Friday Favorites: Vol #33

Happy Friday my loves!!!!

I am sooo excited that it's the end of the week! Cheers to the freaking weekend already. I started back to work a couple of weeks ago so my days are dragging something serious. It's always a pleasure when the weekend rolls around. As I mentioned in this post, I'm super excited about THIS weekend in particular because I will be attending my very first blogger event. My goal is to actually attend one of the big conferences within the next year so we shall see how well that goes. 

I also love Fridays on the blog because once a month I share with you some of my favorite things that took place within the month. Lots of deals, savings, and all around good ish!!

Let's begin with Target's latest clearance sale which happened a few weekends ago. For two days, all of their summer clearance was an additional 20% off. I went absolutely nuts when I saw this because for one, I've never seen them have a sale like this; two, I had been eyeing tons of cute summer pieces waiting for them to be reduced; and three, Target is my all time favorite store in the whole wide world so it was only right that I partake in the madness. Speaking of madness, I recently collaborated with Target for a super sweet post about their wedding registry. See what all the fuss is about here.

FREE Restaurant.com gift cards that I won through a sweepstakes on Crowdtap. Crowdtap is a brand developing program that offers you a chance to sound off about your favorite brands and products through random surveys and various opportunities to share new brands through social media. They also offer sample shares every once in a while. A while ago, I was chosen to receive a sample share opportunity from Old Navy where my bestie and I both got to try their new denim for FREE.  

PS: Restaurant.com has a crazy sale going on this weekend...$4 for $25 worth of restaurant certificates. Um yes, I'll take them!

September magazine subscriptions. All or most of these were FREE!!! I usually share the deals that I get on my Facebook page so be sure to 'like' the page by clicking here.

This week's library find. Such a great book with awesome shopping tips.

Recent thrift store finds. I love finding critically acclaimed self help books while thrifting. Great titles for only a small fraction of the cost!

I recently got myself back into couponing and I've been saving a ton since. It's very time consuming but so well worth it. This trip to Harris Teeter cost me $43.xx but then I received a promotion from Quilted Northern that gave me back $15 just for purchasing their brand and filling out a short survey for them. That took my total down to $27.xx for this shopping trip.

I love stocking up on paper products and a couple of weeks ago CVS was having a great special. I believe I spent $28.xx on this trip and got back $16 bringing my total down to $12.xx for this haul. I LOVE CVS...their prices may seem a little expensive but they always, always, always offer great coupons and money rewards back on featured products.

Now...on to the cute baby stuff.

My lil Peanut's very first pair of Timberland boots. Found at the thrift for $5!!! They're in such great condition too. Since he will be born in December, he can wear them immediately to keep his little toes warm during the winter months. 

So my local library has a 'FREE Magazine' box. I like to go there often just to see what they have in the box. And all of the magazines that I showed you previously, from my own personal stash, get donated into this box once I'm done reading and ripping out my inspiration pages from them. Recently I lucked up on a whole slew of old Parents magazines. I'm sure these have some inspiration gems hidden in them.

Another great find from the thrift. I saw this same book in Target for $20 last week and I got it for $1. I don't do full price.

My absolutely FREE pamper purchase from Amazon.com. This deal was too sweet to pass up on. They always offer great deals on diapers when you sign up for the Amazon Mom program. Like my FB Page for more in depth breakdowns of deals like this. 

Just in case you are a new visitor, the honey and I are having a BOY this December. We are completely overjoyed.  Read more about our gender reveal here.

What a way to end a post!!!

What were some of your favorite things this week/month?

I can't wait to hear from you.

Until next time. Have a great weekend.

XOXOXOXOXO

Savin' Maven Monday: Harris Teeter Super Doubles-October

Hello and Happy Monday my loves!

I hope you all have had a fab weekend! Mine was spent resting up and recuperating from the crazy week that I've had.

Oh...and visiting Target(s)...

YES that was plural. I swear they need to make me a brand ambassador or something. I can't get enough of that place. Maybe I will share some of my latest finds in this weeks volume of Friday Favorites.

Anyhow, I feel like I haven't posted in a month of Sundays!

Just wanted to share and break down my latest shopping trip with you all.

Once a month, Harris Teeter hosts a Super Double coupon event when they double all coupons up to $2 for a whole week. This is literally the only time that I shop there because they are otherwise way too expensive for my tiny pockets. 

Here's what I scored this past week...

Total before discounts and coupons --->$94.26

Total out of pocket --->$32.80

Total savings --->$61.46 (65% savings)

I used coupons for every item in the above picture except the Brach's candy and the Strawberries which were BOGO FREE. 

