Reminder: Free Fresco Taco

Just a reminder you can still print a coupon here for a free Fresco Taco at Taco Bell. No purchase necessary. Coupon expires 7 days after printing.

Or, look for a coupon for a free Fresco Taco on page 93 of this week's People Magazine (with the Jonas Wedding on the cover)! Coupon expires 1.22.10.

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Don't forget to buy your extra papers!

Don't forget if you wanted to buy extra papers this weekend I would do it tonight or first thing tomorrow morning! I stopped at Menards today at 2:30 to pick mine up and they were already SOLD OUT! Eek! So I headed over to Dollar Tree and thankfully they still had plenty!

Papers are $1 each at Menards and Dollar Tree which makes buying extra papers more affordable.

3 Free Atkins Bars plus Welcome Kit

Go here to sign up for a free Atkins Diet Welcome Kit which includes a calorie counter, quick start guide, and three Atkins Diet Bars.

No obligation required. Open to US residents only. Limit one per household.

Thanks Money Saving Mom!

Disney Movie Rewards - 50 FREE Points

Are you a Disney Movie Rewards Member? Use the code CELEBRATE to earn 50 points! Go here to log in or sign up to add this code to your account. Code is valid thru January 30th.

Thanks Deal Finding Chik!

Meijer - Healthy Choice Meals for .79!

Through today only, Meijer has Healthy Choice Frozen Meals for just $1.99 each! So if you are headed near one anyway, use the coupons below and take them home for just .79!

Buy 5 Healthy Choice Frozen Meals - $1.99 each

Use $5.00/5 coupon from HERE

Use $1.00/5 Meijer Mealbox coupon from HERE

Final cost $3.95/5 or $.79 cents each

UPDATE: These are regularly priced at Walmart for $1.78, so you could pick them up there for .78 each too!

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How I Fed My Family a Simple Turkey Dinner for $1

To celebrate New Years Day I decided to cook one of the turkey's I had in the freezer from the Thanksgiving turkey deals and as I cooked the meal I realized that with everything I used for the meal I spent just a $1 to make the meal!

Here's what we had:

• 12 lb Turkey - I paid .03 for it on this shopping trip and use a stick of this free butter to keep him juicy = .03
• Mashed potatoes - I used about 1/3 of the bag that I paid $1 for on this shopping trip = .33
• Gravy - I made the gravy from scratch and used Free Butter, Free Flour and Free Progresso Broth = FREE
• Fresh steamed Broccoli & Cauliflower Medley - I used 1/2 of each head that I had already cut up and prepared. I paid .98 for both heads from this deal = .49
• Crescent Rolls - Free after a catalina deal (right before I started this blog so I don't have a link) - FREE
• Cup of Applesauce - my littlest guy is a very picky eater so he just had turkey (which we told him was chicken) and applesauce so I'll add in .15 for the cup = .15

Total - $1.00!

Just wanted to share so that you can see you can still eat well for a bargain!

Free Swagbuck - New Special Offer Code

Are you a member of Swagbucks? If yes, there is a new swag buck code by viewing- Swagbucks special offers! Remember all you need to do is skip through the offers and the swagcode is at the end.

If you are not a member of swagbucks, sign up here. Earn swagbucks just for searching (and redeeming special codes like this one). Use your swagbucks to by gift cards and other fun stuff!

Also, if you have the toolbar downloaded, check your TSG mail for a New Years Day code!

2009 Annual Report

So for the first time ever (inspired by another couponer), I actually kept track of all my spending and savings for grocery items, health/beauty and household consumables. I'd never done this before but I really wanted to see how much I was saving because even though you feel like your saving when you coupon shop all these great deals, sometimes you wonder if you are spending more on things you might not necessarily buy but do just because it's a good deal. I encourage you to do the same for your household in 2010 so you can see how it all adds up!

Note: These totals do not reflect all alcohol purchased or Costco trips (which probably total between $50-$100 a month together). Spent total is based on actual oop after gift cards.

Here's where I ended up for 2009:

Savings - $12,169.96

Spent - $2,291.47

That's a savings of 81% of retail price!! An average spending of $44 a week which was under my goal budget of $50 a week! My littlest one is out of diapers now though which ARE included in that spending amount, so hopefully no diapers will make up for the Costco trips that put me slightly over budget. I think this year I will add Costco to my list so I can really see how much we are spending there!

I also submitted 60 rebates for a total of $498.21 back!

In addition to saving money, I donated more then ever to our local food pantry. I, like everyone else probably, donated the occasional canned goods for a food drive sponsored by one organization or another, but that was about the extent of my food donating. It was a great feeling to donate bags and bags (and bags) of items to the food pantry this year!

What are your money saving goals for 2010? I plan to stick to my $50-a-week grocery/household budget because it seems to be working well for our family (but I'm going to add Costco into the mix and see if I can still stay within budget) and I am going to be tracking our eating out spending to see how much we are actually spending there and get on a realistic budget for that luxury.

I'm looking forward to saving with you in 2010!!

$5/5 Healthy Choice Meals Printable

Go here to print a coupon for $5/5 Healthy Choice Frozen Meals.

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Walgreens - Neosporin Lip Health Moneymaker

There is a new monthly Register Reward deal at Walgreens available for January on participating Neosporin & Band-Aid products: Buy 2 products and get a $3 Register Reward!

Buy 2 Neosporin Lip Health products, on sale 2/$8
Use 2 $3/1 coupons from here
Pay $2 and get back a $3RR
Final cost FREE + a $1 moneymaker!

Thanks Hip 2 Save!