Free Chocolate Friday!

Don't forget! Every Friday Mars Candy is giving away 200,000 FREE candy bars as part of the Mars Real Chocolate Relief Act! All you have to do is be one of the first 200,000 people to go here and enter! If you are then they will mail you a coupon for a free candy bar! SWEET!

80% off Restaurant.com!!

80% off w/every $25 Gift Cert. order. Use code TASTE. Pay $2 thru 8/31/09 at Restaurant.com.

This site works with many local restaurants as a way to advertise. Once you go to Restaurant.com you can search by zip code and see a list of participating restaurants in your area, you will also see a selection of gift certificate prices ranging from $10 to $100. A $25 gift card is regularly priced at $10 (so 80% off means you'll pay only $2) The only catch is that there is a minimum purchase amount: clearly listed under the gift card prices. Usually it is a $35.00 minimum purchase and they also add in an automatic 18% gratuity. (read the small print before you buy)This is a great way to go out on an affordable date! So go here and remember to use the promo code"TASTE" at checkout!

If you are looking for some ideas here is where I like!

Donnie macs- fun for the whole family!

Cheerleaders- we get a $10 cert. make a cheap lunch date!

Asiago's- Yummy food, nice romantic dinner for 2!

Carino's Italian Grill- I love this place!

I was also excited to see that they just added Baja Fresh (great to use the $10 cert) and Rick's Press Room, which was featured on Food Networks "Diners, Drive In's & Dives"!

Cheap Movie Night!

I love to watch movies with my hubby after we have the kiddos in bed, the only thing that makes it better is to have a nice hot bowl of Orville Redenbacher Movie Theater Popcorn mixed with Peanut M&M's. I was so happy when I saw this deal on Hip2Save because it makes it even cheaper! If you go here and either sign in or register (using your junk email) then go to "special offers" you can print off a coupon for $1.50 off when you buy 1 box of Orville Redenbacher popcorn & 1 M&M (med bag). What a deal!

Albertsons 3 day sale

Albertsons has a 3 day sale running Friday - Sunday here are some of the great deals you can find! I know I am going to go stock up on some water!

Arrowhead Water 6 pack $.87

$1.00/2 – Arrowhead water, 6, 8 or 12 packs

Final Price: $.37 each !!

Sunny D 64 oz $.99

Powerade 32 oz $.77

Nissin Cup of Noodles $.39

Chicken of the Sea Light Tuna $.49 (Limit 6)

Albertsons for Aug.19-25

If you are looking for a way to use your catalinas from the last 2 sales at Albertsons then check out the printable shopping list from PYP here. (this link is for Idaho you will have to change it to your state) The things I am liking are:

-Fresh Express garden salad, cole slaw, or shredded lettuce 8-16 oz. for $1.00

-Strawberries 4 lb. container at 1.49 lb. or $5.96

-Coke products 2 liters at$1.20
Extra promo: Buy 3, get $1 off instantly. Buy 6, get $2 off instantly. Buy 9, get $3 off instantly.
$0.87

-Arm & Hammer detergent 36-51 loads at $2.99
1.00/1 printable at this link
$1.99

Box Top promo: Save $5 on your NEXT shopping order, PLUS get 50 Bonus Box Tops ($5 value) when you spend $20 on participating items.
You can find plenty of coupons for products for this sale from the coupon bar on the right and the other coupon sites below that. There are also a lot of other coupons from the paper that you can find on the PYP list.

My thoughts on Couponing

I have recently heard from a few different friends that find the whole couponing thing to be to overwhelming and time consuming so they just give up and go back to their old way of shopping. It makes me sad! I look at a lot of different couponing blogs out there and I see women in the store who are so obsessed with couponing and with "She who gets the most for the least wins" syndrome that they let it rule their lives! I want you all to know that it does not have to be that way!

• So many people think that if you want to do this you have to get 5 Sunday newspapers and spend every moment looking for the deal! YOU DON"T!! I will let you in on a secret! I DO NOT GET EVEN 1 SUNDAY PAPER!!! My parents don't coupon (even though I try to get them too) so my dad sets the ads aside for me and I pick them up when I am in the area, sometimes if my inlaws don't want theirs they will also give them to me! You would be surprised how many people out there get the paper and never even look at the coupons! Just ask around to friends and neighbors, I bet you can find at least 1 or 2 that would give you the inserts!


• I get most of my good coupons from the computer. There are soooo many internet coupons out there! If you have more then 1 computer use both to double them! If you need more call around to those same family and friends and I bet they can print some out for you and you can pick them up along with the inserts!


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  Now that you have your coupons just find a few blogs you like and check them while you are on the computer, it doesn't take long because honestly you will find lost of duplicate info, so just scan them for things you are looking for, print them out or just write it out on a pad. I like to write it out like below just so I know what I am looking for, I match it with the coupon and I know how much it will cost, then I am not flustered in the store. Then I put the list with the coupons in a clear page protector in the front of my binder so it is all together and ready to give the cashier.

