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So, how is it going? Week 1 is typically pretty easy, as many of us have well-stocked kitchens. But now is the time to be doing preparation for the rest of the month! So, today’s mission is to take stock of your fridge and freezer. Dig through the meats, the veggies, the condiments and make an inventory list of what you’ve got. Tomorrow we’ll take stock of our cabinets, and Friday of our pantries/storerooms. Then over the weekend we’ll make menus and research meals out of the ingredients we have. None of these exercises should take longer than 15-20 minutes! One thing you’ll learn through these are the things you don’t eat very often. You may have stockpiled them thinking “Oh, we’ll love these!” only to find that no one’s eating them! You’ll then know to cross them off your master shopping list. So, to announce this week’s contest! Send me the weirdest item you find! What do you have in your pantry/freezer that you didn’t know you have, or don’t remember why you bought? Best story wins a $5 gift card to Target!
Not a huge list of deals, but still three worth running! Two are at Target, the third is at CVS. As always, the $10 price assumes you already have the coupons you need. Target has a great sale on PopTarts this week. And if you have men, teens or kids, you know these are a favorite! Even better, its the big boxes on sale! 12 ct boxes of PopTarts are 4/$9, with a $5 Target gift card when you buy 4! Now, use the .50/1 printable found at HotCouponWorld, and the $1/2 coupon found in the 8/3 Kellogg’s insert, and you’ve got 4 boxes for $5. Now, turn around and buy 4 more, using the same coupons, pay with the $5 gift card you just got–they’re free! From there, head over to the detergent aisle, and pick up some Tide Total Care. (I like the HE version for my front loading washer.) Its on sale at my store for $6.74. (prices can vary) Don’t get the $10 ones–too big. Much better value after coupons on the smaller ones. Anyway, use this $1/1 Target printable, and the $1/1 Tide Totalcare that was in this past weekend’s P&G Saver. You’ll get a bottle of 32 loads for $4.74. Not the best price ever–but considering the impending 16% price raise this month, a pretty good deal! Then drive over to CVS, run to the CoverGirl section, and pick out 2 lipsticks which are on sale this week BOGO. Pull out the CoverGirl coupon from this weekend’s P&G Saver for BOGO Lip products–and get both lipsticks free! I personally love the Outlast series….but I know that some of the other Wetslicks have a $5.99 ECB on them–so not only would the Wetslicks be free, but they’d make you money! So… 8 boxes 12 ct Poptarts–$5 1 Tide Totalcare 32 loads–$4.74 2 Covergirl lipsticks–free Total before taxes: $9.74! One last thing–on deals like the CoverGirl and Poptarts, please be respectful of fellow shoppers. Don’t buy 20 at once! The stores don’t like it, and neither do your fellow shoppers. Here at my blog we try to follow the golden rule–do unto the stores and other shoppers as you’d have done to you. I never suggest getting more than 10 of any item at once. Its just not nice. Besides, I firmly believe that if you leave some on the shelf for others, then when you need something, it will be on the shelf for you. And if you want more than 10, talk to your local store manager. Many of them will be happy to order you 20 or 40 of whatever you want. That way, the store gets the sales, you get the product, and there will be plenty on the shelves for couponers who buy in smaller amounts!
Hi everyone! There have been so many people new to the site…I’m still playing catch up trying to keep up with everything that’s been happening! Until late June we averaged about 250 people a day to the site. Now? Now we average 2000 or more a day! I am so excited to see all of you!! But please, forgive me the growing pains! I’m learning, slowly but surely, how to do all of this technical stuff!! There have been a lot of questions about the class, and I just wanted to say that We’re working on it!! I’m as anxious as all of you are! We’ve had a lot of opportunities lately, all conflicting with the other. One had the space but no child care. The other had the child care but not necessarily all of the space we needed. A sponsor came in, hedged a bit, and has been put on hold. All of that stalled things longer than we’d like. I say ‘we’ because Cincymoms is the official sponsor, and is helping me put all of these things together. For those of you who haven’t been around the site for long, here’s a little backstory: a few months ago a number of ladies I chat with over at Cincymoms asked me to do a class. I was hesitant, but agreed, thinking we’d have 20-30 people. Was I ever blown away when I had to close the class at 90 registrants due to space!!! NONE of this was anything I’d expected, so I’m still playing catch up and getting things set up the right way, to make it easiest on all of you! So, just a hint–we’re working hard today and tomorrow to get the details finalized. We’re looking at the third weekend in September, with a location on the northern side of Cincinnati. We will be setting up 3 more classes for late fall and early next year, with one in each area of the city. I hate telling all of you to wait, yet again, but we’re really working to move ahead on this! Last, for any of you who are brand, spankin’ new and want to know who the heck LittleMissKnowitAll is, I don’t blame ya! I’m a stay at home mom of two young kids (ages 8 and 4), and last year when I lost my job I discovered couponing. I volunteer in short term missions to Africa and Guatemala for my church, and all of the money raised via classes, guides, and RME go straight into supporting missions. If you want to see any of the news stories that have been done, you can find links and clips to all of them over at Littlemissknowitall.net. I also have begun posting the answers to common questions, along with assembling a page of links to some of the most popular blogs that I’ve done. The purpose of that site is really to give a central gathering place for most of the information we give out here–and to help you when you have questions. Again, welcome and I hope you enjoy the deals! Feel free to ask questions!
