We enrolled and... WOW!
After listening to Josh's Top 3 deals on JQ99 for a few weeks, my husband and I decided to sign up and WOW!

I don't have all of the stats, but I do know our trip to Meijer on Saturday was so awesome!! We had $33+ in in-store savings and another $31+ in coupons!! VERY EXCITING!

- Amy

A good day at Rite Aid

Bought 2 pkgs Pull Ups, 4 Ziplock boxes, deoderant, posterboard (making a card for church secretary), Samy conditioner, Finesse shampoo and conditioner, 2 Soft soaps.

Total bill: $53.42
Minus March Rebate Check: ($27.42)
Minus Coupons: ($5.60)
Total charged: $20.40

But wait...I'll get another $12.98 back in my April rebates, so really I will be charged $7.42.

$53.42 subtotal (after sale prices)
$7.42 paid

YIPPEE!

- Amy

So good - I had to go back and do it again!

So, here is my first post...I am sooo addicted!

This is my 3rd week and things are finally going smoothly! I also met my first 2 angels at Holland's 16th St. Meijers & received a lot of tips (from Brenda -I think)! After reading so much about the Kellogg catalinas, I decided to head to Meijers early this morning and bought the cereal and poptarts to receive the $10 off your next order. So this is what I bought: 8 boxes of Kellogg cereal, 14 boxes of poptarts. Out of pocket (after the 3 $10's back & gas coupons) I spent $3.87. I was so excited, I went back late this afternoon and bought another 8 boxes of cereal, 14 boxes of poptarts, grapes, and Lysol toilet cleaner. My total out of pocket for the day was $13.40. I ended up with $60 savings on my next shopping order and $3 off gas! My total savings for the day was $99.26!

I can't wait to see what next week brings! I LOVED my savings!

- Michelle

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Real Savings for a Newbie

Oh man..... :) I spent $91.65 and saved 71.84 at Meijer. Is that cool or what? :) At Walgreens I spent 52.26 and saved 37.55, at Dicks Market/Spartan, I did the math because of their bad receipts, and I spent 52.69 and saved 52.46. Total spent $204.55 and $161.85 SAVED!

- Stacy

How Much Food Can You Buy for $131.00?

Hey everybody , I wanted to share my success story this week, but as you can see I copied it and pasted it here ,from my posting on my MySpace. Yes, I admit, I advertise my "braggings" on there to all my friends each time I get killer deals. So far, it has touched a couple people and brought them here, but mostly has sent an unstoppable amount of questions my way about how I do this! I cannot stop sharing!

Are you STILL on the fence about trying Savings Angel?

Can I ask WHY??

Each week you purchase groceries you are literally flushing money down the toilet!

Without SA , this week I could have over spent more than $200.00! That is a doctor bill, prescriptions, heat or electric bill, phone bill or vacation money...

** My grocery check out clerk must have been new because when she was done scanning my groceries and then all 108 coupons I gave her, she gave me this look and said "I have never seen savings like that before!" I thought , "what!" I do this every time I shop now. To think I used to spend so much money , or I should say, waste so much money on food.

Look at my receipt, the paper was running out on the printer , that is why it is turning pink!!!

See the total savings..INCREDIBLE! If you have thought about trying it and have been sitting on the fence , why on earth are you still waiting?!

I purchased 166 items including cleaners, veggies , meat , snacks , pasta , sauces, canned meats, potatoes, frozen...you name it.

I paid .40 cents for an "on sale" bag of potatoes!
I paid .39 for frozen bags of veggies, also already on sale for a buck!
Pasta on sale for .99, I bought for .50... same prices for the spaghetti sauce!
I cannot even possibly list every example... but think about all the free stuff I got too!

Are you ready to save some major money yet?

Find out how easy it is to save this kind of money every time you shop for food and non-food items!

Still not sure about this whole thing? Still wondering if it is a gimmick or for real? If you can read a receipt , you can see the savings. All I am left to do is take you shopping with me.... I will if I have to!

- Carla

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$213.26 in Groceries for $7.20!

3 bottles Sunsilk Shampoo ...reg price $4.49 each
3 bottles of Sunsilk Conditioner...reg price $4.49 each
3 cans of Sunsilk mousse...regular price $4.49 each
3 bottles of Sunsilk Gel...regular price $4.49 each
10 Bars of Johnson and Johnson bar soap...regular price $.99 each
6 boxes of Honey Bunches of Oats...regular price $2.69 each
23 bags of Steam-Fresh BirdsEye Vegetables... regular price $1.89 each
4 Colgate Toothbrushes...regular price $.99 each
5 bage of Friskies Cat Treats.. regular price $.97 each

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Grand total before Savings Angel: $213.26

I paid an incredible $7.20

I would say paying $5 a week to get all the info on how to get these deals each week is way worth it! It isn't like I am not going to eat or use it all!

The veggies were all free, I never paid a thing for them - or the soap. The toothbrushes were like .21 each and the hair products were under .50 each. The cat treats .12 each and the cereal ...all free as well. I had 6 friends who have joined Savings Angel since I started in November. I cannot even begin to add up all I have saved. Not to meantion all the free stuff I have gotten in the past 30 days. We are talking over $200.00 in Toilet paper , cough syrup, cereal, vegetables and soap alone!

If you want to check it out , It is West Michigan based and for $5 a week , it is well worth the investment when you are saving hundreds in groceries a month. My hubby spends about $5.00 on one pack of cigarettes a day! Obviously, this is way better of a deal than that! I am seeing my dollar stretch , not having the burning money away. lol He agrees, ask him! He will tell you it is the best opertunity ever and with the latest report from the New York Post and the local Wzzm 13 News about grocery costs are going to go up , this is the perfect way to help keep the cost down and fill your cupboards for a small fraction of the cost! They are saying produce costs per item alone is going up to over 6%! That is huge! You think milk is expensive , you just wait! Corn, wheat and dairy are ALL going to go up even more this summer!

