Brooke Geery

Hipster Couponing

Ten Dollars at Target

There is some concern at that I am just "hoarding" at this point, but you say hoarding, I say stocking up. The truth is, I am buying things for the game of couponing, but I make it a point to ask myself with every purchase: is this something I will actually use. One thing I've noticed through my increased consumerism is that there are a lot of products out there that you don't really need and can easily live without, but they sure are nice to have. My latest Target trip last week included some of them, such as the bathroom wipes, which make it 100x easier to keep the…
Read More

I Hate Most Banks, Cellphone and Cable companies.

I've severed almost all ties to bloodsucking corporations over the past year. My top three categories of "predatory corporate evils one inevitably has to deal with as an on-the-grid adult" are banks, cable companies  and cellphone providers in that order. 1. Banks. A few months back, I abandoned Bank of America in favor of a local credit union that I'd say is about, oh, 1000000000000000x better. Haven't looked back. I only wish I made the jump sooner.  I'll be doing a more in depth blog post about how to save and even earn a lot of money by changing banks soon. 2. Cable Companies. I decided I didn't need cable…
Read More

Saucy Deal at Safeway!

Not too long ago I bought a bunch of Classico at Target because it was on sale for $1.88 and I had a bunch of $1/2 coupons. Imagine my embarrassment when this week's Safeway ad came out and with in ad coupon, jars were a mere $1.49 each! You might think I'd be out of coupons and/or stocked up on Classico, but it's possible I bought 15 of them on eBay and we really do go through a lot of the stuff so... I was driving by and I couldn't help myself. The in-ad coupon limited 6 though, which means I had one more slot on my doubler, which I…
Read More

Target Totally Free!

Today a hot $1 off Reach Dental Floss coupon hit the 'net and I've been meaning to start flossing more (ok, ever.) The coupon blogs told me single packs of Reach floss were regularly priced at $.89 at Target and between that and my $5 gift card from kitty litter, it was the excuse I needed to head over to Mall 205 and do some shopping. Overall the deals at Target this week were not exciting, but I did manage to get in and out without spending any real money, while also picking up a few things we actually needed, and still have a $.13 cent balance on my card.…
Read More

Albertsons for 88 Cents!

Last night Timbro threw down the gauntlet and challenged me to do a totally free shopping trip. While I've gotten plenty of items for free so far, I'm yet to walk out without paying anything because I have this pesky habit of buying things I actually need when I go shopping. Today though, I came pretty damn close at Albertsons spending $.88 out of pocket and saving $12.96 or 94%. I could have gotten out totally free, but we actually needed tortillas and they were on sale (with in ad coupon) for $.99, so I had to do it. I got: 2 loaves of Franz crushed wheat bread (regular $3.39,…
Read More

New to Me July 13, 2011

Thrift/vintage is somewhat of a cottage industry here in Portland. Options run the gamut between totally free stuff* that people around town leave on the sidewalk in boxes, to showing up at designated times for first dibs on bins full of junk&treasure at Goodwill, to standard thrift department stores, to curated collections of fine vintage threads and furniture that someone else found first (and admittedly had an eye for) and are offering to the public at a sometimes insane markup. *usually actual trash that should really be thrown out but people around here can't seem to bear the thought, occasionally something good Anyway, many useful things can be found through…
Read More

Target Trip- July 12, 2012

This week Target is offering a $5 gift card when you buy two bags of Purina catfood, which happened to have a $2 off coupon on Facebook (explaining my new facebook fandom) and I thought, hey, that seems like a pretty good deal. So I printed off my coupons and headed to Target today to get some. When I got there though, I realized the bags in question were 3lbs (tiny) making $5.59 each seem like not such a good deal. But I drove all the way there... and I figure Willis and Tyra are worth it, so I went for it. One of the keys to couponing is multiple…
Read More

Cheap Chapstick

Remember that Walgreens Register Reward I didn't know what to do with? Well, I actually put it to good use. I went snowboarding on Sunday and with summer snowboarding comes very chapped lips. I am really good at losing/washing Chapstick so I stopped at Walgreens in Sandy on the way up and picked up four sticks of Blistex (normally $1.69 each, on sale for $.99) and cashed in that $3.50. My total out of pocket (well actually out of the bottom of my purse) was $.46 and that's just smart shopping. Note: There are only 3 pictured. That's because I already managed to lose one. Duh.
Read More

Who Doesn’t Need More TP?

Walgreens is a harsh mistress when it comes to couponing, mainly cause they have some of the best deals, and get cleaned out quickly by other deal hungry shoppers, so I was half expecting to walk out empty handed on my mission for cheap toilet paper. But amazingly enough, the shelves were stocked with the 12 packs of Cottonelle I had coupons for and I grabbed the two I was after. Why two, you ask? Well the rumor was it would print a register reward if you bought two and hallelujah, it did, so I got $3.50 to use on a future purchase. All told I spent $9 out of…
Read More

Ten Dollars at Target

There is some concern at that I am just "hoarding" at this point, but you say hoarding, I say stocking up. The truth is, I am buying things for the game of couponing, but I make it a point to ask myself with every purchase: is this something I will actually use. One thing I've noticed through my increased consumerism is that there are a lot of products out there that you don't really need and can easily live without, but they sure are nice to have. My latest Target trip last week included some of them, such as the bathroom wipes, which make it 100x easier to keep the…
Read More

I Hate Most Banks, Cellphone and Cable companies.

I've severed almost all ties to bloodsucking corporations over the past year. My top three categories of "predatory corporate evils one inevitably has to deal with as an on-the-grid adult" are banks, cable companies  and cellphone providers in that order. 1. Banks. A few months back, I abandoned Bank of America in favor of a local credit union that I'd say is about, oh, 1000000000000000x better. Haven't looked back. I only wish I made the jump sooner.  I'll be doing a more in depth blog post about how to save and even earn a lot of money by changing banks soon. 2. Cable Companies. I decided I didn't need cable…
Read More

Saucy Deal at Safeway!

