Budget Saving Freebies

June 30, 2009 By 2 Comments

I love budget saving freebies!! I think it is great that companies deliver stuff to my door for FREE! If you are new to freebies click here for some tips.

Get a free Calcia trial kit from here (Thanks, Renee!)

Get a free sample of Tide Total Care here

Get a free signature collection travel size item with any purchase of $5 or more. Thanks, Hip2Save

Also, I found this great blogspot today. A Year of Slow Cooking She has tons of recipes on there using her crockpot. They look so yummy. Plus, I saw that she had 387 recipes under gluten free. So, if you know anyone who needs a gluten free diet, this would be the site for them. I haven’t spent a ton of time looking at it, but what I have seen so far I thought looked great. I am always looking for new crockpot recipes. I cook most nights of the week. We usually limit ourselves to one meal out a week. And, I really do love cooking, but when I know that I have to be somewhere in the afternoon and it will be difficult to fix dinner in the evening, I love using my crockpot! It is my version of fast food, because all you do is throw the food in and then come home to a dinner already hot and ready.

Hope you enjoy these budget saving freebies. If any of you happen to see a budget saving freebie while out and about, please let us know about it.

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Budget Saving Printable Coupons

June 30, 2009 By Leave a Comment


Here are some great budget saving coupons:

Arm and Hammer coupons for cleaners, toothpaste, laundry etc.

$1 off Johnson’s Body Lotion

$.50 off Angel Soft

$.75 off Sure Deodorant

$1 off Wendy’s Food Purchase

3 Free Classic Wings at Checkers

$3 off 1/4 sheet cake or 8″ round cake from Maggie Moo’s (YUMMY! I love Maggie Moo’s!)

Also, for you last minute people – today is the last day to print off the budget saving coupons from my sidebars before they reset on July 1st.

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$5 off $25 purchase Petsmart

June 30, 2009 By Leave a Comment


Click here for a $5 off $25 purchase at Petsmart. Thanks Katherine!

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Kroger Budget Saving Deals 6/28

June 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment


Here are the best budget saving deals that I see at Kroger this week. Sorry they are a day later than usual this week. If you are new to Kroger click here. If you are new to couponing check out Newbies at the top or Basics for Beginners on the right side of the site.

Organic Peaches $1.99/lb

Watermelon $3.38

Organic Fuji, Golden Delicious Apples $10 for 10 pounds

Center Cut Half Boneless Pork Loin $1.99/lb

Kroger Deluxe Ice cream $1.88

Kroger Shredded and Bar Cheese $1.25

Buy 5 12 pack cans of Pepsi (must buy 5) for $12 (limit 1)
Also, get a free bag of 7 oz combos
(This deal requires another purchase of some sort as well, so you can’t just get the Pepsi and combos.)

Kroger Hamburger/hot dog buns, Kroger Salad dressing, gold fish – $1 each

Select varities Nabisco Crackers $2
if you have any of the $1 Wheat Thin printable coupons for $1
Final price would be $1

Bush’s Baked Beans 3 for $5
Use $1 off 2 coupon from red coupon bar on left
Final price $1.16 each

Fresh Express Salad$1.85
Use $.55 off 2 coupon from 6/14 Sunday paper
Final price $1.35 each

Daytona Special buy 10 of the following items and get $3 catalina (The price listed is the price you would get if you bought 10 items.)

Ritz Crackers $2.20
use the buy one pack of Ritz, get a free Wheat Thins coupon from 5/17 Sunday paper
final price$1.10 each

Kroger PB $2.20

Chef Boyardee pasta $.58
buy 3 and use $.35 off 3 coupon from 5/31 Sunday paper
Final price $.35 each

32 oz gatorade $.58

Kraft BBQ sauce $.70
Use $.50, $.55, $.75 coupon from 6/14 Sunday paper
Final price free

Breyer’s Ice Cream $1.99
Use $.75 or $1 coupon from 5/17 Sunday paper
Final price as low as $1.49

General Mills Cereal select and 12 ct pop tarts $2.19
Use $1 off 3 coupon from 6/28 Sunday paper
Use $.55 off 1 Cheerios here
Use $1 off 2 cereal here
Use $.55 off Reese’s Puffs from red coupon bar on left
Use $1 off or $.55 off pop tart coupon from 6/7 Sunday paper
Final price varies

Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks $1.49
Use $.50 off 2 coupon from 6/14 Sunday paper
Final price $.99 each

Oscar mayer weiners $.99
Use $1 off 2 coupon from 6/7 or 6/21 Sunday paper
final price $.50 each

Kraft American Cheese $.99

There are other items as well that you can buy to include in the 10 items, see your ad for a complete list.

These are the best budget saving deals I see this week. If you see any budget saving deals I missed, please leave a comment.

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Garden Food

June 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment

We have started getting more food in from our budget saving organic garden. We made zucchini bread and canned squash for yummy squash casseroles throughout the year. Here are some pics. Having a garden really helps save a lot of money especially if you can save your seeds for the next year. It is also great to be able to feed your family organic fruit and veggies for next to nothing out of pocket. My mom and I have both been making zucchini bread.

Here is my recipe for zucchini bread.


3 eggs (whites only)

2 c. sugar

2 c. grated zucchini

3 tsp. vanilla

1 c. olive oil

1/2 tsp. salt

1 tsp. baking soda

2 tsp. baking powder

3 c. flour (I use whole wheat)

2 tsp. cinnamon

Mix egg whites and sugar, then add all the other ingredients. Divide into two bread pans which have been sprayed with any cooking spray. Bake 50 to 60 minutes at 350 degrees.

Here’s my mom’s recipe:


3 eggs

1 cup oil

2c. dark brown sugar

2 c. grated zucchini

3 c. flour

1 tsp salt

1 tsp soda

1 tbs vanilla

1 cup chopped nuts.

Beat eggs, oil, sugar and vanilla. Add flour and mix. Stir in zucchini and nuts. Mix well. Grease and flour pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour in a 9×5 pan.

Anyone have another good recipe we can try? We have lots of yummy budget saving zucchini still coming in.

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