Extreme Couponing, Houston Frugal Living Blog
Have you noticed how expensive cream cheese has gotten lately? If you can find the booklet with the Jello/Philadelphia coupons in your store, then Philadelphia goes from being an okay deal, to being a great deal. Kleenex is also an okay deal. The semi-boneless ham is also 99¢/lb. Happy shopping!
Keurig Elite Brewer at Kohl’s will be only $94 after coupon code and Kohl’s Cash! Shipping will be Free and you will earn Free $20 in Kohl’s Cash!
Here’s how to get it:
I have to kill some time on Wednesday’s so I hang out in Kroger and look for deals. I am not kidding when I say I didn’t even recognize the Kroger in The back of the Woodlands. It was filled with tear pads, peelies and blinkies. Someone had kidnapped my store and replaced it with a coupon friendly one!
I am wondering if it is because of the Holiday’s, but either way I was happy to see people have the ability to save even more!
Have you noticed more tear pads or coupons in your store lately?
To see the Kroger weekly deals go HERE.
‘My Litter’ Guide to Last-Minute ‘Christmas Cash’: MyFoxHOUSTON.com
If you missed me this Monday morning on Fox26 News Houston you can see the segment that I did above. Because I know you all sit around just to see me on TV 😉
I talked about ways to get some extra Christmas Cash and gave some personal examples of things that we have done. You can see my original post HERE.
These are some ideas:
What can you do for some additional Christmas Cash??
1. Craigslist – Craigslist is free to list anything and very easy to do so. I have always had good luck and have sold anything that I have listed. From baseball cards to kids clothes you can sell anything.
2. Sell your old electronics – Not only can you sell them but you can trade them in. At Swagbucks you can trade in your old cellphones for Swag cash, which can then be used to buy items or giftcards. If you’ve got an old MP3 player,cell phone or digital camera taking up space in your junk drawer, check out Gazelle.com. Enter a few details about your gadgets and instantly learn trade-in values. Gazelle.com pays for shipping and you’ll get your money in a week. For cell phones-only, try CellforCash.com.
3. Ebay – Just lilke craigslist you can list anything! I have listed electronics and clothing mostly. But was shocked one day when I listed an old pair of hair clippers that brought in $100! They do charge an insertion fee, but it is reasonable. Go HERE to check ebay out.
4. Sell back your old books. At Cash4Books.net just enter the ISBN number for each book you want to sell (check the back cover) to see how much each is worth. Textbooks, non-fiction and business books are most in demand. Get a check or deposit to your PayPal account in about a week.
5. Cash in at cash-back shopping sites. Online-only sales are rampant across the web this holiday season so why not make a few bucks while picking out gifts. Ebates gives you back a percentage of your purchase and is doubling cash back when you buy from select online retailers, including Walmart, The Body Shop and Victoria’s Secret. As an added bonus, new sign-ups get a $5 bonus. Two more cash-back sites are ShopAtHome and Cashbaq.
6. Sell back your gift cards. Gather up your used and unused gift cards (that you don’t plan to use) and sell them back at Swapagift.com or PlasticJungle.com.You’ll get back 60 percent or more of the card’s value.
7. Cash in your coins. If you’re like me, you’ve got a stash of coins somewhere in your house ready to be turned into bills, so take them to a Coinstar machine by December 6. Cash in $40 in coins and get $10 free by mail-in rebate. Get your money as a gift card (required for this offer) to avoid the coin-counting fee. Right now you can also choose the option of a $10 gift card from amazon when you cash in $40 at Coinstar.
8. Etsy – Unfortunatly I have spent more here than I will ever make 🙂 But, if you are crafty you can post and sell your homemade items including baked goods. The insertion fees are reasonable and sales are pretty good. Go HERE to take a look at Etsy!
What can you do for some additional Christmas Cash?
Lands End has a coupon code for $40 off a $100 purchase + free shipping that you can get by clicking HERE. I know that the thought of spending $100 can be hard to imagine, but if you shop the clearance you can pick up a BUNCH of needed items for less.
