Reminder- FREE class open to ANYONE

This is just a reminder that we are having our FREE class in Provo next Monday. There are still a few seats open, so if you haven't already requested your ticket this is your last chance!

She Shops Smart is having a FREE class for all of you who have been invited to a class and couldn't make it, or would like to attend a class without hosting one!

The class will be on Monday August 31st in Provo at 7pm.

There are only 55 seats available, so e-mail us now to get your ticket!

In our class we will teach you to:

• Shop at only one grocery store- no running around town!
• Buy all your families’ groceries, household, and personal care items (including diapers) all for about $200 for a family of four- while building massive food storage at the same time!
• No clipping and filing individual coupons- Quick and easy! A HUGE way to save money!
• Eat a healthy, well balanced diet, and have ease in meal planning!
• Use the FREE website- There is no cost to attend and no cost to use the website
• Get a newspaper subscription at a great price

E-mail sheshopssmart@gmail.com and we will e-mail you over your FREE ticket to bring with you that night! If you would like more than one ticket please let us know.

Free Bath and Body Works Home Fragrance or Signature Collection Body Care Item with any $15 Purchase

Here is a Bath and Body Works coupon.


Up to a $12.50 value. Limit one coupon per customer. Offer excludes gift sets. Coupon must be presented and surrendered at time of purchase. No substitutions. Change will not be given for product with less than a $12.50 value. Selection may vary online and by store location. Offer valid at U.S. Bath & Body Works stores and BathandBodyWorks.com through 11:59 p.m. EST on September 13, 2009. Offer not valid at Bath & Body Works stores in Canada and Bath & Body Works outlet locations.Offer may not be combined with any other offers, coupons or discounts. Offer not redeemable for cash, gift certificates, gift cards, Egift cards or sale merchandise, nor is it valid toward previous purchases. Gift cards, Egift cards, gift certificates, gift wrap services and taxes are not applicable toward minimum purchase requirements. Exclusions and/or purchase limitations may apply. We reserve the right to cancel any order due to unauthorized, altered or ineligible use of discounts and to modify or cancel this promotion due to system error or unforeseen problems. Subject to change without notice.For more information, call 1-800-756-5005 or visit our contact us page.BATH & BODY WORKS, 7 LIMITED PARKWAY EAST, REYNOLDSBURG, OHIO 43068 USA.© 2009 Bath & Body Works. All rights reserved.

Time to price match?

My time is as important as my money. So, I have had a dilemma, when there are weeks that there are multiple items at multiple stores. This last week Tori and I decided we would do the price matching game at Walmart. Everything went great but I want to give some tips.

TAKE YOUR ADS-- this is how the price matching system is able to work- they want to see the price in the other stores ads. There are some sales such as 10 for 10 that they will not price match. Click here to read the Walmart store policy.

When we were walking the rows the thing that I found funny was that I was looking for the sale tags. When I am at the store that has the item on sale it is usually marked for me. This makes finding the right sale item super easy. While price matching I was checking my list multiple times per item to get the right item. This is something that you want to be doing no matter what store you are at to make sure your coupon works with the product (and is what makes the Grocery Smarts lists so nice). What made me laugh is that I realized there is a "lazy" part of me does enjoy the little sale tag helpers that I get at other stores though.

The other difference being that some sale items that I know would have been gone at other stores were still sitting on the shelves- because they are not on sale at walmart- but would be after price matching.

BE CAREFUL when finding the right size! Stores offer different sizes of products. Some stores might carry a medium size bottle or box while another only the large or small. This is one difference that I ran into while trying to price match. The size of item that was on sale at another store was not necessarily the size that Walmart stocked. In order for the coupon to be valid make sure you are buying the right size.

and last but NOT least. This is the most important part of ALL!

LEAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO CHECK OUT. I dont think I was planning on it taking very long. I am used to just handing over the coupons at the store I pick to shop at that week. When you price match they will need you to show them the item in the other stores ad and then they manually over ride the computer to give you that price. I had a full cart of items and it took me 23 minutes to CHECK OUT. I did get all the deals at one store though where it would have taken me probably even longer to run around to the seperate stores collecting the deals.

Here is a picture of what I ended up coming home with. I went over my budget this week. Summer has been kind of crazy and due to family vacations I have missed some weeks of sale shopping so we have run out of a few items that we normally have in our s.p. I would like to be able to say that I NEVER EVER buy something at regular price BUT I would be lying if I did. If there is something that my family needs, or I REALLY REALLY want I buy it. So, in the picture there are some items that were not fantastic buys (such as baby formula or beef jerky) that I purchase any way. I figure that I am generally getting every thing else for SOO cheap that its ok to pay full retail once every rare while. I will be honest with you-- I woke up early saturday morning to go shopping. I left my house in a MESS! So, the pictures are taken at an odd angle so you dont have to see the messy kitchen that surrounded this pile of groceries.