I just wanted to say a great big THANK YOU!!! For everyone who has supported this site, who has purchased a coupon guide, joined RME, printed coupons from Coupons.com or any of the other ways you’ve supported this site. Many of you have no idea where the money goes from this site, but I’m so thrilled with what we’ve been able to do. You see, every penny of money raised from the links, the coupon guide, the classes and RME all go to fund short-term missions. So far, since March, the funds raised by this site have helped to fund 4 different people as they go on missions. One leading a team to England, one to Guatemala, and now two to Africa! We’re now working on funding a 5th person this year, for the team to Guatemala. On all missions the people involved go and do practical acts of service to help the people of those countries. I am SO pleased with the way this site has been used to bless so many people! So a HUGE, GREAT BIG Thank you to everyone who’s been helping!!! You probably didn’t even know you were….but you were nonetheless!!
Two years ago we got very tired of Cincinnati Bell. There was a great deal running at Circuit City when you tried Vonage (we got a $200 gift card to use towards Christmas presents) and we signed up. We’ve never looked back! For $25 a month we get unlimited calling, all the bells and whistles we could want, along with free calls to the in-laws over in England. We’ve not had a spot of trouble with the service. And when we left Cincinnati Bell, we saved $20 a month on our local and long distance phone bill! If you’re tired of your phone company, I can highly recommend Vonage. My personal favorite feature is the Vonage Access–when we’re travelling, we dial a local Vonage phone number, and enter our home number. It connects us to home (or whatever phone we have our account set to forward to) for free! My in-laws in England and my grandparents in Louisville all call us whenever they want, for free! You can keep your old phone number. Vonage offers plans as low as $15 a month, and they offer a FREE month trial! If you’ll email me, I’ll send you my information and you’ll get 2 months FREE as a referral!! Now, MagicJack is not a product I’ve tried, but I’ve heard GREAT things about it. Its a similar concept to Vonage–plug a device into your computer or router, then plug your normal phone into the device. After a free one month trial, you pay a one-time fee of $39.95 for a year’s worth of phone service, with each additional year being a $19.99 annual fee and then all your calls within the US and Canada are free. You cannot port your old number to it, but still, for less than $20 a year, it seems like a GREAT deal!! During the free trial, they’ll send you the adapter for free, as well as let you try the service for one month FREE!
This weekend’s paper will be light on coupons–but still worth buying. The only insert will be the P&G Saver, which comes out the first weekend of every month. Its always worth having! Here are a few other great printables I’ve found around the web: Free Stoneyfield Greek Yougurt Kashi $2 off –Print these and hold onto them–I’m told there’s a BIG sale at Target the second week of September that earns gift cards! $2.25 off Silk Soy Milk–Run! These never last long! $1 off Tide TotalCare and $1 off Downy TotalCare at Target –Sunday only combine with the $1 off Total Care q’s that were in the August P&G Saver to have a great deal on Tide! I’ll add more as I find them!
Wow! What a great set of submissions for the first ever LMKIA giveaway! All entrants were asked to submit their favorite recipe from their stockpile, along with the price for what it cost them. I got some great entries! Unfortunately I only have three Cincymoms cookbooks to give away…so here go my three picks for the best low-cost meals! –Tonya submitted this nutritious and yummy-sounding dish that seems to be quite the crowd-pleaser! Total cost before coupons was $12.04.
–Brenda sent in a great recipe for Jambalaya that’s both easy and cheap! Total cost: Under $2
–Last but most definitely not least, Amy got creative with some leftover chicken and various ingredients. Sounds so good I’m going to go look in my pantry to see if I’ve got the ingredients! Total cost $6!
Who said there’s no free lunch? There is today and tomorrow, courtesy of Meijer and Oscar Meyer! Print these coupons, for $2 and $3 off any one package of Oscar Meyer Deli Creations Complete Sandwhiches. Then head over to Meijer, where they are priced under $3 today and tomorrow! Or, head over to Walmart where they are typically priced under $3! Remember, you can print two coupons per link, per computer!! I’m wondering if they freeze…but they likely won’t last long enough around the KnowitAll house to find out! ETA: I almost forgot! Don’t forget to use your Revolution MoneyExchange card to pay at Meijer! Don’t want to miss out on the free $15 for shopping! If you missed that deal, check it out here: Free $15 just for Shopping!
Here are some great links to follow to get some free stuff! Free Venus Razor from Shape Magazine! Free Samples over at Walmart. Cascade, Benefiber, Gain and more! Take this quiz to win a $5 gift card to Chevron!!
For those of you sitting on All You coupons, pull out the BOGO Rimmel Eyeshadow q and head over to Walmart! There they have Rimmel Eyeshado BOGO, so you’ll get two shadows for free! For those of you who don’t have All You magazine, go get one! There are amazing coupons all through it. Its $1.97 for a copy, sold only at Walmart at the checkout stands. Its chock full of goodness, including four of those wonderful Free when you buy Kraft coupons! (For those of you who have those q’s but don’t know–kool aid packs qualify for the when you buy part!) Visit this site for a coupon for a FREE box of Touch of Gray! Last, if you were lucky enough to get both the $1 off Tide Total Care mfq and the $1 off Tide Total Care Target store q, put the two together and head over to Target! I’m told the bottles for 40 loads are selling for $5.99 this week, which would make them $3.99 after q’s. Not a bad deal considering the impending price hike!! Those mfq’s expire this weekend, so hurry and use them! Have a great day! |
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