I know I have been slacking at posting all of my favorite things I have found.. The first thing I thought of when I opened the package to my new sheets was I HAVE TO BLOG ABOUT THIS!!
These are hands down the best sheets and duvet cover I have ever found. They are SO soft. So great, that when I got my first set in, I put my order in for the other 3 beds in my house. Seriously. And they are so inexpensive it is crazy.
I bought mine off of Amazon. I am a born price shopper and I have rarely found an item cheaper than anywhere BUT amazon.
Here is a link to the sheets and they come in all kinds of colors. When I get all my bedrooms finished, I will post a picture of those too :)
I also bought duvet covers for all the rooms too... Here is a link to those. Both are the same ultimate softness. You will LOVE them.
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Showing posts with label Thrifty. Show all posts
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Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Friday, February 3, 2012
COUPONING!! :)
So I have been asked and asked and asked by family and friends about my new couponing and price matching addiction and how I do it....So, here is my lesson on how to do it :)
First of all if you want to get a lot of coupons for super cheap...Subscribe to the Chicago Tribune Sunday edition. There is a special right now for $0.50 a week for 26 weeks you can get the Sunday edition with all the coupons in it. Great Deal!! Call 1-800-311-8500 (offer code X974) after the 6 months it goes to full price.
While you are waiting for your subscription go to www.icouponlp.com and read everything on their website. They have coupon books for sale too, which are great to have. Also, this is run by a couple of local women so if you can make a donation to their page to keep them happy and to help us by continuing to receive all their couponing knowledge it would be appreciated! This website will answer a lot of questions!
Next, you can become friends with the ladies that started the icouponlp website on their facebook page La Porte iCoupon Group. This is a fantastic group of ladies who will swap coupons with you, exchange area sales and give great advice on how to coupon and price match.
This is where I have learned everything.
Well, that and at www.krazycouponlady.com That website has all the web printable coupons I use too. Just click on the printable tab and all the coupons that are good right now come up in alphabetical order. I always check for a coupon when I know I am going to the store for something...that and now I look for local ads to price match at Walmart.
Which brings me to my next subject: Price Matching...this is the greatest thing since sliced bread. I wasn't around before bread was sliced..but I can just imagine how genius it was.
Our local Walmart will price match with any stores sales ad within 50 miles. That means Chicago area stores are included. It is amazing. Here is a list of the stores I price match with:
CVS
Dominicks
Family Dollar
KMart
Martins
Menards
Pay Low
Rite-Aid
Strack & Van Til
Target
Town and Country
Walgreens
Walmart
Wiseway
Walts
Hardings
Als
Central Market
Fresh Country Market
Now, I am not an expert whatsoever. Leave that to the icouponlp girls. They also give classes too once you get into it a little you will have questions and these classes will help answer your questions.
But, this is how I do it....
I visit each website and click on the weekly ad section. I go through (or print) each page and click on the items I am shopping for that week. Most sites have a "shopping cart" that will save your items and you can just print out your shopping cart.
I then use the spreadsheet the icoupon ladies have on their website to right down my shopping list and at which stores had the sale. It makes it much easier to look at one sheet instead of a bunch of ads.
Then I shop! I always look at Walmart's price..a couple of times the stores ad is more or the same cost as Walmart's everyday price..so make sure you pay attention. My first few trips I wrote down all the prices so I could really compare at home how much I saved. I used to save about $30 on a $100 trip. Now, I am up to $45-$50 on a $100 bill. But that is using my coupons too.
Here is what I do when I get to the checkout lane... I tell the cashier that I have some price matching but I am going to do the non-price matching stuff first. I pick out everything that I am not price matching and put that on the conveyor first. Then when the cashier is ready, I will tell her/him each items price. Have your ads in your hand so that you can be ready if they ask you to see the ad.
That's it...then I had them my coupons. :) They take any manufacturer's coupon. So as long as it says "manufacturers coupon" they will take it at Walmart. I get a lot of Kroger coupons in the mail that I use at Walmart because most of them say Manufacturers coupon on it..some do say Store Coupon, which won't work...
I am in no way an expert, I probably can't even answer any of your questions..I am just here to show you to the people that I believe can help and that is the ladies on the icoupon website and facebook page. But, I do know that it has saved me a ton of money and I am grateful for that! :)
First of all if you want to get a lot of coupons for super cheap...Subscribe to the Chicago Tribune Sunday edition. There is a special right now for $0.50 a week for 26 weeks you can get the Sunday edition with all the coupons in it. Great Deal!! Call 1-800-311-8500 (offer code X974) after the 6 months it goes to full price.
While you are waiting for your subscription go to www.icouponlp.com and read everything on their website. They have coupon books for sale too, which are great to have. Also, this is run by a couple of local women so if you can make a donation to their page to keep them happy and to help us by continuing to receive all their couponing knowledge it would be appreciated! This website will answer a lot of questions!
