June 2010

Well, this month I have definitely not been on my game as far as posting my best deals and finds. And to anyone who may be actually looking at this blog, I apologize : ) My husband is in the midst of beginning a new job, my daughter is having a tonsillectomy soon and my one year old son is into anything and everything. Therefore I don't have much brain power left over for much else other than cleaning, cooking and all those necessary, monotonous tasks that seem to be unending with a family of four. The best part of this month was the week at the beach. It was great to see the kids on the boardwalk together and to experience the warm sea air with them. By the end of July and August I will be back in full force with match ups, coupon stacking and CVS deal tracking ;)

Now that I got that out of the way, two new things to get into right now are Aeropostale' $5 Tee's and Tanks and Payless flip flops BOGO FREE! Gotta love that! And speaking of the beach, you can still use coupons on your vacations just google your location and put in coupons and you should find a few, especially if you know the restaurants you want to visit. Check out their websites to see if and when kids eat free, their specials and any possible printable online coupons. It's worth it to save a buck or two. Happy Sassy Saving!

Use different zip codes!!!

Yeah that's right, when you log onto your favorite coupon sites and browse which may suit your next shopping trip best, sometimes it helps to use another zip code to search for a few different coupons. For example www.hip2save.com posted that there was a great .75 cents off coupon for gold fish grahams at www.coupons.com. Well under my zip code there was no such coupon but under the one she suggested, 90210 up it came!! And the best part is I can take it to Martin's/Giant and they will double that to 1.50 so I'll probably buy it for just a few cents!! Hope this tidbit helps and thank you HIP2Save!!

fav sites to visit for coupons, deals, shopping scenerios and freebies!!!

Okay, so here is a list of all the places online that I like to browse and get updates from ,to get the best shopping deals and coupon matchups. Some of them even show you how to sign up for the best mail in freebies or rebates. This is a picture of some of the newest online coupons I have printed and a few of the freebies I have received in the mail lately.

For just coupons I go to:

http://www.smartsource.com/

http://www.couponbug.com/

http://www.coupons.com/

http://www.target.com/

http://www.cvs.com/

http://www.redplum.com/

For Freebies:

www.heyitsfree.com

www.shopforfreebies.com

For the best matchups and shopping tips:

www.coupondivas.com

www.couponing101.com

www.hip2save.com

www.freebies4mom.com

these are blogs that are waaay better than mine with hundreds more tips and finds than I can come up with! These women rock! To find a local blogger in your area you can go to www.thefrugalmap.com and click to see if there are any in your state.

www.5dollardinners.com : this is a great site for cheap and easy recipes and also gives you the matchups and best strategies for stocking up on staples and grocery shopping.

I hope these sites help you as much as they do me and my family with groceries and such!! Happy Sassy Shopping!!

New Savings

Well last week was a bust with the coupon matchups and I think this weekend is as well. Now if you have a great stockpile you are doing fine but if you are still "stocking up" it's rough, at least if you are getting the paper that I have bought the last two weeks. Not many coupons at all. So here are a few shopping trip examples of what savings I have been sifting out lately.

Last weekend I went to CVS and needed infants ibuprofen. I do buy store brand and have never had a recall and from what I understand they were exempt from the latest children's medicine recall. (please correct me if I am wrong!!) Anyhoo as all you mom's know all too well the infant ibuprofen can be a bit pricey, even the store brand so with this in mind I browsed the ad to see what would make it cheaper for me and this is what I found. Aussie hair products were 2.99, with 2.00 extra bucks in reward. I had a 2.00 off coupon. So I purchased my Aussie conditioner and only paid out 99 cents and received 2.00 back. With this I purchased my 4.97 infants ibuprofen, the CVS brand and paid 2.97. Add that up and it is a whole dollar cheaper than if I would have bought the medicine alone!!! CRAZY Soo... if you need something that is not usually on sale and has no coupons there are ways to shop and have something else pull the cost down for you. Another example is one from today, I went to CVS for makeup, I was out of my CoverGirl foundation and I had a 1.00 off coupon. I also needed Pantene's new shampoo and conditioner for specific hair types, this I had a 2.00 off and it earned me 2.00 back. I purchased my Pantene products first and then put my 2.00 extra bucks and my coupon towards my second purchase for my makeup. And there you go!! more savings for what I needed.

My Martins trip today went great as well. If you got your weekend paper you would have seen the two store coupons for both festive cups and Sara lee rolls. Making the festive cups only 50cents and the rolls only 1.50. Next I had a .50 cents off any colgate toothpaste, some of the Colgate toothpastes were only 1.00 and my .50 cents was doubled to equal FREE. I also had a .75cents off any Colgate toothbrush and found a dora toothbrush for 2.50 which after doubling only made it a dollar. And Last Purina cat chow for 3.89 with 1.00 off and Betty Crocker microwaveable cake bowls were 1.59 and I had a .75 cents off coupon which doubles and makes them only .9cents!!

My next post will include my favorite websites to find freebies and great coupons!!!

Happy Sassy Shopping!!

Sewing up some Sassy Savings ideas!!

