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Jun. 14, 2008

Super Saving Saturday

If anyone is interested in seeing what I got this week for nest to nothing you can head on over to This Side of Eternity. Also if you want to stay in touch with what is going on over ther you can. There are several ways to stay connected. The first is by putting this little clickable button on your sidebar.

Second if you get your blogs in a feeder you can subscribe to This Side of Eternity here. Lastly you can receive the whole thing in an email subscription which you can sign up for through the feeder link, or at my other site in the upper left hand corner.

Hope to see everyone over at my other site. And don't forget to leave me a comment so I know that you were there. Hope everyone is enjoying their Saturday.

*Kristie*

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May. 24, 2008

Super Saving Saturday

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It's time for my Super Saving Saturday post. If you have been looking for Money Saving Mom, she is not lost. She has moved. You can find her settling into her new home here.

If you are looking for my Super Saving Saturday post you can find it at

This Side Of Eternity

I hope you'll stop on over and tell me what you think.

*Kristie*

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May. 17, 2008

Super Saving Saturday

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It's Super Saving Saturday hosted by Money Saving Mom.

I have my post up on my other blog today, so if your looking to see it you can check it out at

This Side of Eternity.

How was your week of saving? Read how I suffered from grocery store burnout this week.

*Kristie*

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May. 10, 2008

Super Saving Saturday

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It's one of my favorite posts of the week. My Super Saving Saturday post hosted by none other that Crystal form Money Saving Mom.

Well I have to admit that I didn't spend time this week putting together a plan, and I definately paid for it literally.

I did alright at CVS. I was able to grow my ECB's considerably. Thank you CVS for all the great coupons you sent me. I was worried for a while there that you had forgotten about me. I kept hearing about the great coupons that everyone else was getting. I kept checking my inbox and it was empty. I haven't gotten any register coupons in forever. Then last Thursday I finally got something. And it was a great coupon too! $5 off Skin Effects, which happeded to be giving $5 ECBs when you buy $20 worth.

But to make this deal even better, my sister still had a few $2 off Skin Effects from a while ago. So I bought 4 Skin Effects face wash for $5.99 each - $5 CVS Coupon - $2 manufacturer coupon = free. Plus $5 ECB back!

There were quite a few monthly deals available so I snagged those up too since they don't always stick around for too long.

1 canister of Folgers Coffee
1 Gillette Venus Embrace
4 Skin Effects Facewash
1 Gallon of Milk
1 bag of Purina Dog Food
1 Colgate 360 Toothbrush
2 Freestyle Monitor
1 pack of 24 Ice Mountain bottled water
1 package of Charmin 12 rolls
2 Newspapers
1 Oralpik Traveler

TOTAL $6.60
Total Savings $222.07

I now have $43.75 in ECB's

Now for my grocery shopping. I will start off by saying that my first mistake was thinking that I could just run into the store with my coupons and NO plan! This is how I used to shop. Well minus the coupons. So I didn't do great. I was tired and didn't feel like shopping at all. I waited until we were out of the basics and then I panicked and ran to Kroger and spent way too much and forgot a bunch of stuff. So then I had to run to Aldis later in the week to get everything I forgot. Needless to say I will have a plan this week for sure.

1 package of Ground Round
3 packages of Amish chicken breast
2 bags of Kroger Shredded Cheese
1 package of Bologna
2 Packages of Pork Cutlets
1 Bottle of Soy Sauce
2 cans of refried beans
1 container of Kroger Plain Yogurt
1 container of Kroger Parmesan Cheese
3 packages of Kroger American cheese
2 packages of Koegel Franks
1 package of Kroger Corn Dogs
1 head of lettuce
1 Gallon of Chocolate Milk
2 Packeges of Tortillas
1 jar of Kroger Salsa
1 package of hamburger buns
2 packages of hot dog buns
2 loafs of bread
1 package of english muffins
1 case of 24 bottled water

TOTAL $ 83.53
Total Savings $78.21

Most of my bill was for meats.

So the lesson here is to have a plan and stick to it.

*Kristie*

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May. 3, 2008

Super Saving Saturday

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It's time for Super Saving Saturday hosted by Money Saving Mom.

This is one of my favorite times of the week. I love to see how well I spent my money. Or didn't spend it for that matter.

Because of all that I've learned from Crystal I have really done pretty great at stocking up our cupboards and freezer all while keeping my grocery bill very low. In fact I am easily spending 50% less than I did before I started shopping this way. My grocery goal is to not spend over $50 a week. This includes all food, paper products, health and beauty products, feminine products, dogfood, ect. So far so good.

