Kaley, Author at Cha-Ching on a Shoestring™

FREE FOOD!

June 15th, 2009 By Kaley
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I’ve seen so many deals on free food around the web lately, I decided a free food round-up was necessary. Here’s what I’ve found…have you found anything else?

It’s FREE Hot Dog on a Stick Day TODAY at Hot Dog on a Stick Locations. You can get one free on June 15th from 5-8 PM. One free hot dog per person. Thanks, Bargain Briana!

El Pollo Loco is offering a FREE 2-piece Flame-grilled Chicken Meal whey you buy a 2,3 or 4 piece meal of equal or greater value. All you need to do is bring in this coupon with you. Limit one coupon per person per visit and the coupon is valid through 6/30/09. Thanks, Common Sense with Money!

Get a buy-one-get-one-free entrée coupon for Taco Bueno when you join the Buenohead Club. Thanks, Surviving the Stores!

Get a FREE BBQ Pulled Pork Slider when you bring this printable coupon into White Castle by 6/30 OR a FREE Original Slider when you bring in this printable coupon by 7/12. Find a White Castle near you. Thanks, Coupon Cravings!

Don’t forget that Arby’s is offering a new item free with purchase each Wednesday all summer long! Go here for more details.

Go here and play a simple game of Noodleball and you’ll then be able to download a coupon for free spaghetti and meatballs with the purchase of another entree at Noodles and Co. Thanks, Nova Thrifty!

Update: Don’t forget about this B1G1 entree free coupon for T.G.I. Friday’s as well! Expires, June 22, 2009.

New Printable Coupons!

June 15th, 2009 By Kaley
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Just a heads up that the $3/1 Huggies Pure & Natural diapers coupon is back at Coupons.com. These usually go fast, so you may want to print yours now!

A few other new coupons that I noticed were:

$1/1 Scott 8-pk or Mega Roll 4-pk (use with gift card deal at Target this week!)

$.75/1 DiGiorno Flatbread Melts

$1/1 Ocean Spray Cranberry Pomegranate or Ruby Pomegranate Drink

$2/1 Huggies Overnites

Happy Printing!

Publix: Kraft coupons!

June 15th, 2009 By Kaley
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If you have a Publix nearby, today is your lucky day! Publix and Kraft have teamed together to offer you more of those fabulous Kraft coupons we’ve been seeing lately. Coupons are good only at Publix.

Check out CookingwithKraft.com to print them before they are gone!

New Printable Coupons

June 15th, 2009 By Kaley
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There are $2/1 Huggies Pull-Ups and $2/1 Huggies Overnites printables here and a $3/1 Hugges Pull-ups here (IE link or FF link). Print them before they are gone!

Target Deals Week of 6/14/09

June 15th, 2009 By Kaley
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Here are my favorite Target deals this week, thanks to Marcy at Stretching a Buck. Be sure to check out the rest of the list here!

Pepsi Products (12 pk cans, 6 pk bottles) – $2.75 each
Use $1/1 Target coupon in the Afullcup.com Target Coupon Generator
Final Price = $1.75/ea

Baked Lays – $3/ea
Use $1/1 here
Final Price = $2/ea

Archer Farms Yellow or Blue Tortilla Chips – $2.33/ea
Get a FREE Archer Farms Salsa (16 oz) with purchase of 2 Archer Farms Tortilla Chips
Use $1/1 Target coupon in the Afullcup.com Target Coupon Generator (use 2)
Final Price = $1.33/ea when you buy 2 + FREE Salsa

Welch’s Squeezable Grape Jelly & Skippy Peanut Butter (15-16 oz) – $1.79/ea
Get a FREE loaf of Brownberry Bread (24 oz) with purchase of 1 Welch’s Jelly & 1 Skippy PB
Use $0.55/1 Welch’s Jelly in 3/29 Smart Source insert
Use $0.40/1 Skippy in 4/5 Unilever insert
Final Price = Jelly – $1.24/ea, Peanut Butter – $1.39/ea + FREE Bread

~ ONGOING DEALS ~

Cottonelle Travel Size Wipes – $0.97/ea
Use $1/1 in 6/7 Smart Source insert
Final Price = FREE

Crystal Light On-the-Go (3 pks) – $0.99/ea (look near the registers)
Use $1/1 here, here and here
Final Price = FREE

Confused by the coupon lingo? Read more here!

Let me know how your shopping trip goes!

Welcome, Press & Sun Readers!

June 14th, 2009 By Kaley
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If you stumbled upon our site today from the article in the Press & Sun, “Welcome!!” We’re glad you stopped by.

If you’d like to learn a little more about us, I recommend checking out Our Story and our How We Got Here series. And if you are also looking to save a few greenbacks, don’t forget to enter our coupon giveaway currently going on until Monday, June 15 at 8p.m.

Now, make yourselves at home, have a look around, put your feet up and stay a while!

Walgreens Week of 6/14/09

June 14th, 2009 By Kaley
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If you are unfamiliar with shopping at Walgreens, you may want to check out my Top 5 Tips for Drugstore Shopping and my Top 5 Tips for Shopping at Walgreens. Please note that coupons vary by region.