What I came home with:
1 bag tyson chicken nuggets
1 bag tyson honey chicken
8 boxes nature valley granola bars
8 bags of quaker quakes
8 boxes of assorted sizes Ziploc Bags
1 bag beef jerky
1 large can baby formula
1 jar of strawberry jelly
Totinos Pizza Rolls
2 boxes of Go-Gurt
2 boxes BC fruit snacks
1 pkg Hefty cups
1 pgk Hefty plates 4 boxes of Kleenex
1 nail polish
1 shamp/conditioner with free styling product
1 almay makeup
2 boxes of apple cinnamon cheerios
1 Bag tostitos chips
1 tostitos Salsa
1 tostitos spinach dip
1 bag of sugar
1 bag potato chips
1 3-pack of gum

MY LEAST FAVORITE PART of this trip is the reciept. I love, love, love, love, love seeing the "YOU SAVED" section on my reciept at other stores. My rec. did not say that. So, I have some math to do-I will have to go thru the ads and check prices again. I will work on getting a real total but with a rough estimate I saved at least 55%. I dont know about you, but when I can buy the products my family needs for at least half price I am willing to smile about it. There were some items that I know I saved over 80% on. Not all that shabby huh?... and I got all the items at one store -no running around town.

Makes the Old Navy Deal a She Shops Smart Deal

Here is a promo code for FREE shipping at Old Navy until 8/26. That makes the promo running we told you about here an even better deal!

SHIPFREE - exp 08/26/09

Thanks Lyndsay for e-mailing this to us!

Free Almond Tin

Go here to California Almonds to get a FREE tin!

Almond Tin Giveaway! Want one?
Almonds are the cravable, crunchy snack that can go with you anytime, anywhere, especially when you pack them in a stylish almond snack tin. To get one of your own, just fill out this short almond survey and your very own perfect-portion tin will be on its way.
* While supplies last.

Thank You
Now just keep an eye on the mail for your perfect-portion almond snack tin. And while you wait, check out the all-new AlmondBoard.com for inspiring recipe ideas, nutrition facts, and more.
Please note the tin is not pre-filled with almonds.

Thank ou tp PYP for this steal!

Chick- fil- A Freebie

Go here to Chick-Fil-A and create your waving goodbye to burgers cow and get a FREE coupon in the mail for a chick-fil-a sandwich. It is only good for the first 250,000 people, so hurry over there to get yours!

It also shows a promo that if on Labor Day you wear your favorite teams logo from 10:30am to close you get a FREE sandwich!

Easy as 1, 2 FREE!

"Kraft" Chocolate Passion Bowl Recipe

I made this for a family dinner the other night and I thought it was to die for! I would recommend this recipe to anyone! With all the brownie mix and pudding I have on hand I didn't need to buy anything at the store to make this great treat! I substituted the raspberries for blackberries that I had in my garden! I can't wait to make this again!

Ingredients:
3 cups cold milk
2 pkg. (4-serving size each) JELL-O Chocolate Instant Pudding
1 tub (8 oz.) COOL WHIP French Vanilla Whipped Topping, thawed, divided
1 baked 9-inch square brownie layer, cooled, cut into 1-inch cubes (about 5-1/2 cups)
1 pt. (2 cups) raspberries

Directions:
BEAT milk and dry pudding mixes in large bowl with wire whisk 2 min. or until blended. Gently stir in 1 cup of the whipped topping.
PLACE half of the brownies in 2-qt. serving bowl; top with layers of half each of the pudding mixture, remaining whipped topping and raspberries. Repeat all layers.
REFRIGERATE at least 1 hour. Store leftovers in refrigerator.

See the full recipe here!

Special Extra
Chop 2 chocolate-coated caramel-peanut nougat bars (2.07 oz. each). Assemble dessert as directed, topping each layer of raspberries with layer of half of the chopped nougat bars.

Substitute
Substitute 1 pkg. (12 oz.) marble pound cake, cubed, for the baked brownie square and/or undrained thawed frozen raspberries for the fresh raspberries.

Old Navy Deals

Here are some good deals at Old Navy to help you finish up your back to school shopping!

Target 101 Match Ups

Emily and I both love Target! There are also a couple things that we SUPER love about them! First is that you can combine their store coupons with manufactures coupons and second is that they price match! I know, they have only been price matching for a month or two and you have to take the ad your matching to customer services desk, but I don't mind!

