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Homeland and Target Shopping Trip 8/25

Shannon — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:40:00 +0000

Not the best picture, but I did go shopping at Homeland, Target and Walgreens (only thing I got there was 2 mascaras)

I got the Bananas, 2 artisan breads and the 4 cereals using Target Coupons, at Target. The rest of the items were bought at Homeland, using my Sunday Paper coupons and printables. Total spent right under $20. My before coupon total at Homeland alone was $65.56. Not to shabby for all the goods I was able to pick up.

Why Stockpile and My Personal Stockpile

Shannon — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 14:00:00 +0000

This summer I put my Son to work. I had a major disorganizational thing going on in my stockpile closet, and pantry. So, I enlisted him to organize. He did a great job, and the best thing is that I did not have to do all the work. So, do you stockpile? Here are my reasons why I like to stockpile.

1. When there is a sale, and I use my coupons, and get stuff for penny’s of even free, I might as well buy up what I can! Why pay retail, for one item when I can get 20 for the price of one.

2. Life happens and sometimes you just cannot get to the grocery store. What in the world am I going to do? Well, I will go to my pantry and can make all sorts of meals with items I currently have on hand.

3. I have 3 boys, which 2 are teens! They love my shopping habits, they get all kinds of yummy snacks that I used to not buy, because they were to expensive but now, they get to try a different variety of foods. Bad thing is when we run out, I have to say, they do have to wait for a new sale before I will buy again!

4. Because it is so fun, and it makes me feel like I have a purpose, as I am a stay at home momma…

The Secrets of the Store..

Sales go in cycles, one week there may be great sales on tolietries, next week cereal, and so on. When I constinently buy items to stock pile, I am never forced to pay the retail price of items when I run out of toliet paper, paper towels,razors, and more! The more you shop, and watch for the shopping trends, the better you will become at this stockpiling game.

Some items that I wait to buy until they are super cheap or free.. here is my list.

1. Toothpaste (Free to .25)
2. Toothbrushes (Free to .25)
3. Shampoo, and other hair items. ($.50 or less)
4. Razors, (normally will pay up to $1.50 for venus razors I try not to spend more then that)
5. Cereal, .50 or less, is my goal.
6. Pasta
7. Ragu
8. Snack items, .50 or less

Be careful, if you over buy, and items in pantry are going to be wasting away donate or give to a neighbor!

Homeland Grocery Store Shopping 4/21

Shannon — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 02:38:00 +0000

Here is a short shopping trip I did at Homeland, before the add expired today. Here is what I got. 6 Powerades, 2 Smart Balance Butters, 3 bandaids(20pack), Smart Balance Popcorn, Fritos, Muir Glenn Tomatoe Paste, Lipton Ice Tea 20 pack.

Total before coupons:
35.86
After coupons
$1.53
Darn Oklahoma Sales Tax! LOL…

Target Deals, Cereal Anyone?

Shannon — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 02:30:00 +0000

Oh, it has been so long since I have had a good coupon shopping trip! So, I got all my coupons out today and searched for my Target Deal!

Here is my list of what I got.

13 boxes of General Mills Cereal ($3 off 3 chex coupons, and Buy 2 get one free coupon)
2 packs of steak (for fajitas) (target coupon save $2 each)
2 packs of ham steaks (target coupon save $2 each)
1 broccoli (Target Coupon $1)
1 cauliflower (Target Coupon $1)

Total spent $9.80
Tax was $2.49 (OK has food tax)
Saved $32.88!

Here is my picture of my goodies!

Black Friday Shopping

Shannon — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 03:25:00 +0000

Well I would like to say I stayed in bed all day, and got some much needed sleep, but at 5 AM I woke up, and started dreaming of going shopping, so I popped out of bed and headed off to Toys R’ Us. I live about 20 minutes away, and as I was driving in the dark to go shopping, with sleepy eyes, wearing my sweatsuit, I thought to myself, I will park go into the store, grab my train set and table, and be out of the store in no time… well think again as I am scouring the parking lot for a place to park. The place is packed, I walked into the store and I guess I was lucky because I got a shopping cart! Did not realize how lucky I was until I got into line with my train set and table, and looked around to see lots of people without carts, and they had to carry their items through the line. It took only 1 1/2 hours to get through!

I have come to the conclusion, it is have great deals, make the lines long, so people in line will buy more items because of the boredom in line! Because really, do you want to stand in line for only one thing? NO! Like a $4 Candy Land game, I will pay $15 for one to avoid standing in line! LOL..

So I was finally at the finish line and spent only $60 more than what I was originally going to spend, that is the plan Toys R Us had from the beginning. The marketing ploy definately worked on this chick!

Oh, then after Toys R’ Us, I went to Old Navy snagged some jeans, and got out of their in under 15 minutes, it was great. Finally I was home back in bed at 8:30, kids and hubby still asleep, and I was back awake at 9:30 eating my 2nd breakfast of the day and making more coffee!