Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Black Friday anyone?

I just got done telling Heather you'd have to pay me to shop on Black Friday. It's a crowd thing. If that many people want to be there then I don't. So this is my one Black Friday post for the season. The Black Friday forum at Slick Deals seems to be pretty comprehensive including tips and anticipated sale items. And Wise Bread also has a post with shopping tips. With this much advanced notice, you have plenty of time to research quality and prices.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Some Quick Coupon Matching

I was at the Lebanon Coop earlier and spotted a few opportunities to match coupons to sales.

Sunday's paper had a $.50/2 coupon off Domino sugar which is $2.99 for a 5 lb bag this week. Good to use if you need sugar this week, but I'd save the coupon for a sale at Price Chopper or Shaws where they double. Nothing pops up right now but with the holidays there's bound to be a sale soon.

Find a $3/3 coupon off Natural Foods brands Spectrum, Arrowhead Mills, Imagine, Sunspire and Hain Pure Foods here and use it this week on Imagine Organic Soups (sale $2.99 for 32 oz), Arrowhead Mills flour (sale $3.99 for 5 lbs), and Spectrum Naturals Canola Oil and Flour Backing Spray (sale 4.75 for 5 oz). Note, printing this coupon will use an entire page. If you're trying to save paper try flipping the page over and upside-down.

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Freeze

The Lebanon Coop has all their freezer goods 25% off today through Sunday. They are clearing out stock before installing new, more energy efficient freezers. I'm not sure these are stock-up worthy deals--I've seen better in the weekly and CAP fliers-- but they're worth a trip. I purchased a few treats and things that I don't see on sale that often. The popular items like frozen veggies and waffles are getting cleaned out fast. This sale is only good on what's in the case.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Little Princess

Is there a princess birthday party in your future? Wal-Mart has Princess playsets in their halloween clearance. The set includes a necklace, earrings, ring, wand and tiara all for $1.25 (regular price $5.00). They'd make great party favors or stocking stuffers.

Monday, November 2, 2009

Wacky Wednesday

Giggles children's clothing store is having a Wacky Wednesday sale this Wednesday, November 4th. Everything is 30% off.

Blog Round-up

Sick of all that Halloween candy yet? Cool Mom Picks has some great ideas about how to get rid of it.

One of the quickest and easiest ways to save money on groceries is to use up every little bit of what you buy. Planet Green has 50 ideas to get you started.

Alicia Barney at Slate writes about her adventures in super couponing. And The Consumerist picks up the story with some entertaining and informative comments.

Wise Bread posts ther picks for the 50 best deals and coupons sites.