Awesome Shaw's Catalina Deal This Week!

Do Not Miss the deals at Shaw's this week! Spend $30 on participating products through November 11 and get a coupon for $15 off your next shopping order!

They're fofering the usual cake mixes and frostings, but also soup, broth, taco ingredients, paper towels, cereal, tea, and pasta sauce. Definitely some natural-leaning products available :)

Check out Wicked Cool Deals for coupon match-ups. HotCouponWorld is reporting that this deal is doubling & tripling - meaning you don't have to do a ton of separate transactions!

I hope to go tonight or tomorrow to try this out. Woo-hoo! Free groceries!

Shaw's Deals This Week!

Shaw's is having a deal this week where if you purchases $25 of certain products, you get a $10 catalina off your next purchase. I went out to see if the deal works on pre-sale prices, and it does!

Here's what I got. The tuna & pizza are also free this week with coupons.

Transactions #1
$7.50: 3 boxes Rice Krispies (psp $4.49)
$7.50: 3 boxes Frosted Mini-Wheats (psp $4.29)

Used 1 $1.50 off coupon 2 boxes Frosted Mini-Wheats (printable)
Used 3 $1.00 off 1 box Rice Krispies coupons (Vocalpoint)

Out-of-pocket: $10.50
Catalinas received: $10.00

Transactions #2
$7.50: 3 boxes Rice Krispies (psp $4.49)
$7.50: 3 boxes Frosted Mini-Wheats (psp $4.29)
$2.00: 2 Tony's Pizza For One
$2.00: 2 Bumble Bee Premium Chunk Light Tuna pouches

Used 1 $1.50 off coupon 2 boxes Frosted Mini-Wheats (printable)
Used 2 $1.00 off 1 box Rice Krispies coupon (Vocalpoint mailer)
Used 1 free 1 box Rice Krispies coupon (Vocalpoint mailer)
Used 2 $.50 off Tony's Pizza For One coupons (doubled) (6/7 MartSource insert)
Used 2 $1.00 off Bumble Bee Premium Tuna coupons (6/14 Smartsource insert)

Cashed in $5 catalina from deal 2 weeks ago (I don't count this toward overall out-of-pocket since it was part of another deal)

Out-of-pocket: $4.00
Catalinas received: $10.00

Total overall out-of-pocket cost = -$.50!

Yes, that's a negative, people!

There is a lot of other stuff that's on sale this week, but I had some good coupons for this stuff and didn't really need any of the other items. Check out HotCouponWorld for more details!

Why Do I Need to Buy More Than 1 Newspaper? Why I Get Multiple Copies of Coupons

I recently had someone ask me why I get multiple copies of the newspaper. When I started couponing again last October, I noticed fairly quickly that many of the good deals required you buy more than just 1 of the product, therefore requiring more than one copy of the coupon. Some deals even require that you have 3 or 4 copies of the coupon. Also, when things go on sale, having multiple copies of the coupon allows you to better stockpile items. I actually buy more than 1 type of Sunday paper as well. In my town, we have 2 different papers, and they each carry slightly different coupons, so I get at least one of each.

When I began to buy more than 1 newspaper, clipping coupons became a lot more work! Now, I have a new organizational system for my coupons that doesn't require I actually cut them out of the paper. I mainly use HotCouponWorld's coupon database searching system, which is pretty thorough; they even have links to printable coupons, such as Target store-specific coupons. I also download the list of coupons from Taylortown or another source and put them into a spreadsheet, so I have that for quick reference.

Buying one newspaper is a good start; you'll pretty quickly see that it pays for itself. Buying 2 or more papers, especially on coupon-packed weeks, can really jumpstart your couponing!

Shaw's Catalina Sale

Shaw's is having another one of their catalina sales this week: buy 10 products, get $10 off your next purchase. Check out HotCouponWorld for details. Definitely an opportunity to stock up & maybe even make money!

Hotcouponworld Recommends 19 Survey Sites that Pay

Hotcouponworld has compiled a list of 19 survey sites that are legit, really pay people, and have minimal spam.

This is great news!

I've seen on the other blogs I read that completing surveys is a good way to earn extra money, so a month or two back, I set up a special e-mail address just for doing surveys. I did this because I was worried about my inbox being filled with spam. The problem? I never remember to check it!

I'm already a member of MyPoints & Inbox Dollars (see my side bar for the link to Inbox dollars), but I should check out some of the others. I may still try to use that special e-mail address, but I'd rather have it all come to one inbox. So, thanks Hotcouponworld for doing this research so I don't have to!

Get Something off your Wishlist by Entering Hotcouponworld's Valentine's Day Contest!

As you know I periodically highlight giveaways in my blog. Well, here's a great one for Valentine's Day!

HotCouponWorld is picking 5 lucky folks who will a $50 gift (or gifts!) for Valentine's Day, and they even pick up shipping!

This item HAS to be something for you! All us frugal folks often scrimp & save so much that we rarely get anything for ourselves. Simply go to the "SHOP" tab on HotCouponWorld's menu, search for the gift(s) you would like for Valentine's day and link the page with the gift(s) you'd like back here.

So if you're worried that our significant other won't remember to get you something for Valentine's Day, head on over to HotCouponWorld and pick something out for yourself! You must have your Valentine's Day gift posted no later than 2/13 at 12 midnight Pacific Standard Time.

CVS Aspirin update

I mentioned yesterday that I could not find the Children's aspirin that's free after ECB's. I just read over at HotCouponWorld that the ECB's are printing with certain adult aspirins; read the post for details.

If you haven't joined HotCouponWorld, you should! I was a lurker for a long time, but I'm glad I finally registered.