Monday, July 5th 2010

Started off the day with a frugal breakfast. My daughter and I treated ourselves to Chicken Mini's from Chick Fil A. We used two free coupons we received in the mail. I had two because we were in the process of moving when these were sent out so we got one at each house. Then we went to King Soopers where we had free fruit samples and got the free kids cookie from the bakery. Yum! I transferred a prescription to get the $25 gift card. At checkout we spent $.05 with a 101% savings on or order, our total would have been $38.92 prior to coupons. This wasn't a major trip for us but more of an opportunity to get out of the house and start the challenge off on the right foot by using some freebie coupons we had. Here is what we got for that shiny nickel:

Hubbla Bubba Tape Gum-$1- payment for the "shopping helper"

Sister Shubert Rolls $3.29, had freebie coupon from sending email to company, also I think there is a Upromise bonus on this I will add to total when I find

Clorox Ultra bleach $1.99-had freebie catalina coupon

Kroger Deluxe ice cream $1.88 had ecoupon for 50 cents

Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls $1.65, had 95 cents off bricks coupon, doubled to $1

Kids Clif bars x 2 79 cents each, had freebie coupons from emailing company

Pantene shampoo and conditioners, trial size, $1 each x 5, used 4 $1 off & 1 $1.50 off manufacturer coupons

Gold Bond lotion, trial size, 79 cents, used 75 cents off coupon, doubled to free

Saved today:

$38.92 on groceries, $5 on breakfast and got $50 in gift cards to fund grocery shopping for the month.