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Winn-Dixie Coffee Mate Deal

Posted by Ney@ShopahoicSavers.com on November 1, 2011 None comments

Winn-Dixie is running a deal for an automatic $1 off when you buy three 16oz coffee mate items. Certain 16oz coffee mate creamers cost 3 for $5. Right in front of the coffee mate section was an in store coupon dispenser with coupons for .55¢ off of one. There are also .50¢ off of one coupons in the 10/30 Red Plum. So for $2.35 total or .78¢ each I was able to get three coffee creamers. I did this deal twice because we drink so much coffee in our house. These don’t expire until Feb. but we will have used all 6 bottles long before then. Unfortunately I believe that the automatic $1 off expires today but you would still be able to get three for $3.50 or under with the .50¢ off coupons.

*Note* anything bought at Winn-Dixie also contributes to Fuelperks Rewards to get cheaper gas.

What to Do When You Run Out of Coffee Filters

Posted by Ney@ShopahoicSavers.com on October 20, 2011 1 comments

Coffee should basically be considered a food group in our house. Although we don’t frequent Starbucks we do make coffee at home every day. This week we ran out of coffee filters just before going on vacation. Instead of running out to the closest convenient yet expensive store to buy some (and probably some other things we didn’t need) we waited couple days until we actually needed to go to the store. Did you know that you can use paper towels instead of coffee filters? It worked fine and we didn’t have to go without coffee (I’m sure the people around us are grateful).

Making Your Own Coffee Creamer

Posted by Ney@ShopahoicSavers.com on October 4, 2011 None comments

One grocery item that we go through like water and constantly run out of is coffee creamer. It is so much cheaper to make coffee at home than to buy it, even with the cost of coffee creamer, but I wondered- could I make it myself for even cheaper?

Using the recipe of-

-1 can of sweetened condensed milk ($3 for two)

– 1 ½ cups of nonfat milk (~$.50)

– 1 tablespoon of vanilla ($1.5 for about 2 tablespoons)

Mix everything together and shake

I doubled the recipe and it made the amount in the water jug in the picture above. So for about $5 I made just a little bit more creamer than what a $3 coffee creamer generally holds from the store. This coffee creamer was MORE expensive than the coffee creamers from the store plus the time and energy required to buy everything and make it. The taste was good but not quite as good as store bought coffee creamers. Overall, this project didn’t save money but it was fun to try. I may try other recipes in the future to see if they will be more cost effective. If you already have the ingredients on hand (I didn’t but you might!) then this would be much cheaper and it is easy to make.