$78 worth of Winder Dairy food for only $19!!! Northern and Southern Utah.

WOW! That totally rocks! I have always wanted to try out Winder Dairy Farms but just haven't ever felt like I could afford it yet. But with this Groupon deal, it seems a lot more possible. Be sure to have your Groupon City as Salt Lake City to see the deal! 

*Available for Northern AND Southern Utah! 

The Fine Print

• Expires Jan 16, 2013
• Limit 1 per household, may buy 2 additional as gifts. Limit 1 per order. Delivery only. Delivery to single-dwelling homes only. Valid only for first-time customers or customers who have not had service within the past 18 months. Valid only for select service area.
• See the rules that apply to all deals.

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While you are visiting be sure to enter the following giveaways:

FLASH GIVEAWAY- JAMBERRY NAILS
Tropical Traditions Virgin 32 oz Coconut Oil $40 Value

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$2 off Hungry Jack Pancake Mix & Syrup

This is a great coupon to print right now! And a nice way to have an easy quick breakfast ready. 

Just go over to Wal-mart online and watch the video then click "print coupon" on the specific coupon. You can also get coupons for all the items in this picture! 

I love the Martha White muffins mixes too and they are usually pretty cheap at Wal-mart.

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Tillamook Cheese 2 lb only $3.99! Albertson's!

Update: I just ad matched this deal at Wal-mart and they totally let me get two no questions asked! Wahoo!

I don't know how I missed this but through 6/26 you can get a 2 lb brick of Tillamook cheese for only $3.99 at Albertson's. 

Here's How:

In ad Coupon(Store coupon) $4.99 for one brick(limit one)

Stack the $1 off one 2 lb or more printable cheese coupon(can print at least two)

Final Price: $3.99! That is a great deal on cheese

Also, you could take the ad to Wal-mart too and ad match. Since it says Limit 1, they may only let you get one but often times they will let you get more! 

So glad I saw your post Dixie Dollar Deals! Thanks!

While you are visiting be sure to enter the following giveaways:

Lace Leggings Giveaway

Summer Patio Giveaway

250 Business Card Giveaway from Uprinting

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Monthly HouseHold/Grocery Budget HELP?

Just curious, how much do you spend on household items and groceries for your family in a month?

And how many are in your family?

Obviously I'm a couponer and I try to spend as little as possible but think I sometimes have unrealistic goals even with coupon shopping. Our families budget needs more tweeking.

We try to stay at $300 for our family of 5(two in diapers) but keep finding that we go over every month. That does include ALL household items(diapers, wipes ect...) and groceries. I've stock piled a bunch the past couple of months in all neccesities so if I didn't go to the store at all for 4 months.... the only things we would be lacking are the fresh basics... milk, eggs, fruits and veggies(we have frozen fruit and canned veggies but it wouldn't last 4 months, maybe 2 but the garden shoudl start producing soon), and bread(but I could make my own).

I think we save more and spend less than the average family but I still feel like I keep spending too much. We are also trying to stock pile CASH for a down payment for a home so I'm feeling like I need more help on my budget but keep falling short, way short on my goals.

I'm feeling like I may be too hooked on finding great deals... whether for the pantry or for the home.

 

Any thoughts?

 

Seriously, don't be afraid to comment:)

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Wal-mart Trip

So this is my last nights coupon adventure to Wal-mart where I price matched Albertson's and Smith's in the same trip! The first picture is everything I purchased then I set out all the stuff I got for free(the second picture)... I would have had 16 boxes of pasta too if they would have been sufficiently stocked and priced matched like they say they will but they wouldn't take my word that the pasta was on sale so cheap at Smith's... guess where I'm headed next? .....SMITH'S!!

AND THE GRAND TOTAL BEFORE COUPONS/PRICE MATCHING = $138ish

AFTER COUPONS/PRICE MATCHING = $70 and some change

16 items for FREE!!!

Thank you Wal-mart, Albertson's, and Smith's!!!!

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Wal-mart Trip

UPDATE: I FORGOT ONE ITEM!!

SECRET CLINICAL DEODERANT TRAVEL SIZE... $2.49 BEFORE $3 COUPON(I GOT IN THE MAIL) 

$.51 MONEY MAKER... SO 42 ITEMS FREE IN THIS TRIP!!!!

Thanks to Freebies2Deals I got all this at Wal-mart!

