Welcome to the weekly Cha-Ching Challenge!
Did you find a HOT deal this week that you just want to share? You’ve come to the right place! Add a link to your post detailing your savings for the week OR your favorite deal of the week. I’ll choose one participating blog to highlight next week right here on Cha-Ching on a Shoestring.
Note: Sorry I didn’t get this up yesterday. I was out of town for a wedding shower and the computer I was using decided not to work.
Check out my savings for the week below:
Here’s are my boys helping me take several boxes of donations to our local food pantry this week. This is one reason why I love the savings that comes with couponing. It allows us to GIVE!
Savings from coupons and store sales: $64.77
I did quite a bit of shopping this week at Target, Walmart, Aldi, and Landis (unfortunately, no pictures this week). I needed to get quite a few essentials and snagged some deals while I was at it.
Here’s a breakdown of what I spent/saved:
- Walmart: Spent $5.09. Saved $19. (I found an old gift card and was pleasantly surprised to find out it had $10 on it!) Highlights of the trip were a free Vaseline lotion, Got2b styling products for $0.98 after $3 coupon, Starkist Tuna pouches for $0.58 after coupon, and a Lysol Fabric spray that had a Try Me Free rebate on it, plus someone had left a $1 coupon, making it a moneymaker!
- Target: Spent $0. Saved $6.26. Scored free Dannon Activia, free Up & Up Ibuprofen, and free Mentos gum.
- Aldi: Spent $64.92. Saved about $20. Highlights included bread for $0.99 per loaf, hot dog buns for $0.49, grapes for $0.99/lb. and bananas for $0.43/lb.
- Landis: Spent $29.68. Saved $19.51. Highlights included a 6-pack of Brawny paper towels for $3.99, Dole fruit cups for $0.49, and free Band-Aids.
Total spent: $99.69
Total saved: $64.77
Savings from ‘Free Money’: $9.65
- I received a rebate check from Colgate-Palmolive for $5 this week.
- Took advantage of a special gas savings promotion and Landis and saved $0.31/gallon = $4.65.
TOTAL SAVINGS:$74.22
TOTAL SAVINGS THIS YEAR: $621.64
Click below to check out my favorite find of the week:
Children’s Book Sale on Amazon!
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I was wondering if you had any problems purchasing multiple items and using multiple coupons at Walmart. I tried to do this at my Walmart and they said they only take one like coupon for one like item. If you have more you need to come back at a later time. But I have a really crazy Walmart.
No, I haven’t had that problem, Amy. In fact their coupon policy states that there is no limit on number of coupons per transaction. You may want to print out the policy and bring it with you next time: http://walmartstores.com/7655.aspx
Kaley,
You are such an inspiration to soooooo many. I do have a question the register on the side of your blog states $411.54 is that total for this month or total so far this year?
Thanks, Janet!
I actually just forgot to update the register. Thanks for the reminder!
Kaley, thanks for continuing to encourage us. I have decided to start a Christmas account since we’ve never put away money specifically for that purpose. I am not able to coupon as much as I’d like so we primarily shop at Aldi’s and we live a fairly frugal lifestyle. I started the Christmas account with the ING direct deal where you get $50 for signing up. I am putting in it any “extra” money I get (mystery shopping, surveys, seasonal work, gifts, surprises, etc) and hopefully we will be fully funded by Dec.