Winner Annouced

My dear friend, Audrey, won the giveaway! I am excited to hand deliver the prayer devotional & 2 Pampered Chef gadgets to her!
Thank you to all that submitted your name! Stay tuned for the next chance to win :)

October= Breast Cancer Awareness GIVEAWAY!

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month I am hosting a give away!
The prize is 2 Pampered Chef products that are only available during the "Help Whip Cancer" campaign & a prayer book that I have used for years but has recently taught me how to pray for my bestie, Jenna, as she fights her fight against breast cancer. (LOVE YOU, JEN)

To get your name into the random drawing you need to leave me any kind of comment on THIS post before November 7th.

These are the 3 items being given away:::

Mini Scoop N Measure. (The one I will be giving away is pink)

Cake Tester (You would use this anytime you reach for a tooth pick to see if your cake, brownies, bread is finished) I love this tool & use is alllll the time!

 

250th blog post Winner=

Thanks for the feed back about my blog. You all said recipes are your favorite aspect of my blog. Hmmm, I better get working on a few new ones to share! I used www.random.org to pick the winner! Here it is:

 

Congrats Jen Ilic- your $5 gift card to Starbucks will be on its way soon! :)

PS- Jen Dillabaugh, I'm pretty sure that is at least the 2nd time you've been #2. Sorry about that. But I'm in the works for some BIG giveaways soon. I bet you'll win one of those :)

!!!Give Away!!!

This is my 250th blog post! I have enjoyed using this outlet to share my daily life with you over the past few years. It has been awhile since I've hosted a give away so I thought 250 posts was the perfect reason!


RULES:::
1. Comment HERE, on this post, what your favorite topic is that I blog about.
    Examples: recipes, updates on my girls, Pinterest inspirations, 30 by 30 etc. (Please be sure your first & last name appear!!! I know several Megans, Jens etc.)
2. The most recent give away winner, Aubrey Deyoung can't win again. Sorry! But feel free to comment :)
3. I will use random.org to pick the winner on Friday June 7th at 9:00am.
4. Prize is a $5 gift card to Starbucks- in hopes that you'll grab an iced green tea latte & read my blog ;)

And the Coupon Guess Winner Is...

Thanks to all of you that took a guess at my coupon savings. Wow, many of you had HIGH expectations for me! I better get to work this next year to live up to your expectations :)

My grand total of coupon savings from April 2011-April 2012 was $1,571!

That means Aubrey Deyoung is my winner w/ a guess of $1,716. She will be getting a gift card of $10 to her choice of Target, Kroger or Walmart (My 3 favorite places to shop)

Thanks again for all your support- Stay tuned for my next Give Away!!

And the Winners Are:

My 2nd Give Away has come and gone!

Thank you to all that visited my blog and voted! 2- $10 Target gift cards recieved the most votes by a lot- So we have 2 winners this time! I entered each of your names into http://www.random.org/ and the top 2 names are my winners- Megan Fetters & Liz Bradley! Congratulations!

I'm not sure when the next Give Away will be. So stay tuned...

It's GIVE AWAY time!

It is time for Another GIVE AWAY!
Since April 30th {when I started keeping record} I have saved $1,000 using manufacturer's coupons! That is an average savings of $143 per month! To celebrate, I am passing some savings onto you. I will be giving away a gift card/s to a few of my Favorite stores!

Rules:
1. You must be a follower of this blog to be entered to win the prize. You can sign up to follow anytime from now until the prize drawing. So, sign up if you haven't already. {By "following" you are not signing up for mass emails, annoying solicitations or anything of the sort. "Following" just allows me to know a first and last name of who comments and who my general audience is etc.}
2. Please vote on the polls in the right side bar of how YOU would like this Give away to go!!! {Fun, huh? If one $20 gift card wins the poll it will be to the store that also receives the most votes in the poll. If two $10 gift cards is the top pick it will be to the top two stores that receive the most votes etc.}
3. COMMENT on THIS post that you voted, would like to be entered to win etc. {When you comment please be sure that your first & last name appear! I know LOTS of Ashelys, Jens, Megans etc.}
4.Any previous winners can not win again! {Sorry Rach-but you can still vote}
5. Winner/s will be picked from http://www.random.org/ on Tuesday, December 6th w/ polls closing at 11:59 PM on the 5th.

Good Luck & Happy Couponing!

Another GIVE AWAY Coming!

The time is Almost here for my second GIVE AWAY! I am $6 away from reaching my $1,000 Saved by using manufactures coupons. {This is NOT including price matching, Caterpillar 15% discount, store coupons or sales} I know after my Black Friday shopping adventure I will have reached my goal!!!

