It’s been quiet around here for a few hours. I have been out shopping.

Genuardi’s -  Picked up a bunch of $1.49 Sargento Cheese. I will freeze it, it is a good price so I wanted to stock up.  I also took my chances at the Bounty/Charmin deal here and guess what I got a catalina for $10!! Yeah.  I also got Ken’s Dressing and Poptarts. I did the Pillsbury Grands deal I told you about here. I also found an awesome deal on 93% lean ground beef – 4.14 lbs for $5.00! They had a 50% sticker on it.

Paid $28.78, saved $45.98 and got back a $10.00 catalina.

Target – Headed over to Target picked up Band Aids for $1.77 used the new Target Coupons and the 01/03 RP to get them free. I also did the Crest Toothpaste and Toothbrush deal I told you about here.

Giant – I bought alot of Uncrustables and Ice cream. Bad stuff. I did the frozen food catalina deal. I also got butter because we needed it. I used $9.00 in Uncrustable Coupons and $2.00 in Turkey Hill coupons. I paid $16.09, saved $35.09 and got $10.00 off my next order.

Hope you had a good shopping day!

Erin shows us how she saved on toys. So many people limit their savings to drug stores or grocery, there is an opportunity to save almost everywhere!

From Erin:

Walmart or Toys R Us has the travel card games for $5.24
After the $4 off coupons I got
2 games of Sorry
2 games of Monopoly
2 games of Scrabble
for $1.24 each! Total for 6 games = $7.44

Also, my little pony is only $5 and the buy one get one coupon allowed me to get 4 for $10!

I’m not sure when I printed out Mr. Bubble coupons but I had 2 so I got them for $.74 each!

My big deal was at Toys R Us. Pictureka is on sale for $6.98
With the $5 off coupon I got the games for $1.98 each!

Total for 6 travel games, 4 my little ponies, 2 Mr. bubbles and 2 pictureka games = $22.88

You can still get these Hasbro coupons here.  These are great gift closet ideas!

Thanks for sharing Erin.

Jessica got paid to shop. Yep, she got $.27 back plus she is going to get a $10.00 rebate and a $9.99 SCR ! Way to go Jessica. Here is how she did it:
From Jessica:

I also copied the receipt since I mailed in
the original. Thanks for all you do, I wouldn’t have been able to put
this together without you!

1 GE 2 pack light bulbs
1 Theraflu Cold Caplets 24 pack
1 contac cold and Flue
2 lubriderm 6 oz lotion
2 Aveeno lotion
2 clean and clear foam cleanser
1 dove bar 4 pack
2 olay bar 2 pack
1 aveeno conditioner
I used:
1 $5 off $25
2 $1 Clean and Clear in-ad
2 $1 Lubriderm in-ad
1 $1 Aveeno conditioner in-ad
2 $1 Aveeno lotion in-ad
1 $2 theraflu
1 $2 contac
2 $2 aveeno
2 $2 lubriderm
1 $2.50 aveeno conditioner
2 $2 clean and clear
2 $1 olay
1 $1.25 dove
1 $20 gift certificate from the holiday gift of savings

OOP: received .27 from the cashier!
I will receive 9.99 SCR and 10.00 J&J rebate

Way to go Jessica.. Totally Free plus getting $20.00 back via rebates.

Who wants to be the next featured shopper?

Just email me your savings and photo to: shannon@forthemommas.com – you can even send a picture of yourself if you would like!

I hope you have been enjoying  the featured shopper as much as I have. It is so great to see all of you saving so big.  Hopefully this is motivating you as much as it motivates me!

Ok ladies, Jeremy wants all of us to see that men can save big too. 90% savings is pretty big!   I love that he was brave enough to include his picture too!

So here is his deal:

With the combination of my Safeway Club Card and Coupons I saved $44.94.  This total purchase was only $6.08!  Thank you for the inspiration and I hope this shows everyone Men can be big savers too!
-Jeremy C.

Shopping List:

Right Guard Deodorant $1.00
used: (5) $2/2
=FREE

Crest Cavity Protection $0.99
used: (4) $0.75
=$0.96

Campbell’s Tomato Soup $0.50
used: (1) $0.40/4
=$1.60

Red Baron Single $1.99
used: Safeway in-ad (making it $1.99)
used: (1) $0.75
=$1.24

Way to go Jeremy, now I do have one request.. can you come teach my husband to do this..

Who wants to be the next featured shopper? Wanna show me whats in your mailbox?

Just email me your savings and photo to: shannon@forthemommas.com – you can even send a picture of yourself if you would like!

Update: I am closing comments on this post. I really want this blog to be an encouraging environment and I feel as though the comments on this thread may not be conducive to that. Everyone is entitled to opinions and I want everyone to feel welcome, so to avoid feelings being hurt, I am going to close the comments here.

Today’s featured shopper is Kim. Kim awed me – really she just blew me away with her shop. I want a Harris Teeter too!

$.97 for all of this .. Yes, you read that right NINETY SEVEN CENTS!!

From Kim:

I did the following in 4 trips.  Harris Teeter will only let you double 20 coupons per day

My OOP was .97!!!!

I DID, however, use up a $3 RR – HT accepts competitor Qs as long as they aren’t for a specific product.  AND I used a $4/20 CVS Q from Recyclebank.

Total Retail Value (Before VIC card and coupons): $242.82

Also missing from the pic are 3 more jars of Prego, a box of crackers, another tub of butter, and some soft scrub.

Also not pictured (I made some for breakfast this morning) are 4 packages of full sized Pillsbury sweet rolls. hehe!  (They cost $1 of my $3 RR and gave back a $2 cat)

Ok admit it, you are just as impressed! Way to go Kim.

Who wants to be the next featured shopper? Wanna show me whats in your mailbox?

Just email me your savings and photo to: shannon@forthemommas.com – you can even send a picture of yourself if you would like!

Don’t forget to subscribe to my newsletter to get the daily deals delivered to your mailbox right here.

P.S. Tomorrow’s featured shopper is a GUY! Woohooo.

We have a new featured shopper today! I love featuring how you guys are putting these deals to work!

Here is reader Brandi’s shopping trip.

From Brandi

Shannon,

I love seeing the success stories and pictures on your blog and I finally have one to contribute! My Rite Aid haul this week was a $6.63 MONEYMAKER!

Olay Mousse Cleanser $4.99 (clearance)
2- Cheerios Multigrain $5
Olay Regenerist Cleanser $6
2- Dove Deodorant $3
Degree Deodorant $1.50
2- Sally Hansen Nail Polish $4.14 (BOGO 50%)
3- Cheerios Multigrain $7.50
3- Cheerios Honey Nut $7.50
Olay Mousse Cleanser $4.99 (clearance)
Olay Regenerist Cleanser $6

GRAND TOTAL OOP: $12.37 will submit for $15 Olay Rebate and $4 SCR Nail Polish

Sweet — great deal Brandi.

Who wants to be the next featured shopper? Wanna show me whats in your mailbox?

Just email me your savings and photo to: shannon@forthemommas.com – you can even send a picture of yourself if you would like!

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Reader Lisa B. scored at Walgreen’s this week!

She saved 64% off her total bill was $53.82 and paid $19.85

From Lisa
Garnier Fructis shampoo, conditioner, and stylers were on sale 3 for $10, when you buy $20 worth of the product you get $10 RR. ( They print out right at the register & are good on your next in store purchase.) I used 4 $1 off coupons, total $17.75, plus I got my $10
RR.

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