New FREEBIE from Victoria's Secret!!

Yay!! I love these coupons!! Right now you can get a FREE Beauty Rush lip gloss from Victoria's Secret with ANY purchase!! Find yourself a cheap clearance item to pair with the coupon and you'll score big! Print your coupon HERE.

31 Cent Scoops at Baskin Robins!!b

Mmmm....Do you love ice cream as much as I do??? If so, you might consider heading to Baskin Robbins tomorrow night, April 28th between 5 and 10pm. They are hosting "31 Cent Scoop Night" where you can choose up to three different scoops for... you guessed it ... 31 cents a piece! I can taste the savings already!!

**As always, it's a good idea to call ahead to be sure your location is participating. And, arriving on the early side is also a wise idea, as the lines for such promos can get quite lengthy!!**

$5 Taste of Home Cookbooks...shipped!

Wow! The $5 cookbooks are back from Taste of Home...just in time for Mother's Day!! Through May 7th, they are offering several of their hard-cover books for just $5. Sort the cookbooks by price to easily find the cheaper ones. Upon checkout, enter coupon code LST02 to score free shipping!!

Get more bang for your buck when you shop through Shop At Home. Don't have an account? Sign up and get an instant $5 credit to your account. Search for Taste of Home on the Shop At Home website. You will be redirected to the Taste of Home site where you can make your purchase. Then 10% of that purchase will be credited to your Shop At Home account!

Savings on Pet Items!

Coupons.com has just added quite a few coupons good toward pet food and treats. If you have a furry friend, you may want to check them out (The above pup is Bounce, our Boston Terrier. Cute, huh?!?)

$5 off at Famous Footwear from Burger King!!

Right now Burger King is offering Iron Man 2 toys in their BK Kids Club meals. That's a score in itself, as my 3-year-old is now obsessed with anything Iron Man. But to sweeten the deal, there are reportedly $5 coupons good toward a purchase at Famous Footwear tucked inside those kids meals as well. A sweet little bonus, if you ask me! That little Iron Man wanna-be of mine is also the king of destroying shoes on the playground at preschool. So this will come in handy for us!

FREE Sample of Galaxy Granola!

You can currently go here to enter to win a free sample of Galaxy Granola. They do things a bit differently. They get so many requests for samples of their Fruit, Not Fat granola, that they hold a drawing a few times each month to see who scores one. They ship out up to 1,000 at a time. If you don't win a sample in the next drawing, your information will remain active for the next drawing. They also state they'll email you a coupon for their product, regardless of if you win. And there are also other promo opportunities to be had as well.

$1.oo Off Wholly Guacamole & Salsa!

Go here to print a $1 coupon good for Wholly Guacamole or Wholly Salsa! Yum!

Staying Within the Grocery Budget

Recently, my husband and I have reevaluated our budget goals and I am finding myself needing to be more budget-conscious and accountable. I'm back on my $65 weekly grocery budget for my family of four. This week, I thought I did especially well, although I did go over budget by $2.50 (*hey, not bad for my first week back at it!!*)

So many people tell me that it's impossible to get produce and meat and truly healthy grocery items when using coupons and staying on such a strict budget. Pooh! Look above: I got strawberries, bananas, onions, asparagus, grapes, cantaloupe, and two tubs of organic baby greens!! I got 3 lbs chicken breasts and 2.5 lb ground beef. I got a gallon of milk, 6 yogurt cups, 3 bags of shredded cheese, a box of Kashi cereal, 2 bags frozen veggies, and 3 jars of apple sauce! Also included in my total for the week were the toothbrushes, body wash, and Biore cleansers and pore strips...and a 24-roll pack of toilet tissue!!!

For all these deals I went to 3 different stores with my coupons and match-ups in hand: Price Chopper, Hy-Vee, and CVS. Honestly, it only took me an hour and a half to run to all three places. It really does help you save when you pick and choose what you'll buy at each store. The grocery stores are figuring on you being at their mercy for your WHOLE grocery list. They get you in there with a couple great deals (called loss leaders), and then kick ya where it hurts (your wallet) on all the other items.

If you take the time to look at the ads to get an idea of what's a great deal that week, then plan the week's meals around what's a great buy and what you already have on hand, you can keep your list to a minimum. This week I needed less than 10 items for my week's worth of meals. The rest of the things I got were just great deals! So I got what I needed this week and might need next week, and got some things for the stockpile. Now if the deals aren't too great next week, then I should have plenty on hand to pick from for next week's meals.