Getting more for less

Laptop giveaway

2010-09-17T07:55:00.001-07:00

go to happymoneysaver to check out the details!

Most awesome shopping trip ever!

2010-08-27T16:15:00.001-07:00

I had to share this shopping trip. You can still take advantage of the amazing sale through Tuesday. At Smith's they are running a coupon promotion where all coupons worth less than $1 are automatically worth $1. So, I got
cereal for $.67
Sunny D for $.28
muffin mixes for $.64
Ronzoni pasta for $.25
Wacky Mac for $.59
and everything else for free!
Before my Smith's card, the total would have been $74.04
My total came to $48.41 before my coupons
AND My total came to $5.14 after my coupons.
If you are interested in taking advantage of this offer, go to grocerysmarts.com and type in code G89CTR
Then click on smith's. If you are not in Las Vegas, you may look in the list of states available from the first page.
If you have any questions, or are interested in a free grocery smarts class, email me at trishrhinehartmk@yahoo.com

Commissary specials 1/21-2/10

2010-01-24T19:11:00.000-08:00

This is my first time at putting this list up, if you have any input or other coupons that are available, please leave me a comment! Hope this will help some people to save money on groceries!!!
Trish
PRODUCE SPECIALS: 2/1-2/7 Only
Pistachios $3.99/lb
Fresh Pineapple 2/$5
Avocados 10/$10

COMMISSARY SPECIALS:
1/21-2/10
Marcal 8 pk paper towels or 12 pk Double ply bath tissue $3.99
Marcel Small Steps Paper Towels (2 roll or larger), any $1.50/1 (1/31/10) SS(Sears)-1/3

Farmland dry rub seasoned pork loin back ribs: Peppercorn, Mesquite, or Homestyle $3.79/lb

Delimex Mexican Cuisine Chicken or Beff Taquitos 25 oz. $2.99

Heinz Cocktail Sauce: Original or Chili Sauce, 12 oz $1.25

Heinz tomato ketchup, 40 oz $1.29

T.G.I. Friday's Buffalo Wings, 27 oz $5.99

T.G.I. Friday's Cheddar & Bacon Potato Skins, 7.6 oz $1.67

Bagel Bites Mini Bagels three cheese, 9 ct. $1.25

ORTEGA:
Guacamole Style Dip, 11.5 oz $1.80
Green chilis diced or whole, 4 oz $.75
Taco Shells Yellow corn, 12 ct or Whole Grain corn, 10 ct $.99
Taco Kit, 10 oz $1.49
Grande Dinner Kit Hard & Soft Tacos, 21.3 oz $2.64
Taco Seasoning Mix, 1.25 oz $.38
Taco Sauce mild or medium, 16 oz $1.39

Manager's Special 1/21-2/3
Colgate Total Original, Plus Whitening Gel or Plus Whitening Paste, 6 oz $1.89
Colgate Total, Colgate Max White, Colgate Max Fresh, Colgate Sensitive or Colgate Kids, any 4.0oz or larger .75/1 (1/23/10) SS(Sears)-1/3

Ocean Spray 100% Juice Cranberry & Pomegranate, Cranberry & Concord Grape or Cranberry, 64 oz $1.99

NATURE MADE VITAMINS:
Dietary Supplement Multi for Him 50+, Multi for Her 50+, Multi for Him, or Multi for Her 90 tablets $4.23
Nature Made Vitamins, any $1/1 (1/30/10) SS(DirectTV)-1/3

Pace: Salsa Verde, Pico de Gallo, Mexican four cheese or pineapple mango chipotle salsa, 16 oz $1.59

Pace: Chunky Salsa Mild or medium, 16 oz $1.59

V8 100% vegetable juice regular or low sodium, 46 oz $1.95

V8 Splash Berry blend, tropical blend, or strawberry kiwi, 64 oz $1.89
V8 Splash Beverage, any 46oz or larger $1/2 (2/14/10) SS(DirectTV)-1/3

Campbells Chunky Soup: 18.6-18.8 oz
Classic Chicken Noodle, New England Style Clam Chowder, Old Fashioned Vegetable Beef, Sirloin Burger with Country Vegetables, or Chicken Corn Chowder or HEALTHY request Chicken Noodle, New England Clam Chowder, or Savory Vegetable 4/$5

