Farewell for now . . .

OK so I have been stressing and stressing and stressing and I feel horrible about doing this, but I have decided to no longer blog about the deals. I know that there are people who appreciate this Las Vegas friendly blog, but I literally am ridiculously sick lately that if I do go shopping the minute I walk in the door I am throwing up and leaving my hubby to put the groceries away. I don't feel like I am doing anybody any justice by blogging once every month and so I feel like I need to take a break for a while. For how long I am not sure.

I also feel like there are so many other amazing blogs out there that give better information and more frequent information than I do and I feel like I am letting all of my followers down every week by never updating. So I am going to refer you to another amazing Las Vegas blog which is done by the manager of the Las Vegas region. She is the Grocery Geek and between her and one other amazing lady they update their blog atleast every other day. You can check her out here.

Thank you so much to all of my faithful followers and friends that I have made. Hopefully I will start feeling better soon and can return to the wonderful world of blogging.

Do you price match?

I have recently started price matching at Wal-mart for produce. I love love love fresh veggies and fruit, but am very picky about the produce I eat. I was talking to one of my fellow couponers and she told me that she price matches her produce from the Hispanic store ads. I thought I would give it a try and I love it! There are so many good deals on produce. Some of the items I picked up this week were:

6 lbs of oranges for .97
4 lbs of roma tomatoes for .99
3 iceberg lettuce for .99
cucumbers for .50
10 lbs of watermelon for .99

Right now I am going through the best part of pregnancy (morning sickness, which is not only in the morning but all day and night) and the idea of eating anything is absolutely revolting. Especially if I have to open my mouth too wide to eat it. So I have been eating a lot of finger foods and produce hits the spot perfectly for me, so it is nice that I can have a ton of produce for a little amount of money every week.

Some tips on price matching:

Learn the stores policy before attempting this. Often it is found on the stores website. Currently at the Wal-mart next to my house they have a display of all of the ads in circulation and they will cross out any items that they will not price match.

Wal-mart will not allow you to price match and use a coupon for the same item, so I still go to Smith's and Albertson's to hit their promotions or pick up any item that is on sale with a coupon. I mainly just price match produce, meat and dairy.

You don't have to have 6lbs of oranges to get the rate - the store will figure out what it is per lb and then weigh and charge you accordingly. One time I got 3 jalapenos to make pico de gallo for .01

I make a list of all items I am buying and how much the item is and what store ad I found that price in and I bring all ads in the store with me. I have never had to show the person the ad, but I still bring it just in case someone asks I am prepared.

I put all items I am price matching at the end of the belt and tell the cashier immediately that I will be price matching, these seems to be the least stressful way of doing this so I am not holding up the line at all.

Typo on Smiths ad

so if you are like me and was super excited to see cereal for forty eight cents a box, then like me you will be disappointed to learn that it was a typo and cereal is two ninetynine a box.

however, there are still some killer deals at smiths so check out grocerysmarts lists and have fun shopping. i stocked up on powerades, sunnyd, sobes, and sodas. no one will be thirsty at my house.

btw if you are wondering why my grammar is so horrible i am typing this on my phone.

Busy Busy Busy

I feel like I am always apologizing for the lack of posts and for that I am truly sorry, but life has been so hectic lately that even though I have been scoring some great deals I haven't had the time to share any of them.

Some of the things that have been keeping me busy are:
1. a trip to Idaho for a week
2. Our ward being dissolved and we were realigned into a new ward. I was the first counselor in the Primary presidency and didn't lose my calling (there are currently two first counselors) and there are 90 kids in the primary so we have been trying to figure out all of the logisitics of that.
3. My daughter was in her first dance concert at Cashman Field, and we had rehearsals every Friday, dance class every Saturday and the week of the show we had rehearsal Wednesday, Thursday, and then Friday was the show, then on Saturday my cousin was married.
4. On top of all of this I just found out that I am expecting our final baby! I am only six weeks along and am EXHAUSTED! Literally I could sleep all of the time.

Life has finally calmed down and looking at the ads this week there are some killer deals, if I were I would be checking out Grocery Smarts tomorrow (especially the Smith's ad) and check here throughout the day where at some point I will be putting together a list of my picks!

Free Tortillas at Albertsons

Mission Tortillas are on sale at Albertson's for 1.49, and in this Sunday paper there were coupon doublers for Albertson's and in the Smart Source in that same Sunday paper there is a coupon for .75/1 Mission Flour Tortillas. When you combine both that coupon and the doubler at Albertson's it makes the tortillas FREE! I picked up 4 of them yesterday all for free!

Coupon Class

*updated email address, I typed it in wrong, sorry!

I will be having a coupon class at my house on
Saturday August 14, 2010.

If you are interested in coming to learn how using coupons will save you a TON of money please
email me at

frugallivininglv@yahoo.com
and I will give you more details!

New email address

I have a new email address for this blog, it is frugallivininglv@yahoo.com feel free to email me anytime about any questions!