Here are the best deals that I see at Walgreens this week. Did you see anything else?

**Register Rewards Deals

St Ives Body Wash, $2.99
Get $2.99 RRs
Use $1.50/1 coupon from SS 5/10/09
Free plus overage after coupon and RRs!!

Natural Instincts Hair color Sale, $7.99
Get $3 RRs
Use $1/1 coupon from PG 6/7/09
$3.99 after coupons and RRs!

Buy 8 of the following, get $8 RR,
Buy 6, get $4 RR:
-Skippy peanut butter or Ragu Sauce, 2/$4
-Hellmann’s mayo 2/$7
-Lipton tea bags 2/$5
$.60/2 Ragu Pasta Sauce from RP 5/17/09
$.75/2 or $1.25/3 Ragu Pasta Sauce from RP 5/17/09
$.40/2 or $.40/1 Skippy Peanut Butter Product from V #2 4/5/09
$.60/1 Hellmanns Product 18 oz from RP 5/17/09
$.50/1 or $1/2 Hellmanns Product 18 oz from RP 5/17/09
$1/2 Lipton products from RP 5/17/09

Deal Idea:
Buy (4) Ragu sauce
(4) Skippy Peanut Butter
Use (2) $1/2 Ragu printables
Use (2) $1/2 Skippy coupons from V#2 4/5/09
Spend: $12 Receive $8 RRs
$.50 each after coupons and RRs!!

Hershey’s Candy’s 8.5 or 9.2oz, 2/$5
Get $1 RR wyb 2
$2 each after RRs!

Schick Quattro Razor for men, BOGO, psa $9.49
Use $4/1 coupon from SS 6/14/09 or ALL YOU magazine, June ’09 (use one per item)
$.75 each after 2 coupons!

OFF! Clip-on mosquito protection, $9.99
Get $3 RRs
Buy two and use $2/1 coupon from SS 5/17/09 insert and BOGO printable coupon
$2.50 each after coupons and RRs!

Kerasal One Step Exfoliating Moisturizer Therapy, $7.99
Get $5 RRs (Monthly Deal)
$1/1 Kerasal printable
$1.99 after coupon and RRs!
*Bonus – Free Moisture-Enhancing Socks Offer (with 2 proofs of purchase)

Purex 3-in-1 $5.99, (Monthly Deal)
Get $2 RRs
Use $2/1 coupon from SS 6/14/09 insert or this $1/1 printable coupon
As low as $1.99 ea. after coupon and RRs!

Johnson’s and Johnson’s Baby Powder (1.5 oz), $2/2, (Monthly Deal)
Get$1RR wyb two
Use two $1/1 coupons from RP 3/8/09 or 4/26/09
FREE plus $1 overage after coupons and RRs!

Oreo Cakesters, 2/$5 (Monthly Deal)
Get $3 RRs wyb 2
$1/1 Oreo Cakesters from SS 6/14/09
FREE after coupons and RRs!

**Other Deals

Right Guard, Dry Idea $.99 (with in-ad coupon)
Use $1/1 from SS 4/19/09
$2/1 Dry Idea printable
Free after coupon! (Give manufacturer’s coupon first, then store coupon to make this work!)

Maxwell House Coffee (11-oz.), 2/$5
$2/2 Maxwell House printable
$1.50 each after coupon!

Arm & Hammer Detergent (32 loads), $6.99 (BOGO)
$1/2 coupon from SS 4/19/09
$2.49 ea. after coupon!

Hefty One-Zip Storage Bags, 2/$3.29 (w/ in-ad coupon)
$1/1 Hefty One-Zip Storage Bags from V 5/17/09
$0.65 ea. after coupons!

See all deals here.

Let me know how your shopping trip goes!

The (New and Improved) Cha-Ching Challenge

June 13th, 2009 By Kaley
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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! Every week I post the Cha-Ching Challenge, sharing my savings for the week. 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.

I’ve changed things up to make it even easier for you to post your favorite deals. You can now add them to Mr. Linky at any time. In order to be considered for the Cha-Ching Challenge Highlight, just be sure to add your link no later than Tuesday at midnight EST.

Check out my savings for the week below:

Savings from coupons and store sales: $74.19

Here’s what I saved in my Big Race (I even made it to Walmart!):

CVS: Saved $21.37
Target: Saved $13.15
Walmart: Saved $11.69
Staples: Saved $7.98
Aldi: Saved $20

Savings from YOU: $40.01

I just wanted to share that I received my first affiliate check from those of you who signed up for E-Mealz through my link. I want to say a big THANK YOU. It was very exciting for me to find that check in my mailbox. Thanks for being such great and supportive readers!

Savings from ‘Free Money’: $2.50

Wes and I made around $2.50 this week from YouData (again…not bad for about a minute of our time!)

TOTAL SAVINGS:$116.70

TOTAL SAVINGS THIS YEAR: $1981.31

Click below to check out my favorite find of the week:

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HOW DID YOU DO? Did you find any great deals? Leave a linky and let us know! Be sure to link directly to your weekly savings or great deal post.

Feel free to copy and paste the button above into your post and link back here so that others can join in the fun!

Just click on Mr. Linky below and he’ll pop right up for you!