Not too long ago I bought a bunch of Classico at Target because it was on sale for $1.88 and I had a bunch of $1/2 coupons. Imagine my embarrassment when this week's Safeway ad came out and with in ad coupon, jars were a mere $1.49 each! You might think I'd be out of coupons and/or stocked up on Classico, but it's possible I bought 15 of them on eBay and we really do go through a lot of the stuff so... I was driving by and I couldn't help myself. The in-ad coupon limited 6 though, which means I had one more slot on my doubler, which I…
Read More

Target Totally Free!

Today a hot $1 off Reach Dental Floss coupon hit the 'net and I've been meaning to start flossing more (ok, ever.) The coupon blogs told me single packs of Reach floss were regularly priced at $.89 at Target and between that and my $5 gift card from kitty litter, it was the excuse I needed to head over to Mall 205 and do some shopping. Overall the deals at Target this week were not exciting, but I did manage to get in and out without spending any real money, while also picking up a few things we actually needed, and still have a $.13 cent balance on my card.…
Read More

Albertsons for 88 Cents!

Last night Timbro threw down the gauntlet and challenged me to do a totally free shopping trip. While I've gotten plenty of items for free so far, I'm yet to walk out without paying anything because I have this pesky habit of buying things I actually need when I go shopping. Today though, I came pretty damn close at Albertsons spending $.88 out of pocket and saving $12.96 or 94%. I could have gotten out totally free, but we actually needed tortillas and they were on sale (with in ad coupon) for $.99, so I had to do it. I got: 2 loaves of Franz crushed wheat bread (regular $3.39,…
Read More

New to Me July 13, 2011

Thrift/vintage is somewhat of a cottage industry here in Portland. Options run the gamut between totally free stuff* that people around town leave on the sidewalk in boxes, to showing up at designated times for first dibs on bins full of junk&treasure at Goodwill, to standard thrift department stores, to curated collections of fine vintage threads and furniture that someone else found first (and admittedly had an eye for) and are offering to the public at a sometimes insane markup. *usually actual trash that should really be thrown out but people around here can't seem to bear the thought, occasionally something good Anyway, many useful things can be found through…
Read More

Target Trip- July 12, 2012

This week Target is offering a $5 gift card when you buy two bags of Purina catfood, which happened to have a $2 off coupon on Facebook (explaining my new facebook fandom) and I thought, hey, that seems like a pretty good deal. So I printed off my coupons and headed to Target today to get some. When I got there though, I realized the bags in question were 3lbs (tiny) making $5.59 each seem like not such a good deal. But I drove all the way there... and I figure Willis and Tyra are worth it, so I went for it. One of the keys to couponing is multiple…
Read More

Cheap Chapstick

Remember that Walgreens Register Reward I didn't know what to do with? Well, I actually put it to good use. I went snowboarding on Sunday and with summer snowboarding comes very chapped lips. I am really good at losing/washing Chapstick so I stopped at Walgreens in Sandy on the way up and picked up four sticks of Blistex (normally $1.69 each, on sale for $.99) and cashed in that $3.50. My total out of pocket (well actually out of the bottom of my purse) was $.46 and that's just smart shopping. Note: There are only 3 pictured. That's because I already managed to lose one. Duh.
Read More

Who Doesn’t Need More TP?

Walgreens is a harsh mistress when it comes to couponing, mainly cause they have some of the best deals, and get cleaned out quickly by other deal hungry shoppers, so I was half expecting to walk out empty handed on my mission for cheap toilet paper. But amazingly enough, the shelves were stocked with the 12 packs of Cottonelle I had coupons for and I grabbed the two I was after. Why two, you ask? Well the rumor was it would print a register reward if you bought two and hallelujah, it did, so I got $3.50 to use on a future purchase. All told I spent $9 out of…
Read More

Ten Dollars at Target

There is some concern at that I am just "hoarding" at this point, but you say hoarding, I say stocking up. The truth is, I am buying things for the game of couponing, but I make it a point to ask myself with every purchase: is this something I will actually use. One thing I've noticed through my increased consumerism is that there are a lot of products out there that you don't really need and can easily live without, but they sure are nice to have. My latest Target trip last week included some of them, such as the bathroom wipes, which make it 100x easier to keep the…
Read More

I Hate Most Banks, Cellphone and Cable companies.

I've severed almost all ties to bloodsucking corporations over the past year. My top three categories of "predatory corporate evils one inevitably has to deal with as an on-the-grid adult" are banks, cable companies  and cellphone providers in that order. 1. Banks. A few months back, I abandoned Bank of America in favor of a local credit union that I'd say is about, oh, 1000000000000000x better. Haven't looked back. I only wish I made the jump sooner.  I'll be doing a more in depth blog post about how to save and even earn a lot of money by changing banks soon. 2. Cable Companies. I decided I didn't need cable…
Read More

Saucy Deal at Safeway!

Not too long ago I bought a bunch of Classico at Target because it was on sale for $1.88 and I had a bunch of $1/2 coupons. Imagine my embarrassment when this week's Safeway ad came out and with in ad coupon, jars were a mere $1.49 each! You might think I'd be out of coupons and/or stocked up on Classico, but it's possible I bought 15 of them on eBay and we really do go through a lot of the stuff so... I was driving by and I couldn't help myself. The in-ad coupon limited 6 though, which means I had one more slot on my doubler, which I…
Read More

Target Totally Free!

Today a hot $1 off Reach Dental Floss coupon hit the 'net and I've been meaning to start flossing more (ok, ever.) The coupon blogs told me single packs of Reach floss were regularly priced at $.89 at Target and between that and my $5 gift card from kitty litter, it was the excuse I needed to head over to Mall 205 and do some shopping. Overall the deals at Target this week were not exciting, but I did manage to get in and out without spending any real money, while also picking up a few things we actually needed, and still have a $.13 cent balance on my card.…
Read More

Albertsons for 88 Cents!

