Living Large on a Limited Budget
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!
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?
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!
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!
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!):
Savings from YOU: $40.01
Savings from ‘Free Money’: $2.50
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!
If you are unfamiliar with how to shop at CVS, you may want to check out my Top 5 tips for Drugstore Shopping and my Top 5 Tips for CVSing. Please note that coupons vary by region.
Attention CVS Newbies!
Check out these transactions I’ve cooked up for you:
Transaction #1:
Buy: (1) Crest Pro Health toothpaste, $2.99
Use (1) $.50/1 Paste or Liquid Gel from PG 6/7/09
Spend: $2.49 (plus tax)
Receive: $2 ECB
Transaction #2:
Buy: (1) Schick Quattro Titanium razor or trimmer, $7.99
Use (1) $4/1 from SS 6/14/09
Use $2 ECBs from previous transaction
Spend: $1.99 (plus tax)
Receive: $3 ECBs
Transaction #3:
Buy: (1) Kotex Lightdays 40-64ct, 2/$6
Use (1) $2/2 printable
Use $3 ECBs from previous transaction
Spend: $1.00 (plus tax)
Receive: $2 ECBs
***WEEKLY DEALS***
Another so-so week at CVS. Did you see anything that I missed?
**ECB Deals
Schick Quattro Titanium razor or trimmer, $7.99
Get $3 ECBs (Limit 3)
Use $4/1 from SS 6/14/09
$.99 after coupon and ECBs!!
Cvs multi-pk toothbrushes 2,3,or 4pk, psa $2.99
Get $2 ECBs (Limit 1)
$.99 each after ECBs!!
Crest Pro Health toothpaste, Rinse, Oral B floss, or Superfloss, $2.99
Get $2 ECBs (Limit 1)
Use $.50/1 Paste or Liquid Gel from PG 6/7/09
As low as $.49 each after coupon and ECBs!!
Spend $20 on select Aveeno products
Get $10 ECBs ( Limit 1)
$2/1 Shampoo, Conditioner, or Treatment from V 5/31/09
$1/1 Aveeno product (excludes cleaning bars and trial sizes) from SS 4/5/09
$1.50/2 Aveeno product (excludes cleaning bars and trial sizes) from SS 4/5/09
$2/1 printable, any
Various Positively Ageless printables
Deal Idea:
Buy:(2) Body Wash
(1) Shampoo or Conditioner
Use (3) $2/1from V 5/31/09 or printables
$1.50 ea. after coupons and ECBs!!
Kotex Lightdays 40-64ct or Tampons 18ct, 2/$6
Get $2 ECBs (Limit 3)– Runs from 5/17/09 thru 7/19/09
$1.50/2 printable
$2/2 printable
Various coupons from SS 6/14/09
As low as $1.00 each after coupons and ECBs!!
Purex Complete 3 in 1, 6.99
Get $2 ECBs (Limit 5)
Use $2/1 from SS 6/14/09
As low as $2.99 each after coupon and ECBs!!
Excedrin 20-24ct, $4.49
Get $2 ECBs (Limit 3)
$1/1 printable
$1/1 from SS 5/3/09
As low as $1.49 each after coupon and ECBs!!
Buy 2 adult sunglasses, psa $5.99
Get $10 ECBs
As low as $.99 each after ECBs!!
Bausch & Lomb twin pk, 24oz, $12.99
Get $3 ECBs (Limit 1)
$4/1 coupon from V 4/5/09, SS 3/15/09 or SS 4/26/09
$3/1 from SS 5/31/09
As low as $5.99 after coupon and ECBs!!
**Other Deals
Kellogg’s Cereals (select varieties), $1.88
$1/1 in RP 6/7/09
$1.50/2 Kellogg’s, Frosted Mini/All-Bran/Raisin Bran printable
$1/1 Kellogg’s cereals printables (no longer available)
As low as $.88 each after coupon!!
Skippy peanut butter, $1.67
$.40/1 in RP 4/5/09
$1.27 each after coupon!
John Frieda Shampoo, Conditioner, or Styler, $4.99
$3/1 or $1/1 from SS 6/14/09
As low as $1.99 each after coupons!
Did you see anything that I missed?
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I am proud to be a part of BeCentsable’s Original Grocery Gathering for CVS.
All deals via Slick Deals!
You sit across the table from him, staring into his eyes. Can he tell that your heart is beating wildly? Does he know the thoughts racing through your mind: Is this what I’ve been looking for? Have I found my future? Does he feel the same way?
After going your separate ways, you find reasons to check your voice-mail multiple times a day and your e-mail constantly. When he finally does write, you read and re-read the e-mail, attempting to interpret what has been written. He had a nice time talking with me. What does that mean???! Am I the answer to his prayers? Or is he just not that into me?
First date? No, I’m actually describing the job interview process. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve told Wes that this whole job search things feels like we are going through the dating scene all over again. It’s got it all– from the butterflies of the first meeting to the heartbreak of the break-up.
That’s why I was glad to find this article about Job Search Romance from Wise Bread, assuring me that we are not alone in feeling that way. Sigh. And I thought we had given up the dating scene seven years ago–I guess this is a nice little reminder that I really don’t miss it!
If you’ve been recently laid off, I recommend checking out Wise Bread’s section on Unemployment Tips and Rescources for the Recently Laid Off. It’s full of helpful advice for navigating the twists and turns of the job search.
Do you know of any resources for the recently unemployed? Leave a comment and let us know!