Campbell's Chunky Microwavable Soup:
New England Clam Chowder, Sirloin Burger with Country Vegetables, or Classic Chicken Noodle, 15.25 oz 2/$3

Campbell's Chunky Chili with beans roadhouse beef & Bean or Firehouse! Hot and Spicy Beef & Bean, 19 oz $1.39

Lay's Potato Chips Classic, 11 oz, Salt & Vinegar, Barbeque, or Sour Cream & Onion, 10.5 oz $2.19

Tostitos Tortilla Chips Scoops! Bite Size, Restaurant Style, or Crispy Rounds, 13 oz $2.19
Tostitos Tortilla Chips 9 oz or larger AND Tostitos Dip 11 oz or larger .55/2 (2/14/10) SS-1/17 (must buy chips and dip)

Propel Water Beverage Lemon, Berry, Kiwi-Strawberry, Grape, Blueberry Pomegranate, Propel Body Peach Mango or Propel Mind Black Cherry 6 pack, 101.4 oz 2/$5

Ragu Pasta Sauce Traditional, 26 oz or Classic Alfredo, 16 oz $1.69

Pine-Sol Multi Surface Cleaner Lemon Fresh or Regular, 48 oz $2.39

Clorox Bleach Fresh Meadow, Lemon Fresh, or Regular, 96 oz $1.50

Clorox Clean Up Cleaner with Bleach, 32 oz $1.99

Clorox Disinfecting Wipes Lemon Fresh or Fresh Scent, 35 ct. $1.50

Hidden Valley Salad Dressing & Seasoning Mix The original ranch, .4 oz $.79

Hidden Valley Dressing The original ranch, light or buttermilk, 24 oz $2.99

Kraft Singles Regular, 16 oz or 2% milk, 14.7 oz 2/$5

Kraft Velveeta Pasteurized prepared cheese product regular or 2% milk, 32 oz $3.50

Oscar Mayer Sub Kit Ham & Salami, 28 oz 2/$8

Kraft Philadelphia cream cheese original or 1/3 leff fat, 8 oz $1.09

Nabisco Ritz Crackers regular, 16 oz or reduced fat, 14.5 oz or Ritz Simply Socials crackers savory crisp or golden wheat, 15 oz $2.00

Digiorno ultimate toppings frozen pizza, ultimate pepperoni, 24.1 oz, ultimate supreme, 26.4 oz or ultimate cheese, 22.9 oz $5.00

WHY I LOVE GROCERY SMARTS!!!!!

2010-01-21T09:33:00.000-08:00

I LOVE GROCERY SMARTS!
The only regret I have is that I did not find out about this shopping system sooner. I have been blessed beyond anything I could have imagined by using grocery smarts and taking a little extra time to plan my shopping trips before heading to the store.
NOW, I REALIZE MY CUPBOARDS ARE NOT THE CLEANEST OR MOST ORGANIZED, BUT THEY SURE ARE BURSTING AT THE EDGES!
#5- I am able to buy things that I would never have thought I had enough money to buy. I can buy name brand products for even cheaper than the "off" brand-if you know what I mean. I can also give gifts that are worth a lot of money, but I didn't actually spend much on them!

#4- I am able to get my food storage started, and a great start on getting my years supply of food for times that I might need it. I spend the same amount of money on groceries and household items that I did previous to grocery smarts, but I get at least double the amount of groceries each time I go shopping.
I am pretty sure I have a year's supply of toothpaste, which cost me a quarter or less each. I don't get upset at my kids when they squeeze the entire tube of toothpaste into the sink that we just started a day ago because it didn't cost much, so it is one of those small things that I should not get upset about.

I have plenty of wipes to last for a couple of month's that cost me less than 30 cents each.

And I am positive I have enough jello to last for the next year or longer.

I have enough cereal to last for many, many months, maybe even a year.

#3- I did my own home canned peaches this year. I helped my mom with canning all the time when I was younger, but this is the first time I did it on my own. I only broke a couple jars, so I guess it was successful, but I ended up with a ton of peaches to last me a while. I look forward to doing a lot more canning this year. With the jars I got for less than $5 a case.