Last night Timbro threw down the gauntlet and challenged me to do a totally free shopping trip. While I've gotten plenty of items for free so far, I'm yet to walk out without paying anything because I have this pesky habit of buying things I actually need when I go shopping. Today though, I came pretty damn close at Albertsons spending $.88 out of pocket and saving $12.96 or 94%. I could have gotten out totally free, but we actually needed tortillas and they were on sale (with in ad coupon) for $.99, so I had to do it. I got: 2 loaves of Franz crushed wheat bread (regular $3.39,…
Read More

New to Me July 13, 2011

Thrift/vintage is somewhat of a cottage industry here in Portland. Options run the gamut between totally free stuff* that people around town leave on the sidewalk in boxes, to showing up at designated times for first dibs on bins full of junk&treasure at Goodwill, to standard thrift department stores, to curated collections of fine vintage threads and furniture that someone else found first (and admittedly had an eye for) and are offering to the public at a sometimes insane markup. *usually actual trash that should really be thrown out but people around here can't seem to bear the thought, occasionally something good Anyway, many useful things can be found through…
Read More

Target Trip- July 12, 2012

This week Target is offering a $5 gift card when you buy two bags of Purina catfood, which happened to have a $2 off coupon on Facebook (explaining my new facebook fandom) and I thought, hey, that seems like a pretty good deal. So I printed off my coupons and headed to Target today to get some. When I got there though, I realized the bags in question were 3lbs (tiny) making $5.59 each seem like not such a good deal. But I drove all the way there... and I figure Willis and Tyra are worth it, so I went for it. One of the keys to couponing is multiple…
Read More

Cheap Chapstick

Remember that Walgreens Register Reward I didn't know what to do with? Well, I actually put it to good use. I went snowboarding on Sunday and with summer snowboarding comes very chapped lips. I am really good at losing/washing Chapstick so I stopped at Walgreens in Sandy on the way up and picked up four sticks of Blistex (normally $1.69 each, on sale for $.99) and cashed in that $3.50. My total out of pocket (well actually out of the bottom of my purse) was $.46 and that's just smart shopping. Note: There are only 3 pictured. That's because I already managed to lose one. Duh.
Read More

Who Doesn’t Need More TP?

Walgreens is a harsh mistress when it comes to couponing, mainly cause they have some of the best deals, and get cleaned out quickly by other deal hungry shoppers, so I was half expecting to walk out empty handed on my mission for cheap toilet paper. But amazingly enough, the shelves were stocked with the 12 packs of Cottonelle I had coupons for and I grabbed the two I was after. Why two, you ask? Well the rumor was it would print a register reward if you bought two and hallelujah, it did, so I got $3.50 to use on a future purchase. All told I spent $9 out of…
Read More

Ten Dollars at Target

There is some concern at that I am just "hoarding" at this point, but you say hoarding, I say stocking up. The truth is, I am buying things for the game of couponing, but I make it a point to ask myself with every purchase: is this something I will actually use. One thing I've noticed through my increased consumerism is that there are a lot of products out there that you don't really need and can easily live without, but they sure are nice to have. My latest Target trip last week included some of them, such as the bathroom wipes, which make it 100x easier to keep the…
Read More

I Hate Most Banks, Cellphone and Cable companies.

I've severed almost all ties to bloodsucking corporations over the past year. My top three categories of "predatory corporate evils one inevitably has to deal with as an on-the-grid adult" are banks, cable companies  and cellphone providers in that order. 1. Banks. A few months back, I abandoned Bank of America in favor of a local credit union that I'd say is about, oh, 1000000000000000x better. Haven't looked back. I only wish I made the jump sooner.  I'll be doing a more in depth blog post about how to save and even earn a lot of money by changing banks soon. 2. Cable Companies. I decided I didn't need cable…
Read More

Saucy Deal at Safeway!

Not too long ago I bought a bunch of Classico at Target because it was on sale for $1.88 and I had a bunch of $1/2 coupons. Imagine my embarrassment when this week's Safeway ad came out and with in ad coupon, jars were a mere $1.49 each! You might think I'd be out of coupons and/or stocked up on Classico, but it's possible I bought 15 of them on eBay and we really do go through a lot of the stuff so... I was driving by and I couldn't help myself. The in-ad coupon limited 6 though, which means I had one more slot on my doubler, which I…
Read More

Target Totally Free!

Today a hot $1 off Reach Dental Floss coupon hit the 'net and I've been meaning to start flossing more (ok, ever.) The coupon blogs told me single packs of Reach floss were regularly priced at $.89 at Target and between that and my $5 gift card from kitty litter, it was the excuse I needed to head over to Mall 205 and do some shopping. Overall the deals at Target this week were not exciting, but I did manage to get in and out without spending any real money, while also picking up a few things we actually needed, and still have a $.13 cent balance on my card.…
Read More

Albertsons for 88 Cents!

Last night Timbro threw down the gauntlet and challenged me to do a totally free shopping trip. While I've gotten plenty of items for free so far, I'm yet to walk out without paying anything because I have this pesky habit of buying things I actually need when I go shopping. Today though, I came pretty damn close at Albertsons spending $.88 out of pocket and saving $12.96 or 94%. I could have gotten out totally free, but we actually needed tortillas and they were on sale (with in ad coupon) for $.99, so I had to do it. I got: 2 loaves of Franz crushed wheat bread (regular $3.39,…
Read More

New to Me July 13, 2011

Thrift/vintage is somewhat of a cottage industry here in Portland. Options run the gamut between totally free stuff* that people around town leave on the sidewalk in boxes, to showing up at designated times for first dibs on bins full of junk&treasure at Goodwill, to standard thrift department stores, to curated collections of fine vintage threads and furniture that someone else found first (and admittedly had an eye for) and are offering to the public at a sometimes insane markup. *usually actual trash that should really be thrown out but people around here can't seem to bear the thought, occasionally something good Anyway, many useful things can be found through…
Read More

Target Trip- July 12, 2012

This week Target is offering a $5 gift card when you buy two bags of Purina catfood, which happened to have a $2 off coupon on Facebook (explaining my new facebook fandom) and I thought, hey, that seems like a pretty good deal. So I printed off my coupons and headed to Target today to get some. When I got there though, I realized the bags in question were 3lbs (tiny) making $5.59 each seem like not such a good deal. But I drove all the way there... and I figure Willis and Tyra are worth it, so I went for it. One of the keys to couponing is multiple…
Read More

Cheap Chapstick

Remember that Walgreens Register Reward I didn't know what to do with? Well, I actually put it to good use. I went snowboarding on Sunday and with summer snowboarding comes very chapped lips. I am really good at losing/washing Chapstick so I stopped at Walgreens in Sandy on the way up and picked up four sticks of Blistex (normally $1.69 each, on sale for $.99) and cashed in that $3.50. My total out of pocket (well actually out of the bottom of my purse) was $.46 and that's just smart shopping. Note: There are only 3 pictured. That's because I already managed to lose one. Duh.
Read More

Who Doesn’t Need More TP?