Right now if you take a look at SavingsAngel and sign up, you can get two months for the price of one, with no added obligation. After the 60 days for 30 days price, you can cancel anytime with no questions asked.

>>>> Take a look and you will be shocked as to how much money you could be saving. You may even say, "I only buy what is on sale." well so do I and I am still saving over 60% or more on top of that each time I shop!

There are over 10,000 people in West Michigan on Savings Angel alone, and more across the State!

Well worth the investment I'd say! So if you are here on a two week trial membership , start plugging in now! Same thing goes for you 60 days for 30 days price people! Connect with some of us Angels here if you need help. We all want to help you get going fast , so you too can see the savings we are all seeing!

NOW GET OUT AND SHOP!

- Carla

First Timer & Saved at Walgreens!

I wanted to share my Walgreens experience with you all since it's my first week or so!

Here is a list of items that I purchase this last week and half from Walgreens! I'm so happy with the money I saved!!!

3-Boxes of Kleenex 4-Avenno Baby Products 2-4pk Of Duracell Batteries 2-8ct Pepcid 2-4pk Of Venus Razors 4-Cases of Pepsi 1-Box of Cascade 2-2pk of Mr Clean Magic Erasers 1-Scrubbing Bubbles Max Brush 1-Act Mouthwash 2-Spa Soft Soap Shower Soap 1-Scrubbing Bubbles Automatic Shower Kit 4-Srubbing Bubbles Automatic Cleaner

1-Ladies Speed Stick 1-Mr Clean Wipes 1-Pk Of Tums 1-Aquafresh Toothpast 1-Waltin Allergy Med 30ct 1-Wal-zyr Med 6-Pk of Extra Gum 4-Tubes Of Colgate Toothpast 1-Colgate Toothbrush 4-Soft Soaps 1-Crest White Strips 1-Jane Blush Makeup 2-Jet Drys

Sub-total was $151.28.
Mfr. Rebates, Register Rewards & Walgreens Easy Saver Rebates= $108.86!
$151.28-$108.86= $42.42...

$42.42! I think I did really well my first experience with Walgreens!!!

Happy Shopping!

- Sue

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$142.60 of groceries for $41.26!

What looked like to be a "SLOW" week at Meijer this week turned out to be quite the opposite! I got in on some great deals and filled my pantry with items my family will use at a fraction of the cost! I even stummbled along a few surprises along the way. GLAD I HAD MY COUPONS WITH ME!!

Check out what I got!!

6 Jello gelatin snack packs 12 Country Time Lemonade canisters 1 Cascade rinse agent (had a coupon for FREE) 2 Meijer Family size bags Tortilla chips 4 boxes Hostess 100 calories muffins 1 Texas Toast 4 pkgs. Trix Yogurts (these were on clearance for $.91 a pkg. plus I had $1.00 off 2 coupons. Made them $.41 a package!) 1 Carton of Meijer Pineapple Juice (marked down 75% off. ONLY $.50) 10 pkgs. of Ortega taco seasoning 4 bottles of Ortega taco sauce 3 pkgs. Eckrich hot dogs 2 bottles of Juicy Juice 6 bottles of French's yellow mustard

2 Gallons of Milk 2 Pkgs. of Meijer cheese slices 6 Jello gelatin snack packs 12 Country Time Lemonade canisters 1 Cascade rinse agent (had a coupon for FREE) 2 Meijer Family size bags Tortilla chips 4 boxes Hostess 100 calories muffins 1 Texas Toast 4 pkgs. Trix Yogurts (these were on clearance for $.91 a pkg. plus I had $1.00 off 2 coupons. Made them $.41 a package!) 1 Carton of Meijer Pineapple Juice (marked down 75% off. ONLY $.50) 10 pkgs. of Ortega taco seasoning 4 bottles of Ortega taco sauce 2 FREE cans of Cool Whip whipped topping (1 FREE w/every three pkgs. of Jello Gelatin snack packs purchased)

TOTAL OUT OF POCKET: $41.26
TOTAL SAVINGS (including all RR): $101.34

- Amy

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Suprising Success at Meijers!
I wanted to share my suprising success that I had at Meijers today. I went there without a shopping list & I had 1/2 hour to shop before I had to pick up my kids.

Here is my list:

1- 1.75 Liter of Lipton White Tea 1-Meijer Bakery Take & Bake Bread (not on sale) 1-3lb Bag of Potatoes (not on sale) 2-8 oz bags of Sargento Cheese 2-Boxes of Honey Nut Cherrios 3-Boxes of Rice Crispies 1-Gallon of Milk 2-1.75 Liters of Simply Lemonade 1-Bag of meijer kettle Chips

1-bag of Meijer sour cream chedder chips 1-Family Size Bag of Meijer Corn Chips 1-24oz bottle of Hunts Ketchup 2-pkgs of Fresh Strawberries 2-6pk boxes of dolphin crackers 3-32 load Era laundry soap 2x 4-boxes of SB Peanut butter bars 2-Viva 8 BIG rolls of Paper Towels 1-20 double rolls of Cotenelle Toilet paper

I paid $71.72 & SAVED $59.96!

I also went yesterday to pick up the Quattro Razors. I purchase 5-pkgs with 3 razors in each. I had $4.00 coupons of & they were $2/9. I paid 50 cents per pkg. Normal price was $6.99 ea. I paid $3.85 & SAVED $32.45!

Here I thought Meijers wasn't having a real great sale but I really saved a bunch this week on items that I needed! Happy saving to you all!

- Sue

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The savings this week are UNBELIEVABLE!

I can hardly contain myself!! It is so exciting and such a rush to watch my total food bill literally go down by the dollar right before my eyes!! Who knew grocery shopping could be so much FUN! I went to Meijer and Walgreens this morning, and to say the least I was quite successful!

