How to Save 100% at Any Bookstore

I love books and I love browsing bookstores; however, with the economy being what it is I try not to spend money unless I have to. My strategy for still enjoying bookstores while not blowing my budget is not to buy anything. But that’s not fun right? You still want to read those great books that you find! So what I do is pull out my camera phone and take pictures of the covers of books I want to read and then go home and reserve them at the library. The library will call me when the books come in and then I just pick them up.

I don’t want anyone to think that we don’t buy books because we do. We have an entire library in our house full of books. Very few of them were bought brand new. I keep a mental list of books that I would like to own and then I try to buy them at our local thrift stores for .10¢ or .25¢. We also shop at a couple of really great, local, family owned, used book stores.

11-19-11 Publix Shopping Trip

If you missed my post about my larger Publix shopping trip earlier this week click HERE to read it.

(6) B1G1 Free Dr Pepper, 2 L, $1.75
-Free Dr Pepper TEN WYB any Dr Pepper 2L, (Publix Coupon) Yellow Adv. Flyer
-Free Dr Pepper TEN 2 Liter, SS 10/09
Buy 1 Regular Dr. Pepper and 1 Dr. Pepper 10 and both will be FREE!

(2) B1G1 Free Lysol Disinfectant Trigger Spray Cleaner at $2.69 ($1.34)
Buy 2 and use 2 $0.50/1 printable
Or buy 2 and use 2 $1/1 coupon from the 11/6 SmartSource insert
As low as $0.35 each after coupon

(2) B1G1 Free President Rondele Cheese Spread, 8 oz, at $4.59 ($2.29)
-$1 off President cheese printable
-$2.50 off President cheese, (when you share) printable
Makes it FREE+

(2) L.A. Looks Hair Gel
-$1 off L.A. Looks Product
Makes it .09¢ each

(2) B1G1 Free I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter! $3.69 ($1.84)
-$1.50/1 ICBINB! All Purpose Sticks
Makes it .34¢ each

(2) Jones Dairy Farm Golden Brown Sausage links/patties 2/$3
-$1/2 Jones Dairy Blinkie
-$2/2 Jones Dairy Product
$1/2 Jones Dairy Farm All Natural Sausage Products Rolling
As low as 50¢ each each.

I also got a free dozen eggs by bringing back a coupon for a free dozen eggs with the purchase of 2 Sargento Cheeses that I bought yesterday HERE.
– Free Publix large eggs wyb 2 Sargento Shredded Cheeses” in the new “All the Trimmings” booklet
It is always a good idea to keep your eyes open for coupons for items that you have recently purchased that you can bring back to the store with your receipt. Publix is especially great about this.

Spent- $2.96
Saved- $45.84

This was in two transactions at two different Publix stores because the one we usually shop at didn’t have some of the things we wanted and the other store was on the way home.

11-18-11 Publix Shopping Trip

Today I did a massive shopping trip at Publix! I’m very excited to say that my totals were-

Spent- $35.47
Saved- $100.75

This included-

– 8 2L Dr Pepper (all free)
– 8 Boxes of Cereal (around $1 a box)
– 1 Gallon of Water
– 2 Loaves of Bread
– 6 Bags of Alexia Frozen Rolls
– 4 Boxes of Cake Mix
– 2 Bags of Shredded Cheese
– 2 Coffee Creamers
– 2 Packs of Cream Cheese
– Bagels
– Vitamins
– A BIC Lighter
– 4 Jars of Ragu
– 4 Boxes of Pasta
– 2 Cans of Shaving Cream
– 2 Bottles of Grape Juice
That’s how I like to do my grocery shopping!

For most of these coupon match ups I will simply direct you HERE where I got them. However, I added to this list with deals I came up with on my own so those match ups / coupons I’m listing below.

Ragu and Pasta Combined Deal Here-

*** Ragu Pasta Sauce is on sale B1G1 Free with a coupon for free Pasta when you buy two. Now what you need to know is that it doesn’t specify a brand so you can buy the B1G1 Free Ragu (I got four) and then get two Pasta’s for free. I chose to get Mueller Pasta which is also B1G1. The Ragu coupon will make two pastas free so you really get four FREE because the register will take off the other two for the B1G1 sale making all four FREE! This is an even better deal if you use the (4) .55¢ off Mueller’s Pasta coupons which you are given the chance to print as many as you want.

Here is the deal breakdown-

Buy 4 B1G1 Free Ragu Pasta Sauce, 16-24 oz $2.59 ($1.29)
Buy 4 B1G1 Free Mueller’s Pasta, 12-16 oz, at $1.55 (77¢)
-Use (2) Free Pasta WYB (2) Ragu Pasta Sauces, RP 11/13 (This makes all 4 Pastas free)
-Use (4) .55/1 Mueller’s pasta when you sign up printable (This takes $2.20 off of your deal total)
Makes It $2.98 for 4 Boxes of Pasta and 4 Jars of Ragu (or .37¢ each)

 

The rest of the deals I came up with-

B1G1 Free Dr Pepper, 2 L, $1.75
-Free Dr Pepper TEN WYB any Dr Pepper 2L, (Publix Coupon) Yellow Adv. Flyer
-Free Dr Pepper TEN 2 Liter, SS 10/09
Buy 1 Regular Dr. Pepper and 1 Dr. Pepper 10 and both will be FREE!

