Free $5.00 Kohls coupon

Go to www.Kohls.com and in the bottom right hand corner is a link that says "give us your e-mail adress for a free coupon". Sign up and they will e-mail you a $5.00 off any purchase to print. There is no minimum purchase to use it so you can go get a shirt on clearance, pair of earrings etc. for almost nothing. (You can also buy these coupons on e-bay for cheap if your a regular Kohls shopper.

Free Chocolate

Now here is a deal that no one can pass up! Mars is giving away free bags of M& M's now through September 25th. Each Friday morning at 9 a.m. the first 250,000 to log on to the website www.RealChocolate.com will be able to print a coupon for a free bag of M& M's

My Spending Diary

Do you ever find yourself asking "Where did all that money go?". Well I have a great solution that will not only answer your question but hopefully save some money as well.

Back at the beginning of July I started a "Spending Diary". I write down every single dime that Cecil and I spend and keep track of it daily. Cecil hates having to come home and "Report" his spending but it has really helped us to cut out some of our wasteful spending. When you can see where all your money is going it will help you focus on the areas that may need improving. This is an example of what mine looked like:

Friday July 17, 2009
$7.00 gas for lawnmower
$6.00 Cigarettes for Cecil
$25.00 gas in mustang
$2.17 Jack in the Box

Saturday July 18, 2009
$18.00 gas in truck
$12.00 Brookshires- groceries
$6.00 Cecil Cigarettes

Sunday July 19, 2009
$5.40 Taco bell
$300.00 Bills
$3.00 Newspaper
$10.00 CVS - cokes, water, diapers

I say try it for a week or even a few days. It will really open your eyes to how fast things like eating out, buying from the gas station, etc can add up quickly.

Krogers Double $1 day

If I look at one more coupon today I am going to scream although I'm sure the feeling will pass very quickly. I was up half the night but I think I am ready for Saturday. The coupons are scattered all over the pool table. Which reminds me, I should thank my husband for the beautiful couponing desk he bought. haha. I should be able to get About $120.00 worth of groceries for around $15.00. Good Luck to Suzanne and Vicki! It will be exciting to see how everyone does.

I also wanted to mention a little observation I made the other day. If you want to get good deals at Home Depot.....do not take your husband! I went twice in one day. Once with Cecil once without. The first time I bought three things which I was able to get all of them marked down. You should have seen me telling the guy that no one else was going to buy this last thing of sand paper because #1. It was in the old packaging and #2 It was the last one and who else would need just one but me. Hey, don't laugh it worked! Then about 2 hours later I return with Cecil to get a couple more things....had to pay full price for everything. Ridiculous!

Kroger 8/15

Thank you Tiffany (my best friend and fellow bargainaholic) for waking me up this morning with some good news! Next Saturday August 15th the Kroger stores in Texas will be doubling coupons up to $1.00. My husband has been making fun of me all day because of how excited I am about this, but whatever! For those of us who coupon this is a huge deal and there should be a ton of free groceries to get.

Old Navy Coupons

I'm still recovering from the 6 hour shopping trip to Target last Thursday where I was able to get most of my kids Christmas shopping done for about $120.00. (Over $500.00 in toys and electronics) I was really excited to get Jaxton games for his Leapster for $1.22 after 75% off sale and coupon I printed on the internet. They were originally $24.98. I'm done toy shopping for awhile or at least until January when they do the 75% off sale again.

A great website to check out is Oldnavyweekly.com. Each thursday night at 10:00pm they reload the site with great printable coupons. You can even get so much as $75 off $100 purchase! It is an interactive website that you have to click around on to find what "triggers" a coupon. For example this week you have to drag a shirt from the pile and put it on the little boy or click on the logo on the mans shirt. Each week is something different with different coupons.

Toy Clearance

Twice a year Target has a huge toy clearance. Once in late January when they're getting rid of all the remaining X-mas stock ad one in late July. For the past few weeks tons of the toys have been marked down 30-50% but tomorrow they will go to 75%. This is a great time to stock up on birthday and Christmas presents. Last January I got an entire buggy full of toys (that now take up the entire top of my closet) for $40.00.