Whenever spring hits, it is a time of getting rid of the old and bringing in the new, especially with clothing. And now that it is summertime, if you are like me there is still a lot of reorganizing that can be done. Well as you and I know all too well, especially in today's world, it can be tough for a family to provide new clothing every time the season changes. Now I am not saying never to buy any new clothes, that would be sad and depressing. I am just learning how to supplement that idea by reusing what is not already too worn. A few weeks ago I decided to hem some of my daughters fall clothes to meet her spring/summer needs. Mostly all Pj's I borrowed my Mom's sewing machine and went to work. I first cut legs and arms off of the shirts and bottoms to make shorter sleeves and shorts. Then I folded them under and sewed it into place and TA DA!! New summer PJ's that cost me ZERO!! Yay!! I did this with a pair of her worn out pants as well they were too short and had become very worn in the knees. These will not be her "Sunday best" shorts to go out and dress nice in, but they are great for a day around the house playing in the sandbox and going for a neighborhood walk.

Another adventure I took on was making my own slip cover for my daughter's t.v. chair in the living room. She has a small chair, just her size, that she has had for a few years now and has become stained from the random juice and cookie spill. Therefore after much scrubbing with no progress, I had decided to take a trip to the fabric section of Walmart and pick out the material I thought suited our living room best. Then I went to work with no pattern, pins or directions just my eyes, hands and Mom's sewing machine. It is not perfect by any means but It does the job.

You can take this idea virtually anywhere around the house I suppose. I have heard of people making curtains out of sheets, putting patches on the knees of play jeans and making new accent pillows to brighten up an old couch. Whatever you may think your house is in need of, there is a way to save by doing it yourself. Now I don't propose that we all turn into "Little House on the Prairie", cute show but no thanks. But it can be fun to get creative and look for an alternative idea to just going out and buying brand new. : )

New deals and coupons!!

Hope everyone had a great weekend! Ours was pretty busy with my sister's graduation and some random other family appointments and errands. I'm worn out but still going! My kids see to that for sure : )

Martin's
Great deal this week on Giant split chicken breast BOGO!!
Oscar Mayer beef franks, BOGO, and 1.00 off wyb2 ISP or at www.couponbug.com
Oscar Mayer Shaved Deli meat, 3/$10, 1.00 off wyb2 ISP or at www.couponbug.com
Post kids cereal 3/$5, 1.00 off wyb2 ISP
Snuggle fabric softener 2.99, 1.00 off wyb2, ISP
Ball Park franks, BOGO, 1.00 off wyb2, PWP

CVS
Scott paper towel 6 pack, 4.99, 1.00 off PWP
CoverGirl makeup sales, 1.00 off any product or 2.50 off wyb2 ISP
Pro Clinical Toothpaste 3.99, 1.00 off ISP, earn 2.00 rewards Its like buying it for 99cents!
Listerine 4.99, 1.00 off ISP
Herbal Essences or Aussie Shampoo/Conditioner/styler 2.99, 1.00 off herbal essences or 2.00 off of Aussie earn 2.00 in rewards!! great deal here!!
Huggies 18.99, 3.00 off www.couponbug.com !!

Make sure you separate your purchases if you are buying something that earns rewards. For example if you are buying the pro clinical toothpaste and some shampoo, let that purchase be separate, in order to put your rewards to something else like the huggies and then you would have the 3.00 off coupon plus 4.00 cvs reward bucks making your huggies only 11.99!! for 56-96 diapers (depending upon the size you need)

Toys R Us
Their flyer has two coupons on the back of it for diapers and wipes the Huggies,Pampers or Babies R Us brands. Buy any two of the diapers and receive $10 gift card and buy any two brand of wipes and receive a $5 gift card. Use your huggies coupons from www.couponbug.com to stack on these store coupons and save even more!!

Target
Little swimmers diapers stack a 1.50 Target coupon from www.target.com with the 1.00 off ISP
Huggies 19.99, earn a $5 gift card when you buy a pack and use your 3.00 off from www.couponbug.com
Oscar Mayer, stack their buy 3 get on free coupon from www.Target.com with the coupons from Sunday's paper(ISP) or from www.couponbug.com.

Good Luck and Happy Sassy Shopping!

This week's deals at CVS!!

So I had a great find at CVS yesterday. I love it when you need stuff and one half of your shopping trip pays for the other!!
For a total of only $10 out of pocket I purchased,

2 multi shade Cover Girl eye shadow compacts
1 package of Huggies diapers
Always pantyliner
U by Kotex pantyliner
"5" by Wrigley's pack of gum

Here is how I did it...
1st purchase:
Huggies 8.49 with 2.00 reward and 1.50 coupon from last weeks inserts
U by Kotex was 4.99 with 4.99 reward I had 1.00 off manf. coupon from previous week and 1.00 off CVS coupon from www.cvs.com .
Always pantyliner were 10/$10 and I had a 1.00 off from this weeks coupon insert made them FREE
This made everything only $10 and I had 6.99 in CVS Reward bucks so then ...
2nd purchase
2 Cover girl eye shadows, 2.50 off coupon wyb2 from last weeks insert (one was a triple color and one a four color)
1 pack of 5 gum
Paid for this with my reward bucks!!!
That means I only spent $10

Other great deals at CVS include:
Kellogg's cereal 1.88 ea.! Use last weeks coupon from www.couponbug.com for 1.00 off wyb2. I think they may still be running this one so check it out!!
Purina cat and dog food 4.99, 1.00 off last week from www.couponbug.com
Clearasil 1.00 off ISP (in Sunday's paper)
Hawaiian Tropic sun lotion, 9.99, 5.00 reward bucks and 1.00 off from last week's inserts
All Cover Girl Lip BOGO, 2.50 off wyb2 from last week's inserts
Various contact solution 14.99, 3.00 reward bucks, 1.50-5.00 off ISP