into our backyard to take a picture of our Water Well for another post (see HERE).
I was so excited to see that our three orange / tangerine trees haves started to grow fruit. As a Florida child I grew up with orange and tangerine trees in the back yard. I have great memories of being a child and going out to pick oranges in the cold air. We usually had so many that we couldn’t even give them all away and that was only from one or two trees at a time.
I can’t wait to have baskets of fresh FREE fruit to eat or give away. In my experience Orange and Tangerine trees are really easy to take care of (plant them and that’s it!) and yield tons of fruit year after year. I think having a fruit tree is a great frugal venture. I may try to make homemade jam this year. Or we may simply be able to give baskets of oranges to friends and family as early Christmas presents.
In the October Issue of All You magazine, there were two coupons that really stood out to me. The coupon for entirely free Idahoa Potatoes and also the one for B1G1 free coffee creamer. Those are two grocery items that we will use in my household. I love that getting All You Magazine for free is helping me to get more free stuff.
All You also always has a list of all of the coupons in the front index (see below pic) that shows you what they are for and exactly the page you will find them on which makes it a lot easier to locate a coupon you want.
Click HERE to see how I got a free subscription to All You Magazine.
Students know that many Math classes require graph paper. Through part of high school and my entire college career I avoided buying it by printing it free off of the internet instead. I used PrintFreeGraphPaper.com but I’m sure there are others out there.
I had a rare Sunday off of work so I decided to go couponing! I haven’t had the time to do a huge couponing trip in a long time. My mom came with me and it was a lot of fun!
WinnDixie
First we went to WinnDixie where we spent .15 cents and got 4 Hershey’s bars! You can never have too much chocolate!
Hershey’s, Kit Kat or Reese’s Candy Bars, 1.5-1.8 oz, at $1.09 (54¢)
-Free Hershey’s Air Delight milk chocolate bar WYB regular milk chocolate bar, max $1.19, SS 8/28 (buy reg. & air delight get both FREE)
Spent- .15 cents
Saved- around $3.00 (the receipt wouldn’t print at the store)
Walgreens
Then we went to Walgreens where we got dish soap for .25 cents and toothpaste free after Register Rewards(Walgreens Dollars)
$3 RR WYB (2) Crest Deep Clean Toothpaste, 5.8 oz, Glide Floss or Oral-B Advantage Complete Deep Clean Toothbrush at $2.50 ea.
-.50/1 Crest toothpaste 4 oz, + or liquid gel, PG 8/28
-$1 off Crest toothpaste 4 oz, + or liquid gel, excl Cavity, Baking Soda or Tartar, PG 8/28
-$1 off Oral-B PulsarTM, CrossAction, or Advantage or (2) Indicator Cavity Defense, on product (use (2) $1 off, makes it FREE)
Dawn Dish Liquid, 9 oz, 99¢
-.75/1 Dawn product, PG 8/28
-.25/1 Dawn product, Organize in Style home mailer
(use .75/1, makes it 25¢)
Spent- $3.94
Received- $3.00 Register Rewards
Saved- $7.48
I then used my Register Rewards towards something I needed to buy anyway because with store dollars it’s like being able to spend the money twice. I try to make sure I use the store dollars in a way that I am able to get the most for my money.
CVS
The CVS coupon machine was printing free coupons for the New Newtons Fruit Thins and then I did the below deals.
$1 ECB WYB St. Joseph 81 mg Enteric Coated Aspirin 36 ct., $2 Limit 1
-$1 off St Joseph’s Aspirin product, 81 mg, SS 9/11
-$1 off St Joseph aspirin, 81 mg, SS 8/07
-$1 off St Joseph Aspirin, August All You magazine
(makes it FREE)
$3.69 ECB WYB CVS Allergy Relief Loratidine, Cetirizine or Fexofenadine, 5 ct., $3.69 Limit 1
(excludes all products containing pseudoephedrine and items limited by law)
(makes it FREE)
$2 ECB WYB Irish Spring or Softsoap Body Wash 15-18 oz, or Softsoap Bar Soap 4 pk., $2.99 Limit 1
-.50/1 Irish Spring body wash printable
-$1/2 Softsoap body washes, 12 oz+, SS 8/14 , SS 8/28
-$1 off Softsoap body wash AND bar soap, September All You magazine
-.75/1 SoftSoap Body Wash printable
(use .75/1, makes it 24¢)
There was also a deal to buy $20 of certain products and get $10 RR so I bought
(3) Air Wick i-Motion Kit, $4.99
(2) Finish Powerball or Gelpacs, $2.99
Use:
(3) -$4 off Airwick Ultra Freshmatic Reg or Compact, kit, SS 9/11
(2) -.75/1 Finish Powerball or Gelpac, SS 7/31 (EXP 09/11)
Total Due: $7.45
Get Back: $10 ECB
I bought the first three deals first in one transaction and then I used the ECBs I had received from that transaction toward next transaction.
On Both Transactions-
Spent- $9.74
Received- $10.00 ECBs (CVS Dollars)
Saved- $60.00
I’ll be able to use the CVS dollars on my next trip and because I spent less than I received back it was like getting everything I bought for free!
Publix
At Publix I got a lot of great deals. I looked at the weekly sales and both the yellow and green coupon booklets that are currently out. I did a lot of deals and also bought a few things that we needed even though there weren’t coupons for them. It has been a long time since I have done a large couponing trip for groceries. Those tend to be the most time consuming because there are the most items. After the results I had I know why I should do them more often.
Spent- $34.53
Saved- $65.94
To see the coupon match ups for any of the Publix deals I did please visit
http://www.southernsavers.com/category/publix/
In one day I saved $136.42. Not bad at all.
Who says nothing in life is free? I love free stuff! Here is some of the stuff that we have recently received.
My boyfriend and I needed a toaster for our new house and I was given this one at my work because we had an extra.
I don’t buy a lot of candy. There are only two adults in our household so when I do get candy I set it aside for when we have a craving. It’s better than buying candy bars. This falls under the every little bit counts category.
My boyfriend likes to have some soda in the house from time to time. He wanted me to buy some today when I went shopping . I work at an apartment office and people give me all kinds of stuff. Today I was given this 12 pack of soda by someone who didn’t want it. I’m was excited to have one less thing to buy later (It was unopened when I got it).
Across the street from my work is an Albertsons where we buy many of our work items. Albertsons usually has some kind of “game” running where you get game pieces at the register. They recently has Yahtzee and I won this box of Wheatables. I had idea what they were but I like trying new things.
The other day a trusted resident/friend gave our office a Spanish rice dish. That was my boyfriend and I’s dinner that we didn’t have to cook. I try to use all of my resources to the fullest and it really does save money. The stuff on this page is worth at least $10 that I can now put into my savings account.
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