Cha-Ching on a Shoestring™

Living Large on a Limited Budget

  • STORES
    • Coupon Database
    • CVS
    • Rite Aid
    • Walgreens
    • Target
    • Walmart
  • Restaurants
  • Online Deals
    • Amazon Deals
    • Amazon Subscribe & Save Deals
  • Freebies
    • Free Kindle Books
    • Free Stuff by Mail
    • Free Birthday Stuff
    • Free Stuff Online

The Cha-Ching Challenge: How We Saved over $500 This Week

March 31st, 2012 By Kaley
This post may contain affiliate links, which means I will make a small commission if you click and make a purchase.


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 may even choose one participating blog to highlight next week right here on Cha-Ching on a Shoestring!

Check out my savings for the week below:

I made it through the week without doing any real grocery shopping.  And boy was I grateful that I did when we woke up this morning to a broken refrigerator (for the second time in a few months).  Thankfully, our fridge was empty enough that we could fit everything in a cooler and our chest freezer (another reason I’m glad we invested in a chest freezer years ago!)

One other reason I’m grateful this morning?  We purchased the extended warranty on our fridge when we bought it less than a year and a half ago.

Savings from coupons and store sales: $4.66

  • Spent $13.72 at Landis.  Saved $4.66.

Savings from ‘Free Money’: $5.19

I got some fun freebies in the mail this week:

  • a check for $2.50 from Kellogg’s from a Try Me Free rebate on Keebler Right Bites.
  • a $10 Walmart gift card that I redeemed from Recyclebank.*
  • a coupon for a FREE box of Huggies Wipes that I redeemed with some Huggies Rewards points.*
  • a coupon for a FREE box of Post Great Grains cereal that was offered on their Facebook page a while back.*

*I’ll add these to my savings when I redeem them.

  • I also got a FREE Dunkin Donuts Iced Coffee this week (it’s a local promotion).

Savings from planning ahead: about $500

  • I am very thankful that we decided to take advantage of the extended warranty when we bought our fridge about a year and a half ago.  Little did we know how much money it would save us in the long run.

TOTAL SAVINGS:$509.85

TOTAL SAVINGS THIS YEAR: $1448.03

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


Still available!

——————————————–

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!

Filed Under: Cha-Ching Challenge, Great Deals

The Cha-Ching Challenge Highlight: Broward Saves!

March 30th, 2012 By Kaley
This post may contain affiliate links, which means I will make a small commission if you click and make a purchase.


Welcome to the weekly

Cha-Ching Challenge Highlight!

This week’s highlight is Broward Saves!


She writes:

“My name is Tiffany and I am a wife and mom of 2 wonderful little girls. We live in the Ft. Lauderdale area where the deals are great!”

Check out her post sharing how she paid only $4.50 for a $115.70 worth of groceries at Publix!  It’s hard to do much better than 97% savings–nicely done, Tiffany!

Would you like to join us in next week’s Cha-Ching Challenge?

Simply come back on Saturday and join the Cha-Ching Challenge by adding a link to your post sharing your great deals for the week!

Filed Under: Cha-Ching Challenge

The Cha-Ching Challenge: My Savings This Week + Link Up!

March 24th, 2012 By Kaley
This post may contain affiliate links, which means I will make a small commission if you click and make a purchase.

Cha-Ching challenge

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 may even choose one participating blog to highlight next week right here on Cha-Ching on a Shoestring!

Check out my savings for the week below:

Savings from coupons and store sales: $66.92

  • I shared my Target, Aldi, and Landis shopping trips here.  Spent $121.28.  Saved $63.95.
  • I also made a quick run into CVS last night to grab the Hallmark cards moneymaker.  Spent $0.  Saved $2.97.

Savings from ‘Free Money’: $28

  • Signed up for another FREE one year subscription to Martha Stewart Living. Saved $28.

TOTAL SAVINGS:$94.92

TOTAL SAVINGS THIS YEAR: $938.18

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

Ok…so it’s not really a hot deal, but it is a pic of my pregnant belly.  And a place for YOU to share some freezer cooking ideas!

——————————————–

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!

Filed Under: Cha-Ching Challenge, Great Deals

The Cha-Ching Challenge Highlight: Frugal Follies!

March 23rd, 2012 By Kaley
This post may contain affiliate links, which means I will make a small commission if you click and make a purchase.

Cha-Ching challenge

Welcome to the weekly

Cha-Ching Challenge Highlight!

This week’s highlight is Frugal Follies!

