March 09, 2010

Kroger Cart Buster Event $25 Gift Card Giveaway (48 hours only)!

From now through March 14th, shop the Cart Buster Savings Event and find the hottest prices around on your favorite name-brand products in over 60 categories at the Kroger Family of Stores, which includes Kroger, Ralph´s, King Soopers, City Market, Dillons, Smith´s, Fry´s, QFC, Baker´s, Owen´s, Jay C Food Stores, Hilander, Gerbes, Food4Less, Pay Less Super Markets and Scott´s Food & Pharmacy.

Here are just a few of the great brands participating in the event: Honey Nut Cheerios, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Pillsbury, Betty Crocker, Hamburger Helper, Yoplait, Progresso, Totino´s, Green Giant, Cascadian Farm, Tide, Charmin, Bounty, Pampers, Pantene, Crest, Iams, Febreze, Old Spice and many more!


I was able to purchase all this for just $8.49!


Like I said, there are several great deals included in this promotion! Before you head out to shop be sure to load your ShortCuts and Cell Fire coupons to your Kroger card!

Would you like to win a $25 Kroger Gift Card?

To Enter:
1.)Leave me a comment (with you name/email address) and tell me what you would stockup on with your $25 gift card!

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1.) Subscribe to I Am A Money Magnet!
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More Details:
1.)This giveaway is open to US residents ONLY.
2.) This giveaway will close on Thursday March 11, 2010 at 7pm CST.
3.)The winner will be selected via random.org and the winner will be contacted by email. The winner will have 24 hours to claim their prize.


Disclosure: In exchange for this post I received a $25 Kroger Family of Stores gift card, information about the Cart Buster Savings Event, and the opportunity to host a giveaway sponsored by the Kroger Family of Stores and General Mills through MyBlogSpark.

Kroger Cart Buster Shopping- Again!


Have you headed to Kroger for the Cart Buster Savings Event yet? There are several great deals included in this promotion! Before you head out to shop be sure to load your ShortCuts and Cell Fire coupons to your Kroger card! For a complete listing of sale items visit Southern Savers.

Kroger
1-Betty Crocker Cookie Mix-$1.50 each
-used 1-$0.40 MQ (double to $0.80; 2/7 SS)
-1-$0.40 shortcuts e-coupons deducted
-Final Cost-$0.60($0.30 each)

2-Betty Crocker Warm Delights-$1.50 each
-used 1-$0.50/1 MQ (double to $1; 2/7 SS)
-1-$0.50 shortcuts e-coupons deducted
-Final Cost-$FREE

2-Betty Crocker Potato Pouches-$0.67 each
-used a $1.00/2 BC potatoes mq (Kroger homemailer)
-a $0.40 shortcuts e-coupon deducted
-Final Cost-$0.06 Profit

4-Nature Valley Clusters/Sweet & Salty Bars-$2.29
-used 1-$1.00/1 NV Clusters (2/21 SS)
-used 3-$0.50/1 NV Sweet and Salty Bars (double to $1.00; 2/7 SS)
-1-$1.00 NV Nut Clusters shortcuts e-coupons deducted
-2-$0.40 NV Granola Bars cellfire e-coupons deducted
*this time I only got a $2.00 oyno coupon?
-Final Cost-$3.36/4 ($0.84 each)

1-Betty Crocker Muffin Mix-$2.00
-used 1-$0.50/1 MQ (double to $1)
-1-$0.50 cellfire e-coupon deducted
-Final Cost-$0.50

2-Betty Crocker Supreme Brownie Mix-$2.00 each
-used 2-$0.50/1 IP (double to $1)
-1-$0.75/2 cellfire e-coupon deducted
-Final Cost-$1.25/2 ($0.63 each)

4- Fiber One Chewy Bars 90 calorie-$2.29 each
-used 4-$0.50/1 MQ (doubled to $1.00)
-2-$0.40/1 shortcuts e-coupons deducted
-2-$0.40/1 cellfire e-coupons deducted
*received a $2.50 Off Your Next Order Coupon
-Final Cost-$3.56 ($0.89 each)

1-Digornio 200 calorie pizza-$3.29; used FREE coupon=FREE
1-Loaf of Brownsberry Bread-$1.99-$1.00 MQ=$0.99
1-Kroger Honey Bear-$2.59
1-Kroger Tortilla Chips-$1.00

-used $5.00 in Off Your Next Order catalina coupons

Total Before Coupons=$40.50
Total Out of Pocket-$8.49 + I earned a $2.50 catalina to use on my next order


Click HERE to see my other Kroger Shopping Trips!

