Sunday, March 14, 2010

More Evic savings

I haven't tracked my savings as planned. But, here are my savings for today. Being an EVIC member is definitely saving me money. Tide laundry detergent, 100oz regulary $15.99 at Harris Teeter. $4.00 off on their VIC specials and an extra $2.22 of with EVIC. I had a buy one detergent greater than 75oz and get a free tide item. I chose Tide Duo Pac stain remover, $6.99. Thats a savings of $13.22! Newman salad dressing, $1.2o off, Kashi cereal $2.56 off and I bought two boxes, and beef bbq, $4.00 off. A savings of $10.32! Edys ice-cream, $1.00 coupon. That's a grand total of $24.54. What I love about this is that I spent $21.03 and saved $24.54! Saving more than I spend is my kinda way of shopping.

Thrifty

Monday, March 1, 2010

Changing to real blogging

Hello Readers

Up to now, I've used this blog to let you know about any specials I am aware of. From now on, I will be using it as a blog, logging my daily savings. I think this will be more interesting and teach newcomers to coupons and saving how it's done!

I will start with my last big save. We went to the circus yesterday. I used the coupon from the News and Observer site and bought a set of 4 tickets for $40. These tickets usually cost $23 each, so that's a saving of $52. Also, as we were in the area a few weeks ago, I went to the RBC center and bought the tickets in person. This saved me the convenience fee of $4.75 per ticket! That's another $19. We had a big brunch before heading out to see the show. I had a $10 coupon for the restaurant, which cost me 80c at www.restuarant.com. That saved us $9.20 (we won't bother with the savings on the tax!) I bought cotton candy for our youngest daughter at the store for $1, and she ate this on the way to the circus. By the time we arrived, she was full of both food and candy and so I saved on buying the exorbitantly priced junk food and snacks. Saved at least another $10. A net savings of $9, if I based it on kiddie food and snacks only. There is still food and snacks for the rest of us, but since that is speculation, I'll just stick to the facts! So in total, I saved $89.20 for yesterday's outing!

Today I bought Gain laundry detergent (50 oz) from Harris teeter, normal price $6.59. I am an E-Vic member, so my price is $2.99 and I had a 50c coupon, which Harris Teeter doubles. That's a saving of $4.60 on just the one item. To sign up to be an E-Vic member, go to www.harristeeter.com. You'll get weekly emails informing you of the specials. Also, E-Vic members get certain items discounted just for them. These individually tailored specials print out on your Harris Teeter receipt, once you have made a purchase.

Happy Saving!
Thrifty

Monday, February 8, 2010

Free breakfast at Denny's tomorrow!

Yeah, I know, I haven't posted in six weeks and then I post twice on the same day! :)

Denny's is having their free grand slam breakfast tomorrow from 6am - 2pm. www.dennys.com/superbowl/splash3.html

Happy Eating!
Thrifty

Free Valentine's Day gift

At animoto.com, you can upload video or pictures and set it to music for free! This is for a 30 second clip. If you want the full song length video, it is $3.00. This is cute and romantic, best of all, it's free or very cheap!

Enjoy!
Thrifty

Saturday, December 26, 2009

Exchange unwated gifts or other items

If you have any games, books, music or movies you don't want, go to www.swaptree.com. To swap books only, there is also www.paperbackswap.com. Both sites makes swapping very simple, including giving you mailing labels and the option of including postage on the label.

This is a great way of saving and being green!

Happy swapping
Thrifty

Friday, December 11, 2009

Free call from Santa!

Go to a web page hosted by Kroger to sign up for a call from Santa to your child! And…. it’s free! http://www.holidayphonecalls.com

Merry Christmas!
Thrifty

Monday, November 30, 2009

Cybermonday tips

GMA gave these tips this morning:

1. Compare prices at sites like extrabux.com.

2. Look for free gifts with purchases.

3. Go to savings.com for online coupon codes.

4. Toys and DVD's should be purchased now, books and apparel can wait.

5. At priceprotectr.com you can enter what you bought, where you bought it from and how much you paid. This site will track the item and email you if the item is marked down. This way, you can ask for a refund of the difference if it's within the store's refund time frame.

For the full article, go to: http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/ConsumerNews/cyber-monday-2009-deals-shopping-tips/story?id=9202386

Happy shopping!
Thrifty