• Save A Lot: Deals for the week of May 4 – 10, 2011

    The Save A Lot weekly ad deals are listed below for your convenience.   Sign up for the Smart Shopper Club, by doing so you will get a $5.00 off of $25.00 coupon!

    Meats and Seafood

    Fresh Bone-In Split Chicken Breast – $0.99 per pound

    Pork Spare Ribs – $1.79 per pound

    Sugardale Bratwurst (14 oz) – $1.99

    Bone-In Assorted Pork Chops – $2.49 per pound

    Sugardale Super Dogs – $3.99

    Hillshire Farms Sausage – $1.99
    Use $1/1 coupon from Hillshire Farms
    $0.99 each after coupon

    Holten Beef Patties – $3.99

    Hillshire Farms Lit’ Smokies – $2.59
    Use $1/1 coupon from Hillshire Farms
    $1.59 each after coupon

    Pick 5 for $19.99 promo on going: Pick any 5 specially marked packages of your favorite cuts of fresh, frozen or smoked meats and pay just $19.99 (about $2 per pound).

    Fridge and Freezer

    Fudgsicles or Popsicles – $1.00

    Borden Singles or Grilled Cheese Melts (12 oz) – $1.50

    Wylwood Mini Corn on the Cob – $1.69

    World’s Fair Ice Cream (1 gallon) – $4.99

    World’s Fair Round Top Sundae Cones – $2.49

    Crisp Premium Orange Juice – $2.69

    Take & Bake Pepperoni or Supreme Pizza – $5.99

    Take & Bake Cheese Pizza – $5.49

    Stouffer’s Party Size Lasagna (90 oz) – $8.99
    Use $1/1 coupon from Nestle Family
    $7.99 after each coupon

    Household

    Colortex Bath Tissue (12 double rolls) – $2.99

    Wrightware Foam Plates (100 count) – $2.00

    Solo Plastic Cups – $0.99

    Wrightware Napkins – $1.55

    Kindle Charcoal Lighter Fluid – $2.49

    Royal Oak Charcoal (8.3 pounds) – $2.99

    Produce

    Fresh Strawberries (1 pound) – $1.50

    Extra Large Green Peppers – $0.33 each

    Grocery

    Gatorade (1/2 gallon) – $1.69

    Cowboy Billy’s Pork & Beans (16 oz) – $0.50

    Senora Verde Tortilla Chips – $1.29

    Senora Verde Mild or Medium Salsa – $1.49

    Senora Verde Taco Dinner Kit – $1.99

    Senora Verde Refried Beans – $0.79

    El Monterey Steak & Cheese Taquitos – $2.99

    Kurtz Yellow Mustard – $0.69

    On the Side Pasta Salad – $0.99

    Kurtz BBQ Sauce – $0.99

    Portmann’s Real Mayonnaise – $2.29

    Kurtz Ketchup – $0.87

    Kurtz Sweet Relish – $1.29

    Save A Lot Brand Soda (12 Pack) – $2.29

    Crystal 2 0 Drinking Water (24 pack) – $2.49

    Frosty Flakes, Circus O’s or Captain Choco’s Cereal – $2.99

    Toast Em Strawberry or Brown Sugar – $0.99

    Malt O Meal Cereal – $0.99

    Ralston Crisp Crunch Cereal – $1.99

    Ralston Essentially You with Red Berries Cereal – $2.49

    Pebbles Cereal – $1.79

    Velveeta Cheesy Potatoes – $1.99

    Kraft Homestyle Mac & Cheese – $1.99
    Use $1/1 coupon from insert 4/17 Smart Source (Expires 5/17/11)
    $0.99 each after coupon

    Bakery

    Bakery Fresh Cherry or Apple Pies – $2.99

    Remember you can use the $5/$25 printable coupon to sweeten these deals!  Plus you can earn up to 5 additional $5 off $25 coupons for sharing the coupon with your friends.

    For more information about Save A Lot’s coupon policies go here.  If you find additional deals or savings please let me know and I will add them to the list.