Walgreens is a harsh mistress when it comes to couponing, mainly cause they have some of the best deals, and get cleaned out quickly by other deal hungry shoppers, so I was half expecting to walk out empty handed on my mission for cheap toilet paper. But amazingly enough, the shelves were stocked with the 12 packs of Cottonelle I had coupons for and I grabbed the two I was after. Why two, you ask? Well the rumor was it would print a register reward if you bought two and hallelujah, it did, so I got $3.50 to use on a future purchase. All told I spent $9 out of…
Read More

Ten Dollars at Target

There is some concern at that I am just "hoarding" at this point, but you say hoarding, I say stocking up. The truth is, I am buying things for the game of couponing, but I make it a point to ask myself with every purchase: is this something I will actually use. One thing I've noticed through my increased consumerism is that there are a lot of products out there that you don't really need and can easily live without, but they sure are nice to have. My latest Target trip last week included some of them, such as the bathroom wipes, which make it 100x easier to keep the…
Read More

I Hate Most Banks, Cellphone and Cable companies.

I've severed almost all ties to bloodsucking corporations over the past year. My top three categories of "predatory corporate evils one inevitably has to deal with as an on-the-grid adult" are banks, cable companies  and cellphone providers in that order. 1. Banks. A few months back, I abandoned Bank of America in favor of a local credit union that I'd say is about, oh, 1000000000000000x better. Haven't looked back. I only wish I made the jump sooner.  I'll be doing a more in depth blog post about how to save and even earn a lot of money by changing banks soon. 2. Cable Companies. I decided I didn't need cable…
Read More

Saucy Deal at Safeway!

Not too long ago I bought a bunch of Classico at Target because it was on sale for $1.88 and I had a bunch of $1/2 coupons. Imagine my embarrassment when this week's Safeway ad came out and with in ad coupon, jars were a mere $1.49 each! You might think I'd be out of coupons and/or stocked up on Classico, but it's possible I bought 15 of them on eBay and we really do go through a lot of the stuff so... I was driving by and I couldn't help myself. The in-ad coupon limited 6 though, which means I had one more slot on my doubler, which I…
Read More

Target Totally Free!

Today a hot $1 off Reach Dental Floss coupon hit the 'net and I've been meaning to start flossing more (ok, ever.) The coupon blogs told me single packs of Reach floss were regularly priced at $.89 at Target and between that and my $5 gift card from kitty litter, it was the excuse I needed to head over to Mall 205 and do some shopping. Overall the deals at Target this week were not exciting, but I did manage to get in and out without spending any real money, while also picking up a few things we actually needed, and still have a $.13 cent balance on my card.…
Read More

Albertsons for 88 Cents!

Last night Timbro threw down the gauntlet and challenged me to do a totally free shopping trip. While I've gotten plenty of items for free so far, I'm yet to walk out without paying anything because I have this pesky habit of buying things I actually need when I go shopping. Today though, I came pretty damn close at Albertsons spending $.88 out of pocket and saving $12.96 or 94%. I could have gotten out totally free, but we actually needed tortillas and they were on sale (with in ad coupon) for $.99, so I had to do it. I got: 2 loaves of Franz crushed wheat bread (regular $3.39,…
Read More

New to Me July 13, 2011

Thrift/vintage is somewhat of a cottage industry here in Portland. Options run the gamut between totally free stuff* that people around town leave on the sidewalk in boxes, to showing up at designated times for first dibs on bins full of junk&treasure at Goodwill, to standard thrift department stores, to curated collections of fine vintage threads and furniture that someone else found first (and admittedly had an eye for) and are offering to the public at a sometimes insane markup. *usually actual trash that should really be thrown out but people around here can't seem to bear the thought, occasionally something good Anyway, many useful things can be found through…
Read More

Target Trip- July 12, 2012

This week Target is offering a $5 gift card when you buy two bags of Purina catfood, which happened to have a $2 off coupon on Facebook (explaining my new facebook fandom) and I thought, hey, that seems like a pretty good deal. So I printed off my coupons and headed to Target today to get some. When I got there though, I realized the bags in question were 3lbs (tiny) making $5.59 each seem like not such a good deal. But I drove all the way there... and I figure Willis and Tyra are worth it, so I went for it. One of the keys to couponing is multiple…
Read More

Cheap Chapstick

Remember that Walgreens Register Reward I didn't know what to do with? Well, I actually put it to good use. I went snowboarding on Sunday and with summer snowboarding comes very chapped lips. I am really good at losing/washing Chapstick so I stopped at Walgreens in Sandy on the way up and picked up four sticks of Blistex (normally $1.69 each, on sale for $.99) and cashed in that $3.50. My total out of pocket (well actually out of the bottom of my purse) was $.46 and that's just smart shopping. Note: There are only 3 pictured. That's because I already managed to lose one. Duh.
Read More

Who Doesn’t Need More TP?