WALGREENS
12 Bounty Basic Paper Towel
8 Lady Speed Stick deodrant

TOTAL OUT OF POCKET $9.24
TOTAL SAVED $33.40

(Paper Towel ended up being $.29 a roll and the deodorant was $.61 each)

MEIJER

3 Palmolive Dish washing liquid 12 Lady Speed Stick 24/7 1 Old El Paso Taco Seasoning 1 Bag popcorn 4 pkgs. Landofrost lunch meat 1 pkg. (20 count) of flour tortillas 1 10lbs. bag sugar 8 jars of Meijer spagh sauce 3 cans of Meijer peaches 2 cans of Meijer pears 2 bags of Meijer Pretzels 4 jars of Meijer applesauce 3 tubes of Meijer crescent rolls 5 tubes of Meijer Cinnamon rolls 3 bags of Meijer corn chips 2 pkgs. of Meijer Chicken breast 3 bags of Meijer cheese balls

8 bags of Meijer baking chips 2 pkgs. Ball Park bun size hot dogs 2 bottles of Meijer Olive Oil 1 loaf of bread 2 Hillshire Farm rope sausage 4 boxes of Meijer graham crackers 2 boxes of Meijer stick butter 2 boxes of Meijer Cream cheese 2 pkgs. of Oscar Meyer Bologna 5 bags of Meijer frozen berries 2 containers of Juicy Juice 8 cartons of Meijer ice cream 2 pkgs. of Meijer frozen steak fries 2 pkgs. Meijer frozen seasoned fries 4 pkgs. of Meijer frozen hashbrowns 20 boxes of Meijer pasta

TOTAL OUT OF POCKET $94.03
TOTAL SAVED $176.55

What made it even more fun was sharing with 3 Meijer cashiers. What a hoot!! One gal bagged all my groceries & loaded my cart, another put my register in "coupon accepting mode" so I would not have any problems ringing my coupons through, and when my transaction was complete they all huddled around the receipt dispenser to see how much I saved. It was so cute!! The head cashier said to me "You make sure next time you shop you come to my lane because I love seeing how much you save. I am so happy for you!"

They all asked where I got the Meijer coupons from. I shared with them the Meijer mealbox link (they all wrote it down ), about SavingsAngel and how it has truly changed my family's life. Not only has our grocery bill dropped dramatically, but our ability to give and share with others has increased tremendously!!

- Amy

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Walgeens Shopping

Ok here is what I got:

10 pks of jello (she did not ring up on sale, so I did have to make an extra trip back to adj my receipt) but adj my cost 4.67 so worth it!
2 lysol wipes ( used --1.00 off coupon) they were out of the twin pack this day, but allowed me to get two indivuals to make one twin pack)
2 pack of razors
2 Dawn dish drops (used 2 --.20 coupons)

Used a $9 Catalina coupon and Paid 1.98! Yahoo!

- Sue

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Saving Oodles of cash!

TALK ABOUT SAVING YOUR PENNIES!! This morning I made a trip to Meijer, with my two year old in tow, to do a little "Angel Shopping". I had a full grocery cart (I am talking filled to the max, overflowing, stuff falling out of my cart FULL)...it was CRAZY!!!

3 Vive Conditioners 3 Vive Shampoos 2 bags Meijer frozen Veggies 4 bottles of Sweet baby Rays BBQ sauce 12 Betty Crocker Cookie mix 9 Chex Mix 10 Betty Crocker Fruit snacks 1 Little Debbie Nutty Bars 1 Little Debbie snack cakes 2 Pillsbury Grand Biscuits 12 boxes Pizza rolls 3 bags Combos 2 boxes Handi-snacks

6 cans Chef Boyardee 3 Spray n' Wash Stain stick 2 Spray n' Wash Dual action 1 Spray n' Wash Trigger 9 Right Guard Deodorant 7 Lysol Toilet Bowl Cleaner 7 Lysol Multipurpose cleaner 4 Lysol Neutra air spray 5 Lysol Bathroom cleaner 12 Lunchables 6 Crest Toothpaste 4 Colgate Toothpaste 4 Meijer Spagh Sauce 2 cases Meijer brand bottled Water

Now mind you in the past having this many items in my cart would have sent me into instant "buyer's remorse". On the spot I would have had a little
pow-ow in my brain claiming "THAT I WILL MAKE THESE GROCERIES LAST UNTIL NEXT PAYDAY & I WILL NOT go back to the store for at least 2-3 weeks" (knowing full well that will never happen - we always needed something). Well not anymore; so sir-ree-bobber! Not only will these items last my family and I WAY BEYOND a couple of weeks, but I can't wait until next week to go shopping and SAVE SAVE SAVE some more ca$h-ola!!

I had to do a double take when the final amount due came up on the screen ~ $69.59. What was even more amazing was my TOTAL savings ~ $211.94! I knew I had got the most BANG FOR MY BUCK when I had to unload my 2 1/2 year old from the cart and carry him out in my arms just so all of the groceries would fit in the cart! NOW THAT'S A LOT OF STUFF! HIP HIP HOORAY FOR SAVINGSANGEL!

- Amy

Awesome!

Isn't finding deals fun! I just got back from walgreens too. This is what I got:
4 bottles Suave shampoo
2 bottles Suave conditioner
1 Bic Soleil 4ct razors
4 Cadbury bars
1 can tomato sauce
2 Celestial Seasonings boxes of herbal tea

I used my $10 register reward from last week plus coupons.
I spent 5.87 out of pocket and got a $6 register reward for next time.

- Stacy

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Ok I might have over done it a little, but hey I'm new at this! And quite addicted! Went to Walgreens (68th and Division) and stocked up on everything, yes a cart full...
$252.87 Original price
-$102.71 in coupons and advertised savings.
= $131.30 (including tax)
-$66.00 in rebates and register rewards
= $65.30 Final Price!

That's a savings of $168.71!
WOOOOOO-HOOOOOO! I love you guys! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

- Sarah

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My hubby's now a believer!

