So I wanted to share this deal because it made me pretty happy. :) We don't eat frozen pizza a whole lot, but I have definitely been known to whip one out when it's a gymnastics or church night and we're running short on time. (I add a big spinach salad on the side and don't feel so guilty. ;-)). Plus, I figure it can't hurt to have a few of these laying around when the baby comes (if they make it that long; my husband does not have the same reserves I do when it comes to frozen pizza.)
So here's the deal.
Tom Thumb has their DiGiorno pizzas on sale for $5 each. They're regularly 6.99.
There is also a coupon out there for Buy 2, Get 1 Free on these pizzas. You can download them to your Tom Thumb card at Tomthumb.com
So you get 3 and ring them up. $15 for three. But instead of just crediting you $5 (the price of the 1 free pizza), you actually get 6.99 off (so you get credited the ORIGINAL, full price of the pizza... not the sale price you'd actually be paying without the coupon).
So... you actually only pay 8.01 for all three pizzas. (I do not know if it gives you the credit of the full priced pizza if you use a paper coupon, but it does work if you load the coupon onto your tom thumb card :) But either way, you'd still get 3 pizzas for $10 which is a good deal. :)).
AND THEN... you will also get a $2 catalina coupon that will print at the register. (It's $2 off your next purchase, no limits or specific products or anything... just a free $2 next time you shop at Tom thumb :)).
So you're actually spending 6.01 on three pizzas! :) :) :)
I did not discover this on my own. I do have to give full credit to mydallasmommy.com (http://www.mydallasmommy.com/category/tom-thumb)
The $5 price is good for the next 2 days, by the way :) Enjoy your pizza! :)
Melissa
Saturday, December 29, 2012
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Over a year since I updated this blog. Shame on me. I've found myself talking with more than one person lately about saving money, couponing, and other related topics. So I thought I'd re-visit this blog and share what *I've* been up to when it comes to those things. And I had no idea it'd been so long since I'd written anything here. :-/
If you're at all interested in saving money, you've probably watched Extreme Couponing on TLC. Let me just say I don't do that. I don't keep a stockpile under my bed and on top of my fire place hearth or even in my pantry. But I will share what I *do* do. I'm no expert. I'm not great. But I feel like what I do is much more "typical" and sensible for the every day person (as opposed to the stockpiler).
1. I do buy things I need every week. I start with what our family needs and go from there. After that's done, I might add in deals that can't be passed up.
2. I do buy some things in bulk when the deal is there and when it makes sense. But the majority of my shopping is not done in bulk.
3. I do shop every week (every Friday usually).
4. I do use coupons.
5. I do keep a binder :O
So last week, I had some coupons that were expiring on Friday. Tom Thumb had sent out this great mailer at the 1st of November. They included: 20% off of frozen products, 20% off meat and produce, 20% off paper products, and 2 coupons for $10 off any purchase of $50 or more :)
I'd already used my $10 off ones as well as the others, but I wanted to stock up on meat just a little... so I decided to use my 20% off meat and my 20% off frozen entrees. PLUS they were having a deal where if you spent $75, you got a $10 coupon (they run this usually once a month I think. Very often :)).
Here's what I ended up with:
A pot roast: 4.50
(It was regularly 9.38. I saved 3.76 with my TT card, and then I got another 1.12 knocked off with my 20% off meat coupon. So 4.50 for an entire pot roast that will be going in my crock pot tomorrow :D)
A Curel Ham 4.50
(Regularly 10.35, saved 2.22 with my card and then 1.63 with my 20% off. But there's also a $2 off coupon out there right now, so I got an extra $2 off :D)
4-5 Pounds of Chicken breasts 11.17
(these were NOT on sale; I just got the 20% off)
93% ground beef (4-5 pounds) 10.60
(it was on sale, so I saved 8.86 with my card and then 2.65 with my coupon)
I also ended up with a huge lasagna that feeds us for many meals for 5.99, eggs for 1.49, Reynolds foil for 1.94, A big pack of individual chips for 4.99, little smokies for 2.40, plus produce that included bananas, apples, bell peppers, celery, an onion, and a huge thing of salad. I got quite a few other things, but I'll stop there.
I wanted to use my $10 coupon then and there... and I actually ended up having to add something from my 2nd transaction just to get myself up to $75. My total for my 1st transaction ended up being 76.10 with tax.