This week in the Red Plum insert there were some great Target coupons.

Bounce Dryer Bar, excludes Dryer Sheets $1.50 (10/0/09)
Bounty Paper Towels, 6-roll+ $1 (9/30/09)
Febreze Home Collections Air Care Product $1 (9/30/09)
Pampers, 180ct+ Wipes AND Diapers or Training Pants - $2 (9/30/09)
Swiffer Starter Kit – Sweep & Vac or Sweeper or WetJet $1 (9/30/09)
Tide Laundry Detergent, excluding trial size $1 (10/04/09)
Tide Stain Release - $1.50 (10/04/09)

Combining them with our manufactures coupons we should have some awesome steals this week!

Here are a few match-ups this week with these great new coupons!

Tide Stain Release Product, any size .75/1 (8-31-09) P&G-8/2

Tide Stain Release - $1.50 (10/04/09) Target coupon RP 8/23

Tide detergent or Tide to Go $1/1 (8-31-09) P&G-8/2

Tide Laundry Detergent, excluding trial size $1 (10/04/09) Target coupon RP 8/23

Bounce Dryer Bar, any size $1/1 (8-31-09) P&G-8/2

Bounce Dryer Bar, excludes Dryer Sheets $1.50 (10/0/09) Target coupon RP 8/23

Pampers Diapers or Pants, any $1/1 (8-31-09) P&G-8/2

Pampers Sensitive ThickCare Wipes Tub (60 ct) FREE when you buy any box or Pampers Swaddlers Sensitive, Swaddlers, or Extra Protection Diapers (8-31-09) P&G-8/2

Pampers, 180ct+ Wipes AND Diapers or Training Pants - $2 (9/30/09)Target coupon RP 8/23

Bounty Towels or Napkins .25/1 (8-31-09) P&G-8/2

Bounty Paper Towels, 6-roll+ $1 (9/30/09) Target coupon RP 8/23

Swiffer Starter Kit, any $2/1 (8-31-09) P&G-8/2

Swiffer Starter Kit – Sweep & Vac or Sweeper or WetJet $1 (9/30/09) Target coupon RP 8/23

It looks like those P&G coupons all expire on 8/31 so be sure to check out these deals before the coupons expire!

Freezing/Canning Vegetables for Less

Yesterday my family and I spent a wonderful afternoon with my husbands family. My in-laws are super thrifty and all have the green thumb! When we were pulling out from their house I felt like we had been grocery shopping. I had over 40 ears of corn, 10 green peppers, 1 bag of blueberries, 12 quarts of canned green beans (my MIL knew I wouldn't be able to do it by myself).a bag of new potatoes, and a bone-in ham! I am super excited to get it all cleaned, frozen and put away! When you come across food for FREE, you better find a way and a place for it! I am excited to show you how to put things like this away for later. Get ready for some fun posts, and wish me luck!

Binder vs. File Method- Hidden Coupons

In the process of clipping all my coupons I came across a few coupons I didn't even know I had!!! I usually just file the coupons away and print off the ABC list without even looking at them! Here are a couple coupons I thought that I would be sad if they expired and I didn't have a chance to use them, just because I didn't know I even had them!

Glade soy based candle from The Fragrance Collection, 2 oz. FREE up to $3.49 (10-3-09) SS-8/9

Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk, any cans $1/2 DND (8-31-09) RP-6/21

Land O Frost Premium One Pound Lunchmeat, any variety $1/1 (10-31-09) RP-8/9

Coupons in Sundays Paper

If your receive the Daily Herald you would have gotten:

1 SS insert

1 RP insert

If you receive any other paper in Utah you would have received:

1 SS insert

Did you miss the $1/3 Libbey canned vegetable coupons in the Parade Magazine? If so go grab them out of the recycling bin!

Walgreens Matchups-8/23

Here are some of the matchups for the week at Walgreens. As always, deals may vary by area. Check your ad to make sure these are the same.

Buy (1) Goody Ouchless hair accessory at $2.99, receive $2 in Register Rewards
Final price - $0.99 after Register Rewards

Reach Prevent toothbrush $0.99 with in-ad coupon
$1/1 from the SS 8/2
Final price = Free

Rimmel cosmetics 40% off
$2/1 Mascara from the RP 8/23
Final price - varies

Tylenol B1G1 Free at $4.49 each
$2/1 from the SS 6/21 or SS 7/26
Final price $0.25 each

Glade Fabric & Odor Eliminator $5/2
Buy (2) and use B1G1 Free coupon from the August 2009 All You Magazine
Stack with $1/1 from the SS 8/9
Final price $0.75 each

Ultra Tuf trash bags -$5/2

Coupon Methods Revealed and some Target Steals

After spending hours getting my binder ready I made my first trip with it to Target. At first I was a little embarrassed to have this giant binder with me. I would stand in each aisle FOREVER looking at all the coupons I had try matching them with items I thought might be cheap.

