Couponing 101 and Update: Long Post

I'll start with an update first. Sorry I have been away from my blog. I haven't really had anything new to talk about or post so I just kind of stepped aside from blogging for awhile. Now I'm back and ready to blog full force. [At least try to anyway]. Little update on my life right now. It's crazy. I'm planning a trip to Missouri in May to see my family [Grandparents, aunts, uncles, ya know...the whole shabang!]. Well the perk of going up there when I am is that my dad will be there too. Yay! It's like killing two birds with one stone [even though I'd NEVER kill a bird or even think of doing something that crazy]. So here's my list of stuff I've been focusing my time on.

1. Getting the hatch subframe and steering rack replaced [my bolt is broken on my subframe and I don't want to risk it coming out when I make a 10 hr drive].
2. Getting the inspection done on the hatch before the end of the month. [Going to cost me anywhere from $40-$100].
3. Get an alignment [$40-$100]
4. Pay bills -_-
5. Find someone to watch Sissy or take her with us.
6. Trying to sell my HTC HD2 Android phone [t-mobile]
7. Trying to sell parts I have off the other hatch.

As you can see I've been really busy. Life however, has been going pretty good besides the money issues. My good friend Rikki started work at my job on Monday and I absolutely <3 having him work with us. Not only is he a good worker but I feel awesome having a friend work with me. Before it was just ugh, didn't really want to go in and now it's awesome. I look forward to work and love hearing jokes and being able to go to lunch with someone whenever I want. It's great. 

Another good thing is that Blake and I have grown closer in the past few months. From the time we were thinking about breaking up till now; we have definitely grown closer. He's more loving and I have changed a lot too. No more depressed or sad Katie!

That's all for my update on my life. Now on to couponing!! [Let me know if you all are sick of these posts yet]

Lately I have come across some great deals that I could not pass up. Here they are!

I believe April 1st (Sunday) the Allegra coupon came out. Correct me if I'm wrong. 

Walmart Trip:

3 Allegra $7/1 used in 3 transactions.

1st-3rd Transaction (since they are all the same)

Allegra 5ct Tablets reg. $5.94 - $7/1 Coupon = +$1.06 overage

Vitamin Water reg. $1.08 - $1.06 overage

Total Spent: $0.02!!

Total on all transactions = $0.06!

Kroger Trip

All Mighty Pacs sale 2/$3 - (3) $1/1 Coupons = $0.50ea
Allegra 5ct Tablets reg. $5.95 - $7/1 coupon = +$1.05

Total Spent: $0.45!!

Target Trip:

Green Works Cleaners reg. $2.49ea - (2) $1/1 Manufacturer Coupons - (1) $1/2 Target Printable = $1.98/2 = $0.99 ea!

Method hand soap reg. $2.69ea - (4) $2/1 Manufacturer Coupons = $0.69ea!

Carefree Panty liners reg. $0.99 - $1/1 Manufacturer Coupon = FREE!!

Reach Floss reg. $0.97ea - (2) $1/1 Manufacturer Coupons = FREE!!

Cascade Trial Pack reg. $0.97 - $0.50/1 Manufacturer Coupon = $0.47

Total Spent: $5.21

Target Trip #2

Green Works Cleaners reg. $2.49ea - (2) $1/1 Manufacturer Coupons - (1) $1/2 Target Printable = $1.98/2 = $0.99 ea!

Method dish soap reg. $2.69ea - (2) $2/1 Manufacturer Coupons = $0.69ea!

Glade Room Sprays reg. $0.99ea - (2) $1/1 Target Coupons = FREE!!

Reach Floss reg. $0.97ea - (2) $1/1 Manufacturer Coupons = FREE!!

Free Trash bag sample

Total Spent: $3.36

Kroger Trip #2

Angel Soft 4pk Toilet Paper sale $1 - $0.45/1 Manufacturer Coupon = $0.55

Ivory Body Wash sale $1ea - $1/2 Manufacturer Coupon = $0.50ea

Total Spent: $3.55

Hope my explaining made it easy for everyone to understand. Have you scored any good deals this week??

Here's an update picture of my stock pile. This is only the smaller section that I started on my closet shelf. As you can see, I need more closet shelf room lol.

This is what I have on this shelf:

1. 8 Ivory Body washes = $4
2. 4 Green Works Cleaners = $3.96
3. 4 Method Hand soaps = $2.76
4. 2 Method Dish Soaps = $1.38
5. 7 Schick Hydro Silk Razor/Shave Gel Combos Packs = $13.79
6. 16 Glade Room Sprays [I just gave 2 away to a friend this morning] = Freebies. Would have cost $16

Hope you all enjoyed this post!!!!

Weekly Goodies: Schick Hydro Razor

This week I was able to score a great deal on some razors. I tend to go through razors pretty frequently. I found out about these razors through [ The Krazy Coupon Lady ]. I love her facebook page. If you're into couponing, check her out because she posts all of the great deals and what coupons to use with them. It's simple, easy and a great way to save money!!

The Schick Hydro Silk Razor packs came with one razor and one mini shave gel. Retail $5.97 - $4.00/1 Coupon = $1.97 ea!


I ended up picking up 6 packs and then 1 plain razor with an extra blade. Total spent $17.39ish for 7 razors. Great deal if you consider one razor retails for $9.57~ and a pack of 4 blades is over $13!! I could not pass this deal up.