I saved 14.69 in paper coupons, 8.48 in Just for U savings (their new savings plan that helps you save even more on top of your card savings), and then 20.67 in card savings (although I don't give those as *much* credit as the coupon savings just because they are based on the full retail price, which sometimes doesn't even really exist b/c they never actually have things marked up that high :-P). So a total of 43.84 in savings according to my receipt and a 37% savings.
BUT THEN.....
I had another transaction. This one was more fun. ;)
I got a 12 pack of toilet paper for $4
(They were on sale for $5 and I had a $1 off coupon)
and Dove Men's body washes for .50 a piece!!! :D :D
(they were on sale for 2.50 and I had a $2 off coupon for each one. I only had 2, so I only got 2)
I also had one of my loaves of bread in this transaction, as well as a loaf of garlic bread. And I ended up having to grab a nearby box of mac and cheese because I wasn't quite at the $10 I needed to be at.
My total ended up being .94 for all of those things!!!! I used the $10 coupon they'd given me on my 1st transaction, which ended up saving me 98% for the 2nd transaction (I saved 5.00 in paper coupons as well as 7.82 in card savings).
So yeah.... .94 for a 12-pack of toilet paper, 2 Men's body wash (yes, full size!), a loaf of Mrs. Baird's bread, a loaf of garlic bread, and a box of Macaroni and cheese. I was pretty pleased :)
Then I headed to Wal-Mart for 3 more things. I needed some foundation, lip gloss, and some Zantac (my best friend this pregnancy!) My Tom Thumb store down-sized their makeup section awhile back, so I tend to just get makeup items at Wal-Mart. :-P
My total was 18.19 for the 3 items, and I only had 1 coupon... for $5 off Zantac. So my total ended up being 14.07.
So my total bill was 91.11 for all the things I needed that week (again, I didn't list all of them here) and I got us about 2-3 weeks worth of meat for me to cook dinners with. That way, I can leave meat off my list for at LEAST this week and probably even next week, which shaves a good portion of my weekly bill off. :)
And that's my detailed grocery shopping trip for last week :) My budget was $100 so I actually came in under budget (I went back later and picked up some sodas and things we needed to host a get-together on Sunday).
Like I said, not super-complicated... I prepared ahead of time, took advantage of really good deals on things I probably wouldn't have put on my list for another week (particularly the Zantac and the Dove Men's Body wash). And I cut a couple of inserts worth of coupons, as well as printed some off from online. But nothing super crazy.
I enjoy being very scaled down from what you see on TV, but also saving money (and in case you're wondering, yes 99% of the time I do actually spend less on my Tom Thumb items than I would at Wal-Mart. I've shopped TT for enough years to be able to walk into Wal-Mart and go "nope, that's cheaper at TT. Ok... I can get a better deal on that here at Wal mart, etc" And if I feel like I CAN save money at Wal-Mart, I usually go there first and check prices on a few things. Often, I walk out with a small amount of my list but Tom Thumb nearly always has the staples I need for less- like orange juice, bread, eggs, salad, etc. So I DO even it out and get things at WM if they're cheaper :)).
The end. ;)
If you're at all interested in saving money, you've probably watched Extreme Couponing on TLC. Let me just say I don't do that. I don't keep a stockpile under my bed and on top of my fire place hearth or even in my pantry. But I will share what I *do* do. I'm no expert. I'm not great. But I feel like what I do is much more "typical" and sensible for the every day person (as opposed to the stockpiler).
1. I do buy things I need every week. I start with what our family needs and go from there. After that's done, I might add in deals that can't be passed up.
2. I do buy some things in bulk when the deal is there and when it makes sense. But the majority of my shopping is not done in bulk.
3. I do shop every week (every Friday usually).
4. I do use coupons.
5. I do keep a binder :O
So last week, I had some coupons that were expiring on Friday. Tom Thumb had sent out this great mailer at the 1st of November. They included: 20% off of frozen products, 20% off meat and produce, 20% off paper products, and 2 coupons for $10 off any purchase of $50 or more :)
I'd already used my $10 off ones as well as the others, but I wanted to stock up on meat just a little... so I decided to use my 20% off meat and my 20% off frozen entrees. PLUS they were having a deal where if you spent $75, you got a $10 coupon (they run this usually once a month I think. Very often :)).
