Shutterfly Christmas Cards

For the past few years, I have been making my own Christmas Cards. I cut/fold/glue together cute cards for 60+ people. This year having a 1yr old changes everything. I realized I had absolutely no time to put all the time and energy into making cards. I then went on my search online to find cards that I could order rather quickly. I came across Shutterly.com and was pleasantly surprised to see all the options for holiday cards. These weren't your typical pre-made cards that you see in the store. These cards have the originality and detail that I was looking for! The best part was you can easily add in your own pictures of your family.

They have many different card sizes and styles to choose from.

Be sure to check out shutterfly.com to make your own holiday cards. After choosing the perfect design for me, it took minutes to upload my family picture and finish our Christmas cards! They also have a ton of other holiday gifts to choose from as well.




*For posting this, I am receiving cards from Shutterly.com, but these opinions are 100% mine.

How To Find Money Saving Deals

So I have absolutly no time to update this blog as you can tell. There are just too many deals that I get each week to keep up on them. I will share with you my top 4 websites that I check daily that should cover a lot of the deals that I do. I will say Rite Aid is the #1 store to buy diapers, shampoo, makeup, medicine, and more. They frequently have great deals where I am able to buy these types of products for 80-90% off and often times for free. These website also have how to's for most of the grocery stores and drug stores. They are great resources for matching up the coupons to the sale of the week. I usually get a few papers a week for the coupons and get a coupon ads from friends and family. It is definetly worth the price of a paper ($1.75) to get the coupons. Most coupons are $1-2, so if you use 2 you pay for the price of the paper. Hope this helps you get out there and save some money!

Websites:

thekrazycouponlady.com

mamacheaps.com- local in PA

forthemommas.com-local in PA

moneysavingmom.com- local in PA

Printable Coupon Websites:

coupons.com

coupons.smartsource.com

redplum.com

* For printable coupons on coupons.com: after you print 1 coupon, hit the back button and the refresh the page. You should be able to get 2 this way.

Rite-Aid week of 3/14 Money-Maker!

This is the best deal I've done so far! This is still going on @ Rite Aid through Saturday. After the Johnson and Johnson rebate, I will have gotten $58 worth of products for free, plus make $13.45!

Transaction 1:
(1) Sheer Band-Aids 1.99
(1) Sudafed Triple Action 7.99
(1) Benedryl Utratabs 5.49
(1) Visine advanced relief 4.99
(1) Johnson and Johnson Baby Lotion 5.69

Used:
$5/25 Rite Aid Coupon from coupons.com
$2/1 in ad store coupon for Sudafed
$2/1 Sudafed Triple Action from coupons.com
$1/1 in ad store coupon for Johnson and Johnson baby product
$1/1 Johnson and Johnson baby product from coupons.com
$2/1 in ad store coupon Benedryl
$1/1 Benedryl coupon 3/14 RP
$1/1 Band Aid Peelie on box
$3/1 in ad store coupon for Visine
$2/1 coupon from visine.com

OOP: $6.15 w/ tax

Transaction 2:
I bought the same as above over again plus the following:
(1)Dawn Dish Detergent .79
(1) Gillete Fusion Shave Gel 1.99
(1) Gillete Body Wash 4.99

Used:
Same coupon as above, plus:
.20 off Dawn dish soap 3/7 PG
free gillete body wash wyb shave gel 2/7 PG
$2 off gillete body wash 2/7 PG
$1 off gillete shave gel 2/7 PG

OOP: $5.40 w/ tax

Submit both for SCR for $25 gift card when you purchase $50 Johnson and Johnson products at riteaid.com

$13.45 overage when you get the rebate!

Target Week of 3/7

Picked up a few deals at Target this week:

Children's Character Band-Aids $2.04
Neosporin- 4.29
$3 off wyb both coupon Johnsons and Johnsons Band
$1/1 Band-Aid Bandages- target coupon @ target.com
Final Price- 2.33 for both

Clorox toilet Wand- $10.00
$5/1 from coupons.com
$5 Mail-In Rebate from clorox.com

$5 OOP
After Rebate-Free

Oral B Stages Toothbrush $1.99
$1/1 from 2/7 PG
$1/1 from kids crest toothpaste target coupon @ target.com
Final Price- Free

Coupon Lingo

Here's some coupon lingo that I may use to abbreviate in my posts:

Sunday Coupon Inserts:
PG- Proctor and Gamble
RR- Red Plum
SS- Smart Source


Coupon Lingo:
$2/1- Two dollars off of 1 item
B1G1- Buy one item, get one item free
Catalina- A coupon that prints out from a machine separate from your receipt at the store
ECB- Extra Care Bucks at CVS
SCR- Single Rebate Check at Rite Aid- must sign up to redeem online
MFR- Manufacture
MIR- Mail-in rebate
OOP- Out of Pocket
Peelie- Peel-Off coupon found on the item at the store
WYB- When you buy
VV- Video Value- a coupon you can print from watching ads online on Rite Aid's website

Rite Aid Week of 3/7

I made out pretty good this week: $90 worth of products for $3.54!

1st Transaction:

(2) Gillette Deoderants 4.00 each, on sale for 2 for$8

(2) Gillete Body Washes 4.99 each

(2) Color Girl Face Products 12.99 each, on sale for B1G1

Used:

(1) $3 of of $15 coupon from rite aid website

(2) Buy 1 deodorant get 1 Gillete Body Wash free from 2/7 PG

(1) $4/2 Gillete Body wash or deodorant from 2/21 PG

(1) $2 off Gillete body wash from 2/7 PG

(1) B1G1 Color Girl Face products from 2/7 PG

Submit for $2 SCR for Gillete Deodorants


OOP: .48 in tax

Final Price After Rebate: 1.52 Overage!


Transaction 2:

(2) Pampers Jumbo Packs 9.99 each

(1) Pampers wipes 2.50 each


Used:

(2) $2 off Pampers Diapers 2/21 PG

(1) .20 off Pampers Wipes 2/7 PG


OOP: 13.27 with tax

Transaction 3:

(1) Biore Pore Strips 5.00

(1) Biore Scrub 5.00

(1) John Freida Shampoo 5.00

(1) John Freida Conditioner 5.00

(note all of the above is currently on sale for 3/$15)

(1) Crest Pro Health Mouth Wash 4.99

(1) Crest Pro Health Dental Floss 3.50


Used:

(1) $5/20 VV Coupon

(1) Buy Biore Pore Strips, get Biore Scrub free 3/7 SS

(2) $1 Biore VV Coupon

(1) $1 Glide Floss 2/7 PG

(1) $2 Crest Mouth Wash 2/7 PG


OOP: 7.49

Submit for $1 SCR for Crest products

Submit for $5 SCR for Biore/John Freida products


Using Transaction 2&3 submit for $10 SCR for buying $30 worth PG products


Total after all rebates for 3 transactions: $3.54!

Extreme Couponing!

I've officially joined all those "extreme couponers" out there. I had never been a big coupon user before. I would look through the ads and think to myself "I cant use any of these coupons because I usually buy the generic products." But thanks to many different blogs out there, I have learned I can get name-brand products for much less or even free.

I am starting this blog of my savings to show friends and family and to be able to look back at the end of the year. I'll only be posting the deals that I actually purchase.