Thrifty Thursdays

I'm enjoying couponing and am learning a lot about how to save my family more money and to live more frugally. My only complaint is that I wish I had more time to take advantage of all the deals! As my sister suggested, maybe this will be my hobby when I'm old and retired (from mommyhood) with nothing else to do! Anyway, I know you blog followers mainly read my blog to keep up with me and my family, so I will resist the urge to post about every deal I get. But I do want to pass along at least a portion of the deals out there and share some money-saving tips with you all, so I decided that I'll limit myself to one post a week devoted to couponing and the like. Thus, the beginning of "Thrifty Thursday" posts! Here we go!

If you haven't taken advantage of the Kraft promo, do it now! It's very simple. I used a few coupons with my order and was able to come out $4 on top! Getting $25 in free groceries has never been so easy! And there is definitely something for everyone on that list of participating products! (good until Sunday, August 23rd)

As part of Walgreen's week long photo deals, today only (Thursday, August 20), you can upload 20 Free 4x6 prints. Just make sure you choose to pick them up at your nearest Walgreen's so you don't have to pay for shipping. Click here to begin!

A lot of you have younger children, so I know you should appreciate hearing about a couple diaper deals! Disposables are expensive and I've been trying to learn ways to cut our diaper costs (not quite ready to do cloth and actually found that many cloth varieties end up being more expensive than disposables). If you're not too picky about your diaper brand, Fred Meyer's (and other Kroger affiliates) store brand diapers are very cheap right now.

Regularly priced at $6.99 (apparently some stores have them on sale for $5.99), if you pair it with this $3 off coupon found here they come to only $3.99 (or possibly $2.99). I bought a pack of Size 4 last week and they've worked out fine so far with no leaking or any other problems (not willing to try them at night though! =). The Size 4 ended up being 11.7 cents a diaper - about half the price than Costco where I usually buy diapers! (Thanks, Frugal Living NW)

Another great place to get diapers is through Diapers.com. I've never ordered through them before, but my friend Michelle has recommended them to me and she has found that the Luvs brand diapers are the best deal for quality and value. When I saw Utah Deal Diva's post today about two coinciding discounts for new customers to Diapers.com, I decided that this would be a good time to try it out! I did quick math on an order of Size 4 Luvs diapers (one extra large case and one big pack) and the total after the discounts came to 11.2 cents a diaper! Luvs diapers have great reviews on Diapers.com and I'm excited to try the brand out and see how they compare to my favorite brands, Huggies and Kirkland Signature.

Please let me know if you try any of these deals and how they turned out for you!