Aldi's

I had a few minutes to myself this afternoon, so I ran a few errands and I went to Aldi's to pick up a few things. For the past couple of weeks, I've been looking for wild salmon. Every time I go to get it, the store is out of it, so since I was at Aldi's I checked. They had 2 kinds of wild salmon (frozen and each fillet individually vacuum sealed), one was regular wild salmon and the other is wild sockeye salmon. I bought the wild sockeye salmon for $6.99 (4-4oz fillets). I made them for dinner tonight and I will be buying them again! I was very happy with them and I really love Aldi's.

I have to admit, you do have to price shop, as they do not accept coupons and there are some items that you can get cheaper at say, Giant or Weis. But you can find some interesting things there and some things are much cheaper than the grocery store.

Just an idea of some of the prices:

Sockeye Salmon: $6.99
Wild Salmon: $3.99
Flounder: $3.99
Graham Crackers: $1.49
1 lb Celery: $.99
Hummus: $1.39
Canola Oil: $1.99 (large bottle, I just paid $2.55 for the same thing and that was with a coupon!)

Here is some things to know before you shop at Aldi's:

1. Bring a quarter. To get a cart, you need to insert a quarter. You will get the quarter back when you return the cart, but this ensures that people don't leave carts laying around in the parking lot banging up cars.
2. Bring your own bags. They have bags for sale that you can pack your groceries in, but one way they keep costs down is by not supplying bags, so bring your own (plus it's better for the environment).
3. Get chocolate! Aldi's is a Germany company, so they carry European chocolate a lot cheaper than specialty stores! It just doesn't have the same wrapper!
4. They have a double your money back guarantee! A few months ago I tried their diapers. Not so good, but I took them back and I got my money back and a box of wipes. It was really hassle free to return it. (Basically their policy is money back and then you get to try a new product, so if I wasn't satisfied with the salmon, I would get my money back and get another fish to try).

On a last note, it's a little know fact that Aldi's is a sister store of Trader Joe's. You see there are 2 brothers who own Aldi's in Europe. One of them owns Trader Joe's in America and the other owns Aldi's in America!

Kohl's

Use this code to score an extra 20% off at Kohl's. Today only! Code: YOURGIFT. Free shipping on orders over $75, but if you have a Kohl's card, you can take 30% off and free shipping with the following codes (I'm not sure if you can stack it with the 20% off, but it's worth a try!):

30% off code: KCSAVE30
free shipping code: FREEMVCSHIP

Kohl's has a lot on clearance right now, so these codes will make an even sweeter deal!

Two years and counting.......

Two years ago today, I married a man. He's not the man that I had conjured up in my childhood dreams. He isn't even the man of my adult dreams. He's the man who is far more dreamier than any of those dreams of past. Far more handsome, loving, supportive and all and all, amazing. Far more of a better parent and I love him so much!

Happy Anniversary Babe!

Lowes.com

Lowes.com is offering 10% off your purchase when you use code: MOVER10 or you can use code: LOWES50 to get $10/$50 or more!

Giant Deals 1-17

Shannon, over at For the Momma's has the best deals at Giant this week! Here are my favorites:

Weight Watchers Smart Ones Entrees 6/$10.00
use B5Get 1 Free Breakfast Sandwich
use B1G1 up to $3.89 (if you were able to print it)
get 7th one free instore wyb 6
Get 7 Entrees, One Breakfast Sandwich
$1.25 each after coupon

Barilla Plus Pasta $1.79
use $.75/1 in 01/03 SS
use $1.00/1 in 12/06 SS
$.79 after coupon

Texas Pete Hot Sauce $.79
use $.55/1 in 10/18 ss
$.24 after coupon

Weis Deals 1-18

Shannon, over at For the Mommas, has the best deals for Weis this week, starting tomorrow! Here are my favorites:

Pepsi Products 12 ct. 4/$11.00
$5.00 off when you purchase four 12 ct. Pepsi Products and Two Frito Lay or Tostitos Products with club card

Birds Eye Steamfresh or Blends 2/$4.00
use $.50/1 in 1/10 ss
$1.00 after coupon

Ken’s Salad Dressing BOGO
use $1.00/2 in 01/10 RP

Thanks Shannon!

NRYU

I can't believe it's Saturday already! This week went really quick, but I guess it would since we were trying to stay warm and cozy at home due to the cold weather!

Well, today is my weigh in day and I am happy to report I am down 4.5 lbs this week, for a total of 5.5 lbs since January 1!!! This makes me feel so much better! I was feeling a little discouraged the first week with only losing 1 lb, but was determined to keep going. It really makes me want to do even better this coming week!

To make it easier for me to stick with, I have made little goals to accomplish. My first goal is to lose 10 lbs by March 1, and then keep going! My second goal is to get my "numbers" down by April 1, meaning, waist size, blood pressure, LDL and triglycerides down (yes, I do sometimes watch Dr. Oz and am going to re-read his book "YOU on a diet". He scares the crap out of me, and that's a good thing).

