Black Friday Savings

Well I did it! I woke up at 4:30 this morning, picked up one of my girlfriends at 5:30 and was off to the stores! I picked up some killer deals though that made the trip more than worth it!

We went to Wal-mart first because they were price matching other stores ads as long as you had the ad. I really wanted an Ipod Nano and RC Willey had them for 99.96 but they only had 35 in stock according to their ad so I went back to electronics and asked them if they would price match it and they said they would so I picked up an Ipod Nano for a killer deal! Then in the Office Max ad they had Photoshop Elements on sale for 60.00 so I price matched that and scored as well! I also picked up some $2.00 DVD's and a Princess Dress up box for my daughter!

We then headed over to Target and picked up some o.k. deals like hi ho cherry-o for 4.95 and a mickey mouse memory game for 4.95. I also bought a $25.00 Itunes gift card for $20! We also picked up a few stocking stuffers in their dollar spot which was nice.

After Target we went to Kohls and oh my lines!!! It was a mad house in there! But it was so worth it in the end I bought 5 Barbie's, 2 kid Digital Cameras, a Laugh and Learn baby toy which has 4 different toys in it for 88.51! I had a $10 off $20 coupon and a 15% off coupon that I used as well so I saved over $200 in that transaction - plus I earned $10 in Kohl's cash as well!! Not too bad. My girlfriend was waiting in another line so I went browsing after I was done and found a super adorable coat that was originally 78.00 but was on sale 40.80 so I ran it over to her and had her buy it for me. So all in all I would say it was definitely worth the trip. Now it's off to the Outlets to hunt for a leather coat for my hubby!

How did you do? Did you brave the crowds and score some killer deals or did you spend the day inside avoiding the madness and putting up Christmas Decorations? What was your best find? How many of you are completely done shopping for the season? I know I have lots more to go!

Black Friday

Are you a black Friday shopper? This year I am considering whether or not I want to brave the early morning crowds in order to score big. I haven't ever gone shopping on Black Friday so I don't really have any techniques so I was hoping that maybe some of you have gone shopping on Black Friday and could share with the rest of some of your shopping tips and tricks.

Also if you don't get the paper daily and want to get the ads to decide where the best deals are then I highly recommend getting to the news stands super early like before breakfast to pick up your paper or they will be gone!

Give the gift of saving!!

Throughout the Holiday season the biggest focus on most people's minds seem to be what can I give to my friends and family members? What would they love to get from me? We throw cookie parties, white elephant parties, Thanksgiving parties, etc. While all of these parties are great and fun to go to, why not host a class and give your friends and family members an opportunity to learn how to save money by using the Grocery Smarts website and by combining that with the right number of papers for your home! By saving money on groceries it will help free up precious money to spend on Christmas gifts for others!

The class is free for you and not only that but as a hostess you will receive special gifts and a chance to earn free groceries!! Grocery Smarts no longer has a class attendance requirement but rewards hostesses based on how well the classes go! So don't delay, give me a call today and book your class, I can do a class as early as this Saturday! I only have the first two weeks of December available for classes so don't delay, the first two classes to book will receive a free copy of "Shop Smart, Save More" written by the creator of the website The Grocery Game. This book is full of more coupon information than you can imagine and will help you to maximize your savings!!! If you can think of a handful of people that could use this program then you need to call me . . .

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Holiday Giveaway!

Tis the season to have great giveaways! This is a great giveaway for those of you who need to add more subscriptions to their arsenal! I typically will only give away gift cards for ordering papers at a class, but since it is the holiday season then I decided that from now until January 1, 2010 I will give away gift cards for phone or email subscriptions as well! You can recieve up to 5 newspapers for Sundays only for a LOW price of .75 per paper!!! You will not find this price anywhere else!

If you increase your subscription to:
2 subscriptions you will recieve $5.00 in FREE Groceries!
3 Subscriptions you will receive $10.00 in FREE Groceries!
4 or 5 Subscriptions you will receive $20.00 in FREE Groceries!!

So don't delay and call me today! Just mention this post when you call and I will priority mail you your gift cards!

That's what I get . . .

I am a procrastinator, it is rooted deep in my blood I am sure to be a procrastinator and therefore because I am such a huge procrastinator I missed out on some great deals at Albertsons. Now I am not blaming my procrastination for this shopping trip solely on what is rooted in my personality, I actually had a really good reason for procrastinating going shopping. It was my girlfriends birthday this past week and her sister and I decided to throw her a surprise party. I also decided it would be fun to play games with her and her husband on thursday, then go to lunch with them on Friday, then take her to breakfast and shopping for New Moon t-shirts on saturday and throw her a surprise party on Saturday night. Which was very time consuming and so I didn't even have time to sit down and make my list until yesterday morning.

Fortunately for me I am super stocked up on pretty much everything which is why I was totally o.k. with waiting until yesterday to decide what I wanted to spend. I had my list ready and my coupons clipped and headed out to Albertson's yesterday afternoon and unfortunately almost everything on my list was sold out!!! But I still got a pretty great deal on what I did buy. I spent 41.50 and saved $41.64 which equals about a 50% savings, plus I have $15.00 off my next shopping trip in catalina's)

I was pretty bummed on the way home (yes even seasoned couponers like myself get bummed) until I got home and my husband put it into perspective for me. Had I not had any coupons then just for the two boxes of diapers I would have spent $41.05 which is about .45 short of what I spent so it is like I paid full price for the two boxes of diapers and then bought everything else (4 bags of chex mix, paper towels, veggies, onion soup mixes, cheerios and frosting) for only .45!! K I feel better now.

I got mine, did you get yours?

For those of you who have a Rewards card with Smith's you should have received something like this in the mail last week or early this week. It came in a gold envelope and looked like it might have been junk mail, but it wasn't.

Now some of you might be wondering why my certificate is only for $10.00 because I have been shopping at Smith's for a while and this is the first one I have received in the mail and the reason for that is because up until 2 months ago I was using the WRONG fresh values card!!! I was going to the store and swiping my card like always and still getting the benefits of the reduced prices, but I wasn't earning any points until one day a cashier informed me that I was using the old Fresh Values card - you know the one from like 3 years ago that had pictures of produce on the front. She handed me a new application and explained that while that card gives me the lower prices it doesn't accrue points so by switching to the new plan I get the reduced price and earn points which in turn gives me certificates for FREE GROCERIES in the mail.

Why am I telling you this? Because you may be just like I was and hadn't been to Smith's in such a long time because you thought it was easier to go to Walmart and you may be using the wrong card! So if you aren't sure if you are earning points that turn into dollars ask the cashier the next time you go to Smith's and they will help you out!

The other bonus is that not only did I receive a certificate in the mail, but I also received tons of coupons for items that I use everyday!! SWEET!

Holy Hotness!!!!

Have you seen the Albertsons list this week???? It is stocked full of some seriously amazing deals!!! The best part is that a lot of the items you can purchase are with printables so if you haven't started getting the papers yet but still want to take advantage of the deals you still can!! The Early bird gets the worm so get off my blog, check out the GrocerySmarts website, print out your coupons and get on over there!!!