I also got a few freebies this week. 1st one being dog treats. I don't have a dog, so I gave one back to my coworker and one bag to my boss for their dogs.

I also scored a free 12pk of Hot Apple Cider for the Keurig at work. I have to say it's actually pretty good!! Usually I'm not a fan of the little packets because they're usually not strong enough but this one is great.


I say a 16pk of this at Walmart yesterday and it retails for a little over $16! 


Definitely a great thing to get free when they are a tad bit pricey.




That's it for my weekly goodies! Hope you all enjoyed my post and have a great weekend!!

Back At It Againnnnn

Hi Dolls!!! It's been awhile since my last post. I hope some of you actually went along with doing the nail polish tag. I thought it was quite fun. Makes me realize how much nail polish I don't have! I'm actually wanting to get more now that I've kinda gotten back into painting my nails. Sadly though, I had to chop them down the other day because they were just too long.


I hope you all are having a fantabulous day on this lovely Thursday [I'm at home so that's why it's awesome for me]. 


I hope you all enjoy my posts about couponing because I really do enjoy writing them. I love saving money and couponing for me is fun, when there's something I really want and I know I can get it cheap.


Here's a G-R-E-A-T Deal I have been able to score for the past few weeks.








you ready?








F-R-E-E Kitty Food. I know, seems like all I've been able to really get free lately is kitty food. But if you did see my post a few weeks ago, you'd notice that I got some shave gel for free too. Here's the post.

Yes, it's a LOT of cat food. Here's how I did it:


Iams $3/1 cat food/dog food coupon
Iams Trial Size cat food $3.00 @ Target
Take off the Coupon = Free

I managed to score so far, 27 bags of cat food. I actually had two more bags but I've already fed them to my kitty. That would have been a total of 29 bags of cat food. 1 little bag lasts my kitty a week! So I have 27 weeks of kitty food to last me.


Now, I will note that I DID NOT clear the shelves at Target and I DID NOT purchase all of these in one trip. This overall has been broken down into about 5 shopping trips.

Here's a close up view of the ones I got. My cat personally loves the Natural chicken one [left], Indoor Weight & Hairball control, which she doesn't need the hairball part [middle], Original Chicken [right].


I still have more coupons for free kitty food that I plan on using. I love stocking up the baby girl so I can use my money toward bills and other things.


It's a great feeling when you've been able to score items for free.


Have you scored any items for free lately? If so, please comment below sharing what you have been able to get for free or even just any good deals you've come across.

Extreme Couponing....Just Kidding

I am no where near being an "Extreme Couponer" but I do love getting good deals and using coupons when I can.

Here's my latest couponing adventure. I went to Target because I had the rest of my friends $50 gift card to use [had $21 left]. I needed to pick up a few things anyway so I figured I'd use some of my coupons and get some of the items a little cheaper.

I'll break everything down so you can see how much I spent and how much I saved.

• Tide Laundry Detergent - $5.99 [Sale] Used $2/1 = $4.99
• Axe Body wash - $3.49 ea. Used B1G1 Free = 2 for $3.49
• Socks - $1.50 ea = $4.50
• Downy Unstopables Fabric Softener - $5.99 [Sale] Used $1/1 = $4.99
• Up & Up Paper Towels - $0.97. Used $1/1 = FREE
• Gillette Shave Gel - $0.97. Used $1/1 = FREE
• Herbal Essence Trial Size Shampoo - $0.97. Used $1/1 = FREE
• Cascade Dish Detergent - $0.97. Used $0.25/1 = $0.72

Total: $19 and some cents [don't have the receipt in front of me
Saved: $11 and some cents


I wouldn't save it was an amazing shopping trip but I did get a few items for free and everything else was either on sale or cheaper.


Here's a close up of the stuff I got really cheap/Free

I'm Hooked ^_^

Since I'm not really into doing a makeup blog anymore I've decided that one of the other things I'm passionate about other than photography, my cat and my cars is couponing. I'm not an "extreme couponer" in any way, shape or form but I do LOVE getting items for really cheap or FREE.

Tonight I needed to go to Target and get some dog treats for an event I'm helping host tomorrow afternoon at a dog park. The event is called "Car meet gone to the dogs". Basically we are having a car meet at a dog park to raise donations for local shelters and fire victims [Texas has had some pretty crazy fires up north of me].  So far we've managed to get Red Bull to sponsor us and my friend, who grooms animals, will have her mobile unit out there to do nails and such. We have about 50 people that are coming which is AWESOME because I thought we'd maybe have 20 at the most.

So yeah, haha back on track here. I went to Target because I had a manufacturers coupon for $1.50/2 Milk Bone treats and a target coupon for $1.50/2 Milk Bone Treats. They retail for 2.89ea. I also had a target coupon for a free Whisker Lickins Cat Treat and a manufacturer's coupon for a free Lipton iced tea. So after using all of my coupons I ended up spending only $3.01 w/tax on 4 items =)

Since Petsmart is right next door, I ran over there because I had a manufacturers coupon for a free bag of Crave Cat Treats. Well I had heard that Petsmart had a manufacturers coupon for a free bag of Crave cat treats when you bought a bag. Score! So I ended up getting two bags for free!! [My cat is a happy camper]

Total spent on 6 items: $3.01
What I would have spent w/o coupons: $11.19 [ouch!!!!]
 

Do you use coupons??