walmart 05.13.2010

For so many reasons, I haven't been a fan of Walmart...  but hokeysmokes their prices!  You really can stretch a budget there.  Coupons for today: $25.97.

2010 Saved $253.06

2010 Cash $65.20

2010 Free Stuff $178.86

TOTAL coups d'pon $497.12

Target, Jewel, FREE Stuff and YouData

YouData threw me a $0.39 bone this week and I happily took it!  We also received a ton of samples this week:

Most of this week's haul are items I'd like to try so it's going to be fun.  The rest will go to the women's shelter or food pantry.

05.07 Jewel run resulted in $43.71 in coupon savings and an 05/04 Target run added $4.00 to the coups.

2010 Saved $227.09

2010 Cash $65.20

2010 Free Stuff $178.86

TOTAL coups d'pon $471.15

FREE Stuff and Craigslist

I sold some of our infant items on Craigslist (sniff, sniff).  It was so easy I could kick myself for not doing more of it in the past.  We sold the baby swing for $50 and some floor gyms for a total of $12.

From reading the couponing blogs, we received free Crest White Strips, 3 free personalized cards from Shutterfly (I used them for mother's day and father's day) ($7.50), 1 free personalized card from Tiny Prints ($1.99), a coupon for free yogurt, and two tshirts (one for Nora, one for Johna) from The Company Store ($10.00).  We also received our Birdy Teether from Franklin Goose.  (12.99) You'd think that wood wouldn't be the best material for a teething toy, but you'd be wrong.  You should see Birdy chew on this thing!

2010 Saved $179.38

2010 Cash $64.81

2010 Free Stuff $178.86

TOTAL coups d'pon $423.05

FREE Stuff and Swagbucks

Anne Lamott's new book came out this week so I used some of my Swagbucks to get a $5 Amazon card.  This was my first redemption, so I was excited.  I learned that I should redeem them before the day I want to use them because it took a couple of days to credit to my account.  In my estimation, it's still worth it for doing basically nothing.

As you can see, this week was a week for formula.  Unfortunately, I don't use it.  But I can share it with friends who do or get it to the shelter.  The other freebies this week were Polyvisol Vitamin D vitamins for Birdy, Purex 3-in-1, Dove for Men, Breathe Right Strips, and a reusable shopping bag.

Our more ordered grocery shopping runs have resulted in fewer trips to the grocery.  Our last run, Joe went on his own to Strack & VanTil (my least favorite store that happens to carry the sauce we love on our pizza).  I didn't want to overload him with my new coups d'pon, so we only scored $3 savings on that trip.

I'm currently looking for a coupon organization system that will work for me.  My current 'system' is making a mess of my dining room.  :P

2010 Saved $179.38

2010 Cash $2.81

2010 Free Stuff $146.38

TOTAL coups d'pon $328.57

FREE Stuff

Free stuff and more free stuff this week.  It was women's hygeine week evidently, but my favorites were the personalized mouse pad (Vistaprint $3.99), notebook (Vistaprint $4.99), pack of 5 Gum ($0.50) and the Nalgene water bottle ($9.95).  We also received two Huggies diapers, some ideal sweetener and a week's worth of Tripleflex.

2010 Saved $171.38

2010 Cash $2.81

2010 Free Stuff $146.38

TOTAL coups d'pon $320.57

04.12.2010 Jewel Osco and House Party

Well, everyone was sick here and I didn't make it to the store on time to use $22.50 in YourBucks.  That made the all-or-nothing part of me just sick.  I am now over it and am happy to report that tonight's run had a coupon savings of $36.99.

I read about House Party on another blog and decided to give it a try.  I was 'approved' for an Green Kids Swap party.  This is the haul that they sent for me and my guests.  Most of this was distributed to friends and family, but I just can't bear to go without counting something of it!  In addition to the cool stuff, the coupons included were good ones.  I'm going to count a box of Kashi granola bars and the dip. ($5) :P

2010 Saved $171.38

2010 Cash $2.81

2010 Free Stuff $126.95

TOTAL coups d'pon $301.14

FREE Stuff

Thanks to an extraordinary offer from a new shop called Franklin Goose , I was able to review some of their baby safe awesome products and receive store credits.  Thanks to Kimberly for sharing the information and a huge thanks to Franklin Goose, my new go-to store for baby gifts.

I liked the Under the Nile organic cotton outfit so much; I ordered one for now and one for later. ($36 each)  As you can see, we also received some Bounce and Downy.  One final deposit of $0.39 (slow week) into my Paypal from YouData rounds out this coups d'pon.

I am evaluating several 'pay for your opinion' sites and I'll let you know whether they are worth it to me or not.  I currently have about five accounts going and YouData is the only one I am sure is 100% legit AND easy.

2010 Saved $134.39

2010 Cash $2.81

2010 Free Stuff $121.95

TOTAL coups d'pon $259.15