Walgreens is a harsh mistress when it comes to couponing, mainly cause they have some of the best deals, and get cleaned out quickly by other deal hungry shoppers, so I was half expecting to walk out empty handed on my mission for cheap toilet paper. But amazingly enough, the shelves were stocked with the 12 packs of Cottonelle I had coupons for and I grabbed the two I was after. Why two, you ask? Well the rumor was it would print a register reward if you bought two and hallelujah, it did, so I got $3.50 to use on a future purchase. All told I spent $9 out of…
Read More

Ten Dollars at Target

There is some concern at that I am just "hoarding" at this point, but you say hoarding, I say stocking up. The truth is, I am buying things for the game of couponing, but I make it a point to ask myself with every purchase: is this something I will actually use. One thing I've noticed through my increased consumerism is that there are a lot of products out there that you don't really need and can easily live without, but they sure are nice to have. My latest Target trip last week included some of them, such as the bathroom wipes, which make it 100x easier to keep the…
Read More

I Hate Most Banks, Cellphone and Cable companies.

I've severed almost all ties to bloodsucking corporations over the past year. My top three categories of "predatory corporate evils one inevitably has to deal with as an on-the-grid adult" are banks, cable companies  and cellphone providers in that order. 1. Banks. A few months back, I abandoned Bank of America in favor of a local credit union that I'd say is about, oh, 1000000000000000x better. Haven't looked back. I only wish I made the jump sooner.  I'll be doing a more in depth blog post about how to save and even earn a lot of money by changing banks soon. 2. Cable Companies. I decided I didn't need cable…
Read More

Saucy Deal at Safeway!

Not too long ago I bought a bunch of Classico at Target because it was on sale for $1.88 and I had a bunch of $1/2 coupons. Imagine my embarrassment when this week's Safeway ad came out and with in ad coupon, jars were a mere $1.49 each! You might think I'd be out of coupons and/or stocked up on Classico, but it's possible I bought 15 of them on eBay and we really do go through a lot of the stuff so... I was driving by and I couldn't help myself. The in-ad coupon limited 6 though, which means I had one more slot on my doubler, which I…
Read More

Target Totally Free!

Today a hot $1 off Reach Dental Floss coupon hit the 'net and I've been meaning to start flossing more (ok, ever.) The coupon blogs told me single packs of Reach floss were regularly priced at $.89 at Target and between that and my $5 gift card from kitty litter, it was the excuse I needed to head over to Mall 205 and do some shopping. Overall the deals at Target this week were not exciting, but I did manage to get in and out without spending any real money, while also picking up a few things we actually needed, and still have a $.13 cent balance on my card.…
Read More

Albertsons for 88 Cents!

Last night Timbro threw down the gauntlet and challenged me to do a totally free shopping trip. While I've gotten plenty of items for free so far, I'm yet to walk out without paying anything because I have this pesky habit of buying things I actually need when I go shopping. Today though, I came pretty damn close at Albertsons spending $.88 out of pocket and saving $12.96 or 94%. I could have gotten out totally free, but we actually needed tortillas and they were on sale (with in ad coupon) for $.99, so I had to do it. I got: 2 loaves of Franz crushed wheat bread (regular $3.39,…
Read More

New to Me July 13, 2011

Thrift/vintage is somewhat of a cottage industry here in Portland. Options run the gamut between totally free stuff* that people around town leave on the sidewalk in boxes, to showing up at designated times for first dibs on bins full of junk&treasure at Goodwill, to standard thrift department stores, to curated collections of fine vintage threads and furniture that someone else found first (and admittedly had an eye for) and are offering to the public at a sometimes insane markup. *usually actual trash that should really be thrown out but people around here can't seem to bear the thought, occasionally something good Anyway, many useful things can be found through…
Read More

Target Trip- July 12, 2012

This week Target is offering a $5 gift card when you buy two bags of Purina catfood, which happened to have a $2 off coupon on Facebook (explaining my new facebook fandom) and I thought, hey, that seems like a pretty good deal. So I printed off my coupons and headed to Target today to get some. When I got there though, I realized the bags in question were 3lbs (tiny) making $5.59 each seem like not such a good deal. But I drove all the way there... and I figure Willis and Tyra are worth it, so I went for it. One of the keys to couponing is multiple…
Read More

Cheap Chapstick

Remember that Walgreens Register Reward I didn't know what to do with? Well, I actually put it to good use. I went snowboarding on Sunday and with summer snowboarding comes very chapped lips. I am really good at losing/washing Chapstick so I stopped at Walgreens in Sandy on the way up and picked up four sticks of Blistex (normally $1.69 each, on sale for $.99) and cashed in that $3.50. My total out of pocket (well actually out of the bottom of my purse) was $.46 and that's just smart shopping. Note: There are only 3 pictured. That's because I already managed to lose one. Duh.
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Who Doesn’t Need More TP?

Walgreens is a harsh mistress when it comes to couponing, mainly cause they have some of the best deals, and get cleaned out quickly by other deal hungry shoppers, so I was half expecting to walk out empty handed on my mission for cheap toilet paper. But amazingly enough, the shelves were stocked with the 12 packs of Cottonelle I had coupons for and I grabbed the two I was after. Why two, you ask? Well the rumor was it would print a register reward if you bought two and hallelujah, it did, so I got $3.50 to use on a future purchase. All told I spent $9 out of…
Read More

Ten Dollars at Target

There is some concern at that I am just "hoarding" at this point, but you say hoarding, I say stocking up. The truth is, I am buying things for the game of couponing, but I make it a point to ask myself with every purchase: is this something I will actually use. One thing I've noticed through my increased consumerism is that there are a lot of products out there that you don't really need and can easily live without, but they sure are nice to have. My latest Target trip last week included some of them, such as the bathroom wipes, which make it 100x easier to keep the…
Read More

I Hate Most Banks, Cellphone and Cable companies.

I've severed almost all ties to bloodsucking corporations over the past year. My top three categories of "predatory corporate evils one inevitably has to deal with as an on-the-grid adult" are banks, cable companies  and cellphone providers in that order. 1. Banks. A few months back, I abandoned Bank of America in favor of a local credit union that I'd say is about, oh, 1000000000000000x better. Haven't looked back. I only wish I made the jump sooner.  I'll be doing a more in depth blog post about how to save and even earn a lot of money by changing banks soon. 2. Cable Companies. I decided I didn't need cable…
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Saucy Deal at Safeway!

