We ran out to Publix this week for some of the top deals they were running.  It wasn’t a huge trip, just enough to get stocked on the sale items we needed.  When you are following sale cycles the goal is that you don’t “need” anything each week, you just watch the sales and grab […]

This week I began the process of restocking my poor depleted pantry after a few weeks of not shopping very much.  We went to Publix and did pretty good with a 61% savings.  The trip included a lot of produce, milk, and some meat so walking out with everything we needed and still saving over […]

This week has been long and hard.  I know we all have them, and this one completely took me off guard.  I spent the first few days of the week in California away from my crew for a conference.  I kinda enjoyed the away time but it’s hard to prep the house and food to […]

After 8 years of teaching people to save money and telling 99% of folks in workshops, live Q&A sessions and many blog posts that there is nothing to get at Walmart that you couldn’t get cheaper on sale at another store, I must confess that I was wrong.  This week we made a quick (and […]

I had a goal of just buying milk this week and saving the rest of our grocery budget for some upcoming bulk meat purchases.  When I was out “walking” Bi-Lo (what my kids call me looking for unadvertised deals) though, my plans changed with half the store almost being on clearance.  I just couldn’t leave […]

Running out of toothpaste should never happen if you are a deal hunter!  It’s free at one of the drugstores almost every single week.  For us we got a little over zealous cleaning out our cabinets for a recent donation drive that we ran out without me even realizing.  Thankfully CVS was here to help […]

This week I couldn’t resist a trip to Rite Aid for the great Huggies diaper deal.  I already had a ton of Plenti Points saved up from all the free pain relief items this month (you still have a day left to buy those too).  So after coupons I paid with points and left with […]

We didn’t need much this week, so I took advantage of that and used my time to grab some of the super cheap and free items at Bi-Lo.  There are a number of great deals this week and all continue through Tuesday so you have time to get them too. Here’s my actual shopping list so you […]

I thought about skipping coupons this week and just getting produce sales.  Typing the Bi-Lo ad up late Monday night changed my mind!  There was really only one deal I wanted, but it was enough to get me into gear and gather coupons for other deals in the store.  My motivation was Innovasian Dinners. Every […]