Provident Living Storage Item?

This is a great price for one of those crank lamps/lanterns. Thought I would share.


Black $10 shipped
Excalibur "Weather Channel" Crank Lantern Black - H701BK-WC UPC: 00755482870121 List Price: $49.99 You Save: (80%) $40.00 Our Price: $9.99 Shipping: FREE Buy.com Total Price: $9.99 Buy.com LINK

SWINE FLU!!!? WHAT NEXT!?

You might not know this but my DH's degree is actually geared toward epidemiology (the study of the spread of disease). So this new Swing Flu epidemic is really peaking his interest.

I know this isn't coupon clipping, but DOES fit in the provident living category, and here are tips that he shared with me along with a grain of salt so to say.

The way this is passed is the same as the traditional flu bug, and that is NOT through the air. The flu can live on surfaces for a long time having been spread by a carrier and then along comes a healthy person touches that object and then scratches their eye and there you have it...transmission.

So the BEST form of protection is something that is pretty simple. WASH YOUR HANDS. KEEP YOUR HANDS OUT OF YOUR MOUTH NOSE AND EYES (and your kids' too) AND LASTLY SANITIZE SURFACES WHEN IT IS REALISTIC.

Good examples would be bathroom surfaces, kitchen surfaces etc.

The best examples would be shopping carts, your STEERING WHEEL, and things you touch a lot after being in public (what about that cell phone?)

Read up and be smart! Do what you feel is realistic for your family, and be clean.

I am so glad that I got that DEAL on Clorox last fall. (4 gallons of Clorox brand bleach and 4 spray bottles of hard surface disinfectant or disinfectant wipes for $4.00 )

Provident Living paying off? I have my supplies and don't need to run out and pay full price so I would say YUP!!!

Happy hand washing!

I found it on Eb*y.....

I have a friend that got 100 coupons for Blueberry morning for that last cereal deal a while back and MAN she stocked up! (she has 9 kids)

I asked how she found that many of ONE type of coupon and she told me her "secret"....ebay!

So last week, Smiths was running a special that put McCormick spice rubs FREE after coupons, and I thought that this might be my chance to try the ebay thing.

I paid $3.75 for 20 coupons which comes out at $.019 cents a piece. After all was said and done they arrived the DAY AFTER the sale was over. Most of the lateness was my fault as I didn't think to try ordering the coupons until Saturday in hopes that they would arrive on or before Tuesday's mail. They arrived in Wednesday's, so I can't put it against the person I paid to clip the coupons for me.

Well, now Broulim's has their McCormic spice Grinders on sale for $1.50 and now I have 20 $1.00 off coupons in my hand.

Here is the tricky part...do I use them now with the net cost being 69 cents each or hold out for a better sale with the risk that a good sale might NEVER hit before my coupons expire?!!! ( they expire June 30th)

Coupons!!!

I found this link, get yourself some free coupons mailed to you (they are P&G!!!). They won't be here in time for this sale, but you can have them around for the next one I am sure!!!

http://www.cascadeclean.com/en_US/specialoffers.do

Worth taking a trip for....

I am not listing deals that need a Red Plum coupon as it is highly unlikley anyone actually has any of them right now....

*Glaceau Vitamin water10 20 oz. FREE after coupon (look in the 4/5 Smart Saver insert)
*Duncan Hines brownie mix 19.2-19.9 oz. $0.65 after coupon ( lookin the 2/1 SS insert)
worth getting if you didn't hit the Ghidradelli deal in October
*Mission medium flour tortillas 8 ct. Limit 4 FREE after coupon (Requires in-ad store coupon. *1.00/1 printable at this link and this link )
*Kingsford Match Light charcoal $7.99.... 13.5 lb. THEN 6.00 off pork when you buy 1 Kingsford 13.5 lb. and 1 other product listed. (Includes Ball Park franks, see in-ad coupon.) If you were going to be buying meat anyway this would be like paying $1.99 for a BAG!!! My DH is anti-propane so this is VERY worth my time!


For the P&G promo look at this link: (items in the grey blocks)
http://www.pinchingyourpennies.com/coupons/store_sales.php?id=UT_Albertsons_Apr29_May05

P&G starts tommorrow!!!!

Albertson's is running their Proctor and Gamble in the morning!

This is the time to reallllly watch your stock on key items that are hard to find on sale (TIDE).

So the deal with P&G is:

Spend $20.00 on participating products and get $5.00 back on your NEXT purchase.

Check out the items on sale in the store @:
http://www.pinchingyourpennies.com/coupons/store_sales.php?id=UT_Albertsons_Apr29_May05

THEN there is a bonus apparently:

"P&G Smart Saver + Earn a coupon to save an ADDITIONAL $3 on 3 P&G products in your next shopping order when you purchase 3 participating items from the $5/$20 promo. $3 coupon is valid on your next purchase of 3 Bonus P&G products. Bonus products are: Bounty Basics, Charmin Basics, Crest Toothpaste, Gain, Herbal Essence, Joy or Pampers. Coupon prints at checkout when you purchase 3 participating products, and is valid on P&G products in your next shopping order." (quoted from the PYP web site)

Here is the complication to this sale. A lot of the coupons that are listed are RP (Red Plum) and right now in this area we are only getting SS (Smart Source) until July or so. The positive side is that on the LAST p&G sale there was an offer that if you mailed in receipts for $50.00 worth of product (before promo) then P&G sent you a savings booklet with over $120.00 worth of coupons in them. They are ALL high value coupons. They expire at different times in the year, but all of them can be used now, so it is up to you to decide if you think you can do better later in the year! Good luck!

Coupon Binders

"So what is the deal with that BINDER!?"

I get that one a lot. It is a school trapper-keeper type binder from a variety store. I bought a pretty deluxe one because it has file pockets, zipper pouches and all kinds of things that are really quite handy in the stores. What is in it? Coupons...in baseball card sleeves. Scissors, a calculator, a sharpie marker, and my lists for THAT shopping trip. I do NOT keep old recipts with me (way bulky) although I do go through them when I go home to see how my savings went.

The idea is to be organized, efficient, and fast. A big bulky mess is not going to save you any time, and might even make it so you miss a deal. Invest in a good one and if there is any feature you must make sure your binder has, make sure it has a ZIPPER!!! ( imagine 2,000 store coupons blowing in the beautiful Idaho wind because you dropped your binder - don't think it wouldn't happen!)

The following clip is from www.pinchingyourpennies.org, and contains a clip from www.youtube.com that a WONDERFUL moderator from PYP has posted. It may help you with your deciding how to handle all those coupons! Take a look! ....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcbs...feature=related

KS likes the baggie method. She researches her sale, then makes her list, along with the number of items she will be buying and puts the list, and coupons in a sandwich baggie and tucks it into his jeans and she is hands free to wrestle her kiddo (s) and shop without the bulk. The disadvantage to that is IF there is a good deal she missed, she has to return later with the coupons and do it again.

Both ways work just fine, it just depends on what you want out of your couponing.