The winner of this give away Must be a follower of this blog! The last giveaway I hosted I had just first names of people entered for the drawing and I did not know who they were.

So, please sign up to Follow and the Give Away will happen just after the Thanksgiving weekend!

Drivin' my grocery cart like a maniac

My next giveaway will be Soon, because of my adventurous shopping trip Tuesday! I promised when I reached $1,000 in COUPON savings alone I would host another giveaway. {This is not including price matching at Wal-Mart, 15% Caterpillar discount, Walgreen's store coupons or any store's sales. I would certainly have been over $1,000 saved by now} This winner MUST be a follower of my blog. So please sign up to follow and wait for more information.

My "adventurous" trip was actually not extreme. I did not clear the shelves by buying 20+ of an item. You would never call me an "Extreme Couponer". But this trip was more than I usually plan for 1 day. 3 stores and the bank. Also, I had planned to spend $100 even after coupons and sales, which is more than I spend on our weekly groceries. So many items were at very low prices that I wanted to stock up for later use. It makes so much more sense to buy at a super cheap price and store it than waiting until I am out of an item and it's back to regular price. 

 I only had Tuesday to get all my errands done, so I decided to cram it all in!

I said a quick prayer and was on my way....

MaeMae was a doll baby! I packed her a snack and gave her my attention when she wanted to point out every single baby that zoomed by in shopping carts. I tried to entertain her by being silly and driving our cart like a maniac. {Yes, I got some looks...}

Every coupon worked correctly-That usually doesn't happen!

I got friendly, helpful cashiers-Strange occurrence!

Every single item and the number I needed was in stock at ALL 3 stores-Now that's amazing!



All of THIS went into my stock pile. {My regular weekly groceries are not pictured} I spent about $25-$30 on all this. 
-Organic chicken breasts for  less than $1 per breast!!!
-Smart Ones frozen meals for .95 each!!!
-Cheese It crackers for $1.01 each!!! {Thanks, Meg}
-Cheerios for FREE
-Annie's mac n cheese for .19 a box!!!
-Sugar for .34 per pound

Ok, I'll stop but as you can see I scored some great deals! :)

P.S.--On December 20th myself & 3 other woman will be giving a FREE "Tips & Tricks" session at a Mom's Group in Morton. Contact me for more information.





I had a facelift....

Ha, No not me personally. I'm too young for a face lift. My blog is the one that had the cosmetic surgery. Did you notice?
This is the official launch of my NEW blog! I've got a New web address, New name and a New design!
A special Thanks to GrassGreenDesign.blogspot.com for creating Exactly what I had in mind!
Also, Thanks again to everyone that voted on the new name a few weeks back. I am ready for more followers- so share my site with others! Remember my next give away will be when I reach $1,000 in savings by using coupons. I am less than $200 away....
Thanks for the support!

And the 1st give away Winner is----

Thank you to all who voted on a new name for this blog! Your opinions matter to me! I love all the advice that has been given to me thus far. Diary of a Homemaker won! I am glad and love that name too.(A HUGE thank you to Liz Bradley ;)  Watch for more changes to come here as I roll with the new name!

My next give away will be held when I reach $1,000 worth of savings from using coupons! As I have mentioned before, I am keeping a spread sheet of every penny that I save by using coupons. My guess of when I'll reach $1,000 is mid- November! The prize and details are not finalized for that give away so please stay tuned!

Now to the BIG NEWS:

I used http://www.random.org/ to randomly select the winner. Since I only had 1 gift card to give away #1 wins. Which was RACHEL DILLABAUGH! Congratulations! Rachel is actually my sister that lives in OH! Ironically, I am going to be seeing her this weekend. So I get to deliver the gift card in person :)

Thanks again for voting and playing. It has been a great joy to watch this blog grow over the past several months. Much more to come..........

Help Me Name this Blog!!!

I am Very excited to be hosting my first give away= A $10 Target gift card (one of my favorite places to shop/coupon!) Changes are coming to this blog-possibly a new name if that is what YOU decide!

What you need to do to be entered to win the 1 and only $10 Target gift card:
1. VOTE! Notice in the right side bar a poll "Help me Name this Blog"~ Please cast your vote 1 time for the name you think best sums up my blog.
2. Leave a comment on this post that you voted! (You must leave me a comment because I have no way of tracking the names of people who vote)
(If you are not a current follower- Please sign up to "follow" this blog, vote and then leave a comment. Be sure to leave an email for me to contact you; especially if I do not know you personally)
3. Wait 1 week (September 1st) for the winner to be picked randomly & announced here!
--Poll will be open until 7:00 AM on September 1st