{A simple, green, homeschooling family of six learning to thrive with less on a modern-day Iowa homestead.}
I made another trip to Walgreens this morning to roll my $5RR from my last trip in my $33 Walgreens Challenge! Through today (Sat., July 23) you can get free Milka chocolate and free Dove Care for Men 6 pack Soaps! Unfortunately, my local Wags was out of the Milka chocolate, so I got a [...]
It’s counter-intuitive, but buying items at Walgreens is actually one way I keep a low grocery budget. A couple weeks ago, I started a $33 Walgreens Challenge. Using a $25 gift card I earned from MyPoints, and an additional $8 I had left on a different gift card, I challenged myself to see how many [...]
How many useful things can I buy at Walgreens with $33?? (I know I could get a ton for $33, but I want what I buy to be useful – that’s more challenging!) Using points I earned on MyPoints simply for clicking through the emails they send me (that means I simply opened them on [...]
I had some pretty good stock-up trips this past week! I redeemed a rain check for wine from Fareway and bought 12 bottles of Merlot for $30. I also found wine on clearance at Walgreens and bought another six there for $10. I think I’m stocked on wine for a while! I also stocked up [...]
I went to Walgreens yesterday to get the coffee from yesterday’s post. They only had 2 so I got them. Then I turned around and noticed an orange clearance tag on a lot of their wine – Beringer is marked down to $1.79 a bottle. If you buy 4 or more, you get an additional [...]
I finally decided the weather people are not just hyping this storm and ran to town today to get a few staples so we can survive the big blizzard. Since I wanted a quick trip, I ran to Aldi where I scored two huge cauliflower heads for 99 cents each, 3 packs of cheddar cheese, [...]
1. Sam’s Club: I bought 8 lbs of nuts and a gallon of milk using a gift card from some returned items. Someone please tell me if $5/lb is a good deal for nuts. I have not priced them a lot and it seems high. But nuts are expensive. Hopefully these last us a while. [...]
Did you get any good deals this week? Here are mine: 1. At Walgreens, I spent $2.25 OOP and $5RR. I got 3 dozen eggs using a rain check from last week and one tube of Tom’s toothpaste for kids. I want to find more of this toothpaste because I have a hard time finding [...]
Here are some of the good deals in Eastern Iowa! Hy-Vee 1/19-1/25 Friday, Jan 21 12 hr SALE* *Crest Toothpaste, 6.4oz (limit 2) .99 use the .75 from 12/26 or 1/16 PG to get these for .24!! Thanks to Kansas City Mamas for some of the coupon match-ups! *Tony’s Pizza .77 ea. Use the $1/2 [...]
I got some really good deals this week at Walgreens and CVS! Here’s what I did: First, Walgreens… Ask for RAIN CHECKS! I missed that eggs were 99 cents a dozen at Walgreens this week when I wrote up my good deals list. That beats Aldi’s price of $1.49. So, I got two dozen eggs, [...]
Welcome! I'm Michelle and I'm glad you're here. Simplify, Live, Love is a blog about simple life in rural Iowa. We are a self-employed, frugal, green, mostly homeschooling family of 6 working to go off the grid on a modern day homestead in Eastern Iowa. Please subscribe for gardening tips, green living hints, recipes, fun giveaways, and frugal ideas. Thanks for stopping by.
