Smiths Doubles

Smiths is rounding any coupon lower then $1 up to $1 today through Saturday. I ran there this morning and got $76.34 worth of groceries AND one free movie ticket for $27.22!!

Quick Smiths Trip

I ran to Smiths today to stock up on cheese while the Mega Event was still going on (ends tomorrow). I got 10 bags of Kraft Naturals shredded cheese and 10 cans of Hunts diced tomatoes for $14.30. I did this deal WITHOUT using ANY COUPONS but by taking advantage of the store promo and the Kraft cheese catalina deal running right now I was able to save $33.10. Paying full price this would've cost $47.40.

The cheese freezes well so if you stock up when they are at a great price then you won't have to pay the $3+ price they want to charge you normally. It pays to stock up so that you can buy things at the price you want to pay, not at the price the store wants to charge you.

Smiths Mega Event

Smiths is running a "Buy 10 items get $5 off instantly" promo this week. You can check out the grocery smarts list for partipating items HERE or check out UtahDealDiva's post HERE for some ideas.

I don't take advantage of every sale that comes along but I did run to Smiths for this one because with three little boys, frozen pizzas come in handy and we use cream cheese a lot in pastas and desserts and you can't beat FREE.

I got these 10 items for $1.42!

Thomas Nelson Book Review - Same Kind of Different as Me

I really enjoyed this book and I felt like I gained a lot of perspective. "Same Kind of Different as Me" by Ron Hall and Denver Moore was written like memoirs from both men, telling their stories and how they came to be friends. Denver was a black man who although was not technically a slave, was raised in the same slave south that generations of his family had in the past. Ron was a white man, born poor but made a fortune as a high end art dealer. Ron's wife brought them together as she worked to help the homeless. I felt this book had a similar feel to "The Blindside" but the thing that I really liked about it was how much Denver taught Ron. I think we often think about how much we can give or offer to someone like Denver who is homeless and appears to not have a purpose in life. But Denver, despite his hard life and scrapes with the law, is a very spiritual man and very in tune with God. I feel like I learned a lot from him just by reading about his life. I was also amazed at how oppressed blacks like Denver were and still are, and not just in the past, but now, in my lifetime. I think about slavery as a thing of the past but my eyes were really opened to how the life that many blacks still live. This book was definitely worth reading.