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Shopping Trips

Shopping Superstars: A Trip to the Farm

by Crystal May 8, 2010 My Family
Piggy

This week I received an online order from Alice.com and Amazon.com.  My total was $3.16!  See more details on this shopping trip here.   This week we also picked up cheese, eggs and milk from a local farmer. That wasn’t cheap, but still a better price than buying organic from the grocery store. Total cost for [...]

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Organic/Natural Online Shopping for $3.16!

by Crystal May 3, 2010 Mission Organic

Total Cost: $3.16 I received two packages of groceries today.  The first package (which was thrown at our door), was Zoe Extra Virgin Olive Oil that I ordered from Amazon on Saturday.  I did this Amazon deal here, and used my Swagbucks to make the order of olive oil absolutely FREE! The other items in [...]

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Shopping Superstars: My Man’s Organic Shopping Trip

by Crystal May 1, 2010 Shopping Superstars

It doesn’t look like a lot, but this is a great shopping trip for Mr. TTM.  This time instead of me just laying out all the coupon deals, he actually helped me and added in his own thoughts on what to get.  He found $1.50 coupons for the chicken (hormone-free, anti-biotic-free, etc) in my coupon [...]

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Thrift Store Find: 24 Bars of Natural Glycerine Soap

by Crystal April 23, 2010 Shopping Trips

Today’s find was a case of Clearly Natural Glycerine Soap bars for $8.50 plus tax.  I paid a total of $9.01 for 24 bars of this soap, or .37 cents per bar!  These sell for $1.89 each plus shipping online.  Check out the info on these bars: • High glycerine content • Non drying; will [...]

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Shopping Superstars: A Week for Strawberries

by Crystal April 18, 2010 Shopping Superstars

This week I purchased nine containers of strawberries, since they were only .99 each at Aldi this past week. You can see some pictures of me preparing and freezing them here. Since things are slow around here in the grocery shopping category, be sure to share with everyone your deals! _________________________________________________ Are you a …

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My Garage Sale Shopping List for 2010

by Crystal April 12, 2010 Shopping Trips

I’m on the hunt for bargains this year with garage sale and thrift store shopping.  I thought I’d make myself a list so I can stay focused and not overspend.  Even with bargains and incredible prices, it’s possible to overdo it.  Here’s what I’m looking for this year: Waffle Maker Glass Containers for food storage [...]

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Shopping Superstars: Organic Amazon Order

by Crystal April 10, 2010 Mission Organic

Continuing on with my experiment of buying in bulk, this week I made an order on Amazon.  I bought the following: Chia Seeds 5 Pounds (Chemical Free) Nutiva Organic Extra Virgin Coconut Oil, 15-Ounce Unit (Pack of 2) Amazon gave me personalized daily deals on these items (I always check the daily deals), so I [...]

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Shopping Superstars: Bulk Purchasing Experiment Continues

by Crystal March 27, 2010 Mission Organic

As I mentioned two weeks ago, I’m experimenting with bulk organic food purchases, to see how I can manage financially. This week my cost was under $70 for 6 gallons of organic rolled oats, 7 lbs of Organic Popcorn and 5 lbs of Sucanat (natural sugar).  This was all I purchased this week in the [...]

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Another Reason You Might Want a Newspaper Subscription

by Crystal March 25, 2010 Shopping Trips

Besides the free samples that have actually started coming pretty frequently with my paper, yesterday I received a $10 off $20 purchase coupon for Kohl’s with my Atlanta Journal Constitution newspaper.  I mentioned this coupon yesterday on my Facebook Page.  Unfortunately there is no online code for it, and it apparently only went out in [...]

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