I finally got some of the Similac Formula before the sale ended….this is my shopping trip… all prices are after coupons (if they had one to match) and per item! The list gets better the further down you go:)

PRODUCTS WITHOUT COUPONS

(stuff I had to buy)

3 Gallons of milk $2.33

1 Drano $5.94

1 Cooking Spray $1.68

1 50 oz bottle of oil $2.47

2 Infant gas Relief $3.62

6 Bar S Hotdogs $.88

PRODUCTS WITH COUPONS

1 pack Pampers ($7.97)

1 pack Huggies ($5.97)

1 Nestle Cookie Dough (1.75)

4 Ziploc containers on clearance w/coupon ($0.90)

3 Flieschmann’s Yeast strips ($.64)

2 French’s fried onions ($1.01)

3 Texas Toast Croutons ($0.78)

2 Aquafresh Kids tooth paste ($.88)

2 Nexcare bandages ($0.50)

4 U panty liners ($0.74)

1 Carefree panty liner ($0.44)

3 womens travel size degree (FREE)

1 mens travel size Degree Deo (FREE)

2 Reach Dental Floss (FREE +.12 money maker)

2 BIC disposable packs ($.57)

2 tide travel size (FREE +.03 money maker)

1 Zest 4 pack Bars of soap (.98)

2 American Beauty Pasta (.78)

2 Best Life Buttery Spread (.98)

1 Secret Clinical Strength Deoderant (FREE + .51 MONEY MAKER)

AND BEST OF ALL…

11 Similac 1 qt Ready made bottles(Sensitive for Spit Up) FREE +1.16 MONEY MAKER!!!

All the money makers gave me a credit of $13.57!!! So I got 19 items free and then another 22 free because of the money makers!!! So a total of 42 FREEEEEE items!!!

BEFORE COUPON TOTAL $163.00 AFTER COUPONS $63.11 Over $100 in savings! Wahoo!

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Bountiful Baskets

So I realized this past week that I have never told you about one of my favorite ways to save on fresh produce. If you haven't heard of Bountiful Baskets let me tell you about them.

Bountiful Baskets is a non profit organization that pools money together from a group of people(like you and I) to buy their produce from local farmers first. You get a HUGE amount of FRUIT and VEGGIES for waaayyy cheaper than a grocery store can sell them. Your first basket is $15 + a $3 joining fee(that you never have to pay again). You can upgrade to ORGANIC on Week B if you want to as well for another $10. Besides FRESH PRODUCE, they have other "offerrings" like bread, tortilla packs, cookie packs, this week they have an egg dying pack for Easter too!  

Can I just tell you, their bread is soooo delicious?!!! I don't consider myself a health nut and usually find that "healthy" food doesn't always please my taste buds but this bread is so dang good and contains very healthy ingredients, one of which is flax seed.

So just to give you an idea of how much food you get with one basket, take one of those white plastic laundry baskets and double it!!!!

You get one full of fruit and one full of veggies. Each week the offerrings are different so you get a variety every time and if you get something you aren't used to, you can check thier website for recipes and they are also on FB!

Althought the baskets are not yours to keep, you need to bring something of your own to take the produce in, I use a big cooler.

Lots of states offer bountiful baskets, and if yours does not, you can start up a location and rally up some volunteers to help out!

You can order from 10am on mondays to Tuesday Evenings in Utah, other states it is 12 noon on mondays to Tuesday evenings. The baskets sell out fast so you want to for sure jump online ASAP.

Trust me you won't be dissappointed!

It is also a great way to do service too. They ask that you at least help prepare the baskets once so you can get a taste of the volunteer work. The first time I did it, everyone helped and it was really fun, freezing rain and all!

**I also really love this because these are the foods that are harder to get on sale or with coupons. Rarely there are fresh produce coupons and even with those coupons, this is cheaper anyway!

Here is the INFO for the bread: (I know it is about the same price for some bread at the store but it is much healthier and tastier!)

Item Name: 9 Grain Bread - 5 loaves - Contains Wheat - $10



Description: Ingredients: Wheat Flour, Organic Whole Grain Wheat Flour, Water, Honey, Rye Flakes, Barley, Oats, Vital wheat gluten, cracked wheat, corn, rye, millet, flaxseed, sea salt, yeast. Contains: Wheat Calories 50 Calories from fat 0 Total Fat: .5g 1% Saturated Fat 0g 0% Trans Fat 0g Cholesterol 0mg 0% Sodium 75mg 3% Total Carbohydrates 10g 3% Dietary Fiber 2g 8% Sugars 2g Protien 5g Vitamin A 0% Vitamin C 0% Calcium 1% Iron 1%

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Albertson's shopping trip!

I often forget to share with you the successful shopping trips I have with coupons. This definetly isn't my best trip but very worth sharing.

I did this in two transactions. The first transaction went like this:

20 boxes of cereal(10 General Mills, 10 Kellogs w/ free milk promo)

8 boxes of Nature Vally Granola Bars

2 boxes of Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks

2 2lb bricks of cheese

2 Salsa's

1 cream cheese

1 Budding Deli cuts Sandwich meat

1 Lansinoh Nursing pads

2 huge boxes of Huggies Diapers 76 count

4 bags of Huggies diapers 40-something count

THE TOTAL WOULD HAVE BEEN $260 BUT I PAID $154!!! AND I GOT 5 COUPONS FOR FREE MILK, AND $10 TOWARDS MY NEXT CHECKOUT! Plus all my General Mills cereal had $4+ of coupons on each one, so that is over $40 worth of more coupons for juice, paper goods, and butter... things I'm sure I will buy in the future when it is on sale:)

So I took my loot to the car and turned around to go grab my milk:) And some Dreyers ice cream... and some Welches Fruit Snacks!