I realized I was becoming the person that just buys an item because I had a coupon for it, so I told myself that I needed to only look at items that were on markdown prices. I ended up with a few steals, but it took me twice as long. Here is what I learned:

• Don't buy it just because you have a coupon. Unless the coupon is nearing its expiration date and you know you'll use it, don't buy it yet!
• Organize your binder into SMALL sections. I had a bathroom/personal hygiene section and it was over 20 pages full. I needed to have one for toothpaste/toothbrush, femine hygiene, body wash, shampoo and conditioner and makeup section. Probably even more than just those. The smaller the sections the easier it will be to find what you are looking for.
• Expect less preparing time, but longer shopping time,
• I would NEVER take my one or two year old shopping with me while using my binder.

In the essence of what problems I ran into I also saw some benefits:

• Many more people come up and talk to you about what you are doing. I have never had that many people curious about what I was doing.
• You do find some great deals on things that were put on clearance and you have your coupons for.
• It can be a nice feeling to know that you have all your coupons in ONE place. I felt super organized and put together.

Here are some of the great deals I found last night, some were well advertised others were not.

Gillette Fusion Razors $7.94 and WYB2 you get a $5 Target gift card. I used 2 $4.00/1 coupons from 2 of the previous Gillette Fusion razors I had bought making the total $7.88. Or you could use the $2.00/1 from RP 8/16. Then I used my Buy a razor get a FREE shampoo from P&G 8/2 and a buy a razor get a FREE body wash coupon from P&G 8/2 . The shampoo and body wash were normally both $3.99 and I got them for FREE. So after factoring in the gift card I spend $2.88 for 2 razors, one body wash and one shampoo!!!!

The bags of Starburst were on sale for $2.29. I used 2 $1.00/1 coupons to get 2 bags of regular flavored starburst for $1.29, but you can also use the Flavared Starburt coupon to get 2 bags of Flavared Starburst for the same price. Mine just didn't have anymore left.

A package of 4 disposable Shick Quattro for Women razors were on sale for $5.99 and I used my $3.00/1 coupon from SS 8/16. That means I only paid about .75 for a razor.

I bought some Sally Hansen nail polish that was on sale for $2.69 and I used my $1.00/1 coupon from RP 8/2. That lime color just looked so tempting!

Herbal Essence Conditioner was on sale for $2.69. Not nearly as great as a couple weeks ago at Smiths, but as I was clipping for my binder I found a lost coupon! I used the get a FREE styler when you buy a shampoo or conditioner coupon from RP 7/26. That made them each $1.39. The coupon expires 8-31, so I figured I probably wouldn't get a better deal, but I know I wanted to use the coupon.

I found a couple Tide 2x laundry detergents that were on clearance for $3.98. I used my $1.00/1 coupon from P&G 8/2 and bought them for only $2.98. That's a great deal!

Here was my favorite find! I didn't end up buying any, but the Norelco clipper/shaving products were on sale. They also have $10/1 and $5/1 coupons in SS 8/16 and there is another $5/1 Target coupon here. These good make for some awesome steals!

Dove Deodorant was on sale for $3.29. Use this $2.00/1 coupon and this $1.00/1 Target coupon and you have deodorant for only pennies.

Remember that Targets sales run from Sunday to Saturday, so some of these deals are only good for a couple more days.

Free Chocolate Friday

Don't forget today's FREE chocolate! Click here to get to the website. Remember you can have up to 4 coupons delivered to a household/mailing address. You will need a different e-mail address for each coupon. Have no idea what I am talking about. Click here to read all about FREE chocolate Fridays!

Recipes Using Sale Items

More Mac N Cheese? Oh my goodness. Whats a woman to do? Did you participate in the Kraft Promo last week at Albertsons? It was an amazing deal-when you factor in the rebate! How do you leave FREE food behind? I think the answer is you dont! You just end up with TONS of Mac N Cheese on your shelves. :) I think of it as a great food storage item so I dont worry that we have alot of it. If your kids need a project Id say that seeing as how it was FREE, you can probably part with a box and let them make necklaces with the noodles. OR click here to read about some recipes you could try.

Safety First!