Store Name
Item & Price
Use this coupon or coupons
Final price

• If I were shopping at Albertsons using a sale I would go to

-Pinching Your Pennies then click on
-State Forums- select
- select your state then go to
-Albertsons sale for current week then go to
-Printable Grocery Smarts shopping list once there you want to go to the upper right and hit the “Start” button, this will allow you to click on what you want to get from the sale,
-once you have gone through the list hit the “shrink” button which will shrink the list to only the things you selected.
-Now just print out your list
-Match it with the coupons and you are ready to go!

Really that is all there is to it! I may be the only one with a blog that does not tell you that you have to get 5 papers, you don't have to dedicate hours of your day to the hunt of the sale. I have 3 kids with one on the way, I have a part time job let alone the job of being a wife and mother. I know many of you are in the same boat, you just want to take care of your families for less and I hope that I can help you do that! I hope these tips help! I am happy to help anyone out with any questions you may have, just email me at www.hookedonsaving.blogspot.com and I will do my best to help you! I would be happy to do an informal class if anyone would be interested, just email or leave a comment. Please don't give up on the savings! You can do it! You don't have to cut your grocery bill in half but every penny saved is a penny earned!

25 4x6 prints for only $0.25!

If you are like me and have a hundreds of pictures on your computer that you need to have printed here is a great deal! Today only you can have 25- 4x6 prints made for only $0.25! Just go to Walgreens Photo and sign in or creat an account, download your pics then at checkout enter the promo code PENNY at checkout to get them for only 1penny each! Then check the instore pickup to save on any shipping costs!!

Thanks Hip2Save!

Halloweens Savers!

I know you may think that it is a little early to be thinking about Halloween already but like they say the early bird gets the worm so I just wanted to share my tip with you ! If you have a Savers store in your area then start goingt there on Monday mornings to take advantage of their $0.99 monday sales. Every Monday they have all the tags of a certain color on sale for only $0.99 and they always have tons of costumes, I like to go through and find my kids costumes at a steal of a deal! Also if you have little ones with tons of imagination a great Christmas idea is to make them a dress up box and this is also a great time to get them lots of fun dress up clothes!

Albertsons Sale for Aug 12 - 18

If you are like me you have been waiting to see what the sale at Albertsons has this week to use my $15 catalinas on! Well it should be a good week! Go here to see the preview from PYP.

I am most excited to use my $15 along with the Kraft Promo- Get $25 in FREE Groceries! Spend $25 or more on these participating Kraft products, and get $5 off your next purchase, plus $20 via mail-in rebate.

• To see a list of qualifying products for the rebate go here.
• Our friends at Fabulessly Frugal put together a great list of the products and corresponding coupons, it is a must read!
• You will get the $5 catalina once you reach the $25 before coupons and the rebate form will print even if you get your total down to $5 after coupons, the question remains how much you will get back from the rebate, the $20 or the $5 you spent? I unfortunately do not have an answer for you, but either way I think it is a good deal! You will either get all that food for FREE or you will have a MONEY MAKER! either is a win win in my book!

Good luck shopping and if you have any questions, comments or want to send me a brag mail just send it to hookedonsavings.blogspot.com

Don't Forget FREE Tacos!!

Don't forget that you can print out this coupon and go get 2 FREE Tacos's from Jack in the Box tomorrow, Tues. Aug. 11. This is good for one day only so don't wait too long!

Last 2 Days for amazing discount to Disneyland!

Disneyland Park is offering their amazing 5 for 3 promotion until Aug 11 for trips beginning Sept 30 or sooner. The special 5 days for the price of 3 promotion gets you parkhopping into both parks (Disneyland and California Adventure) all for $179!!!! That's less than $36 per day!!! Order through the disneyland web site or through my favorite vendor Getawaytoday.com ! Ticket prices just went up at the parks over 5% so this may be your last chance to get tickets at such remarkable saving! Order now!

80% Off at Restaurant.com

Save 80% Off w/every $25 Gift Cert. order. Use code PORTION. Pay $2 thru 8/13/09 at Restaurant.com.

This site works with many local restaurants as a way to advertise. Once you go to Restaurant.com you can search by zip code and see a list of participating restaurants in your area, you will also see a selection of gift certificate prices ranging from $10 to $100. A $25 gift card is regularly priced at $10 (so 80% off means you'll pay only $2) The only catch is that there is a minimum purchase amount: clearly listed under the gift card prices. Usually it is a $35.00 minimum purchase and they also add in an automatic 18% gratuity. (read the small print before you buy)This is a great way to go out on an affordable date! So go here and remember to use the promo code"PORTION" at checkout!
If you are looking for some ideas here is where I like!
Donnie macs- fun for the whole family!
Cheerleaders- we get a $10 cert. make a cheap lunch date!
Asiago's- Yummy food, nice romantic dinner for 2!
Carino's Italian Grill- I love this place!