I grabbed some of the backpacks on sale a few weeks ago and am giving then all as gifts for Christmas and using the smaller ones as donations for Toys For Tots and the rest for the Cookie Exchange Toy Drive we are doing next week. Kids ALWAYS need backpacks who are in less than ideal situations.
These are some of the backpacks and lunch boxes I got. The coupon code does not go towards monogramming, but I had someone here do it for less anyway.
This is the order I did for my kids Secret Santa project that they are working on this year. I was able to get 13 lunch bags or backpacks for $68 shipped to our house. They are good Lands End quality and I know the kids will love them! You can go HERE to see what you find. This coupon code ENDS THURSDAY at midnight!
Today, you can get a 1 year subscription to LADIES HOME JOURNAL for only $3.99 a year, if you use coupon code MYLITTER at check out! This deal ENDS Thursday at midnight!
Ladies Home Journal Magazine is the magazine written by women, for women. Ladies Home Journal features the most interesting topics for women including issues involving health, shopping, money, romance, children and society. Each article is carefully researched and written about in an informative and thorough manner.
You can see how I give magazines as a gift HERE.
See another magazine you’d like to purchase? You can always use coupon code MYLTITER to save an additional 20% off of any other DiscountMags.com magazine subscription. You can purchase this as a new subscription for yourself, as a gift subscriptions for others, and you can also use this to renew an existing subscription.
Today, you can get a 1 year subscription to ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE for only $3.60 a year, if you use coupon code MYLITTER at check out! This deal ENDS Thursday at midnight!
Rolling Stone is THE definitive music magazine. Each issue features reviews of original sounding bands, interviews with the hottest artists, and thought provoking articles about politics and the social condition of the world we live in today. This magazine subscription is about more than just music -Rolling Stone is about our culture.
You can see how I give magazines as a gift HERE. This would be a good one to do something cool music related with!
See another magazine you’d like to purchase? You can always use coupon code MYLTITER to save an additional 20% off of any other DiscountMags.com magazine subscription. You can purchase this as a new subscription for yourself, as a gift subscriptions for others, and you can also use this to renew an existing subscription.
There are are 2 new beverage coupons aside from the other 3 that I told you about earlier! I would HIGHLY suggest printing these as they can come in handy for the holidays!
$1 off 3 Frozen Bacardi Frozen Mixes
$1/2 Mt. Dew Drinks ( recipe HERE for AWESOME dessert!)
$1/2 Welches Sparkling Juice ( use zip 77477)
$1 off Minute Maid 10 pack juice
I was really excited to see the Bacardi coupon, although we do not drink liquor. I use it all the time to make frozen “virgin” daiquiris for the kids, and myself! Just toss the contents of the can ( I use strawberry) into the blender with ice, add a banana if you want and some fresh strawberries and blend. They are sooooo good!
For Christmas you could add cranberries as garnish…
If you live close to Food Town you can score some free BBQ sauce this week! You can also get a gallon of Borden milk for cheaper than what I saw the store brand at Wal Mart yesterday, and it looks like there is an OK deal on Charmin Toilet paper.
To find a Food Town location near you, go HERE.
If you want to see the coupon policy for Food Town it is right HERE.
These deals brought to you by Frugally Thrifty!
Just a regular week at HEB! They are having the “Buy 10 items save $10 sale,” and the split chicken breasts are a good price at $1 a pound.
H-E-B accepts the following types of coupons:
Part comedian, part Dad, part athlete. He will boss around your children while they play ball.
Just as angelic as she looks, this girl could easily raise a Village by herself, and all the children would grow up to be President.
Self proclaimed, she would be a webkinz dog. Because, "they're cute, and puppies are too. And they're sweet and they always get along with other puppies."
This mini-Martha Stewart can handle ANY craft you send her way. She isn't all bows and rainbows, she's got karate kid moves!
Not "Pick-Me-Up" like caffeine, she wants you to pick her up! AND NOW!
Anything that can be destroyed WILL be destroyed!
Practically Perfect in Every Way for now! Nicknamed "The Panda" she is rolly polly and lives by the motto, "the little one, is KING!"
The resident Labradoodle, Miller got his name because Mom won and got to name the baby! Need something chewed up? He'll take care of it. Especially if it's expensive..