#2- My pantry is fuller than it has even been, I have had to add shelves, and find other places to store the items I get because I just don't have room. This is amazing to me because I never thought I would ever fill up the shelves, but sure enough using grocery smarts and couponing has for sure been a huge blessing in my life. I am at ease knowing that if there is an unexpected expense, I can feed my family until the next paycheck comes in.

#1- I get to go shopping with my best friend who has a built in babysitter, so we don't have to take the kids with us!!!

I never used Kleenex, I always just used toilet paper, but because of grocery smarts, I have boxes and boxes of kleenex that cost me around a quarter each!

Please let me know if you are interested in learning more about the way I shop and how to save money on groceries every month!!!

Merry Christmas!!

2009-12-18T14:36:00.000-08:00

shopping today

2009-10-09T12:16:00.001-07:00

This week I've paid $71.44 for $255.35 worth of groceries!
If you'd like to know how to save like I do, please follow this link to grocery smarts. If you have any questions or would like to order deeply discounted sunday only subscription to the review journal, please give me a call. I also hold free classes, so call me if you'd like to schedule a class! Trish 412-9882

ALBERTSONS:
18 yogurt-$.31, 5 strawberries-$.99=$9.37
I saved $30.20

Commissary: To find great deals for the commissary, I visit hip2serve.com
2 Applesauce-free, 2 weight watchers cream cheese spread-$.31, 12 hamburger helper-$.65, 40 minute maid 100% juice boxes-$.15=$15.39
I saved $7.75 in coupons!

WALMART: I don't usually shop at walmart, but I couldn't pass this one up.
4 Airwick starter kits on sale for $6, 4 $6/1 coupons from the 9-13 Smart Saver= free
1 edge-I had a coupon for this for free
1 Wacky Mac with $.75/1 coupon
Also bought 2 candy bars, but had 2 coupons for a free candy bar-not pictured because 2 little children ate them in the car.
total spent$2.97
I get most of my information from grocerysmarts.com, hip2serve.com and the blogs on the left side of this blog!!! If you have questions, leave me a comment!

Smith's caselot sale

2009-09-17T22:46:00.000-07:00

I was able to stock up on a lot of essentials that we really need.
Total value of items purchased: $123.53
Total Spent: $76.88
Total Saved: $46.65
I saved 38%.
This isn't the best shopping trip I've had, but I needed things and they were at a good price range. So far this month I've saved $364.64 at 52.6%

I was very surprised to learn that you don't have to buy the whole case at a caselot sale. Thanks to Colette and Melinda for posting this on their blogs, otherwise I would have had no idea!

CVS

2009-09-17T22:43:00.001-07:00

Total spent: $28.11
Total Saved: $36.22
Total value of purchase: $64.33
Saved 56.3%

I couldn't pass up a coupon for buy 1 get 2 free batteries, and of course candy corn for 50 cents is a steal!!!

My first grocery smarts class

2009-09-08T20:36:00.001-07:00

I will be teaching my first grocery smarts class!

I am so excited to help everyone else to learn how to spend less and get more!

Please come to my house at 6 pm on September 18th for a great time and to learn how to cut your grocery budget in half!

I didn't believe it when I first heard of it, but it really works, and it's very simple!

Please come and bring friends, I will have refreshments, so come and have a wonderful time.

You can email me at trishrhinehartmk@yahoo.com if you have any questions!

NEW BLOG!

2009-09-05T19:10:00.000-07:00

I am in the process of becoming a Grocery Smarts instructor for the Las Vegas area. I tallied up my receipts for this past week and I paid $37.01 for $138.37 worth of groceries-and it wasn't all junk food, in fact the only junk food I got was 2 bags of doritos and 1 box of cheez its.

This website will serve as my way of passing on the things I've learned to others in order to help everyone save money on their groceries. I have seriously cut my grocery bill in half, but have purchased way more groceries for the month than I would have with my previous way of shopping for groceries.

Please let me know if you have any questions at any time, and I will do my best to get back with you quickly and help you save money too!

To start off, I would like to introduce you to grocerysmarts.com

This is the completely free website that I use, you don't have to log in.
GO HERE TO GET STARTED.
I am happy to let you all know that we also have a grocery smarts website for
Eastern Washington
Idaho
Southern California
Arizona
and
Utah

Get started and let me know when you have questions! Happy couponing!!!!!