Next, you can become friends with the ladies that started the icouponlp website on their facebook page La Porte iCoupon Group. This is a fantastic group of ladies who will swap coupons with you, exchange area sales and give great advice on how to coupon and price match.
This is where I have learned everything.
Well, that and at www.krazycouponlady.com That website has all the web printable coupons I use too. Just click on the printable tab and all the coupons that are good right now come up in alphabetical order. I always check for a coupon when I know I am going to the store for something...that and now I look for local ads to price match at Walmart.
Which brings me to my next subject: Price Matching...this is the greatest thing since sliced bread. I wasn't around before bread was sliced..but I can just imagine how genius it was.
Our local Walmart will price match with any stores sales ad within 50 miles. That means Chicago area stores are included. It is amazing. Here is a list of the stores I price match with:
CVS
Dominicks
Family Dollar
KMart
Martins
Menards
Pay Low
Rite-Aid
Strack & Van Til
Target
Town and Country
Walgreens
Walmart
Wiseway
Walts
Hardings
Als
Central Market
Fresh Country Market
Now, I am not an expert whatsoever. Leave that to the icouponlp girls. They also give classes too once you get into it a little you will have questions and these classes will help answer your questions.
But, this is how I do it....
I visit each website and click on the weekly ad section. I go through (or print) each page and click on the items I am shopping for that week. Most sites have a "shopping cart" that will save your items and you can just print out your shopping cart.
I then use the spreadsheet the icoupon ladies have on their website to right down my shopping list and at which stores had the sale. It makes it much easier to look at one sheet instead of a bunch of ads.
Then I shop! I always look at Walmart's price..a couple of times the stores ad is more or the same cost as Walmart's everyday price..so make sure you pay attention. My first few trips I wrote down all the prices so I could really compare at home how much I saved. I used to save about $30 on a $100 trip. Now, I am up to $45-$50 on a $100 bill. But that is using my coupons too.
Here is what I do when I get to the checkout lane... I tell the cashier that I have some price matching but I am going to do the non-price matching stuff first. I pick out everything that I am not price matching and put that on the conveyor first. Then when the cashier is ready, I will tell her/him each items price. Have your ads in your hand so that you can be ready if they ask you to see the ad.
That's it...then I had them my coupons. :) They take any manufacturer's coupon. So as long as it says "manufacturers coupon" they will take it at Walmart. I get a lot of Kroger coupons in the mail that I use at Walmart because most of them say Manufacturers coupon on it..some do say Store Coupon, which won't work...
I am in no way an expert, I probably can't even answer any of your questions..I am just here to show you to the people that I believe can help and that is the ladies on the icoupon website and facebook page. But, I do know that it has saved me a ton of money and I am grateful for that! :)
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Black Friday 2011
I will update this as I see ads posted. Today Walmart released their ad. Enjoy!
http://localad.walmart.com/Walmart/Entry/Flash?
(You may have to change the local store information at the top of the screen)
http://localad.walmart.com/Walmart/Entry/Flash?
(You may have to change the local store information at the top of the screen)
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Learn to be frugal....
I love to feel like I am getting a deal. My husband will make fun of me for buying something and justifying my purchase with the fact that it was on sale. Though I normally won't buy something just because it is on sale...I buy it when I want it AND it's on sale. :)
So, I love to be frugal and use coupons and research purchases before I buy them. I always, or at least mostly always :) research before I buy anything. I usually find it cheaper somewhere else and then feel good about my purchase. So when someone tells me about a new place to find deals or freebies or coupons, I get excited because in a weird way, it justifies my obsessive shopping habit. :)
Here are a couple ideas of free stuff and ways to save that maybe you were unaware of...
I belong to a coupon club on facebook (excellent idea, if you want to start one for your community) where a girl posted recently about Target having their free beauty bag sample. Since I love free, I went right to the site and signed up. I received my beauty bag a few weeks later and now I am constantly going back to Target's website waiting for more freebies! :)
Inside this cute little makeup bag were a ton of free samples and a bunch of coupons. (Two of my favorite things) I normally buy salon shampoo and conditioner. I tried the new John Frieda Full Repair shampoo and conditioner sample and instantly fell in love. It smells awesome! I have to straighten my hair every time I wash it so, I liked the idea of something meant to repair over-worked hair. It made my hair silky, shiny and it smelled great. I was very excited on this new product find.
(These are packs of 3 each. You can get just one of each, the link wasn't working so I had to use the 3 pack link)
You too can become obsessed by checking with Targets website on when they will have more free samples at this website:
http://samples.target.com/
My second must check out site is http://www.retailmenot.com/ I have been using this site forever and it never disappoints me. I do a ton of online shopping. I have 2 boys who don't like to shop with me. :( So, instead of making them suffer, I just sit at my computer and shop, stress free! I rarely ever pay a shipping fee and a lot of times, I won't buy it unless I get some sort of discount. Retail me not's website has had a coupon code for me nearly every time I have went there to shop. It is definitely somewhere to go to check if there are any coupon codes if you are planning an online purchase.
