Kmart report

Well this trip was my best ever. Kmart is doubling up to $2 same rules as before. My best deals were ziploc bags .19 cents, Dawn dish soap .49 cents, Purina Beggin strips 6 bags for $5, Glade air freshener .19 cents, Fantastik .69 cents, Ragu spaghetti sauce $1. I also got my free dr. pepper from a while back. It pays to call companies when you are not satisfied with their products. I got a free Pur water filtration system today after I called to complain about the quality of mine. They sent me a coupon for a free system. Very nice. So not counting the free pur water filtrations system I saved $50, or if you count it I saved $80 total. I saved 65% off my bill. Better than my average 40%. Kmart has a coupon booklet in the front of the store that has some coupons in it too. I only used two of them myself but they were worth $4. You can combine them with manufacturer coupons.
I ran into a lady at Kmart I have seen before at Walgreens shopping for deals. It's so fun to see people out there saving. We both laughed when we saw each other. When I was at the Super Walmart a few weeks ago for the end of the year coupons I left everything I wasn't going to use on the shelves. By the time I checked out I had a few people following me! One lady finally stopped me and asked me where I got all my good coupons. Well I get most from the sunday paper, some I trade with other people for, and others come from magazines. I also get them in the mail by signing up with the companies. Some of them come from the rebates I do, or they are inside the packages of the products. You can get them on the internet too. Coupons are everywhere. You just have to look for them, although the sunday paper is the easiest and best source.

Doubles at Kmart again

Kmart will do double coupons again this week today thru saturday. I heard they will double up to $2 this week, but you will have to go there to find out. I can't make it today like I would like to and I probably won't make it until Tuesday. There were $223 dollars of coupons in todays paper alone! Happy coupon shopping. Oh, and if anyone wants to go with me to see how I do it, let me know.

Walgreens and pepsi/fritolay

Walgreens has a great deal right now on pepsi and frito lay products. Effective 12/27 to 1/31/09 if you buy $20 worth of pepsi, dorritos, tostitos, products you get $10 back in register rewards. Then you can do the $15 rebate. I bought 8 bottles of soda, two bags of chips, and two jars of cheese dip for $26 today. I received $10 in register rewards, and I will send in the $15 rebate. Total cost out of pocket was a little over $1. That's an awesome deal! Here is the link to the rebate. Thanks to the Hickory Farms sale I bought a $75 box today for $17.55, so for under $20 I have plenty of stuff for a great super bowl party now!

wife swap today

Tonight they will show a money saving mom on the tv show wife swap. She subscribes to the same service that I do and her family works really hard at saving money. It looks like it will be a fun episode. In honor of wife swap refund cents will have a free weekend. Use the link under money saving links and the user id and password will be wifeswap for today thru sunday. There are so many money savers on there I hope my friends will be checking it out and working on saving big!

Financial Foundations seminar

FFI (Family Foundations International, the organization that provides the Ancient Paths Seminar) has just released a new financial seminar titled Financial Foundations! We are excited! Many people have asked us to put on the financial seminar and so we have scheduled one for February 27 and 28, here in Dinuba at Wellspring Church. We will be sending out the registration forms as soon as they are sent to us from FFI (within the next 2-3 days). The seminar will begin on Friday evening at 6:30 and end at approximately 9:30. On Saturday it will begin at 9:00 am, and end at approximately 6:00 pm.



For your information, January 12-17, It’s a New Day television will spotlight the new FFI Finance seminar in a week-long TV program. It’s a New Day has recently come to the USA through Direct TV channel 378 NRB network (11AM EST). You can also watch these programs online at www.newday.org.

If you have any questions, you may email us, or call us:

Margaret: 559-240-0428

John: 559-240-0448



We look forward to seeing you on the 27th!



We ask God to bless you mightily!!



John and Margaret Palms

laptop lunches

Do you pack a lunch for work/school? There is an amazing amount of money to be saved by packing a lunch, not to mention if you have children how much healthier the lunch will be if you pack it yourself. I have a link to the blog laptop lunches I just added on here. I bought myself and my son Derrick a lunchbox from them and I absolutely love it. Not the cheapest lunchbox I ever bought but I love it. It also helps me with portion control which isn't a bad thing either. They have tons of great ideas for a healthier lunch, and by using a reusable lunchbox you will also save money and contribute to reducing trash to the environment. Now don't you wish this was your lunch?

news and freebies

On January 16th Wife Swap will show a coupon queen vs a money spender. It should be fun to watch. Hopefully they will do a nice job of showing how frugal living is a good thing. On Next Friday thru Sunday they will give free access on those days to refundcents website to try it out. This is a great website that gives daily updates on freebies, sales, rebates, and coupons. She has far more on her site than you can imagine. Totally cool. I'll post a link to anyone who may want to join.

Today there is over $141 in coupons in the newspaper.
On Jan 14 go to www.suave.com to get a free bottle.

Walgreens:
Orajel $8.49
easy saver rebate $8.49
Final price free or a profit if you have a coupon.

Auto Expressions air freshener. $4.99
easy saver rebate $4.99
Final price free

Revlon Matte collection lipstick Free after rebate
Bayer glucose monitor Free after rebate.