RJ Issues

I have been meaning to do this post for AGES! I get calls and emails all the time about having issues or questions about their papers. Unfortunately, most of the time I can't really help since I don't technically work for the paper. I simply process your orders. Once they are turned in, they are out of my hands. However, I understand the frustration that can come if your papers aren't delivered properly (we NEED our coupons dang it!), or you have issues upon renewal. After some research, I found that the RJ online is SO easy and a great way to ease those frustrations. Below is a little tutorial on how to register online and manage your account. I really hope this helps! Thanks!!

Step #1 - Go to www.lvrj.com and click on the link at the to of the page that reads "Subscribe or Manage your account"

Step #2 - Click to Register

Step #3 - Locate your account by entering in 2 pieces of information. You don't even need your account number! Just try your phone number and/or house number and/or zip and/or last name. Any 2 will do. Then enter your email address and create a password. Super easy!!

Step #4 - Managing your account. When all your info pulls up you should have 2 accounts. The first is your account if you already had one before adding more Sunday papers. If you signed up at a class, this is your $45.50 account. The next account is for you additional Sunday Only papers at $19.50 each.

Now, the cool part!! On the left side (circled in red) are some really neat options.

Vacation holds - remember how the paper doesn't have coupons on holidays? Just click on that tab and set your delivery date you want for the hold (the next one will be July 4th). SUPER simple, right?!

Service Issues - You can send them a note if your paper came delivered wet, late, or was missing the coupon inserts or heaven forbid they delivered the wrong amount of papers. You can even send a message to the carrier. So handy - and I am pretty sure this is a new option.

I sure hope this helps! Happy Couponing everyone!!

p.s. if you click on the images above, you can see them full size

I scored at Albertsons!

This week I scored at Albertsons! I spent 52.77 and saved 113.19! $48.85 of the savings was in coupons alone!!! So what did I buy? I will tell ya:

Refer here for a printable shopping list and reference of where coupons are located

5 John Freida hair products - used $2/1 coupon from SS
5 John Freida Root Awakening hair products - used $3/1 coupon from SS (this is not on the list but these products are on sale as well and the coupon is next to the $2/1 coupon)
4 Jello mix - used 4 .50/2 coupon from SS
5 Kraft salad dressings - used 5 $1/1 coupons from SS
4 Lea & Perrins Worcestershire sauce - used 4 $2/1 coupons from SS
2 Kraft Mayo's - used 1 1.50/2 coupon found in SS - 6/20
4 12 packs of coke
1 quilted northern bath tissue
1 15 lb watermelon.

Today is the last day you can take advantage of this amazing sale so get off the computer and get shopping!

wow 2 weeks in a row

After looking at both the Albertsons and Smiths List I am way excited - THERE ARE A TON OF GOOD DEALS!!! The best part is that there are a ton of coupons from the Smart Source which makes having multiple coupons sooooo worth it! I haven't been posting pictures lately of my shopping trips because of the heat I just want to hurry and get my food put away before it spoils but this week I will make a list of what I purchased and how much I saved - it is going to be amazing!

Smiths is AMAZING

Finally something worth blogging about is going on! Smith's is doing an amazing coupon promo!! All coupons are worth $1.00!!!!! That equals killer savings! Can you imagine how much you are going to save just by having four of each coupon? A TON!!!!!!

Albertson's has doublers!

So as I walked into Albertson's this week I spotted a packet of store coupons so of course I grabbed one and noticed that on the back there are 2 coupon doublers! You can only use two per transaction so that's what I did, I added it to the $1/1 Handover pretzel coupon and was able to get two of them for only .50! Not too shabby huh. I was too hot when I got home from grocery shopping so I didn't take a picture, I just put the groceries all away and hopped in the pool but here is what I picked up . . .

4 bags Malt o Meal cereal - after store coupon .50 each
10 weber Marinades - after $1/2 coupon from SS FREE
5 Hunts Pudding Pack - after promo .80 each
2 Papa Tortillas - 1.49 each
5 Hunt's Ketchup - after promo and .20/1 coupon from SS .60 ea
1 Albertson's olives - 1.29 each
1 Vanilla Coke Zero 12 pack - used catalina coupon from previos week - free
4 bags Handover Pretzels -after $1/1 coupon from SS 1.50 each (used two doublers making 2 .50 each)
5 Hunts Spaghetti Sauce - after promo .80 each
5 Banquet Chicken Nugget Meals - after promo .80 each

Total After Coupons and Promotions - $28.84 Saved $44.39

Great article for you to check out.

For those of you who want to learn more about shopping at the drugstores (CVS/Walgreens) I recommend checking out this article at money saving mom's website. It is a great start to help you feel better prepared. Just remember when you are looking at nonVegas websites their deals are different than ours, but the principles are still the same. Happy learning!

NO COUPONS TODAY

Due to Memorial Day there will be no coupon inserts in today's paper. But flip through the ads and see if there are any major sales you want to take advantage of this weekend!

Incredible Opportunity for you!