Always, always google your item before you buy it. I was going through catalogs today buying my kids Christmas presents and found an item from a catalog on amazon's website for $25 cheaper.
My last frugal tip of the day is to print coupons from http://thekrazycouponlady.com/.
This website is awesome for print coupons. They have it so organized! It is so easy to go on and print the coupons of the products you buy all the time. I love this site. I am so happy for my coupon club for turning me on to all these thrifty ways to save money. Thanks ladies!
So, I love to be frugal and use coupons and research purchases before I buy them. I always, or at least mostly always :) research before I buy anything. I usually find it cheaper somewhere else and then feel good about my purchase. So when someone tells me about a new place to find deals or freebies or coupons, I get excited because in a weird way, it justifies my obsessive shopping habit. :)
Here are a couple ideas of free stuff and ways to save that maybe you were unaware of...
I belong to a coupon club on facebook (excellent idea, if you want to start one for your community) where a girl posted recently about Target having their free beauty bag sample. Since I love free, I went right to the site and signed up. I received my beauty bag a few weeks later and now I am constantly going back to Target's website waiting for more freebies! :)
Inside this cute little makeup bag were a ton of free samples and a bunch of coupons. (Two of my favorite things) I normally buy salon shampoo and conditioner. I tried the new John Frieda Full Repair shampoo and conditioner sample and instantly fell in love. It smells awesome! I have to straighten my hair every time I wash it so, I liked the idea of something meant to repair over-worked hair. It made my hair silky, shiny and it smelled great. I was very excited on this new product find.
(These are packs of 3 each. You can get just one of each, the link wasn't working so I had to use the 3 pack link)
You too can become obsessed by checking with Targets website on when they will have more free samples at this website:
http://samples.target.com/
My second must check out site is http://www.retailmenot.com/ I have been using this site forever and it never disappoints me. I do a ton of online shopping. I have 2 boys who don't like to shop with me. :( So, instead of making them suffer, I just sit at my computer and shop, stress free! I rarely ever pay a shipping fee and a lot of times, I won't buy it unless I get some sort of discount. Retail me not's website has had a coupon code for me nearly every time I have went there to shop. It is definitely somewhere to go to check if there are any coupon codes if you are planning an online purchase.
Always, always google your item before you buy it. I was going through catalogs today buying my kids Christmas presents and found an item from a catalog on amazon's website for $25 cheaper.
My last frugal tip of the day is to print coupons from http://thekrazycouponlady.com/.
This website is awesome for print coupons. They have it so organized! It is so easy to go on and print the coupons of the products you buy all the time. I love this site. I am so happy for my coupon club for turning me on to all these thrifty ways to save money. Thanks ladies!
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Inbox Dollars
Like coupons? Me too. :) Go sign up to http://www.inboxdollars.com/ and you can print coupons and get paid for the coupons you redeem. There is a whole website of clicking you can do to get paid. I haven't personally received any money from this site, but I have only been on it a few weeks. I like the coupons and I like hearing of sites where you can print free coupons. :)
Artscow
My sister in law told me about this website http://www.artscow.com/where you can go and get your pictures printed. She said, "sign up now because you can get a bunch of free stuff."
I love free stuff.
So being the best sister in law ever, I did as I was told and signed up.
Now, I am saying it to you. Go and sign up at http://www.artscow.com/!
The reason is, I just took some cute pictures of my kids and uploaded them to the site and used all the free stuff (found in the Credits & Discount after you sign in) and only paid a fraction in shipping costs. The site is based out of Hong Kong though, so it does take a little bit of time to get anything that isn't just a print delivered. You also have to pay a currency exchange rate which for my order was less than fifty cents. So, with all that being said, I got a ton of 5 x 7 prints, some wallet printes, a really cute coaster....and my awesome find a really cute, very functionable keychain.
It also has 3 removeable keychains (and a really cute picture of my kids)
And best of all: All I paid was a couple bucks in shipping! Love it.
http://www.artscow.com/create/ShowProduct.aspx?ProductId=179
I love free stuff.
So being the best sister in law ever, I did as I was told and signed up.
Now, I am saying it to you. Go and sign up at http://www.artscow.com/!
The reason is, I just took some cute pictures of my kids and uploaded them to the site and used all the free stuff (found in the Credits & Discount after you sign in) and only paid a fraction in shipping costs. The site is based out of Hong Kong though, so it does take a little bit of time to get anything that isn't just a print delivered. You also have to pay a currency exchange rate which for my order was less than fifty cents. So, with all that being said, I got a ton of 5 x 7 prints, some wallet printes, a really cute coaster....and my awesome find a really cute, very functionable keychain.
It also has 3 removeable keychains (and a really cute picture of my kids)
And best of all: All I paid was a couple bucks in shipping! Love it.
Use the link below to take you right to the keychain. :)
http://www.artscow.com/create/ShowProduct.aspx?ProductId=179
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