A Full Cup- A Great Resource!

Last night I had the fun of being able to attend a site-warming party at Twitter to celebrate the new look and feel of A Full Cup. I had never visited this website before, but let me tell you, it's going to make my life so much easier!

This website has it all for couponers and deal seekers. It's packed with shopping lists full of deals and steals at all the big grocery store chains, coupon databases, and even has a section where you can print Target coupons from! They have the schedule for which coupons are to be released in the paper and a place to trade coupons with others! I have yet to make my grocery list based off this website, but I have a strong feeling it should cut my prep time for grocery shopping at least in half! They even match up any available coupons to the current sales!

Please go ahead and check them out at A Full Cup! To maximize your use of the site, register for free with them.

(And no, I'm not being paid to write this review of them! )

Fridays Frugal Find- recreating what you already have!

This week's Friday's Frugal Find is compliments of my husband! We bought a house last year and have been working long hard hours at remodeling the inside. One wall is rather large and in need of a large piece of furniture. We decided we would like to make that section of the house into a sitting area with a bookcase. After searching online for a large bookcase, we decided it would be much more economical (aka frugal) for my husband to build one himself.

Not only does building anything yourself take time, but it costs money as well. After searching through our garage, my husband came up with enough scrap wood to make a beautiful bookcase that would fit our spot perfectly and be designed exactly as we would want it! So, something that would have cost us over $300 to buy brand new, cost us less than $60 to build ourselves. All we needed to buy was one sheet of wainscoting, some primer, two knobs for the doors on the base of the bookcase, three magnets for the doors, angle braces, and one 1X6X10in board.

Find more great ideas for a Frugal Friday at Life as Mom.

What about you? Have you been able to recreate anything from items you have laying around the house? Please share in the comments section!

New Coupons for April!

April is here! That means a new batch of coupons is available on my sidebar or at Coupons.com. (The coupon bar on the side of my blog contains all the coupons you would find at Coupons.com making it easier for you to acquire them, esp. when I refer to them. And, unfortunately, if you reach your coupon limit from my blog sidebar, you can not print more from Coupons.com or vice versa).

Happy Savings!

Shaws run 4/2/09

I did another Shaws run today. I don't have any pictures because we got home after lunchtime and both girls were hungry and getting close to meltdown mode. Plus, my camera battery was dead! Ah well....

Transaction #1:

(1) Lemon $0.67
(3) Shaws Lemonade concentrate $1.19
(3) Shaws Steamable Vegetables $1.79
(1) Franks Hot Sauce $0.69
(6) Trail Mix Crunch Post Cereals 2/$3
(1) Barilla Elbows $1
(1) Hunts Spaghetti Sauce $1
(2) Soy Milks 1/2 Gallon marked down to $1

Before coupons $23.30

Coupons used:
(1) Free Lemon Shaws Wellbeing (exp. today)
(3) Free Shaws Lemonade Concentrate from Cool Savings booklet out a few weeks ago- exp today
(3) Free Shaws Steamable Vegetables from Cool Savings booklet
(1) $0.50/1 Franks Hot Sauce doubled to $1
(3) $2/1 Trail Mix Crunch Cereal from Post website

(1) $5 off your next order Catalina

Total out of pocket: $1.56
Received $5 off your next purchase Catalina coupon for purchasing 5 or more Post cereals


Transaction #2

(5) Post Raisin Bran marked down to $1 each because of box being damaged

Used $5 Catalina coupon
Paid $0.00 out of pocket

I thought I would receive a $5 Catalina coupon for buying 5 Post cereals, but I didn't, so I guess Catalina deals don't work when items are marked down. Oh well. I still got it for free!

Another Shaws success!

Yesterday I ran to Shaws and bought:

(6) Post cereals 2/$3

$9 before coupons; used $1/2 Post cereals (raisin bran) from recent insert and one $5 off your next purchase Catalina coupon

Total out of pocket $3- Received $5 Catalina coupon for buying the 5 Post cereals.

Some Freebies

Here are some freebies worth mentioning:


~Free customized Hallmark Card. Go here and create a customized card. At checkout, use code TRIAL and Hallmark will mail the card to the recipient free!
~Coupons for $3 off Gerber baby food of Graduates food and $5 off Nestle GoodStart Formula. You do need to make a short pledge.

~Free freeze-dried entree from Daily Bread here

~$5/1 coupon for Glucerna cereal by calling 1-877-879-4857 (an automated service asking for your address to mail you a coupon) as well as 2 $5/1 coupons per computer here These are often priced about $4.50 at most stores making these free with coupons. Plus receive $1 rebate for each box through Caregivers Marketplace program which is free and easy to use.