5 gallons of milk

3 tubs of ice cream

7 boxes of Welches Fruit Snacks

TOTAL WOULD HAVE BEEN $56.18 and.... I SPENT $7.80!!!

So all in all, the two shopping trips should have cost about $320 and I only spent $160!!!!

I won't have to buy diapers or cereal for at least 3 months! 

That was 58 items(including 6 big packs of diapers and my Lansinoh pads-never on sale and $10 bucks a pop) for $160 which averages out to $2.75 an item.

Or if you want to be more specific, 320 diapers + 60 lansinoh pads + 51 other items= $.37 per item! (with it broken down a bit, lol!!)

And if you want to include the $40 in coupons I got... it's even better, but that is only if I end up using them. Let say I do.

It would be 28 CENTS per item. :)

***Just a few notes I learned from this trip, we already know you should ALWAYS bring ALL of your coupons with you, this is one reason why, I had plans to just buy diapers, cheese and cream cheese! I wouldn't have scored these other items that we always buy and consume anyway. 

*I learned Albertson's gives you the full amount on coupons for free items. EX: free milk, up to $4.50. The milk was only $2.79 so the rest went towards my ice cream:) I thought Wal-mart was the only place that would do this

*I thought the limit on the free milk was 3 but it printed 5... two of which said FREE up to $4.50!!! that was ALMOST $4 of extra savings I hadn't planned on!  SWEET!

*I mentioned before that I would never shop anywhere but Wal-mart again accept when there are Catalina's involved... changed my mind... unadvertised sales can be the best ones! They don't price match those!

*an FYI... the buy one Dreyers get two free promo.... I'm sure you are aware but incase you are not, they have the price of ONE at $6.99, that is way more than normal... it is usually $3.50-3.99 so it is more like buy two get one free. I've noticed over time that Albertson's definetly tries to play games like this. I'm not fooled. So really it wasn't even as good as the sale when it goes to $2.00 a bucket. I purchased it anyway because remember, I had free milk and $10 towards my next shopping trip. I could have bought something more useful or more healthy but I really love ice cream and it is getting warmer around my part of the country!!!

OK, I'M DONE:)

Wait, not quite... I also need to mention if you have coupons on the Kellogs cereal, that can make for a few more in savings, I didn't have any left, used them last week!

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Ad/Price Matching... FREE PASTA

VS.

I have had a major coupon-life altering (lol) insight last night. I know if you are a couponer... you are probably already on top of this or have at least read about it but HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED IT?

So I have to be honest, I have always been nervous about ad or price matching for fear that the store would give you dirty looks and that you would be talking with customer service for hours to complete the transaction.

I did it once over the holidays for a couple of Nintendo DS lights. Radio Shack had them for $75 but sold out... I went to Wal-mart... and ad matched! It was a one day deal and took quite a bit of work but Wal-Mart was very nice and considerate when said and done and that saved a whopping $150 out of pocket!!!

I figured it was worth a try when I would save that much but on small grocery items, probably not...

WELL WELL WELL... I was WRONG! Smith's has a great sale going on this week and you can score lots of free Ronzoni and American Beauty Pasta if you have the coupons to match! I headed over ready to pick up 10 free boxes of pasta when to my dismay, THEY WERE SOLD OUT. Of course, that would be my luck because there are soo many thrifty couponers in my town. I had happened to run out of ink so I wanted to go to Wal-mart anyway and get ink when I had the thought, "Why not ad/price match the pasta?"

A little hesitant, I decided to give it a try. I knew I MUST have the Smith's ad in order to price match so I marked the pasta on the add, seperated the matching coupons to go with it and even decided to price match pasta sauce and Annie's Mac & Cheese.

I got to the check out stand ready to go, the cashier immediately noticed the Smith's ad in hand and said kindly, "Look's like we've got some ad matching tonight?" And I explained I am new to ad matching! He just took the prices right off the add and that was that! It seriously didn't take any extra time(maybe I got a good cashier but it was just as fast as normal check out!) SCORE!!! 10 boxes of Pasta for a whopping $1(I had one coupon missing), 10 jars of pasta sauce for $15(no coupons but normally $3 a jar), 10 boxes of mac & cheese for $5(no coupons just a good deal and Smith's was out of that too). 

So my question is WHY IN THE HECK WOULD I SHOP ANYWHERE BUT WAL-MART IF I CAN AD MATCH EVERY OTHER STORE?!!!  I am done going to multiple stores and trying to get their best deals, Wal-mart rocks!

The ONLY reason I might go back to Smith's or Albertson's is if the sale gives you the Catalina Rewards or $$ towards next shopping trip(I'm not sure if Wal-Mart will price match that, I guess I have more to learn).

If you want to see what sale items have matching coupons, go here and choose your store.

I have it linked to the current Smith's add but you can click the drop down box that says select store.

Here is a link for Pasta Coupons... can get you 16 boxes free if you print it twice.

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