Ok, so, I picked up a few groceries today... I took them all out of the car and my DH helped me... I could tell he was upset with me and I was not sure why... then he grabs the receipt from my hand and starts to look at it... I was not sure what was going on... So I asked him if he was mad at me... he looks at me and says... "yes, when you came home and started taking the groceries out of the car, I was a bit frustrated because I did not think that we needed THIS many groceries! I thought you spent enough on groceries this week.. But, then I looked at your receipt..."

This is what he saw...

3 pkg hamburg buns
2 pkg hotdog buns
2 boxes snack cakes
7 boxes ice cream bars
2 pkg frozen veggies (birdseye)
3 pkg vanity fair napkins
3 pkg french fries
2 gallons ice cream
6 boxes cereal
4 packages oncor meat

TOTAL paid out of pocket $26.61
coupon savings $41.90
my TOTAL savings ended up being $95.58

My DH is now not mad at me anymore! He was frustrated because he thought I had spent a ton of money on groceries this week! He was absolutely SHOCKED that I got all the groceries that I did for $26.61. He is now a true believer in SA! And he was pretty happy because the ice cream bars were for him...

- Brenda

Small week, big savings!!

Going through the ads this week, I found there really wasn't a whole lot that we needed. It seems that with a nice stockpile of food and supplies in the closet and in the freezer, I don't too often find there is anything I "need" to get, other than milk, eggs, and produce. But, my small grocery list turned into big savings this week!

I bought 14 boxes of cereal
11 bottles of salad dressing
4 gallons milk
4 boxes shells and cheese
2 packages kraft select singles
2 dozen eggs
miracle whip
grapes
and potatoes

I spent $39.30 -- I saved $74.49!

I had so much fun, I just might go back to the store and get some more cereal!! My hubby almost broke out into the "happy dance", and he doesn't dance! Saving is soooooooooo much fun!

- Tamara

Newbie, first shopping trip a HUGE success

So I am a Newbie Angel, and I have to say it is so fun! I went to Meijer tonight. I had a total savings of $127.96, (RETAIL: 274.18!!) with a final total of $146.22! My family eats tons of fresh produce so I spent a big chuck there. I had a great time shopping with my list and putting it all in my cart, checking and double checking my coupons and such. I received a Catilina as well, and did have to get 4 rain checks.

Next I hit Family Fare and Walgreens and got HUGE saving there too. I am so glad a friend told me about this site, and am addicted!

- Jen

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Savings and a new Vacuum
Okay. I'm cleaning my house yesterday, and my vacuum is sounding really weird. The brush motor kept quitting. Well, I just can't have that happening, because I've got out-of-town guests visiting us this weekend. So, I called my husband and said, "Punkinhead, we're going to need a new vacuum." He states that we can look at one while we're grocery shopping at Meijer.

Armed with all of my retail and Meijer coupons, we did our grocery shopping, plus I found a really great vacuum (Consumer Reports says it's one of the best on the market) for $149.99. I'm, of course, fired up, because if your vacuum doesn't work right, vacuuming isn't fun anymore.

After it was all said and done, I had $44.00 worth of retail/Meijer coupons, plus $73.78 in in-store savings for a total of $117.78 in savings. Plus, the vacuum was on sale for $134.99. Which basically means that I purchased an awesome vacuum for about $18.00!

Now, I normally don't get jazzed about things like vacuums, but thanks to Savings Angel showing me the way, I'm seriously jazzed.

Thanks so much, Savings Angel for "enlightening" me. You all are sooo appreciated!

- Kimberly

80% savings!

I bought 14 bags of Chex Mix (5 of those being Chocolate kind) and 8 bags of Cheerios Snack Mix. I had coupons for all 22 of them.

Total Original Cost $53.38
Total Savings $44.38
Total out of pocket: $9.00

That is an 80% savings. My kids are gonna love carrying my groceries in tonight!

- Jennifer

Fun at Walgreens!
Got:
2 6 BIG Rolls of Charmin
2 - 3 PK Bounty paper towels
2 Charmin Fresh wipes (without the coupons...I just couldn't find em, I think I cut em out and I don't know where I put them I guess....)
2 Gallons of Milk
2 Suave Shampoo
1 Suave Conditioner
1 Kids 3-1 Shampoo/conditioner
1 Q-Tip 500 pk
1 8 pk Lever 2000 with Bonus Lotion

Total out of pocket: $10.00!

- Nicole

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Good Trip to Meijer

Had a few things to get. Turned out pretty good.

1 Philly Cream Cheese
2 Doritos (BOGO)
4 Steamfresh veggies
2 Meijer Potato Chips
2 Dean's Ice Cream (my kids will be so happy )
3 Capri Sun plus 1 FREE Nabisco Cookie snack pack (good lunch stuffers if I can keep em out of it before then)
4 Boxes Honey Bunches of Oats w/choc FREE
6 Boxes Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks
4 Boxes Lucky Charms
3 Boxes Cinnamon Toast Crunch

RETAIL $101.51
Total out of Pocket $40.76
Total savings $60.75

I think I might finally be ahead of my kids and their cereal addiction. AND with all the cereals they LOVE. Well the Honey Bunches of Oats is yet to be seen if they like. But for FREE, it's worth a try. If not, I will donate it (if I don't like it either) The nice thing is, after 1 month with SA, that is really all I needed to shop for this week. My freezer is still bulging at the seams...my cupboards are overflowing! I have not heard my kids say "MOM THERE IS NOTHING TO EAT" is about a month now...and that is a great feeling.

Also, I have plenty on hand for breakfast, lunch and dinner whether we are going to have a healthy, delicious (or DEEEEEE LISSSS OUS as my 3 yr old daughter says) but easy quick meals to have on the fly!

- Nicole

86% Savings and Eating Healthy!

(Last) week Meijer was again running a buy 5 colgate/palmolive products get $5 catalina for next shopping trip deal this with the meijer mealbox coupons made for a great sunday afternoon shopping trip!