~Create a free account at Tomato Heirlooms and get a free basil seed packet sampler. This will include 250 seeds each of Sweet Italian Basil, Purple Basil and Lemon basil. The quantity is limited so go here now to sign up for an account.

~Free sample of Eucerin Plus Soothing Essentials lotion here

Free Redbox Rental today only

Redbox has another free movie rental code for today only (4/1) good until midnight. Just enter the code MMM401 after clicking "Rent with Promo Code". To find a Redbox near you, click here.

CVS Deals March 29- April 4

Here are the best deals I see for this week at CVS:

Extra Bucks deals:

~Buy 2 Softsoap Ensembles Hand Soap ($3.99) Get $4 ECBs (limit 3)
Use $2/1 and $1/1 from the 3/22 SS insert or 2 $2/1 coupons from the April Reinventing Beauty coupon book (pictured below) found in store
Free or Pay $.99 after coupons and ECBs

~Buy 1 Accu-Check/Aviva Diabetes Monitor at $9.99, Get $9.99 ECBs (Limit 1)
Free after ECBs

~Buy 1 Glade Sense and Spray Lasting Impressions at $5.99, Get $1 ECBs (Limit 1)
Use $4/1 coupon from the March All You magazine or the 03/29 SmartSource insert
$0.99 after coupon and ECBs

~Buy $10 worth of Pond’s Towelettes, Get $5 ECBs (Limit 1)
Buy Ponds Towelettes 3 at $3.49 to $3.99 each
Use 3 $1.50/1 coupons from the 03/29 RedPlum insert
$0.33 to $0.82 each after coupons and ECBs

~Buy $10 worth of Veet products, Get $5 ECBs (Limit 1)
Buy 2 VEET products at $5.49 each and
Use 2 $2/1 coupons here or here or from the Reinventing Beauty book found at CVS
$0.99 each after coupons and ECBs

~Buy 2 Fantastik Cleaners at $2.50 each, Get $1 ECBs (Limit 1)
Use 2 $1/1 coupons from the 03/29 SmartSource insert
$1 each after coupons and ECBs

Non- Extra Bucks Deals

~Rimmel Cosmetics are on sale B1G1--Buy 2 mascara products and use the free mascara coupon from the April All You magazine (pg. 35) to get two free mascaras after the coupon and sale! (Coupon has been confirmed by All You to be valid at all retailers, not just Wal-Mart as is stated on the coupon.)

~Sally Hanson Nail Polish is on sale B1G1 (2 for $2.49)--Buy two and use the $3/2 coupon from the March CVS Reinventing Beauty magazine making these free plus possible overage after the sale and coupon.

~Nature's Bounty products are on sale B1G1--Buy 2 products priced at $4 or less each and use two $2/1 coupons here to get these free.

~Scrubbing Bubbles Action Scrubber is on sale for $2.99--Use the $2.75/1 coupon here to make this $0.24 after the sale and coupon. If you have the $1/1 coupon that has been printed out at the end of some receipts, you can use this in conjunction.

~Lysol All Purpose Cleaner, Toilet Bowl Cleaner, or Wipes are on sale for $2.50--Buy three and use the $0.75/1 or $1/2 coupons from the 3/15 SmartSource insert or the $0.50/1 coupon here. Then submit your receipt for this $3 rebate when you buy three. After the sale, coupons, and rebate, these will be $0.75 to $1 each.

~Listerine Pocket Packs are on sale for 50% off ($2.15 each)--Buy 2 and use the $3/2 coupon from the 03/15 SmartSource insert to get these for $0.65 each after the sale and coupons.

~M&M’s candies are on sale for $1.50 per bag--Buy 3 bags and use the $1.50/3 coupon from the 03/15 RedPlum insert to get these for $1 each after the sale and coupon.


March Monthly Extra Bucks Deal

~Buy 1 CVS Pharmacy Vitamin D 400, 100-ct. at $2.99, Get $2.99 ECBs (Limit 1)Free after ECBs

Also, my CVS store had 75% off all their Dollar Days items that are normally priced $1-$3 each making these $0.25-$0.75. They included things from coloring books and bandaids to household items like disch cloths and microfiber cleaning cloths like the ones in the Friday's Frugal Find.

Be on the lookout for the April Reinventing Beauty booklet that looks like this:




Thanks to Money Saving Mom for a heads up on this!