This month I am challenging myself and all of you to try to cut your budgets to save $1000 (or 10% of your income). If you are already saving that’s awesome, but I still challenge you to do this with us. You maybe surprised at how much fluff works it’s way into your life when you think things are going swimmingly. For those that aren’t saving and living penny to penny this isn’t easy. But… at the end of the month it will worth every minute of it to look and have started a small nest egg.
If you are just joining in, read back over the basics of what we are trying to do. You can also brush up on our plan with our week 1 goals.
Now that you’ve been cutting back for a week, how’s it going?
I’ll confess somethings were easy and some were crazy hard. I’m not always a planner so not grabbing any fast food when we are out and about is tricky business. I fell off the wagon once when it was 3 pm and I still hadn’t finished errands and needed lunch. A girl has to eat… I had packed lunch for the one kiddo that was with me, but thought I could stretch till I got home.
Total for last week we put a nice chunk in savings (yes I took it out of the checking account as if we had spent it and moved it to savings… ah the joys of online banking). The final amount was $190.
This was from:
- $55 from not eating out for dinner (we normally budget once per week)
- $15 in extra grocery money not spent on snacks/juices and non-vital foods
- $40 from not snacking/eating fast food. This is normally in a “cash” segment of our budget that goes to miscellaneous. What we are really trying to do is have NO miscellaneous purchases!
- $80 in a tank of gas we didn’t need!
I had budgeted last week for $60 in gas, but we did an awesome job on living in one car. We didn’t even leave the house for three days which is pretty rare for me.
Week 2 Plans
While $190 is awesome, we need to step it up a bit to hit $1000 by the end of the month. This week the plan is to continue everything from week one, and to add a little bit more…
We already live on a grocery/household purchase budget of about $50 a week but I’m going to try to eat only from our stockpile this week. I even have a few gallons of milk in the freezer so this should work without a problem.
There are a few other categories of our budget that have wiggle room. Clothing and medical being the main two. I’m kinda hoping I can play things well end up with those being unused this month too, but it’s a little early to be deciding that no one will need them.
Print you coupon now to get FREE Alka-Seltzer at Publix! The deal will be available 9/11-9/17 or 9/10-9/16.
Want to print more coupons? See all of the coupons you’ll need for the next ad.
Alka-Seltzer Coupon
-$1 off Alka-Seltzer product, excl 6 ct., RP 8/10
Publix Deal Idea
Alka-SeltzerAntacid, 12 ct., $1.94
Use:
-$1 off Alka-Seltzer product, excl 6 ct., RP 8/10
Total Due: 94¢
Get Back:
-$1 off Alka-Seltzer product, excl 6 ct. and Plus items, Checkout 51 (EXP 09/10) mobile coupon
Makes it FREE!
The deal will be available 9/11-9/17 or 9/10-9/16.
There are some amazing deals this week on Tide Detergent when you use the new Tide Coupon.
This week at Family Dollar you can get Tide Simply Clean & Fresh Detergent for only $2 ea. Now that is a great price to stock up on laundry detergent!
Tide Coupon
–$2/2 Tide Detergents and/or Boost (excludes Tide PODS and trial/travel size), printable
Deal Idea
Family Dollar
Buy:
(2) Tide Simply Clean & Fresh Liquid Detergent, 40 oz, $3
Use:
–$2/2 Tide Detergents and/or Boost (excludes Tide PODS and trial/travel size), printable
Total Due: $4 ($2 each)!
Deal ends 9/13.
Other Household Coupons
–$2/2 Duracell Coppertop or Quantum batteries, 4 ct.+ printable
–$1/2 Pine-Sol multi-pupose cleaners printable
–$2 off Windex Outdoor item printable
Here are all of the deals in the Publix Ad 9/11-9/17 or 9/10-9/16. You can get great deals on Cereal, FREE Friendship Cottage Cheese, Alka Seltzer, and more!
Want to make couponing even easier? You can go here to have all of your Coupons.com coupons preclipped.
See Additional Publix Deals:
Grocery Flyer
Personal Care Flyer
Unadvertised Deals (new list posted Thursday morning though many of these will continue)
If you know of additional deals please leave them in a comment below.
Buy One Get Ones
- Publix Honeydew Chunks, at $3.49 ($1.74) lb
- Campari Tomatoes, 16 oz, at $4.99 ($2.49)
- Potato Inspirations, 28 oz, at $3.99 ($1.99)
- Bantry Bay mussels, 16 oz, at $5.99 ($2.99)
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Trans Ocean Surimi, 8 oz, at $2.99 ($1.49)
-.50/1 Trans-Ocean Crab Classic, Lobster Classic or Seafood Snackers printable
(makes it 49¢)
(in FL and NC, makes it 99¢) - Smithfield Ham Slice, 8 oz, at $3.59 ($1.79)
- Armour Meatballs, 14 oz, at $4.99 ($2.49)
- Savannah Classics Hushpuppies, 16 oz, (price not listed)
- Green Giant Steamers Vegetables, 11-12 oz, at $2.59 ($1.29)
-.60/3 Green Giant Seasoned Steamers or Valley Fresh Steamers frozen vegetables printable
-.60/3 Green Giant Seasoned Steamers or Valley Fresh Steamers frozen vegetables printable
-.50/2 Green Giant Seasoned Steamers or Valley Fresh Steamers frozen vegetables, 11 or 12 oz, Upromise eCoupon
-.60/3 Green Giant Seasoned Steamers or Valley Fresh Steamers printable
(buy (3), use .60/3, makes it 92¢ ea. after Upromise)
(in FL, buy (6), use (2) .60/3, makes it $1 ea. after Upromise) Read More→
For today only, Oneida is offering a 30% off sitewide sale, plus a flat fee shipping of $2.99 when you use the coupon code SW30! This is an great deal for those of you looking to buy wedding presents or if you are looking to get new items for your kitchen
One great way to save even more is to check out the Sale Section.