Here's what I ended up with:
A pot roast: 4.50
(It was regularly 9.38. I saved 3.76 with my TT card, and then I got another 1.12 knocked off with my 20% off meat coupon. So 4.50 for an entire pot roast that will be going in my crock pot tomorrow :D)
A Curel Ham 4.50
(Regularly 10.35, saved 2.22 with my card and then 1.63 with my 20% off. But there's also a $2 off coupon out there right now, so I got an extra $2 off :D)
4-5 Pounds of Chicken breasts 11.17
(these were NOT on sale; I just got the 20% off)
93% ground beef (4-5 pounds) 10.60
(it was on sale, so I saved 8.86 with my card and then 2.65 with my coupon)
I also ended up with a huge lasagna that feeds us for many meals for 5.99, eggs for 1.49, Reynolds foil for 1.94, A big pack of individual chips for 4.99, little smokies for 2.40, plus produce that included bananas, apples, bell peppers, celery, an onion, and a huge thing of salad. I got quite a few other things, but I'll stop there.
I wanted to use my $10 coupon then and there... and I actually ended up having to add something from my 2nd transaction just to get myself up to $75. My total for my 1st transaction ended up being 76.10 with tax.
I saved 14.69 in paper coupons, 8.48 in Just for U savings (their new savings plan that helps you save even more on top of your card savings), and then 20.67 in card savings (although I don't give those as *much* credit as the coupon savings just because they are based on the full retail price, which sometimes doesn't even really exist b/c they never actually have things marked up that high :-P). So a total of 43.84 in savings according to my receipt and a 37% savings.
BUT THEN.....
I had another transaction. This one was more fun. ;)
I got a 12 pack of toilet paper for $4
(They were on sale for $5 and I had a $1 off coupon)
and Dove Men's body washes for .50 a piece!!! :D :D
(they were on sale for 2.50 and I had a $2 off coupon for each one. I only had 2, so I only got 2)
I also had one of my loaves of bread in this transaction, as well as a loaf of garlic bread. And I ended up having to grab a nearby box of mac and cheese because I wasn't quite at the $10 I needed to be at.
My total ended up being .94 for all of those things!!!! I used the $10 coupon they'd given me on my 1st transaction, which ended up saving me 98% for the 2nd transaction (I saved 5.00 in paper coupons as well as 7.82 in card savings).
So yeah.... .94 for a 12-pack of toilet paper, 2 Men's body wash (yes, full size!), a loaf of Mrs. Baird's bread, a loaf of garlic bread, and a box of Macaroni and cheese. I was pretty pleased :)
Then I headed to Wal-Mart for 3 more things. I needed some foundation, lip gloss, and some Zantac (my best friend this pregnancy!) My Tom Thumb store down-sized their makeup section awhile back, so I tend to just get makeup items at Wal-Mart. :-P
My total was 18.19 for the 3 items, and I only had 1 coupon... for $5 off Zantac. So my total ended up being 14.07.
So my total bill was 91.11 for all the things I needed that week (again, I didn't list all of them here) and I got us about 2-3 weeks worth of meat for me to cook dinners with. That way, I can leave meat off my list for at LEAST this week and probably even next week, which shaves a good portion of my weekly bill off. :)
And that's my detailed grocery shopping trip for last week :) My budget was $100 so I actually came in under budget (I went back later and picked up some sodas and things we needed to host a get-together on Sunday).
Like I said, not super-complicated... I prepared ahead of time, took advantage of really good deals on things I probably wouldn't have put on my list for another week (particularly the Zantac and the Dove Men's Body wash). And I cut a couple of inserts worth of coupons, as well as printed some off from online. But nothing super crazy.
I enjoy being very scaled down from what you see on TV, but also saving money (and in case you're wondering, yes 99% of the time I do actually spend less on my Tom Thumb items than I would at Wal-Mart. I've shopped TT for enough years to be able to walk into Wal-Mart and go "nope, that's cheaper at TT. Ok... I can get a better deal on that here at Wal mart, etc" And if I feel like I CAN save money at Wal-Mart, I usually go there first and check prices on a few things. Often, I walk out with a small amount of my list but Tom Thumb nearly always has the staples I need for less- like orange juice, bread, eggs, salad, etc. So I DO even it out and get things at WM if they're cheaper :)).
The end. ;)
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