One great deal I found with this promotion is that the Fruitport Meijers takes competitor coupons and target currently has a coupon out exp 7/30/08 for $1 off colgate total advance and there are also $1/1 or $1.50/1 manufacturers coupons out. I did this deal 3 times yesterday and ended up with 64 items -

3 Detroit Free Press Papers 4 colgate toothbrushes 5 Meijer pasta sauce 6 Purina healthy ones cat chow 21 Weight watchers yogurts 1 lady speedstick 3 Meijer whole wheat pasta

1 Meijer lasagna 1 purina one dog food canister 10 Colgate advance fresh toothpaste 2 purina one cat food canister 2 donuts -rewards for the kids 2 dole salad mixes 1 tidy cats cat litter 1 bunch bananas

My total savings between coupons and promotions - was $79.44 my total out of pocket was $21.88 and I still have a $5 catalina for "my next shopping trip" and I'll get back a $5 meijer gift card for the weight watchers yogurt promotion. so really my total paid is == $10.88 for a total of 86% saved after coupons and promotions. Thats only 17 cents an item! Could you imagine paying only 17 cents average for pet food and litter?

I've found that with SavingsAngel and coupons - the whole family eats more healthy!

- Anne

Crazy, Crazy SAVINGS!

It's already been said dozens and dozens of times, but shopping was absolutely CRAZY this week! I went to Meijers today and was pleasantly surprised to see great inventory levels on everything! My full retail price was $371.63...paid $117.30...saved $254.33...68.4% SAVINGS! I was hoping to hit $100 in coupons but came out at $98.55...can you believe I was actually a little bummed!! You know you're addicted when you're a little bummed about coming up $1.45 short on coupons!

On a funny note, I had soooo many coupons that the register stopped scanning them and gave the cashier a message she had never seen before. She called the Head Cashier over, who also had never seen the message before. It said something about exceeding a limit! Anyway...they simply manually added up my remaining coupons and entered them as one lump sum! Too funny! She was actually laughing! I told her, "you can call me crazy!"... She replied..."No, you're not crazy...you're an expert at this!"

If you add my Meijer savings to my other stops this week (Orchards for $1.95/gallon milk and WalMart where I pricematched Crest toothpaste (13 for FREE that are actually headed to South America in my friends suitcase), my final week tally is:

Full Regular Price: $430.09...paid $129.00...saved $301.49... 70% SAVINGS! OMG! OMG! OMG! Way tooooo much FUN!

- Carie

Coupons before and after SavingsAngel

Before Savings Angel, I only used a "few" coupons once in a while and wondered why people even use them. What was a .50 cent coupon going to do for our budget! I was in line today at Family Fare and had the cashier, the bagger, and the lady in line behind me all amazed! They were astonished that I had a coupon for every single item that I was buying. I laughed and said that it was the only way I shopped now, thanks to Savings Angel and handed them each a card of how they can do it too!

- Julie

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Checking the numbers...

I managed to literally fill up a shopping cart today with pasta, sauce, tortilla chips, frozen veggies and potatoes and had coupons for every last one of them. Final bill came up to just $31 with a normal retail of about $65! (even though last week I think it would have been closer to 10-15 ). After just 5 weeks of doing this now, we probably have enough pasta and sauces for the next 3-4 months, toothpaste and deodorant for the next year, plenty of cleaning supplies, and are generally stocked on all our essentials except for milk/dairy/bread for at least 2-3 weeks. All this and we beat our best month in family history on groceries (going back to 1997 in quicken) by about $50 last month, and I think we'll only be about 2/3 of that cost this month!

- Craig

Rite Aid rocks this week!

Here's what I bought:

1 Aqua Fresh Extreme Clean - $2.49 (used $1 coupon, plus get $2.49 Rebate)
11 Sweet Sue Canned Chix - .99 (used .75 cent coupon)
4 Tic Tacs - .69 (used .55 cent coupon)
8 Trident Gum - .99 (used B1G1F coupons, so purchased only 4)
6 Pledge M-S Wipes - $2.99 (25 count) (used $3/2 M-S coupons)
1 Lib. Deluxe Angle Broom - $6.99 (cheaper than I've seen anywhere else)
7 - Charmin Ultra Giant TP 4 pack - marked down to $2.50 (used $1 coupons/each)

$71.84 Total
$32.41 Coupon Savings
$39.43 Out of pocket, plus $2.49 back in rebate = $36.94!

- Julie

My Savings So Far...

Wal-Mart:
5- scrubbing bubbles shower cleaner (pd $2 each, retails $12, also got 3 retailed $19.98)
4 - boxes of kids bandaids (.44 each)

At Walgreens, I got:

8 rolls of Bounty Basic (pd .49 each, retails $1.49 ea.) 4 Listernine Smart Rinse (pd $2.50 ea. retails $4.99) 1 -4 pk of Cottonelle tp (pd $2, retails $3.99) 1 -4 pk of Scott extra soft tp (pd. $2, retails $3.99)

4 Visine Eye drops (pd .49 each for, retails $3.99) 3 -4 pk of Bic comfort 3 razors, (pd .99 each, retails $5.79 each)+ "free"chair 1 Cascade rinse aid (FREE, retails $3.13)

At Riteaid:
1- Electrasol dishwasher soap (pd $3.25, retails $4.49) comes w/rebate.
2- Colgate toothpaste (FREE, retails $3.99 each)
1- birthday card
1- candy bar

At Meijer:

1 - Celery 2 - packages of angus beef bread crumbs 5- spag. sauce 5- boxes of spaghetti 11 - pkgs of frozen veggies (1 free) 4- pkgs. chocolate chips 5 - jars of applesauce

6- boxes of graham crackers 4- cartons of ice cream 2- pkgs frozen hashbrowns 2- pkgs french fries 2- pkgs tater tots 2- pkgs steak fries

I used 45 Meijer coupons. I love that!

Retail: $294.64
My total spending for the day was $85.54
I saved with coupons and sales - $209.10

I have to go to Family Fare and CVS yet. I LOVE SAVINGS ANGEL!

