Two New Money Saving Blogs

Hello Frugal Friends!  I just wanted to point out to you that I have added two new money saving blogs under our list of favorites.  For my frugal friends who like to shop organically, you are going to LOVE these!  There aren't too many money saving blogs that are centered toward organic deals so I was super excited to find these.

The first one is Your Green Helper and this site offers tons of tips on getting started with being more "green" and shopping organically.  There are deal scenarios for places like Whole Foods and Trader Joe's, two stores in our area that are really centered toward organic/healthy eating.  I know a couple of my frugal friends are planning trips to these stores soon, so I was super happy to find this one for them.  By the looks of these scenarios, shopping organically can be affordable!  You can like them on facebook here.

The other is a forum called Organic Grocery Deals.  You have to sign up for this one, and log in every time you want to check in on deals.  It's a format similar to Couponers Wanted, so if you use that site a lot, you will feel comfortable here.  There's lots of info at this site too, not only on deals but getting started and ideas for many ways to "green" your life.  You can like them on facebook here.

I was surprised at the number of my frugal friends who shop organically, I had no idea!  Had I known, I would have incorporated more money saving blogs ages ago!  And for those that don't shop organically, don't worry, this blog is not turning into an organic only blog....I promise there will be lots of deals to share that are not for organic products still, right now I am concentrating on that area in my own life so I just happen to be finding lots of new info in that area.  In the meantime, "like" Sharing the Wealth! Saving Money: 101 on facebook and share some of your own great finds on the wall.

Woodman's: Wine Tags and Organic Lollipops

On Tuesday, my frugal friend Dawn let me try some Yummy Earth Organic Lollipops that she picked up.  These are delicious!  Of course, one just wasn't enough so I went in search of them today while I was out and about.  Dawn had found them at Woodman's, so I decided to start there.  My Woodman's store (Rockford, IL) had just got them in their stock and put them out, they were so new that they weren't even in the register system with pricing yet.  They charged me $6.99 for this container of lollipops, which has about 125 suckers in it. 

That makes them about .05 each.  I didn't have any coupons, and I don't think there are any.  At .05 each, that's not a bad deal.  I am sure they are right around the same price as DumDums, and they are much better for you.  I highly recommend giving these a try, the flavors are great!  Wet-face Watermelon, Tooberry Blueberry, Sour Apple Tart, Pomegranate Pucker (my fave!), Mango Tango, Strawberry Smash, Very Very Cherry and Googly Grape.  These are certified organic and a serving size is 3 lollipops so when the kids ask for seconds and thirds, you can approve!  In three pops there's only 70 calories, and 17g sugars which is 6% of the DV.  No chemical dyes, real fruit extracts, no corn syrup - only the good stuff!  I found them on an end cap at the end of the organic aisle.  Wouldn't these be great Easter basket stuffers?!?  This brand also has organic gummy bears that Woodman's also had, those are pretty tasty too!

While I was at Woodman's I went in search of wine tags (not familiar with wine tags? start here).  Last time I was in my store, the liquor department was in the midst of a remodel so everything was a-miss and there were NO WT's.  Today I struck gold!  Here's the tags that I scoped out:

These are all general WT's such as $1.00 off your next grocery purchase of $5 or more, $1.00 off produce of $2 or more, $1.00 off chicken, $1.00 off pork or ice, and $1.00 off seafood.  Some of them worked out nicely for me to use right away today.  These were at the Rockford, IL store, so if you are in another area it could be hit or miss. 

Hilander Deals 11/4-11/10

This is looking to be a good week at Hilander. They are running another buy 10 products and get $5 off instantly promotion - and this time the coupon match ups are good! The deals and prices listed below are assuming you buy 10 items and get the $5 ($.50 per item) discount.

Propel Fitness Water $.49 - buy 2 and use a B1G1 printable to get 2 free (should take off the .99 price)

Colgate Toothbrushes $1.00 - use the $1/1 from coolsavings.com to get this for free too.

Campbells Cream of Chicken or Mushroom Soup $.49 - buy 3 and use the $1.50/3 coupon from campbellskitchen.com to get these free.

And while we are not lacking in soup in our house, additional varieties for free are always nice so ...
Campbells Chunky Soup $.99 - use the .50/1 coupon from campbellskitchen.com to get a free can of soup AND
buy 2 and load a $1/2 onto your card from the Hilander site and pair it with a $1/2 from campbellskitchen.com or a .50/2 from the 10/10 SS (which will double) to get 2 more cans free.

Campbells Healthy Request Soups $.99 - load a $1/2 coupon to your card and pair it with the $1/2 from campbellskitchen.com to get 2 more cans free.

And finally Annie's Organic Macaroni and Cheese is $.49 - there are no mainstream coupons out for this, but this is great mac n' cheese and this is definitely a stock up price since it usually runs around $1.79 per box.

2 FREE Organic Shampoo & Conditioner @ Wags

Walgreens has a sale going on right now for B1G1F on all Renpure organic shampoos and conditioners.  The regular price for these is $6.99 each.  Hanging from the bottles are "Try Me Free" tags.  Buy two for $6.99 (1 @ $6.99 & 1 FREE with sale) and then submit the rebate form for the full $6.99 back.  All you pay is tax for some really nice organic hair care products!  I haven't tried this shampoo & conditioner yet, but I just love the bottles that this product comes it.  It's shape is different than your standard shampoo bottle and the colors are bright and bold. 

Remember if you have more than one address to submit rebates for you can do this more than once.  Just make sure if you are also buying products for the Olay $15 MIR or the P&G $100 coupon booklet that you check out with seperate transactions or get a rebate receipt. 

Coupons for Organic Products - Mambo Sprouts

If you like to use organic products but have a hard time finding good, high value coupons for them you might want to check out Mambo Sprouts.  I signed up for Mambo Sprouts quite awhile ago and usually get a newsletter e-mail with coupon links. 

Today in the mail I received a Mambo Sprouts booklet with articles and 25 high value coupons for various orgainic products with over $35 in savings.  Some of these expire 4/30/10 but some go as far out as 8/31/10. 

Some of the products included in the coupons are Arrowhead Mills products, Kashi products, Lifeway products, Earthbound Farms products and Organic Valley products - just to name a few!  These are great coupons and I can't wait for a really good sale to pair them up with .  Head over to Mambo Sprouts and sign up, you won't be disappointed!