  • Summer Activities: Kids Bowl FREE

    Are you looking for some fun family activities you can do with the kids now that the warmer weather is here and summer break is approaching?

    Starting on Sunday, May 1, 2011 you can take your Kids Bowling Free at Bowling Alleys across the nation.

    There is a fee for shoe rental, however, you can bring your own bowling shoes!  The nearest bowling alley to us is participating from May 2011 to September 2011.

  • FREE 44 oz. Fountain Drink at Pilot & Flying J Travel Centers

    Pilot Travel Centers has a coupon you can print on their Facebook Page for a Free 44 oz Fountain Drink at Pilot and Flying J Centers .

    If you are traveling soon or have a Pilot or Flying J Travel Center nearby this is a great deal.  We used a couple of their coupons last month when we were driving to and from the Atlanta Airport over Spring Break and Easter.

  • CVS: Spent $3 and Got $11 ECB’s Back!

    CVS has a few good deals this week.  I was happy to get some items this week for free with ECB’s  plus I was able to utilize a few of my coupons.  It was nice have a couple weeks off but I am now back into the routine schedule again this week.  This week I was able to get the items for $1.25 plus tax ($2.20) making my out of pocket $3.45 and received $10.77 ECB’s to use on my next CVS purchase.  Here is what I purchased this week.

    • 1 – Bounty Paper Towel Rolls (8 Pack) – $7.99
    • 1 – Bic Mini Lighters – $3.19
    • 1 – Colgate Smart Foam – $2.77
    • 1 – All Small & Mighty Laundry Detergent (40 Loads) – $4.99
    • 1 – Gum Ez Thru Dental Floss – $2.00
    • 1 – Maybelline Volume Express Mascara – $7.49
    • 1 – Right Guard Total Defense Deodorant – $2.99

    Here are the coupons I used on the items.

    • Used $3.19 BIC Lighter Manufacturer Coupon (Free Product Coupon)
    • Used $1.0o All Laundry Detergent Manufacturer Coupon
    • Used $3.00 Maybelline Mascara Volume Express CVS Kiosk Coupon
    • Used $1.00 Right Guard Manufacturer Coupon
    • Used $0.25 Bounty Manufacturer Coupon
    • Used $22.73 ECB coupons from prior purchases

    I received $10.77 ECB’s back today:

    • $2.00 ECB’s for GUM Products (had a rain check from a sale last month)
    • $2.00 ECB’s for Maybelline Products
    • $2.77 ECB’s for Colgate Toothpaste Products
    • $2.00 ECB’s for Bounty Paper Towel Products
    • $1.00 ECB’s for Right Guard Products
    • $1.00 ECB’s for All Detergent Products

    This week I was able to save over $37 at CVS by purchasing these items and using coupons.

    When you shop the CVS sales regularly and have ECB’s that you can roll over toward future purchases the bonus ECB’s start adding up (Green Bag Tags and Beauty Club).  As you can see from my shopping trip today you don’t have to purchase a lot to save money when shopping at CVS.  Plus you can use the additional ECB’s you receive towards your next purchase.  You can pick and chose what is best for your family.

    I would love to hear your CVS shopping story for this week!  For those of you who shop regularly at CVS please share how you were able to save this week!  Although the weekly ad sales are similar every family and situation is different so you may have found items better suited to your household.  In your comment please feel free to share a link to your blog article showing us how you were able to save shopping at CVS.

  • Free Audio Book: “The Next Story” by Tim Challies


    FREE Audio Book Download

    For the month of May Christian Audio is offering a free download of their audio book The Next Story by Tim Challies.  This audio book is about living in a digital with computers, cell phones, and Internet and how it effects our faith.  If you want to read the book then this is a great opportunity to listen to the book for free when you download it from Christian Audio in May.   Make sure to submit your order by May 31, 2011  to get your free audio book.  Thanks Christian Audio!

