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Free Amazon.com Download of Sweeter by Gavin DeGraw

Posted by Ney@ShopahoicSavers.com on September 23, 2011 No comment

Click HERE to get your Free Amazon.com Download of Sweeter by Gavin DeGraw

Use This Not That- Hand Towels vs. Paper Towels

Posted by Ney@ShopahoicSavers.com on September 21, 2011 1 comment

In my kitchen, as often as possible, we use hand towels and rags instead of paper towels. We don’t use many of them but I keep an extra hamper by the kitchen that I throw them in after we have used them. We throw them in with regular household laundry and keep clean hand towels in a drawer. We save trees and money by not having to buy paper towels.

Savings- At least $6 for a pack of six (I’m not really sure because I almost never buy them)

Click HERE to see the rest of our series USE THIS NOT THAT.

Use This Not That- Cardboard boxes vs. Plastic storage containers

Posted by Ney@ShopahoicSavers.com on September 21, 2011 1 comment

I am starting a new series on ShopaholicSavers. It’s called Use This, Not That. It will focus on simple swaps that you can make that will save you money. The first one is using cardboard boxes instead of plastic storage containers. I know that this will not work in all situations but when I am storing things inside my air conditioned house cardboard boxes work just as well as plastic storage containers and they’re free.

Savings- $5 each box 🙂

Click HERE to see the rest of our series USE THIS NOT THAT.

Winn-Dixie Fuelperks

Posted by Ney@ShopahoicSavers.com on September 21, 2011 3 comments

Depending on where you live, certain grocery stores offer discounts on buying gas as an incentive for shopping at their store. I had researched it in the past and before there weren’t any programs in my area. However, I went to WinnDixie the other day and on the spot they registered me for their gas rewards program- Fuelperks. Depending on the amount of money you spend in their store you receive a discount at local Shell gas stations. You can also get additional money off of gas by purchasing featured items. I haven’t tried it yet because I haven’t spent enough yet to qualify but I am willing to give it a try. I wonder if your spending total that counts toward the discount is before or after coupons? Click HERE to go to their website and get more information.

Swagbucks- What I’ve won!

Posted by Ney@ShopahoicSavers.com on September 20, 2011 2 comments

If you have never heard of Swagbucks or are hesitant to try it I suggest you take a look at the four amazon.com gift cards in the picture below that I have won simply by searching on their site! In a nutshell swagbucks is a search engine but you randomly earn points for searching that can be redeemed for prizes and gift cards.

I don’t know yet what I’m going to buy but it will actually be shopping for free which is what Shopaholic Savers is all about!

How to Fix a Broken Pressed Powder Compact- With Pictures

Posted by Ney@ShopahoicSavers.com on September 20, 2011 1 comment

Almost a year ago I posted on How to Fix a Broken Compact. Well after freaking out two days ago when my compact broke, I realized that I had four broken compacts again and could once again create a ‘new’ one. Yay! This time I took pictures. *Tip* You can also do this with other makeup like eyeshadow.

1. Gather your broken compacts. These are the broken ones that a year ago I would have thrown away.

2. Combine them.

3. Mash them up.

4. Add a small amount of rubbing alcohol and mix. You don’t want to use too much or it will dry extra hard (You can still use it, it will just be harder).

5. Let it dry!

It’s that easy! I just saved myself $25 dollars. For those of you who are wondering I use PUR minerals 4 in 1 compacts that can only be bought at ULTA stores. They aren’t cheap but if I bought the four products separately they would cost at least that much. It also saves me time of having to purchase and then apply four different products. There are a few things I will pay full price for (even though I try not to) and this is one of them. 🙂

How to get Two Gallons of Milk for the Price of One Forever- Doubling Milk

Posted by Ney@ShopahoicSavers.com on September 19, 2011 8 comments

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After

One grocery item that is almost impossible to buy with coupons is a gallon of regular milk. My boyfriend drinks a lot of milk so we always keep it in the house. The cheapest place that I have been able to buy it is at Aldi but it is still over $2.50 and it usually expires quickly. But what could we do except buy it anyway? Or so I thought.

Tonight, I came across an article that shows how to turn one gallon of milk into two by adding equal parts milk and water. A crazy idea right? But maybe not. Skim milk tastes watered down to me anyway. Have we simply stumbled on what milk companies have been doing all along?

I tried this last night and it worked! It tasted exactly like skim milk to me. Actually, it tastes better because I believe skim milk also removes some of the fat content. If you don’t like the 1/2 and 1/2 mix try doing 3/4 milk and 1/4 water.

This is a saving money tip that I have never heard of before. It’s little unusual ideas like this that can really add up. If we pay $3 a gallon for milk (on the cheap side) four times a month (most families buy more) that’s $12. If we can cut that in half that’s $6 savings per month or $72 dollars a year that I can spend on something else. And this takes less than 5 minutes to do. People working for minimum wage will work for half an hour to buy a gallon of milk. Your savings rate per hour here is at least $36 an hour.

EDIT- I would link you to the original article but the site no longer exists.

Our Own Domain Name!

Posted by Ney@ShopahoicSavers.com on September 19, 2011 1 comment

This is the official first post directly onto www.shopaholicsavers.com ! Shopaholic Savers now officially has its own domain name and host site. This is very exciting to me and also a little intimidating because the software is a little different as well. I ask for everyone’s patience as I start figuring this out but also keep checking back because there will be big changes coming daily.

Thank you to all of our readers for their support!

Free Graph Paper

Posted by shopaholicsavers on September 18, 2011 No comment

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.

9-11-11 Couponing Trip

Posted by shopaholicsavers on September 17, 2011 No comment

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.