Noxzema Men’s Shave Cream, 11 oz, $1.99
-$1 off Noxzema product (Publix coupon), Green Advantage flyer (EXP 11/18)
-.75¢ off Noxzema face product 11/13 SS Insert
Makes it .24¢ Each

International Delight Coffee Creamer, $1.67
-.75¢ off printable coupon or
-.55/1 International Delight Creamer, 16 oz printable
-.55/1 International Delight coffee creamer, 16 oz printable
-.55/1 International Delight creamer, quart or pint, Upromise eCoupon
Makes it .92¢ Each

Clearance Trial Size Advil .55¢ (If your store has it, click HERE to read more)
– $1 off Advil Manufactures Target Printable Coupon
Free + Profit

 

Here are a couple of deals I didn’t get to do this morning but I am going to try to do later-

Lysol Disinfectant Trigger Spray Cleaner at $1.34 – On Sale Buy One Get One Free
Buy 2 and use 2 $0.50/1 printable
Or buy 2 and use 2 $1/1 coupon from the 11/6 SmartSource insert
As low as $0.35 each after coupon

President Rondele Cheese Spread, 8 oz, at $4.59 ($2.29)
-$1 off President cheese printable
-$2.50 off President cheese, (when you share) printable
Makes it FREE+

Click HERE to see my second shopping trip this week with even more deals and savings!

These deals are good until the end of the sale week which will be Wednesday Night, so hurry up and get to Publix!

11-14-12 Publix Shopping Trip

I’m a little late posting this but we got some good deals, a couple of which are still good, so I still wanted to show it.

We are still getting overages from the Publix clearance section. I wrote about that HERE. Keep in mind every little bit of overage helps to reduce your total.

The NyQuil was also free + profit because we used the $1 off of Vicks coupon from the 10/30 P&G insert paired with a $1 off Publix Stocking Spree coupon (a coupon sheet found hanging on a stand in Publix).

The rest of the items were B1G1 Free but that sale week has now ended. We matched them with coupons to get them very cheap and the cooking cream was free.

Spent- $5.31
Saved-$28.64

Article “10 Smart Ways to Spend One Dollar”

I know that usually I am telling you how to save money and not spend $1 but I figured if you are going to spend $1 anyways this article has some good ideas. Click HERE for the article.

As if Starbucks Didn’t Charge Enough Already

As if Starbucks didn’t charge enough already, they were caught charging a bean surcharge. They have since dropped it but you can read the article HERE.

This just one more reason why I make my coffee at home.

How We Got a 46 inch Flat Screen TV for $149

Yesterday we had an extremely frugal day! Since we moved into our new house several months ago we have bought very little. My boyfriend and I both agreed that we wanted a flat screen TV but we also didn’t want to spend frivolously when we have other tube TVs in the house that work just fine.

When we moved into the new house and signed up for AT&T U-verse, which included a great introductory special, they unexpectedly gave us $150 in Visa gift cards just for signing up. I had also been saving $200 in Visa gift cards that I had received as a bonus from my old job.

Which TV to buy? We looked for months and decided that we were willing to each pay a little more out of pocket to get a better (aka bigger) TV. My boyfriend found the one we wanted at Best Buy online for $499. The downside was that we had to drive about a half an hour to get it from by where we used to live. The good thing was that even though it cost more in the store they price matched it for us to the cheaper online price.

On the way, I was able to stop at a book store that doesn’t have a branch by where we live and sell 3 books I no longer wanted from my huge library for $22 cash.

I was also able to redeem a couple of coupons for free items at stores in the Best Buy plaza that I had been holding onto since before we moved. We got a free caramel apple at Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory and we got a free gourmet cupcake at Sweet.

After getting back in town we went to the County Fair for the last night of fun, rides and shows. A close relative of mine is one of the managers so we were able to attend for free! We also got free ride bracelets. Yes, that is a picture of a tiger jumping through a flaming hoop! We brought the free candy apple with us to save on food cost and no one knew that we hadn’t purchased it there.

After the fair, we went to Target and met up with a relative who bought some of the cables we needed for the new TV with their employee discount. So we were even able to get the TV cables 15% off.

After that, we went home to play with and watch our new TV. For us it is a good investment because we love being at home watching movies and playing games. This TV allows us to connect our computers to the TV so that we can watch free streaming internet movies and TV shows on a large screen. It’s always more frugal to stay home than to go out so I feel that investing in your home is a great idea and luckily we love being at home. 🙂

Walgreens Cheap Baking Soda and Baking Powder

Today is the last day to take advantage of Walgreens Cheap Baking Soda and Baking Powder. The last page on their ad has a coupon that makes them .50¢ each which is good for baking ingredients. I am also told that there was a Clabber Girl coupon for the baking powder but I have been unable to find it.

Saving Money On Drinking Water- Water Vending Machines

I have written before on the pros and cons of Having A Water Well which for us means that we have to buy drinking water. Before we were paying about .75¢ for a gallon for drinking water at the various grocery stores we shop at. Now I have rediscovered the Water Vending Machines outside grocery stores (near us Publix has them). For .30¢ a gallon I can fill up my water jugs and save more than 50% of what I had been paying for water. For us the .45¢ I’ll save a gallon will really add up because we buy so much water.

I love that I have been able to save 50% of what we used to pay for milk and now I’m saving 50% of what I used to pay for water. Maybe my goal should be to save 50% on everything!

Video- “How to Feed a Family for $15 a Day”

This video has some good advice about eating on a budget, something we always try to do at my house. I like to watch videos like this and read frugal articles because it inspires me to keep saving money!

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