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Thrifty Tip Tuesday: Start Saving For Your Next Car NOW!

*New to Thrifty Tip Tuesday? Read more about Thrifty Tip Tuesday HERE*

Last week I shared about locking myself out of my house. Well, wouldn’t you know, last Friday my car wouldn’t start! See, last week I offered to pick up a friend and take her to work. I pulled up to the house, turned off my car and waited for this friend to come out. Friend gets into the car, we’re ready to go and the car WOULD NOT START. The lights came on, but the car would not turn over for anything! I tried several times!!

I felt awful for offering to give this friend a ride to work only to have my car not start!! Anyway, I was able to find her another ride to work and I called for AAA backup! To make a long story short, just mintues before the AAA truck arrived I decided to try starting the car just one more time. I couldn’t believe it- the stinkin’ car started right up!!

My Thrifty Tip: Start saving for your next car NOW! Or at least set aside some cash for future repairs. I wish I could describe to you the sense of peace I have when my car breaks down (which is becoming more and more frequent!) knowing that I have money already set aside for when she bites the dust! I have been saving for my next car for about a year now and I've just about reached my saving goal!

Do you save ahead of time for future car purchases? Do you budget car repairs or set aside funds for car repairs?

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March 08, 2010

Blueberry Pie Recipe


Last summer DH and I picked our own blueberries at a local farm. We ended up with 17 cups of blueberries in our freezer. Seeing that I still have several bags of frozen blueberries left I thought it was about time to start using them up!

This week I decided I would try my hand at making my first ever Blueberry Pie. DH gave this recipe 2 thumbs up! Yummy good, especially when served with vanilla ice cream! Enjoy!!

Ingredients:
9 inch pie pan
1-Pie Crust -I used a Pillsbury Pie Crust
4 cups of blueberries (fresh or frozen)
3/4 cups of sugar
7 tablespoons of corn starch
1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon
1 tablespoon of lemon juice
3 tablespoons of water

*Note: If using frozen blueberries, add 3 tablespoons of corn starch to the bottom of the pie crust. This will help soak up any extra blueberry juices and prevent your pie from becoming runny.

Topping
1/4 c. of sugar
1/2 c. of flour
4 tablespoons of butter


Directions
1.) Heat oven to 375. Rinse blueberries (sort out the icky ones). Roll out your pie crust into your pie pan.

2.) In a bowl combine sugar (3/4 c), corn starch, and cinnamon. Mix well. To this add the lemon juice & water. Mix well again.

3.)Add blueberries to the pie crust. Top blueberries evenly with the above mixture.

4.) In another bowl combine topping ingredients (see above) until crumbly. Sprinkle over blueberries.

5.)Bake for 1 hour. You'll know the pie is done when it starts bubbling. Remove from oven. Serve warm (with vanilla ice cream!). Store leftovers in the fridge.

This post is linked to:
Tempt My Tummy Tuesday
Tasty Tuesday



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Winners of The Survivor Club!


Congratulations to the winner's of THE SURVIVOR CLUB by Ben Sherwood!

-Shonna (momstepmom75@)
-Christin (itsmecristin@)
-Keli (kelcoled@)
-Slugmomma (arcure@)
-Kristin (Jskell911@)

Check your email ladies!!


Thanks to everyone who entered! I hope you all will join me tomorrow for Thrifty Tip Tuesday!!


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Swag Code Alert! 18 Swagbucks! Good till 7 PM CST!

Check the SwagBucks BLOG for a swagcode worth 18 SwagBucks! This code will expire 7 pm CST!

Don't have a SwagBucks account? Today would be a great day to sign up! You'll earn 30 SwagBucks just for signing up! It's FREE, painless, and awesome- I promise!


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Walgreens-Finally Out of Register Rewards!!



I seriously can't remember the last time I was completely without Register Rewards. I've been rolling those baby for awhile and finally, today, I spent my last $7 in Register Rewards. And honestly, it feels so good to be Register Reward Free!! :)

Walgreens
2-Renpure Organics Shampoo/Cond w/TMF-$6.99; Buy 1, get 1 FREE
1-Russell Stovers Maple Egg-$0.29

Used $7.00 in Register Rewards

Total Out of Pocket=$0.28 + tax
* I will submit the Renpure Try Me Free Rebate (up to $6.99)


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