  • FREE ADMISSION to Botanical Gardens on May 6

    Celebrate National Public Gardens Day by visiting a participating Botanical Garden for FREE on Friday, May 6th!  Free Admission compliments of Better Homes & Gardens.  How do you get your free pass:

    • Check the list of Participating Locations
    • Fill Out a Brief Form
    • Print Coupons for your Free Admission Pass
    • One Coupon covers two people (for example if you have 2 people going you only need 1 coupon if you have 3 to 4 people you’ll need 2 coupons)

    It would be a great time to take the kids / family on a field trip to a local Botanical Gardens.  The closest one to us in South Carolina is in Charleston, but the one in North Carolina or Georgia may be worth a drive since they may be a little closer!  A great educational experience for the whole family and it’s free!

  • Giveaway: Target Gift Card

    I am doing another giveaway!!!  The winner of this giveaway will receive a $10 Target Gift Card!  As a busy Mom I am always looking for ways to save, use coupons, and stay within budget for our family.  I know many of my readers are doing the same for their families as well and free gift cards are a great way to stretch the savings even more!  Target is a great place to pick up household items, groceries, clothing, gifts, and more for your family.

    There are two ways to enter this giveaway:

    1. Sign up to follow my blog (if you haven’t done so already) and leave a comment below telling us how you follow Blessings Multiplied.
    2. You can get a bonus entry into the drawing if you leave a separate comment below sharing one of your favorite items you shop for at Target!

    All comments must be made by May 31st at 10:00 PM EST to be entered into the drawing.  On May 31st I will randomly draw a winner from those who have entered the giveaway.

  • Living on a Budget: Groceries $40 for 4

    Thankful for all of my readers checking in with me and those who asked why I didn’t give my Groceries $40 for 4 update last week. Since I was out of town visiting family during the girls Spring and Easter Break my husband was given the $40 cash for our groceries.  He was good about not spending more than the $40 that I gave him, however, the receipts and pictures didn’t happen.  He is the better cook in our family but it just isn’t as exciting cooking for one.   I came back this week late on Tuesday evening (otherwise known as very early Wednesday morning) and hit the ground running with appointments, work, and getting the kids back in school.  I did not have an opportunity to go through the fridge, pantry or shop the sales so I just bought the obvious items that were missing this week.  Hopefully by this weekend I will have a grasp of what we need and have a few moment to look at the ads for next week.  I will get back into the routine schedule soon!   Below are my grocery shopping adventures for the week:

    Groceries from Bi-Lo:

    • $8.97 at Bi-Lo for 3 gallons of Milk ($2.99 each)

    I am excited to see how next week goes with our Groceries $40 for 4 budget since I have been gone for two weeks.  This week I only had time to do was restock the milk so I was able to save extra grocery cash.  Thankful for a husband who honors $40 grocery budget!  It makes me smile knowing he carried around that cash the entire time I was gone and had to make decisions on how to spend it as well.

    It is my goal to give you regular updates on this budget section so you can celebrate the good weeks with me and thump me on the bad weeks!  As always you are welcomed to join the journey with me.  I would love to hear your story and how you are doing too.  The purpose of our family doing this it to watch our grocery spending while allowing us to feed our family, enjoy life, share with others, and yet stay on track with our budget.

    Living on a Budget is a series of ways our family uses a budget to help keep us accountable with our finances.  Life doesn’t always go as planned.  We have used some of the ideas I will be sharing for years while others are ones we are just starting to implement as we continue finding ways to be creative and have fun with what we have been given.  Having a plan in place allows us the freedom to be smart with what we have been given, get more creative when it is a tight (week, month, year or a season) and when necessary live a much more simplified life.  A budget helps us stay on track so we have more opportunities to enjoy the many blessings we have been given as well as share what we have with others.  There is so much more to life than having all the stuff.  We may not have the newest or greatest items in our house, we drive used cars, and wear hand-me-down clothing…..however, if our family is taken care of and have love for each other and others we have more than all the riches in the world.