August 29, 2009 at 8:20 am | Pregnancy
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Thanks to Kristin, who left a comment yesterday recommending Coupons & Things by Dede for ordering extra coupons. I’ve read enough negative stories on the coupon forums that I’ve always been hesitant to order coupons for fear that they won’t arrive in a timely fashion or be what they’re supposed to be. So I really appreciate this kind of word-of-mouth endorsement. Thanks again, Kristin!
I discovered that the advertised deals at Walgreens are more confusing but also more flexible. The 4/$10 & get $5 RR cookies & crackers deal actually includes other items, like Pop Tarts. The shelves at the store I went to had tags for both the 4/$10 weekly deal and the Buy $10 worth, get a $5 RR monthly deal. (I’m guessing it’s a monthly deal because of how the shelves were labeled.) I bought two boxes of Keebler Club crackers and three boxes of Pop Tarts, and got the $5 RR, no problem. (Don’t forget that you can use the $5/$25 coupon through today.)
It looks like our health crisis is resolving (yay!), so I think we’re going to take a much-needed vacation to Hawaii in October, and I’m both excited and terrified. Excited, because I love Hawaii. Terrified, because we’ve never traveled with both boys. A five-hour flight with a not-quite-three-year-old, not to mention foreign sleeping arrangements, is really daunting. But I can’t wait to eat at the Pineapple Room!
Finally, there’s nothing like walking through a children’s hospital ward to remind you of just how lucky you are that your children are relatively healthy.
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Morning Coffee: Ordering Extra Coupons
August 28, 2009 at 2:36 pm | Pregnancy
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August 28, 2009 at 11:39 am | Pregnancy
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This post over at A Thrifty Mom reminded me that when using coupons, calculating the price per unit is more important than ever. That’s because, when you have two sizes, a coupon will have a bigger effect on the price per unit of the cheaper/smaller item.
Here’s an example: Target sells single rolls of Bounty Basic paper towels for 99 cents. Using a 25-cents off coupon from the P&G insert makes the price 74 cents per roll. Last week, I used the P&G insert coupon and a 50-cents off Target coupon to make the price 24 cents per roll.
Now, let’s say that there’s an 8-roll pack on sale for $5.99. That makes the per roll price 74.9 cents per roll. With the P&G coupon, the price comes down to $5.74, or 71.8 cents per roll. If you only have the P&G coupon, you’d be better off buying the multi-pack. But if you have the Target coupon also, the price on the multi-pack is $5.24, or 65.5 cents per roll, meaning you get a much better deal on the single rolls.
Granted, you’d need eight of each coupon to get eight rolls for just 24 cents apiece. I usually get two sets of each week’s inserts, so I usually have two of each coupon. But I’ve found that unless I’m in desperate need of something, I can buy enough small packages of things over the weeks and months that my family’s needs are met. This may change as my boys become bigger consumers of household products, but if it does, I’ll probably just get one or two extra newspapers and do more bargain shopping!
(ATM has a great example with Arrowhead water in her roundup of this week’s Safeway deals.)
Previously: Why you need a price book
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Price Per Unit is Especially Important When You Use Coupons
August 28, 2009 at 8:03 am | Pregnancy
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This story about a 6-year-old schizophrenic will put all of your parenting challenges into perspective. If you believe in prayer, please say one for the Schofield family.
The offer for a free copy of Robert Allen’s book Multiple Streams of Income ends today, so if you’re still interested, click on the banner. I don’t know if you get signed up for anything else by accepting the offer, but I do recommend the book itself (as a library book, especially). It was my intro to the concept of passive income and therefore was very thought-provoking. Disclosure: The banner is a MySavings.com affiliate link.
You can get a free $5 MP3 credit at Amazon by ordering the free downloadable game Big Kahuna Reef.
Click “download later” after checkout if you don’t want it right away or at all. After you order, you’ll receive an email stating that your $5 promotional MP3 credit has been applied to your account. (Via Freebies 4 Mom.)
Kudos to Target Pharmacy, which redesigned their bottles a few years ago. Their dispensing system for children’s liquid medication is fabulous. Whereas Walgreens handed me a half-full bottle and a syringe that didn’t reach the medication after a few doses, Target’s design allows me to get all of the medication out with the syringe because the tip fits snugly into the bottle’s mouth and the entire bottle can be turned upside down.
There’s a new click-to-donate campaign for Alzheimer’s research at Lost & Found 2009. Click on the image of something you’ve lost, and Accera (manufacturer of Alzheimer’s medication Axona) will donate $1, up to a total of $50,000.
That reminds me that you can still click-to-give free mammograms at The Breast Cancer Site.
Finally, the smoke I complained about yesterday is going to “blanket” LA through the weekend. Oh, and it’s going to be well over 100°. It hit 110° yesterday. Ugh!
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Morning Coffee: Keeping Things in Perspective Edition
August 27, 2009 at 1:18 pm | Pregnancy
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