- Lisa

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Great Results At Family Fare (if Only I Had Gone Without Kids)

Went to Hudsonville Family Fare yesterday while my 5 year old was in dance class to seek out the Honey Bunches of Oats with Chocolate for which I still had $2 coupons. Indeed, the chocolate is included in the sale. I bought 6 boxes ($24 retail value), on sale for $2, and had 6 - $2 coupons. I would have escaped without spending a dime but my 3 year old wanted a doughnut and my 10 month old was screaming so I bought graham crackers. I think it should be mandatory that we be allowed to shop without kids!

- Celeste

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My shopping last night...

I got 17 tubes of Crest for FREE!
7 boxes of pizza rolls
2 cookie mixes
3 lysol wipes
3 boxes of Frosted mini wheats
1 FREE box of All Bran w/strawberries (free coupon on frosted wheats)
4 boxes of poptarts
2 Stauffer family size meals
6 boxes of Poppers snacks
6 bottles of BBQ sauce (only item I didn't have coupons for)

I paid $47.64
SAVED $93.35
PLUS 3 were FREE items because of the buy 10, get 11th FREE.

I am way too addicted to this site. Thanks Josh and everyone else!

- Lisa

Loving It!

I'm an so loving SA and Meijer!!

I got $98.24 worth of stuff for $37.91! I saved $60.33, got 6 FREE boxes of cereal, 6 FREE bags of frozen veggies, 1 FREE Coffee Mate Creamer and 1 FREE box of Taster's Choice Single Serve Coffee Sticks!!

Oh yeah, and I got $1 in Fuel Rewards and a $3 on your next shopping order catalina from Kelloggs.

- Pam

Fabulous Meijer Trip

Today's shopping trip to Meijer is probably my best so far! I bought:

7 Excedrin 24 ct. (with $2 coupons and raincheck) 2 trial size Aquafresh toothpaste (FREE with coupons) 3 Adidas antiperspirant (will be free with rebates) 1 boneless round roast 2 Eckrich bologna (B1G1F) 2 Hillshire Farms Bratwurst (B1G1F) f2 Plumrose Bacon 2 Meijer frozen chicken breasts (B1G1F) 5 LiveActive cheese snacks (2.00 coupons) 4 Lender Bagels (.50 coupons) 1 Cinnamon Life cereal (1.00 coupon)

1 Simple Harvest granola bars (1.00 coupon) 1 cantaloupe 1 loaf of white bread 1 3# bag apples (full price) 1 bunch bananas (full price) I bought the following items to include in a goodie box I'm making for my college age son who is preparing for his final exams next week: 1 package of mini boxes of raisins (full price) 1 bag Twizzler licorice (full price) 1 bag of dried mixed fruit (full price) 3 bottles Powerade 1 package of index cards (full price)

Total value $135.70
Non coupon savings $52.57
Coupon Savings $29.14
Meijer Promotions $20
I Paid $33.99

I also have $12.00 in rebates coming for the LiveActive Cheese, and $9 in rebates for the antiperspirant. This gives me an out of pocket expense of $12.99!

- Julie

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Awesome shopping!

- 3 bags Chex mix - 3 Betty Crocker cookie mixes - 10 various boxes Meijer pasta - 10 jars of Meijer pasta sauce - 2 jars applesauce - 2 cans of Tuna - 1 loaf of bread - 2 flavored loaves of bread (on the clearance rack) - 1 Yoplait Yo Plus yogurt - 3 boxes Quaker breakfast cookies - 3 boxes Kellog's Smart Start - 1 Maxwell house coffee - 2 "I Can't Believe it's not butter" spreads

- Celery - Cucumber - Carrots - Canteloup - 2 bags of potatoes - 4 bags Meijer frozen veggies - 3 boxes Meijer freezer storage bags - 1 box of aluminum foil - Dryer sheets - 2 Lysol toilet bowl cleaners - 2 Anti-bacterial Windex - Swiffer sweeper refills - 9 Crest toothpastes - 2 Right Guard deodorants

Total spent: $64.79 - Savings: $89.58!

Plus, I have:
- a $3 off next shopping order catalina from the Smart Start
- a $1 off fuel purchase (also from Smart Start)
- a coupon for a free bag of Sunkist Almond Accents.

I am PUMPED! Doing my little happy dance at home.

- Aaron

Big Savings at Kroger!

Went to Kroger and Meijer this week to fulfill my Unilever rebate from last Sunday's paper. The Kroger I went to doubles to $1. ($2 off total)

Here's my purchases:
13 containers Suave hairspray/ conditioner /shampoo
2 large boxes Q-Tips
1 tub I Can't Believe It's Butter
1 1.5 qt. Breyers Ice Cream
2 pkgs. Nestle Ready to Bake Cookies
4 Lipton Sides
4 Nestle Chocolate Chips
1 23 lb. turkey!!!!

Full retail for these items = $97.64

I paid (after I receive my rebate) ........ $24.61!!!!!

A 75% savings!! Gotta love it!!!!

I love getting great deals like this. I now cringe when I have to pay full price for something.

It's a great day!!!

- Denise

Saving BIG in Metro Detroit!

I joined SA in Nov 08. For the first several weeks I wasn't really seeing the savings I had read about from other members, so I wasn't sure if it was going to be worth it. However, prior to joining, my husband and I were confident it was the right thing for us to do so I persisted. Boy, am I glad I did! January was my largest savings month, totaled I saved $200 on my grocery bills for the month. Not only that but I am excited to say that I have started a food storage! Also, because of my savings and food storage we were able to bless a family (4 kids, and the husband had just lost his job) with 4 bags of groceries. Without SA I never would have been able to accomplish that! It's exciting that out of our abundance (thanks in large part to SA) we are able to help provide for those in need!

I am excited every week to prepare my grocery list and coupons and look forward to seeing how much more my grocery bills can improve! Love it!

- Jocelyn

Doubling Coupons in Metro Detroit!