The only con to these type of sales and couponing in general is that there are rarely any coupons or awesomely great sales on meats, fruits, and vegetables. My theory is that if I can save in the area of snacks, processed foods, etc. then I can put that extra money towards the purchase of more of the aforementioned things. 

I also briefly stopped in Walmart to get some wine and found these...

Purchase 4 specially marked pizza boxes like this one..

And get $5 cash back through a mail-in rebate. 

Yes! I'll take it. 

That's just like getting 4 pizzas for less than 50 cents!

And you can't beat that with a stick!

Have you had any great shopping trips lately?

Do share!

Oh, and thanks for reading!

XOXOXOXO

Make Me Wanna Say....Oh My Gosh!!!

Happy Monday ya'll.

I hope everyone's weekend was better than great!

Mine was super frugalicious!

To start things off...I visited my mailbox. You may ask what's the big deal. Well I only check my mail once a week-usually on Thursday's-and it looked like this this week

...a hot a$$ mess!!!

But it was filled with all sorts of goodies

like these:

Mailbox Monday #2

-2 samples of Miracle Whip

-2 Breathe Right samples

-1 sample of Maggi Chicken Flavored Pasta Soup Mix (yum-can't wait to try it)

-1 John Frieda Haircare sample

-1 box of Kleenex

-1 sample of Maybelinne 'Fit Me' Foundation

-1 sample of Nexxus Pro Mend Haircare Product

-1 Declaration of Independence/Constitution (pocket version)

-Jet Magazine (March 21/28 2011 issue)

-Family Circle Magazine (April 2011 issue)

-1 GotPrint.com paper sample

-1 Valspar paint kit sample (get yours here)

I'm gonna link up with Debra over here to share my Mailbox Monday goodies.

Did you get any free stuff in your mailbox today?

Before I deuce out for the day, I have to share my Savin' Maven Monday goods with you. I shopped at Target and Rite Aide this week using Target web coupons and coupons from newspaper inserts. Here's what my first trip looked like:

Savin' Maven Monday #3

-2 Lysol Disinfecting Wipes

-1 Glade Carpet Freshener (even though I don't have a bit of carpet)

-5 panty liners (Stayfree and Carefree-both on clearance at Target)

-2 boxes of Renu contact solution

-1 Airwick I-motion air freshener

-1 pack of Summer's Eve Cleansing wipes

-3 boxes of Nature Valley Granola Bars

-1 bag of Halls cough drops

-2 Kit Kat bars

-4 Nutrinail polishes

-1 pack of Welch's fruit snacks

-1 pack of Orbit gum

-3 tubes of Wet n Wild lip balm

all for a grand total of  $73.06

my total out of pocket expenses were $11.76

for a grand total savings of $61.84

Oh yes, I added a new location onto my shopper's list....

Wait for it....

Harris Teeter

yep, senora thriftarita went there!! (you know there has to be a catch, because y'all know damn well Harris Teeter's prices are through the roof) I believe that I have shopped there once before about 6 years ago and vowed to never go back because of their outrageous prices. Come to find out they were having a mega double saving event where they were doubling coupons up to $1.98 in value so if I had a coupon that took $1.50 off of a single item it would double up to $3.00.  I figured that this would be one heck of a deal so I gathered all of my 'pons and went HAM in there. I had to take 2 seperate pics but here's my stuff:



Savin' Maven Monday #3



Savin' Maven Monday #3



-2 boxes of Ritz Munchies

-2 boxes of Yakisoba Noodles

-3 bags of Steamfresh Veggies

-1 bottle of Kikoman Soy Sauce

-2 cans of Pillsbury Cresent rolls

-2 boxes of Honey Bunches of Oats cereal

-3 boxes of Totinos pizza

-1 box of Jimmy Dean breakfast sausage dogs

-1 4pack of Danimals yougurt

-1 Dawn dish detergent

-2 Glade oil air freshener plug ins

-6 Renuzit air fresheners

-2 boxes of Puffs tissue

-2 cans of Lysol Neutra air

-2 Lysol toilet bowl cleaners

-1 Renuzit odor air freshener

for a grand total of $106.58

my total out of pocket expenses were $31.11

for a grand total savings of $75.47

Whew...I tell ya if you don't have a butt load of patience, you will never succeed at couponing because I spent alot of time in these stores. I also forgot to mention that I got $85 worth of restaurant gift certificates for 7 DOLLARS through a deal that Restaurant.com was offering (sorry, the deal ended on Sunday before I posted this). I also scored 5 Blockbuster Express movie rentals for $2 through Groupon.com. You can go here to and enter your city to see if they are still offering this deal. 

So all in all this week, I spent a total of $51.87 for $269.64 worth of merchandise. I'm fancy, huh!?

What do y'all think?

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