Not too long ago I bought a bunch of Classico at Target because it was on sale for $1.88 and I had a bunch of $1/2 coupons. Imagine my embarrassment when this week's Safeway ad came out and with in ad coupon, jars were a mere $1.49 each! You might think I'd be out of coupons and/or stocked up on Classico, but it's possible I bought 15 of them on eBay and we really do go through a lot of the stuff so... I was driving by and I couldn't help myself. The in-ad coupon limited 6 though, which means I had one more slot on my doubler, which I…
Read More

Target Totally Free!

Today a hot $1 off Reach Dental Floss coupon hit the 'net and I've been meaning to start flossing more (ok, ever.) The coupon blogs told me single packs of Reach floss were regularly priced at $.89 at Target and between that and my $5 gift card from kitty litter, it was the excuse I needed to head over to Mall 205 and do some shopping. Overall the deals at Target this week were not exciting, but I did manage to get in and out without spending any real money, while also picking up a few things we actually needed, and still have a $.13 cent balance on my card.…
Read More

Albertsons for 88 Cents!

Last night Timbro threw down the gauntlet and challenged me to do a totally free shopping trip. While I've gotten plenty of items for free so far, I'm yet to walk out without paying anything because I have this pesky habit of buying things I actually need when I go shopping. Today though, I came pretty damn close at Albertsons spending $.88 out of pocket and saving $12.96 or 94%. I could have gotten out totally free, but we actually needed tortillas and they were on sale (with in ad coupon) for $.99, so I had to do it. I got: 2 loaves of Franz crushed wheat bread (regular $3.39,…
Read More

New to Me July 13, 2011

Thrift/vintage is somewhat of a cottage industry here in Portland. Options run the gamut between totally free stuff* that people around town leave on the sidewalk in boxes, to showing up at designated times for first dibs on bins full of junk&treasure at Goodwill, to standard thrift department stores, to curated collections of fine vintage threads and furniture that someone else found first (and admittedly had an eye for) and are offering to the public at a sometimes insane markup. *usually actual trash that should really be thrown out but people around here can't seem to bear the thought, occasionally something good Anyway, many useful things can be found through…
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Target Trip- July 12, 2012

This week Target is offering a $5 gift card when you buy two bags of Purina catfood, which happened to have a $2 off coupon on Facebook (explaining my new facebook fandom) and I thought, hey, that seems like a pretty good deal. So I printed off my coupons and headed to Target today to get some. When I got there though, I realized the bags in question were 3lbs (tiny) making $5.59 each seem like not such a good deal. But I drove all the way there... and I figure Willis and Tyra are worth it, so I went for it. One of the keys to couponing is multiple…
Read More

Cheap Chapstick

Remember that Walgreens Register Reward I didn't know what to do with? Well, I actually put it to good use. I went snowboarding on Sunday and with summer snowboarding comes very chapped lips. I am really good at losing/washing Chapstick so I stopped at Walgreens in Sandy on the way up and picked up four sticks of Blistex (normally $1.69 each, on sale for $.99) and cashed in that $3.50. My total out of pocket (well actually out of the bottom of my purse) was $.46 and that's just smart shopping. Note: There are only 3 pictured. That's because I already managed to lose one. Duh.
Read More

Who Doesn’t Need More TP?

Walgreens is a harsh mistress when it comes to couponing, mainly cause they have some of the best deals, and get cleaned out quickly by other deal hungry shoppers, so I was half expecting to walk out empty handed on my mission for cheap toilet paper. But amazingly enough, the shelves were stocked with the 12 packs of Cottonelle I had coupons for and I grabbed the two I was after. Why two, you ask? Well the rumor was it would print a register reward if you bought two and hallelujah, it did, so I got $3.50 to use on a future purchase. All told I spent $9 out of…
Read More

Ten Dollars at Target

There is some concern at that I am just "hoarding" at this point, but you say hoarding, I say stocking up. The truth is, I am buying things for the game of couponing, but I make it a point to ask myself with every purchase: is this something I will actually use. One thing I've noticed through my increased consumerism is that there are a lot of products out there that you don't really need and can easily live without, but they sure are nice to have. My latest Target trip last week included some of them, such as the bathroom wipes, which make it 100x easier to keep the…
Read More

I Hate Most Banks, Cellphone and Cable companies.

I've severed almost all ties to bloodsucking corporations over the past year. My top three categories of "predatory corporate evils one inevitably has to deal with as an on-the-grid adult" are banks, cable companies  and cellphone providers in that order. 1. Banks. A few months back, I abandoned Bank of America in favor of a local credit union that I'd say is about, oh, 1000000000000000x better. Haven't looked back. I only wish I made the jump sooner.  I'll be doing a more in depth blog post about how to save and even earn a lot of money by changing banks soon. 2. Cable Companies. I decided I didn't need cable…
Read More

Saucy Deal at Safeway!

Not too long ago I bought a bunch of Classico at Target because it was on sale for $1.88 and I had a bunch of $1/2 coupons. Imagine my embarrassment when this week's Safeway ad came out and with in ad coupon, jars were a mere $1.49 each! You might think I'd be out of coupons and/or stocked up on Classico, but it's possible I bought 15 of them on eBay and we really do go through a lot of the stuff so... I was driving by and I couldn't help myself. The in-ad coupon limited 6 though, which means I had one more slot on my doubler, which I…
Read More

Target Totally Free!

Today a hot $1 off Reach Dental Floss coupon hit the 'net and I've been meaning to start flossing more (ok, ever.) The coupon blogs told me single packs of Reach floss were regularly priced at $.89 at Target and between that and my $5 gift card from kitty litter, it was the excuse I needed to head over to Mall 205 and do some shopping. Overall the deals at Target this week were not exciting, but I did manage to get in and out without spending any real money, while also picking up a few things we actually needed, and still have a $.13 cent balance on my card.…
Read More

Albertsons for 88 Cents!