I ended up getting 2 large packages Scott toilet paper, 2- 8 packs of Scott paper towels, 2 packages of Schick razors, 6 Suave body washes, 1 large bag of Fit & Trim dog food, 1 smaller bag of Nutrish dog food, 1 bag of Purina cat food, 1 Reynolds Wrap aluminum foil, 1 package of Venus razors, 2 bottles of Johnson & Johnson body lotion, 1 bottle of Nivia bottle lotion,1 Secret Flawless deodorant, 2 cans of Purina dog food, 2 3-packs of Trident gum.

I thought it was pretty good for $55 (Retail: $130!) That's over $75 savings! Saving 58%!

I later went to CVS and got 2 packs of Gillette razors, shaving cream, Bayer asprin, 2 tubes of Crest toothpaste, 4 cans of Progresso soup. Out of pocket $12, and I received $8.89 in CVS Extra Care Bucks.

I love shopping this way!

- Sherry in Warren

Mommy LOVES saving money!!

Hello ladies and gentlemen! I wanted to thank YOU for helping me save my family $$$. I had $200 left this month to buy groceries for my family. I used the principals of Enlightened Shopping (since we are just 10 days away from having SA in STL!!) to SAVE, SAVE, SAVE!! I had an AWESOME trip to Shop 'N Save today!! After 3 separate transactions, I came home with $151.66 in groceries (sale prices, not retail!). I used $81.50 in coupons, $10 in rebates and I ONLY paid $60.16!!! I was so excited!! I'm telling everyone I know!! It was amazing! I loved it! I had so much fun saving money, I came home and took a picture! My 3 year old son said, "Mommy, why are you taking a picture of the groceries?" My reply was, "Because Mommy LOVES saving money!!"

Thank you Savings Angel!!

- Erica in St. Louis, MO

Great SNS trip!

I had a great trip to Shop 'n Save yesterday afternoon! The cashier was impressed, and I love hearing those magic words "Coupon override on register 5!" Combined great sales with great coupons plus the SNS $10 off a $50 order Thursday coupon. So much fun! Hubby of mine was incredibly impressed. Here's what I got:

2 cans Hunts tomatoes
4 bottles Hunts ketchup
6 4-packs Hunts Snack Pack pudding
2 4-packs Orville Redenbacher microwave popcorn
Sandwich bags
4 boxes Nabisco Honey Delite
2 bottles McCormick Grill Mates spices
2 jars Peter Pan Peanut butter
6 boxes Kraft mac and Cheese crackers
8 cans Chef Boyardee pasta
2 Banquet frozen meals
2 pkgs. Kraft 2% singles
2 cartons Egg Beaters
1 Land O' Lakes butter
1 and a half dozen eggs
1 gallon milk

Total Out of Pocket: $41.10
Total Savings 61.33
61%
Woo Hoo!!! Plus I got $10 coupon for my next purchase.

Overall, I got $102.43 of groceries for $31.10!!

- Pam in Saint Louis

What to do with little $$$$

My husband gave me the bad news on Friday.....I could only have $50 to shop with this weekend. I'm sure you could all guess my answer to that...... Then I thought, I've had less and made it a challenge to get as much as I could. This is what I did: I went to Dierbergs, Walgreens and Aldi.

At Dierbergs I bought 5 pkgs of meat, 1 lg bunch of bananas, 3 boxes of cereal, 6 pks Tuna, 1- 2 lt of Diet Dr Pepper, 1 Kashi Meal, 5 Secret Platinum, and 4 McCormick spices. At Walgreens, I bought 22 Mentos Gum, 4 pints Walgreens ice cream, 2 Right Guard deodorant, 1 Bic Solile Cartridge and 3 Reynold's wrap. At Aldi, I bought 1 Gallon of milk and 1 lb of bacon.

I payed a total of $46.46 and saved $66.73. I also went back to Dierbergs and got my Free gallon of milk yesterday.

SA is still great even on a small budget.....Just look out for me this next weekend!

- Nancy in O'Fallon, MO

This week at Schnucks

4 Progresso soup
4 Rotel tomatoes
8 Totinos
4 Green Giant Steamables
5 Birds Eye Steamfresh
6 Chef Boyardee
4 Pillsbury Crescents
3 Pillsbury Grands
2 Sets Rubbermaid Containers
2 Crisco Canola Oil Omega 3

Total retail was above $60!
Final Price: $27.25

I saved much more that the 50% Target. (Grocery bill in half)

- Vicky in St. Louis


My First SA Trip

I joined SAVINGS ANGEL on February 12th. I was a bit skeptical of the thought that I had to spend money to save money. I thought I would give it a try anyway. Well here is what my first shopping trip looked like on February 14th:

My total bill was $89.29 (I then handed the cashier my pile of coupons)
The total dropped to $31.35

I received $15.93 in Walgreens rebates from the Easy Saver catalog which brought my total down to $15.42! But wait that's not all (I know I sound like an infomercial!)
I also received $7.00 in register rewards.

So my total out of pocket after coupons, rebates and register rewards...

$8.42!!

This is what I bought for $8.42:
2 boxes Fiber one cereal
1 box Cinnamon toast crunch cereal
2 boxes Lucky charms cereal
2 boxes Quaker instant oatmeal
2 rolls Bounty Basic paper towels
4 boxes Hefty storage boxes
1 tube Colgate toothpaste
1 Colgate wave toothbrush
1 Gillette fusion power razor
1 4-pack Energizer AAA batteries
1 box Zucol cold medicine
1 4-pack Schick razors
1 Thermacare heat wrap
1 12.6oz Joy dish soap

On February 27th I went to Walgreens again... My total bill was $70.73 (Retail) and after coupons, rebates and register rewards my total bill was $19.92!

I have also saved lots of money at Schnucks, Dierbergs, Target and Shop n' Save! Thank you Savings Angel!!!

- Tracy in O'Fallon, MO

Angel Can't wait to tell my friends!

Today at Walgreens I bought $69.86 worth of stuff for $7.62.
How great is that??!