Cheap Recipes and Money-Saving Tips

Laura writes that she is a “Loving wife and SAHM of 3 girls, always looking for great deals and love to pass on my wisdom (and my follies).”

Check out her post sharing how she saved 63% on her shopping trips last week, for a total of 51% this year!  Her Publix trips are especially impressive, don’t you think?

Would you like to join us in next week’s Cha-Ching Challenge?

Simply come back on Saturday and join the Cha-Ching Challenge by adding a link to your post sharing your great deals for the week!

Filed Under: Cha-Ching Challenge

The Cha-Ching Challenge: My 63% Savings + Link Up!

March 17th, 2012 By Kaley
This post may contain affiliate links, which means I will make a small commission if you click and make a purchase.

Cha-Ching challenge

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. Plus I may just choose one participating blog to highlight next week right here on Cha-Ching on a Shoestring.

Check out my savings for the week below:

Savings from coupons and store sales: $40.31

You can check out the details of my shopping trips at CVS, Giant and Landis this week here.

Total Spent: $23.55

Total Saved: $40.31 (a savings of 63%)

Savings from ‘Free Money’: $2.85

  • I scored a free Redbox rental using code DVDONME.
  • I saved $0.11 per gallon with Landis gas points, saving $1.65.

TOTAL SAVINGS:$46.01

TOTAL SAVINGS THIS YEAR: $843.26

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

Last day!

——————————————–

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!

Filed Under: Cha-Ching Challenge, Great Deals

The Cha-Ching Challenge: My Savings this Week + Link Up!

March 10th, 2012 By Kaley
This post may contain affiliate links, which means I will make a small commission if you click and make a purchase.

Cha-Ching challenge

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. Plus I may just choose one participating blog to highlight next week right here on Cha-Ching on a Shoestring.

Check out my savings for the week below:

Sorry this is late today guys.  We’ve had out of town guests, so I just now got a chance to sit down and work on it.

Savings from coupons and store sales: $62.58

Check out my Target and Landis shopping trips that I shared earlier this week.

  • Total Spent: $47.21
  • Total Saved: $62.58 (a savings of 57%)

Savings from ‘Free Money’: $1.60

  • Our local Dunkin Donuts are offering free iced coffees on Mondays.  Got mine this week!

TOTAL SAVINGS:$64.40

TOTAL SAVINGS THIS YEAR: $797.25

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

Did you check out our new Savings goal yet?!

——————————————–

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!

Filed Under: Cha-Ching Challenge, Great Deals

The Cha-Ching Challenge Highlight: Saved by the Sale!

March 9th, 2012 By Kaley
This post may contain affiliate links, which means I will make a small commission if you click and make a purchase.

Cha-Ching challenge

Welcome to the weekly

Cha-Ching Challenge Highlight!

This week’s highlight is Saved by the Sale!


Head over to Saved by the Sale to find out how she paid only $23.08 last week for all of the items pictured above (a savings of 81%)!

While you’re there, you may want to check out her ‘How to Coupon’ section.  She has some great tips if you are just getting started.

Would you like to join us in next week’s Cha-Ching Challenge?

Simply come back on Saturday and join the Cha-Ching Challenge by adding a link to your post sharing your great deals for the week!

Filed Under: Cha-Ching Challenge

The Cha-Ching Challenge: How I Saved 62% this Week and Scored a Free $50 Target Gift Card

March 3rd, 2012 By Kaley
This post may contain affiliate links, which means I will make a small commission if you click and make a purchase.

Cha-Ching challenge

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. Plus I may even choose one participating blog to highlight next week right here on Cha-Ching on a Shoestring!

Check out my savings for the week below:

Savings from coupons and store sales: $61.21

  • You can check out my savings on toilet paper and cereal this week in yesterday’s post. Spent $37.58.  Saved: $61.21.

Savings from ‘Free Money’: $50

  • I redeemed some of my MyPoints points for a $50 Target gift card.

TOTAL SAVINGS:$111.21

TOTAL SAVINGS THIS YEAR: $732.85

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

$157.99 shipped–still available in white and black!

——————————————–

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!

Filed Under: Cha-Ching Challenge, Great Deals

  • « Previous Page
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • …
  • 26
  • Next Page »

Welcome

About
Contact

My  name is Kaley. Wife, Mama, and Dreamer, I have a passion for saving money, living simply, and helping others find creative ways to live large on a limited budget.

My Favorite Things

Copyright © 2025 Kaley Ehret · Site Design by Sharon Hujik · Log in
Disclaimer | Disclosure Policy | Privacy Statement