Last night Timbro threw down the gauntlet and challenged me to do a totally free shopping trip. While I've gotten plenty of items for free so far, I'm yet to walk out without paying anything because I have this pesky habit of buying things I actually need when I go shopping. Today though, I came pretty damn close at Albertsons spending $.88 out of pocket and saving $12.96 or 94%. I could have gotten out totally free, but we actually needed tortillas and they were on sale (with in ad coupon) for $.99, so I had to do it. I got: 2 loaves of Franz crushed wheat bread (regular $3.39,…
Read More

New to Me July 13, 2011

Thrift/vintage is somewhat of a cottage industry here in Portland. Options run the gamut between totally free stuff* that people around town leave on the sidewalk in boxes, to showing up at designated times for first dibs on bins full of junk&treasure at Goodwill, to standard thrift department stores, to curated collections of fine vintage threads and furniture that someone else found first (and admittedly had an eye for) and are offering to the public at a sometimes insane markup. *usually actual trash that should really be thrown out but people around here can't seem to bear the thought, occasionally something good Anyway, many useful things can be found through…
Read More

Target Trip- July 12, 2012

This week Target is offering a $5 gift card when you buy two bags of Purina catfood, which happened to have a $2 off coupon on Facebook (explaining my new facebook fandom) and I thought, hey, that seems like a pretty good deal. So I printed off my coupons and headed to Target today to get some. When I got there though, I realized the bags in question were 3lbs (tiny) making $5.59 each seem like not such a good deal. But I drove all the way there... and I figure Willis and Tyra are worth it, so I went for it. One of the keys to couponing is multiple…
Read More

Cheap Chapstick

Remember that Walgreens Register Reward I didn't know what to do with? Well, I actually put it to good use. I went snowboarding on Sunday and with summer snowboarding comes very chapped lips. I am really good at losing/washing Chapstick so I stopped at Walgreens in Sandy on the way up and picked up four sticks of Blistex (normally $1.69 each, on sale for $.99) and cashed in that $3.50. My total out of pocket (well actually out of the bottom of my purse) was $.46 and that's just smart shopping. Note: There are only 3 pictured. That's because I already managed to lose one. Duh.
Read More

Who Doesn’t Need More TP?

Walgreens is a harsh mistress when it comes to couponing, mainly cause they have some of the best deals, and get cleaned out quickly by other deal hungry shoppers, so I was half expecting to walk out empty handed on my mission for cheap toilet paper. But amazingly enough, the shelves were stocked with the 12 packs of Cottonelle I had coupons for and I grabbed the two I was after. Why two, you ask? Well the rumor was it would print a register reward if you bought two and hallelujah, it did, so I got $3.50 to use on a future purchase. All told I spent $9 out of…
Read More

Ten Dollars at Target

There is some concern at that I am just "hoarding" at this point, but you say hoarding, I say stocking up. The truth is, I am buying things for the game of couponing, but I make it a point to ask myself with every purchase: is this something I will actually use. One thing I've noticed through my increased consumerism is that there are a lot of products out there that you don't really need and can easily live without, but they sure are nice to have. My latest Target trip last week included some of them, such as the bathroom wipes, which make it 100x easier to keep the…
Read More

I Hate Most Banks, Cellphone and Cable companies.

I've severed almost all ties to bloodsucking corporations over the past year. My top three categories of "predatory corporate evils one inevitably has to deal with as an on-the-grid adult" are banks, cable companies  and cellphone providers in that order. 1. Banks. A few months back, I abandoned Bank of America in favor of a local credit union that I'd say is about, oh, 1000000000000000x better. Haven't looked back. I only wish I made the jump sooner.  I'll be doing a more in depth blog post about how to save and even earn a lot of money by changing banks soon. 2. Cable Companies. I decided I didn't need cable…
Read More

Saucy Deal at Safeway!

Not too long ago I bought a bunch of Classico at Target because it was on sale for $1.88 and I had a bunch of $1/2 coupons. Imagine my embarrassment when this week's Safeway ad came out and with in ad coupon, jars were a mere $1.49 each! You might think I'd be out of coupons and/or stocked up on Classico, but it's possible I bought 15 of them on eBay and we really do go through a lot of the stuff so... I was driving by and I couldn't help myself. The in-ad coupon limited 6 though, which means I had one more slot on my doubler, which I…
Read More

Target Totally Free!

Today a hot $1 off Reach Dental Floss coupon hit the 'net and I've been meaning to start flossing more (ok, ever.) The coupon blogs told me single packs of Reach floss were regularly priced at $.89 at Target and between that and my $5 gift card from kitty litter, it was the excuse I needed to head over to Mall 205 and do some shopping. Overall the deals at Target this week were not exciting, but I did manage to get in and out without spending any real money, while also picking up a few things we actually needed, and still have a $.13 cent balance on my card.…
Read More

Albertsons for 88 Cents!

Last night Timbro threw down the gauntlet and challenged me to do a totally free shopping trip. While I've gotten plenty of items for free so far, I'm yet to walk out without paying anything because I have this pesky habit of buying things I actually need when I go shopping. Today though, I came pretty damn close at Albertsons spending $.88 out of pocket and saving $12.96 or 94%. I could have gotten out totally free, but we actually needed tortillas and they were on sale (with in ad coupon) for $.99, so I had to do it. I got: 2 loaves of Franz crushed wheat bread (regular $3.39,…
Read More

New to Me July 13, 2011

Thrift/vintage is somewhat of a cottage industry here in Portland. Options run the gamut between totally free stuff* that people around town leave on the sidewalk in boxes, to showing up at designated times for first dibs on bins full of junk&treasure at Goodwill, to standard thrift department stores, to curated collections of fine vintage threads and furniture that someone else found first (and admittedly had an eye for) and are offering to the public at a sometimes insane markup. *usually actual trash that should really be thrown out but people around here can't seem to bear the thought, occasionally something good Anyway, many useful things can be found through…
Read More

Target Trip- July 12, 2012

This week Target is offering a $5 gift card when you buy two bags of Purina catfood, which happened to have a $2 off coupon on Facebook (explaining my new facebook fandom) and I thought, hey, that seems like a pretty good deal. So I printed off my coupons and headed to Target today to get some. When I got there though, I realized the bags in question were 3lbs (tiny) making $5.59 each seem like not such a good deal. But I drove all the way there... and I figure Willis and Tyra are worth it, so I went for it. One of the keys to couponing is multiple…
Read More

Cheap Chapstick

Remember that Walgreens Register Reward I didn't know what to do with? Well, I actually put it to good use. I went snowboarding on Sunday and with summer snowboarding comes very chapped lips. I am really good at losing/washing Chapstick so I stopped at Walgreens in Sandy on the way up and picked up four sticks of Blistex (normally $1.69 each, on sale for $.99) and cashed in that $3.50. My total out of pocket (well actually out of the bottom of my purse) was $.46 and that's just smart shopping. Note: There are only 3 pictured. That's because I already managed to lose one. Duh.
Read More

Who Doesn’t Need More TP?