Deal Ideas:
(Prices after discount)
Here’s a list of Walmart deals and coupons that match with them. Below you will find a category of new deals and a long list of continuing deals.
My favorite deals this week are Del Monte canned green beans for under 50¢ and Chi’s Chi’s salsa that’s under 78¢ after coupons.
New Deals
- Fresh Bananas, 48¢ per lb
- Bertolli Extra Light Olive Oil, 17 oz, $6.24
-$1 off Bertolli olive oil, 17 oz+, on product
(use $1 off, makes it $5.24) - Brach’s Bridge Mix, 8.7 oz, $1.98
-$1/2 Brach’s product printable
(use $1/2, makes it $1.48 each) - Campbell’s Microwaveable Soup Bowls, Chicken Noodle, 15.4 oz, $1.68
-.50/2 Campbell’s microwaveable soup bowls printable
-.50/2 Campbell’s microwaveable soup bowls printable
(use .50/2, makes it $1.43 each) - Chi-Chi’s Thick & Chunky Salsa, 16 oz, $1.78
-$1/2 Chi-Chi’s salsa, SS 8/17
-.55/1 Chi-Chi’s tortilla item, SS 8/17
-$1 off Chi-Chi’s salsa item, 16 oz+ printable
(use $1 off, makes it 78¢) - Chicken Of The Sea Chunk Light Tuna in Water, 5 oz, $1.18
-.75/3 Chicken of the Sea Chunk Light Tuna in water, 5 oz printable
(use .75/3, makes it 93¢ each) - Del Monte Cut Green Beans, Canned, 14.5 oz, 75¢
-$1/4 Del Monte canned vegetables, 11-15.25 oz printable
(use $1/4, makes it 50¢ each) - Covergirl Outlast Lipcolor, $7.94
-.50/1 CoverGirl product, excl trial size printable
-$2 off Covergirl Outlast lipcolor, excl trial size, PG 8/31
(use $2 off, makes it $5.94) Read More→
There are two new Barilla coupons available for you to print today! You can save on both pasta and pasta sauce.
Barilla Coupons:
-.75/1 Barilla pasta sauce printable
-$1/3 Barilla pasta boxes printable
Head to Target where you can get pasta sauce for 69¢ after an Ibotta offer. There is also a Target regional deal going on through 9/27 for B3G1 FREE on select Italian meal items. If your Target is offering this sale, you can get boxes of pasta for 71¢ each!
Target Deals:
Buy:
(1) Barilla Pasta Sauce, 24 oz, $1.94 (through 10/4)
Use:
-.75/1 Barilla pasta sauce printable
Pay: $1.19
Get Back: -.50/1 Barilla sauce (at Target only), 24 oz, Ibotta App mobile coupon
Makes it 69¢!
Buy:
(4) Barilla Blue Box Pasta, $1.29
B3G1 FREE through 9/27 (regional deal)
Use:
-$1/3 Barilla pasta boxes printable
Makes it $2.87 (71¢ each)!
Make sure to print the new Lipton tea coupons before they are gone. The best deal is at Publix right now, get the 18-20 ct box of Black tea on sale for $1.49 or 49¢ after the coupon!!
With the $2 and $1 off coupons, you can get some great deals, so be sure to check it out.
Lipton Coupons
-$2 off Lipton k-cup pack printable
-$1 off Lipton black tea bag carton printable
Deal Ideas:
At Publix:
Buy:
Lipton Black Tea, 18-20 ct., $1.49
Use:
-$1 off Lipton black tea bag carton printable
makes it 49¢
At Walgreens:
Buy:
Lipton K-cups $5.99
Use:
-$2 off Lipton k-cup pack printable
makes it $3.99
Here are the top baby deals this week! This might be a great week to stock the pantry with baby food!
For expectant moms: Don’t forget that you can also create an Amazon baby registry right now and be entered to win an Amazon gift card! Plus you will get 10% off your entire order to help you complete your registry closer to your due date.
If you see any deals that I might have missed, feel free to leave a comment below to share.
Diapers
- Publix- Huggies Diapers or Pull-Ups, 18-156 ct., $5 off WYB (2) (thru 9/16)
-$2 off Huggies Little Movers diapers printable
-$2 off Huggies diapers, 20 ct.+ (Target coupon) printable
-$3/2 Huggies Little Movers diapers printable
-$2 off Huggies Slip On Diapers printable
-$2.50 off Huggies diapers, Big Pack (Food Lion coupon), SS 8/17
-$2 off Huggies diapers, Big Pack (Food Lion coupon), SS 8/17
-$2 off Huggies diapers, Target Coupon Baby Mailer
-$1.50 off Huggies Snug & Dry diapers printable
-$1.50 off Huggies Diapers printable
-$1.50 off Huggies Little Movers diapers printable
-$1.50 off Huggies Little Snugglers Diapers printable
-$1.50 off Huggies Snug & Dry diapers printable - Commissary- Pampers Cruisers Diapers, Super Pack, 66-92 ct., 31% off (thru 9/10)
-$1.50 off Pampers Cruisers diapers, excl trial size, (zip 03103) printable
-$2 off Pampers Cruisers diapers, excl trial/travel, (zip 77477) printable
-$2 off Pampers Cruisers, Extra Protection or Baby Dry diapers, excl trial size, Commissary eCoupon - Rite Aid- $3 +UP wyb (2) Tugaboos Diapers, Training Pants or Wipes, 320-360 ct. wipes, $7.50, limit 4 (thru 9/13)
(makes it $6 ea.) Read More→