I wasn't even planning to go grocery shopping this week since we had plenty already from stocking up during all the sales recently. But then I heard about an amazing deal at Meijer. I couldn't just sit by and not take advantage of 17 cent pasta, 50 cent pasta sauce, and $1 tubs of ice cream. So I went and got this on my first trip.

I only wanted to use a couple of each coupon that Meijer gave me, I was a little chicken. I hate when the cashier gives you the look. The one that tells you that you must be doing something wrong in order to get so much for so little. But I didn't get that look at all. I left spending $ and feeling great. So great in fact I rushed home to share my newfound deal with all of you. Then I went back..... twice! Heres what I got from those trips.

So here's the breakdown:

1 pound of Maple Ham Lunchmeat
1 bottle of Ranch Dressing
10 Jars of Pasta Sauce
10 Bags Frozen Veggies
10 Boxes of Pasta
10 Bags of Baking Chips
10 Tubs of Ice cream
6 Boxes of Graham Crackers
2 Fuze Drinks
1 bottle of Coffeemate Creamer
1 bag of French Fries

TOTAL $38.99
Total Savings $92.51

Since CVS was so kind as to give out new coupons, I decided I'd better take advantage of them before they're gone again. So I ran into CVS to pick up a couple of the April monthly deals that I hadn't gotten yet. I went back again on Friday and got most of the May Monthly deals that I wanted.

Now for CVS ~

6 Post it Flags
2 Tubes of Aquafresh Extreme Clean
1 tube of Aquafresh Advanced
2 bottles of Diet Pepsi
2 Reese's Candybars
2 Colgate 360 Toothbrushes
2 boxes of Tums Quickpacks
1 pack of BIC Soliel Refills
2 Tubes Of Lumene Aktiva
4 Bottles of Softsoap
2 Detroit Free Press newspapers
1 Skin Effects Facial Cleanser

4 boxes of CVS Rapid Release Pain Relief

TOTAL $11.88
Total Savings $106.14

ECB's For Next Time $29.93

Last week I mentioned a company I work with to earn some extra money. This week I thought I'd tell you about two more companies that pay you to click on the email they send you daily.

Warning: I use a yahoo account for these kinds of companies that way my "real" email isn't getting flooded with paid emails everyday. It takes less than a second to click on an email and you earn money for each one you click. It's so Easy.

Okay well that's my shameless plug for you for the week.

I hope you are having a lovely week.

*Kristie*

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Apr. 26, 2008

Super Saving Saturday

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It's time for Super Saving Saturday hosted by Money Saving Mom and CVS Superstars hosted by The "Cents"sible Sawyer.

I had a pretty good run at Kroger this week. There was a great deal on General Mills products. Also I was able to pick up quite a few free after coupon items. This is also the first time I signed up for the coupons from Kroger's site that you download onto your Kroger card. I don't know what took me so long. But these are great. You can use these coupons on top of your manufacturer's coupons. That spells extra savings to me! So here's a shot of my groceries.

24 pk Bottled Water
1 Gallon Chocolate Milk
1 Gallon Milk
4 Pears
Parmesan Cheese
Tomato
Turkey Sausage
5 Pound Bag of Potatos
1 Package of Steak
1 Box Kroger Pop Tarts
2 AMP Drinks
Coffeemate Creamer
6 Fuze
2 Liter Pepsi Max
2 Dozen Eggs
Country Crock Spread
Hot Dog Buns
4 Packages Nissin Noodle Soup
1 Pound Maple Ham Lunchmeat
Koegel Franks
1 Bag of Marshmellows
2 Boxes of Natures Valley Bars
2 Scotchbright Toilet Scrubber
2 Boxes Strawberry Chex
2 Boxes Chocolate Chex
1 Box Kroger Donuts
1 Bottle Newmans Dressing
2 Bags of Fresh Express Salad
6 Apples
2 Boxes of Curves Bars

TOTAL $44.55
Total Savings $70.63

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That was a pretty fun shopping trip. I made a quick run to CVS. I didn't really see too much in the ad that I needed, so I only grabbed these few things.

2 AMP Drinks
12 Pack of Cottonelle
1 Bag of Cascade Dishwasher Detergent
1 Softsoap SPA
2 Skin Effects Cleanser
3 Boxes of Alavert
Reeses Candybar
2 Ban Deodorant
1 Speedstick 24/7

TOTAL $8.07
Total Savings $80.17

It's not the amount that I am used to spending. But it just was one of those weeks for me. Maybe this week will be better. The good thing is that I don't really need anything right now.

One more noteworthy thing to mention is the contest over at BeCentsAble.