3 tubes of Total toothpaste
2 Colgate toothbrushes
24 pack of spring water
3 4-pks AAA duracell batteries
6 boxes of Aleve (24ct)
1 Celestial Seasoning tea box

- Aemi in Chesterfield, MO

More great stories coming later this month!

The Cashier Did a Double Take!
This week's shopping was limited (my husband gets paid biweekly, so I didn't have money to work with), but I did score pretty well at Cub Foods.

Orville Redenbacher popcorn 3.pk -1.67 less coupon .67
Redenbacher popcorn big pack - 3.50 less coupon 2.50
Glade oil candle holder, on clearance for 3.36 less coupon 1.36
Gallon Kemps Milk 4.49 less coupon FREE

Total Out of pocket: $4.74
Saved: $8.50 - which is 65%. Yay, finally saved over 50%, now I'm working on saving 75%!

The clerk rang in the coupons, then looked at the screen, then looked again to make sure! It was kinda funny!

Next week I'll have bigger savings, I'm sure...

- Tamara in Savage, MN

Talking My experience
I have been on the program for just around a month and I have saved over 50% each time I shop. Having a teenager at home it helps to have something around to eat at all times. Yesterday I realized that my freezer is full to the limit and I am going to have to set up a food storage in my basement.

Yesterday I shopped at Rainbow... $37 total with a $45 savings.

- Jody in Richfield, MN


Party My Savings
I am absolutely THRILLED with how much I saved this week.

Went to Walgreens with a store coupon and individual coupons, plus a $6.00 off coupon from a previous purchase for the Northern and Bounty. The toilet paper and paper towels were $6.49 each, plus a $1.00 off each one, and the $6.00 coupon, my grand total was $5.32 for both. I was OVERJOYED! Total savings: 62%.

Then I was off to Cub Foods for even more savings. With all the coupons I had and pairing them up with the fabulous sales, all in all I saved 60% there as well this week.

SavingsAngel is definitely my Angel!

- Rebecca in Ramsey, MN

 

More great stories coming later this month!

1st trip...

I paid under $62 after saving nearly $47. It was great! :) Now I think I might be addicted! LOL.

- DeAnna in Hamilton, OH

More great stories coming later this month!

Target success

Woohoo.....I cut out my coupons for the Schick Quattros out of the paper and headed to Target yesterday. I also printed out some coupons for Pledge and Fiber One pop tarts. Here is my savings.....

2 Bottles of Pledge multi surface cleanser
2 cans of Pledge furniture polish
2 boxes of Fiber One pop tarts
4 (yep...that's right!..4!) Schick Quattro razors

Total.....$5.73! - which is so totally awesome!

- Erma in Sun City West, AZ

Walgreen's & Safeway Savings!

I joined last week and I already saved $135.00 at Safeway. I went to Walgreen's yesterday and paid $10 for $40 dollars worth of good stuff. I am addicted to savings now. Best Deal - Airwick Flameless candle starter kit reg. $9.99, on sale, $4.99, $3.00 coupon, paid only $1.99!!!

- Theresa in Surprise, AZ

More great stories coming later this month!

Savings Angel: A Real Economic Stimulus Plan!

One of the most rewarding parts of being a member of SavingsAngel for me is sharing the savings with other families who are struggling during these difficult economic times. Surprisingly, I have never been much of a salesperson when it comes to any product or service, but that was before I became an Enlightened Shopper with the help of SavingsAngel. Now, I can be heard talking about SA at home, at work, at church, at family gatherings, and just about everyplace in between. I have even been known to call friends and family on my cell phone upon leaving a store just to share with them the great deals I just snagged as a result of my Enlightened Shopping list. What can I say? I just can’t keep such a good thing to myself. I guess that is why I have had so many people join SA as a result of me sharing the good news with them.

But having people join under my affiliate ID and supply a commission has nothing to do with why I’m such a fan of the referral program. I love checking in with all of my fledgling angels just to see how well they are doing with shopping and saving. They always enthusiastically share with me their success stories.

With the help of SA, my pastor’s wife, Carrie, is able to do much more for our frequent “Servant Saturdays”, handing out nice hot coffee to people waiting in line during the Christmas rush, providing chocolates for Valentine’s Day to our local school staff, and grilling up hot dogs for our community picnics.

My coworker, Cheryl, is able to squirrel away money for a tropical getaway for her family.

My neighbor, Melissa, is paying off debt so that she and her family can enjoy a debt-free lifestyle.

My mom, Lorna, drops off donations at Christian Neighbors each week and boy are they happy to see her coming!

You see, Savings Angel is not a gimmick or a get-rich-quick scheme. It is a whole new way of thinking about the way you spend, save, and give to others. And once you see how the SA way can lead to a life of abundance for you and everyone you share it with, well, you – like me – are hooked!

- Sarah in Dorr, MI

Home Schooler MAKES money from her membership!

As a stay-at-home-homeschooling-mom of ten children and also making lifestyle changes since my husband was laid off and is now in the midst of establishing his own business, we have been learning together, and SavingsAngel has been a part of this. The idea of spending $19.95 a month on SavingsAngel was not something we could really afford, but quickly learned it was something we could not afford NOT to do!

We quickly learned that we were missing out on many opportunities of saving and building a pantry as we tried it out. I began sharing with friends, and also wrote about SavingsAngel on my blog, Writing Canvas which is one of my top posts with the most hits! People want to learn how to save money. Little did I realize with sharing this, I would MAKE money!

I no longer pay $19.95 a month for SavingsAngel. I make money because of those who have signed up from my link with my personal ID in it. Since I receive $10 for each new person that signs up and then $5 per month, per person that stays on, it not only pays for my SavingsAngel membership but gives me extra cash! Every so often I also post on my FaceBook a picture of my receipt, especially if I have saved more than I spent! It gets inquiries and others NEED to save, and give it a try. It is a learning experience for my whole family that has even been incorporated into our homeschooling curriculum, teaching our children why math is important, and teaching them about saving. I invite you to give it a try. This is one of those things that you don't lose out on!

- Loni in Greenville