Does anyone have any other New Year's Resolutions to share? I'd love to hear them!

I have not started a designed diet program (i.e. Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, etc) and am not being compensated (with money or free products) to mention or review any Dr. Oz products, these are my own thoughts and feelings, but if Dr. Oz's people would like to get in touch (which would be awesome!), my email is listed on this blog!

Thank you

Hi everyone!!!

I hope everyone is having a great week! I just wanted to write a note to ask you a favor. I know I do not have a very large following. With that said, I want to ask you each to help me out! I'd like this to be a great blog, dedicated to finding the best deals out there to save all of us some money. I'd also like this blog to have some substance as well, with recipes, my weight loss (success) story, how we can impact our world and so forth. So, here's what I'm asking:

1. Tell as many people about my blog as you can. If you have your own blog, please post a link to my blog on yours. If you don't have a blog, then word of mouth, facebook, email, etc. are really awesome tools too!

2. Tell me what you want to see! If you shop at Walmart all the time and want to see the coupon matches and such, then let me know! If you want me to start shopping at other places, like Sharp Shopper, Amelia's so you can find good deals, then please tell me!!

You can email me at frugalistainpa@gmail.com or you can leave a comment (just click the comment word below and it will prompt you further on how to do it!).

I'm really looking forward to hearing from you!

Have a fantastic weekend!

IMPACT YOUR WORLD

I wanted to share a list of places you can donate money for the people of Haiti. Unfortunately, when there is tragedy, there are also people taking advantage of "good Samaritans". This list is from CNN, they are the highest rated charities. Right now, the biggest need is money. You can also Text "Haiti" to 90999, and a $10 donation is added to your cell phone bill. How easy is that?

If you can't afford to send money at this time, prayers are also needed!

New Joann Fabric Coupon

Go over here for a new Joann coupon. Expires 1/30!

Printable Coupons around the webosphere

$1.00/1 Quaker Oatmeal

$10.00/$30.00 at Border's

$5.00/$20.00 at CVS

$1.00/1 Kettle Chips

$.75/1 Soy Dream Soymilk

$10.00/$25.00 Yankee Candle purchase

(thanks Coupon Gal!)

Amazon Kid Shoe Sale

Amazon is having a great shoe sale for kids. Up to 70% off regular prices and if you spend over $25, shipping is free (or if you subscribe to Amazon Prime)!

I just bought these great sneakers for Michael. Original Price: $110 Sale Price: $35!!! I tried to find these cheaper at other sites, but the cheapest I found was $55!!!

Oreos & the Manning's

Head on over to Facebook to join Oreo's the Manning's vs. the Donald's for a chance to win a free package of Oreo's on January 24, 2010. I love their commercials, I think the Manning's are hysterical (however, I thought the commercials with the William sisters are the best!). Hopefully the Manning's will win!

Grocery Roundup

As you know, our weekly family grocery budget is $40. I have to admit that in the month of December, I went over, a lot, preparing for our holiday and splurging a bit on things we normally don't buy. So, out with the old and in with the new. I stopped by Giant on Saturday to use the $1 double coupons and pick up some groceries that we needed for the week.



Green Tea-$2.29
4 Gerber Baby Food Packs: $1.03 each
Martins Chips: $.99
Giant Bread: Free
Canola Oil: $3.55
2 Sardines: $.95 each
Olive Oil: $6.99
Steel Cut Oats: $2.99
2 Light Bulbs: $1.49 each
2 Blueberries: B1G1 $3.99
Bananas: $1.69
6 Dannon Yogurt: $.40 each
9 Chobani Greek Yogurt: $1.00 each

I had coupons for almost everything except Olive Oil & Steel Cut Oats.

Total before coupons & Bonus Card Savings: $60.38
Total Bonuscard Savings: $24.57
Total Coupon Savings: 7.60
Total OOP: $28.27

I also went shopping last week, but wasn't able to post it. Here is the breakdown:

Total before savings: $56.77
Total BC Savings: $19.97
Total Coupon Savings: $3.00
Total OOP: $33.99

Right now I'm $17.74 under budget!

Did you get any good deals this month? Post them here!

Printable Coupons around the webosphere

Click on each item to bring up the coupon in another window.  Remember, you can print 2 per computer!

$1.00/1 Playtex Tampons

$1.00/1 Tom's of Maine Toothpaste

$1.00/1 Cheerios

$1.00/1 Tazo Tea

$0.75/1 Hellman's Mayo

$1.00/2 Kraft 2% Cheese

$1.00/1 Naked Juice

$1.50/1 Jergen's Sensitive Skin Lotion

Target Coupons

(Thanks For the Momma's & Coupon Gal!)