Walgreens is a harsh mistress when it comes to couponing, mainly cause they have some of the best deals, and get cleaned out quickly by other deal hungry shoppers, so I was half expecting to walk out empty handed on my mission for cheap toilet paper. But amazingly enough, the shelves were stocked with the 12 packs of Cottonelle I had coupons for and I grabbed the two I was after. Why two, you ask? Well the rumor was it would print a register reward if you bought two and hallelujah, it did, so I got $3.50 to use on a future purchase. All told I spent $9 out of…
Read More

Ten Dollars at Target

There is some concern at that I am just "hoarding" at this point, but you say hoarding, I say stocking up. The truth is, I am buying things for the game of couponing, but I make it a point to ask myself with every purchase: is this something I will actually use. One thing I've noticed through my increased consumerism is that there are a lot of products out there that you don't really need and can easily live without, but they sure are nice to have. My latest Target trip last week included some of them, such as the bathroom wipes, which make it 100x easier to keep the…
Read More

I Hate Most Banks, Cellphone and Cable companies.

I've severed almost all ties to bloodsucking corporations over the past year. My top three categories of "predatory corporate evils one inevitably has to deal with as an on-the-grid adult" are banks, cable companies  and cellphone providers in that order. 1. Banks. A few months back, I abandoned Bank of America in favor of a local credit union that I'd say is about, oh, 1000000000000000x better. Haven't looked back. I only wish I made the jump sooner.  I'll be doing a more in depth blog post about how to save and even earn a lot of money by changing banks soon. 2. Cable Companies. I decided I didn't need cable…
Read More

Saucy Deal at Safeway!

Not too long ago I bought a bunch of Classico at Target because it was on sale for $1.88 and I had a bunch of $1/2 coupons. Imagine my embarrassment when this week's Safeway ad came out and with in ad coupon, jars were a mere $1.49 each! You might think I'd be out of coupons and/or stocked up on Classico, but it's possible I bought 15 of them on eBay and we really do go through a lot of the stuff so... I was driving by and I couldn't help myself. The in-ad coupon limited 6 though, which means I had one more slot on my doubler, which I…
Read More

Target Totally Free!

Today a hot $1 off Reach Dental Floss coupon hit the 'net and I've been meaning to start flossing more (ok, ever.) The coupon blogs told me single packs of Reach floss were regularly priced at $.89 at Target and between that and my $5 gift card from kitty litter, it was the excuse I needed to head over to Mall 205 and do some shopping. Overall the deals at Target this week were not exciting, but I did manage to get in and out without spending any real money, while also picking up a few things we actually needed, and still have a $.13 cent balance on my card.…
Read More

Albertsons for 88 Cents!

Last night Timbro threw down the gauntlet and challenged me to do a totally free shopping trip. While I've gotten plenty of items for free so far, I'm yet to walk out without paying anything because I have this pesky habit of buying things I actually need when I go shopping. Today though, I came pretty damn close at Albertsons spending $.88 out of pocket and saving $12.96 or 94%. I could have gotten out totally free, but we actually needed tortillas and they were on sale (with in ad coupon) for $.99, so I had to do it. I got: 2 loaves of Franz crushed wheat bread (regular $3.39,…
Read More

New to Me July 13, 2011

Thrift/vintage is somewhat of a cottage industry here in Portland. Options run the gamut between totally free stuff* that people around town leave on the sidewalk in boxes, to showing up at designated times for first dibs on bins full of junk&treasure at Goodwill, to standard thrift department stores, to curated collections of fine vintage threads and furniture that someone else found first (and admittedly had an eye for) and are offering to the public at a sometimes insane markup. *usually actual trash that should really be thrown out but people around here can't seem to bear the thought, occasionally something good Anyway, many useful things can be found through…
Read More

Target Trip- July 12, 2012

This week Target is offering a $5 gift card when you buy two bags of Purina catfood, which happened to have a $2 off coupon on Facebook (explaining my new facebook fandom) and I thought, hey, that seems like a pretty good deal. So I printed off my coupons and headed to Target today to get some. When I got there though, I realized the bags in question were 3lbs (tiny) making $5.59 each seem like not such a good deal. But I drove all the way there... and I figure Willis and Tyra are worth it, so I went for it. One of the keys to couponing is multiple…
Read More

Cheap Chapstick

Remember that Walgreens Register Reward I didn't know what to do with? Well, I actually put it to good use. I went snowboarding on Sunday and with summer snowboarding comes very chapped lips. I am really good at losing/washing Chapstick so I stopped at Walgreens in Sandy on the way up and picked up four sticks of Blistex (normally $1.69 each, on sale for $.99) and cashed in that $3.50. My total out of pocket (well actually out of the bottom of my purse) was $.46 and that's just smart shopping. Note: There are only 3 pictured. That's because I already managed to lose one. Duh.
Read More

Who Doesn’t Need More TP?

Walgreens is a harsh mistress when it comes to couponing, mainly cause they have some of the best deals, and get cleaned out quickly by other deal hungry shoppers, so I was half expecting to walk out empty handed on my mission for cheap toilet paper. But amazingly enough, the shelves were stocked with the 12 packs of Cottonelle I had coupons for and I grabbed the two I was after. Why two, you ask? Well the rumor was it would print a register reward if you bought two and hallelujah, it did, so I got $3.50 to use on a future purchase. All told I spent $9 out of…
Read More