My TOP Coupon Picks from Upcoming Sunday 10/28 Newspaper

Coupons, coupons, coupons will flood this upcoming Sunday 10/28 regional newspapers!  Whether, you live in Atlanta, GA, Charlotte, NC or New York City those inserts will unwillingly fall out your paper onto the ground or into your wallet/coupon binder.  Personally, they will fall into my coupon binder inside open slots within each category.

For example, I will insert my Johnsonsville Chicken Sausage coupon in the Meat section, Nature Valley granola bars in Cereal section and Green Giant Valley Fresh Steamers frozen vegetables in Frozen Food section of my coupon binder.  Here are my top picks for this week's Procter& Gamble, Red Plum and Smartsource coupons:

Procter & Gamble Coupon Preview

Crest $.75/1 Rinse 458ml+

Olay $1/1 bar, body wash or in shower body lotion excludes Simply

Oral-B $.75/1 Glide floss 35m+ or floss picks 30ct+

Febreze $1/1 5.5oz candle

Gillette $.50/1 deodorant or body wash

Gillette $5 off Fusion ProGlide razor wyb catridge or disposable razor

Pantene $1/1 product

Puffs $.25/3 singles or 1 3pk+
Secret $1/1 antiperspirant/deodorant

Red Plum Coupon Preview

California Pizza Kitchen $1/1 product (12/31

Welch’s $75/1 refrigerated fruit juice cocktail or 59oz Healthy Start 100% juice (1/31)

Nestle Toll House $.50/1 cookie brownie delight or original chip cookie kit (1/31)

Nivea $1/1 body wash for women 12-16.9oz (11/11) 
L’Oreal $1/1 skin care product (12/23) ETS

Smartsource Coupon Preview

Aveeno $1/1 product excludes trial and bar soap (12/31)
Listerine $.50/1 Antiseptic, Ultraclean, Zero, Total Care or Fluoride Defense 500mL_ or Whitening 16floz+ (12/31)

Neutrogena $1/1 facial cleansing, haircare, men’s or hand & body skincare product excludes trial, bar soap, suncare, acne or facial moisturizer treatment (12/31)

Schick $1/1 Quattro Disposables pack (12/8)

Buddig $1/4 original 2oz packages (1/31)

Fiber One $.50/2 Chewy Bars, 90 Calorie Chewy Bars or 90 Calorie Brownies (12/22)
Green Giant $.50/2 Valley Fresh Steamers frozen vegetables 11oz or 12oz (12/22)

Johnsonville $1/1 12oz chicken sausage (1/5)

Kraft $.75/1 9-12oz string or twist cheese (11/30)
Nature Valley $.50/2 granola bars 5ct+ or granola thins (12/22)

Old Wisconsin $1/1 4oz+ snack bites, snack sticks or summer sausage (1/31)

Happy Clipping!

Yours in Savings,

MFrugalista :)

3 Steps to Reducing the Amount of Money Spent on Halloween Apparel and Favors

With Halloween fast approaching, the hunt is on for the best bargains and deals on party favors and costumes for either yourself or the kiddies.  Masquerade balls for grown folks and Halloween parties at school or a friend's house for the kids, whichever you choose you should be on the hunt for a social bargain. I am listing my picks for ways to save on Halloween items that will keep your pockets lined literally with more cash on hand.

1. Visit Dealigg.com for awesome deals on Halloween costumes, greeting cards, refreshments, online and store coupons.  In addition for fun, vote for the best deals you come across on the site.



2. Search for savings on party supplies at Retailmenot.com where they also post a deal of the day, which is more than likely a holiday deal.



3. On Savings.com in the search box enter Halloween and oodles of sites appear with Halloween items.  Furthermore, the site has a Spook-tacular Deals! link with coupon codes offering varying percentages off holiday products.



Now go out and navigate the web for Spook-tacular deals and steals this Halloween!

Yours in Savings,

MFrugalista

5 Ways To Live Rich With More Saved!

The first mention of the word "rich" to anyone often evokes images of money and extreme wealth.  Let's face it in today's society rich is in because who wants to live in squalor if they can help it.  In my world, the notion of rich means spending wisely to have more money for the wants and necessities in life .  You can still live fabulously with a little frugality.

About four years ago when I moved to Charlotte, NC to teach I had an AHA! moment about living rich.  An inner voice...seriously that inner voice we sometimes hear but don't listen to told me to (1) save all my single dollar bills and loose coins daily.  I did it too!  The three years I lived in Charlotte each save from hoarding singles and coins ranged between $180-$400.

When I cruised in '09 with my then best friend (2) my save was about $380 which I took as additional spending money on our 7 day cruise.  On another occasion, about a year ago (3) I took about $350 from a save and opened up a basic checking account at a local federal credit union.  

Last summer, a late August beach trip to Myrtle Beach, SC for my birthday was executed using my live rich mantra.  First, I love booking hotels on Orbitz.com.  I went on the site checked the availability and prices for 3 star, 4 star and 5 star hotels. Then, I went to one of my fave sites for coupons and deals, Savings.com.

(4) On Savings.com I found a promo code for Orbitz that took off about 30-40% .  I stayed in an oceanfront deluxe room with full kitchen and 2 queen beds at a 3 star hotel for two nights, all for under $100.  (5) On the same trip I used printable coupons from Coupons.com and Southernsavers.com websites to cut down expense of my grocery bill while at beach.  

Take it from me you can live rich while saving and spending frugally and still be fabulous!  I do it on a daily basis.

Yours in Savings,

MFrugalista

Where Did My Coupons GO?

Don't throw your weekly newspaper away without getting that money out of it!  If you are so zealous about upcoming Coupon Sundays like me, visit sundaycouponpreview.com, to sign-up to receive weekly emails every Wednesday to discover all the free money (coupons) in your forthcoming Sunday newspaper.  I love it, I love it, I love it, because saving a dollar makes me want to holler!

One frugalista method that I live by in order to save a couple of dollars is to search for printable coupons on the website of the company that sells a product I want to purchase.  For example, say you are craving lasagna like I do often but you only like to use Polly-o Mozzarella Cheese.  Just Google Polly-o Cheese which will bring up the product or company site.  Then look for promotions, news, savings or a coupons tab on the product/company site.  Sometimes the company will ask you to sign-up for their free company e-newsletter and then offer printable coupons.  My faves include Alexia Foods, Smart Balance websites because they have excellent healthy food options and offer great printable coupon deals when you register with their site or sign-up for a free e-newsletter.

This evening I will leave my fellow frugalistas with one more mind-blowing tip: For more money saving coupons as wells as coupon codes check out Couponcabin.com.

Yours in savings,

MFrugalista :)