Free Chocolate Friday!

Don't forget! Every Friday Mars Candy is giving away 200,000 FREE candy bars as part of the Mars Real Chocolate Relief Act! All you have to do is be one of the first 200,000 people to go here and enter! If you are then they will mail you a coupon for a free candy bar! SWEET!

$1.00 Expo Markers

If your kids school supply list includes Expo markers here is a great deal for you! If you go here you can print out a $1/ 1 coupon for Expo markers, then take it to Walgreens where they have Expo marker 4 packs for only $1.99! That makes them only $0.99 each! That is a good deal!

More FREE Tacos!

I got an email from a reader yesterday thanking me for the free movie night on Monday (Redbox code) and the free dinner on Tues (the free tacos) It so made my day to hear from someone that I was helping save money!! So I was really happy that I saw that Jack in the Box is offering another coupon for 2 FREE tacos on August 11 (especially since we did not get a chance to use the last one!) Just go here and print yours out! Enjoy!

Thanks A Thrify Mom

1 cent Sharpie at Office Max

My brother Rod always has a Sharpie in his pocket, which always comes in handy! So if you need to restock on some super useful Sharpies here is a great instore coupon for you! You can get 3 per coupon and limit 1 coupon per customer.

Thanks A Thrifty Mom

FREE Medium fries & drink from McDonalds

McDonalds coupons do not come around very often so you may want to take advantage of this one! Right now you can print out this coupon for FREE medium drink and fries when you purchase one of the new Angus Burgers (I believe they are priced about $3.99?) This coupon expires Aug. 31 and would be great to use on a Tues. night while you are getting your kids their 1/2 priced Happy Meals! There is a box on the coupon that says it should say Valid in it (mine is barely even there) I read some comments that people were not having problems with their restaurants accepting it without the "valid" in the box, if you have any problems please leave a comment! Thanks!

Thanks Hip2Save!

Albertsons preview for Aug. 5- 11

Albertsons has a great sale going on this week that started on Sunday but continues all week. To see the full list from PYP go here. (This is the Utah preview) The best part of this sale is the General Mills/Unilever promo: Save $15 on your NEXT shopping trip when you spend $30 or more on these participating products. There are a lot of things included in the promo and tons of coupons out there to uses, so really take your time looking over the list! Fabulessly Frugal has put together a great list of scenarios and coupons to go with the sale. You can check out her posts here.

I went out 2 times today and this is my 2nd trip (after already having the $15 catalina from the first trip) I spent $5.84 OOP, this is what I did.

2- ALL Detergent at $3.50 each or $7.00

4- Klondike bars at $2.50 each or $10.00

2- Cinnamon Toast Crunch at $2.00 each or $4.00

2- Suave Mens Hair products at $2.00 each or $4.00

1- Dove Deodorant at $2.50

2- Skippy PB at $2.00 each or $4.00

Then I used the following coupons

• All or Surf Laundry Detergent, any $1/1 (8-23-09) RP-6/28 or you could go here and print 2 out.
• $1/2 Klondike Bars from here
• Explorer, Franken Berry, French Toast Crunch, Golden Grahams, Kix, Lucky Charms, Reese’s Puffs, or Trix $1/2 (8-22-09) SS-7/12 or from here.
• Suave for Men Hair Care, any .50/1 (8-9-09) RP-5/17
• $2/1 Dove Ultra Deodorant from here
• Skippy Peanut Butter, any 15 oz. or larger .75/2 (9-27-09) RP-8/2

Then I used 5 double coupons and my $15 catalina from my previous trip!

Total $5.84 plus I got another $15 in catalinas! They are limiting this promo to 2 trips per day per preferred card so don't go crazy! Please remember to be considerate and not hoard!! Have fun!

FREE Tacos at Jack in the Box Today!

I have been gone for a family reunion and I am trying to get caught back up so I am sorry that this is short notice! Today only you can use this coupon to get 2 FREE tacos from Jack in the Box. So hurry and print it out and go get some yummy tacos!

Thanks Fabulessly Frugal

Fazoli's Coupon

How I wish we had a Fazoli's here in Boise..... but for all you lucky folks out there here is a way to get your Fazoli's fix for less! Join the fazoli's efamily and recieve some great offers and coupons! Go here to sign up!

Thanks A Thrifty Mom!

Tulle 1 day only sale!

I just saw on Hip2Save that Tulle is having a 1 day sale with 100's of items priced below $10! I got a bunch of stuff from one of the last sales and for the most part loved them! The clothes do seem to run small. Go here to check out the sale!

Redbox Monday

The Redbox code for today only is

27HZ4KT
this is for today only and the movie must be returned by the following night by 9pm to avoid any fees. To find a redbox near go here .