Grocery Smarts Explained - Act Fast!!

Okay, if you want in on the cereal deal, you need to go to Smiths today. Before that, however, follow these instructions:

• go to www.grocerysmarts.com
• sign in with password "g84rcm"
• there is a drop down box that says "-Select your store-" and you should select "VERY HOT Smiths"
• scroll down to: "Buy any 4 General Mills Cereals (8.9 oz -25.25 oz) and Receive $6 off instantly. ($1.50 per box
  discount)"
• Any cereal that has a "Group A, B, or C" link will have coupons at that link for that cereal. Print these coupons twice, and take them to Smiths.
  
• Buy cereals in groups of 4, using two coupons. Each coupon give you $1 off two cereals, and Smiths give you $6 more off of any 4 cereals. You can only get 8 boxes at one time, but you can go back to the store for as many transactions as you feel like.

That means that my four Lucky Charms, originally at $2.75/box were $1.25/box with the "Buy 4 get $6 off deal," and $0.75 with the "$1 off 2 boxes" coupon. My Cinnamon Toast Crunch was originally $3.19, and with all the deals totaled only $1.19. For the grand total that makes:

$0.75 x 4 PLUS $1.19 x 4 PLUS $1.62 in tax = $9.38.

Thanks for your guesses; Karen emailed me with the guess of $9.45! Congratulations!! You win a free box!!

Thanks to all for humoring my frugality and hopefully you can cash in on this deal, too. For future shopping, once you have selected the grocery store of your choice (they have every store) you can click on the little "start" button at the top, and this will highlight all the items you click on, and shrink your list to only the items you want after you click "shrink." You can print this list and take it to the grocery store. For Grocery smarts to work best for you, save your "Red Plum" coupons in the mail, and get a hold of the "Smart Source" coupons from your local paper, keep them in a little file in order by date, and when the website says something like "SS 9/28" that means the deal can be achieved by using the Smart Source coupons that came out by Sunday, September 28th. Just go to your file, pull out the coupon you need in about, oh, 30 seconds, and, voila! They do all the figuring for you, so you don't have to check out what's on sale and then flip through a million coupons. I like it because now I don't have to flip through the store ads since grocery smarts lists everything on sale for me in one nice list that I can select from. Pretty sweet deal if you ask me. Let me know how it goes for you by posting comments. Happy Savings!

Grocery Smarts Guessing

Last week, my friend hosted a "coupon class" about how to save money at the grocery store. I usually am skeptical about any "classes" that people host: you have to "invest" to save, or everything is free . . . except, yada yada. However, that is not the case with Grocery Smarts; I am now a convert! Using the free website and free printable coupons, I just went to the grocery store using said method, and came home with the following:


I know these aren't healthy cereals, but Andrew got to choose, and he can use all the sugar he can get, especially after working a 36-hour shift. (Plus, I know those Lucky Charms will be just the thing to "charm" Emma through church tomorrow with my friend, while I have to sit on the stand.) Next time, I plan on getting whole grain cereals, like Multi-grain Cheerios and Wheat Chex, which were available for essentially the same price.

Anyone who can guess how much I paid (plus or minus a quarter), taxes and all, is welcome to come collect a free box. Any guesses? Polls are open for 48 hours. :)

P.S. Is the thrill of wondering how little I paid getting to you? It is to me, and I know how much I paid!

Bow-eautiful!

Thanks to some inspiration from my sister when she was in town, I've attempted making my own hair bows, and, I think they are SO CUTE! Emma is perhaps a model-on-the-run, but I was able to capture a few pics of some of some of the bows we made today. Check it out!


Now that I'm getting into this, I'd love your tips, ideas, pictures, etc. to help me broaden my repertoire. :)