FREE FREE FREE! There is FREE stuff all over the place! It is so fun! We have been asked if we sign up for the free stuff we post about. Yes we do. If we find a deal we feel is worth posting about it most often means that it is something that we will be taking advantage of. The part that you need to be careful of is what information you are giving out.

There are a few things that you should check and do before giving away any of your information.

What is the site you are on? Is what they are offering to good to be true? If so it probably is-- get off the site! There are some amazing deals available, and tons of FREE items but follow what your gut tells you. When you cant believe what you have found--slow down and check it out before giving out your info. It its to good to be true- it probably is.

Before giving out your email I highly suggest you create a seperate email address that you can use for freebies. This way you wont have a full inbox of junk mail from all the freebies you sign up to receive. In turn for the "freebie" the site/company often wants to put you on the mailing list. This ususally means that they will send you more coupons and notify you of other deals which is great, BUT it can result in a lot of emails you dont necessarily want to read.

Last but not least-- THE RULES you just dont break EVER!

DO NOT and I REPEAT DO NOT give your

credit card number

or

social security number

There is NO reason for a "FREE" item site to need this info.

Two other things I recommend you be careful of giving out are
Birth dates

and

your childrens names.

I have received so many awesome FREEBIES! I love it. Just remember to be safe and enjoy your free stuff!

Binder vs. Coupon File

The other night I ran into Macey's to grab my .77 Lysol wipes and FREE dental floss. I hardly ever run into multiple stores, but .77 for Lysol wipes was too good to pass up.

While I was in there I ran into a couple girls from a previous class! It was fun to see them there with their lists learning how to save money at the grocery store.

The one girl instantly noticed that I had something unusual with me "A BINDER". I quickly explained that I wasn't using it put rather the plastic sleeve inside it with my pre-cut coupons. To see how we organize our coupons without using the clip and file binder method click here.

Over the last few weeks we have been getting lots of e-mails about wanting to know the difference between our method and the binder method. We honestly couldn't tell you because we had never used the binder method ourselves. We really wanted to tell you and researched it a little and found many girls on other blogs and websites that were using binders, but nothing about the pros and cons to each method, so here we go....

I can't believe we are going to try this but I am going to try the binder method out for a while to see how I like it. In the meantime Emily is going to stick with our trusty file folder method. We both shop together so it will be interesting and obvious to see the differences. As we start shopping we will let you know what differences we can see!

Wish me luck! I spent over 6 hours yesterday clipping coupons for my binder. I know it took longer because I have over a years worth of coupons, but wow my back still hurts from sitting all day clipping.

Coupons for Games/Movie Nights

Entertainment at home is much cheaper than going out to movies and bowling. My family and I love having game/movie nights. There is nothing more fun than getting in your pajamas, popping popcorn and having fun together as a family. Here are some online coupons to make at home entertainment with friends or family even CHEAPER!

Here are some great coupons for family game nights!

• Save $4 on Connect 4x4 game
• Save $5 on Guesstures Game
• Save $5 on Secret & Spies Game
• Save $4 on Monopoly City Game
• Save $5 on Pictureka Flipper Game
• Save $4 on Hungry Hippos, Gator Golf, Giraffalaff, Limbo, Elefun

Thanks to Utah Deal Diva for this great find!

Here were some more fun game/toy coupons I was able to find:

• Hasbro SpongeBob game: Operation,Cranium, Connect 4, or Sorry - $2/1 Target coupon(When I printed it off it is for the Spongebob version of Connect 4. I am going to see if Target will let me combine it with the above $4/1 Connect 4 game coupon. The coupon only says for Connect 4. It's worth a try and I will let you know what I find out)

• Hasbro game: Cranium, Things, Funglis, Taboo, or Electronic Catch Phrase - $5/1 Target Coupon

• Save $5 on any $19.99 Nerf N Strike Blaster Purchase

• Buy One Get One- Buy one Transformers RPM mini vehicle and receive one FREE ($3.99 SRP)

Hot Printable Online Coupons Utah

Here are a couple online coupons I have printed over the last couple days:

$1.00/1 Motts Applesauce

$1.00/1 Goldfish 12 pack

$1.00/1 Smucker's Uncrutsable sandwiches

$3.00 of Smithfield Bacon. I am hoping I can find this at one of Utah's grocery stores! That will make for some possible FREE bacon!

$1.00/1 Carmax Chapstick

$2.00/1 Degree deodrant

$1.00/1 Degree deodrant target coupon (remember you can combine store coupons with manufactures coupons!

$1.00 any brand of cheese 2lbs or more

.75/4 or 32 oz of any brand of yogurt