Have you been wanting to learn more about how to save money at the grocery store? Have you been saving money at the grocery store and now you want all of your friends to be able to save like you? Well you are in luck. The owner of grocery Smarts is in Las Vegas and he is an AMAZING instructor and he has offered to teach any class in Las Vegas as long as you have 8 or more NEW moms (meaning they aren't doing grocery smarts already) at your class! So if this is an opportunity you want to take advantage of call me NOW!!! His schedule and mine are filling up fast and I really don't want you to miss out on this opportunity.

The same hostess incentives that are offered will be offered to you, which is a box of brownies and a drink mix for your party, invitations, and a letter explaining what to expect and what he needs from you. Then at the class you will receive a surprise gift and a $3 gift card per family that signs up for the paper. If all eight ladies sign up for the paper that would be a $24 gift card for you to Albertsons!

I don't think I can stress enough to you the value of having the owner teach you and your friends how to shop smart so call or email me and let's get you on the calendar!

Cell: 375-1445
Home: 362-8959
email: tkmiller81002@yahoo.com

I only have a few dates left so call today!

$50 or less shopping trip

Here are some ideas for a $50 or less shopping trips for Smith's and Albertson's

Smith's
8 corn on the cob .25 ea
1 Tomatoes on the vine - 1.50 ea
2 Kroger Chicken Boneless Chicken Breasts - 6.96 ea.
2 Kroger Cream Cheese - .88 ea
4 Coke 12 packs - 2.50 ea
8 Nabisco Crackers - 1.67 ea use 4 $1/2 Nabisco Crackers SS 5/16
4 Sweet Baby Rays BBQ Sauce 1.00 ea. use 4 $1/2 Sweet Baby Rays BBQ SS 5/23
3 Cool Whip Dips .99 ea
2 gallons 1% Mountain Dairy Milk 2.09 (approx)
1 gallon whole mountain dairy milk 2.29 (approx)
1 dozen smith's eggs - .88
Total: 50.86 - I have a $5 off catalina from the water promotion from last week so I will use that and my total will be $45.86

Albertsons:
2 lbs grapes .89
1 cucumber .79
2 bell peppers .79
2 Moran's Hamburger Patties 5.99 ea
8 weber marinade mix use 4 $1/2 Weber Seasoning Grinder or Marinade SS 5/23
4 coke 12 packs 2.50
1 free hillshire farm smoked sausage free when you purchase 4 12 packs coke.
Total: 30.05

Happy Shopping Everyone!

Albertsons or Smith's

So I just checked out Albertsons and Smiths lists and I have no idea which one to pick from, they both are having great sales sooooo I am probably going to go to both and stock up on some much needed groceries. I am loving Smith's water sale and I am loving that Albertsons has mission tortillas on sale . . . oh it is going to be hard to stay within budget this week there is so much I want :). I will let you know what I decide on whenever I get around to deciding!

No major savings this week

So this week I went to Smith's with my family and the problem with that is when you are thinking I am only going to spend x amount of dollars but you have more than that in your wallet, it is easier to say yes to things you don't have planned out. So I ended up spending about 94.00 and saved 50 which isn't bad - especially considering the fact that smith's is a lower priced store so the savings are rarely as big as albertsons. But I did take advantage of the P&G promo and bought

2 pampers cruisers diapers
2 tide laundry detergents
2 olay quench body washes
2 olay quench body lotion

And even though these alone were forty something dollars combined - I love these products so I didn't mind splurging on a good product that will last a while

I am back and ready for action!!!

My Hubby and I having a blast together!

The beautiful ocean

Well after a week of preparing for my amazing cruise, a week of enjoying an amazing cruise and a week of detox from an amazing cruise I am back and ready to get back in the coupon groove! It was nice to go on a vacation and reconnect with the love of my life and experience another culture, but it is also nice to be home! My calendar is completely booked for the rest of May but if you are interested in learning more about saving money on groceries give me a call and we can definitely set something up for you!

Also - I hope you are all taking advantage of the amazing sale at Albertson's this week! There are a lot of catalinas printing out for ice cream - much appreciated with this warm weather - and cereal - by the way there is an additional $3.00 off you next shopping order catalina that prints out when you buy four boxes of Kellogg's cereal so you actually get $7.00 off your next shopping order - not bad huh! I did two transactions of the skinny cow and haagen daaz ice cream special - I love the small little cups because then I don't overeat :), then did the kelloggs promotion and used all of the catalinas I received from those first three purchases to buy all my necessities like meat, cheese, bread and produce - not bad! You've got one day left so if you haven't taken advantage of the sale I highly recommend you do!

If you need more papers, are interested in booking a class, or have a question please don't hesitate to call me! 702-375-1445 or email me at tkmiller81002@yahoo.com! I look forward to hearing from you!

Out to Sea

I just wanted to let you all know that I am off to Mexico in a few days and since I will be busy getting my house in order, preparing menu plans, packing, etc. I know I won't be posting anything this week and obviously I won't be posting anything while on vacation - so happy shopping!!! See you all next month!