To join in and be entered to win a $10 CVS gift card at the Show & Tell Giveaway tell us about your centsable shopping trips or your Grocery Challenge via Mister Linky or by leaving a comment! It's open until Sunday at midnight and we will pick a winner at random on Monday!

Man, a $10 CVS Giftcard can really go A LONG WAY when your a CVSer. Head on over to enter Here.

I also got my check in the mail from Cashcrate! This is only my second check from them, but so far it really seems to be working out for me.

Well I'm off to see how everyone else did this week. Did you come across some good deals. Leave me a comment and let me know all about it. I love to hear how others were able to save money too.

*Kristie*

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Apr. 19, 2008

Super Saving Saturday

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Here's another issue of Super Saving Saturday being hosted by Money Saving Mom. You can also check out some other CVS Superstars at the "Cent"sible Sawyer site.

I had an alright week. I spent more than I really wanted to on my groceries, but I did pick up a lot of barbecue type meat which was Rich's request.

Crystal asked for pictures of freebies from this week.

I was surprised to find this one in the mail since I wasn't completely sure if I would get this one when I signed up for it. I have been getting some great freebies in the mail lately. I've gotten coffee, magazines, post-its,toothpaste, perfume, makeup, shampoo, conditioner, ziplock bags, teas, and more. I love getting freebies. It takes checking the mail from ordinary to exciting. Its kind of like game a game to see what came in the mail each day.

CVS ~

4 Pure Protein Bars
CVS Cleaner with Bleach
2 boxes of Excederin
4 Covergirl TruBlend Whipped Foundation
1 Glade CAR Freshener
1 Box of Pepsid EZ Chews
1 bag of Pretzels
1 container of Half and Half
6 boxes of Natures Valley Bars
1 Jergens Natural Glow Face Lotion
2 Packages of CVS Cotton Swabs
1 Contour Blood Glucose Monitor (For my BIL)
2 Pledge Duster Starter Kits
1 Propel Water
4 Airwick Freshmatic Mini
2 Aktiva lotion
Hairspray
1 packages of CVS Toilet Paper

TOTAL $ 9.06
Total Savings $222.04

Kroger ~

1 Bag of Dole Salad
5 Medium Tomatoes
1 Family Package of Hamburger
1 Family Package of Seasoned Chicken Breasts
1 Family Package of Pork Chops
2 Bags of Bertolli Dinners for two
2 bags of Liv Active Cheese Cubes
2 Bottles of Pop
1 Package of Pepperjack cheese slices
2 Packages of whole wheat tortillas
2 Cans of Evaporated Milk
1 Bottle of Coffeemate Creamer
1 Can of Tomatoe Paste

TOTAL $ 46.60
Total Savings $ 39.96

Meijer ~

2 Boxes of Hersheys 100 Calorie Cookies
2 Loafs of Aunt Millies Whole Grain Bread
1 Pineapple
2 Pedigree Dog Treats
1 container of Miracle Whip
1 Gallon of Milk
2 Boxes of South Beach Granola Clusters
1 Box of South Beach Granola Bars
2 Packages of Aunt Jamima Breakfasts
1 Fuze Drinks
2 Packages of Liv Active Cheese Cubes

TOTAL $16.06
Total Savings $ 38.42

Not to shabby if I do say so myself

*Kristie*

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Mar. 29, 2008

Super Saving Saturday

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Crystal is hosting Super Saving Saturday again at Money Saving Mom.

I went to Meijer once and really made out on their 10 for $10 sale. I took Rich with me and he was so surprised by how much I saved. I wasn't able to get to CVS this week for a couple of reasons. I had family in town, the sales weren't great, I just needed a break, and my car was broke down for a few days. So here's how I did at Meijer.

1 bag of Dentibites cat treats
1 bag of cat treats1 package of toilet paper
1 pound of polish ham
1 bag of dog food
2 bags of Chex Mix
4 packages of Betty Crocker cookie mix
2 bags Cheerios snack mix
2 boxes TMNT fruit snacks
5 Grands biscuits
3 Boxes Banquet sausage links
5 pound bag of potatoes
3 pound bag of carrots
3 cans of Hormel chicken
I Can't Believe it's Not Butter Spray
2 cans of Albacore tuna
6 boxes of pizza rolls
2 bags of Dole salad
4 bottles of 7-Up
2 Betty Crocker frosting
Live Active cheese sticks
LivActive cubed cheese
24 count of bottle water
5 packages of Hot Pockets
6 boxes of Poppers
2 Bertolli frozen meals
Maxwell House coffee

TOTAL $ 61.85
Total Savings $98.82

There's how I did. Did you snag any good deals this week? I'd love to hear about it.

*Kristie*

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